Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
^That's how I feel about all BW characters, really. I've yet to encounter a single updated BW figure, either CHUGUR or MP, which I considered to be - in relative terms - superior to the original BW figure. At best I find that they are on par. I got MP Beast Convoy but I didn't bother to pre-order Cheetor - I'm still really undecided on that figure. Having said that, I do agree that characters like Dinobot and Blackarachnia stand to benefit more from MP updates as their show models deviated more significantly from the toy. Moreso Blackarachnia than Dinobot. As you said, this isn't to say that TakaraTOMY shouldn't make 'em, but I personally don't feel the compulsion to go out and grab 'em as I do with G1-based MPs.
I have to disagree based on MP Primal, in my opinion he hits all the MP requirements of presentation, design and articulation, calling him on par just does not do it justice. Perhaps BW's toys do not have as far to go, as there toys already had modern articulation and design, but it that was the sole criteria of an MP then the recent MP grapple and Inferno would be totally unnecessary as we already have modern CHUG equivalents for those characters, the MP's are more like premium versions.


Quote Originally Posted by Magnus View Post
While that would be cool, I'm thinking that from an engineering or screen-accuracy point of view, it wouldn't be much of a leap to go from the original toy to a Masterpiece for season 2-3 Beast Wars characters, since the character models were already very toy-accurate and the toys themselves were very articulated.

I see Masterpiece toys as revisiting classic characters and giving them the benefit of updated engineering for better proportions or screen-accuracy. G1 characters definitely benefit, and season 1 Beast Wars characters are clearly benefiting from a screen-accuracy viewpoint. I'm just not so sure about season 2-3 characters - maybe some extra articulation?

I'm not saying it won't or shouldn't be done, I'm just wondering about the 'benefits' for those characters.
For the most part I agree, however I'f this MP series is popular enough I'd be curious to see what they can bring to those designs. One of the things that I really liked with MP Primal and are eagerly looking forward to on Cheetor is the alternate faces/heads particularly the beast mode. It's ually a small thing on G1 MP's like Ironhide and Inferno, not on Primal I love those expressive Gorilla faces, it adds so much life to the toy. Interchanging them and posing him in beast mode has made Primal more fun for me than most recent G1 MP's.

I'm not sure that the same thing would work with MP Transmetals, but maybe...