Quote Originally Posted by Magnus View Post
I'm not sure if that would be possible on the current mould, as both the forearms and the legs don't have much room for such changes as they are: the forearms already conceal the hands, and there may not be enough space to have more plastic to fold and conceal the silver stripes without adding bulk to the forearms, which would then affect the proportions and possibly the transformation; and any rotating panels on the lower legs to hide the wheels inside would likely not leave room for the thighs to telescope in and out of the legs for transformation and still have solid, sturdy legs for the figure to stand with.

Seems to me like MP10 would have to be substantially reworked for those changes.
I agree, it would be a complete re-design to achieve that sort of 'cartoon' accuracy.

Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Wiggum View Post
I think TT should return to the original Masterpiece designs of balancing cartoon accuracy with real-world detail.
I completely agree with this, and I think they have kept to that even with the more recent toys like Inferno, it's just the ones like Hot Rod and Shockwave that don't have real world alt modes that have really been pushed further to animation accuracy than the rest in my opinion. I think the rest, Magnus included have been pretty well balanced. The 'realistic' alt mode lends a lot of credence to the 'robots in disguise' feel of the Masterpieces.




I think my answer is Maybe. I wasn't going to buy much of the MP-11 mould but I've managed to buy 3 versions at least. Sunstorm, Acid Storm and Starscream. I really do much prefer the alt mode of the original version over the new one. I'm also getting all 3 of the coneheads.
If they did design a new version that removed a lot of the faults of both existing designs and also maintained the superior alt mode design I might buy more. It would have to be priced competitively though.

I also agree with Gok that I think the original Masterpiece Prime design was brilliant. I can see where the MP-10 design is 'better' but I still love the original, I do find it a bit too heavy for it's own good though. The visible pistons, opening forearm panels, motion controlled leg vanes all contribute to a spectacular toy.

I don't think the MP-10 Mould is different enough from the styling of the rest of the line to justify replacing with a more 'screen' accurate version. A new Masterpiece prime would have to be an outstanding design to top the existing two.