william-james88 wrote:megatronus wrote:I'm excited for this - I have my problems with the Magnus mold, but this recolor is totally worth it to me. Especially since he comes with Magnus glasses face!
Would you care to share what you have problems with. I dont have that toy yet and was considering it (either him or Encore Fort Max)
Sure. I whined about him a lot way back when he was released, and have no problem getting back on my soap box.
The lack of waist swivel really, really upset me. It's inexplicable that every other post-MP10 mold (besides the Seeker mold, of course) has a waist swivel except Magnus. It's a hallmark of modern articulation, and I sorely miss it. To add insult to injury, the designers have more or less admitted in interviews that Magnus was constrained by budgets, and it kills me this would be the case for a line of figures dubbed 'Masterpiece', especially since price points in Japan vary based on cost. In my mind, a few thousand more yen would have been worth that waist movement, and the admission that it was possible will forever make me wonder 'what if'.
I'm also bothered by the shoulder articulation and butt flap, but to a much lesser and forgivable degree - especially with the shoulders, the amazing transformation makes it almost worth it.
Magnus is a good figure - and more than that, a fun, transformable one - but he lets me down in ways that make it hard for me to describe him as 'great'.
Still, I'd pick him up over Fort Max, I think. But that's my MP bias talking.