New G1 Masterpiece - MP53 SKIDS & MP54 Reboost

[Tha_Phantom]

I also wonder if the more toy accurate look is not just because of his lack of show presence, but also to bring down the cost of the toy, being a lesser known character. It's been confirmed by Takara that the more show accurate Masterpieces have higher parts counts, thus cost more. Might make it an easier sell to collectors since he's not as well known as the other 1984/1985 cars. Potentially could also be a market test to see if people are over cartoon accuracy.

[nalops]

Sorry, I wasn't around for G1 so I have no real ideas about Skids outside the TFwiki page and the ROTF one but if it's cheap, fits in Prime's trailer and available at Zing/EB I'll probably end up getting it.

[High_Q]

I also wonder if the more toy accurate look is not just because of his lack of show presence, but also to bring down the cost of the toy, being a lesser known character. It's been confirmed by Takara that the more show accurate Masterpieces have higher parts counts, thus cost more. Might make it an easier sell to collectors since he's not as well known as the other 1984/1985 cars. Potentially could also be a market test to see if people are over cartoon accuracy.

Probably all of the above, and maybe the MP designers took a look at the derpy Sunbow animation model, shook their heads and thought, for once, the original lanky toy bot looked better than the animation model. While they looked plain compared to their toy versions, most other G1 character models were better proportioned in robot mode (from a conventional aesthetics perspective) than their toy counterparts.

[Kranix]

From what I've seen, I'm going to pick up this MP. I am not a huge Skids fan but I do love the Autobot Cars and the "Hybrid" style. MP-39 Sunstreaker was my last MP purchase but he is still in his box, never even transformed him as I couldn't get into the figure. I'll sell him I think.

So, it will be nice to have a new MP. I even made room in my display cabinet for Skids and hopefully an MP licenced "hybrid" Jazz! I didn't think I would ever be getting another MP after they moved to the toon style. Although Hound tempted me as I like the character but dodged a bullet skipping that one.

[philby]

what are all those lines in the artwork?? is that...detail? sculpted details? not a blank block of plain? my gosh!

[Tober]

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