It's hit and miss.
Dean can put Tracks into a good Han Solo pose, but mine just keeps un tabbing- the backpack, the shoulders/ wheels part... very frustrating that also renders it fidgety.

 

Of course, he does.

Otherwise, it's just a trolling statement.

Maybe you have a dud, or maybe you're just really doing it wrong.

I, and many others such as Dean, don't have any issues dynamically posing our respective Tracks. Seems like you and some others have for whatever reason, tho.

 

Actually he was right. I don't have to prove anything to you. And I also don't need to argue with you that I was completely sincere, and not trying to troll. Careful, your fanboyism is showing.

And to malware - funny you should mention that. As the brown on your nose seems to come and go. I have yet to meet another person as conflicted as you.

 

No, you be careful with your fanboyism.

I'm the last person in this board that you can try to accuse of fanboyism.

That said, you have still have to qualify your troll-statement about Tracks being a terrible toy that is only for masochists.

 

not to mention racist

 

If by conflicted you mean someone who tells it as it is then yes I am. Unlike you I have no allegiance to TT or third party, I buy what I think is awesome regardless of the corporation behind it.

Maybe if you took off your "Offishial Onry" goggles you would be able to see the truth(s) in my earlier statement(s)!

 

Dai Omega, it sounds like perhaps you've read my review, but just in case:
Sixo's Transformers Photo Library: PRE-RELEASE REVIEW #01: Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks

I was honestly really impressed by Tracks, just like Dean & Maz. Seems like not everyone was, although to be fair several people I have chatted with have been won over after spending more time with him beyond their initial impressions, such as ambitron.

Maybe it is hit and miss like bellpeppers says, I don't know. All I know is that the copy I have in hand does not suffer from issues like not tabbing properly etc. At first I thought it did, but after a couple of transforms, no problem. I'd strongly recommend him, personally, but in the knowledge that not everyone else is satisfied.  

Sorry to hear you're not a fan, although I disagree with this statement. Dean doesn't collect 3P, so that's moot, and if you read any of Maz's many 3P articles, you'll find them as balanced and fair as those of official figures. For my own part, I own several 3P figures that I can say I like better than other official figures, but Tracks is just awesome in my opinion, regardless of whoever made him.  

 

Oh no no. I know. I wasn't trying to be sarcastic or anything. I genuinely think they're good guys. Even Dean, who doesn't collect 3P!

And whoa. Wait. Was I called racist some where above? Whoa .. Someone never heard the term "brown nosing" before I guess. Weird.

And malware. I know you have no alligence, which is why I found your statement to me particularly strange. Why would you go and say something like that to me, when you know I feel the same? I love the MP line by HasTak, but like you, I have no alligence - therefore I can just not forgive Tracks for some of these issues.

It's the same issue I have with MMC Feral Rex. I own him, but for the life of me, can not understand the praise the combined mode gets. Individual bots, sure. But the combined mode is a complete mess. Pick up him, and his skirt falls off. His legs split and dangle all over the place. Leo's legs will give and the legs will flop up and down. It's aggregating.

Same with Tracks. Try to turn his head? OOPS his head just flipped backwards. Try to pose him? Well, take 15 minutes of your time just to get him into a position that doesn't look like he is about to lean and fall falt on his face or back. Speaking of back - look at all the empty air and hollowness. Completely messy and unsightly. Granted I will never have him posed in such a manner to expose his flaws, but it's still annoying.

 

Point me to an MP that Dean _doesnt_ love and maybe we could use his opinion as balanced.

This figure isn't bad per se but I'm not loving it as much as the rest of the real car line. I can see how some might and nothing against that though I can also see the criticisms which are valid IMHO.

 

LOL WUT?! Can't tell if you're taking a jab or just messing around, but I've listed each figure's flaws/shortcomings plenty of times. I've always said that for every couple things they do wrong, they do a whole lot more right.

It's funny to me that some posters think I'm lame because I love Transformers when we're on a forum for TRANSFORMERS.

 

Hasbro MP-10 I'd guess.  

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with respecting each figure for its merits.

The Tracks I have tabs together well, no gaps, and looks the part in all modes. I'm happy with him, but do feel a sense of disappointment in the overall feel of the figure and the materials. Not so much the joints, arms and legs, rather everything that's blue. The plastic to me feels thinner and less quality than the other car bots. That doesn't mean the quality isn't there, it just doesn't feel like it is. It's hard to explain, but I imagine many understand what I'm talking about.

In any case, something that has probably already been mentioned. You can tuck away all of Tracks' leftover bits in altmode. The gun in the standard spot under the windshield, the small blaster for flight mode can stow away next to it (though it will rattle around) and mini-Blaster can fit on the forearm pegs under the car towards the rear by use of the handle.

 

His head doesn't flip back once you snap the neck in place. And I don't find mine hard at all to pose in a completely upright standing pose. Certainly not 15 minutes, in that time I can pose him 15 times.

No, he's not perfect, and yes, he has hollowness, but like the Datsuns and Magnus, Sideswipe from the sides they all have issues from certain angles, but none of them bother me, so about the posing in ways to not expose flaws...yeah, he has many poses to not see the pack from the sides.

But as far as liking him, I do, and...Sorry, nope,not a masochist. And I have a lot of fun posing and transforming him.

 

OK, this made me laugh quite a bit.    

I swear the rest of the world already thinks we're all nerds. If they could only hear some of the conversations we have...  

 

Well, see that, I didn't even know the neck could "snap" into place. I'll have to see if mine does that, but when I flipped his head up to level, I noticed not snapping, clicking or "locked in" type of sound. If this is true, my opinion may go up one or two levels of this guy.

Does his chest have a similar mechanism? And I don't mean just the little tabs which were probably designed to "securely" keep the chest/shoulders locked.

When I move his arms around, the chest/shoulders like to pop out of place. This is also another issue I have with this handsome but slightly annoying fellow.

 

There's a nub towards the front of the grey panel on his neck that requires a bit of pressure to get it to click in place that will lock the head in place and prevent backward movement.

As for the chest, there's a few tabs on the canopy that lock into the shoulder joints. Securing those, along with the tabs on the doors that lock in the back and the back pack tabs seem to apply enough pressure to keep everything locked in securely.

 

I still don't see anything resembling the claim that Tracks is a terrible toy and only for masochists. Quite an exaggeration.

Maybe if you're simply used to transforming those One-Step TFs from walmart, then ANY and EVERY other TF-line will be only for masochists.

As for Tracks, I posted a pic of my disappointment about the hood on mine. That's about the only thing I can truly find fault with it. I'm not even a fan of the character himself.

MP-25 is quite comparable to the other previous carbot MPs. Nothing more, nothing less. There are certainly some disappointments on it, but it's just regular par for the course with the other MP carbots.

The only way I can guess of seeing or experiencing a severe disappointment for Tracks is if you paid more than US$50 (including shipping) for him and it's got a broken limb out of the box.

Otherwise, I still just don't get what is so masochistic or even terrible about this MP.

 

Man. I should go back and ninja edit my post, but I don't like to hide away from the things I have (previously) said. This is going to keep popping up to bite me. Maybe I should have saved that line for MP-09.

From the suggestion on the neck, and chest, I'll have to give it a go. And like I also said, maybe my opinion of this guy will shoot up a few notches. He is a handsome devil, and I would very much like to ... Like him more.

The last negative I could possibly mention (and hopefully no one metaphorically lops off my head for this), was getting the damn legs split apart. I also had the stuck-legs syndrome on mine. Holy hell was that scary. I am very surprised I didn't break it honestly. Just goes to show, at least the quality is still good, despite it feeling a little more "fragile" than previous MP releases.

 

I mention a technique about the tight leg-separation issue earlier that you can try:

-- Untab the doors first for some clearance.
-- Pull only the fenders out to have only the middle (engine) part intact. You want those parts loose and hanging.
-- Then wiggle-pull the engine-part out. You might also want to pull up and separate the hood first before separating the engine-part.
-- Done.

fwiw, I found his legs-separation too tight out of the box, too. But it became decidely much easier for me after I just pull the fenders out first.

 

As for Tracks head transformation thingy, anyone who have a deluxe Generations/United Kup figure it transform exactly the same way.

Just a slight gentle force to bring the head up. If you don't do that the head will flip & flop like a bobble head lol.

 

On mine the revolving Autobot chest panel swings a bit too loose than I would like. It is not as tight as MP Bumblebee's. Any suggestions for a fix??

I was thinking a very light dab of future or clear nail polish on the edge/crease would might do the trick.

For some reason I feel like Takara may release an improved 2nd production run or Asia reissue in the future.