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Cyberpath wrote:Question for the board -- does anyone still want an MP Cliffjumper after seeing the new MP Bumblebee?

Oh, god, he's almost spherical

carytheone wrote:I did have high hopes for MP45 and it is warming in me but the price feels too high, even at 50% off it still feels high for a MP character I already own. I am still hoping they go forward with this style of MP minibots. I've already ordered a cheap 3P CJ, so how about Swerve next

I think it would have worked as a repaint of bb, like, the more petite torso (as opposed to the actual vehicle roof of the other mp bb) of the bot mode could have made this a nice glyph with some remolding

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Oh, god, he's almost spherical

Speeding the animation up really drives that home. I like him chubby like that.

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think it would have worked as a repaint of bb, like, the more petite torso (as opposed to the actual vehicle roof of the other mp bb) of the bot mode could have made this a nice glyph with some remolding

Isn't Glyph just a blue Bee with a different head? I have an Impossible Toys "Glyph". I'd be surprised if MP45 doesn't get some repaints and at least a MP45+ deco which I would actually bee interested in.

carytheone wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think it would have worked as a repaint of bb, like, the more petite torso (as opposed to the actual vehicle roof of the other mp bb) of the bot mode could have made this a nice glyph with some remolding

Isn't Glyph just a blue Bee with a different head? I have an Impossible Toys "Glyph". I'd be surprised if MP45 doesn't get some repaints and at least a MP45+ deco which I would actually bee interested in.

I think glyph is a female, so the smaller body would work for her and make the backpack more reasonable

Hellscream9999 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think it would have worked as a repaint of bb, like, the more petite torso (as opposed to the actual vehicle roof of the other mp bb) of the bot mode could have made this a nice glyph with some remolding

Isn't Glyph just a blue Bee with a different head? I have an Impossible Toys "Glyph". I'd be surprised if MP45 doesn't get some repaints and at least a MP45+ deco which I would actually bee interested in.

I think glyph is a female, so the smaller body would work for her and make the backpack more reasonable

I feel we're way more likely to see a Bumper or Hubcap out of this mold before Glyph and the former two are already very unlikely.

carytheone wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I think it would have worked as a repaint of bb, like, the more petite torso (as opposed to the actual vehicle roof of the other mp bb) of the bot mode could have made this a nice glyph with some remolding

Isn't Glyph just a blue Bee with a different head? I have an Impossible Toys "Glyph". I'd be surprised if MP45 doesn't get some repaints and at least a MP45+ deco which I would actually bee interested in.

I think glyph is a female, so the smaller body would work for her and make the backpack more reasonable

I feel we're way more likely to see a Bumper or Hubcap out of this mold before Glyph and the former two are already very unlikely.

Yeah, I know, was just saying

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll be a "traitor" and go full Third Party.

I'm already on the 3P/KO boat half way to China because of pricing and toon aesthetic.

Looks like you're not alone, Hasbro just re-grammed a pic of KO MP-36 Megatron...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGzWh_ARs7/

Cyberpath wrote:

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll be a "traitor" and go full Third Party.

I'm already on the 3P/KO boat half way to China because of pricing and toon aesthetic.

Looks like you're not alone, Hasbro just re-grammed a pic of KO MP-36 Megatron...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGzWh_ARs7/

Bet that post isn't gonna last very long

carytheone wrote:Yes (well not the price, see below). I feel if this mold would have been announced as CliffyJ (with a SD Porsche shell) it would have been better received. Hell it may have even been well received because it wouldn't have been another redo that didn't necessarily make any improvements.

But then the chibi Porsche would have clashed with the real-world Beetle and people wouldn't have it.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll be a "traitor" and go full Third Party.

I'm already on the 3P/KO boat half way to China because of pricing and toon aesthetic.

Looks like you're not alone, Hasbro just re-grammed a pic of KO MP-36 Megatron...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGzWh_ARs7/

Bet that post isn't gonna last very long

A couple of weeks ago they also re-grammed this picture of MP-36 with a 3P upgrade kit on. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtggQl3g4rL/
Other than the fact these are unlicensed products, it's also kind of amusing that Hasbro's featuring a toy that they'll likely never release in the US.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll be a "traitor" and go full Third Party.

I'm already on the 3P/KO boat half way to China because of pricing and toon aesthetic.

Looks like you're not alone, Hasbro just re-grammed a pic of KO MP-36 Megatron...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGzWh_ARs7/

Bet that post isn't gonna last very long

I think the biggest take away here is that the Hasbro is posting a figure they will never release state side.

carytheone wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll be a "traitor" and go full Third Party.

I'm already on the 3P/KO boat half way to China because of pricing and toon aesthetic.

Looks like you're not alone, Hasbro just re-grammed a pic of KO MP-36 Megatron...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGzWh_ARs7/

Bet that post isn't gonna last very long

I think the biggest take away here is that the Hasbro is posting a figure they will never release state side.

I mean, that doesn't mean much to me, we live in an age where I can just order him from an e-store and have him at my house in a couple of days...

carytheone wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll be a "traitor" and go full Third Party.

I'm already on the 3P/KO boat half way to China because of pricing and toon aesthetic.

Looks like you're not alone, Hasbro just re-grammed a pic of KO MP-36 Megatron...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGzWh_ARs7/

Bet that post isn't gonna last very long

I think the biggest take away here is that the Hasbro is posting a figure they will never release state side.

Hasbro has used non official Tfs in their promotional images before, the big takeaway is that they dont care much. To them, this is simply propogation of the brand worldwide. Similar to the notion of there not being such a thing as bad press.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll be a "traitor" and go full Third Party.

I'm already on the 3P/KO boat half way to China because of pricing and toon aesthetic.

Looks like you're not alone, Hasbro just re-grammed a pic of KO MP-36 Megatron...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGzWh_ARs7/

Bet that post isn't gonna last very long

It's gone now!

Cyberpath wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'll be a "traitor" and go full Third Party.

I'm already on the 3P/KO boat half way to China because of pricing and toon aesthetic.

Looks like you're not alone, Hasbro just re-grammed a pic of KO MP-36 Megatron...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGzWh_ARs7/

Bet that post isn't gonna last very long

It's gone now!

I got tired of their weaksauce attempts at memes and stopped following them (and the hasbro account) a few weeks ago.

Cyberpath wrote:Let me clarify the question -- MP Cliffjumpter: new mold, but same "style" -- same pros & cons as MP-45. Same price.

No way!

I feel like if they had tried this 5 MP slots later or even if they had done this with Cliffjumper first, it might have gone over better

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Let me clarify the question -- MP Cliffjumpter: new mold, but same "style" -- same pros & cons as MP-45. Same price.

No way!

At least not on pricing and how the backpack turns out, but I guess I'd be fine with a chibi Porsche, considering the third party ones that do turn into realistic Porsches get something wrong. I'm not bothered by faux parts, but I would much prefer the real parts to be integrated.


So far, X-Transbots Cliffjumper gets it right (the one with the faux chest)

Hellscream9999 wrote:Oh, god, he's almost spherical

Bumblebee is secretly Unicron's son! The secret behind his horns revealed!

Emerje

Cyberpath wrote:Question for the board -- does anyone still want an MP Cliffjumper after seeing the new MP Bumblebee?

Yes......and if they do make one based on this mold, I hope they can somehow fix my major issue with MP-45 and that is the feet. They are just too flat looking and would look worse on Cliffjumber in my opinion. If they fixed that I could forgive the kibble on the back of the figure.

From the new Figure King issue, but nothing we haven't seen before --

And nothing that's gonna get me to buy that thing.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:And nothing that's gonna get me to buy that thing.

Nothing?

carytheone wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:And nothing that's gonna get me to buy that thing.

Nothing?

That makes me want it even less.

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:And nothing that's gonna get me to buy that thing.

Nothing?

That makes me want it even less.

I'll admit it - I'm starting to come around to this. I passed on the original MP Bumblebee as I felt they could have done better, but seeing the V2 isn't convincing me we're going to see much improvement past this. Luckily I don't spend lots of time looking at the back of my toys (unless its Moonracer, meow), so maybe I can swallow this down.

Now I just need to get the Exosuit Spike from the original MP....