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The newer Earthspark releases also have the white boxes, so there may be something to the idea that white box = "toy" and black box = "collectible". Oddly, I've noticed that Walmarts that have the "toy" lines don't have much collector stuff, and the ones that have "collector" lines don't have...

Not my joke, but I needed to share: What's the internal temperature of a Tauntaun?

I know what the Fallen's faceplate is supposed to be, but it's reading as a huge, Jet Jaguar-style grin in most of these pictures....and an MD Geist helmet in others.

IDK, I have a bizarre fondness for knockoffs that transcends issues with quality; from vintage Convertors, Convertabots, Zybots, and the like (which aren't ALL strictly KOs, but some are) to the sets of KO Protectobots, Constructions, and Machine Robo Rescue Bots that were sold at Shopko, Big...

Prime's a Lumberjack and he's okay... lol A lumber truck would make a pretty cool Transformer, though, like you said, really ramp up the lumberjack look on the robot mode!

It's Babe, the Transforming Blue Ox!

If for no other reason than to have a Reverse Convoy alternate tooling waiting in the wings, yes! As it is, there's at least 3 alternate decos without any retooling, and it's a pretty solid design that ought to be revisited some time.

Absolutely!

If Core-class wasn't practically dead, I'd say they ought to revisit that deco on the last Core Megatron. With his little handgun accessory in safety orange, it would be a fitting homage, I think. This guy: https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/f/ff/WFC-Kingdom_Core_Megatron.jpg

Only in the Heisei era. Pretty sure the Showa era Shobijin were just meant to be mutations.

I'm pretty sure she was a Red Card exclusive. My wife had to find a friend with a Red Card to get me one.

Road Rage was also online exclusive.

In a vast multiverse, wouldn’t/couldn't there be a variant SG universe where those are the right colors for Optimus?

Decepticons: "Hooray for Trypticon, out mightiest weapon against those cursed Autobots!" Random dude: "He's a chicken, I tell you! Trypticon Boo is a giant chicken!" ...hilarious misadventures ensue...

IMO, the TV series was better than the OVA/movies, so that is definitely the more desirable version to me! And it comes with the command car! Congrats on the nice find! (As an aside, the Patlabor series is one of the ones I would love to get the full cast made in 3-3/4" action figure form...)