I completely beleave the op's post. Two of my nephews, ages 6&4, love transformers. One being my godson,the 6 year old, once when I asked if he wanted my ROTF Battle Blades BB he rolled his eyes and asked me why would he want that figure. I quote "Bumblebee sucks can I have your Ironhide?". Now granted the Ironhide in question was the ROTF recon hide but he still didn't want the spaire Battle Ops BB either. So... Maybe just Maybe Hastak producing sooooo verrrrry many bb's has maybe turned a few kids off?

 

... and here's another one, via my trip to wal-mart today.

So I'm sifting through the endless clutterfuck of Optimus & bees when I overhear this little kid saying "But mommy, don't you always say that expensive things are the good things?".

I didn't hear the entire conversation, but I really didn't need to.