So what's your opinion on MP Thundercracker

[Kyle]

There you go Sky Shadow, I resisted the urge to call him MP-7 by his ID number. Anywho I'm basically concerned about the widespread issue of Thundercracker's, and indeed the reissued Skywarp's, misassembled chest panels, (the thing that contains his chest missles). After my rather irratating spell created by MP Magnus I haven't bought a single TakTom Transformer since. At any rate I'm curious as to how people handle it. Is it really that noticeable? Or could you turn a blind eye? I want to get some other opinions before throwing my money down the toilet like last time.

I've finally opened my MP Thundercracker last night. Unfortunately mine indeed has the misassembled chest panels. The first thing that came to mind was the step-by-step photo guide on how to fix it posted by someone on the HK forum. But then I decided to transform mine first and see if the transformation was actually affected at all. Thankfully it transformed fine and I can live with that. So it's a very low priority for me to perform the fix (if I ever end up doing it) and I'm in no hurry. And I kinda like my MP Seekers to have further minor and subtle differences.

The paint job and plastic *feel* LOVELY compared to Greenscream. I still haven't opened my older Skywarp so no comparison yet. However, even though the plastic *feel* better, there're still white stress marks at certain hinges, but overall less and the transformation is a little smoother when compared to Greenscream.

[Hereticpoo]

I had a few minor problems, but nothing major.

The right 'wrist' wouldn't rotate. The stud it pivots on was driven in too tight. I had to pry out the stud a little with a fine flat head screwdriver. Lucky the plastic didn't gouge.

1. Chest panels are wrong, but like Kyle said, who cares.

2. Finger Prints are visible on the paint, I'm not sure how to combat these...

3.The front part of the cockpit was not assembled properly, but hey presto 1 min with a screwdriver and its fixed.

My Skywarp was Perfect, MP-5 had to be clear coated on the chrome, MP-3 G1 Starscream was perfect assembly wise, the fluro red paint and dirty white paint really bug me. No pilot would let his aircraft be that dirty!

MP Thundercracker is worth getting, as are all the seekers. Oh and apply the stickers or at least the wing stripes. They look heaps better with them on.

[Adzma]

On a slightly unrelated note it seems I was just astronimically unlucky with Magnus. This guy's seems to be perfectly fine apart from the upside down headlights, and it's definately the reissue as the box sports the TakTom logo in the top right. Why me? Also I would've put this in my Magnus thread but I was lazy and figured more people would see it here anyway... *hangs head in shame* Also it's become increasingly obvious that RK have no desire to help me. They did offer a refund if I sent it back to them, but the shipping cost getting from Hong Kong in the first place and then sending it back cancels out any money I would've made back. Anyway jumping back on the wagon, lets discuss Thundercracker....

[GoktimusPrime]

Perhaps you can sell one and use the proceeds to help fund Takara (not TakaraTOMY) MP Magnus.

The paint job and plastic *feel* LOVELY compared to Greenscream.

+1 QFT

I was transforming my Greenscream yesterday... such a pain in the diodes. My MP Skywarp and Thundercracker are the easiest to transform of my MP Seekers.

[kup]

So what is exactly wrong with Thundercracker's chest panels?

[Adzma]

So what is exactly wrong with Thundercracker's chest panels?

Basically on Greenscream, 1st issue Skywarp and Hasbro's Starscream the chest panels point inwards towards their orange canopy cover. On the latest reissue Skywarp and Thundercracker, the panels have swapped sides, meaning the point outwards away from the canopy instead. By himself it's hardly noticeable, but when he's with the other seekers it's much more obvious. Here are some pictures from TFW2005 showing Skywarp's normal panels, and Thundercracker's swapped panels:

Unfortunately whoever took the photos should've taken Skywarp's directly face on to illustrate it better.

[kup]

Thanks Adzma. It sounds like something that can be remedied but if the joint is held by a pin, I may have to disassemble the hole figure so that I don't damage or scratch other parts while trying to force the pin out.