william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:I'm not sure how rarity comes into it?
It has nothing to do with it. The toys are at different price points entirely. Nomatter how common a toyota corrola might be, it will always cost more than a 50$ leader class TF toy. Same with MP10, its just a higher end toy, and shouldnt really be compared when it comes to price.
Also, if people truly had strict MP collections and didnt mix and match anything that wasnt a Has tak MP, then the 3p market wouldnt exist.
And things would be a lot less interesting! (imho)
It cannot be denied that MP-only displays are nothing short of marvellous -- I know this if only because of Cyberpath posting in the Awesome pictures thread every day
The meticulous attention to detail, capturing the on-screen appearances and making each figure as perfect as possible is evident in nearly all the Masterpiece figures and a shelf of them is a wonder to behold. But that ain't what I'm here for; especially since the G1 cartoon isn't something I love enough to spend that amount of money on. I'm here for cool figures and random characters I like.
So I'll happily get pit Road Rage against Wolfwire and Vortex; I will most assuredly have my future MP Bluestreak teamed up with Defensor; and I certainly won't shy away from having POTP Optimus stand around with MP Buzzsaw and Clamp Down. Because it's fun.
... though, really, I'm saying all this and one of the big reasons I want POTP Optimus is for an IDW ex-RiD display with Leader Thundercracker, Soundwave and Jetfire
Hopefully POTP Jazz, Universe Sunstreaker and TR Arcee too. And someone get a third party company on a Voyager Cosmos!
Talking of Leader-class MP stand-ins, how many have we got at this point? CW Megatron, CW Seekers, TR Soundwave & Blaster, POTP Optimus & Rodimus, some may count TR Sixshot and Sky Shadow depending on their preferred scale...