Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 1:08PM CDT

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The Seibertron.com board admin from down under Burn has shared a new sighting from Australia, courtesy of Handsprime of the OTCA boards. It appears that Takara Tomy Masterpiece Tracks has made it to the continental island, and can be found at Toys R Us stored for 149.99 AUSD - check out the photo below, and make sure to flag up any sightings in our dedicated section, too!

Credit(s): OTCA Handsprime

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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773256)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 16th, 2016 @ 4:26pm CDT

150 AUD?

Still available on HLJ; and as of writing this, on Spring sale! --

4,875 yens (43 USD / 57 AUD)

http://hlj.com/product/TKT83175/Sci?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773286)
Posted by Burn on March 16th, 2016 @ 7:10pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:150 AUD?

Still available on HLJ; and as of writing this, on Spring sale! --

4,875 yens (43 USD / 57 AUD)

http://hlj.com/product/TKT83175/Sci?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

And while TRU AU continue to hold the monopoly on imported MP's (Hasbro AU have been looking at trying to get other retailers on-boar) they'll continue to jack up the prices to insane levels.

It's no wonder then that they don't seem to sell well.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773288)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 16th, 2016 @ 7:37pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:150 AUD?

Still available on HLJ; and as of writing this, on Spring sale! --

4,875 yens (43 USD / 57 AUD)

http://hlj.com/product/TKT83175/Sci?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

And the price Burn is quoting is simply ATROCIOUS! But given it's Australia, they tax like everything right? A cradle to grave socialist system( where does the funds come from.taxes and more taxes) where the government handles like everything(?). Please feel free to correct me Burn.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773294)
Posted by Burn on March 16th, 2016 @ 8:16pm CDT

Tax has nothing to do with this price, it's simply TRU's price gouging.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773299)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 16th, 2016 @ 8:33pm CDT

Burn wrote:Tax has nothing to do with this price, it's simply TRU's price gouging.

What percentage of the price is tax aside from the prerequisite TRU bloodprice gouging?12%? or higher?

Another thing. Why does TRU even try? Do those items even sell given the price range they are offering?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773306)
Posted by Burn on March 16th, 2016 @ 9:18pm CDT

$136.36 + 13.64 GST = $150

There MAY be customs fees involved, but I wouldn't have the foggiest idea of what they would be as Hasbro AU brings them into the country and then distributes them to TRU. I'm not even sure where the English instructions are packed, whether it's done in the factory or done once they land in Australia.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773309)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 16th, 2016 @ 9:22pm CDT

Burn wrote:$136.36 + 13.64 GST = $150

There MAY be customs fees involved, but I wouldn't have the foggiest idea of what they would be as Hasbro AU brings them into the country and then distributes them to TRU. I'm not even sure where the English instructions are packed, whether it's done in the factory or done once they land in Australia.

Forgot about that. Customs and shipping plus their profit margins. Means that there really is a limited market for these type of collectibles.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773329)
Posted by MGrotusque on March 16th, 2016 @ 10:10pm CDT

Canadian retail NEVER has these MP figures in brick and mortar stores. Regardless of how much they cost i'm always shocked when i see pics of these items on a TRU shelf. I always have to go to specialty shops and pay a premium for higher end TF's or online and get annihilated by exchange on top of outrageous shipping costs.

What's the AU dollar going for right now? THe Canadian dollar is about .25 less than the American.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773335)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 16th, 2016 @ 10:28pm CDT

MGrotusque wrote:Canadian retail NEVER has these MP figures in brick and mortar stores. Regardless of how much they cost i'm always shocked when i see pics of these items on a TRU shelf. I always have to go to specialty shops and pay a premium for higher end TF's or online and get annihilated by exchange on top of outrageous shipping costs.

What's the AU dollar going for right now? THe Canadian dollar is about .25 less than the American.

Here:

http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/

I use this when buying from ebay,amiami etc

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773339)
Posted by william-james88 on March 16th, 2016 @ 10:43pm CDT

MGrotusque wrote:Canadian retail NEVER has these MP figures in brick and mortar stores. Regardless of how much they cost i'm always shocked when i see pics of these items on a TRU shelf. I always have to go to specialty shops and pay a premium for higher end TF's or online and get annihilated by exchange on top of outrageous shipping costs.

What's the AU dollar going for right now? THe Canadian dollar is about .25 less than the American.

The AU dollar is doing as bad as ours and the exchange is about the same so tracks here is 150$ cdn. Still wish we had it in stores at that price?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773363)
Posted by BumbleDouche on March 17th, 2016 @ 4:09am CDT

And they wonder why retail stores are suffering. I live in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, & I've STRUGGLED to even FIND certain waves at retail.

I regularly visit TRU just to browse & clear my head, but it makes less & less sense to actually buy from there. When I did succumb to an impulse buy last year, it turned out that I had foolishly bought approximately 3/4 a Superion & 1/3 of a Menasor.

I checked back relentlessly for MONTHS at several TRU stores just so that I could COMPLETE the damn gestalt figures, but after actually speaking with TRU management, I finally discovered that Combiner Wars Wave 2 was being completely bypassed! Apparently they had no intention of EVER stocking that wave, so in the end I had no other option but to buy online to complete the sets!

When I next checked TRU, just the other day in fact, there were still one or two token Wave 1 shelfwarmers remaining behind the new stock, which was essentially half a Bruticus & a pile of Hotspots (no other Protectobots; ready to screw over the next poor sap to buy an incomplete set).

Masterpiece editions I NEVER even CONSIDER buying from bricks-and-mortar stores. Ultra Magnus is still on sale here for $299 AUD, with (unsurprisingly) plenty in stock many months after release. Now they're saying Tracks is here & I should what, celebrate? I purchased Tracks online months ago for about $60 AUD with free postage; it arrived from Asia within 4 days of placing the order.

With all that in mind, what possible incentive is there for me or anyone to buy off the shelf? Aside from charging almost triple the price, I have to consider the prospect that NOT buying online as soon possible after a figure is released may result in me missing out on that figure entirely.

By the time TRU informs customers as to whether or not they will even bother to stock an item, that item may already be sold out online & thus impossible to obtain - this is exactly how I missed MP-10 Optimus Prime, even after the bastards at TRU ASSURED me they'd be receiving stock (thankfully, HAS/TAK did another production run, so I could dry my tears &... STILL not see it available at retail). Again, if I hadn't bought MP-10 online, I'd have missed him a second time.

Anyway, in conclusion to this arbitrarily (unintentionally) long, whining, tantrum/essay, TRU management should stop circle jerking around their $100-bill-used-as-kindling campfires & give me what I want. If they want to have sadistic exclusivity when it comes to Transformers, at least give the customer OPTIONS. And reasonable prices. And a sandwich. A beer wouldn't be bad either.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773364)
Posted by BumbleDouche on March 17th, 2016 @ 4:13am CDT

MGrotusque wrote:Canadian retail NEVER has these MP figures in brick and mortar stores. Regardless of how much they cost i'm always shocked when i see pics of these items on a TRU shelf. I always have to go to specialty shops and pay a premium for higher end TF's or online and get annihilated by exchange on top of outrageous shipping costs.

What's the AU dollar going for right now? THe Canadian dollar is about .25 less than the American.

Should have added this to my earlier anti-TRU hissy-fit message lol... But what you need is a support buddy in a different market zone. I live in Australia, ordering from Asia is very quick (usually less than a week) & postage is usually free. You should look into contact with someone here who can buy your items cheap & then just forward them on to you via post, I'm sure it'd be MUCH cheaper for you.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1773423)
Posted by superchook6909 on March 17th, 2016 @ 11:13am CDT

I got mine off ebay in Australia for $99.00.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1778134)
Posted by Cyberpath on April 5th, 2016 @ 8:58am CDT

MP-25 Tracks prototype with toy-accurate face from Masterforce UK --

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1778173)
Posted by fenrir72 on April 5th, 2016 @ 11:06am CDT

takara-tomy-transformers-masterpiece-mp-25-tracks-discussion-thread-t103299s600.php#p1765954

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791388)
Posted by Cyberpath on May 21st, 2016 @ 10:11am CDT

Black Tracks?

Source: @gadepon

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791389)
Posted by fenrir72 on May 21st, 2016 @ 10:14am CDT

https://twitter.com/gadepon/status/7339 ... 24/photo/1

Loudpedal (Tracks Destron (?) variant) MP25L

Seems to be based on the masked prototype article I posted a few months back based on Maz's blog

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791390)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 21st, 2016 @ 10:16am CDT

"Loud Pedal"? That's a weird name. Though, what perfect timing for Takara to announce this right after the TCC prose story that introduced Vivisector as Diaclone Black Tracks.

Also, it's apparently a Tokyo Toy Show exclusive.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791402)
Posted by Va'al on May 21st, 2016 @ 11:35am CDT

Via a number of Seibertronian notifications, including by Cyberpath, fenrir72 and Sabrblade, we have a small image posted by Twitter user gadepon, regarding a black repaint (and possibly a retooled head?) of the Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks mold - into an homage to the Diaclone black Corvette Stingray from Finland, with the blue toy face: MP-25L Loud Pedal! Check it out below. And be warned, this is a Tokyo Toy Show exclusive!

Don't forget to check out Seibertron.com's gallery of Lucky Draw Black Tracks which you can view by clicking on the image below.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791412)
Posted by Bounti76 on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:11pm CDT

I figured this would come about. But "Loud Pedal"? Why a name that sounds like they just put two random words together? It's almost as random as Sky Garry or Road Caesar.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791413)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:16pm CDT

Bounti76 wrote:I figured this would come about. But "Loud Pedal"? Why a name that sounds like they just put two random words together? It's almost as random as Sky Garry or Road Caesar.

"Loud pedal" is another name used to refer to a gas pedal.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791414)
Posted by Hanzako on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:29pm CDT

I need this

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791416)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:31pm CDT

...is every mold going to get a Diaclone homage now?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791417)
Posted by megatronus on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:39pm CDT

This is awesome and welcome.

I'm one of those people who actually really likes the Tracks mold, and I'm really happy to add Tracks to my Growing army of MP Diaclones.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791419)
Posted by Optimutt on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:41pm CDT

The picture is too small to tell, but I think the head might be Road Rage's head. Also, I might just be imagining it, but I think the faction symbol is for the Decepticons. Looks flashy and cool, though, I have to say.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791420)
Posted by Desslok2201 on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:50pm CDT

Clearly a Decepticon, look at the stand. The only thing that's confusing me is the inclusion of Raoul.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791424)
Posted by Railbomb on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:10pm CDT

Desslok2201 wrote:Clearly a Decepticon, look at the stand. The only thing that's confusing me is the inclusion of Raoul.

Clearly that's not Raoul. It's EVIL RAOUL!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791425)
Posted by shajaki on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:14pm CDT

OMG THAT IS SO COOL

:DANCE:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791426)
Posted by Cobotron on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:17pm CDT

Anybody want to buy a gently used, and meticulously cared for Masterpiece Tracks? :-P

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791427)
Posted by Desslok2201 on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:19pm CDT

Railbomb wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:Clearly a Decepticon, look at the stand. The only thing that's confusing me is the inclusion of Raoul.

Clearly that's not Raoul. It's EVIL RAOUL!

So, if good Raoul is a car thief, what's evil Raoul's claim to fame?

Also, I can't quite make it out, but could that possibly be a tiny Soundwave? Please???

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791428)
Posted by Cobotron on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:20pm CDT

Desslok2201 wrote:
Railbomb wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:Clearly a Decepticon, look at the stand. The only thing that's confusing me is the inclusion of Raoul.

Clearly that's not Raoul. It's EVIL RAOUL!

So, if good Raoul is a car thief, what's evil Raoul's claim to fame?

Stealing rich peoples cars and giving them to the poor?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791429)
Posted by Desslok2201 on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:22pm CDT

Cobotron wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
Railbomb wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:Clearly a Decepticon, look at the stand. The only thing that's confusing me is the inclusion of Raoul.

Clearly that's not Raoul. It's EVIL RAOUL!

So, if good Raoul is a car thief, what's evil Raoul's claim to fame?
Stealing rich peoples cars and giving them to the poor?

It's evil because they can't afford the insurance

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791430)
Posted by Cobotron on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:23pm CDT

Desslok2201 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
Railbomb wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:Clearly a Decepticon, look at the stand. The only thing that's confusing me is the inclusion of Raoul.

Clearly that's not Raoul. It's EVIL RAOUL!

So, if good Raoul is a car thief, what's evil Raoul's claim to fame?
Stealing rich peoples cars and giving them to the poor?

It's evil because they can't afford the insurance

Muwhahahahah! Insurance fraud :evil:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791433)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:52pm CDT

Bounti76 wrote:I figured this would come about. But "Loud Pedal"? Why a name that sounds like they just put two random words together? It's almost as random as Sky Garry or Road Caesar.

In Japanese, "Garry" was used to describe any type of larger carrier vehicle and more often than not, bigger mecha have words associated with royalty or other persons in power, like "Caesar", "Kaiser", "-Jin" (meaning "god"), or "-Oh" (meaning "King").

So no, they're not as random as you may think, just creatively bankrupt :lol:

And add another new character to the G1 Universe. btw Does anybody find it odd they're now using Masterpiece for that instead of G1 reissues?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791435)
Posted by Cobotron on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:00pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:In Japanese, "Garry" was used to describe any type of larger carrier vehicle and more often than not, bigger mecha have words associated with royalty or other persons in power, like "Caesar", "Kaiser", "-Jin" (meaning "god"), or "-Oh" (meaning "King").

Jelz, does "Dia" mean something in Japanese also? I always thought it meant something like "god".

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791437)
Posted by RSC on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:12pm CDT

Cool another whatever exclusive.... I'll wait for the KO or a good deal on eBay, whichever comes first.
Already fell for Ramjet... sweet sweet Ramjet.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791440)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:17pm CDT

Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:In Japanese, "Garry" was used to describe any type of larger carrier vehicle and more often than not, bigger mecha have words associated with royalty or other persons in power, like "Caesar", "Kaiser", "-Jin" (meaning "god"), or "-Oh" (meaning "King").
Jelz, does "Dia" mean something in Japanese also? I always thought it meant something like "god".

"Dai"? It sure does, it usually means "Big", but more abstractly it means "Great" or "Grand". It's often used in combination with "-Oh".

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791442)
Posted by Cobotron on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:23pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:In Japanese, "Garry" was used to describe any type of larger carrier vehicle and more often than not, bigger mecha have words associated with royalty or other persons in power, like "Caesar", "Kaiser", "-Jin" (meaning "god"), or "-Oh" (meaning "King").
Jelz, does "Dia" mean something in Japanese also? I always thought it meant something like "god".
"Dai"? It sure does, it usually means "Big", but more abstractly it means "Great" or "Grand". It's often used in combination with "-Oh".

Oh, I see you spelled it "Dai". I meant "Dia" as in Diaclone, Dia Atlas, or Dia Gunder. Am I spelling those wrong? Or do does "Dia" mean nothing, but just sound cool?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791444)
Posted by Autobot N on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:39pm CDT

Cobotron wrote:Dia Atlas

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dai_Atlas_(Zone)

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791445)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:39pm CDT

Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:In Japanese, "Garry" was used to describe any type of larger carrier vehicle and more often than not, bigger mecha have words associated with royalty or other persons in power, like "Caesar", "Kaiser", "-Jin" (meaning "god"), or "-Oh" (meaning "King").
Jelz, does "Dia" mean something in Japanese also? I always thought it meant something like "god".
"Dai"? It sure does, it usually means "Big", but more abstractly it means "Great" or "Grand". It's often used in combination with "-Oh".
Oh, I see you spelled it "Dai". I meant "Dia" as in Diaclone, Dia Atlas, or Dia Gunder. Am I spelling those wrong? Or do does "Dia" mean nothing, but just sound cool?

You're spelling "Dai Atlas" and "Daigunder" wrong, but "Diaclone" is correct. According to FunPub, Diaclone comes from "diamond" and "cyclone" (hence the "Cymond" universe for anything pre-TF related), but I think they were grasping at straw there :lol:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791448)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:48pm CDT

Looks awesome, shame he's an exclusive, I wouldn't have minded picking him up for ~$40 on Amazon (not sure why, but NO ONE wanted that mold, and it got discounted like crazy everywhere)

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791459)
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on May 21st, 2016 @ 3:09pm CDT

If it's a Decepticon, I'm game. Otherwise... Well, it has a new name, so I would get it either way. But I'll actually be happy about it if it's a Decepticon.

Please:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791461)
Posted by Cobotron on May 21st, 2016 @ 3:10pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:In Japanese, "Garry" was used to describe any type of larger carrier vehicle and more often than not, bigger mecha have words associated with royalty or other persons in power, like "Caesar", "Kaiser", "-Jin" (meaning "god"), or "-Oh" (meaning "King").
Jelz, does "Dia" mean something in Japanese also? I always thought it meant something like "god".
"Dai"? It sure does, it usually means "Big", but more abstractly it means "Great" or "Grand". It's often used in combination with "-Oh".
Oh, I see you spelled it "Dai". I meant "Dia" as in Diaclone, Dia Atlas, or Dia Gunder. Am I spelling those wrong? Or do does "Dia" mean nothing, but just sound cool?

You're spelling "Dai Atlas" and "Daigunder" wrong, but "Diaclone" is correct. According to FunPub, Diaclone comes from "diamond" and "cyclone" (hence the "Cymond" universe for anything pre-TF related), but I think they were grasping at straw there

Well I'm known for a lot of good things, but spellking isen nott juan ov themp. :lol:

Thanks for the answers J. ;)^

I'm excited to see a close up of this guys head sculpt.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791490)
Posted by fenrir72 on May 21st, 2016 @ 5:21pm CDT

Just hope this one has the head lock mechanism that Roadrage lost.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791507)
Posted by shajaki on May 21st, 2016 @ 6:56pm CDT

Also, the MP numbering system continues to be confusing. Roadrage gets her own number, but Loudy doesn't? :???:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791513)
Posted by datguy86 on May 21st, 2016 @ 7:48pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And add another new character to the G1 Universe. btw Does anybody find it odd they're now using Masterpiece for that instead of G1 reissues?

Not really - Takara has to pay for those officially licensed vehicles somehow. Looking at other officially licensed lines; like the live-action movie toys, each release is (excluding exclusives) wide and readily available. MPs likely do not have a wide release, considering MP releases have had re-releases to meet demand. Loud Pedal may be a show-exclusive, but that show's cash helps pay for the use of the Corvette design. This is likely why we haven't seen a Sunstreaker release. Takara would probably have to pay separate to use even a slightly different version of the Lambo design.

This is also why I thought it odd we got Tigertracks so soon. Not just the ability to sell a different character, but something which could fill in as a potential Sunstreaker. See also the red 'Bee release. Definitely not Cliffjumper, but CJ does have a history of being a red Bumblebee.

I'd have to check, but didn't Binaltech/Alternators also feature a lot of odd choices for releases? Like Shockwave, Ravage and the like. It's all speculation, but I think trying to pay for those licensed modes is the largest factor here.

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Posted by Emerje on May 21st, 2016 @ 10:15pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:According to FunPub, Diaclone comes from "diamond" and "cyclone" (hence the "Cymond" universe for anything pre-TF related), but I think they were grasping at straw there

They probably were. "Daiya" (ダイア) means diamond, but the clone part is probably just a reference to them looking like real cars. Also, the first three syllables in Diaclone (ダイアクロン) and Dai Atlas (ダイアトラス) are the same in Japanese. Just the "dai" portion on its own doesn't mean anything, but dai (だい) is an entirely different word that can be used to describe something's power level (or the level of anything really) so in all likelihood the use of the Japanese word diamond to spell Dai Atlus rather than だい is probably a Japanese word play.

BTW, jin doesn't mean god, it means something closer to people or being (in Japanese the DBZ Saiyans are spelled out Saiya-jin). God is kami. Incidentally, God Ginrai uses a westernized "goddo" (ゴッ) in his name because it's meant to be a play on Gojira (a.k.a. Godzilla) if you remove the correct syllables (Go* Gi*ra*).

shajaki wrote:Also, the MP numbering system continues to be confusing. Roadrage gets her own number, but Loudy doesn't?

Because Road Rage wasn't an exclusive, Loud Pedal is.

Emerje

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791567)
Posted by Seibertron on May 21st, 2016 @ 11:13pm CDT

Don't forget about Seibertron.com's gallery of Lucky Draw Black Tracks which you can view by clicking on the image below:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Sighted at Australian Retail (1791569)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 21st, 2016 @ 11:20pm CDT

Desslok2201 wrote:Clearly a Decepticon, look at the stand. The only thing that's confusing me is the inclusion of Raoul.

It's Raoul in his "Auto-Bop" episode color scheme.

Compare to how he looked in "Make Tracks":

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:In Japanese, "Garry" was used to describe any type of larger carrier vehicle and more often than not, bigger mecha have words associated with royalty or other persons in power, like "Caesar", "Kaiser", "-Jin" (meaning "god"), or "-Oh" (meaning "King").
Jelz, does "Dia" mean something in Japanese also? I always thought it meant something like "god".
"Dai"? It sure does, it usually means "Big", but more abstractly it means "Great" or "Grand". It's often used in combination with "-Oh".
Oh, I see you spelled it "Dai". I meant "Dia" as in Diaclone, Dia Atlas, or Dia Gunder. Am I spelling those wrong? Or do does "Dia" mean nothing, but just sound cool?

You're spelling "Dai Atlas" and "Daigunder" wrong, but "Diaclone" is correct. According to FunPub, Diaclone comes from "diamond" and "cyclone" (hence the "Cymond" universe for anything pre-TF related), but I think they were grasping at straw there

"According to Fun Pub"? Before they made their Cymond Cluster, I recall hearing the "strong as a diamond, fast as a cyclone" slogan for Diaclone on the Internet.