>>11648184>The TFWiki gets a good amount of things wrong with "dude trust me" tier information. The most Damning is the claim that Transformers Universe toy line was created due to how well Armada sales were. Armada came out only five months before Universe and both were announced at the 2002 Botcon.It's how Aaron Archer said it happened, but he's fumbled dates before. He had a video that talked about Armada being strong enough they needed a quick product to turnaround.
What I think it the more accurate view is that Armada had strong enough initial orders coming out of RiD's success. Since orders would be a few months in advance for a new line it could line up to a longer cycle between Armada hitting shelves and Universe.
https://youtu.be/nE-MKJDLkNc?si=q4aVOOXpx7OdBqLk>and both were announced at the 2002 Botcon. I don't remember this, are you sure you're not thinking of Expanded Universe? That was Botcon's name for their 2002 exclusives that was planned to be a regular thing but never really picked up.
