Masterpieces - are we spoiled?

[Dan]

I'm not an MP collector, but I am an MP review watcher, and from that perspective I'm not a fan of the cartoon accurate trend. The thing we sometimes overlook is that the G1 cartoon was cheap animation knocked out in a hurry, and it seems odd to me for an expensive deluxe toy (in the proper sense of the word) to emulate that. I'd rather they aim to emulate some of the better box art, which I think suits them more.

I'm particularly dismayed by those extra cartoon accurate re-decos that paint reflected light and shadow onto the toys, as if they don't already have that by virtue of being objects. Surely that means they would have to stand at one exact angle within a display relative to lighting.

[GoktimusPrime]

The thing we sometimes overlook is that the G1 cartoon was cheap animation knocked out in a hurry,

Toei's Kohara Shohei initially designed animation models, but these were simplified by Sunbow's Floro Dery as a deliberately stylistic choice.