I noticed that the Classics 2-Pack Prime and Megs suffer from a gimmick that I just don't understand: the distracting intentional design flaw known as light-piping.
You know... when they put the colored translucent plastic in the head to supposedly let light through and glow.
Yes. I think of it as an intentional design flaw. It is a gimmick that I just can't figure out.
By putting the translucent plastic in, it usually means having the back of the head totally different from the rest of the design.
For me it is distracting and quite a negative.
And honestly, unless you put the figure directly in front of a light source it doesn't really do anything.
Do kids, the real audience for these toys, care about such things?
If I was a kid and not a loser adult with toys I wouldn't give a rat's ass about the gimmick at all.
Light-piping completely screwed the Heroes of Cybertron line. The original Takara PVCs didn't have it and on the whole, I think the quality control was a lot better.
I don't know.
Maybe it is just me.
What do you think?
Does light-piping sucks the balls nasty or not?
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