In-Hand - Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP33 Inferno

Ah. I just noticed this on Megatron but I see it's true here too.

The fists/hands are being rounded off, just like they were in the cartoon instead of the squared off style they have been for forever. I actually properly hate that. When did that start?

Emerje wrote:Looking back it seems to have started with Ironhide.

Emerje

So I see from the Galleries. I ain't opened Ironhide or Ratchet yet. They're both on the "Rainy Day Pile".

dragons wrote:It is what most fans want for there transformers look more human not alien robotic.

Uh, please don't speak for the fandom. It never works out well. It's what SOME fans want. However, as a collector of Maasterpiece since MP-o1, it's NOT what I want. This over simplification that's been occurring of late is NOT what I want from a line called MASTERPIECE.

Big Grim wrote:

dragons wrote:It is what most fans want for there transformers look more human not alien robotic.

Uh, please don't speak for the fandom. It never works out well. It's what SOME fans want. However, as a collector of Maasterpiece since MP-o1, it's NOT what I want. This over simplification that's been occurring of late is NOT what I want from a line called MASTERPIECE.

How are "more accurate hands" an oversimplification?

Everyone's going on about the ladder magic, but me?

Dr Va'al wrote:

I just want that Gun Ladder

Big Grim wrote:

Microraptor wrote:How are "more accurate hands" an oversimplification?

Over simple as it is part of the over simple cartoon direction they're taking. Simple as that. They are accurate to the cartoon only. I'd have rather they kept to the more squared off actual ROBOT looking hands.

Marvel's G1 comics had rounded fingers for the robot characters too, depending on the artist.

Big Grim wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Marvel's G1 comics had rounded fingers for the robot characters too, depending on the artist.

I am aware of that. Does not change anything. The over simplifying of Masterpiece is not what I want from this line I've been collecting from the beginning. I want them to continue to have the squared off machine-like hands of the past. I'd like them to continue to be dripping with detail. Not blank smoothed off legs like Inferno.

Just my opinion. I'd prefer the Masterpiece line to be what it has been for the longest of time. And that ain't a direct copy of the cartoon.

Maybe its to keep the cost down?

fenrir72 wrote:Maybe its to keep the cost down?

No. It's definately a design choice.

Cyberpath wrote:Just for fun:

cartoon hands.jpg

From TFTM.

(Different animators.)

Re: MP hands, I don't care either way. As long as they keep the "Hausi" style articulation/build.

See, I love the second image of Scream. Just that little bit more robotic. I just looks better to me.

I haven't been part of the MP Inferno conversation and haven't really given him a proper look. He seems to be at design odds with himself. You've got this nice detailed cab as a chest and then smooth blobs of arms and legs just pinned on.

From the pics the transformation looks like just laying him down and making the back of the truck with those cartoon arms and legs. On one side that disappoints me because I want complex and on the other side that's how the transformations looked in the cartoon.

The ladder fold is clever but Inferno just seems very awkward.

Cyberpath wrote:RobotKindom shared MP-33 Inferno's box:

He transforms into a Fuso T951.

One of the stock photos on the back depicts this moment: