Bumblevivisector wrote:I've got high hopes for this set, being an old schooler who stuck with the line all the way through our 3-year long darkest hour of G2. Not that the line was bad; I mean that horrible feeling that the whole franchise could drop dead and be forgotten at any moment. Didn't shake that off until well into Beast Wars. If you weren't part of online fandom, for all you knew, you were the last one who cared.
Yeah, those were interesting times. The only way you knew about new figures back then was by going out and doing some real toy hunting. Two of the coolest finds I ever had was ...
1) when I found Laser Rod Optimus Prime at KB Toys ... didn't know about it until that very moment and it was the only time I ever saw that figure in stores. Bought after my last day of high school around Memorial Day 1995.
2) Not seeing any new toys until January of the next year at a Kmart ... when I thought Kenner bought the name "Transformers" from Hasbro and started making these new "beast" toys. It had been so long since I had had a Transformers fix that I bought them just because I wanted to collect something. At least it was still "Megatron" ... but what was up with this Optimus Primal name? Did Hasbro keep the name Optimus Prime for themselves? Ah, another crazy moment.
Bumblevivisector wrote:The only way they could go wrong is if all this talk of repainted gestallt teams leads to Classics Silverbolt and Onslaught in G2 colors. That'd be a total waste.
I kind of expect this ... but I agree, this would be a waste to me. Definitely cooler characters that need some love. Though somehow I'm OK with purple Ramjet and black Sideswipe. Go figure.
Bumblevivisector wrote:And am I the only one who thinks Armada Jetfire with a new head would be the perfect Jhiaxus? He's rounded, and even has those fins on the back of his calves, just like big J!
I'd love to see them give us a G2 Jhiaxus finally. One day ...
Bumblevivisector wrote:For characters from where G2 blurs into the J/E exclusives...could some character choices in Last Stand of the Wreckers be telegraphing?
I've been thinking the same thing, not to mention the club comic.
Bumblevivisector wrote:As for Sky Scorchers, Cybertron Jetfire to Terradive would be the easiest repaint of all.
And the box itself should look like the Cybernet Space Cube.
LOL. Ah, that's one thing from G2 that I would hope would one day be long forgotten.