Yeah, bringing us three bots FROM THE FIRST EPISODE and some new G1 canon characters — besides the rainmakers — is a stroke of genius. I'm quite excited about those new seekers. Bravo, Botcon team. Bravo!
As for the others, I'm less excited about the movieverse ones, but Mirage, Electro, Strika, Blastcharge and Hubcap are definitely nicely done. And adding Electro to the G2 Botcon lineup will be a thing of beauty.
Lastly, I have to add... it's funny how many people are complaining Starscream isn't a giant. I saw that as a MAJOR flaw to the originals. Prime was tiny, Starscream was 5 times taller than the other figures. Megaplex was a feeble "Cyberverse" size. They were all insanely out of proportion and clearly molds not intended for those characters at all — in color, head sculpt, face plates, size, or just about any aspect besides general vehicle form of jet, truck, etc.
I think this set — with jets all at the same size — remedies a decade long botch job. I'm VERY glad they made the seekers the same size, and Megaplex larger. They will display together nicely, and maybe the subscription service will throw us one of the missing characters like Soundwave.
All that said — and while Machine Wars is an odd line with varying degrees of nostalgia from the fans — I have to say I have a special memory about it. It was the one line I found ON SHELF at one visit, purchased in entirety, and walked out of KayBee into the mall with the whole line IN ONE GIANT BAG. Sheesh, I have no idea why they had a bag that big. It was massive. Clearly, the stuff of dreams to any kid.
Transmetal movie style Cheetor...sweet.
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