Takara Masterpiece MP-27 Ironhide - No Coin

Takara has been hit & miss with the playability factor of the mp line since MP03. While almost all are cosmetic works of art and a serious puzzle to transform, not all of them are very fun toys. Ironhide is a fantastic masterpiece (best version of Ironhide in 30 years!) and a fun toy as well. Everything pegs together fairly solidly and unlike other versions of Ironhide, he's not a panel forming nightmare. Only minuses are the hip panels and monkey hands. Otherwise an awesome piece for a fraction of the 3p versions' cost.

Likeness, scaling, and posability are all superb. the color is beautiful bright red and the transformation is complex without being a plastic Migraine in the making. In robot or alt-mode, he feels nice and solid, and he looks good with my other Masterpiece and Masterpiece scaled 3P figures. Right now he, Prowl, and Maketoys Hound (2y) are sitting atop my PC tower waiting to be photographed for my blog, and Ironhide looks great. I have always had a soft spot for the big red 'bot with his cybertron-by-way-a-texas voice. This figure perfectly evokes his G1 cartoon self, and I highly recommend it. on a side note, this figure manages to top I-Gears weapon specialist, for evoking the character, which was no easy task.