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And the fandom rejoiced.
And complained.
"YAY! We get more content... Oh. It kinda sucks..."
I'm more sympathetic to Hasbro because of the choices.
If I want a Magnus who functions as a car carrier I can get one. If I want a Magnus who's more in scale and has the inner robot gimmick I can get it.
Used to be that Hasbro would have gone "we did an updated Devastator not too long ago we're not making another so soon" but this team- for better and worse- isn't afraid to hit the reset button on stuff that's not THAT old.
Now they do in a way where the new thing and not so old old thing appeal to different tastes. If you want Devastator bigger than your other combiners you can do that. If you want him in scale with the others you can get one.
I'm not sure how sustainable it is in the long run but right now Hasbro seems to be trying to give people choices- whether that's repaints that give you toy v Sunbow deco options or two entirely different moulds that emphasize different aspects of popular characters...I see what they're doing.
It is ultimately driven by business- getting people to double dip but no one is forcing you to get this stuff, and if you're content with the earlier versions then you're solid.
But the choice is there, and that's cool.
Combiner Wars Devastator WAS released almost 9 years ago now. MP Magnus was released 7 years ago. It may not feel that long ago to a bunch of us, but it has been a while between both of those and their SS Counterparts. Even when it comes to "cleaned up" remolds, Kingdom Galvatron would be 5 years old by its rumored release, and Springer was about the same. That's not that bad historically for new versions of old characters.
Though, it was reissued just 3 years ago.
Yet, Legacy Galvatron is still readily available en masse at several Walmarts right now.
Devastator will likely be somewhat larger than Menasor. Exactly how much is the question, given the soft scale reboot they’ve implemented with Commander Optimus. That said, I personally don’t care if he is bigger. He’s made of six guys and construction vehicles are pretty big anyway. Never subscribed to the idea that the combiners were all the exact same arbitrarily huge height.
Also, Commander Optimus appears to be out in some way in China. Height comparison:
Also, Commander Optimus appears to be out in some way in China. Height comparison:
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Swoop came in stock, shipped overnight from Amazon and is already out for delivery.
-ZacWilliam, about a week earlier than expected.
-ZacWilliam, about a week earlier than expected.
I'm less concerned about size and more about it being good enough overall (interesting engineering, sturdy, looks good) to justify replacing the CW one (I can't have both).
Although while I don't mind Devastator being bigger than most combiners, I don't want him THAT MUCH bigger.
Although while I don't mind Devastator being bigger than most combiners, I don't want him THAT MUCH bigger.
I'm interested. Devastator is a difficult design, but these designers have learned a lot since Combiner Wars.
In my own defense, I was only ever talking about in relation to other SS86 figures.
I'm not counting back between MP Magnus and SS 86 Magnus, I'm counting between Kingdom Magnus and SS 86 Magnus. KI Magnus was a 2021 release. SS 86 Magnus was a 2023 release. That we got two entirely different Earth mode G1 Magnuses (Magni?) not even three years apart is wild to me, someone old enough to remember Classics and Universe 2.0 where it felt like once they did an update of that character that was it for a long while.
Meanwhile,
Ultra Magnus was a special situation in that the designers weren't willing to pretend they were happy with how Kingdom Magnus turned out. It was a point of professional pride to show us they can do better than that.
Meanwhile,Thrilling 30Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus is crying in the corner over how no one remembers him.
I still think he's a great Ultra Magnus. He's definitely interesting in that he's specifically a representation of a different UM than the standard G1 version, which makes him pretty unique.
Same! He is my mini-masterpiece version of Ultra Magnus but that is primarily because I care more about the bot mode than the alt mode for him.
I feel like I need to go hug mine, now.Meanwhile,Thrilling 30Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus is crying in the corner over how no one remembers him.
Something I've always wanted to see was a big group shot comparing all the different Ultra Magnus toys (CW, Siege, Kingdom, SS86) with each other, as well as with FansProject City Commander since that toy was kinda the first one to really go for the armored look that Hasbro neglected for what felt like so long with just nothing but white Optimus toys, before finally giving us one with CW Ultra Magnus. But alas, I doubt anyone still has all of those toys (including City Commander) to take such a group pic.