Burn wrote:I read these posts, and then I sit back and think ... I'm happy with the Masterpiece line. See, I don't give a flying **** about cartoon accuracy or whatever. What I like about Masterpiece is the engineering.
I do too! If I'm being perfectly honest, I wish they'd have kept things at the same level as MP10 (mix of cartoon with real world accuracy). But I'm A-OK with the current direction. And yes, the engineering of these ones have been
killing it lately.
Burn wrote:At a time when the main lines features vehicles that transform in much the same way as they have for the last few years, the engineering in the Masterpiece is unique and innovative.
Except for TR Kup. That thing blows my mind!
Burn wrote:Don't like it being called "ladder magic"? eh, that's fine. I still think it's a great piece of engineering.
Hey Densh, I'm legitimately surprised to hear you slouch off the ladder magic. But, to each his own I 'spose. Even if you don't think it's magic, consider this: it's commitment. And what I mean by that is, engineering him in such a way indefinitely upped the parts count and thus, cost of production. Not that I'm implying it's pure goodness of heart and we're not paying for it, but it's not something they had to do. They could have made it much simpler and just left a ladder hanging off the back of his head.
Burn wrote:I have no interest in 3P stuff. Absolutely no interest whatsoever. I'm content with TT/Hasbro stuff, if you want to call me a "company guy", well hey, that's fine, go **** yourself though because it's pretty pathetic to label people simply because they prefer one thing to another.
Those labels and
labelers are certainly out there, but I didn't see any of that in this thread?
Personally I support Hastak everywhere possible (I think y'all know that) and use the 3P's as gap fillers. I'll always have Hastaks back.
Burn wrote:Except Shockwave. That was just some plain lazy **** right there.
He gets a lot of flack, warranted too especially compared to Soundwave. But how complex did he really need to be? He does everything he needed to do. Aside from (what I recall) hollowness in gun mode, I'm ok with him.