Well got it transformed back and repackaged for is return. No new cracks or stress marks pre or post transformation (it had been standing on a shelf in robot mode since the initial transformation last weekend). If not for the broken missile armature, think I had an overall good one. Ah well.

 

going to be giving mine a couple of transformations each day over the next week and i never transform mine more than once past the robot mode if it comes in alt mode , on the plus i know the transformation without having to look at instructions or video's  

 

I'm the same. I've never even transformed the MT Seekers or first Conehead because they came in robot mode! That's actually pretty bad...

 

I am the opposite, I transform my bots only if they come in robot mode, but only if I buy two copies.

 

Scrolling through a thread on facebook and merely only happy people there. There's hope for some better early batches

 

Having fun with my copy ,because thats what im suppose to do in my hobby , play until it crumbles to cosmic dust

 

Yea might as well play with yours now if you're still within the exchange/refund period with your retailer. If the green plastic really is from a bad batch, it's going to break inevitably, so might as well see if it breaks now during the refund/exchange period, rather than after where you can't do anything with it.

 

Same and same - long-time reader, first-time poster. Feel compelled to voice my experience.

Mine broke in exactly the same place in exactly the same way the first time I transformed it, with very little applied pressure. I was left sitting looking at it, stunned, as I couldn't believe what had just happened. Thought it must have been meant to do that or something...

Never had anything like that happen before with any other MPs I own. It definitely rankles.

 

For what it’s worth, I have experienced breakage like this before on HFTD Oil Pan. First time transforming him, I rotated his back panel and it just twisted completely off like soft chocolate. I don’t remember if I contacted Hasbro for a replacement or decided I didn’t want to bother with their typical form letter and random replacement.

Defective materials are defective materials, and can happen regardless of the line a figure is in. It’s a real shame that MP Hound ended up getting a bad batch of plastic, and I’m sorry to see you’ve both had this experience.

I’m curious, did anyone order Hound through Hasbro Pulse? I wonder if that shipment will have breakage as well. Looks like it ships out later this month.

 

Wow - they really nailed the cartoon aesthetic with MP-44 Prime - didn’t realize he was that small, though.

 

Curious about this too--we know from MP-17+ and MP-18+'s production codes that the Hasbro releases are technically a separate production run; 'twill be interesting.

 

Would any of us here know if the Hasbro MPs are made in a different factory? If not, this will be a second round disaster.

 

I don't think it was like this. Sat on shelf. Now it's like this. Neck arm crack.

 

That's a common defect. Mine had the same issue. The post that rotates within that cracked piece is too large (possibly due to the application of a layer of paint to the post prior to insertion). The fix is straightforward...I'll post a link to the post with the fix in a moment...

Here you go: Masterpiece HOUND MP-47

 

I just want to try to eliminate as much room for error as possible when I do my first transformation.

Can somebody please explain what is being referred to in the various steps of the insert addition to the instructions?

 

The insert has corrected versions of a few steps and I think an added step or two. I used Google’s translate app on my smartphone to get a rough translation of all instruction steps, including those on the insert. I’d recommend doing that if you can, it was helpful.

 

So question...

Sometimes once something cracks on a hinge, once the tension is released, the plastic is thick enough that further damage won’t happen?

Is that the case here?

 

Well, kid gloves are off. A part of the seat that becomes the bottom of the toe was broken.