[zedhatch]

Since the 2002 relaunch the line has been preoccupied by Duke, Snake Eyes, Storm shadow, Cobra commander, ect., ect. While we all realize these are the central characters at the same time Hasbro keeps going overboard with them and each incarnation (which hasbro insists doing every year now) requires new versions of each. Point is even the hardcore fans are bored to tears. Sure every now and again something new is brought out but most times the charactes are cookie cutter, uninspired, and bland. The few new characters in ROC are a testiment to this. The vehicles are repaints or in the rare case of a new vehicle, an uninspired mess with a lack of imagination. There just isn't anything captureing attention in all this.

Repitition, blandness, and lack of imagination are what make this line falter. I;m not even going to get into the "exclusives" that are just repaints and cost an arm and a leg, while not officially hasbro it definatly doesn't help the matter much.