ZeroWolf wrote:I wonder, if unicron hadn't been funded, would he still have appeared on the art?
Probably. I mean, he's a well-known entity and there's always the Armada mold.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If Grapple already stirs up such a discussion I'm dreading the Inferno retool. But I will freely admit retooling Universe Inferno's dedicated pumper truck into a makeshift crane for Grapple was a bit of a bad idea in hindsight.
Hopefully people will have settled. And yeah, 2010 "Grappel" definitely suffers from Universe Inferno having been designed
before Aaron Archer and his team got the idea of planning retools in advance.
aronjlove wrote:SGMLordMirage wrote:Shockwave could become the ultimate target shelf warmer. It's crazy how many are sitting on the shelves.
Does anyone know why he was released practically first and in such large quantities? When I think of fan favorite characters, neither G1 Shockwave nor IDW Shockwave stand out.
First.. As others have said, A. he actually is a fan favorite and one who hadn't gotten many CHUG toys and B. There was a design for him ready from PotP (the SIEGE figure shows severally signs of being a hasty conversion from PotP's "Evolution" gimmick to the C.O.M.B.A.T. system). As for what I have to add... Releasing him in the first wave gave more of a Decepticon presence on the shelves.
And between some collectors being salty about the size class and him not having the same kind of flash as Magnus and Galaxy Upgrade Optimus, he's sadly lingered (the restock didn't help). And of course, Shockwave shelfwarming has held back Astrotrain because Astrotrain is
also a purple guy.