Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
Well, now we know why MP Hound has Super-GPS*. HasTak's factory in Vietnam used an inferior grade of plastic.

The other one is super obvious which I'm sure everyone already knows, but the reason why MPs are getting so expensive is because of the overwhelming demand from fans for slavish screen accuracy, which in turn increases the number of parts that must be manufactured. I cannot imagine how this news could possibly come as a surprise to anyone. So long as people pine for "kartoon akkurasee" then toys will become more complex and expensive. So long as the majority demand greater "sHoW AkKuRaSseY" then that's what TakaraTOMY will cater for. I personally don't care either way, and as many of you know, I actually prefer toy-accuracy (since the toys usually came first).


G1 Ironhide is not inaccurate to the cartoon, the cartoon is inaccurate to the toy.

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*Super Green Plastic Syndrome. Unlike standard gold/brown/blue plastic syndrome which takes years or decades to manifest, SGPS manifests only days or weeks after receiving MP Hound.
https://news.tfw2005.com/2020/02/09/...e-event-404884
Technically the G1 toy is already a 100% toy accurate figure, you could not possibly get any closer. The reason MPs exist in the first place is because the cartoon models didn't previously have accurate figures, which themselves were already refined a lot from the toy designs, to a point where they're mostly not comparable beyond the time they came out. Homages are good like the toy-accurate MP-36, but they shouldn't be a substitute for the base figure, which was made for a clear purpose that is easy to understand.