>>10984663I only have a few, MP-01, MP-03 (cartoon redeco), and Optimus Primal, and while I do really like them, they are strictly display pieces, partly because of the cost, and also because they are not toys. Which is why I never really got into MPs, because while I am careful with all my toys, I really appreciate the reassuring feeling of "this is a thing to play with." That feeling is actually what got me back into collecting in general, I had gone through that "I only buy adult collectables, not toys" phase and one day I went into a toy store when hanging out with a friend and saw Generations Thrust, which for some reason just called to me, so I bought him and I still remember just opening him up and playing around with him while sitting on my buddy's couch. That feeling of just playing with a fun toy is why I collect Transformers, the needlessly complex transformations that takes 20 minutes and is all panels and fiddly bits, on a display piece that costs sometimes hundreds of dollars and sometimes has shitty QC, it just doesn't appeal to me.
Besides now that Studio Series has really gotten into a rhythm and produces figures that look basically just as good for way cheaper, I don't see the need for MPs anymore. Maybe the best thing for them would be to pivot toward an improved Alternators/Binaltech style for anons like
>>10984677 which is definitely an under-served group of the community.
