>>6305922>>6306105Its not so much getting burnt out on G1, its more like getting burnt out on the constant stream of the same particular G1 characters in a short period of time. It makes people more reluctant to try out a3P when they would rather wait for another 3P attempt or official release. Choice is a good thing, but it's probably breaking up profits as is.
Granted, I think the converse could happen with too much variety and no focus when doing other
series.GF/Cybertron Starscream will sell because he's still recognizably starscream, and the design works as a general Cybertronian starscream, being based on the War Within design. Leaders like Optimal Optimus will fit into Prime collections. but of we get to the point where, say we get a few TF Prime figures like Knockout and Insecticon, BW like Silverbolt and transmetal Tarantulas, UT like Thunderblast and Sideways, etc. Some definately have crossover appeal, though, like Tidal Wave.
I, person all, would buy some one-off cool figures. But a lot of TF collectors don't collect like that, they want a set. So, unless a concise effort happens on a few given franchises, or they all fit in aesthetically with existing lines(which is a hard call, as older lines like BW are aging and 3Ps have better quality now than even the "golden era" of Transformers people consider the 08-2011 years to be.), I fear that we'll eventually get a bubble burst where some cool new non-G1 figure is released, and people don't bite because there's no other figures for the line being released.
