>>11688195>Why can’t he just be the damn pistol like he’s supposed to be?Because at least 50% of transformers buyers are still kids, and they don't want to sell a guy to a kid for fear of being sued. The law allows for it with specific actions, but that doesn't mean they won't have to pay off settlements not to mention pr.
Big toy companies are risk averse because kids are fickle and they can already hit slumps by something just not being "in" that year.
Not to mention, the gun was in fact a real gun, a walther p38. Walther currently licenses to airsoft makers, which qualify as toys, so hasbro might also just might not have the ability to get the legal rights either. Not to mention g1 used accessories from "the man from Uncle" which got a reboot movie 10 years ago, so the rights might get muddy. It's like how some g1 autobots just can't be their g1 alt modes anymore.
And making it a knockoff gun that doesn't look like a walther p38 but still looks like megatron... I dunno if that's possible.
They should have made him a rail gun. Still has the pistol look, but not the shape.
