Oh don't get me wrong, I really like them. While I wouldn't really put them alongside the best of the franchise, they're very pretty and look great together as a subseries almost. I kind of even want to see a sleeve for the Optimus with trailer they're doing, just on the strength of how bright and colorful the artwork is.
I just have a weird desire to see the originally planned deco for the Hot Rod toy (maybe even more toy based, catalog-accurate, chrome and stickers and all, just the original magenta -- rather than the animation model colors) finally "released" complete with packaging from the era, almost like a time-skipping artifact from an alternate universe. Just a closure thing.
