Quote Originally Posted by FatalityPitt View Post

Thinking about it now, I kind of like Transformers that can "talk" (phrases in the form of electronic sounds, e.g. G2 Optimus Prime, G2 Megatron, Takara's anime-decoed G1 Galvatron, etc.). Electronic speakers and battery compartments can be intrusive and drive the production costs up, but the Star Wars Force Link toys seem to show a way of doing it that won't drive the cost of the individual figures up (except you'd need to buy the Force Link wrist band). Yeah, having to wear the wrist band is a bit corny, but at least it offers a way to give the characters speech without adding too many additional parts to the individual figure. Would be cool if Hasbro migrated this feature over to Transformers.
I hate it in Transformers. There were a few toys in the Unicron Trilogy where the Transformer itself turned out terrible because the torso was a giant battery/speaker block which defined the toy's engineering.

In Star Wars toys, I get it. They don't suffer the same drawback.