More Images of Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11ND Dirge from Cybertron Con 2016
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016 1:42PM CDT
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For anyone keeping score, this is the 19th use of the Masterpiece Seeker mold, including all the different retools, redecos and releases in Japan and the US since 2006. These pictures were brought to us by TF fan UranusDD.
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Posted by MightyMagnus78 on August 2nd, 2016 @ 3:11pm CDT
Posted by BumbleDouche on August 2nd, 2016 @ 5:23pm CDT
Posted by Spider 001 on August 2nd, 2016 @ 5:25pm CDT
#1. Why is Dirge's missiles, forearms & head/nosecone GRAY??? They're supposed to be black.
#2. Why are the colors on Thrust's jet mode completely wrong? His wings aren't supposed to be gray & why did they put that black patch on it?
#3. Why haven't I seen anybody else mention these problems?
Thrust was always my favorite since G1 & that IS NOT Thrust! WTF?
Posted by shajaki on August 2nd, 2016 @ 6:38pm CDT
Posted by Agamemnon on August 2nd, 2016 @ 6:39pm CDT
Spider 001 wrote:I don't understand these at all.
#1. Why is Dirge's missiles, forearms & head/nosecone GRAY??? They're supposed to be black.
#2. Why are the colors on Thrust's jet mode completely wrong? His wings aren't supposed to be gray & why did they put that black patch on it?
#3. Why haven't I seen anybody else mention these problems?
Thrust was always my favorite since G1 & that IS NOT Thrust! WTF?
Actually, Thrust's colors were discussed in his thread here. (More of the coloring discussion above the post linked here.)
Posted by Cyberpath on December 20th, 2016 @ 12:09am CST
Posted by Burn on December 20th, 2016 @ 4:35am CST
Got mine in.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 20th, 2016 @ 7:10am CST
Seibertronian Fourm Admin Burn also dropped in to let us know that Premium Collectables has their pre-order up as well, with a price of $115.98.
Take a look at the pictures below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below! And make sure to get your pre-order in for the final of the original 6 cartoon seekers!
Posted by BumbleDouche on December 20th, 2016 @ 7:29am CST
Posted by mblase75 on December 20th, 2016 @ 7:29am CST
Posted by Dagon on December 20th, 2016 @ 8:56am CST
Posted by Relic0037 on December 20th, 2016 @ 9:12am CST
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on December 20th, 2016 @ 9:19am CST
I also noticed how dark Dirge's wings are in this photo. If the Masterpiece Dirge's wings were a little darker, then perhaps they would complement the rest of Dirge's body.
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on December 20th, 2016 @ 9:58am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 20th, 2016 @ 10:36am CST
They come from both the original 1985 toy and the cartoon model. All three Coneheads had them.MegaDump wrote:Those purple kneecaps look... Unusual.
Posted by Cyberpath on December 20th, 2016 @ 4:58pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
I would have expected the 2nd season jets to have less "kibble" because the nosecone would actually be used for something in bot mode.. but it's even more prominent.
That huge nosecone sticking between the legs... it's not great.
I still don't have any of the MP-11 toys so I'm not completely familiar with the transformation yet -- why didn't they use the actual jet piece for the head?
But otherwise he looks pretty cool.
Posted by Sabrblade on December 20th, 2016 @ 5:30pm CST
Probably because it would have made for a ginormous conehead. And if they'd shrunk it down to be more proportionate for the robot mode head, then the jet mode would have likely ended up with a humorously dinky nosecone that would have looked far too ridiculously small when compared to the rest of the realistic-looking jet body.Cyberpath wrote:I still don't have any of the MP-11 toys so I'm not completely familiar with the transformation yet -- why didn't they use the actual jet piece for the head?
Posted by lowman_x on December 20th, 2016 @ 7:42pm CST
Cyberpath wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
I would have expected the 2nd season jets to have less "kibble" because the nosecone would actually be used for something in bot mode.. but it's even more prominent.
That huge nosecone sticking between the legs... it's not great.
In the immortal words of Fat Bastard: "Ah've got a turtle head pokin' out! It's all soft and squidgy!"
Posted by william-james88 on December 20th, 2016 @ 8:51pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Probably because it would have made for a ginormous conehead. And if they'd shrunk it down to be more proportionate for the robot mode head, then the jet mode would have likely ended up with a humorously dinky nosecone that would have looked far too ridiculously small when compared to the rest of the realistic-looking jet body.Cyberpath wrote:I still don't have any of the MP-11 toys so I'm not completely familiar with the transformation yet -- why didn't they use the actual jet piece for the head?
I will forever disagree. The classics toys did something simple but smart which the amsterpiece line could have ameliorated on:
Transformers Henkei Thrust Gallery
And if it had to be a fake head they could have done a new mold to make a cleaner transformation that hides the nosecone. But no, instead they reused the same scheme from 10 years ago and just stick the nosecone in the back.
Posted by Sabrblade on December 20th, 2016 @ 9:11pm CST
The nosecone of the Classics Seeker mold is built differently from the nosecone of the MP Seeker mold. The Classics Seeker mold built the robot mode head into the nosecone; the MP Seeker mold did not.william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Probably because it would have made for a ginormous conehead. And if they'd shrunk it down to be more proportionate for the robot mode head, then the jet mode would have likely ended up with a humorously dinky nosecone that would have looked far too ridiculously small when compared to the rest of the realistic-looking jet body.Cyberpath wrote:I still don't have any of the MP-11 toys so I'm not completely familiar with the transformation yet -- why didn't they use the actual jet piece for the head?
I will forever disagree. The classics toys did something simple but smart which the amsterpiece line could have ameliorated on:
Transformers Henkei Thrust Gallery
And if it had to be a fake head they could have done a new mold to make a cleaner transformation that hides the nosecone. But no, instead they reused the same scheme from 10 years ago and just stick the nosecone in the back.
Posted by DetectiveFork on December 20th, 2016 @ 11:09pm CST
Posted by sol magnus on December 21st, 2016 @ 8:24pm CST
Posted by Dagon on December 21st, 2016 @ 9:15pm CST
sol magnus wrote:Come on, pre-orders! Looks like TFSource had a stealth preorder. ANNNND ordered!
BBTS has it for the same price as TFSource. I put my preorder in at 9 this morning. So excited!
Posted by Dagon on December 22nd, 2016 @ 9:34am CST
william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Probably because it would have made for a ginormous conehead. And if they'd shrunk it down to be more proportionate for the robot mode head, then the jet mode would have likely ended up with a humorously dinky nosecone that would have looked far too ridiculously small when compared to the rest of the realistic-looking jet body.Cyberpath wrote:I still don't have any of the MP-11 toys so I'm not completely familiar with the transformation yet -- why didn't they use the actual jet piece for the head?
I will forever disagree. The classics toys did something simple but smart which the amsterpiece line could have ameliorated on:
Transformers Henkei Thrust Gallery
And if it had to be a fake head they could have done a new mold to make a cleaner transformation that hides the nosecone. But no, instead they reused the same scheme from 10 years ago and just stick the nosecone in the back.
The MP Coneheads are not as bad as you're exaggerating them to be. Yeah, the Classics Coneheads did an interesting thing with the nosecone, but if you're making this big a deal out of a visible nosecone on the MPs, how well would an eternally visible face in jet mode sit with you? And that's just if they maintained the thing from the Classics design. If they made a jet nosecone helmet type thing, the nosecone would be too big and it would look dumb.It also makes the jet mode of the Classics Coneheads look short and, I think, bad.
I've got Ramjet and Thrust, and with exceptionally little effort have managed to position the jet nose in such a way that only by expressly looking to see it is it visible, and even then it's not much. It being black lets it hide itself between Ramjets' thighs, and it is surprisingly unifying visually with the black of Thrusts' chest. I think the visibility is more of an issue on Dirge because the color is grey instead of black, and I'm not sure why the nose doesn't plug in the way it did on the original MP Seeker mold.
Posted by malcontentman on January 5th, 2017 @ 1:14pm CST
Posted by Cyberpath on January 17th, 2017 @ 6:40am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 17th, 2017 @ 8:39am CST
Posted by Bumblebee21 on January 17th, 2017 @ 9:36am CST
hes soo fat like the others
Posted by Va'al on January 18th, 2017 @ 4:08am CST
Posted by Dagon on January 18th, 2017 @ 10:29am CST
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on May 25th, 2017 @ 10:33am CDT
Got an email from BBTS yesterday. Preorders for them will be processing soon.
Posted by william-james88 on May 25th, 2017 @ 10:47am CDT
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:A bit of news...
Got an email from BBTS yesterday. Preorders for them will be processing soon.
Interesting, takara still says it will be coming out late June http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810842590/
Let us know when you actually get an e-mail of your order being processed.
Posted by ScottyP on May 26th, 2017 @ 7:36am CDT
Edit: I am wrong - today is the release date for the ones being distributed by Hasbro Asia
Posted by william-james88 on May 26th, 2017 @ 8:58am CDT
ScottyP wrote:^ These come out 5/27 in Japan, sooo basically today. Well, in three hours or so
Edit: I am wrong - today is the release date for the ones being distributed by Hasbro Asia
But thats good news for almost everyone on this board who ordered from US e-tailers, who only get the Hasbro asia version
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on May 26th, 2017 @ 9:01am CDT