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>Not forced into a stock transformation to accommodate a gimmick
>Figures not forced to partsform, barring a couple exceptions
>Character models designed to compliment the gimmick, rather than arbitrarily using traditional designs that clash with it
>Actually fun gimmicks unique to each toy while still fitting into a larger pattern instead of forcing a gimmick onto a character where it makes no sense
>The play-pattern items themselves were also tiny actual transformers with fun, unique designs
>Managed to roll Targetmasters, Micromasters, and Powermasters into a single gimmick while doing all of them WELL
>and removing the forced partsforming aspect of Powermasters, too
>Pretty much the only objective downside was kneecapped articulation, primarily due to budgetary and durability concerns
You remember when the fandom thought Armada sucked? If only we knew then what the future held.