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Originally Posted by Tarquinius

much like Iron Man 2 and Wolverine Origins having characters which supplement the Marvel Universe line...are there any characters like that in the movie lines that came out? I've completely ignored them because I wasnt a big fan of the movie renditions of some of the characters but maybe there are a few that are exclusive to this line?

Yes and no. Crazy Jetty made some valid points about how the lines are blurring when it comes to Movie and non-Movie toys. This is compounded by Hasbro's use of older molds being redeco'd and included in current lines as different characters (Crankcase, Fracture, Big Daddy and Grindcore are good examples).

If we went strictly on toy lines, then some of Universe 2.0 could fill in for Movie and vice-versa. Some of HFTD could go in the Movie group while others from HTFD could go in the Classics/Universe 2.0/Generations group ("Neo G1").

Transformers really doesn't have a straight-on comparison to MU when it comes to supplemental lines like IM2 and XMO:W, though I guess HFTD would technically be the companion line to ROTF and Reveal The Shield is set to become the MU equivalent of Transformers (at least until TF3 comes out).

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Originally Posted by Crazy Jetty

Now see, this is what I feel the Scout/Basics are for. Minibots would look GREAT in this size. 'Bee, Wheelie, Cosmos would be perfect.
The few minibots that have been in this class are equally perfect. Huffer (Both Botcon and PCC), Armorhide standing in for Pipes, RotF Beachcomber, Fallback. To me, legends is no substitutes.

I definitely agree the Scout class would have worked as well. But I also think Legends have their place, especially when you look at the Supreme class.

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Doesn't stop me from getting them. They're great fiddle toys. It's fun to put them with guys they might be in scale with (Trypticon, Metroplex, E-Combiners)
But I could never put Legends Trypticon or Trailcutter in my display and say it's good.
I have to have scouts surrounding Cosmos and Wheelie, separating them from the deluxes and larger, so they don't look too out of place.

Oh, yeah, definitely. In no way would I consider Legends Trypticon and Trailcutter as the Classics versions of those characters. I even consider them to be separate characters in my own TF multiverse. But I still call Trypticon a Universe 2.0 toy and Trailcutter will be a Reveal The Shield toy when he comes out.

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But, we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. I see your points, and see where you're coming from, and I can tell that you genuinely get what I'm saying, too.

Agreed.

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Originally Posted by Primacron

I think you missed the embarrassment icon!

Yeah, I realise I missed out Animated. I've nothing against it, I'm very happy with my animated Dinobots.

I think I missed it too. Or misunderstood it, at least. C'est la vie.

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I would have liked the Universe minibots to have all been scouts rather than legends, but since they started making them legends class I'd like them all to be legends class. The upcoming Generations Windcharger looks good though.

Yeah, all the Minibots as Scouts would be cool and it might still happen considering RTS Windcharger. Besides, we all know Hasbro loves to make Bumblebee toys

But I also hope Hasbro finishes the Minibots off in Legends class as well. Only nine more to go, Hasbro!*

*The total includes redoing Powerglide and Seaspray, who already have up-scaled releases who have alt molds that are closer in scale to their real-word counterparts but are way off when looking at the scale for robot mode.