[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by trebleshot

Legends-class toys are considered part of a main line, and have been since their debut with Cybertron. They are just as much a part of a given mainline as the other size classes. However, their character selection generally leaves them out of scale with anything else in their line.

Some of them size well with other classes (like the Minibots and a few others), but larger characters like Prime and Megatron are definitely out-of-scale.

They're mainline in the same way that PCC is mainline, in that you can buy them anywhere and everywhere, and in that Hasbro likes to chuck them into gift sets that can be used to create some sense of scale (like "The Fury of Fearswoop)
And in that (Such as RotF legends Arcee with Leader Prime) there is some sense of scale. (In fact, I see PCC as a logical expansion of Legends. There's a really good scale between the two)
But the rest are rediculous when put with the mainline toys. Even the Minibots. Cosmos, Warpath, Beachcomber, Brawn... all those guys look rediculous lined up on my classics shelf.
But they look great with other legends.
Legends was never created to *be* mainline. They were a cheap alternative to the large toys, that could be put in discount stores and pharmacies. They were ment to be impulse buys, and originally weren't available anywhere else but those places, until TRU started to sell them.
They were part of Hasbro's (continuing) campaign of making prominant TF characters available in multiple size classes so that even kids with limited funds could have their favorite character.
Legends of Cybertron was successful, and eventually Hasbro expanded it, dropped the "of cybertron" and adapted it for the movie. There, if followed the exact same purpose as it did for Cybertron. Only when it was for Cybertron, no one would critisize anyone for saying "Legends Scourge doesn't fit with Scout Scattorshot," like they will critisize you for saying the same thing about legends Trypticon.
It was only when Hasbro started making G1 homages is when people started trying to shoehorn it and claiming it's as much mainline as the deluxe.
Plain and simple, Legends are a sideline that's ment to make prominant characters available in a cheap, impulse buy pricepoint.

I *would* like to see a full line that utilizes legends, though. Small vehicles like Cars relegated to Legends, while large vehicles are appropriate to large sizes.
But then, I'm sort of opposite to Hasbro, who likes to place a big focus on big eensive toys. I however would love to see a return to how BW did it, and focused primarily on Basics and Deluxes, with leader characetrs reserved to Mega/voyager, and only giant characters recieving ultra and leader. And with Voyager, Ultra, and Leader class getting only a few toys each year (instead of half the line).