Very nice looking figure. The lack of a Headmaster isn't really a big deal, at the end of Masterforce the transtectors gained individual life anyway, so to me this is that version (which also showed up in Victory). Can always put that little human Minerva figure from Takara's SCF line next to it : )
I don't know why anyone possibly thought a Headmaster would A) Fit in this small figure and 2) fit in the budget that already looks maxed out.
The Headmaster gimmick couldn't have worked very well on this mold, so I don't mind it's absence personally.
I have zero attachment to this character but I want more fembots on my shelf so I'll get her, assuming my Walgreens actually get some stock this time. I suspect that implementing a headmaster would have bumped up the budget and required putting it in the voyager pricepoint.
I feel like they possibly could have taken the head's space in the mould and switched it for a new mount that goes where the neck goes, then that'd allow for a headmaster. There's already tooling for Minerva's headmaster too, so that could have been reused. No need to make a new mould just for that. That might have been stretching the budget a touch too much though. I know, 's just a joke. :v
Except that Headmaster would be too huge for this mold.Anyways, Here's your Headmaster Minerva, bros! *laughs in holding onto to an incomplete exclusive accessory that people thought was going to have a purpose*
Yeah, that's about what I expected based on the leaks. I hadn't been planning on getting her since her color scheme is too close to Override's, but I was still really hoping she'd get a new car mode so that she could be reused as Nightbeat. Now I hope Hasbro considers their animation models different enough that it's worth it to make a whole new mold for Nightbeat, I really wanted him but not if he doesn't turn into a Porsche lookalike. The colors look nice though.
