With the Cyberworld cartoon and the Skybound comic underperforming relative to previous outings for the franchise, and with the movie series effectively dead in the water, the 2020s are proving to be a fallow period for Transformers fiction. Can things be turned around before the decade closes out, or will we have to wait for the 2030s before Hasbro hits on a method for reinvigorate things?
>>23890462Transformers is doing just fine look at the amount of product that is still coming out from Japan and the amount of attention it is getting on social media platforms.It just looks like it is losing out on the American market because there is no motion picture or series out there.
>>23890462>will we have to wait for the 2030s before Hasbro hits on a method for reinvigorate things?How old are you?
How are the toys doing? If the toys are doing well then the franchise will survive, I can't imagine media makes up that much of Hasbro's Transformers revenue.
>>23890473>Transformers is doing just fineHasbro as a whole is not doing fine.All of their properties are doing poorly except MtG thanks to its crossover cards.This has happened before with Hasbro so I'm sure they'll figure it out.
>>23890473>the amount of attention it is getting on social mediaSadly, this isn't necessarily a reliable measure of real-world engagement.>>23890638Anon, I'm sure you're very sweet, but I'm spoken for.
>>23891051I did not mean Hasbro, I mean Takara when I said stuff coming out of Japan.
>>23890462Hasn't Michael Bay been working on a movie since Trump got back in office? If so, expect it to drop within a year or two.
>>23891040Recenr reports mention that transformers is doing well, most of the issues seem to be licenced properties. It doesn't change the fact that Hasbro kept raising prices the very moment anything went down, other companies at least kept those increases at bay for some time.In any case, the "affordable" deluxe transformers have gone from 15, to 30 in a decade, and they know their main audience is adults so that's made them do questionable decisions, like make their exclusives much more expensive. A good example is Skybound Prime, the og release was 90 bucks, came with blast effects, rifle, axe, trailer, roller and repair platform, meanwhile, Skybound Prime has the rifle and a new Megatton arm (it doesn't even have the original right arm) and goes for 80 (leaders at this time are 60, so a 20 dollar increase for the hell of it).
You think SS86 Rodimus (yes, he is getting another commander the lil bastard) is going to have the detach-from-the-trailer-and-it-becomes-a-turret thing? Or they will try to fuse the trailer into Rod?I think "melting" the trailer into Rodimus will make him either too big or too awkward.
>>23891889>awkwardThey want the cartoon transformation so yes, he'll be awkward.
>>23891148Micheal Bay hasn't stopped working on Transformers movies at all. He's been a producer for the three he didn't direct.
>>23892203Call me contrarian, but I think Rodimus trnasformation involving him to detach from the trailer was cool and unique.Really, its only the robot mode that needed fixing. And maybe make the trailer longer so it looks more like a truck tailer.
>>23892571>Call me contrarian, but I think Rodimus trnasformation involving him to detach from the trailer was cool and unique.Different anon, but I like it too.
>>23892203Tbh, SS86 Megatron transform into a tank.
