The Energon Pub

Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:37 pm

According to my local hobby store, the upcoming MP-10B Convoy will NOT have a trailer included.

What's up with that, I wonder?

News Credits: 10 · Wed Oct 24, 2012 7:45 pm

Maybe it is so they can keep the price down. I don't even know how much it will cost as I'm not interested.

Does Black Convoy have a trailer in the comics?

Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:21 pm

Comic? AFAIK MP figs don't usually come with them, except maybe the non-cannon ones like the black versions of OP and Rodimus. And since I don't own a black version of OP or Rodimus, I've never read any of the comics.

Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:47 pm

Black Convoy? Pfft. They ran out of red at the factory, rung Takara and they said
"No probremo, we'll just make another character and charge double!" Bwah ha ha ha!
They probably realised that MP10 didn't move as well as hoped with the ridiculous price tag and wanted to keep things cheaper.

Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:16 pm

anyone know if there might be an american release on this?

News Credits: 60 · Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:55 am

breakdown99 wrote:Black Convoy? Pfft. They ran out of red at the factory, rung Takara and they said
"No probremo, we'll just make another character and charge double!" Bwah ha ha ha!
They probably realised that MP10 didn't move as well as hoped with the ridiculous price tag and wanted to keep things cheaper.

MP-10 didn't sell? Man! I don't know how you can define "didn't sell well" when nearly every japanese online store I rang up had 'em sold out.

AS for this black repaint..........well squeeze it while its hot~ Heck, sometime down the road, MP Soundwave is gonna be released as Soundblaster.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:45 am

I would have thought that the lower price (£130 in the UK, MP10 was £200+) would have been a clue.

Fri Oct 26, 2012 8:03 pm

fenrir72 wrote:
breakdown99 wrote:Black Convoy? Pfft. They ran out of red at the factory, rung Takara and they said
"No probremo, we'll just make another character and charge double!" Bwah ha ha ha!
They probably realised that MP10 didn't move as well as hoped with the ridiculous price tag and wanted to keep things cheaper.

MP-10 didn't sell? Man! I don't know how you can define "didn't sell well" when nearly every japanese online store I rang up had 'em sold out.

AS for this black repaint..........well squeeze it while its hot~ Heck, sometime down the road, MP Soundwave is gonna be released as Soundblaster.

Sold out doesn't necessarily mean it sold well. How many did they order the first time around? How many of these retailers that you rang ordered a second run? How much did they make after their mark-up?
I bought mine off Robotkingdom with that coin box gift 3 months after its release.
Without this information in front of me, I can only speculate, which is why i used the term probably.

As for the repaint, just give us an all white MP10 minus the trailer. You threw a swerve ball by giving us the black repaint first, just cut the horse crap and paint that sucker white already.