william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:CombaticonsCombine? wrote:I'm sorry, but can I point something out? The robot mode of the animation model doesn't have wheels.
Just because you want the animation model to be perfectly replicated doesn't mean they're actually able to make every detail work into a figure. Toy design doesn't work like that, pal.
Knowing MOST Masterpiece figures, this as close to the animation model they could get (head nonwithstanding) and still allow it to transform.
This is close enough, because it's as close as we can get.
Too high the expectations I guess. Sometimes, reality should settle in first before concept. Will it be fiscally viable in the first place.
Why cant we expect perfection from the masterpiece line? MP Lambor found a way to hide the wheels in the chest, just as Animated rodimus did. And so did MP 10. I look at toys like ROTF Leader Prime and HFTD Starscream and see toys that were made after concept designs were made by people not thinking of making toys perfectly based on them. But there they are, they exist. The entire animated line is based on stylized designs that were made first and that you'd think could not be replicated in toys that transform. I remember people saying that stability was the cause for Scrapper's arms not having elbows on generations Devastator and that was proven untrue. Lets not give excuses assuming this is the best we could get. The truth is the best MP designer working at Takara did not make this toy and thats too bad.
Nope. Not giving TT a free ride. Again I'll withhold final judgement until I receive IH this February 2016. Then I'll call it a "turd" if indeed it is. Heck I remember how lot's of people laid iton Lambor for having hollow legs and stuff but now it is praised as one of the great MP releases.
Btw wj88, concerning "designer" name recognition, did you read a post of mine a few clicks back? Using that as an analogy, for example:
Team leader/engineer: wj88 (already known for various great releases such as MP-10 etc)
So a work of wj88 is given full cred because of the great outcome/praise from collectors. But wj88 isn't the only one working on the fig, he's got lots of assistance too. Maybe one of those assistants, let's say "SillySpringer" also contributed greatly to the figure's design but wasn't given full cred yet (being new and cutting his teeth in the business) but manages to impress wj88.
So as a reward for his contribution, they (TT) let him get full cred on the next project (i.e MP-27)
You get my point? Brand or name recognition sometimes affects how we view a certain product. Especially now the cat's out of the bag that it isn't Hisashi doing the main project. It's in Economics 101.