The Energon Pub

Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:48 pm

If I should ever get MP-47, I'm gluing the wheels into a solid piece and leaving them unstowed to spite the idiotic "Let's copy the thing the cartoon only did because of mediocre animation" design trend. The engineering is creative and clever, but it's unnecessary and out of place here.

And meanwhile, that kind of cleverness hasn't been being used in some of the places that actually need it, Where was that wheel-splitting brainwave when they were designing MPM-4, huh?

News Credits: 12 · Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:57 pm

Cyberpath wrote:Thanks!

A caricature of MP-47 Hound & MP-45 Bumblebee from weibo --

Ha! Perfection.

Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:51 pm

Cyberpath wrote:Thanks!

A caricature of MP-47 Hound & MP-45 Bumblebee from weibo --

I am so glad i wasn't drinking anything when I saw that.

Thanks for sharing it.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:02 pm

Masterpiece Hound was first revealed in July 2018 and now after a year and a half later, he is coming out. While he is coming out at the end of this month, many will be getting him early January. A fan got his hands on him already and uploaded many images on Weibo. Almost half are regarding instructions and steps, and you are free to translate the text found here for extra context. Below you will see images of the alt mode and bot mode with various accessories. Most images are rather unflattering, with dim lighting and a focus on how the head attaches in a funny way.

Take what you will from these but I would wait for criticism until more have it in hand.

News Credits: 332 · Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:08 pm

Hound looks really good, the head looks better than the promo pics we saw before. As long as the bar the head sits on locks securely in place it should be a non issue.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:36 pm

Will, what amaze me the most is not that you already have MP Hound in hand. It's that you have Figma Aqua! :shock:

Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:39 pm

I love MP Hound but I like Aqua better.

Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:56 pm

Detritus repaint, please.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:57 pm

Kamijou Touma wrote:I love MP Hound but I like Aqua better.

Me too but not enough to have to pay the required 80$+.

News Credits: 12 · Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:25 pm

Hooooo boy I'm not so sure about this one. Putting aside the cracks (which could just be production sample jank) he just looks...off, somehow. Kinda messy. The detail in jeep mode is nice though.

News Credits: 332 · Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:05 pm

Kamijou Touma wrote:I love MP Hound but I like Aqua better.

Aqua?

News Credits: 101 · Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:01 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Kamijou Touma wrote:I love MP Hound but I like Aqua better.

Aqua?

If you don't know Konosuba, you're missing out.

Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:09 pm

I actually don't hate it as much as I initially did. Hmmmmm.....

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:04 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Will, what amaze me the most is not that you already have MP Hound in hand. It's that you have Figma Aqua!

Dont you make fun of those who dont read the text and just looks at the pics?

News Credits: 101 · Tue Dec 24, 2019 9:29 pm

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Will, what amaze me the most is not that you already have MP Hound in hand. It's that you have Figma Aqua!

Dont you make fun of those who dont read the text and just looks at the pics?

I read everything but quickly. I somehow missed "a fan" and assumed it was yours. Thus my surprise in "your" sudden interest in Figma. Especially for an expensive one such as Konosuba's Aqua.

As for MP Hound himself, he's a big "meh" for me. I'll stick with my good old Alternator version.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:24 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Will, what amaze me the most is not that you already have MP Hound in hand. It's that you have Figma Aqua!

Dont you make fun of those who dont read the text and just looks at the pics?

I read everything but quickly. I somehow missed "a fan" and assumed it was yours.

You can tell these aren't Will's pictures, there's no sign of his dinning room table and tile floors anywhere to be seen.

The head does look a lot better in these pics, as does the factory paint. Transformation looks to be on par with the likes of Wheeljack or Sunstreaker, complex but not difficult. I think he's going to be a fun one to mess around with.

Emerje

News Credits: 251 · Wed Dec 25, 2019 12:23 am

Forgot this was coming out soon. Might get one after I come back gunnery and the field during the first quarter of the new year.

News Credits: 372 · Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:28 am

News Credits: 22 · Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:40 am

This figure is very underwhelming. It just looks dull. Like a very well done 3D-printed piece. Not sure why, but it just doesn't work. It's not even the right shade of green, I don't think. I thought Hound was a bit darker.

News Credits: 372 · Wed Dec 25, 2019 7:04 am

Someone will probably beat me to it, but hopfully I'll have some better pictures once mine arrives.

Before I had straightened out MP-44's antennas I wanted to cancel Hound in protest, but the pre-order had already passed the cancellation cutoff date so I left it well enough alone.

Will finally have some green on the shelf.

(But no space!)

News Credits: 372 · Wed Dec 25, 2019 7:20 am

From the TF:Generations 2020 book, source: @tf__tf --

News Credits: 25 · Wed Dec 25, 2019 10:56 am

Merry Christmas! Amazon Japan charged me for Hound today, so he is on the way! Should be here by New Years.

As I'm slowly coming around to embracing the new MP style Takara is going with (while still feeling outraged at the prices, I'm a total mark for paying them), I'm quite looking forward to this!

Wed Dec 25, 2019 10:46 pm

Cyberpath wrote:Will finally have some green on the shelf.

(But no space!)

Nice MP Autobot

collection here.

In terms of aesthetics, Sideswipe really sticks out from the rest, even when compared to Siege Skyfire.

Wed Dec 25, 2019 10:53 pm

Meh, I liked it better when Masterpiece's had a balance of toy and collectors item, like with star saber, or the original bumblebee, and Optimus primal, and especially sideswipe and Mp10. Personally, I'm absolutely happy with my siege hound, it has the right amount of cartoon accuracy while still maintaining its own distinct look. With this guy, it seems takara forgot how these figures work, as not all designs transfer perfectly from animation cel to plastic and die cast. And it's been like that since mp Cheetor and it's only been getting worse since they're under a crazy delusion that we want a ton of accessories we're never going to using as an excuse to mark up the price to the $300 price point. But overall, I feel like masterpiece figures are becoming ridiculously overly engineered leading to breakages on figures like MP 44, and they refuse to take the hint it seems. But those are just my thoughts, I personally won't be buying it since I, perfectly happy with siege hound in my life. But that doesn't mean you yourself can't be excited or want to buy it. So tell me what you think and whether or not you disagree with me so we can start a conversation.

News Credits: 372 · Thu Dec 26, 2019 5:10 am

High_Q wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Will finally have some green on the shelf.

(But no space!)

Nice MP Autobot collection here.

In terms of aesthetics, Sideswipe really sticks out from the rest, even when compared to Siege Skyfire.

I like him though. It's really Red Alert that bugs me, because he was made back when Takara didn't really invest in major retooling.

Same with the "Plus" line, he was done first, before the retools and fire-effects.