Stormrider wrote:Guys, I think you missed my point at the beginning
Nope, we got it, you seem to be missing our point.
Stormrider wrote: - I am aware of what Takara said 2-3 years ago (I don't disagree on that point). However, I don't think they will stay on that course. I hope they will make the original 28 but I don't think they will complete them all before cranking out other characters in between. And the evidence is already there.
What evidence.
Stormrider wrote:I disagree on Star Saber. Takara selected the 10 candidate characters and none of them were the original 1984 Autobots or Decepticons. I realize that this was a one off that was done for the fans. But no matter how you slice it - Takara is doing this before completing the original 28. Why? Because fans want other characters.
With how many times Sabrblade has explained this departure from their plan, if you're not getting it there is no reason for me to retrace old ground.
Stormrider wrote:Ratbat is another good example that you brought up. I see your point that this can be seen as a integral part of SoundBlaster. But they could have repainted one of the existing cassettes. Instead they made new design for a very popular character/toy.
Think of Ratbat in a similar way to Ultra Magnus's trailer. It is the extra effort Takara has gone to so the Masterpiece line continues to be a Masterpiece. It is also a great marketing tool which has compelled many who would've automatically passed to pre-order just to get him.
Stormrider wrote:I am sure that Takara has or had intentions to make the original 28 figures. The point I am making - there are a lot of other great characters that Takara could make. Why would a company constrain itself to making a character such as Gears before making a home run like Galvatron, Blaster, more cassettes, etc?
The characters you mention might be home runs in the western world, but are they the same in Japan? Serious question here, the MP line is made by the Japanese for the Japanese, we're just fortunate enough to have the internet and online retailers. There is something else you are forgetting, it doesn't really matter what G1 characters are made, they will sell really well. Many of us (myself included) have a couple of characters that we really what to be released sooner rather than later, but very few of us can agree what order they should be released in. Takara can't please us all and if they go back to doing random characters 3/4 of fans will bitch and moan about what is being released. Sticking to a plan and doing a particular set of characters that will sell, and have been selling, really well means we have a damn good idea of what to expect for the next couple of years and very few fans are bitching about what is being done atm.
In the end, Takara is a
Japanese company that caters to the Japanese, so they are making business decisions based on their own market, not ours.