by Covenant » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:41 pm
- Motto: "Just keep going.."
- Weapon: Fusion Cannon
Oh come now, let's not get into calling each other whiney for having honest and intelligent opinions on the item. Yes, its a fantastic toy, biggest Grimlock ever if I'm not mistaken, true respectful homage to the G1 design given new MP form, and yes despite issue with a high price and small size there's simply no way this item will not find its way to my shelf. But, especially since I will be purchasing, its all more the reason to voice my opinion on the matter. And if for the same issues there are some that might have purchased if not for such problems, then they too should let it be known why.
If you're one of the folks that has no issue with cash, cool for you - that's getting to be rare nowadays, and should you love the size in comparison to Classics, rock on. But if Grimlock is being done as a Masterpiece and scale comparison is to be taken into account, should it not be the MP scale instead of production on a high priced collector's item matching only to a separate & generally smaller line? Even if they went more plastic than diecast to do so (as in the case of MP Megatron, Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker), the MP Grimlock should have been as large if not larger than Masterpiece Prime.
When I bought the 20th Anniversary Masterpiece Optimus Prime brand new, new release it cost me around $80. You can't scale down from that size, likely follow the trend of less diecast in MPs (as they've gone along) which means more plastic, then tack on another $70 with nothing more than 'the economy' as an excuse. Size isn't everything, sure, and with Transformers items there's always differing sizes within any line. But when creating a Masterpiece Grimlock with the two established sizes of Prime/Megatron larger form and Starscream/other Seekers slightly smaller form, they run with the smaller size? There's zero problem with an established customer having some kind of expectation from their supplier, especially since this is the Masterpiece line that caters to the collector.