there have been allot of discussions on whether a toy is Movie accurate or is a certain gun or weapon movie accurate.. and I suppose these are gonna be some factors in whether us picky collectors buy a Transformer figure or not..
tell you the truth if the figure looks as close to accurate as possible, I'll buy it..
But there are some minor details that to me mean a whole lot.. especially that these details fall inline with movie accuracy.. albeit, not completely but close enough..
In the Transformers the 1st Movie:
Bumblebee Movie/Human Alliance Bumblebee:Bumblebee is being driven by Mikaela down the street in the city battle with the tow truck.. Bumblebee is firing his canons off at Brawl, whose taking a beating..
over Bumblebee's left shoulder we see him fire off some small missiles from what looks to be a rocket launcher..
this same similar quality is present int he recent ROTF HA Bumblebee..now there are some differences in this figure to that of the movie, but by far it comes very close to accuracy and that small detail of the rocket launcher, knowing it is in the actual movie,makes the purchase of this figure even that much more a fantastic decision I made..
Optimus Prime Movie/Leader Class ROTF "Buster" Optimus Prime:there is just so much that makes this figure so movie accurate.. but let us take for example that again in the first Movie for Transformers, we see int he city battle, Optimus Prime reach over his shoulder and pull a quickly transformed Buster canon off his back and hit Megatron with a nice shot, after which Megatron Gave Prime a nice return hit..
In the New Buster Optimus Prime figure, the back canisters form the weapon for prime to use, which to me, makes the back of the figure less bulky, and gives the impression that Optimus Prime's chest is more in style and proportion to that of the movie..(I wonder if this was a design idea left off originally by Hasbro, and Takara-Tomy reinstated it for it's premium "Buster" release)
in either case, these few and minute details in themselves, though not known or often thought of, make me covet and admire the more recent Transformers toys that have been released.. and I wonder when we may see a full Human Alliance or Equivalent line up coming out. Scaling isn't too much of an issue with me, and I am more interested in a
movie accurate figure that is somewhat in scale then a non-accurate Movie figure that is in perfect scale..
Final Thoughts:To me, if a Transformer toy, or any action figure for that matter, that I buy looks like it just walked out of the movie screen and into my hands in plastic.. I will definitely buy it. I want a completely movie accurate line up.. and will most likely sell off my other figures, which are not as accurate just because, I feel as if they aren't perfect to my idea of what they should be in my collection..I am a purist.. and I suppose some of you would hate that, but hey.. we all collect in different ways.
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