PadForce wrote:sol magnus wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Yeah, now that I finally see them next to each other, I’m super happy with my Magic Square Prime. This over priced money grab (good looking one, though) is finally an easy pass.
Yeah, looks to me like you paid too much for whichever one of those other two you bought. But it's your money.
Difficult to "pay too much" for either of the other two when they are between 1/4 and 1/3 of the price.
Sounds are the only un-objective benefit 44 has over the others.
That's debatable. I could give a rat's patootie about sounds.
Superior engineering gives far superior articulation and range of movement, and therefore play value, which even though I'm sure most of us just stand them on a shelf still want in a figure. To say nothing of all the other stuff you get with it.
All the reasons I collect doesn't come down to the banality of price. I know price is a factor - I'm not rich. But it's not the only factor. Takara has poured a lot into this figure, which the extra features shows where the money went. If you want a knock-off brick that looks like a cartoon Optimus just because it's "cheaper", you do you. But, like Sunstreaker and Inferno, I can appreciate the construction and ingenuity of what looks to me like a Masterpiece worthy of the name.