Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
M-Bot was just being cheeky
But yeah, some people were actually butt-hurt over it, which was weird. The funny thing is that during G1 everyone was new! When the Aerialbots first came on the scene in 1986 we'd never heard of them before. There's no particular reason why any of these new characters are any better or worse than the existing ones, it's purely subjective bias.

CW Blast Off is a great example, because having him as a jet fighter makes more sense than being a shuttle! Being a shuttle always made Blast Off's alt mode a running joke in G1. And a civilian Concorde jet amid a team of Autobot military aircraft? Alpha Bravo may be a helicopter, but at least he is a military chopper. Admittedly having missiles on the side of a rescue chopper for CW Blades looks weird (maybe they're fire retardant missiles! ), but it does suit Blades' personality as the most violent of the Protectobots.
All of this.

I actually like the idea of different members coming in and out of gestalt teams. It adds greatly to story potential, setting up potential conflicts, altering team dynamics, etc. Alternative members of gestalt teams have no less inherent value than others, other than subjective preference.

I was indeed being cheeky. I love G1, but that’s no more valuable an opinion than any other preference one might have.