I'm liking the CGI show look, the figures are $8 for the basic range. Toys at toy prices is always a good thing especially for a kids show (or even not, with Lanards neat aliens and predators). Kinda takes me back to to toybiz/kenner times. A cheap, available line up and something kids would watch has a lot going for it to me.
I'm getting the aesthetics aren't for everyone.
Kinda Darksiders game/Street sharks style 90s look to them and cheese actions (man, I've missed cheesy actions - as much as I enjoy toy story Andy didn't have one toy that fired a missile, ruins realism of it haha). Voice acting is sounding good and I'm sure some won't fit my minds imaginations of what fits a character. I'm really liking Orco but at the same time I don't want Mattel to bumblebee him and have him be a robot in every other media - tho if it's easier to do him that way in a film, go for it. We had gwyldor haha and that approach could be done well - probably not by bay or anyone involved with sqweeks tho!
A lot of it will come down to the writers/creators, hopefully in the style of j micheal straczynski and voltron/Shera had more series than I thought they would (especially as little to no support by a toy franchise). Usually good things or things getting good (reboot live action for one) don't get more than two series, wishing this well. It hasn't set any off my biases or grumps off and even if it did at least I'd watch it and give it a chance (sorry, not sorry Revelations).
Mattels distribution of origins is sporadic but I've managed to find them all for retail price or under (touch wood), which places have stocked them. Exclusives are always a pain, and yes origins has them
the kids line hopefully won't have (origins had powercon exclusives before the line Evan began). This is another thi g I like about the CGI toys so far. The Netflix She-ra toys didn't even get a wide release in the states nevermind a glimpse of them over seas, I don't even know what was available
(double trouble is the stand out on that show for me) and like the CGI toys aren't exclusives (haven't checked if walmart only so this whole paragraph might be moot) unlike netflix transformers that's more accessibility and age range focussed. Even rescue bots had some stupidly hard to get garbage trucks or something like and the transforming boat was almost unseen here for standard retail toys.
Mattels seems to be heading the right direction, no crappy Matty collectors club, no overpriced toys to begin with, availability, no licences to companies that overcharge (s7 etc). I know the complaints of stores only having heman/skeletor but that's the Toys that you always want available for motu just as much as optimus/megatron for transformers.
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