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Got a pleasant surprise when I got home from work today. I had been so caught up in Titans that I forgot he had shipped.
He's pretty stellar, all things considered. I skipped over the Inferno mold, so this is my first experience. The yellow/orange paint is very appealing. Good coverage, all things considered. There is a lot of paint-on-paint rubbing going on during posing and transformation, but so far nothing major. I do have some of the gray paint on the back of his thigh flaking a bit, but I think it was actually like that from the factory. I'll see if it gets worse. Some of his back panels hinder his thigh movement a bit, but nothing horrific.
His transformation is super-clever, and pretty involved. We seem to be getting more complex in the recent releases. I'm just minorly annoyed because a lot of this complexity is to achieve cartoon accuracy, which I think is a mistake. I liked the old cartoon/toy hybrid aesthetic the MP line had. This is the first MP in a long while that I haven't felt comfortable Transforming myself after the first time. Need to do a few more practice runs before it's committed to memory. It's fun, but very involved.
All the accessories are nice. The bland cartoon alt. bumper I will never use is a bit of a waste, in my opinion. The figure doesn't really look bland in person as long as you use the chrome bumper. The flat gray one looks like crap. The alternate faces are really nice. That's one thing I wish older MPs had come with. Really gives them some oomph. I like the black, toy-accurate helmet to break up the yellow, but also prefer the chunkiness of the yellow helmet, which is a bit bigger. The cartoon-accurate gun is bland as shit, though. I mean, fuck, the original G1 gun almost has more detail on it.
So overall, despite some flaws, I like this guy. If you're still holding off, the Artfire mold will definitely be worth it, but if you have room in your heart for an adorable chubster of an architect-bot, Grapple hits the spot.
