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Exactly! After all the figures I've already spent money on, I can wait a little longer for MP cassettes.

This looks like a standard disclaimer, but I wouldn't be surprised if they pushed the release date back to around May.

@Henry921

Yes and no. My experience with these Japanese sites is that there already is a disclaimer about potential delays. But once in a while (like some of my Anime figures like figma Aegis, BlackRock Shooter anime, Alter Milia Maxwell and even Alter Gisen Yagyu), when the release date is moved to "undetermined", the always give you an email or heads up.

it is an advantage in that it gives our wallets a little rest

Delayed or not, this MP release schedule is very aggressive compared to years past. Since Oct 2012 and going to (what we know so far) this September there will be a total of 9 releases, yes I'm also including any possible store exclusives. I'm very surprised about the schedule but also reassured that Takara is really putting effort into getting collectors an MP line.

So, if there's a slight delay I'm not concerned about it. However, it is good news so one can budget appropriately!

necr0blivion wrote:Delayed or not, this MP release schedule is very aggressive compared to years past. Since Oct 2012 and going to (what we know so far) this September there will be a total of 9 releases, yes I'm also including any possible store exclusives. I'm very surprised about the schedule but also reassured that Takara is really putting effort into getting collectors an MP line.

So, if there's a slight delay I'm not concerned about it. However, it is good news so one can budget appropriately!

Too true necrO, but given the situation in China and their recent transfer to Viet Nam, either all is not well in the land of the sleeping dragon or the Vietnamese factories just can't hack it.

Sometimes I wish they'd give us a breather no?

Oh! I do hope people would practice what they preach. Like "what's good for the goose should also be or the gander" when posting in this parts.

Adding an "apology" doesn't negate the action and the damage already done especially when such actions are not limited to just this post.......food for thought.

fenrir72 wrote:

necr0blivion wrote:Delayed or not, this MP release schedule is very aggressive compared to years past. Since Oct 2012 and going to (what we know so far) this September there will be a total of 9 releases, yes I'm also including any possible store exclusives. I'm very surprised about the schedule but also reassured that Takara is really putting effort into getting collectors an MP line.

So, if there's a slight delay I'm not concerned about it. However, it is good news so one can budget appropriately!

Too true necrO, but given the situation in China and their recent transfer to Viet Nam, either all is not well in the land of the sleeping dragon or the Vietnamese factories just can't hack it.

Sometimes I wish they'd give us a breather no?

I'm all for pacing it out a bit if the issue is related to quality control - don't want another Lambor's paint debacle again. As for a breather, I think Takara was sitting on this before and finally started being more proactive in the past year. We can speculate all day about WHY it's happening now, but I'm glad there's a real sense of ownership in making an expanded MP line a reality.

I can definitely appreciate that the proposed schedule may hurt some potential buyers in the back pocket, but not sure how well we should balance release dates and still project the message that the Masterpiece line is actively being promoted.

necr0blivion wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

necr0blivion wrote:Delayed or not, this MP release schedule is very aggressive compared to years past. Since Oct 2012 and going to (what we know so far) this September there will be a total of 9 releases, yes I'm also including any possible store exclusives. I'm very surprised about the schedule but also reassured that Takara is really putting effort into getting collectors an MP line.

So, if there's a slight delay I'm not concerned about it. However, it is good news so one can budget appropriately!

Too true necrO, but given the situation in China and their recent transfer to Viet Nam, either all is not well in the land of the sleeping dragon or the Vietnamese factories just can't hack it.

Sometimes I wish they'd give us a breather no?

I'm all for pacing it out a bit if the issue is related to quality control - don't want another Lambor's paint debacle again. As for a breather, I think Takara was sitting on this before and finally started being more proactive in the past year. We can speculate all day about WHY it's happening now, but I'm glad there's a real sense of ownership in making an expanded MP line a reality.

I can definitely appreciate that the proposed schedule may hurt some potential buyers in the back pocket, but not sure how well we should balance release dates and still project the message that the Masterpiece line is actively being promoted.

Seems like Tomy has gone hyper for 2013. Now we hear there's Tigertracks, the Datsun guys andlord knowwhat next.