The Energon Pub

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 6:23 pm

Silverwing wrote:The way this Prime manages kibble- with the exception of the "flame panels" on the arms- is just stunning! Really, the only thing that's keeping me from diving on board here is the barrel chest and yeah, those arm panels.

Also, I feel compelled to give the obligatory:

One for each year of the Movieverse's decade strong tenure. Here's to a few more explosive years!

The panels on the shoulders don't bother me too much because it's kinda to be expected, and without them it'd be less accurate. And the barrel chest is magnificent! Come on man! Prime can have beefy pecs! *looks at my bony chest* :cry:

by **Ultra Markus** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:28 pm

is this based off the rotf leader prime but with more acurate detail
or is this a completely new completely different engineered figure :???:

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:30 pm

...y'know, I kinda wanna see this thing mid-transformation and exploded. It's one of the things I like about the movie aesthetic, the transformations are super fun to watch, and it's cool to see them midway between modes.

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:31 pm

Ultra Markus wrote:is this based off the rotf leader prime but with more acurate detail
or is this a completely new completely different engineered figure

completly new

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:53 pm

Bumblebee21 wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:is this based off the rotf leader prime but with more acurate detail
or is this a completely new completely different engineered figure

completly new

Yar. Bee fooled me originally as well thinking it was a heavy retool, but it's completely new as well.

Was MPM Starscream completely new?

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:55 pm

SillySpringer wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:is this based off the rotf leader prime but with more acurate detail
or is this a completely new completely different engineered figure

completly new

Yar. Bee fooled me originally as well thinking it was a heavy retool, but it's completely new as well.

Was MPM Starscream completely new?

me 2. i thought he was a hftd retool.

mpm-01 and 02 are like the g1 mps 1-8. they dont count

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:30 pm

SillySpringer wrote:Edit: Prime also looks pretty large in this pic:

Everything looks large when held by a short Chinese woman. /:)

SillySpringer wrote:Was MPM Starscream completely new?

Nah, the first two MPMs were Hasbro Leader class repaints. Only the three new ones are new molds (Probably safe to say MPM-5, believed to be Barricade, is a new mold).

Emerje

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 12:12 am

Good golly Miss Molly!

You inow, for a toy as infuriating to transform as the ROTF Optimus Prime, I can't help but get several versions of it. I may just have to get myself another.

I think I have issues.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 12:47 am

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Good golly Miss Molly!

You inow, for a toy as infuriating to transform as the ROTF Optimus Prime, I can't help but get several versions of it. I may just have to get myself another.

I think I have issues.

It's not. It's a brand new mold. It's a new MPM.

@William-James, I missed the section of his description where it said this Optimus is 99.99 dollars U.S. Retail, so forget bout my question.

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 6:37 am

comparison

News Credits: 4862 · by **william-james88** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 12:02 pm

If anyone still doubts that the newly revealed MPM 04 Masterpiece Optimus Prime is a totally new mold, weibo user Notrab has images directly comparing it to the ROTF Optimus Prime Leader figure. We can finally see how big he is a tad bit smaller, and definitely slimmer all around, making him closer to the size of MP 10 and today's leader figures.

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 12:15 pm

The little headlights still don't look like they've been folded in but overall yes I find the MPM somehow 'fixes' the few flaws in the shape and size of the already somewhat masterpiece RotF mold and making a transformable movie Prime figure much more the slender athletic form he has in the films.

Kinda wish it had optional pieces so you could have those DotM abs though.

by **EunuchRon** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:53 pm

That's not ROTF prime! He doesn't have the swords in his arms, he has 5mm holes in his arms, his fuel tanks come off, and the belly has the mecha six-pack bits. That's Striker Prime from Dark of the Moon.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 2:05 pm

EunuchRon wrote:That's not ROTF prime! He doesn't have the swords in his arms, he has 5mm holes in his arms, his fuel tanks come off, and the belly has the mecha six-pack bits. That's Striker Prime from Dark of the Moon.

The base mold is still the same (Striker is retooled from RotF), which is what matters.

by **EunuchRon** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 3:54 pm

He didn't say "base mold", he said "Comparison Images Between MPM 04 Optimus Prime and ROTF Leader Optimus Prime". Some people could get thrown off by that. Details are important, man.

News Credits: 1 · by **YRQRM0** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:22 pm

Gosh, it's insane how good this MP figure is. I can't wait to see the transformation. I'd like to see if they could improve on the deluxe BB mold from the first movie too, that was also near perfection.

News Credits: 9 · by **Rainmaker** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:44 pm

So is it a heavy retool or a new mold?

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 12 · by **Overcracker** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:54 pm

Maximal Rainmaker wrote:So is it a heavy retool or a new mold?

Its an entirely new mold.

News Credits: 1 · by **Lucky Logician** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 11:33 pm

I have to admit that MPM Optimus does look really, really good. But I just can't force myself to buy him.

If I only owned the first movie Optimus, I'd pickup up MPM in a heartbeat. I just have a hard time paying the $100 to replace ROTF cause he already looks sooo good.

by **EunuchRon** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 11:40 pm

Lucky Logician wrote:I have to admit that MPM Optimus does look really, really good. But I just can't force myself to buy him.

If I only owned the first movie Optimus, I'd pickup up MPM in a heartbeat. I just have a hard time paying the $100 to replace ROTF cause he already looks sooo good.

Same here. I have ROTF Prime, Jetwing Prime, and Striker Prime. I just got MP-36 Megs, so another Masterpiece figure ain't in the budget. Or the shelf space. Man it sucks not being rich! #-o

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:09 am

YRQRM0 wrote:Gosh, it's insane how good this MP figure is. I can't wait to see the transformation. I'd like to see if they could improve on the deluxe BB mold from the first movie too, that was also near perfection.

I find the DotM Deluxe Bee to be the naturally evolved improved version of the 2007 deluxe Bee. Particularly in the arms (having his proper forearm panels rather than using the blank roof sections of the car mode).

News Credits: 2 · by **Prowl4** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:08 am

Every image I see of this guy makes me want him more.

by **whip_it** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:39 am

definitely a masterpiece

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:02 pm

This does the Armour Knight trick of switchable faces? I must have missed that if it's mentioned here. Just read it on it's tfwiki entry.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:08 pm

Carnivius_Prime wrote:This does the Armour Knight trick of switchable faces? I must have missed that if it's mentioned here. Just read it on it's tfwiki entry.

It does.