Backround: buys mostly carbots

Thesis: Mp-44 is worse than transform element.

I feel that MP-44 was designed to be innovative, more than it was designed for fun. I have transformers that are hard to transform, but the only thing as tedius as MP-44 is the back of deformation starscream. All the crazy gimmicks and articulation fall flat, when the figure wants to fall over because ratchet joints.

The main body looks fine except the back. I just got the ko, and i have no problems with the top half. The knees are gappy, and the sliding function should've never been implemented. It looks bad and is hard to use. The footprint is alot smaller than every other optimus, causing balance issues. Finally the leg and feet ratchets make it too hard to stand.

The car mode is worse. Its the only time i was bothered by pannel forming. The truck bed is awful, and i'd rather just have the leg sticking out.

Overall its 0/10. Takara should make a 4.0 and try to memory hole this one