Well said. This is one of TT finest molds. The engineering is so far beyond any other company out there, even surpassing Arcadia's (Macross).

The other amateur options don't even compare.

 

They certainly have found a way to take something and make it so simple in transformation yet so complicated in articulation. That's one of the things that sets the MP series apart from the rest of the TF stuff, movie MP product included.

 

A meaningless thread bump?! ... I thought this was news goddamnit! (I kid)  

 

Jury is out on how durable that paint is....

 

if I can get it signed by Peter Renaday i'll buy it.

 

Just putting this out there. KFC MP-11ND hands for Dirge CAN be modded for Inferno and Grapple. I may be wrong, but I am guessing that KFC may not want to make posable hands for Inferno and Grapple because it may affect sales of XT Dante & DaVinci. Anyways, the color is very close. I'd say 97-98% color match. I'll post tutorial and answer questions later this weekend!

 

My Grapple has Yellow paint flaking off after 1 transformation ... in a pretty noticeable spot too (hinge on his head guard), I may not transform again him and just sit him on a shelf.

 

Ok, dang it, I may have to fall for a set of those hands for Grapple. If he can properly hold his model, I might just be sold. I haven't bothered with any other MP, but I may have to make an exception for Grapple (and an oh so hopeful Hoist).

 

Amazing figure, but even though this guy was one of my most coveted figures/characters since the inception of the line, he's somehow gone under the radar for two reasons. Firstly, although he's been remolded so much to almost being like a new toy, Inferno has kind of stolen his thunder for me, Grapple being a retool and all. Secondly, there have just been so many heavyweights on the both the official and third party fronts this year that I feel this guy has been kind of drowned. It's still a phenomenal figure but it just didn't quite have the effect on me I thought it would have had.



The image above is why I will never, ever own a pair of KFC hand upgrades, just look at it, it looks stupid and terrible and, the fingers are pretty much the same length which is just wrong, it's like the robot is wearing a glove whenever he has them on. But they also look inorganic and not humanoid which is an aspect most of the hands of the transformers should have. MP-36 excels in this department, exponentially!

 

I'm cool with the KFC hands. The add so much life and realism to TT MPs.

 

Two gripes with KFC hands:

They're usually too oversized

So many different fingers to pose just makes them too fiddly.

The Eness ones for MP-10 are the only ones which come close to the right size, but the ones I got were loose as heck. Ultimately it was fun for some poses, but just casually putting them on the shelf I like my MPs to look badass, and that's usually really easy to do but putting posable fingers into the equation makes it a lot less easy.

The Magnus ones are way too big.

 

An abomination is what those things are.

I'd be happy if every MP from now on gets the same hands that MP-36/39 have.

These are robots, they are supposed to hold their guns and do some poses pointing the index finger, not flip you off or fingering themselves.

 

@songrobin has done excellent work with the KFC hands. I can't wait for his tuturial: Masterpiece MP-33 Inferno

The good news is those who want the upgrade can get them those who don't like them don't have to buy them. Everybody wins.

@songrobin pay no attention to the naysayers. Keep doing what you do.

 

Yeah I'm a fan of the KFC hands myself. Add a lot of character.

 

I've posted a tutorial for installing KFC KP-14ND hands onto MP Inferno and Grapple. Here are the photos; for the instructions, check out my page here:

Posable Hands for MP Inferno & Grapple | Facebook

 

Is that blue bumblebee a custom?? Has your diaclone collection grown since? Would love to see some pics if thats cool!

 

Yeah, I painted it myself.







I'm trying to get a Terraegis Rally to round out the collection, but TFSource is ignoring my e-mails...  

 

wow that is IMPRESSIVE! What kind of paint did you use? was it airbrushed? i wanna do something similar with TR bee.