Talk:To sell toys
If RiD/CR's getting kicked in the nuts for introducing 18 characters in four episodes, shouldn't someone tot up the number introduced in both the cartoon's MTMTE mini-series, and the opening issue of the Marvel comic? Because the number's more than 18... The Earthforce cycle hyping the Euro Classics probably deserves covering too, as does the proliferation of "classic" characters in later Marvel US issues due to the Action Masters (Prowl, Wheeljack, Shockwave, Starscream, Megatron, etc.)
For the exceptions section, some Marvel bits deserve a mention, surely? I'm thinking specifically of Ratchet managing to hang in there so many years after he was cancelled despite not having an Action Master or anything, and the rest of the Dinobots coming back late on and the introduction of Galvatron at such a late stage.
Cliffjumper 18:24, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
- Personally, I don't think 18 characters in four episodes is particularly worth noting, so I'm with you on that one. I mean, the 2007 movie has 13 Transformers in it. Animated gave us ten Transformers (plus Sentinel and Magnus) in the first episode alone.
- With regards to "exceptions", the notable thing about Dreamwave and IDW is that they had entire multi-issue series where none (or precious few) of the characters had extant toys. Whereas, yah, toward the end of Marvel's run, while there were a lot of major characters who hadn't had toys in a few years, the series still never went more than a year without introducing some new product. Still, it might be worth mentioning that under Furman, classic characters tended to stick around . . . JW 18:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
