Ah gotcha

 

What about the blast effect
That does not fit onto mp21’s gun either, right

 

It fits. Holds it a bit loose so it’s pointing down slightly.

 

Late in the game picking up bumblebee as he is in transit to me. Looking at this scares me... alot. I got my hound the other day and there were no issues.. yet.
This is what is stopping me from buying MP-44 actually. In the mean time, Im going to have to inspect my older MP figures

 

Pretty sure it was there before without knowing. My Bee is still fine aside from loose joint from constant posing. My later batch MP44 also has no problem with crack plastic or such.
Keep in mind i dont transfotm Mp figure anymore so there is no more stress on the plastic. Learnt my lesson after mp47 , so now i switch mindset to transform alt to robot mode and leave as is

 

Sounds like a plan. I guess just knowing they can transform back to vehicle modes is enough for me. If I had extra funds I would buy 2 of each. One to stay in vehicle mode and one for bot mode.

That being said Im on a hunt for a later batch MP-44

 

my factory reject is in perfect condition...transformed him 4 to 5 times now without stressmarks and so

 

Can you buy factory rejects somewhere?  

 

Personally I think most MPs can be transformed without breaking. But there may be paint chipping on a few of them like the yellow/orange pieces on MP-44. My MP-45 is fine except for one paint chip.

 

Just got him today. Small paint chip out of the box.. He's meh! Mixed feelings about it. Some joints are loose, some are uber tight. The the hips are way too loose. Back pack doesnt bother me believe it or not. I followed Emgo's review and it locks in pretty much in place. I just dont think its a $100+ figure.. Good thing I picked MP-19+ or I would've been real disappointed today.

 

Seems a lot of us are losing faith in the masterpiece line. They are now either too complicated, no fun, take too long to transform, brittle and fragile, too expensive, and making too many compromises on aesthetics to add gimmicks. The first sketch of Bumblebee looked awesome. But I guess the door gimmick and making room for Spike ruined that. Enough with Spike and gimmicks. Sticking with MP-21 until they come out with a MP-45.2 or third party fix for the figure.

 

I'm expecting Bumblebee V3 to be pretty amazing a few years down the road.

 

I don’t mind the human figures, but I think they should be an offset accessory and not an integral part of the figure. Like Raul and Chip. Thankfully they didn’t try to make Chip fit inside Sunstreaker, and I think Raul was the way to go with human figures.

 

Bee! I do prefer the G1 version instead of the G2.

 

Kinda took advantage of his smiling face and did a funny pose with him

for real tho, i nabbed my copy at my local Zing store, and he kinda feels like he is made up almost entirely of translucent plastic, and there is a bit of paint chipping mainly on the pelvis and a mini crack developing on his right hand (probably was forcing the gun in a particular way in his hand so it's mostly my fault lol) but otherwise he's grown on me quite a fair bit

 

check out that cleavage

 

I had mine since day 1 Amazon.jp release. Looked him over as I was placing MP47 in my display. No cracks, chips, or other issues with MP45. I'm thrilled. I'm praying to the gods of plastic crack that no issues develop with any of my figures.

 

I’m not sure that’s an improvement. Mine is tighter than that stock and it already clicks into place. Are you sure you’re transforming it properly?

 

I’m not. I absolutely love all 3 (technically) series of Masterpiece. G1, BW, & movie! I been collecting them since MP-1 in 2003.  

 

I agree. I've seen more people voice their displeasure over the last year than I've seen before. I guess these they've finally reached their breaking point. I also prefer and like MP-21 a lot and hope a 3rd party does their own version as well.