For me, I do find these obscure references more appealing. Since I have no fiction based attachment, homages to the old toys are right up my alley! It plays to my love of Takara SF Land, and the old toys. I had "Clampdown" as a kid /still have, so when they released him, I flipped at the chance to get an update. Even though Artfire isn't a Diaclone reference, or a character that I was all that familiar with in the first place, the design that went into his tampos grabs my attention because of the nod to the old style and design that went into the older toys. I prefer Road Rage to Tracks, because of the creative license taken to make her a her, and I prefer Loud Pedal to Tracks because he has that old Head design I loved as a kid. Also LP's deco... SMOKIN'!Kurona wrote:So D-max's high praise for Artfire including "best use of the mold" and me loving Road Rage a lot more than Tracks got me to thinking... in general, do you guys think the obscurer characters the MP molds were repainted/retooled into are better toys than the characters the molds were actually meant for? Discounting things like Skywarp and Bluestreak of course, we all know the Prowl and Starscream molds were always meant to be used for them - but I'm talking Artfire, Road Rage, Delta Magnus, Tigertrack, Clampdown; all those guys that aren't actual characters from the show but are made because money and Diaclone/Microman/Headmasters/whatever references. How much more do you like Loud Pedal than Tracks, or Blue Bluestreak than Smokescreen; if at all?
I will take blue Bluestreak to my grave.