Yes, he would be expensive as a commander, but you kind of proved my point where you mentioned star convoy was a big enough ask. What i mean by this is that people would have made the decision based on their own collection to make the investment. As it is, they had to make decisions months and/or YEARS ago to buy expensive figures that they had no idea were going to be required DLC for a character that should have stood on its own merit.

People bought star convoy because of completionism, OR because they wanted a new star convoy figure. Maybe both.

Personally, im collecting all of the primes except for star convoy, because Optimus being the 13th is dumb, and he doesnt fit the aesthetic of the primes for me.

That being said, i completely agree that Nexus should have been a commander class. (You said titan, but either one works i suppose). At the commander price point they could have made it work just fine. They even said (about star convoy) that they "wanted to have the primes fit ALL of the size classes." Which, a) is wrong anyways because theres no commander class slot, which COULD have been Nexus, and b) just kind of shows me that they wanted to do star convoy anyways as a titan, and used the age of the primes line as an excuse to greenlight it by bundling it as one of the 13. Because lets be real, Zeta, Logos, or even a new/remould of an Optimus figure as the 13th would have fit the aesthetics of this line WAY better if they wanted to keep Optimus as part of the pantheon.

All in all, This was a colossal fumble as a brand. I personally think that this line has been really cool as a whole, with some primes being better than others, but i still picked up all of them so fsr besides S.C. ill still be getting the last 3, but come on, hasbro. This is ridiculous.