Kurona wrote:Know what would be nice? If the MP+ line instead focused on toy accuracy. MPs as is are animation-accurate as heck, it'd be nice to throw a bone or two to the toy fans. Heck, they're doing a toy-accurate repaint of Primal of all characters; why not others?
MP-18S, Hasbro MP Prime, Rodimus, and MP Soundwave might disagree with this statement. They have done nods to the toy rather than cartoon in terms of deco. Indeed, my own Masterpiece collection skews toward my favorite memories. My first Transformer was Soundwave. I absolutely wanted the figure, but when I found out Hasbro was doing him in toy accurate yellow eyes (as well as all cassettes for 130), I waited for the domestic release. Instead of MP-18, I opted for MP-18S due to that being the toy I had as a kid and I didn't want to get multiple versions (although I did get MP-18B because...I had to).
They seem to have lessened this approach, while not backing off it entirely. I thought they would have done Ultra Magnus in lighter toy blue for US market, but it didn't happen. I thought he was a shoe-in, considering he isn't licensed.
The MP+ line seems to retroactively make the normal additions more toy-like by default.