transformers_va wrote:One bad apple? No. However an entire line (Kingdom) of junk kiddified toys.. perhaps?
Seriously, Siege was fantastic, Earthrise was good, but these Kingdom characters look awful in comparison
To each their own, but you're definitely in the minority opinion on the Kingdom figures. They look great overall. These are not "junk" or "kiddified" toys. Just take a look at the elegance of Deluxe Class Warpath, of the effective simplicity of Deluxe Blackarachnia, or the nearly screen-perfect Voyager Class Cyclonus. The Core size class is its own thing, probably meant to give us some heavy hitting A-listers for the Ark playset/figure coming up in 2021. The only classic character of any import at this size class is Rattrap, for the sake of scaling properly with the Deluxe, Voyager, Leader, and Commander class characters in the line. The quality is definitely still there with Kingdom, whether it be for G1 characters or Beast Wars.
o.supreme wrote:Why characters specifically from TF:TM are getting spread across two lines for the 35th anniversary is anybody's guess (Remember there is still Galvatron and an Earthmode UM coming in Kingdom). The prevailing fan theory is "not enough room" in one line or the other, which to me makes no sense, and I'm still not sold on. Of course while Hasbro does come up with some impressive ideas, they have had their share of headscratchers as well. I love TF:TM, but I'm not into collecting characters specifically from that movie. Still, I know hardcore fans are not going to be phased by the different look and aesthetic of the two lines (Kingdom vs SS86), after all, they've been piecemealing and upgrading their TF:TM cast together from whatever line releases a character since Classics/Generations began.
It's not a fan theory. Hasbro has told us this is the case, period. There were not enough slots in Kingdom for all of the 1986 movie characters AND the Beast Wars characters. Both the original movie and Beast Wars have anniversaries in 2021. Instead of ignoring Beast Wars, like usual, Hasbro has instead embraced it with a year-long line. Putting figures from the first Transformers movie into a line called "Studio Series," which celebrates Transformers characters from the "big screen," seems a pretty natural fit. Nothing said Studio Series was for "Bayverse" or live-action only movies and characters. It's a line meant to give us screen-accurate representations of Transformers characters as featured in movies. Why should the G1 movie be excluded? Just because it was animated and made over 30 years ago?
These 1986 movie figures even have their own special numbering system, so you can skip them in your collection if you want. Plus, they're not even taking over the entire Studio Series line. We know of some upcoming live action movie figures for 2021 already, like Voyager Class Bumblebee Movie Starscream. The 1986 characters are going to share some space with the live action characters in 2021, not replace them entirely. The number of live action A-listers left to do in the Studio Series is also running pretty low. There are a few more characters with on-screen movie appearances to do, but not so many that it would fill out more than another solid year of product at most. We don't know when the next movie will come out for sure, and Hasbro has to keep retailer interest in the Studio Series line going until the next movie is ready to go. Pacing themselves seems like a smart move.
I also don't know why you think the G1 characters in Kingdom are so aesthetically different from those of the 1986 movie characters in the Studio Series line. They're definitely meant to compliment each other. Both the War for Cybertorn Trilogy and the Studio Series are striving for screen accurate characters, whether from the original cartoon (Siege, Earthrise, Kingdom) or the animated movie, both of which are using the same set of character models from Sunbow. Cyclonus and Scourge are going to look great together, and Jazz will be right at home amongst my season 1 characters from Siege and Earthrise. Have you seen 1986 Leader Grimlock yet? He's amazing! Definitely doesn't clash with Earthrise Optimus Prime. Everything about what is happening with Transformers right now makes perfect sense, but some people just seem to want to be upset over nothing.
yeah I guess. Had they kept Scourge and Cyclonus together, the line could have had return business. I doubt Hasbro *really* cares which line the purchases come from. It all goes to their bottom line.
Why did they have to ruin such a good line of toys?
That looks cheap as ****!
