>>10797647>Archer's era always carried with it the attitude of "what if Transformers... but COOL?"No, Archer's era had the attitude of "what if Transformers... but 2006?". Just like the original G1/Diaclone toys, the alt mode was the priority. They weren't selling a character just to make your nostalgia tingle, they were selling a toy. And the toy justified itself with its own style and an actual bio that made it feel like a character even if there was no corresponding media to reinforce it.
Some of you may be too young to remember, but back then, everything didn't have to be perfectly analogous to some media from your childhood. It was definitely before the current era of nostalgia-shittery we're drowning in. Even long-standing Geewunn fans were perfectly happy because it was back before every franchise ever was turned into some shuffling profit-zombie to milk the wallets of gullible nerds. Real toy collectors were happy to get new toys of their favorite characters even if those toys weren't 1:1 jerk-offs of 40-year-old character model sheets. Because people actually liked to collect toys for the toys themselves. Crazy concept, right?
