fenrir72 wrote:kurthy wrote:fenrir72 wrote:DecepticonFinishline wrote:Desslok2201 wrote:I really wish the BW MPs would be a separate numbering system
That's where I was with Star Saber, but now it just doesn't matter.
WHY? Why though?! Why ISN'T IS MEGATRON DAMMIT?!
WE. HAVE. TOO. MANY. HEROES.
We need more villains. Seriously. Every shelf ever is absurdly unbalanced.
Unless it's someone like Char Aznable "villains" always get second billing.
Even though said heroes wouldn't exist without those villains. Makes me miss MOTU, G.I. Joe, and M.A.S.K. from the '80s. You can't have a proper war on your floor if you only have one side.
But I actually understand the economics of the situation. Both factions will be bought by more well-to-do families because they can afford more than one and don't want to buy the same figure. But if you can only buy one for your kid, are you going to buy a good guy or a bad guy? The kid is probably going to want the good guy first and foremost (please don't forget that low income families far outnumber middle and upper class families). Hence, they will sell more Optimus Primes and Bumblebees than Megatrons and Starscreams. Basically, the assumption is that most families will buy a OP or BB, some families will buy a smattering, and very few families will only buy a Megatron/SS.
And that's great logic for the lower end of the spectrum. But when it comes to MPs, they are cost prohibitive from the beginning and not targeted at families, so when it comes to that, GIVE ME MY QUEEN AND LET THE REST BURN!
Kind of sad too. Starscream got the re-issue/improved(?) design first (maybe because of the potential to repaint the mold to infinity) and his "popularity" over an improve MP Megatron G1. Sorry if I hurt BW fans but if they, TT does issue a Megatron, let it be a G1 version first the BW Megs
I'm not opposed to that. Since we're getting Delta Magnus instead of a bad ass Shadow Magnus (kill me, amirite) I need an imposing figure to lead my MP Decepticon/Predacons. I don't mind a G1 Megs first. But. We do need both, now.
Prowl4 wrote:I'm very happy to see the mp bw line continue and with cheetor. It's important cheetor is next in my opinion because the mould can be reworked into tigatron and maybe ravage, although ravage did have transmetal cheetors body. This has more remould and repaint potential than anybody else aside from tarantulas.
I'm genuinely surprised at the apparent dislike of cheetor but I loved the character. The character evolved from juvenile rookie to competent leader. Growing up at the time of beast wars and beast machines definitely drew me to cheetor and I took inspiration from him.
Happy to see him next and after all it means more time for takara to figure out a flawless dinobot, megatron and tarantulas.
I like all the Beast Wars characters. However, I expected that they would only bother with the leaders and not make MP molds of the rest of the team (actually, as a cynic, I expected ONLY the Autobot Maximal leader and nothing else). But if they make a supporting character to add to the hero ranks and don't even make the leader of the Predacons at all, it feels like a massive middle finger. It's kind of akin to the way Pokemon treats Grass-types in relation to Fire- and Water-types.