Obscure Characters

I've been asked a few times why I love obscure characters or using them in stories etc, well simply put they're the easiest and most fun to write for

Basically I have these reasons specifically why:

1) They have little or no character development before that point, so you can give them pretty much anything to do or give them any back story and it'll be valid

2) You can teach other people about a lesser known character, rather than the heavily over-used Optimus Prime or Bumblebee

3) You can kill them off or do horrible things to them without anyone really moaning

4) Eventually if the character gets so popular again, then maybe Hasbro/Takara will make a new version of the character for a toyline lol

A very good example of this is Razorbeast, who was relatively unknown before "The Gathering" but afterwards he became a greatly sought after figure, same with Thunderwing (oh and look, he has a new toy coming out <<), Overlord, Basically all the Rookie Wreckers in LSOTW and many more

So that's why I prefer to use guys like Pyro, Swerve and Siren over Optimus, Bumblebee and Prowl

What does anyone else think?