Quote Originally Posted by Hot Rodimus
Mind you this is something I am kinda used to since as a kid TF's back then were more than likely only accurate in one mode and not bot and alt so one tended to display the figure predominantly in one mode ( or maybe this was just me?) . This has changed dramatically and maybe a major contributing factor as to why I have once again 'returned to the fold'.
Keep in mind that the majority of Transformers were created as toys first. The cartoon, comics etc. were created afterwards pretty much as a means of advertising the toys. So really, the toys are completely accurate to themselves and if there are differences between the way that the toys look compared to the show or comics it's because the show or comic artists have chosen to make those differences and not because the toy designers were somehow inadequate in mimicking the show/comic models.

That's why I personally avoid using the term "show-accuracy" with most TFs as, to me, it falsely implies that the show is more visually accurate than the toys (and thus implying that the toys are by default "inaccurate") which, for the majority of Transformers, just isn't true. There are exceptions to this (e.g.: live action movie, Animated etc), but for the most part the toys were created first.

Having said that, there's no denying the massive appeal that show-likeness has over TF collectors - it's absolutely a very strong and appealing factor. And unlike Action Masters, Revoltech aren't intended to be part of the mainstream line of Transformers and never dominated the TF toy line like Action Masters did. They're just a quiet side-line that some collectors can buy if they want, whereas Action Master's dominance in the 1990-91 lines is seen by many fans as being G1's death knell.