New designer for 2014 MP line

[doublespy]

The new movie design should have been well completed now so it's not this.

Original scan

The change seems to be a routine rotation within the design department. Understandable from an HR point of view....but it baffles me as a collector.

I have mixed feelings about the change. Kobayashi is a hellva designer but I just really like what Hasui has done to the new MP line. And I was really looking forward to Hasui tackling real challenges like Megs 2.0. Now he won't have the chance to prove that he can design more than "just G1 transformation made fancier".

I hope Kobayashi doesn't over-complicate the designs and have better attention to details this time around.

[Eazy D]

I agree with the general trend that MP-1 to MP-9 bar Grimlock suffered from over-ambitiousness. Megs and Rodimus were over-engineered and ended up being too fiddly with resultant QC issues. Hasui seems to have gotten the balance right between cartoon robot mode accuracy and GI vehicle mode accuracy while not over-complicating the toy.

I would have liked to see Hasui have a go at Megs 2.0 but at the end of the day the MP I wish for the most is Galvatron and I dont care who does that!