Henkei Dirge and Thrust pics

Originally Posted by nkelsch

When Classics 1.0 had 2 waves, 6 of the same mold on the shelfs would have been pegwarming trash as classics 1.0 were not that popular and often rotted on the shelves. RAMJET was pegwarming trash. He was. he warmed pegs while grimlock and Mirage sold out and were shortpacked. So did it really make sense to make 2 more repaints of RAMJET to be released at the same time or close to the same time? This is a fact supported by hasbro's own qualitative research and been said at Botcon.

The movie changed all that and grew the franchise. The need for a realistic vehicle filler line was unexpected which gave an opportunity for re-use of the classic 1.0 molds. And by that time Hasbro had decided not to re-release the exclusives and move on to other designs.

Before: the franchise couldn't support that many characters and classics was a dead line

After: They needed realistic alt mode filler to continue the movie popularity and it could support molds that had been off the shelf for 2 years.

Why do people try to pretend the situation was anything different?