-Kanrabat- wrote:Complexity and overengineering doesn't necessarily make a "Masterpiece".
If the initial design is simple enough, we can have a "Masterpiece" that is accurate and great looking in all modes and be easy to transform.
By the same token, I'd imagine people wouldn't be happy with a one-step Transformer that cost $100+
At the price point expectation would be for something not found with general lines.
-Kanrabat- wrote:TlDr; A "true" Masterpiece must look great, must feel great, and must be fun to fiddle with.
Ultimately, I'm not talking about some ideal, as yet unachieved, standard. Just that the overall quality for every figure be held to the same standard as the best of line. No cutting corners, "because they only need to look good from one side and/or in one mode" ala Bumblebee 2.0 or Blackarachnia. Not that every figure should look like a plastic flower ala MP Dinobot in mid-transformation, either. But by the end of the transformation they should exhibit a high level of finesse, as standard ala MP-13 or MP-38.
Not all MPs are made equal, yet as they all comprise this line, that shouldn't be the case.