With new characters, sure. Fine. I agree that it is nice when scale makes sense. But the figures you specifically complained about were ones that were established in G1, hence why the scale (or crazy lack thereof) from G1 still has relevance with those specific characters.
Motormaster is a truck. To me, he is a truck with a trailer who transforms all (or mostly) as one. Obviously, based on the Motormaster Hasbro is producing next year, you win this round.
But at least he's still a truck.
Blast Off should not be a space shuttle anymore? Why not? Just because he has to scale with his fellow limb-bots? If this is the case, then I dare say
most combiners with members who form realistic vehicles have issues. I think probably the Stunticons and the Arielbots are about the only ones who make internal sense scale wise. (In the Protectobots, for example, how is a motorcycle the same size as an ambulance?)
And what is wrong with Broadside? Okay, I suppose it is a little weird that theoretically one of his alt modes should be able to land on his other alt mode... But why should that mean he must forfeit his right to exist at all?
Mind you, I've gotten over the occasional change in alt mode. I've come to accept Perceptor as a scientific exploration vehicle. (At least he is still sciency!) But when a character does get a new figure that uses his original alt mode, I think usually the majority of the fandom sees that as a good thing.
As for your wanting cars to be Deluxe Class and jets to be Voyager class, when has Hasbro in general ever followed such a thing? Or are you talking about third parties giving you the size you want? Because when I look at my collection, the majority of my figures, be they cars, jets, tanks, space shuttles, etc., are all Deluxe Class.
Size class has never been based on, "What size would make sense for this vehicle?" It is based on, "What slots do we have to fill in the toy line, and what characters do we feel will sell well?" And as for who gets to be what class, it is usually, "What characters do we think we can get away with selling for a bit more money?" closely followed by, "What repaints can we get out of the figures we've already done?"
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only times there has been any attempt to make any sense out of vehicle mode scale have been the Binaltech / Alternaters toy lines, or with more recent Autobot Masterpiece figures. Outside of those, scale is entirely up to the whims of the toy designers.
