Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
Chaoslock wrote:kirbenvost wrote:Zeds wrote:Don't start ruining the MP line Has/Tak/Tomy.
Quoted for truth.
If this is true, it's wasting a spot in the MP line. That's not to say it's a bad figure, it just belongs in its own line.
Seconded.
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Chaoslock wrote:kirbenvost wrote:Zeds wrote:Don't start ruining the MP line Has/Tak/Tomy.
Quoted for truth.
If this is true, it's wasting a spot in the MP line. That's not to say it's a bad figure, it just belongs in its own line.
Seconded.
Thirded. The leader-class line is not MP-worthy.
Autobot032 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Chaoslock wrote:kirbenvost wrote:Zeds wrote:Don't start ruining the MP line Has/Tak/Tomy.
Quoted for truth.
If this is true, it's wasting a spot in the MP line. That's not to say it's a bad figure, it just belongs in its own line.
Seconded.
Thirded. The leader-class line is not MP-worthy.
Really? I guarantee that if Optimus and Starscream had come out in Masterpiece packaging first, and sold by TakaraTomy for $100.00+ before Hasbro got their clutches on them, everyone would be fawning all over these two as being Masterpieces and claiming "THEY'RE THE BEST EVAR!!1!ONE!"
And they're so close to Masterpiece level it's not funny. But, you know as well as I do that Hasbro helped pull off the impossible. We received Masterpiece levels of engineering and design at Leader Class pricing, and TakaraTomy knows this, and they're gonna milk it for all it's worth.
I guarantee the fandom would have a different tune if they had been labeled Masterpieces from the get go. lol
Gauntlet101010 wrote:
MP figures should be MP figures. Not glorifies Leader class. If they're just gonna be Leader class figures how about a matching price?
LeL wrote:If it wasn't for Takara, Hasbro wouldn't have Transformers, so when it comes down to it, Takara should be able to do anything they want.
kirbenvost wrote:Zeds wrote:Don't start ruining the MP line Has/Tak/Tomy.
Quoted for truth.
If this is true, it's wasting a spot in the MP line. That's not to say it's a bad figure, it just belongs in its own line.
Dead Metal wrote:I find the outrage over this delicious since this is nothing but Japan's release of Leader Starscream. Plus it's not part of the main MP line since this is MP -M01, Master Piece - Movie 01, so this will just be the first MP of a Movie MP line, something people have been crying to get since 07.
OIh and I find the outcry over at tfw to be far more entertaining than over here, as some people really act as if this is the end of the world, not all but a lot of em.
Malicron wrote:Gutter Bunny wrote:Maybe I'm just disappointed because i was hoping Hot Rod/Galvatron/Shockwave/Soundwave...Ratbat...ANYBODY else would be announced next.
Agreed; I'd have taken bloody Wheelie over this blasphemy. Please tell me that I haven't actually woken up yet and this is all a bad dream.
Malicron wrote:Gutter Bunny wrote:Maybe I'm just disappointed because i was hoping Hot Rod/Galvatron/Shockwave/Soundwave...Ratbat...ANYBODY else would be announced next.
Agreed; I'd have taken bloody Wheelie over this blasphemy. Please tell me that I haven't actually woken up yet and this is all a bad dream.
Malicron wrote:Malicron wrote:Gutter Bunny wrote:Maybe I'm just disappointed because i was hoping Hot Rod/Galvatron/Shockwave/Soundwave...Ratbat...ANYBODY else would be announced next.
Agreed; I'd have taken bloody Wheelie over this blasphemy. Please tell me that I haven't actually woken up yet and this is all a bad dream.
But would it be blasphemy if it was a Masterpiece Beast Wars character? Why should Masterpieces be restricted to only G1?
If the speculation here and elsewhere is right, and this MP Movie Screamer's mainly for Japan, then that shouldn't be a problem. Masterpiece was originally for Japan only anyway; no reason why they shouldn't have this toy.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:I guess this means that the Leader class Bumbelebee will also be a Masterpeice?
How about Animated Bulkhead? Give him a shiny coat of paint and Energon Galvatron can be Masterpeice Galvatron.
It's really not the use of a movie character that I object to, personally. Although, if they wanted to go this route, Prime would be a more logical first choice. It's the use of a lesser quality mold.
It's the same reason I wouldn't really want to see a Jazz or Ironhide Masterpeice. They'd be glorified Alternators. Alternators are nice, but when you're advertising "Masterpieces" that's kind of what you expect to get. Making a Leader class figure with actual good paint apps isn't the sort of quality I've come to expect fromt he MP line.
And, although Takara CAN do whatever they want to with the Transformers brand, that doesn't nessasarily mean they SHOULD. There are bad ideas out there. And the MP line was concieved of for both Takara and hasbro, and both put work into Prime. Although the line did become more japan-centric.
Droptested Thrice wrote:Gauntlet101010 wrote:I guess this means that the Leader class Bumbelebee will also be a Masterpeice?
How about Animated Bulkhead? Give him a shiny coat of paint and Energon Galvatron can be Masterpeice Galvatron.
It's really not the use of a movie character that I object to, personally. Although, if they wanted to go this route, Prime would be a more logical first choice. It's the use of a lesser quality mold.
It's the same reason I wouldn't really want to see a Jazz or Ironhide Masterpeice. They'd be glorified Alternators. Alternators are nice, but when you're advertising "Masterpieces" that's kind of what you expect to get. Making a Leader class figure with actual good paint apps isn't the sort of quality I've come to expect fromt he MP line.
And, although Takara CAN do whatever they want to with the Transformers brand, that doesn't nessasarily mean they SHOULD. There are bad ideas out there. And the MP line was concieved of for both Takara and hasbro, and both put work into Prime. Although the line did become more japan-centric.
I like Masterpiece too. But to say that any toy that wasn't designed specifically for MP is thus "of lesser quality" is a flawed argument. Otherwise, we wouldn't have complaints:
- about how MP Seekers have unnecessary hip kibble, which have to be "fixed" through fan mods
- or how Takara "didn't get right" MP Starscream's colors
- or how MP Seekers and Grimlock are not in scale with MP Prime and Megatron
- or how Prime originally didn't include the trailer
- and then, when they did add a trailer for Prime, we get complaints on why they didn't include Roller
- or how MP Megatron's a fragile toy, is not that poseable, isn't in the right size when in gun mode, has missing gun accessories, and has metal parts that tarnish easily
And those are just the more common complaints regarding Masterpiece. I agree that there are ideas which should not be used for this line, but it's not like everything that's come out under MP has been flawless.
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