The more I see of sideswipe the more I think it is just going to be a glorified deluxe. Don't get me wrong I am still going to buy, but with the increase is engineering quality of transformers to date masterpiece may have just beome dumbed down slightly and become the standard for all transformers production. Masterpiece will still keep it's high price tag because it will basically be the collector line because there will be no direct media support for these G1 incarnations who really only appeal to us... the children of the 1980's. So far I am not seeing anything articulation-wise that we did not get with generations Sideswipe. It even appears to take many of the transformation queues from that generations version. One thing that was glaring is that it appears that this masterpiece has the familiar peg hole hand instead of articulated hands that we have been used to in masterpieces previous. However I will say I will be very impressed if they designed a way to hide/carry the gun and launcher while in lambo mode.

 

At this point most of us know MP-12 Lambor is gonna be small. it'll either be deluxe or voyager sized.

 

Honestly,MP-12 Lambor will still be awesome. because it'll be the most accurate update homage new mold sideswipe toy we've seen for the past decade. nothing beats having a lamborgini alt mode for sideswipe's newer toy.

I agree that it will still be awesome, I still intend to buy. I was just commenting that the overall engineering of new transformers has greatly improved over the last 10 years and now there is not a whole lot of difference engineering-wise between MP's and deluxes on the shelf now. My only complaint is that I would have preferred a Sideswipe that was just a little bit bigger, maybe mid chest height on MP 10. But hey I also wanted a smaller Hot Rod because his alt mode looks just huge next to anything except MP-01. Will wait for domestic release of Sideswipe, but probably getting Japan Red Alert because I am not so confident that color scheme will make it to the US.

i'll wait 'til the actual reveal to make any comments on size. i'm not going to assume anything until i actually see these pictures. just making assumptions so you can see yourself write is ridiculous.