Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
For our most youngest members who may not remember, this is what Happy Meal Transformers looked like in 2003

...and this is what they look like now. The price hasn't changed. You could purchase each of the Armada Happy Meal toys separately for $2 and you can still do the same now - so the $2 price has remained constant. IMO the Armada figures gave us WAY more bang for our buck compared to Happy Meal Toys today which are just ab-so-lute rubbish.
I'm no expert on Happy Meal toys since I haven't had one since I was about 8, but think the difference between the Armada toys (2003) and the current RiD ones (2017) is that Armada HM toys were transforming Transformers while the RiD HM toys are action figures of Transformers. What the RiD toys lack compared to the Armada ones (being able to transform, combine, etc), they make up for in proportions and show likeness. It's like comparing a G1 1984 transformer to an Action Master or Revoltech.