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The masterpiece line has, and always will be, a high end collectors line.
But it has went through 3 generations with the third and current being a slow but steady event that has only just become the direction of the line
>mp01-mp09
Bloated with gimmicks, mechanical details, large use of diecast in its earliest offerings, but with no consistency in art style nor scaling, mp09 was the foreshadowing of the next direction
>mp10-mp29
This was where things became a little more consistent, mp10 gave us a yardstick with his trailer (if it fits its scaled correctly if meant to be smaller than him) and many of the figures were still stylized enough to make up for the cut back on gimmicks and diecast (thankfully larger figures still had diecast and only where it mattered to the figure's stability and not for show), and while it crept in from time to time (mp22's bot mode was almost purely from the show but the truck details were mp10's "almost real" truck mode) it wasn't until mp29 that the shift was confirmed here to stay, and said shift for some was hard to swallow considering the source material can vary wildly
>mp30-40
Show accuracy is the norm now, some benefit from this from an engineering standpoint (mp inferno and his retools could of had ladder kibble if that's an issue) and looks (specifically mp beast wars, you can't make animals like that stylized in this line) it can be detrimental to others depending on preference (mp36 is a great example being all front heavy in the looks and the engineering is just show boating with no concern for the consumer unlike past mp's which were kinda fun to work out), the return of gimmicks in more iconic figures is nice but can have one asking questions.
Where can we go next I wonder, show accurate transformations, 3.0's, maybe automorph that allows for articulation retention, who knows, all I can say is I'm excited for where we end up going.
Also I do believe mp29 is directly responsible for why mp36's entire body is painted
