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News Credits: 217 · Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:51 am

Aw, I'd love to get Grimmy an apron and drinks tray. He could buttle for my proper Transformers.

News Credits: 10 · Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:22 pm

Hey guys, someone on the IDW boards has found and posted a pic of the Masterpiece Grimlock proto!

http://idwpublishing.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4790

I cannot describe my utter frustration at not being able to afford this. He looks so awesome!

News Credits: 1014 · Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:28 pm

Thanks for the info, but we got it already.

News Credits: 10 · Thu Oct 16, 2008 5:44 pm

Well, now I feel like a jackass.

News Credits: 1014 · Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:49 pm

JazZeke wrote:Well, now I feel like a jackass.

Don't. It was another member who found that info too. If not for you guys, we wouldn't see 80% of the news we post.

Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:30 pm

Hey guys, just got an email from Robot Kingdom saying they have MP-08 up for preorder, so I checked it out, and it includes a prototype pic!

http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/eshop/main.php?action=details&CatType=Category&II=TFTRMP08

It is small, but it looks fricken sweet!

Bring on Grimlock!

News Credits: 14 · Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:47 pm

Already mentioned here with slightly bigger pic of same prototype:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=45539

And Mickymus Prime too.

Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:49 am

Simple wonderful. Must have this one too. I just hope for a big and bulky Grimlock. "Me Grimlock strong, me Grimlock king"

Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:01 pm

Mickey looks sweet. Now lets get some indiana jones and sailor moon crossovers.

Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:38 pm

Yay Grimlock! On a related MP thought, Is Thundercracker up for orders yet?

Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:56 pm

Me Grimlock want!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mickey is actually okay. I hope they make a Goffy, Donald, Minie, Stich, Lightning McQueen, and Captian Jack Sparrow!!!!!!!!!!! :grin:

Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:28 pm

Since Takara is making the MP.....

Let me know when a Godzilla retool "spikes" Repaint come out so i can pre-orderd it :grin:

Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:03 pm

Me Starscream_dude like Grimlock.

Just imagine with Disney TFs:

Mickey: Mouseketeers, transform and roll out!

Donald: Transforming now! Wak!

Goofy: Gawrsh, What'd you say, Donald? Hy-uk!

News Credits: 7 · Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:13 pm

BattleRoller23 wrote:Captian Jack Sparrow!!!!!!!!!!!

I forgot Disney has PotC too... It would be interesting to see a transforming Black Pearl.
And as I see Disney crossovers are more mechs than "I'm a famous person who turned into a robot which can transform into my vehicle" approach. That's a good point.

Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:34 pm

Grimlock is looking so sweet!

But man, I buy a new display case last week, only to find out Grim is coming out in a few months! I am sure I'll manage...

Another question though, is where am I going to store 8 MP boxes...?

News Credits: 9 · Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:48 am

I'm not excited about Grim yet. He doesn't look very well articulated, and after Megs I won't be surprised if that's the case. After SS I'm not expecting him to be very big either.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:52 pm

Mickey Mouse :???:

Why?

Grimlock looks like a bigger version of his G1 self. Any idea what his price point will be?

News Credits: 7 · Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:06 pm

Neo Tallgeese wrote:Grimlock looks like a bigger version of his G1 self. Any idea what his price point will be?

Japan: 13000 Yen - roughly 113 USD
BBTS: 144$
Robotkingdom: 120$

News Credits: 2 · Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:31 pm

Sure, we've now seen a very small picture of Grimlock unpainted, but there are a few things to bear in mind...

1) Colour. A good paintjob can bring even the crummiest Transformer to life. Just look at the Pink movie Arcee repaint to see what I mean. Colour is key. I reckon there'll be a lot more people drooling over this baby when they see him in all his grey-and-gold glory.

2) Transformation. As far as we can tell from the picture, it LOOKS like he transforms in a similar fashion to his G1 counterpart. But when you think about it, MP Megatron's transformation was clearly based on the G1 toy as well, but the complexity of the Transformation was vastly different. Depending on your personal preference, this is what made MP Megatron so frustrating / rewarding (delete as applicable).

I realise that, for some people, this guy is just going to stand there on a shelf, on display, or maybe even kept in the box. But these are TRANSFORMERS, and the value is in the transformation. What will really make-or-break this figure for me is the conversion to robot mode and back. Will he be clever-yet-straightforward like MP Prime? Will it be convoluted and complex like MP Megatron? The truth is, we don't know.

From what we can see, he doesn't have any obvious design oddities, like MP Starscream did with his deal-breaking hip kibble. He looks faithful enought to the G1 design to please the purists, yet sufficiently improved to warrant MP status(from what I can make out from the pictures, this new version has excellent posability and, intriguingly, discreet feet in robot mode).

So while this picture makes me exceedingly optimistic, I think we should perhaps reserve real judgment until we see the colour scheme and the transformation videos.