-Kanrabat- wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:I'm really hoping I just got a lemon, but this figure is quite the qc nightmare.
Don't leave us hanging and go on with a detailed review, please.
Because these things MUST be addressed. Especially for the price of this figure.
First impressions:
The box and packaging are very cheap. Only a single plastic tray on the inside, and the figure is held in place with plastic ties. No second clam shell for protection when you store it. For the price, higher than other MP cars, this seems like a very cheap move.
The different plastics have slightly different shades of yellow. Very noticeable in car mode.
One complaint I had, can be erased. The figure comes packaged in car mode, with the doors open. When you take it out, you naturally want to close the doors. You will find that things don't tab right, and the car mode is loose and floppy. This is because something is done wrong on the inside. After playing with Bee for a day, and transforming it several times, I can tell you the car tabs together just fine, and holds together tightly.
Car mode does look very good. It even has a place underneath to store the "gun", though this is not in the instructions. Also, the instructions are the crappy Hasbro variety, not the nice detailed ones that usually come with a Takara MP, though this was expected.
Bot mode is very highly detailed. Looks amazing. Mine, however, suffers from very weak joints in the feet/ankles and shoulders. He is very back heavy, and while he will hold certain poses, the ankle joins will fail if you bump the table, or walk to heavily in the room. Again, you expect more from an MP.
Also, his door 'wings' do not tab in. They are very loose and easy to move. Anytime you pick this guy up, you will have to adjust them.
These nitpick might sound petty, but this is a very expensive figure, supposedly of high end quality. It does not meet the mark set by any previous MP release.
A nice, even amazing figure in many ways, but not an MP.
