william-james88 wrote:sol magnus wrote:Hasbro Pulse:
Before we go any further, I have to ask, does this Omega Supreme figure have waist articulation?
John:
He does, he definitely does. We get that question a lot! “He’s cool, but does he have waist articulation?” It’s funny how much the G1 toy design has influenced people’s opinion. I remember as a kid this guy really throwing down in the cartoon, and he would bend at his waist, and could do all this different cool stuff. I remember playing with the G1 toy as a kid, and thinking to myself, “Wow…not only is it smaller than the cartoon, but it’s definitely not moving like the cartoon.” Fans of Siege know there’s a lot of articulation we built into these figures, and we wanted to make sure that the Titan Class character also had the same level of articulation.
Amazing how cartoon accuracy comes into play here as desirable, whereas some Masterpiece collectors now decry it as a crime.
You are talking about two different things, what fans dislike in the MP line is cartoon aesthetic. That's not what's being talked about in what you quoted.
Not precisely, no. But related. "It's definitely not moving like the cartoon" and such (nevermind the fact that Omega Supreme and the later mentioned Jetfire had no real "waist" in the show) still takes as a positive a point about how the figures were in the cartoon aesthetic.
My point is really more about the evolution of the complaint. When I was a kid, while I was fine with the toys themselves, I did enjoy the idea of a more cartoon accurate figure. When we got them, they didn't transform, but we did get them.
As time has gone on, the masterpiece line has become more criticized (rightly or wrongly) about "slavish devotion" to the animation, but to me, that's a fantastic innovation. That's not to say I don't still love figures that don't adhere so stringently - I basically traded my Classics/Generations collection for my Masterpiece one, and I've considered returning with the really, really cool Siege figures.
Anyway, I don't want to go too far off on a tangent. I'm looking at potentially getting these (I already bought the Ultra Magnus and am eyeing a Soundwave at my local Walmart), and I like the reminiscence but not exactness to the show they've built into these figures while also taking some cues from the Masterpiece line. Omega would be a (ahem) huge addition in that regard.