I've noticed that, as far as Hasbro goes, with G.I. Joe lately it's a matter of "slavish re-creation" for the new toys to be updates of the old. The few that have deviated from that- Serpentor, Zartan, Major Bludd, were the ones people hated and Hasbro is stuck releasing new versions of them- Serpentor in cartoon colors, Zartan in cartoon colros with a swamp skier, and reports they're gonna do a new Major Bludd. And it's been a plan that's worked well to outsell a toy line with no advertising or TV show to back it.
This isn't the case with Transformers, where they aren't concerned with such things and I do tend to see toys stockpile in my area as a result if they aren't prominent show characters. Costing mro emoney probably doesn't HELP, but show characters, even leaders, still sell out while stuff with no show backing doesn't.
I bought Prowl, wasn't too impressed. I'll buy Sideswipe, preference over Sunstreaker... honestly, maybe. I might just skip that toy. Hound and Cyclonus are the only ones I can say feel "right", using the G.I. Joe philosophy of "slavish re-creation". Inferno strikes me as awful, as if they just didn't care enough to make a toy that looked good.
Not that I'm attached to Transformers enough to care if they straight remake the old toys, but I almost suspect in Prowl's case it might have simplified the transformation. Can't say the idea helped Silverbolt at all, though, which just sounds like a waste of a toy.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
From:
no subject
This isn't the case with Transformers, where they aren't concerned with such things and I do tend to see toys stockpile in my area as a result if they aren't prominent show characters. Costing mro emoney probably doesn't HELP, but show characters, even leaders, still sell out while stuff with no show backing doesn't.
I bought Prowl, wasn't too impressed. I'll buy Sideswipe, preference over Sunstreaker... honestly, maybe. I might just skip that toy. Hound and Cyclonus are the only ones I can say feel "right", using the G.I. Joe philosophy of "slavish re-creation". Inferno strikes me as awful, as if they just didn't care enough to make a toy that looked good.
Not that I'm attached to Transformers enough to care if they straight remake the old toys, but I almost suspect in Prowl's case it might have simplified the transformation. Can't say the idea helped Silverbolt at all, though, which just sounds like a waste of a toy.