I've been thinking about this for a while (I'm sure it's come up in the past) but I was wondering what you ideal transformers line would be? Personally, I still want a Gi Joe/Transformers crossover. Make the Autobots Joe vehicles and the Decepticons cobra vehicles. Yea, I know there is a few third party figures out there... but I want official stuff. Anyway, what would you do?
Something closer to an IDW line. I two different ones MMTE (Cybertronian modes) and RID (Earth Vehicle mode). Universal destroyer Thunderwing and medic Megatron.
I would buy the shit out of a G.I. Joe / TF toyline. Each of the vehicles could come with a Joe or Cobra member, who could pilot / drive the alt-modes. You'd basically be getting two toylines in one. Regarding the question of the thread, this is actually a pretty tough question. Right now I'd like to see line of high quality figures based on the many Evergreen designs, not just limited to the ones we've already seen. Ideally they'd only release each character one time, depending on how large they'd be in the story, so the toy sizes also act as a sense of scale, like what the Studio series figures have been trying to do. Bee would be deluxe sized, as would Barricade, Ratchet and Soundwave would be a voyager size, alongside Starscream and his seekers, Megs and Shockwave would be leader-class, alongside characters like Jetfire, Grimlock and Optimus Prime. Perhaps they could come with accessories, weapons and stuff to interact with. I want to see really good figures made from those designs, and for there to be the potential of seeing many different characters released in its run, characters from different eras and so forth.
I know having all of this would be wishful thinking, but it's fun to think up nonetheless. So: -Something that mixes the sheer variety of eras and gimmicks of Thrilling 30 with the transformation quality of Titans Return. -Includes comic pack-ins (I miss that from T30/Combiner Wars so much) -Line-wide interactivity. Titans Return again did this so well, and I love it when figures can have fun interactions with each other regardless of size -A healthy amount of little legends/--masters/minicons in the smaller price range. I particularly love the fact that the new Micromasters are two packs that can combine into weapons. That's a lot of play value for a nice smaller price -Good paint apps. I remember RID2001 had such vibrant and detailed figures, and the car brothers even had painted door handles. Door handles! -Accessories. Not even specifically just weapons, maybe even just tools. But it's nice when a figure gives you options right out of the box, like SS BugBee's battle mask and arm weapons.
Yeah, I want that too. But I want it Titan Returns style, where the Joes are Headmasters. Make everything to scale. Eff'in Titan Scorponok/Terrordrome! Broadside/FLAGG!
A Generations line that features more than pure Sunbow G1 would be great. Borrow a page from Studio Series by having a tag that identifies which show or comic they're from. So, you could have "The Transformers" Cyclonus in one wave, "Armada" Cyclonus in another, and "Robots in Disguise (2015)" Cyclonus in a third.
I think a pure Sunbow G1 toy line would be great. That would free up the main Generations toyline for other "Generations".
Or, you have a line based on the current cartoon, movie or whatever kind of year it is, as the dedicated "gimmick" line, while "Generations" is the "low-end collector's" line for screen accuracy, articulation, and "proper" scale for all universes, past and present, reserving MP as the "high-end collector's" line.
Anything G1 and would be interested in a IDW line (never read any of the comics, but after seeing some of the art, looks good), but I would be in for a well done G.I. Joe (80s figures) and G1 Tf cross over. Imagine a transforming Rattler, or a Nightraven, the crowdfund for next could be a transforming USS Flagg.
Marvel Legends is pretty darn close my my ideal toyline. It's gotten so good lately, and done things I wanted like add interchangeable hands and heads, made deluxe figures, added photo-real printing to the faces on any movie-based, actual person figures. Firing on all cylinders lately and its the best the line has ever been. The only thing that would make it better is if they could expand into other characters from other properties. And they already are. Star Wars Black is practically the same as Marvel Legends, and the upcoming Power Rangers Lightning line is going to be pretty much the same as Marvel Legends. Let them make everybody like DC characters, independent comics characters like Hellboy, Grendel, Dawn, video game characters, and for the love of Pete, do the UK characters like Death's Head.
Incorrect. Generations for the past several years now has been slavishly G1 based, with the last somewhat meaningful dip into other parts of the franchise being Thrilling 30. Studio Series might go under the Generations banner now, but I consider it an entirely separate entity and not true "Generations".
