>>10762038I will always be ready to passionately explain why those bios and art were so important to the Transformers experience and why missing out on them hurts it and makes lot of newer toy-only characters less distinctive.
Before the 2000's, Transformers didn't really feel like the toyline had a "main character". Yeah Optimus and Megatron got a lot of toys, but rarely more than 2 a year. In terms of presentation, the big, prominent characters in the cartoon got the same treatment as the minor ones, and the non-show characters.
I'm glad Hasbro still does original box art for characters, bit even that seems less prominent even if they got more elaborate. Making it the alt-mode is kind of dull. Buying TF as a kid was a fun experience looking through the card art that made them come to life, and the tech specs that gave them something unique. this is just a $6 toy, but his art makes him look cool and his tech spec gives him a personality that helps spring imagination for play style.
