[ SECRET POST #3776 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3776 ⌋

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[French politics / My Little Pony]


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Comments

Question for Transformers Fans re: Bumblebee

[(Anonymous)]

Do you actually like Bumblebee? I mean beyond him being inoffensive and just kinda there. I get that you probably don't dislike his character, but do you actively like and want to see more of him? I'll admit I don't get why Bumblebee is now the feature character of pretty much every part of the Transformers franchise right now, even in the comics where he dead he's Starscream's personal Obi-Wan ghost. I don't get why Hasbro are pushing him so hard.

His toy always seems to be the last one on the rack, and there is always a mess of discarded Bumblebee toy packs on the floor around the racks too (and most of the Transformers toys in the reduced bin are damaged Bumblebee packs). When I see kids going through the toys they always seem to throw Bumblebee toys on the ground to get to the others, but his toy still gets shipped in huge numbers. Is this just a weird thing in my area, and Bumblebee is just oddly unpopular here, or what?

As I say I don't particularly dislike the character, but I don't understand why he is the face of the Franchise and pushed so hard. There are far more interesting characters, for me anyway. What about everyone else?

Re: Question for Transformers Fans re: Bumblebee

[(Anonymous)]

Depends, I guess. I've liked him (original cartoon), not minded him (current comics) and hated his face (TFA). But I think he has always been something Hasbro has tried to peddle for the kiddies, since he is the likeable, small and spunky Autobot.

Re: Question for Transformers Fans re: Bumblebee

[(Anonymous)]

But kids hate the kiddy character, don't they? Teens hated Wesley on Star Trek, everyone hated Scrappy Doo, people wanted Wheelie from the G1 Transformers movie to die in a fire. Has that changed, do kids now like the kiddy character these days?

Re: Question for Transformers Fans re: Bumblebee

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't it usually adults that hate the kid characters? Kids always seem to like them, I thought. Kids liked Jar Jar, kids I know liked Scrappy, though I think everyone hated Wesley at one point...

Re: Question for Transformers Fans re: Bumblebee

[(Anonymous)]

Not really, but that doesn't stop the corporations from trying. Bumblebee isn't that unpopular, but many of his toys remain unsold just because the local shops order them a lot more than they order other Transformers.

Re: Question for Transformers Fans re: Bumblebee

[(Anonymous)]

It might be that the people making merchandising and marketing decisions are basing all of this on assumptions about what they *think* kids like and refuse to change those assumptions in the face of real numbers. I heard The Force Awakens merch had similar problems with people expecting the kids to want Kylo Ren stuff, but they preferred Rey and Finn and pretty much anyone else (which makes sense to me, but no one asked me).

Re: Question for Transformers Fans re: Bumblebee

[(Anonymous)]

If Ren had been more a cool villain like his grandad and less a whiny redpiller then they'd have been right to order in so many. A clear argument for making sure the guys in charge of shilling the merch at least know what the property is like before it goes to the public.