>>6799642While I wish some of his parts were a little more integral in his transformation, it would have required a lot more engineering, and it would have been a case of diminishing returns. I mean, you want the shoulder pylons to "collapse" a bit, but that's just how they are. It's what gives him his imposing, clunky charm. I do wish his entire cab didn't just hang off the back, but like... what else do you do with it? It's not part of the bot mode at all, and to try and integrate it or collapse would just be forced engineering. To me, a lot of what makes a good Transformer is the designer being able to know when to stop, especially when it comes to 3Ps. Otherwise you get clusterfucks like Sunstreaker and Megatron, where all the complexity makes a figure more accurate, but not necessarily better.
It's why I'm glad figures like Wheeljack got made before MP went full retard. A lot of little things on him aren't accurate, or could have been more complex, but the resulting figure is still 10/10 because of how well it works and how satisfying the transformation is. Can you imagine a modern MP Wheeljack? I bet they totally would have pulled that fake-chest bullshit they did on Sunstreaker because his actual alt. mode chest doesn't actually look like the cartoon's, and that level of added complexity for the sake of accuracy would have just been retarded when there's nothing wrong with the chest as it is.
