Point of diminishing returns on Masterpiece

[Jellico]

Yep, I can totally understand that too. I have no objection towards TakaraTOMY making post-G2 toys as MPs or CHUGs. I think it's great. But it just doesn't personally interest me, and I'll admit that a large part of it is because those lines weren't part of my childhood. G1 was my childhood. But that doesn't mean that I have anything against TakTOM making MP or CHUG toys of BW, Armada, Bayformers etc. I'm not going to be one of those party poopers who demands that HasTak only make toys that I'm interested in regardless of what the rest of the fandom may like.

There are quite modern CHUGs that I would be interested in. The inclusion of the Diaclone versions to me make the G1 Masterpieces sort of extended G1. So for example (and this will get groans) I could see and be happy with finally getting a properly done Windblade. I have suggested a Slipstream before. (The ladies stand out given the lack in the 80s). But you can think of modern characters that fit really easily into the G1 aesthetic that you could do Masterpiece style with licensed alt modes or improvements by getting a scale larger than Deluxe.

[DELTAprime]

There are quite modern CHUGs that I would be interested in. The inclusion of the Diaclone versions to me make the G1 Masterpieces sort of extended G1. So for example (and this will get groans) I could see and be happy with finally getting a properly done Windblade. I have suggested a Slipstream before. (The ladies stand out given the lack in the 80s). But you can think of modern characters that fit really easily into the G1 aesthetic that you could do Masterpiece style with licensed alt modes or improvements by getting a scale larger than Deluxe.

The modern additions to G1 have been good so far from my point of view. They haven't made anything repugnant like what we see in the Bayverse and have been respectful to G1. I have no issue picking up those CHUG figures and adding them to my G1 CHUG display like they were part of the team all along.

I just wish there were cheaper ways to pick up Nautica, Quickswitch and Grotesque.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

So for example (and this will get groans) I could see and be happy with finally getting a properly done Windblade.

Actually, I was thinking yesterday that a well-done MP Windblade could be cool. I wouldn't put it as a priority or anything, but I wouldn't complain either.

[Paulbot]

As a jokey answer, 2003 as I don't see them doing a MP Binaltech Smokescreen that is much better than the original toy.

Beast Wars is a point where the line between needed upgrades and dimisishing returns kicks in. Dinobot and Cheetor are compromised beasts but are great robots. I don't see an MP Rhinox being hugely different from the Voyager CHUG Rhinox. I'd like to see what an MP Blackarachnia looks like, but the Takara Legends does the job for me on my shelf.

As a personal preference I think the MP line is at it's best when it sticks to being Binaltech 2.0 - giving us realistic model cars that turn into cartoon accurate robots.

The other MP figures can be nice (but for every Laserbeak who is brilliant there's a Ravage), but I'm not all that interested in seeing them doing futuristic vehicles or cybertronic animals. I don't want to see an MP Chromedome or MP Fangry or anyone from Beast Machines or Energon for example. I am happy with CHUG revisiting all those eras and giving us modern version of those figures. I'd like to see some newer franchise characters in a G1 style but happy to see that in CHUG.

I'd prefer the MP makers to continue their focus on the remaining Autobot cars (Hound, Mirage, Trailbreaker, Hoist, Skids and then maybe the minibots) over anything else.