by Evil Eye » Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:35 pm
- Motto: "Don't be a goddamn coward."
- Weapon: Acid Spray Gun
If I may throw my (black) hat in the ring, I don't mind the idea of a kids' line being simpler than a collector's line. My problem is that Generations, fun though it is, feels about the same level as what I'd expect out of a decent kids' line, and the Cybereverse stuff looks absolutely horrendous even by kids' standards.
Lemme explain it. I grew up with an eclectic mix of things around the time I was the age these are aimed at- mostly RID and UT. And whilst a lot of those toys haven't aged as well as I'd like to remember, they're still a lot better as toys almost 10 years old than these, which have only just come out. As a kid, I loved my TFs, even the crap ones, but I still had standards. Like, I loved (and still do) my Armada Megatron but I was always sad his legs didn't move. He looks amazing from every angle and he's fun and easy to transform but even as a kid the brick nature sucked. Compare that to, say, Cyberverse Starscream, whose legs are just empty single-piece molded facades. Even as a kid that would have put me off hardcore. And compared to the better "kids" lines- Cybertron, Animated, even Energon to a degree, they end up looking like bootlegs.
I just think it's really sad that we've gone from kids' lines so good even collectors still want them to...these. It shows a real lack of love, attention and the designers' pride in their craft. I'm not saying every toy needs to be on par with the Studio Series for complexity, of course, but at least on the level of, say, TR- simple and intuitive but interesting and fun.
Ha ha Transformers go brrrrr
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