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So a couple of weeks ago I was able to obtain a semi grail of mine.. or at least when it comes to MP Transformers. Its not that this is particularly hard to find... it's just that I wasn't willing to pa market prices.
As luck would have it, I FINALLY came across a MP-18B Bluestreak.
As I said, there's nothing particularly rare about this other than the fact it is the Diaclone colour scheme for the Fairlady Z Transformer that would eventually become Silverstreak. Originally named Bluestreak, these early Season One Autobots were this hybrid blue/silver colour until they ran out of old stock, and going forward they were all pure silver.
Now, this version is certainly prettier than boring old Silverstreak, but Silverstreak enjoys the important role of being my first ever figure. I don't remember exactly who, but I can tell you this was the first Transformer figure that I ever owned, which of course kickstarted decades old obsession with these things.
History lesson aside, the actual toy, like all the licensed MP figures, has a very accurate looking alt mode. The 80's toy actually wasn't bad in this regard. Growing up, I'd see many of these cars, which speaks to the popularity of the vehicle.
The resulting robot mode certainly takes some visual cues from the original toy. At this time, designers were still going for the toy aesthetic, which to be fair is probably a head scullpt away from being toon accurate.
Articulation is pretty good, offering slightly above what the typical Deluxe can do. The general bulk of course gets in the way of posing, but that's a fact of life. But the engineering behind the figure is solid, including how they got proper shoulders and the giant pontoon feet to function correctly. From what is given, some improved head articulation would have been nice, especially since Bluestreak has those giant shoulder cannons in the way most of the time.
DSC_4167
So a couple of weeks ago I was able to obtain a semi grail of mine.. or at least when it comes to MP Transformers. Its not that this is particularly hard to find... it's just that I wasn't willing to pa market prices.
As luck would have it, I FINALLY came across a MP-18B Bluestreak.
As I said, there's nothing particularly rare about this other than the fact it is the Diaclone colour scheme for the Fairlady Z Transformer that would eventually become Silverstreak. Originally named Bluestreak, these early Season One Autobots were this hybrid blue/silver colour until they ran out of old stock, and going forward they were all pure silver.
Now, this version is certainly prettier than boring old Silverstreak, but Silverstreak enjoys the important role of being my first ever figure. I don't remember exactly who, but I can tell you this was the first Transformer figure that I ever owned, which of course kickstarted decades old obsession with these things.
History lesson aside, the actual toy, like all the licensed MP figures, has a very accurate looking alt mode. The 80's toy actually wasn't bad in this regard. Growing up, I'd see many of these cars, which speaks to the popularity of the vehicle.
The resulting robot mode certainly takes some visual cues from the original toy. At this time, designers were still going for the toy aesthetic, which to be fair is probably a head scullpt away from being toon accurate.
Articulation is pretty good, offering slightly above what the typical Deluxe can do. The general bulk of course gets in the way of posing, but that's a fact of life. But the engineering behind the figure is solid, including how they got proper shoulders and the giant pontoon feet to function correctly. From what is given, some improved head articulation would have been nice, especially since Bluestreak has those giant shoulder cannons in the way most of the time.