Quote Originally Posted by Miss Kitty Fantastico View Post
I always thought there were six Dinobots and six Insecticons (not counting the deluxes, just six of the little yellow and purple guys). Not sure why, except possibly with the Constructicons around I just assumed six was the default number for themed teams. I still catch myself doing it, I was thinking not long ago it'd be nice to have Insecticons to go with my Siege Decepticons, but then thinking it'd be unlikely they'd fill up six release spaces over multiple waves just to complete the set.
I first heard about Insecticons from a school friend, who had seen the 1985 catalogue before me, and I think he conflated the two groups and just told me there were several Insecticons. It would have been great if there were more, because there's a world of wonderful insect alt-modes out there, and to have them in a uniform aesthetic. The Deluxe Insecticons just never fit, although I'd like to see them as part of a Beast Wars collection.

I guess that, with Slash, we now do have six Dinobots.