Toy Review - JP MP-27 Masterpiece Ironhide

[doublespy]

Got him today. I really don't like how complex Kobayashi is making the moulds again. At least Ironhide doesn't seem fragile like his most infamous moulds MP-3 and MP-9, but still super complex. I really love Transformers I can effortlessly covert and I think Hasui was doing a great job of that on the MP line.

On the contrary, I personally don't think he's complex at all. I can probably transform him quicker than Prowl. Kobayshi has a tendency to over-engineer but I think he did good on Ironhide to keep in line with Hasui's design philosophy.

I would say though I don't like how you need to force the side panels to pass a tab on his legs. Kobayashi seems to like to utilize the flex in the plastic rather than friction alone. Tracks backpack basically relies on plastic flexing to hold together and I don't really like that.

[DELTAprime]

Tracks backpack basically relies on plastic flexing to hold together and I don't really like that.

Yeah you know Tracks'/Road Rage's backpack is going to break in the future when the plastic becomes brittle.

[drifand]

Yeah you know Tracks'/Road Rage's backpack is going to break in the future when the plastic becomes brittle.

Hence why I pointed is a very poor design and I do not understand why people love it. The ratchet joint were in wrong places where the feet would suffer fatigue and stress down the road.

I honestly do not like him to continue designing future MPs as he has made them not very enjoyable at all, but that's only my opinion.

I expected to see similarities in flipping a lot of unnecessary stuff for ironhide mp

[CoRDS]

i got mine today and just finished transforming from van to bot.


this is a return to form for Takara. much better than the flimsy tracks.

feels very solid in both modes, was intuitive to to transform and quite fun to do as well.

looks like they learnt a lot of lessons making this one.
i espeically enjoy the clips that hold shoulders to the body , something i wish mp22 (and ft09) had.

very very happy with ironhide