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Desslok2201 wrote:

mcfmullen wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Would they make another gun megatron now though? Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Jetfire.

Um, no.

Deathsanras wrote:

DecepticonFinishline wrote:We need more Decepticons. They are VASTLY outnumbered in every toyline, but ESPECIALLY Masterpiece.

I do not understand this logic. The Decepticons were vastly outnumbered. They also had precious few unique body types, with more than half the original Decepticon toyline burned through in MP-13, MP-15 and MP-16. Break out the original catalogue's checklist and tick them off. They've even been gifted/bolstered with the addition of MP-09B, MP-10B, MP-13B, MP-23, MP-11S, and Acid Storm. Unless, perhaps you want them to go further and milk the MP-11 mold even further, into more Seekers such as the MTMTE-generics, Hotlink, Bitstream, etc.
In terms of percentage of their roster completed, the Decepticons are far and away ahead of the Autobots.

Thank you- someone else gets it. I've been saying this every time a new autobot is announced.

They could, and call me crazy here, step outside of the 1984-1986 comfort zone that every TF toyline seems to get stuck in.

Besides, they could also do Galvatron, Scourge and Cyclonus (so fans can re-enact the Target:2006 fun), Shockwave, the Triple Changers, the Insecticons, and yes, the Coneheads and Reflector, just from 1985-1986 alone; not to mention the Constructicons, Stunticons and Combaticons. Hell, if you add 1986 then besides the movie trio there are the Battlechargers, the Predacons, and Gnaw.

If Ratchet's the next one after Hound, so much for this, then:

This is good news. I hope for Takara to finish most of the run of Autobots cars like:

Hound
Jazz
Mirage
Sunstreaker (Yes, I know some of these are being made by 3rd party, but most of the time I want the MP Takara one anyway.)

After , love to see a new inscale with MP-10 : Megatron , Blaster w/Auto Cassettes...

Hate it seems they stopped the Encore line... What happened to that ?

sol magnus wrote:
Wasn't Citizen Stack. Wasn't Carry. Apollyon doesn't directly compare (and is plagued with issues). Most other 3rd Party MP are characters HasTak hasn't touched. FansToys has a legit shot with not-Hound and the eventual not-Grimlock, but the only way I'd buy into the bolded statement would be in direct comparison to the same character(s) HasTak has released...and with what we have I'm just not seeing that.

I was referring to Fanstoys. I dont know if you had a chance to manipulate a product they made but when you do you really wish that Takara/Hasbro would be like that. It's solid, heavy and stable. It's full of diecast at the places it matters. The paint job is superb with no chips/crack/spit/scratch. All joints are tight. It also looks and transform like an Advanced version of a G1 toy should. This is all IMO of course but i know a lot of collectors agree with me...

robotmel wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Word just in from my source, 2016 is the Year of Deception!

MP-30 Megatron
MP-31 Ramjet
MP-32 Thrust
MP-33 Hotlink
MP-34 Bitsream
MP-35 Shrapnel
MP-36 Bombshell
MP-37 Kickback
MP-38 Reflector
MP-39 Devastator
MP-40 Shockwave

Can you reveal your sources? would love to post this. thanks

Two words:

Masterpiece Combiners

mooncake623 wrote:

robotmel wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Word just in from my source, 2016 is the Year of Deception!

MP-30 Megatron
MP-31 Ramjet
MP-32 Thrust
MP-33 Hotlink
MP-34 Bitsream
MP-35 Shrapnel
MP-36 Bombshell
MP-37 Kickback
MP-38 Reflector
MP-39 Devastator
MP-40 Shockwave

Can you reveal your sources? would love to post this. thanks

I think he might have been joking.

After all, didn't Takara says something at the Tokyo Toy Show of 2016 being big for Beast Wars MPs?

Sabrblade wrote:If Ratchet's the next one after Hound, so much for this, then:

I don't get all this sarcasm regarding Hound and the source... were tracks, road rage, Ironhide wrong? Also it is posted as a rumor so..

Can't wait for Hound as with any Masterpiece he's going to rock.

Sabrblade wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

robotmel wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Word just in from my source, 2016 is the Year of Deception!

MP-30 Megatron
MP-31 Ramjet
MP-32 Thrust
MP-33 Hotlink
MP-34 Bitsream
MP-35 Shrapnel
MP-36 Bombshell
MP-37 Kickback
MP-38 Reflector
MP-39 Devastator
MP-40 Shockwave

Can you reveal your sources? would love to post this. thanks

I think he might have been joking.

After all, didn't Takara says something at the Tokyo Toy Show of 2016 being big for Beast Wars MPs?

Lol I'm sure he is.

mooncake623 wrote:I don't get all this sarcasm regarding Hound and the source... were tracks, road rage, Ironhide wrong? Also it is posted as a rumor so..

I don't get this post as a response to my joke image.

Sabrblade wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:I don't get all this sarcasm regarding Hound and the source... were tracks, road rage, Ironhide wrong? Also it is posted as a rumor so..

I don't get this post as a response to my joke image.

Well you and others are joking about the source with the image no? Source has been proven correct before.. even if the image is just an easy photoshop job.

mooncake623 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:I don't get all this sarcasm regarding Hound and the source... were tracks, road rage, Ironhide wrong? Also it is posted as a rumor so..

I don't get this post as a response to my joke image.

Well you and others are joking about the source with the image no? Source has been proven correct before.. even if the image is just an easy photoshop job.

Not I. I'm just pulling up an old silly pic I made way back when the rumors were still rumors and remarking on the pointless of my pic now if Ratchet really is to come next.

mooncake623 wrote:

robotmel wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Word just in from my source, 2016 is the Year of Deception!

MP-30 Megatron
MP-31 Ramjet
MP-32 Thrust
MP-33 Hotlink
MP-34 Bitsream
MP-35 Shrapnel
MP-36 Bombshell
MP-37 Kickback
MP-38 Reflector
MP-39 Devastator
MP-40 Shockwave

Can you reveal your sources? would love to post this. thanks

Sabrblade wrote:I think he might have been joking.

Ok, my source is a baby octopus which wraps his little tentacle around one of the G1 toys and throws it out of his tank, thus proclaiming that character will receive the next Masterpiece treatment. All true.

Sabrblade wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:I don't get all this sarcasm regarding Hound and the source... were tracks, road rage, Ironhide wrong? Also it is posted as a rumor so..

I don't get this post as a response to my joke image.

Well you and others are joking about the source with the image no? Source has been proven correct before.. even if the image is just an easy photoshop job.

Not I. I'm just pulling up an old silly pic I made way back when the rumors were still rumors and remarking on the pointless of my pic now if Ratchet really is to come next.

Oh okay apologies for the misunderstandings. MP Wheelie would be awesome.... as MP-129!

robotmel wrote:Ok, my source is a baby octopus which wraps his little tentacle around one of the G1 toys and throws it out of his tank, thus proclaiming that character will receive the next Masterpiece treatment. All true.

Somehow, I envisioned this being a chibi version of RID Octopunch.

robotmel wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

robotmel wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Word just in from my source, 2016 is the Year of Deception!

MP-30 Megatron
MP-31 Ramjet
MP-32 Thrust
MP-33 Hotlink
MP-34 Bitsream
MP-35 Shrapnel
MP-36 Bombshell
MP-37 Kickback
MP-38 Reflector
MP-39 Devastator
MP-40 Shockwave

Can you reveal your sources? would love to post this. thanks

Sabrblade wrote:I think he might have been joking.

Ok, my source is a baby octopus which wraps his little tentacle around one of the G1 toys and throws it out of his tank, thus proclaiming that character will receive the next Masterpiece treatment. All true.

Awesome! I will post. One question is this the same octopus that predicts the World Cup?

robotmel wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

robotmel wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Word just in from my source, 2016 is the Year of Deception!

MP-30 Megatron
MP-31 Ramjet
MP-32 Thrust
MP-33 Hotlink
MP-34 Bitsream
MP-35 Shrapnel
MP-36 Bombshell
MP-37 Kickback
MP-38 Reflector
MP-39 Devastator
MP-40 Shockwave

Can you reveal your sources? would love to post this. thanks

Sabrblade wrote:I think he might have been joking.

Ok, my source is a baby octopus which wraps his little tentacle around one of the G1 toys and throws it out of his tank, thus proclaiming that character will receive the next Masterpiece treatment. All true.

Your octopus should meet my baby lemon shark that gives me stock tips. His name is Doug.

mooncake623 wrote:

robotmel wrote:Ok, my source is a baby octopus which wraps his little tentacle around one of the G1 toys and throws it out of his tank, thus proclaiming that character will receive the next Masterpiece treatment. All true.

Awesome! I will post. One question is this the same octopus that predicts the World Cup?

He is the brother-in-law of World Cup Octopus Paul.

Thormind wrote:
I was referring to Fanstoys. I dont know if you had a chance to manipulate a product they made but when you do you really wish that Takara/Hasbro would be like that. It's solid, heavy and stable. It's full of diecast at the places it matters. The paint job is superb with no chips/crack/spit/scratch. All joints are tight. It also looks and transform like an Advanced version of a G1 toy should. This is all IMO of course but i know a lot of collectors agree with me...

Fanstoys and Badcube have pretty much become my go-to for not-official MPs. Badcube's quality is not quite on par with Fanstoys, but their ingenuity is astounding. Warpath is one of my favorite unofficial MPs so far. They really need to do a Powerglide in scale to go along with him. Maybe find a way to make him go from a Seeker-sized vehicle mode to a Warpath-sized robot mode.

I took a huge chance with Apollyon and it is also one of my favorites even if I won't dare Transform him. The robot mode's look is picture perfect. I wouldn't be disappointed with a Fanstoys Willy, but Takara has done a good job with the currrent MP line. I even decided I could live with Ironhide's hip flaps because his chest is more spot-on than Voodoo Robots', and you know Takara will have better quality control than some unknown company.

robotmel wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Word just in from my source, 2016 is the Year of Deception!

MP-30 Megatron
MP-31 Ramjet
MP-32 Thrust
MP-33 Hotlink
MP-34 Bitsream
MP-35 Shrapnel
MP-36 Bombshell
MP-37 Kickback
MP-38 Reflector
MP-39 Devastator
MP-40 Shockwave

Joke as it may be, Insecticons are in GREAT NEED of a Masterpiece treatment.

Blozor wrote:Badcube's quality is not quite on par with Fanstoys, but their ingenuity is astounding. Warpath is one of my favorite unofficial MPs so far. They really need to do a Powerglide in scale to go along with him. Maybe find a way to make him go from a Seeker-sized vehicle mode to a Warpath-sized robot mode.

I've been wanting to try Badcube for some time now but not for their Warparth. I already have the Takara one and I really like him, even if hes not mp scale. Hes one of my favorite non mp. The products I want to try from Badcube are Brown and Outback.

Im just waiting for the interesting releases to slow down. It's a good time for Transmormers collectors with so many nice releases but it is becoming hard on the wallet...

Blozor wrote: and you know Takara will have better quality control than some unknown company.

Sorry but i have to say it... Do you consider Hasbro to be an unknown company?

Where's Jazz,Sunstreaker and Mirage? Then Shockwave, Jetfire and the rest of the Dinobots. Everything else can come in whatever order. But as long as I get the rest the original 18 Autobots I'll be fine. They are long overdue with the rest of Grimlock's boys!

robotmel wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Word just in from my source, 2016 is the Year of Deception!

MP-30 Megatron
MP-31 Ramjet
MP-32 Thrust
MP-33 Hotlink
MP-34 Bitsream
MP-35 Shrapnel
MP-36 Bombshell
MP-37 Kickback
MP-38 Reflector
MP-39 Devastator
MP-40 Shockwave

I hope thats true cause it puts a big smile on my face

TwistedVader wrote:

robotmel wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Plus aside from reflector isn't the only 84' cons left the cone heads?

Word just in from my source, 2016 is the Year of Deception!

MP-30 Megatron
MP-31 Ramjet
MP-32 Thrust
MP-33 Hotlink
MP-34 Bitsream
MP-35 Shrapnel
MP-36 Bombshell
MP-37 Kickback
MP-38 Reflector
MP-39 Devastator
MP-40 Shockwave

I hope thats true cause it puts a big smile on my face

He was joking.