Rumour - Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks, MP-26 Red Tracks (Roadrage), MP-27 Ironhide

Shouldn't Tracks be MP25B or save him for a later MP release like after Ironhide. Instead of having two Tracks in a row.

My body is so ready for Ironhide. If these rumours are true of course.

I would love some MPs of Ironhide and Tracks!

I'm quite happy with my 3rd party Ironhide, but I will be more than happy to pick up the eventual Masterpiece Ratchet!

This is good news all around. Can't wait to see how they pull off the flying mode. Wonder who's designing this round?

Thought MP-25 was suppose to be Megatron? Guess it means the rumor was debunked as false or it will come much later than sooner,like Eight plus months later.

MP Tracks is great news, As It's a great character and design that will transfer nicely into a MP toy.

MP Ironhide and his mold mate Ratchet,I'm a bit worried about. As HasTak has tried and failed countless times before to create decent update toys for these characters. Will the bigger MP toy size help?

Does that mean Masterpiece Raoul as well? And maybe a Blaster in boombox form?

Love the idea of Tracks and Ironhide.

Nice! With Ironhide on board, and the inevitable Ratchet, we'll have most of the major Autobots who died in the 86 Movie.

Just need Brawn & Windcharger...

Bounti76 wrote:Who'd have thought Road Rage would be the first female Masterpiece?

I'm surprised all the purists aren't flipping out over her having her own number, but it makes sense..

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: So there's the retool that justifies the new number.

Road Rage is fairly seperate as far as fiction goes, so the fact that she's a different character, with (hopefully) a different, mouthplated face justifies her having her own number in the line.

Precisely. New tooling = new number.

Though MP12G has the new face (and all new accessories, though those don't seem to count much in terms of assigning new numbers), and he didn't get a new number. But perhaps he's the exception that proves the rule? Or maybe it was because he was still explicitly a Sideswipe of some kind?

megatronus wrote:Though MP12G has the new face (and all new accessories, though those don't seem to count much in terms of assigning new numbers), and he didn't get a new number. But perhaps he's the exception that proves the rule? Or maybe it was because he was still explicitly a Sideswipe of some kind?

I think it has more to do with him being an exclusive. Exclusives always get designated with a letter, whether or not they're a new character. That's the bottom line. With that:

- New mold? New number.
- Straight redeco? Usually exclusive, so added letter (I'm discounting Frenzy and Rumble since they're a pair).
- Retool? New number if main line release, letter if exclusive.

Exhaust has proven that any character, no matter how obscure, is fair game for the main line.

*EDIT* Before anyone starts with MP-13B Soundblaster with Ratbat, consider Ratbat an exclusive accessory like G2 Bumble's jetpack.

I'll take a Tracks (love that car mode) and an Ironhide. It's gotta beat the Classics deluxe version!

I'd rather have some Insecticons though.