Quote Originally Posted by UltraMarginal View Post
at the time MP-01/MP-04 was hailed as the be all and end all of Optimus prime toys, how could they improve on this??!

I'm still not convinced they have, or will but that was the apparent online consensus, and when MP-10 came out, it was the new be all and end all of Optimus prime toys.
It's much weirder for me. As someone super new to the fanbase compared to a lot of the guys here, MP-01 (although I've never held one IRL) looks like a clunky, clumsy mess to me, even if that is not really the case. I must be much less accustomed to the older designs than a lot of people.