I agree, Wheeljack's toon markings differ quite a bit from the actual car he's based on , Wheeljack is one that feels like a matter for time for this silly new toon obsession MP's are going down.
Who knows, maybe they will make MP Perceptor and re-do Wheeljack's colours then for your Autobot science and engineering team.
I have my fingers crossed for a cartoon accurate Wheeljack. The difference between the cartoon and the MP have always bothered me. As for Bumblebee, I'd like a heavy remould to make his alt mode look more like the Penny Racer he was in the show. Maybe we could get that with a MP Cliffjumper.
I personally like my current MP Wheeljack. Simplifying it for slavish cartoon accuracy doesn't appeal to me at all. But anyway, here's a comparison between Wheeljack's cartoon model vs MP figure.
I suspect that licensing issues might prevent that from happening. I personally prefer realistic looking vehicles as they look more like robots in disguise.![]()
A Penny Racer design should be unlicenced just like the original G1 toys so no issue with licence there.
EDIT: On further inspection while most Penny Racers are unlicensed there are a few that are licenced including VW's by Tomy. So unless transforming Penny Racers are a specific issue (which they always could be) it should be fine.
is this a jap release or china ?
Given that the image posted on post #1 has text written in Japanese, I'd say Japan.
So literally Malibu Stacey with new hat is what we have here...
I guess it's ok for those that don't have one already, but for everyone else that does (which I'd say is a large amount by now) I don't see much incentive to buy this