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Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:08 am**

megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
megatronus wrote:No Shockwave or Reflector?
They weren't toys released in 1984.

Ahhh - I see the confusion. When I say '84 lineup, I'm generally referring to the cartoon.

Well, they weren't in the '84 comics, either (which were the first TF fiction ever, coming in before, and even outliving, the cartoon).

Or at least, they weren't part of the main story in the '84 comics (any appearances by them were just nameless background filler or, in Shockwave's case, a cameo lead-in to the 1985 comics)

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:09 am**

Craver2707 wrote:I just wonder, if and when, they get to Hound if he'll be a Wrangler or a Willys. Or if they even mess with him considering the level of awesome that the Binaltech was.

Mitsubishi would be most accurate.

G1 accuracy is the name of the game, so I'm sure he'd be even better than the Alt/BT mold.

These figures are looking so good, can't wait. Looks like the paint issue on Streak's crest has been fixed too, so that's nice.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:13 am**

Sabrblade wrote:
megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
megatronus wrote:No Shockwave or Reflector?
They weren't toys released in 1984.

Ahhh - I see the confusion. When I say '84 lineup, I'm generally referring to the cartoon.
Well, they weren't in the '84 comics, either (which were the first TF fiction ever, coming in before, and even outliving, the cartoon).

Or at least, they weren't part of the main story in the '84 comics (any appearances by them were just nameless background filler or, in Shockwave's case, a cameo lead-in to the 1985 comics)

Not a reader of the original comics. I read Autocracy and liked it, and hear MTME is amazing, so I ordered all the trade paperbacks of that series (and have the Monstrocity TP on preorder).

As seminal/pivotal as the comics are, I'm an animation guy through and through (which would make sense - I was born in '87, and watched Transformers reruns/video tapes until Beast Wars came out). Sometimes I forget people got into this hobby through other mediums.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:10 am**

El Duque wrote:Takara Tomy staff designer Shogo Hasui has tweeted an image of their upcoming Transformers Masterpiece Nissan trio MP-17 Prowl, MP-18 Bluestreak, MP-19 Smokescreen. Prowl is due out late this month, followed by Bluestreak in October, and Smokescreen in December. Check out the image below.

Beautiful work.

This is how a robot that transforms into a car should look like -- handsome, proportional, heroic, with distinct features.

And the fact that they are based on actual cars makes it even better.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:05 pm**

Sexy. I cannot wait until I get my paws on them, especially Smokescreen

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Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:32 pm**

Arrrrrrgggghhhh, just gimme!

These cannot be delivered fast enough. This is like collecting Binaltech again but with the proper alt/robot modes. I love this scale of figure the most.

Can humans hibernate? Can I just sleep until the first one arrives? Yes? That way I only have to wait until tomorrow.....with added bonus that I will miss a load of X Factor crap on the TV...DOUBLE BONUS.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:15 pm**

Them colors on Prowl and Smokescreen are smacking me rite in the face in a good may. Takara is the Man for making this masterpiece line better and better. That Bluestreak figure that's not even blue should be that last one to come out in December instead of Smokescreen.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:58 pm**

Ravage XK wrote:Arrrrrrgggghhhh, just gimme!

These cannot be delivered fast enough. This is like collecting Binaltech again but with the proper alt/robot modes. I love this scale of figure the most.

Can humans hibernate? Can I just sleep until the first one arrives? Yes? That way I only have to wait until tomorrow.....with added bonus that I will miss a load of X Factor crap on the TV...DOUBLE BONUS.

man, i absolutely 100% agree with you.

i seriously cannot wait for these things.. i haven't been this excited for a toy since.... well, i don't know when. i LOVE the look of hot rod.. but he's not put together as well as mp10.. soundwave.. and the sideswipe mold.

when i was a kid, behind prime, prowl's death was the most sad to me. i just loved the look of him, the crest on his head, the door wings, the front of the car being his chest, all of those things are awesome.

EagleTron wrote:Them colors on Prowl and Smokescreen are smacking me rite in the face in a good may. Takara is the Man for making this masterpiece line better and better. That Bluestreak figure that's not even blue should be that last one to come out in December instead of Smokescreen.

yeah.. but you gotta save the best for last. (or at least the most unique)

i really hope he gets released before christmas. i hate when toys get released at the end of january.

Cyberpath wrote:
El Duque wrote:Takara Tomy staff designer Shogo Hasui has tweeted an image of their upcoming Transformers Masterpiece Nissan trio MP-17 Prowl, MP-18 Bluestreak, MP-19 Smokescreen. Prowl is due out late this month, followed by Bluestreak in October, and Smokescreen in December. Check out the image below.

Beautiful work.

This is how a robot that transforms into a car should look like -- handsome, proportional, heroic, with distinct features.

And the fact that they are based on actual cars makes it even better.

hey now, that's a bit discriminatory! there's room for all kinds of robots in the transformers universe!

but i do agree, they are handsome.

hopefully there's no running issues with the mold.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:33 pm**

This picture makes me want to own two of each, so that I can display them exactly like this: one in bot and one in alt mode.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:27 pm**

if hasbro ever gets around to releasing these.. i wonder how horribly they'll screw up smokescreen... compared to the henkei version, the hasbro deluxe was just atrocious.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:31 pm**

TimothyR wrote:if hasbro ever gets around to releasing these.. i wonder how horribly they'll screw up smokescreen... compared to the henkei version, the hasbro deluxe was just atrocious.

Preach it. I told myself that I could live with the hasbro deluxe version to save cost, but I eventually could not stand it and bought the henkei version.

Posted: **Tue Sep 10, 2013 11:51 pm**

Naked Magnus wrote:
TimothyR wrote:if hasbro ever gets around to releasing these.. i wonder how horribly they'll screw up smokescreen... compared to the henkei version, the hasbro deluxe was just atrocious.

Preach it. I told myself that I could live with the hasbro deluxe version to save cost, but I eventually could not stand it and bought the henkei version.

i bought the hasbro version just to hold me over until the takara version was released lol.

it's insane how much better the henkei version looks.. same goes for dinobot. i don't quite understand it.. is it cost? or is takara just trying harder? i know that takara has more competition in japan.. but still, why doesn't hasbro care about giving us the best possible product. i can get over the chrome.. especially when it comes to classic figures. but the paint being so much worse baffles me.

i mean, c'mon.

Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:38 am**

New photo from Shogo Hasui:

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:37 am**

Takara Tomy have published their official product pages for Transformers Masterpiece MP-17 Prowl and MP-18 Bluestreak! The wait for the first of the Nissan brothers is almost over, Prowl is scheduled to release in a little over a week, with Bluestreak releasing in Ocotber. No new images, but we've mirrored the content of the pages below, enjoy!

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:04 am**

I don't understand, did they mean that the current Masterpiece scale started with Rodimus Prime, or that they are working to improve Rodimus to fit better with the new toys?

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:13 am**

These MP figures look awesome,, too bad I'm not collecting MP at the moment...maybe some day I will :APPLAUSE:

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:20 am**

These MP figures look awesome,, too bad I'm not collecting MP at the moment...maybe some day I will :APPLAUSE:

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:46 am**

Cyberpath wrote:I don't understand, did they mean that the current Masterpiece scale started with Rodimus Prime, or that they are working to improve Rodimus to fit better with the new toys?

I am pretty sure it means that the current scale started with Rodimus.

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:50 am**

i think they meant the scale started with rodimus, but not hot rod... even theough technically rodimus is the right scale in robot and vehicle mode, hot rod is way out of scale. i think we just need new figures of both and call it a day...

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:54 am**

Can someone point me to this Rodimus reference? I don't see it anywhere...

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:06 am**

I think Rodimus Prime is fine as-is, but we could do with another Hot Rod
Only thing is they'd have to do some really interesting things with the transformation to make it worthwhile.

But anyway, these are looking amazing. Bring on the release!

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:10 am**

megatronus wrote:Can someone point me to this Rodimus reference? I don't see it anywhere...

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:45 am**

El Duque wrote:

Dammit, I thought they fixed this?

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:46 am**

I don't think they're actually referring to the scale of Rodimus, but rather "the new unified scale for MPs post-Rodimus", which is MP-10.

Posted: **Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:38 am**

Just pre-ordered Smokescreen now that I have some room in my POL. All look great. Now I just need to find the space to display them all.

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