It might sting more to hear that Alvarez's plans for MASK as a subset of Unit:E actually changed the acronym for seemingly no reason. Instead of the "Mobile Armored Strike Kommand", the were to have been the "Mechanically Advanced Secret Knights".
Or at least, that's what he claimed at one of...
Maybe after the failure of Unit:E and the Aligned continuity Rik Alvarez snuck into the backdoor of IDW and clandestinely planted the idea of Revolution into everyone's minds there, just so he could finally get his stealth M.A.S.K comeback one way or another. :p
Everything Hasbro put out at that time used Dreamwave art. It was Hasbro's new "house style".
And Commemorative Series did not begin using Dreamwave art. The first few waves used the original G1 box art instead.
If Dreamwave had been writing stories to advertise the Commemorative Series line...
Thrilling 30 was specifically made to be "IDW1: The Toyline", but only after the IDW1 comics had already long since established themselves. Many of the toys were based on comic-original designs, instead of the comic designs being based on toys. In Thrilling 30's case, it was made to advertise...
...It's a subline. Walmart's not gonna carry all of those and treat it like a main line.
2018: 7 releases for Vintage G1
2019: 7 more releases for Vintage G1 (plus 1 release exclusive to Hasbro Pulse)
2020: 1 release for Vintage G1, 7 releases for Retro Headmasters
2021: 4 releases for Vintage...
'Tis what happens when a comic that isn't trying to sell toys is forced to try selling toys, but still tries its darndest to continue not doing that like it had before and after.
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