It was that one comic that made the White Prime/Magnus cool again LOL.
I really hate that Hasbro screwed Don Figueroa over. His artwork and robot designs were something epic. Up until Siege, Classics Optimus Prime was one of the best versions of Prime to date. That was his. The Stealth Bomber Megatron apparently was his as well, which is where the fallout came from. Out of all the TF artist, he may have been my favorite. He also was artist for this:
As far as Iām concerned white Prime has always been cool. UM and Shockwave are my favorites so itās a great coincidence the way things worked out. Hell I even used to draw comics as a kid and my first character name was UM, a total rip off everything I was into at the time, I was 10 so bear with me, just showing you the genuine UM love. I also like Cyclonus a lot and one of my favorite episodes of season 3 has them pitting against each other and then working together.
Sorry to drag, havenāt talked about TF in a long while.
Also, UM should have stepped up when Prime fell. Iām not on the Rodimus camp, back when I was a kid everyone hated him. I donāt hate him but heās better off as a sidekick but he had some real good during G1 Season 3. The Qintessons 5 episode run was really cool.
The Magnus armor was a cool concept. Up until that issue though, it was not even a thing. Right after itās release, thatās when you start seeing the obligatory white Prime repaint. How they did it in the IDW series was pretty cool as well.
āFive Faces of Darknessā may have been one of the best parts of Season 3 next to Old Snake, and the animation in Call of the Primitives.
I think the G1 cartoon had the right idea. Iāve always hated the whole Magnus being a āWhite Primeā in āarmorā. I feel it lessons the character a bit.
Toy-wise, i donāt mind it though.
Anyway, i spotted Seige Magnus at a wal-mart today. Is it just me or are all these āLeader-classā figures, closer to Voyager sized? I donāt think that Magnus would go well with my POTP Optimus. Also while it doesnāt look terrible but, iām not a fan of the slightly ādirtyā styling. Besides those issues he looked great.
I used a $25 Target gift card from Xmas that my mom gave me to buy Shockwave last week.
IMO The base figure is great and both the unofficial gun mode and official spaceship mode are nice. However, I dont care for the Norman Osborn glider and the General Grievous armored form .
I think heās worth $35 without the armor pieces. If you personally like the armor stuff, $40. But thereās no mincing words. $50 is too much.
These figures are probably Ultra Class from 10 years ago than Leader imo.
(2009 Universe Onslaught and Silverbolt were 8 inch figures with lights/sounds.)
I think the fact that it was used as a last resort measure made it really cool. Iām glad it was never used in the cartoons as well and I hope they never use it again. It was just a great moment to use it though. It was a great climax for a good saga, that and Shockwave being the main perpetrator was excellent as well.
I like keeping the TF mythos on the figures, like Cryotech. Transmetal Tigatron, stuff like that.
Urge to break Pat Leeās writing handā¦grrrrrā¦
MP-Op Version 3 new pics and translated article
With the exception of the back, itās the best toon version of Optimus Prime to date.
Thatāll be $425 please.
Until MP-59 comes out. That version of MP Prime will be in High-Definition! At the low, low price of only $529!
Sorry guys, sky-high price aside, i canāt help but see a pattern here. Also just because this guys looks better, that doesnāt change how good MP-10 STILL is. With all the boxes he ticks off for a Good looking G1 Prime representation. Are any of you guys that own MP-10 still going to shell out for this release?
No, but thats mostly bc I dont really collect MP.
MP-10 for me was an exception.
Im a cheapo and a Decepticon fanboy.
Another thing IMO is that they seem to be going wholly into the cartoon aesthetic the last few years. There are full full swathes of just flat plastic on toys like MP Inferno and Ironhide. I kinda like MP 10 Op, MP 12 Sideswipe, wheeljack all kind of merging toy/cartoon/comic into a well detailed look if that makes sense.
The new one looks very cartoon accurate and has an interesting transformation. The backpack and elbows loook slightly weird to me though.
I got the Hasbro MP 10 for $160 in 2014 and I think hes worth that price.
Takara is a smart business bc they know people will buy a new MP Op due to marque value. To me even taking inflation into account, $450 is still much even.
$250 was the Jpn price of MP 10 in 2011 which I could understand since Japan is much more expensive than USA but I think theyre beginning to price gouge.
And even if you pay it, sometimes the QC is mixed bag. MP 36 Megs cant take the silencer int the barrel bc it scrapes off allegedly. Who knows if this will have some problem?
Long and short, No.
MP 10 may have really long arms but its good enough for me.
Iām not paying that price . . . .
However, if that is the case, and I prefer that version, Iāll consider it. It is contingent upon the dollar value in terms of the upgrade. Itās a possibility that theyāll release another version of Prime in the MP setup, but thatās always a possibility. To be frank, put MP10 next to either of the current 3P offerings and the age of the figure shows. Personally, I think if they shrunk down MP-01 it would have been better.
Exactly. I donāt expect redos of those characters such as Wheeljack, Sideswipe, Prowl to get redone since they are āgood enoughā. I recently sold Wheeljack to get the toon repaint.
Unfortunately, the paint scraping was in part because of a detail in the transformation. There is an extra twist that was needed in the barrel that aligned the piece better. I will say that any painted friction fit pieces like that you should almost expect some degradation. The issue died down once that came to light about the stock alignment. Reminds me of when everyone assumed MP Cheetorās legs were put on wrong, but again, the instructions proved that there was one other step to get the legs to be in the appropriate position.
Itās more so survival than price gouging per-se. Of course there is an Optimus Prime tax, but they lost the Pokemon license so now they gotta look to see what else they can make more viable. So far, all of my MPs are significantly better toleranced and painted than some of the earlier options. I am happy with whatās offered now.
I see plenty of New MP-10ās on E-bay for $120. Not bad. If i had $425 to spend, iād grab MP-10 or one of the 3rd parties and save the rest for other things. I just donāt think this new Prime is worth the asking price. Theyāre pricing him like heās a frigginā Next-Generation game system or something.
I recently counted my collection which is mostly CHUG and I cant believe that I have approx 110 figures. As a little kid who began with G1, I had 35 figures from 1986-1990. Unfortunately, I lost almost all my G1 due to hurricanes/moves so the CHUG line has made me get better versions of many of those and also most of the marquee character I never had.
To be honest, my main goals for the next few years are :
Autobots
Ironhide/Ratchet/Mirage, and Prowl
(Japan) Computron set(Super rare and expensive now)
Decepticons
Needlenose, Spinister, and Scorponok
Why?
Wait, whats āCHUGā?
And i used to get overwelmed over all the various official and 3rd party versions of a character released over the years. Now i just go with whatever is affordable while still ticking the most boxes in representing the character. Masterpeice isnāt everything also, if a Good version of that character is exists in a mainline. Iāll just grab the mainline one. Like the excellent new POTP Dinobots (versus MP Grimlock, all the various 3rd party MP dinobots, etc).
The only time iāll buy more than one version, is for characters i really love. Like G1 Hotrod/Rodimus & Abominus and their recent POTP versions, G1 Soundwave & MP Soundwave, etc. Although i will make an exception if i come across G1 reissues or KO G1 reissues at an affordable price, because G1 is still my favorite era of TFers. Their packaging alone still trumps modern day stuff in itās presentation and G1 boxes just look fantastic on the shelf.
I agree, G1 best presentation ever. Always felt Beast Wars had great presentation and packaging as well. Some Beast Wars Neo matte plastic was heavenly too. X-9 is my grail from that series, somedayā¦
I feel the previous generations blister packs were looking real nice with the art pieces all blown up, almost feel bad taking the figure out of it and putting the backing away.
If everything is going to be like siege form here on out, I feel the concept art presentation is going to take a back seat.
In a way. . . . . he kinda is LOL
Classics Henkei Universe Generations
Aesthetically, itās the stylized G1 stuff. The current WFC: Siege line is considered CHUG.
Thatās fair. MP is more so about a faithful representation of a character to itās animated counterpart. Now some definitely take liberties on the design, but the trend now is for them to be a 1:1 representation (officially). I will agree about character representation as well. Thatās the beauty of collecting. Right now my focus is on MPs. I sold off a fair bit of the CHUG stuff. As far as 3P goes, the only thing that I went all in on were the Planet X Dinobots.
CHUG stands for Classics,Henkei, Universe,Generations
A catch all term for the last 13 years
OMG. Searching for a figure on e-bay and see nothing but ācompleteā loose figures. You lousy fans throwing out your boxes/packaging!!!
See?! You have this idea that, āyouāre not collecting for a profitā and have no intention of selling. Sure but, you never know what the future brings. Perhaps youāll really need the money one day unexpectedly. Or maybe theyāll release a better interpretation of that character, and you wonāt need two, so you throw that one up on e-bay.
Buuuuuutā¦thanks to your short-sightedāness and throwing our your packaging, buyers like myself that would be all over it, donāt want it and search elsewhere for a figure that is Truly COMPLETE (Aka: Accessories AND Box/Card).