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Ok, hear me out-- Blitzwing in a taxi deco.

Oh, absolutely. Devastator isn't known for mixing and matching like the Scramble City guys. I just think it's fun, and like I said, it'd be nice if the arms were compatible with an older torso.

They're their own thing, yeah, but then the Core Dinobots came along. My point was mostly that the 5mm system-- which I love-- would be suboptimal for anything bigger.

I don't mean to go on a rant, but... [Narrator: lolololol] I'm just frustrated that almost every time there's a new combiner, it's a new system. Just recently-ish we've had Combiner Wars, two different Devastators, Motormaster, and the 5mm system used by Volcanicus and the...

BM Cheetor had a Happy Meal toy: (stolen from TFwiki): (Hopefully someone will provide a side-by-side after this hits mass retail, for the size comparison if nothing else.)

I'm curious about the connection scheme for 86 Devastator. It'd be nice if at least the arms were swappable with another combiner, but I'm expecting another unique system.

That's actually a good point. They never dwelled on it in the fiction (that I recall), and later series generally made it more intentional, but as presented in MTMTE, yeah, it sure is a coincidence everyone matched so well. It would be fun for a What If? toyline to really explore that-- keep...

Tangentially, Wheejack's Cybertronian altmode never made sense to me in the context of everyone else's matching their Earth mode pretty well. ("Everyone else" being like four guys, admittedly.) Storywise, I guess Wheeljack makes more sense in that scene than Ironhide or Ratchet or whoever, but...

I cannot wait to put the Galactic Man armor on Comic Shockwave.

Volcanichristmas when?

My guess was pricepoint/cost pressures, but that's probably a major factor.

That new batch of Mini-Cons just after Cybertron proper was clearly designed by a different team than the AEC ones. They were a bit smaller, a little thinner (though part if that was FINALLY BEASTS). The PCC ones, though, were great, as was Centuritron, so, uh, idk.

It's been noted (a while back) that all Scorponoks have basically the same transformation. I guess that's not true anymore.

NAME: Thingflinger FUNCTION: Goblin BIO: Enchanted by the power of the sun, Thingflinger has been the most successful player on his team. He's become the best of all the best at his position and is the most consistent. (thanks to Auto-Complete for most of that)

Just noticed Octlock and Shrapcomber. Maaaaan. I was very skeptical at first, but now I am 1,000% on board. We need a "crazy colors" redeco line. Guys redeco'd as random other guys, with goofy-ass names. The bios can all be word salad and their Functions random nouns.

Man, I'd love to see their altmodes.

Marvel gave Blaster a pre-Earth mode, too. Trying to remember if anyone else got one. IIRC Cosmos and the Insecticons were unchanged. Weren't Beachcomber and the Coneheads in that story also?

Prowl and Bluestreak had different robot modes (but still clearly based on their Earth form) and turned into totally different vehicles. I liked that just because they shared a mold/bodytype once, they didn't always have to. I think we need more of that.

I hope that the next attempt at on-screen Cybertronian modes takes a page from The War Within and at least tweaks the robot modes to make sense. BB and Jazz are fine for what they tried to do (I'm on the fence re: Wheeljack), but they can do something else next time.

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