>>8577684I mean, that's exactly how I feel about build quality and altmode integrity, and I gladly "settle" for less articulation in favor of toys that keep those.
For the record, I will never complain about extra articulation, more is great if you can make it work. But I find Hasbro cutting corners elsewhere that shouldn't be cut. In all fairness, articulation isn't necessarily the reason these corners are being cut, but it is something I can't be terribly happy with when we have huge, glaring pieces of shit like PotP Optimus or Siege/Earthrise Megatron.
This entire shitposting war started just because I was trying to say a relatively old toy was still great and that I felt there were unsavory trade-offs with newer TFs.