>>7241645>Any one have any input on American lines?There's a lot when it comes to western toys. Transformers goes through it all the time. The end of beast Wars was a big one for me; because that series lasted years and managed to get the franchise on its feet; and personally was the first TF series I got into. Seeing the last few figures in 2000 while Beast Machines was on the air, and then when RiD was coming out; it really hit that I wouldn't see a Beast line like that again.
On that note, seeing Kenner disappear from the Hasbro catalogs in '99 felt sad. Not seeing Jurassic Park toys for the 4 years or so before JP3 was an end to a highlight of dinosaur and other giant monster toys coming out in that era; the Godzilla 98 movie bombing only hurt things more since it helped crash trendmasters(and thats yet another company I miss.)
Toy Biz losing the Marvel license was another strange feeling. especially with how badly Hasbro mishandled the line originally. The Toy Biz stuff may not have aged gracefully, but the value they packed was amazing.
