xyl360 wrote:This toy accomplishes what its creators set out to do, which is make a perfect, fully accurate representation of Omega Supreme as he appeared in the video game Transformers: War for Cybertron.
WfC and FoC could or could not be the precursor to Prime and they could or could not be the precursor to G1. The games' creators deliberately left just enough of the story ambiguous so that it could be taken either way, however they are under the same rules that Tf:Prime and Rescue Bots are from Hasbro, which is that every medium created for Transformers must fit into the Aligned Continuity, which means that, while they do not need to necessarily be part of the same universe/timeline etc. or be directly connected to one another, they MUST adhere to certain specific aspects of the history, characters and major events as dictated by the Aligned Continuity's 'bible'.
This is why in TF:Prime, the characters look so different (even when they flashback to Cybertron, showing things like Bumblebee losing his voicebox etc.) instead of looking like they do in WfC/FoC and why at the same time, Trypticon, when converted into the Nemesis (the ship), looks just like the Nemesis from TF:Prime.
Complain about the differences between this OS and G1 OS all you want, but the fact of the matter is, this is NOT G1 OS, it's WfC OS, that's what it was created to be. It's not a filler for the G1 shelf or the Classics shelf (though you're welcome to alter it/customize it/repurpose it for that if you wish, it's your shelf), but complaining about it is just silly and pointless. The creators decided which version of OS they were creating and they did so, and they did a perfect job of it IMO (even better than Has/Tak did with most of the figures in the WfC/FoC lines).
I'm certain that before long some company (maybe even this same company) will create a 'Classics' style OS, but this isn't it.
Putting Rescue Bots in the same category as any other line would a bit extreme. They share the same flagship line which is constantly being recreated to appeal to the latest group of American kids. That’s about all.
A lot of people are using WFC/FOC figures on their classics shelves. They work. They work just like some of the Botcon versions worked before Hasbro or a 3rd party made a true classics version. Examples: Botcon Ironhide, Botcon Huffer, Botcon Springer, Botcon Kup. All those figures were far from their G1 likeness, but close enough to fit in on a classics shelf. Same goes for this version of Omega. He works. It’s just the arms are such an eyesore. And his alt mode which they call a “spaceship” looks like it just folds up into a big hunk of metal with two arms as backwards boosters. (Hence ROTF Ravage re-entry mode) But I blame the activision artists for that. This company did a fine job copying it.
I’ve already committed to Year of the Snake Omega which is far from G1, but purposely painted and re-tooled to be as G1 as it can be by Hasbro. There’s no doubt Hasbro did him in mind for classics collectors who wanted an Omega Supreme. Hasbro Asia’s signature “Year of the” exclusives are aimed at collectors, not kids who play FOC. With that being said, why is OK to put Year of the Snake Omega on a classics shelf, but not Genesis ? Genesis is more G1 out of the two…