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News Credits: 293 · Mon Jun 05, 2017 1:30 pm

wilcosu35 wrote:HLJ has preorders up for MP-12+

http://hlj.com/product/TKT97595

He's up everywhere! This is good news! When Red Alert+ came out he was an exclusive limited release (TakaraTomy Mall?) and now this fella is a standard release! Rejoice! :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 372 · Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:41 am

Can any version of MP-12 turn his head up more than a couple of millimeters?

News Credits: 293 · Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:47 am

Cyberpath wrote:Can any version of MP-12 turn his head up more than a couple of millimeters?

Huh? I don't recall them being hindered in the slightest.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:55 am

shajaki wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Can any version of MP-12 turn his head up more than a couple of millimeters?
Huh? I don't recall them being hindered in the slightest.

To turn up? I didnt even think he could do that. I dont even remember him having a neck.

News Credits: 293 · Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:36 pm

william-james88 wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Can any version of MP-12 turn his head up more than a couple of millimeters?
Huh? I don't recall them being hindered in the slightest.
To turn up? I didnt even think he could do that. I dont even remember him having a neck.

Ooohhhh.... turn UP.... my bad.

I'm pretty sure he can look up, very very slightly. So slight that it might as well not be there :lol:

News Credits: 372 · Wed Jun 21, 2017 4:26 am

Yeah, it's very minimal. I figured it out, a little force was necessary for the first couple of times.

I do appreciate the ab crunch that someone discovered, already putting it to use --

News Credits: 372 · Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:19 am

Takara added MP-12+ to its website (with a few new pix and 360° turn arounds) --

http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products-lin ... /mp-12plus

And also revamped the Masterpiece section:

http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tf_mp

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:42 am

Takara Tomy Mall has uploaded more images of the upcoming Masterpiece Sideswipe Anime version. The new images show off Swipe's new paint work and his accessories. This Sideswipe is set to arrive in November of this year, while his brother Sunstreaker is set to arrive one month later. Check out the new images, and let us know what you think of this latest version of the MP-12 mold below!

News Credits: 332 · Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:01 pm

So this version of Sideswipe will include the original, Amazon exclusive, and a new version of the piledrivers.

News Credits: 11 · Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:28 am

Just got the email from AE saying he's in stock and ready to ship :DANCE:

gonna wait for the new LG figures to ship though

News Credits: 10 · Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:48 am

They left out MP 14+ on the Masterpiece web site.

News Credits: 372 · Thu Nov 23, 2017 11:57 am

MP-14+ Alert was a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive.

News Credits: 372 · Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:04 pm

In-hand pix from @Alfes2010 --

With pile drivers --

Gun --

Car-mode --

News Credits: 293 · Thu Nov 23, 2017 1:23 pm

The blue windows is almost worth the price of double dipping alone. Yummy.

News Credits: 25 · Thu Nov 23, 2017 7:55 pm

But did they fix his ill-fitting Gan and hand?

News Credits: 6188 · Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:09 pm

Still from Alfes2010, the Twitter toy blogger and personality behind the Snakas blog in Japan, we have some in-hand images of the umpteenth iteration of the Lambor / Sideswipe mold from the Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece line: MP-12+, the Anime Color Edition!

The differences with the original release are slight, but they are significant for those who are looking for a more screen-accurate rendition of their plastic incarnation - rather than the original toy's homage in the previous Masterpiece toy (galleries respectively here and here), as we get blue windows, metal grey parts replaced with black and white paint, and different shades of red and white overall, in addition to the piledrivers and gun accessories, with three versions of the former (though no chrome). You can check out the images below!

News Credits: 122 · Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:04 pm

The most noticeable changes, for me, are the face and the feet. Having those as white vs. silver really make the difference for me.

News Credits: 372 · Sun Nov 26, 2017 6:59 pm

Comparison shots from @dai_xp --

Plus ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀Original
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News Credits: 6188 · Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:13 pm

Thanks to Instagram user dai_xp - and via fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath - we have a closer and better look at the differences between the first release of the Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-12 Lambor, aka Sideswipe, to you and me, and the latest release in the same line of the MP-12+ version, with cartoon accurate deco rather than the toy-striving one preceding it.

The most noticeable changes, you will see in the images mirrored below, are the face and the feet, which swap out the silver for the white and black, plus the blue shade to the windows, and some tweaks to the various firing accessories that come with the figure. All are also reflected on the packaging, shown below. Check it out, and let us know if you will be however-many-dipping with this mold again in this new paintjob!

News Credits: 372 · Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:34 pm

Additionally, the joints (elbows, hips) are also white for a more streamlined look.

The Autobot insignia is bigger; perhaps to make the chest look slimmer in comparison?

The black stripes and Lamborghini emblem were stripped off. The wing mirrors and frames of the side windows have been painted red. Wheels are grey (because in the cartoon his rear tires become grey in robot-mode.)

The rear bumper is now black to make the legs more streamlined in robot-mode.

And mold-wise the eyes are bigger like on Tigertrack and the Asian reissue.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Nov 26, 2017 8:14 pm

Even if this is only used just for fans who missed out on the original version and with Sunstreaker coming soon, I feel that the changes seem negligible for the most part. It's like the insignia-less rerelease.

News Credits: 21 · Sun Nov 26, 2017 9:17 pm

Cyberpath wrote:Additionally, the joints (elbows, hips) are also white for a more streamlined look.

The Autobot insignia is bigger; perhaps to make the chest look slimmer in comparison?

The black stripes and Lamborghini emblem were stripped off. The wing mirrors and frames of the side windows have been painted red. Wheels are grey (because in the cartoon his rear tires become grey in robot-mode.)

The rear bumper is now black to make the legs more streamlined in robot-mode.

And mold-wise the eyes are bigger like on Tigertrack and the Asian reissue.

It is nice looking figure nothing big difference matters to me which version of Figure I get nice figure nothing special hasbro and Takara both have good versions of Figure price is big deciding point if I where to buy this figure