Cowards, do an X-formation with the armbots!

 

Yeah I could see that taking some stress out of completing it.

 

From the prototype and rendering I can help but wonder if the waist will be fused for stability, with only in/out versus forward. Its going to be hard to show anything like that with a fragile and loose prototype, but it will be nice how much range Kaen will have in combined mode, as I highly doubt there is going to be a waist swivel.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/Hiwokun
Seizan spread in Figure King

 

I can’t unsee Seizan as this weird love child between Optimus and Starscream.

 

Other MP? Sorry, not exactly sure what you mean here.

 

Something like Wheeljack wings or Tracks stand.

 

Sweet!
I needs to get me a copy  

 

[Jerk mode=on] but people says that robot mode have low priority [Jerk mode=off]
Basically every trainbot has a visual gimmic:
Shouki an Getsuei = samurai
Yukikaze = Snow soldier
Seizan and Suiken= Soldier with communication backpack
Kaen= ? (Sumo Warrior?)

 

So the sketch on the left is done by Ono and is basically start, with the goal being to reconcile that with your cad model. Can't wait to see scans as it looks like they kind of go into the "process". The notation on the legs are interesting, the angled part became an extra panel in the final design, and he wanted the cannon tip to be able to bend over like a shoulder rocket if the money was there.

 

that looks to me like a sketch by Yuki Oshima, does it explicitly state Ohno drew that?

it’s been Yuki Oshima doing the character sketches since Megatron at least, if I’m not mistaken

 

You're right. The text mentions Ohshima.

 

Yup my bad, mistook Mr. Oki for Mr. Ono. Skids is safely the only MP he hasnt worked on in recent years . I wonder if they were bigger would they have been been able to translate more of the original sketch? I love the taper and angling in his legs. Its got to be one of the most noticable difference between the MP and MPG line, the attention to feet and leg details that unfortunately got sacrificed to a degree, no real tapering or angles other than 90 degrees on the legs and limited foot articulation

 

Well that’s fucking obvious by the cottage-cheesed cellulite that Skids calls thighs and forearms isn’t it???????

Skids looks like 400 grams of chewed bubblegum. But instead of someone being grossed out buy touching gum under their desk, they just want to know WHO’s gum it was!!!!

 

Agreed, although every time they remind me of how they messed up the leg guns, I die a little inside. That's really just awful.

 

toy accurate

 

If they would have been able to get that figure a lot closer to that sketch I would be way more excited for it. Still getting the trainbots, but I wish they were closer in look and features to the regular MP line. The lack of extra faces in particular is really bugging me. Especially for Raiden. They should have at least given Raiden an opening mouth. If MPM-5 or MP-41 can have an opening mouth, why not Raiden? His head is much larger. I'm not sure but I don't think Raiden can look up or down much either. In my opinion it's critical for a large bot to be able to look down at the smaller bots. I still feel like MPG is being worked on by the backup MP design team. My opinion!  

 

Somehow I can't shake the feeling that Takara is doing a great job of making their product look worse than it really will be.

 

More than "toy" or "cartoon" accurate, is like "which toy could be represented like that in the cartoon?"
Skids falls in that category, Magnus and Tracks are toon accurate with a budget, Optimus and Bumblebee are more toy accurate

 

Damn, he’s plenty big! Can’t believe some folks would want something even bigger. The larger a figure gets the less fun and more of a chore it becomes to handle.