Masterpiece Skids is Coming in 2021

Well well well. Ironically, I was just thinking about checking out that 3pmp Skids, I forget whatever he’s called. TakTom must have scanned my brainwaves!

Was Skids ever featured in the cartoon? Just curious if they’ll go for the hyper-cartoon aesthetic or something closer to the MP-10 style.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Was Skids ever featured in the cartoon? Just curious if they’ll go for the hyper-cartoon aesthetic or something closer to the MP-10 style.

If I'm not mistaken, Skids showed up in Generation 1 for like two episodes and even then, I don't think it was for more than 30 seconds each appearance. ("The Insecticon Syndrome" and "Triple Takeover" being the episodes) I don't think he was even named dropped.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Was Skids ever featured in the cartoon? Just curious if they’ll go for the hyper-cartoon aesthetic or something closer to the MP-10 style.

Two episodes, and he's one of the few characters who's character design (both bot and alt) is almost identical to the original toy (aside from his wonky cartoon shoulders). Judging from the line art he should be a nice blend of both.

Emerje

Hellscream9999 wrote:So is this like a concept sketch, or is TT doing another drastic style change on the MP line again, because that is not the hyper-smooth cel-like designs they have been going with, that looks like a pre-mp magnus hybrid style mp, man this collection is gonna have no design consistency whatsoever if this is the case

It'd be pretty much impossible to make him based on the cartoon exactly and still have a good figure. The cartoon got the overall shape correct, but they really screwed up the shoulders. I don't think of this so much as being a new type of design as I do fixing the original.



Compared to the original toy and the MP line art.




"Compromises" had to be made and I think it turned out for the better. Looks like they'll be retaining the sticker designs from the toy, probably tampographed on.

Since this is just line art there's still room for changes like adjusting the front of the van to the right model.

Emerje

Looks as though they're going back to Hasui's design "philosophy" rather than literal cartoon-accuracy, at least with Skids. Maybe they're testing the market.

The Tweet does mention "instinctive" transformation + "hybrid" version MP.
Maybe they realised fans were fed up with overly complex transformations. There's also the cracking issue with Hound that they haven't addressed, as far as I know.

Truth is, I skipped both MP-45 Bee & MP-51 Arcee. I do have MP-52 Starscream pre-ordred because I've wanted a proper Masterpiece Starscream from the start, but other than that, at least for now, I think I'm done with MP.

WfC has become more fun, it's cheaper, it takes up less space, and they put out lots of characters. Though even with CHUG I've cut back.

Weird choice, but okay.

Was not expecting this. Never got the off-brand version because I didn't like the face (although I got their Crosscut and it's a pretty solid act). I haven't like the designs of most of these "phase three" MPs, but based on these drawings I'm cautiously optimistic.

Glarryg

84everfan wrote:Where. Is. My. G1. Mp. Jazz.

This is just a guess, though probably a pretty solid one....Porsche hasn't given HasTak a license for their products, and HasTak is big on doing licensed vehicles for the Masterpiece line. It's the same reason there isn't an MP Cliffjumper. It could be as simple as this, or its possible that another toy company has the license for Porsche. That's the reason that Dino in the Studio Series line isn't a licensed Ferrari.

Hmm, anybody clamoring for an MP Skids?

Anyway, looks pretty good.

Though the Alternators version wasn't all that bad either True not the actual G1 car model but still decent attempt.



Also, I guess this means Porsche still hasn't allowed ther car to be a war robot huh?

Skids? Interesting choice...