MP Grimlock!

I wrenched Masterpiece Grimlock from the clumsy, incompetent hands of the postal workers today, worth every second of the frustration they caused! As for Grimmy, he's worth every penny, I lucked out and got a great deal on him, but wouldn't have regretted paying full rpice for him one bit. Despite all the griping the general TF community has done over him being smaller than the previously produced Masterpiece figures, he ranks as one of the all-time best figures in my opinion. To be honest, if he had come out and stood as tall as Masterpiece Optimus, I would have been annoyed that he didn't TOWER over Optimus like he's supposed to. So with that in mind, MP Grimlock may be the runt of the MP litter, but you couldn't ask for a more accurate and better fit for your TF Classics collection.




In dino mode, not even custom Snapdragon and Skullcruncher stand a chance...


Robot mode is PERFECT when placed next to Classics Prime.


Hey you!


That right, me Grimlock talkin' to you!


Okay, so Grimlock's still not quite the king of all, but he comes pretty close.

Well, I finished lettering Brave the Fortress, so I got to open my reward.
Aaaand...

Boo.
For all the complaints I read about Universe Galvatron, at least he has the excuse of being a Voyager stuck in a deluxe's body. Hot Shot is very much not.
He has some impressive things about him, but none of them make me appreciate the toy. For one, it feels cheap, like the plastic quality took a serious nosedive. The transformation is neat, but the limbs fight each other so much as you're pulling him out of car mode they pop off. Overall I'm disappointed, mostly because I thought he may have made a really good base for a custom Runamuck and Runabout. As things look now, Classics Bumblebee is still the prime mold for those two.

Anyway, here's a Revoltech Leader-1 I made some time ago. The head from Cybertron Brushguard works nicely, but would work better if I could fix the way that neck joint juts from the body. I need to take the time to drill a deeper hole and hide the joint.