Basically impossible, unless you place the rear tyres of the trailer on some kind of platform to raise it up.

Now, will MP-22’s cab be compatible? That’s an interesting question  

 

I know Test Shot blah blah but....

Anyone else notice the chipped paint on the top of the legs below the knee in the 3rd picture? Let\'s hope that gets fixed.

For the price... (You see where I\'m going here)
 

 

I've noticed that too

 

I can see some interesting custom being made of the Starscream Optimus disguise parts here.

 

It's also on his right wrist.

Trying to look in the bright side... Maybe there is some die-cast?

 

In response to all of the above, and others I didn't quote - I am certainly speaking for myself. Apologies for the scope in my suggesting that EVERY 80's kid felt the same.

That being said, you guys don't remember at least hearing that opinion about Skyfire or Megatron's head? I suppose if you watched the show first, you'd want the toys to look like them. But I was introduced to the toys first and then started watching Sunbow.

 

Well, I *did* definitely love the Jetfire (Macross) toy and lusted after that damn thing for months but never owned it. On the other hand, I thought Skyfire looked equally bitchin on the show. I had Megatron, though, and I definitely pretended he looked like the cartoon through the filter of my imagination. But now thanks to MP-36 I don't have to! Even possibly my most favorite G1 toy, Galvatron, always looked wrong to me. I'd kill for a purple MP Galvatron!

 

i (as any other italian boy in '84) was exposed to the toys (first diaclone, then trasformers, and finally transformers) WAAAYYY before the toon (wich aired here in autumn '85), and no, i never wished the seekers to look like the awful diaclone jets (just to give another example), for meggy to be spindly legged, or so on. Quite the contrary, actually ...

 

For the record I am definitely the kid @W-P38 is talking about. We didn't have cable so I was always behind on new toons, and got into the comic with #5(No they can't be dead, I just got them! ) but I had Soundwave and Buzzsaw, Mirage, Thundercracker and Sunstreaker by the end of the first year, Prime, Megatron, Ratchet and the remaining Mini-bots and Cassettes by the following summer.

And I chose Ratchet, he wasn't a surprise gift. I needed a medic for my team and I loved his and Ironhide's unique look so home he came and I loved him until he was stolen from my backpack in grade five.   I don't remember being super concerned that they looked different in the Comic and Toon and as an adult I can understand from an animation standpoint why they made their designs less interesting, but the whole Jetfire/Skyfire thing was definitely a topic of heated playground discussion, 99.999% of which was pure BS. What did kids know about toy licences and intellectual rights?

But I also saw how different everyone else's model was as well. Jets sans tailfins in bot mode, no Mega-crotch, faces instead of faceplates, proportions that don't exist on the toy, etc. So I just rolled with the changes, made easier by, and I know @Dean ML will agree, William Johnson's excellent art work on Ratchet's first solo story arc in the issues 'Warrior School' and 'Repeat Performance'. Just look at the image at the top of Marvel Ratchet's TFWiki page and tell me that's not frighteningly prescient of MP Ratchet's transformation. Witchcraft! But excellent artwork and stories aside both G1 Ratchet and Ironhide have the most boring, generic body types this side of a Reflector drone. I still consider it a loss that they didn't even try to depict them honestly.

Funny thing is I'm still rolling with the changes, and for pretty much the same reason. I just love Transformers toys and regardless of source be it G1 Toy ,Toon, or Comic, an MP Transformer is still a Transformer toy. I'm not buying MP-44 because it's more Toon accurate, I'm buying it because it's going to be the best damn Optimus Prime toy. Having a unified aesthetic is less important to me than just enjoying the journey from action figure robot to thingamajig.

But as soon as I can afford it I'm buying doubles of Ratchet and Ironhide to put in that headless fan mode. 
And probably a third Ratchet since I doubt he'll get an X release like Grimlock. I love the + Series but X needs a comeback.

 

I think what could be pretty neat, is if this releases, and the KO/Third Party engine basically creates a version of this that keeps the improved articulation and engineering, but makes the aesthetic and details more in-line with the older stuff; silver leg vents, rounder head, the works. Sort of a 'best of both worlds' approach for those who aren't so fond of the cartoon-accurate but oversimplified deco.

 

I really hope we get a mp44+ toy deco. IDK why but I think the yellow eyes set in black on that head sculpt would look striking. 

 

paging @chchchch

Yup, although he'd come with a brand new cartoon accurate head, he'd probably also come with the regular two heads (same as MP-36+) with yellow eyes (although I imagine set in toy-accurate blue/purple). Think @chchchch did a digibash of how that would look too.

 

You rang sir?   Here is the toy head version followed by the S2 head version.

 

Brilliant work!

 

Thank you!  

 

...i - i had absolutely no interest in this mold until about thirty seconds ago...

...i'm honestly stunned by my reaction...

 

Whoa, thanks haha! I had the opposite transition, where I only had eyes for the toon version until I did this, but now I really want the toy repaint too (and retroactively, MP-36+)   (Not just from the digibash itself, but from doing all the research and staring at photos, etc.)

 

I definitely DO agree! Johnson's all-too-brief two issue run (along with legendary genius Kyle Baker) might've been the best of all of G1 comic book art. Gorgeous stuff!

 

*Drools* I won't be able to afford to double dip personally. But they NEED to do this. I bet they will. The bicep line looks almost like a pretool for it lol.

 

Ah thanks! I'm probably not going to be able to afford it either, especially because I think if I had this I would HAVE to have MP-36+ also   But I think based on how they did 36+, there's not a lot of wiggle room for how 44+ would look, it would have to be pretty close to this right?