It's Official - MP-36 is a new Megatron

[GoktimusPrime]

MP5 is a fine display piece, but I'm really looking forward to getting an MP Megatron that I can PLAY with! ...and isn't infuriatingly counter-intuitive to transform. I can think of several positive words to describe MP5, but "fun" isn't one of them.

[Jazzman]

I've never transformed my MP5... always heard too many reports of breaking stuff. I'm sure if you're careful it'd be ok, so when I get MP36 I think it'll be time to change MP5 Megs into gun mode.

[GoktimusPrime]

You've owned a toy for 9 years that you've never transformed? The little tabs are fragile, I did end up snapping off one of those, and the shoulder panels are prone to falling off (but are easy to put back on). But the transformation is a combination of being heinously difficult/complex and counter-intuitive which leads to it being more frustrating than fun to transform. Other toys like Big Convoy, BT/ALT Grimlock/Wheeljack and RotF Leader Optimus Prime tend to suffer from this. Toys like MP Ironhide/Ratchet are complex toy, but they're intuitive and fun to transform. All the post-MP10 MPs are generally fun and intuitive, which has possibly contributed to the rise in popularity in this line (which translates to TakaraTOMY producing more figures to satiate consumer demand).

P.S.: This stop motion video shows how MP5 transforms (both from gun to robot then robot to gun). This poor sod's MP5 has that ugly orange plug in the barrel, which is another reason why I'll probably pre-order MP36 directly from a Japanese dealer. I don't want any barrel plugs.

[Jazzman]

You've owned a toy for 9 years that you've never transformed? The little tabs are fragile, I did end up snapping off one of those, and the shoulder panels are prone to falling off (but are easy to put back on). But the transformation is a combination of being heinously difficult/complex and counter-intuitive which leads to it being more frustrating than fun to transform. Other toys like Big Convoy, BT/ALT Grimlock/Wheeljack and RotF Leader Optimus Prime tend to suffer from this. Toys like MP Ironhide/Ratchet are complex toy, but they're intuitive and fun to transform. All the post-MP10 MPs are generally fun and intuitive, which has possibly contributed to the rise in popularity in this line (which translates to TakaraTOMY producing more figures to satiate consumer demand).

Haha, nah only got into collecting again 3 years ago and that's when I scored him... been on display since. One good thing, though - he never fell over during the Mackay earthquake a few months back. I heard he can shatter.

[Chevron Action Flash]

Errr...I've owned my MP05 for 9 years and never Transformed him. Also, I display him without tbe fusion cannon as it's way too heavy. He holds his pistol instead.

[1AZRAEL1]

Mine is displayed using a doll stand to hold him upright. Works fine and can't really notice it. But I do want this one

[Civic Bossman]

I find it amusing that the US require an orange plug in an hair dryer sized plastic gun yet almost anyone can wander into Walnart and buy a rifle!

[Ralph Wiggum]

I broke my MP5 whilst transforming him...the arm snapped off at the swivel. It's an annoying "C" shape broken in half which makes it nearly impossible to fix as it is a piece which clicks into place and thus placed under strain.

My MP5 sits boxed in the cupboard now.