Flashwave wrote:Would I maybe have liked the add ons from Takara? The Other Guns? Maybe, but then where would I put them on Devy? So not a loss for me.
Just so people know, Takara had planned for the added guns. They can be placed in devastator's back and even fit on each of the respective alt modes. Its there that we realize what the specific tabs on Hook's hook is for.
Now onto an interesting topic, this idea about laziness of Hasbro, especially compared to Takara. Now, I get it and I too love Takara and yes they have said on the record that the are dedicating themselves with this line and will go all out to provide the best homage to G1 combiners they can.
Hasbro has also been on record saying that the line was sold with the idea that the molds could be milked (said in nicer terms of course).
However it is imperative to realize that were it not for Hasbro's initiative to start this, we would never have these combiners. And these combiners and peg system was designed by Hasbro and it is way better than the latest exclusive combiners Takara came up with on their own:
So yeah, Hasbro is more constrained and might have to make more concessions, but if it wasnt for their initiative, we wouldnt have gotten anything from Takara (maybe aside from MP Devastator, which had been designed and who's design served as the basis for CW Devy).