>>6510862>If by compromises you mean "having bland-looking robots turn into bland-looking cars that combine into bland-looking combiners just for the sake of hastily selling 20 repaints for each mold" then honestly, I don't think it was particularly worth it.I mean, if you want SarkSarkSark or Partbotron type combiners I won't be questioning your taste but your sanity; but they were made to be played with.
You can switch limbs in minutes, something that would take hours with 3Ps. Some had terrible designs, though, but they were really good for a line of combiners designed on a budget of pocket fluff.
>What kibble? The small sides of a truck in Optimus and the wings in Megatron? Because that is literally some of the most negligible kibble there is, you would be shocked at some Beast Wars figures it that really triggers your autism all that bad.>the entirety of the sides of the truck mode>small sides of a truck in Optimus>the absolute state of transformers collectors>No, our standards are for aesthetically pleasing robots that turn into cool vehicles, beasts and whatnot. Classics was an absolute success in that regard.lmao no
You needed to go to the voyagers to find arms that actually try looking like arms.
>Nigga, what are you talking about? Hot Rod and Astrotrain do have their issues, but Bee / Cliff and Mirage are still some of the best Deluxe figures ever made. Grimlock and Starscream / Thundercracker were also fairly solid as far as design goes.Mirage has tiny, vestigial blocks of t-rex arms like pretty much everything before the first movie line; like Hot Rod does; like Astrotrain does; like Bumblebee does; like Grimlock does; like the Seekers do.
"Aesthetically pleasing robots" my ass.
>>6510877Exactly why I said they seemed to be designed like action masters first.
The altmodes are alright, I guess, gay space gun and gay smooth truck and all, but the robot modes come battered and bloodied out of the transformation.
