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News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:41 am

I can just see the G1 voice coming out of that face. Maybe the goatee does it?

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:43 am

I wonder if the intention was a welding mask

by **Peridot** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:55 am

An Animated homage! YES!

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 12:10 pm

Haha..I love it.

News Credits: 2 · by **Ultra Magnus** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:20 pm

Kinda thought that it could be a reference to Q from DOTM :michaelbay:

... But whatever I think easter egg is really cool!

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:31 pm

MIND BLOWN. That is awesome! Too bad you gotta take his head apart to see it. But cool nonetheless. I also wonder about Soundwave now... Man, Takara is really doing wonders with MPs these days.

News Credits: 119 · by **megatronus** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:35 pm

It's cool to see how much Takara has been stepping it up. The MP line is going strong!

Now how about some more G1 Decepticons?

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:56 pm

Wheeljack have a glorious mustache! :APPLAUSE:

Some may whine, but I love that new trope that every transformers have a face, covered by a mask or not. This make them more alive.

I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

by **Zeek99g** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:11 pm

This makes me want MP Wheeljack even more! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:17 pm

Now Wheeljack joins Optimus in the "Secretly had a mouth but we never knew about it until later" club.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:00 pm

Interesting little feature, there. I hope BBTS gets him in soon!

by **Doubledealer93** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:10 pm

Nobody knew who he was until he put on the mask...

News Credits: 2 · by **REX-203** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:20 pm

This release just keeps getting better!

News Credits: 4 · by **padfoo** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:13 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Wheeljack have a glorious mustache!

Some may whine, but I love that new trope that every transformers have a face, covered by a mask or not. This make them more alive.

I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

I like it a lot but I don't need to see a face behind every face plate.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:31 pm

padfoo wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Wheeljack have a glorious mustache!

Some may whine, but I love that new trope that every transformers have a face, covered by a mask or not. This make them more alive.

I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

I like it a lot but I don't need to see a face behind every face plate.

Arent you just a wee bit curious?

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:49 pm

To actually mold an actual facial feature? That IS going an extra mile! And yet accessible only if you disassemble him..........that void's Wreck-gar's warranty alright :lol:

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:56 pm

megatronus wrote:It's cool to see how much Takara has been stepping it up. The MP line is going strong!

Now how about some more G1 Decepticons?

Megatron=check
Seekers=check
Cassettes=check
Soundwave=check
Exhaust=check

Next in line? G1 season 1......Redesigned Megatron, Reflector, Shockwave, Insecticons, Coneheads, Dezaras?

Now that the cat's out of the bag, do you think Exhaust will also sport a hidden face?

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:29 pm

fenrir72 wrote:To actually mold an actual facial feature? That IS going an extra mile!

foreal! and who would complain about this? it requires disassembly to even see. s'not like its just going to loosely fall off and leave him exposed

News Credits: 1 · by **mesh** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:31 pm

Here's a video review of MP-20 Wheeljack

http://youtu.be/ZuRT2GWJiO8

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:42 pm

I'm not crazy about making every bot with a faceplate have a "real" face underneath -- or rather the implication that there's a certain "normal" for Transformers and anything that doesn't fit NEEDS an explanation -- but this is fun! A neat little hidden detail and an Animated homage. A shame, though, about the giant hole in his head...

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:47 pm

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:22 pm

Thanks to atip fromfellow Seibertron.com user mesh, we get a look at an early review of Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-20 Wheeljack! Find out more about the scientist with a beard beneath the mask, and his Lancia Stratos alt-mode, in the embedded clip below.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:31 am

I think it's a big stretch to call the face an Animated homage. I don't think the two look similar in the least.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:32 am

Noideaforaname wrote:I'm not crazy about making every bot with a faceplate have a "real" face underneath -- or rather the implication that there's a certain "normal" for Transformers and anything that doesn't fit NEEDS an explanation -- but this is fun! A neat little hidden detail and an Animated homage. A shame, though, about the giant hole in his head...

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

A speaker mouth? Not surprising alright.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 12:40 am

Noideaforaname wrote:I'm not crazy about making every bot with a faceplate have a "real" face underneath -- or rather the implication that there's a certain "normal" for Transformers and anything that doesn't fit NEEDS an explanation -- but this is fun! A neat little hidden detail and an Animated homage. A shame, though, about the giant hole in his head...

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?