Nemesis Primal wrote:As for the Springer argument, I know that T30 Springer is based off the IDW design, I never said it wasn't. And I'm glad it is, because it's a better design/better version of the G1 design and it made Siege Springer an easy pass. The original argument was that Springer, among others, had not received a "proper" mainline figure in 30 years, despite T30 Springer very much being a mainline figure of the character Springer
I understand that based on the actual character only then Springer did indeed has had toys over the years.
The thing is though, it was not "The G1" Springer, just a general Springer figure that resembles the base character traits of Springer.
When people mean "proper" like that person said, sure he might of misspoke but they most likely mean the original character (or most well known version of them), for Springer it would be the original design.
Now whether said design is better or worse then say the IDW version is not important here, I think the IDW version is Springer's best design but it's still not the original.
And out of his toys since his original G1 figure which one of these does the best job of replicating him?
This is just one character example, for Optimus Prime...sure he might of had a lot of figures to the point we are drowning in him but he's the main mascot of the franchise and people got upset when Hasbro killed him off back in the day so he will always be around now thanks to the reception back then.
For modern standard Generation figures the Optimus Prime ones have been mostly good Prime toys but still not enough for some people to scratch their itches for a good Optimus toy that does the original design justice, and arguably they have only done this concept well recently with the POTP/Siege/Earthrise/Bumblebee figures from the last few years, all the others have been their own Optimus Prime designs incorporating their own concepts.