2013/07/13

Neo MicroChange - MC-04

1980s New Microman - Micro Change (MC)


These releases that eventually became Transformers, since it's the starting of MC robot that became everyday object for 1:1 scale human (us)



But not all of them are actually everyday objects, some of them is weirdly has vehicular alt-mode (like Diaclone), mostly the MC-04 Mini CAR Robos


The list goes from MC-01 Micross until MC-22 Beam Robo, in which the designs for MC are stopped, to focus on Transformers itself


Collecting Neo-MC in 1:32 scale are impossible, imagine 1:32 radio / gun / cassette, no use hence ideally for MC, we need to focus on the Bot mode,
in which after much contemplation, settles for Leader Class figure or bigger

But it's harder, because Leader Class figure are rare, Voyager class are a lot more, hence compromises are made...



Fortunately Takara-Tomy seems to made up their mind on releasing 'MC-04 Mini CAR Robo - Car 03 VW Bug : Yellow' or more known as Bumblebee as MP-21
so we should treat that Takara officially takes MC-04 line to be 1:32 scale, logically the rest of MC-04s (total of 6 mold) should be 1:32 too



Now the first three neo-MC-04 (Porsche, Mazda, VW) seems to be easy to collect at first sight, unfortunately after long I realised it's actually a lot harder ...


Recently some revelation came to me, in which I compare the alt-modes of modern (post-Energon) TF to be retro-fitted into neo-preTF, as below



MC-04 Porsche
Sports car / 2+2 coupé / FR layout

MC-04 Mazda
Subcompact car / 5-door hatchback / FF layout

MC-04 VW
Subcompact car / 2-door saloon, 2-door convertible / RR layout

MC-04 Firebird
Muscle car / .. / FR layout

Now to differ Mazda & WV, see the design cues, Mazda are boxy and VW are curvy

Seems to be better, now I can search for nicer Modern TF to make them my neo-MC-04 Cars

The rest of MC-04 (4WD, LandRover, Semi) are relatively easier to retrofit IF you can find them at decent alt-mode size


Back to researching on TF figures, mostly on TFWiki :P



Ah this will take some time to complete :) sometimes the journey are a lot more pleasant then the actual destination