The Energon Pub

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:14 pm

by **necr0blivion** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 3:25 am

Interesting to see another take on a MP Starscream, I'm really happy with the MP-11 mold. Let's wait and see what is so different about this product. I'll likely still pick it up being a big Starscream fan.

*remembers that he is so happy that iGear never released the other possible 9 versions of their Air Raptor mold*

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:25 pm

Uh, isn't MP-11 good enough for people?

by **Rated X** » Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:35 pm

Unless it turns into a tetra jet, I see no purpose in this project.

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:10 am

Source: げんもん Photo Vault

Digibash: Riccardo Garlato

MP-11 Masterpiece Starscream:

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:51 am

Do you hear that? That's the sound of a million MP Seekers crying out in anguish. :lol:

Seriously though, that's gorgeous.

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:27 am

Yeah, it looks promising. How's the quality of MakeToys' stuff?

Cyberpath wrote:
Digibash: Riccardo Garlato

Digibash: Cheebs

Source: @Douglas_Cheung

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:27 am

Genocide G2.0 wrote:

Two years in the making? :shock:

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:51 am

Cyberpath wrote:Yeah, it looks promising. How's the quality of MakeToys' stuff?

Maketoys stuff is amazing. Absolute top-tier construction and incredible engineering.

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:57 pm

Black Hat wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Yeah, it looks promising. How's the quality of MakeToys' stuff?

Maketoys stuff is amazing. Absolute top-tier construction and incredible engineering.

havent heard much bad about them.
their cross deminsion line is amazing in posability and looks

News Credits: 25 · by **Ironhidensh** » Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:12 pm

Yes, Maketoys is one of what I consider the top 3 3rd party companies.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:09 am

Black Hat wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Yeah, it looks promising. How's the quality of MakeToys' stuff?

Maketoys stuff is amazing. Absolute top-tier construction and incredible engineering.

Ironhidensh wrote:Yes, Maketoys is one of what I consider the top 3 3rd party companies.

I'll add my thumb's up here as well. I have their Battle Tanker, Quantron, and the version of Utopia that looks like Metrotitan. I absolutely love all of them and consider them high quality pieces. Quantron is one of my favorite pieces in my entire collection!

And this looks absolutely beautiful. If they do a Skywarp repaint...

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Mon May 01, 2017 6:22 am

Judging from the images, there seem to be a lot of things that MakeToys did better than Takara with this one. But I'm not big on the face... :-?

I wish Takara weren't so quick to release MP Starscream v2. Between ladder-magic and swappable facial-expressions, there's so much they could have done better today.

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Mon May 01, 2017 6:34 am

thats a 3d printed prototype it'll have multiple faces and look a lot better. look at downbeat. his normal face is spot on.

thats probably why his face is pointed down like that. the person that took the really close up pic of the face said the mt rep was looking really scared when he took that.

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Mon May 01, 2017 6:34 am

Cyberpath wrote:

Jet-mode comparison --

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Mon May 01, 2017 8:57 am

Maketoys are pretty good on faces and I'm sure they'll improve it over the prototype.

Honestly, not intending to sound like a fanboy here but I see no reason to buy the official version over this. The official version's one definitive advantage is the jet mode. It's very wobbly from mold overuse, it's far too expensive for what it is, the articulation is subpar for the price, it isn't very accurate and there's a tonne of knockoffs out there. The MT version is more accurate, more articulated, will likely be better quality and will probably be cheaper. It's not like Inferno where the official wins out unless MT's style really appeals to you, or Megatron where both versions have their own merits. Unless we get a new official MP Seeker (which given the Coneheads seems unlikely) this will be the definitive MP scale Seeker on the market. At any rate, assuming I can, I'll buy it. Well, some version anyway, that Cybertron Starscream they're making looks amazing...

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Mon May 01, 2017 9:24 am

Bumblebee21 wrote:thats a 3d printed prototype it'll have multiple faces and look a lot better. look at downbeat. his normal face is spot on.

Not big on Downbeat's face either.

Black Hat wrote:Maketoys are pretty good on faces and I'm sure they'll improve it over the prototype.

Honestly, not intending to sound like a fanboy here but I see no reason to buy the official version over this. The official version's one definitive advantage is the jet mode. It's very wobbly from mold overuse, it's far too expensive for what it is, the articulation is subpar for the price, it isn't very accurate and there's a tonne of knockoffs out there. The MT version is more accurate, more articulated, will likely be better quality and will probably be cheaper. It's not like Inferno where the official wins out unless MT's style really appeals to you, or Megatron where both versions have their own merits. Unless we get a new official MP Seeker (which given the Coneheads seems unlikely) this will be the definitive MP scale Seeker on the market. At any rate, assuming I can, I'll buy it. Well, some version anyway, that Cybertron Starscream they're making looks amazing...

MT's Starscream looks cleaner overall and has waist articulation. But I doubt cheaper. MP-11 was 10,400 yens ($93.)

The jet-mode looks pretty much the same to me for both toys. Maybe MakeToys has some edge over the official one because they actually have the robot-guns replaced by small missiles, like in the cartoon.

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:04 am

Painted prototype, price, release date... anything?

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Sun Jun 25, 2017 11:29 am

Cyberpath wrote:Painted prototype, price, release date... anything?

Yeah I'd forgotten about this. But being one Conehead away from completing my official MP Seekers, seeing this thing kinda makes me sick to my stomach :lol: