>>7768690>if you aren't spending $500 on bad toys you're poorThat's what this is about, isn't it? You need a status symbol more than the better toy. "It costs more therefore I feel better for having it."
>but it's covered in paint and chrome and it talksAnd it's an engineering trainwreck because someone at Takara forgot a few years back that hiding seams, minimizing false parts, and having a minimal backpack is more important than how over-complex you can make a transformation. That oversight is also why we have shit like MP Bumblebee 2.0 and Haslab's Unicron. Hell, one of the earliest examples of this is Universe 2.0 Ironhide and everyone was eager to see that replaced in their collection. There should be a level of cleverness and subtlety involved in making a transformation work with a design and MP-44's transformation is a cacophony against the sculpt.
