>>8366195Blame some of that on Hasbro's massive cost-cutting though. The Transformers they make are rarely on the level of what came out even 10 years ago, it probably affects their other lines too.
I got one of these recently for dirt cheap, it's one of the most solid Transformers I've ever handled. You'd have to try to break it. Now I'd be afraid to handle any modern TF the same for fear of snapping a piece off. It doesn't help that engineering this good is reserved for the "we priced it 5X what it should be" Masterpiece line which will probably crack something off if you don't handle it with tweezers. Fuck me for expecting something expensive to be durable, I guess. Plus nearly every retail toy requires a fucking add-on that costs nearly as much as the toy just to look good.
Shart also had to cut 3rd party stuff to get Hasbro to like him. It hardly seemed worth it. Thta's like agreeing to stop eating healthy so some slob will be your best bud.
