Nearly all Masterpieces lack animation-accurate transformations in order to get better robot mode proportions or articulation. It's really because the Floro Dery character models are simple for the sake of ease of drawing, and they didn't have to be physical objects that could actually transform. Now that TakaraTOMY seem dedicated to the maximum possible degree of fidelity to those models, the engineers have to design all these extra steps in order to get a realistic vehicle to turn into something that wasn't designed to transform.
I'd say the most accurate ones in terms of transformation are the seeker mould, Grimlock, the Datsun mould, Shockwave, and Inferno/Grapple, and all of those have extra twists and turns. In particular, Shockwave had the advantage of having an animation model that was very faithful to the original toy, so its transformation could be very close to the original toy and animation. It needed extra steps to give it thicker legs and to incorporate the muzzle of the gun, though.
I like it better than the 2.0 doesn't look short amd stumpy
They’re really going for that ‘86 movie headsculpt aren’t they?
Dovie'andi se tovya sagain
Looking at this image the whole chest area of Optimus (windows + grill) are different to the vehicle mode windows and grill. Does this mean his whole torso is folded in to bring out the truck bits?
I don't mind if that's the case I suppose since it happens with some of his other figures. Just curious how much of the truck is actually visible in his robot body.
I'm wondering if the extra lines on the current images are just part of the engineering of the initial model rather than the final version of the toy.
It will be interesting to see if/how that evolves when the next set of imagery is released.
All looks okay but I am afraid to ask, how’s the rear looks like?
Dengeki Hobby is reporting a 2019 release and that the figure will also include a voice gimmick:
http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/585258/
nick pick on the waist body rear is not uniformed blend in
MP-1 is too small, MP-10 oversized to 71cm and chock full of diecast is where it's at!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHNKCODov04