Toy Review - MP-18 Masterpiece Streak

[GoktimusPrime]

That said, Streak has one of the most young and kinda noble faces I have seen on a Transformer toy! He could be a bot-model with a Chevy-Chase like that Only thing that could have made it better was if he was sporting a big grin since he is such a cheerful chatterbox

I prefer neutral facial expressions as it allows you to play various emotions on the character rather than having a constantly pre-determined emotion sculpted on the face. Also, remember that Bluestreak's jolly disposition is something that he uses to mask his emotional pain; similar to IDW Swerve, although for entirely different reasons. While Swerve presents a jovial persona to hide his low sense of self-worth and poor self-image, Bluestreak does it to suppress emotional pain born from experiencing the ongoing conflict and violence which he hates. I think the MP facial sculpt works well in showcasing Bluestreak's propensity for being a chummy fellow, but at the same time serious enough to make his deeper underlying persona evident as well.

[Sinnertwin]

If i had to rate them

Bluestreak
Prowl
Smokescreen

[Trent]

If i had to rate them

Bluestreak
Prowl
Smokescreen

Pfft. What do you know. Smokescreen is always first

[Sinnertwin]

Pfft. What do you know. Smokescreen is always first

Meh. He's the Dolly Parton of the Datsun Brothers; All chest & no style

[drifand]

Smokescreen is last for me.

The head looks a bit stiff and not enough up down movement.

I think I like Streak as best painted figure, followed by Prowl. This is despite I do not have the launchers for any of them.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Meh. He's the Dolly Parton of the Datsun Brothers; All chest & no style

LMAO

[AJ_Prime]

If i had to rate them

Bluestreak
Prowl
Smokescreen

+1

I have a general rule when I collect transformers - I don't buy the same mold twice. So when releases like this come out, I pick the nicest (in my opinion) out of all of them.

So for me, Bluestreak was the obvious choice. He definitely has the nicest overall appearance in my opinion.

Likewise, I preferred G2 Lambor (black) as I felt his face sculpt, paint job and general appearance was nicer than the original (especially with those spiked wheels on his shoulders and those bad-ass guns!).

[BigTransformerTrev]

I prefer neutral facial expressions as it allows you to play various emotions on the character rather than having a constantly pre-determined emotion sculpted on the face. Also, remember that Bluestreak's jolly disposition is something that he uses to mask his emotional pain; similar to IDW Swerve, although for entirely different reasons. While Swerve presents a jovial persona to hide his low sense of self-worth and poor self-image, Bluestreak does it to suppress emotional pain born from experiencing the ongoing conflict and violence which he hates. I think the MP facial sculpt works well in showcasing Bluestreak's propensity for being a chummy fellow, but at the same time serious enough to make his deeper underlying persona evident as well.

While I do agree with you in theory (Bluestreak's anguish about seeing his home city destroyed by the Cons' really came out in the Keepers Trilogy) I like to see different facial expressions on my toys now and then. For the most part they are either neutral, slightly grumpy, serious or (seemily less these days) they have a faceplate. I like to see a different facial expression portrayed simply for the sake of novelty

[GoktimusPrime]

I love neutral expressions because it makes it easier for me to imagine different expressions on their faces when I'm playing with them. I find it harder to say, imagine the character expressing an emotion that's opposed to what's sculpted on their face. e.g. BW Ultra, TM & TM2 Megatron all have snarling "poo eating grin" faces (as do BW Galvatron and Magmatron). This makes it look weird when I'm imagining the character say laughing ("bwahaha!"), having an evil smile ("Yesss"), being stoic etc. The other day I was playing with Animated Ironhide who was in charge of guarding an extra-dimensional prisoner... there was a prison break and Ironhide was overwhelmed. Yet the toy has this smirk on his face, which looks weird when I'm trying to imagine him being terrified. So I prefer a neutral expression as I find it more 'versatile' during play. Pre-fixed expressions work well on busts and statues, but I don't like them so much on action figures. They're toys, not poseable/transformable statues (IMHO).