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News Credits: 9 · Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:08 am

Got Prowl on preorder; looking forward to his release!

Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:14 am

I was worried about the scale, but it looks perfect.

Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:23 am

gothsaurus wrote:Posting these next to the movie bots really shows how lifeless and same-ey they are. So much personality, visible car bits, expression in the face, vivid color... I'll take the G1 Masterpiece over the movie line any day. They look amazing.

To be fair,all the toys Optimus RotF Leader mold gets does make him look pretty awesome.

News Credits: 11 · Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:53 am

Xephon0930 wrote:Prowl seems a bit blocky but it fits for G1. I still want to get him for around $50 if I could seeing how these deluxe class sized MP transformers are cheaper than the more Leader Class sized ones.

Hobbylink Japan has him for about that much if their preorders are still open. That is excluding shipping, though.

Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:48 pm

Xephon0930 wrote:Prowl seems a bit blocky but it fits for G1. I still want to get him for around $50 if I could seeing how these deluxe class sized MP transformers are cheaper than the more Leader Class sized ones.

I wish that was the case, but if Sideswipe is any indication, he'll sell out shortly and prices will go up. when I got him from BBTS at the preorder price of $84.99 I felt that he would eventually go down in price and go on sale on BBTS, but lucky for me, I had a store credit of $60.89 for an item that I had cancelled from my POL and bought him, otherwise I wouldn' of picked him up, and I do believe he is now sold out and going for over $100.00, personally I would preorder/purchase prowl and not look back, either way his value will not depreciate, specially the Takara MP version...take care and good luck

News Credits: 8 · Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:14 pm

looks good but not for the price

News Credits: 372 · Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:57 pm

Excited about these two. They look perfect.

Now I kind of want a Sideswipe, too.

News Credits: 409 · Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:20 pm

Great detail.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:12 pm

I have the silver and red repaint of Alternators Prowl (I dont remember the name). I dont see much difference here. So, what's the point paying for the "masterpeice" when the Alternators are (almost) perfectly fine?

Especially whith Reprolabels. I have Alternators Jazz with repros and I'm not looking forward for a MP Jazz anymore.
With my Alternators Hound, I just need to buy the repros and some Shapeways accessories if they ever make them to have a MP Hound.
Of course, I dont say all Alternators are MP quality or even representative of their G1 counterpart.

I see the new MP line for the Autobot cars as the new Alternators line in fact. It's just too bad that they are at Takara prices.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:15 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:I have the silver and red repaint of Alternators Prowl (I dont remember the name). I dont see much difference here. So, what's the point paying for the "masterpeice" when the Alternators are (almost) perfectly fine?

For one thing, MP Prowl is a near exact representation of Prowl as he appears in the G1 cartoon. Alternators Prowl, on the other hand, uses a different alt mode and a little on the "chunky" side.

News Credits: 101 · Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:34 am

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I have the silver and red repaint of Alternators Prowl (I dont remember the name). I dont see much difference here. So, what's the point paying for the "masterpeice" when the Alternators are (almost) perfectly fine?

For one thing, MP Prowl is a near exact representation of Prowl as he appears in the G1 cartoon. Alternators Prowl, on the other hand, uses a different alt mode and a little on the "chunky" side.

Meh, who I am kidding? If they ever bother brigging them over here as Hasbro NON-EXCLUSIVES at maybe around 40$ (the Human Alliance price point) I would buy them in a heartbeat. For me to pay 100$ for one of these tiny MPs, it have to be a Character I truly care about.

Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:14 am

????? That makes no sense Kan. Yes you'll pay $80-$100 to deal with importers/secondary market options (which is entirely self-inflicted), but here's the thing. Plenty of Asian retailers have had these guys on preorder for about $50. I paid $49 for Sideswipe and Red Alert, I paid $138 Soundwave, I'm paying $36 for each of the cassette sets and I'm paying $48 for each of the Datsuns.

The trick is to preorder from the right place and at the right time.

Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:15 am

Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:06 am

Dont get me wrong, those mp- sideswipe and prowl look great. But they got my much maligned and loved human alliance/ bayformer figures looking bad next to those guys.

Yeah those 2 HA figures cant compare to those mp's but if you put them next to *Human alliance Skids with Makela Barnes sitting on his shoulder. Now thats a different story. I would take Human Alliance Skids and even Deluxe battle blades bumble over mp-prowl anyday (maybe because I haven't really seen him yet) but not sideswipe he's grreat. I only would put ha skids and a couple of other formers over swipe cause swipe is that good. He is a Lambo what more can you say.

Good MP figures tho thx.

Show those Mp- Smokescreen pictures pls.

News Credits: 9 · Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:08 am

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I have the silver and red repaint of Alternators Prowl (I dont remember the name). I dont see much difference here. So, what's the point paying for the "masterpeice" when the Alternators are (almost) perfectly fine?

For one thing, MP Prowl is a near exact representation of Prowl as he appears in the G1 cartoon. Alternators Prowl, on the other hand, uses a different alt mode and a little on the "chunky" side.

Don't forget that the Alternator chest is completely wrong. It points down and the doorwings are at the wrong angle as well.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:06 am

Mykltron wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I have the silver and red repaint of Alternators Prowl (I dont remember the name). I dont see much difference here. So, what's the point paying for the "masterpeice" when the Alternators are (almost) perfectly fine?

For one thing, MP Prowl is a near exact representation of Prowl as he appears in the G1 cartoon. Alternators Prowl, on the other hand, uses a different alt mode and a little on the "chunky" side.

Don't forget that the Alternator chest is completely wrong. It points down and the doorwings are at the wrong angle as well.

Well, basically besides the paint scheme, decals and head sculpt, everything else about the mold does NOT represent G1 Prowl. That said, he was never intended to perfectly represent G1 Prowl, unlike MP Prowl.

Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:16 am

Don't see a difference... between a 1970s car and a 2000s car???

#-o

Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:34 am

What are those piles of junk I see hanging out int he background?

Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:14 pm

Nice wide angle shot of the master pieces vs. two of the best figures the movies had to offer. Jazz and Barricade were some of the best figures from the movie universe, yes, they might not be masterpieces but also they did not cost masterpiece prices either, I was able to pick them both up from Marshalls and TJ Maxx for about $ 15 dollars each, I will definitely pick the masterpieces but I still love those two guys in the background.

Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:49 pm

Transformado wrote:also they did not cost masterpiece prices either

Depends on where you are. Sideswipe and Red Alert on preorder actually cost me slightly less than what I pay for Voyagers at retail here.

I get that it's a huge jump for people in the US, but outside of the US, where you're paying $45-$50 or more for Voyagers, it becomes a really tough decision. I mean do I pick up a voyager class figure or do I preorder a Masterpiece Autobot Car - it's totally......

not a dilema at all

News Credits: 101 · Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:35 am

gothsaurus wrote:Don't see a difference... between a 1970s car and a 2000s car???

I never said that I didnt see any differences. I basically said that the Alternator is good enough.

...

That's what I say to console myself because of lack of money and display space...

Thu Mar 21, 2013 5:33 am

Alternately offload your CHUG and BT figs to fund getting them and make space for them in the process - problem solved

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News Credits: 5749 · Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:28 am

As has been the case with the past few Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece figures Amazon Japan will be throwing in exclusive accessories with the upcoming MP-17 Prowl and MP-18 Bluestreak figures. Each figure will come with a G1 style shoulder weapon, so fans will need both if they want to display one or the other with a pair. Check out the images mirrored below.

News Credits: 86 · Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:50 am

Article should be corrected.

Each figure only comes with one rocket launcher. You have to buy both to have them displayed with one on each shoulder.

Randy

Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:53 am

I knew it. I knew those silly barrel launchers were going to be optional. But only comes with one? That's just plain stupid. Well, so much for pre-ordering these.

I'll wait and see if Hasbro will be releasing these in the U.S. I'm sure if they do they'll do the right thing and include both. They seem to have a little more common sense with their MP releases.