Toy Review - Masterpiece Hound

[philby]

Mine hasn't arrived yet but in one online video it definitely rolls but the front wheels don't rotate as freely as the back ones.

[Tha_Phantom]

Absolutely loving this guy! Transformation is complicated but intuitive and I was able to do it entirely without instructions. Looks awesome in both modes, with the only blemish for the bot mode being the neck hinge, but whatevs. Even though it references one G1 episode, I quite like the look of him with the canopy on the Jeep mode, although I kind of wish they had given us a cage for Ravage instead (referencing MTMTE). Really love the fact that his vehicle accessories (gas can, rear cannon and spare tire) can store in his feet for robot mode without needing to detach them, although you can detach them if you wish.
He sure is expensive but now having it in hand I can see where the money goes. Highly recommend!

[Seraphim Prime]

Anyone have a comparison of all the new Spike figures that have come with the recent Masterpieces - MP-44, MP-45 & MP-47 and how they compare as a whole to the previous "generation" of minifigures that we got with MP-10, MP-25 and MP-39?

[Tha_Phantom]

Anyone have a comparison of all the new Spike figures that have come with the recent Masterpieces - MP-44, MP-45 & MP-47 and how they compare as a whole to the previous "generation" of minifigures that we got with MP-10, MP-25 and MP-39?

Here is MP45 and MP47 Spikes. As you can see the one that comes with Hound is much larger. I also did a comparison with MP44 and MP45 Spikes on the MP45 review thread

[DaptoDog]

Thanks for all the pics. Can't wait to get my hands on this, looks amazing and fills a hole having never seen G1 Hound in the flesh. Also the inevitable toy repaint will be even better.

[Krayt]

So....


Hounds busted in the box... the hinge for the "door" panel was cracked and a section floating loose in the tray.

HLJ asked if i could fix it, otherwise I'd have to return it to them.

Thoughts? anyone else got any breaks?

[DaptoDog]

So....


Hounds busted in the box... the hinge for the "door" panel was cracked and a section floating loose in the tray.

HLJ asked if i could fix it, otherwise I'd have to return it to them.

Thoughts? anyone else got any breaks?

That sucks. Unfortunately there is a significant number of people experiencing breakage, often out of the box (as indicated in this TFW poll).

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threa...-poll.1187110/

[dirge]

I just got my Hound & promptly opened and transformed him. I'm not as impressed as I'd want to be for the price.

Summary:

Pros:
- The robot mode mostly looks great & there's cartoon accuracy
- The vehicle mode attachments can all integrate in robot mode
- The robot mode rocket launcher integrated into the vehicle mode, and the way it forms part of the interior of the Jeep is very clever
- Excellent poseability & well thought out accessories

Cons:
- I know they're going for cartoon accuracy but I'd have preferred the colours be a little more realistic and a little less cartoony. It does come at a cost in vehicle mode
- The neck joint already mentioned by others, though in truth this doesn't particularly bother me
- I dislike the false wheels on his ankles. They look silly & I would much have preferred the real wheels
- It's too fiddly in some areas; which means that some joints are delicate with fine clearances - I'd rather have had a little kibble somewhere rather than the door hinges that, as some have found, are fragile
- Related to the last point, I don't want to transform him back to vehicle mode... I'm too afraid of these joints breaking. If he wasn't $200+ I'd buy another to display both modes. But then, the vehicle mode's green is too light to really evoke a military Jeep (the BT did that much better)

I'm not dissatisfied; Hound will look GREAT alongside the other Autobot cars. But the earlier guys like Bluestreak & Sideswipe are far more elegant and sturdy for mine; and even NOW on eBay are cheaper than Hound. While the MPs aren't really designed with play in mind, this is far less playable than the earlier cars.

[Krayt]

So....


Hounds busted in the box... the hinge for the "door" panel was cracked and a section floating loose in the tray.

HLJ asked if i could fix it, otherwise I'd have to return it to them.

Thoughts? anyone else got any breaks?

So, just over a month later, and Hound #2 is here...

Not broken in the box this time.... and looks inspected and resealed.

Here goes.....

[Ravagecat]

So, just over a month later, and Hound #2 is here...

Not broken in the box this time.... and looks inspected and resealed.

Here goes.....

Mine was not broken in the box however after only two transformations the same piece you describe broke on mine last night..."and all I can say is Arggggghhhhhh!!!!!!"