william-james88 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Unfortunately true. Which means that- for the foreseeable future- there will be no changes in the line. No new characters. No new expansions of the mythos. Nothing even vaguely resembling creativity or new product. Get used to G1 and let's hope you like it because that's ALL you're going to get. And , as I've said multiple times before, for a toy line that is all about change that's truly sad that it's spinning it's wheels and waiting for time and repetition to wear it down.
While I doubt we will ever get something like Beast Wars again, where every character is new, I do see there being a fun mix of G1, Beat Wars and new characters all intermixed. The IDW comics are a very good mix for me. Predominantly G1, but with loads of new mythos and new characters like the whole idea of Transformers creation, a deeper understanding of classism within their world due to alt modes and the DJD.
Plus, the Bumblebee movie was a good example too. While it also has G1 roots, the two main villains were new characters. The Bay films themselves had new characters like Barricade and Blackout/Grindor.
And then we have Cyberverse which also blends different mythos together (was nice to see Strika and Skybyte again) and adds new characters like Thunderhowl, Wildwheel, Croaton and Iaconus.
One of the most annoying things to me personally about Cyberverse is the fact that it is entirely streaming. Because of where I live (middle of nowhere) there is no cable internet or fiberoptic available. The only option is satellite which is "unlimited", meaning I get 100 gigs a month before they prioritize me back to AOL speeds (literally, 30-60 kps; city folk really could give a rats ass about us out in rural America because there's no money to be made, just all their food magically comes from somewhere out here). I have to budget my internet since my wife works from home and I have lectures and assignments for school (this takes up about 80% of that 100 gigs a month). Because of this, I haven't seen any of Cyberverse...I only see the toys which are essentially rehashed G1. I don't know about new characters, so if I'm missing them it's because I don't see the toys in the stores...and THAT is another failure on the part of HasTak.
The Movieverse was as close to a reboot of the brand as we've gotten since Beast Wars because the characters weren't the characters we were used to, and neither were the bot modes. It was very refreshing to see something so different.