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It's time for a Zarana & Zandar 2-pack
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03-06-2021, 11:18 AM
Steevy Maximus
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I don't understand how such attention to detail and obvious passion and respect by the Classified designers for the source material can fall so glaringly short of the Zandar character. Not including him, nor likely as Zarana's twin brother, and giving Zartan a scarf... how could they do that, and leave Zandar out of an obvious interest in the Dreadnoks? it really feels like the ultimate snub from Hasbro...
The line just started. Nearly 10 years on, there remains dozens of Star Wars Original Trilogy aliens and droid yet to be done. Transformers has been doing “Classics” for almost 15 years, and only just in the last couple years addressed Micromasters. And despite an entire line of Headmasters, Hasbro didn’t even touch the 1988 Headmaster characters outside of a few in the small dedicated assortment (meaning they still lacked bodies).
In terms of GI Joe, 25th Zartan hit in 2007. Zarana didn’t join him until 2011 (five years later), and Zander didn’t finally get a new figure (only his second) until a box set that same year.
In terms of Dreadnoks, that “character page” on GI Joe is still missing guys like Monkeywrench and Gnawgahyde. The Joe character page is still missing Beachhead (who just got a figure) and several “core specialists” like Tunnel Rat, Dial tone and Snow Job. Not to mention niche favorites like Falcon and Serpentor.
To me, it feels premature to doom and gloom on a line that isn’t even a year old. Everybody has a favorite, and Hasbro only has so many slots and resources to work from. That said, there are characters that are going to be a higher priority, especially if they tie into a new media or feature film.
Edit: It’s also worth noting that character priorities CAN (and probably WILL) change between different development teams. One notable story was that there was a Star Wars designer who was steadfast against remaking the Cloud Car. Once he left, a new Cloud Car was made. Aaron Archer (in Transformers) was opposed to headmasters and out of scale alt modes (Perceptor and Soundwave as handheld objects). In the years since he left, all of those things he said couldn’t be done have been done in some form.
In terms of GI Joe, the only reason Spirit became a central character in Sigma 6 was because the brand manager was a fan of the character and pushed for his inclusion.
Moral of the story? Never assume things can’t change when people move around at Hasbro.
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