Unpopular toy opinions

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by NotRamjet97, Mar 28, 2015.

  1. Zentropy

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    I meant the personality, really, but I understand what you mean. If the Sunbow cartoon is your reference, Skids is a complete wallflower.
     
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    A bit old, but I agree. He's a really great toy overall. Chunky with a nice transformation. I can just pick him up and play with him and have fun. :)  And oh god I love how they integrated his weapons! Having the windvane and smokestacks transform like that? Brilliant! And hell, I actually like the bits on his arms. They're shields to me.
     
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    mp44 is the worst optimus mp

    1. ms01
    2. te01
    3. mp10
    4. mp1
    5. mp44
     
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    I don't like toy color schemes that pair red with blue. As minor accent colors, fine, but when combined in significant or similar amounts, I don't like the combination. Add white/grey/silver and I like it even less.

    It's one of my (many) issues with Ultra Magnus, but even Smokescreen-- a bot that I genuinely like-- gets a pass from me only because of the historical nod to the BRE racing livery. Same with Jazz and his Martini livery (and because he's largely white and the colors are minor accents). Starscream? No. Gears, Crosshairs, Skylynx? I just don't like the look.

    I honestly I think I would prefer Optimus Prime in just about any other palette. Maybe black instead of blue, or orange instead of red... I dunno. Yes, he looks "correct" in his original colors, but not good. I will say I prefer his G1-toy colors (the darker ones) over the highly-saturated cartoon/Hasbro colors. I specifically got a Japanese MP-10 for that very reason.
     
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    I would slide MP-10 to the top but otherwise keep the order the same. I only have the white Magic Square figure, but damn is it nice.
     
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    te01 and mp10 look kinda on the same level, just depends on if you want cartoon or not
    ms01 is just mp10 but better imo
     
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    Tough to disagree with you on this. They even share the admittedly compromised appearance of the rear half in truck mode. MS-01 is definitely more of a modern MP-10, whereas TE-01 is more of a 3P alternative to MP-44.
     
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    te-01 is just mp44 but good and without a bullshit price
     
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    Most of the hate towards MP-44 is entirely on the price, but given most of the bullshit it comes with being really unnecessary, and the fact that it's almost $500, yeah, I don't blame anyone for hating it
     
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    every issue mp44 has is a billion times worse cause of the price. for half a grand qc problems and shitty engineering like a backpack is bullshit
     
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    I got the Hasbro Asia version of MP-10 from BBTS years ago because it was less expensive than the TakaraTomy versions and I didn't like that you had to paint the eyes of the TakaraTomy versions yourself just to make it not look dead.
     
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    Borderline my favorite transformer of all time, kibble and all. Especially if you’ve got the Henkel or Evolutions deco.

    ER may technically better, but I prefer Classics (and crazy it took that long to even come close to something of a worthy replacement)
     
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    aint even kibble at this point, thats just what classics prime looks like
     
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    Ha! Yeah, I just always wished those arm panels maybe had on more hinge so half of them could go under the forearms, or even just a peg so they attached slightly more solidly.

    also: the build quality of Classics OP absolutely shames anything from at least T30 onwards.
     
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    yeah, kinda a pain in the ass when theyre loose, outta the three classic primes i have p much all of them go all over the place if you even tap them
    still, i prefer the way he looks with them than without
     
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    It was irrelevant to me because I wanted yellow eyes like the G1 toy. Whether “dead” eyes or blue, I was painting them regardless.
     
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    You guys forgot the detail of it being ugly (at least IMO). Grey face that should be silver, underdetailed in truck mode, especially the stripes. And overall it just looks like the old Mega-SFC PVC figure upscaled rather than a MP. Way too "soft" looking sculpt overall. I can't even talk myself into springing for the KO just to experience the mold. The design is just that unappealing to me.

    I just regard them as built-in shields, like the Autobot Brothers all had.
     
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    Them being able to get a (kind of) realistic vehicles into a "soft" looking robot mode is impressive engineering wise.

    It's just I don't like the look of most of them.
     
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    I actually like MP-44. Takara is 3/3 in their Masterpiece Convoy iterations. Each one is grand for different reasons.
     
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    paints really ugly (like its both matte and glossy)and the proportions are weird
    i dont really hate the whole cartoon thing that much, te 01 and mp36 do it fine, but the new official ones look ugly as all hell when they try to do it
     
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