Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post

With the current trend in MPs, I think MP Meister would surprise us in terms of how much it would deviate in order to be so slavishly cartoon-like. I mean, Optimus Prime's cartoon model doesn't fundamentally differ from the toy that much, and yet MP Convoy 3.0 just goes to a whole 'nuther level with complexity, achieving cartoon-likeness in places that a lot of people barely even noticed, if at all (e.g. Optimus Prime's stripes not existing in his truck mode etc.). Some of the key differences with Jazz's cartoon model include:
* No door-wings
* No shoulder wheels
* Bonnet-chest is less protruding
* Rear wheel sections are shrunken
* Spoilers fold down and are shrunken
etc.
These may seem like small things, but in terms of MP level toy engineering, they can make a significant difference. If they made the MP in the same vein as the early MP Cars (e.g. MP Datsuns), then yeah, it'd be pretty similar to the G1 toy. But in a post-MP Inferno era, I expect that it would be much more complex. I wouldn't mind if they went the Skids road and made it simpler again, but given how much more popular Jazz is, I reckon an MP Meister would be more like the more recent MP Cars (ex. Skids).

And let's face it, MP consumers aren't exactly price sensitive. With MPs they can afford to throw in the money to make the toy more cartoon-like, and we fans will pay it.
The joys of a collector-centric line targeted at adults with disposable income.

P.S.: Not sure if TakaraTomy can legally get away with "MARTINII (sic) RACING." TakaraTomy did acquire the rights to use Alitalia's name for MP Wheeljack, which is why that toy has Alitalia spelt correctly as opposed to the G1 toy's deliberately misspelt "Alitalla." I'm not sure if they can get away with putting Martini's name on a toy, even misspelt. I don't think it would cause the same issues as Marlboro did for MP Exhaust. I reckon they could get away with a further deliberate misspelling, like SMARTINII RACING, and just let fans cut out the "S" on the stickers; similar to what they did for the Red Cross stickers on MP Ratchet. or just give us a sticker of the Martini logo with no text... or even have the red circle and black rectangle as separate stickers and let fans work out how to put them together.
For me, I'm a hybrid MP fan. I don't need a toy version, or a toon version of Jazz. Masterpiece to me was the best version of the character. Simply being toon, does not make a Masterpiece to me, but neither do I want a revised version of the original toy. Some MP look better with more toon, some with a bit more toy.

So, MP Jazz doesn't need to have Martini livery for example. It doesn't even have to use the wing doors for me to perhaps like it. However, I get the feeling if they remove all details and try and do some trickery to change the shape of the chest and legs etc to strive for pure tooness, I'll not be a fan. It may depend on what source they actually choose to base MP Jazz on, like the picture you use would be good but sometimes, he is drawn quite differently in the cartoon.

Still, I'm crossing my fingers that I'll like what they produce (should we get an MP Jazz). I'm open to it, I've always looked at every MP and tried to decide if I will like it, rather than say, it'll be toon, no way!