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News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:27 pm

Toys R’ Us Japan has some more images of the upcoming Masterpiece Thundercracker release highlighting some of the features of the toy.

Thundercracker is a repaint of the Masterpiece Starscream mold, and is the fourth coloring of the mold that we have had. The mold has been painted as the original, realistic Starscream in darker, muted colors, the Anime colored Starscream, Skywarp, and now in Thundercracker deco.

You can still pre-order MP Thundercracker at many online stores including BigBadToyStore.

Check out the mirrored images below (when we get news control back), one of which shows the new facial expression for Thundercracker!

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:54 pm

Thundercracker's face makes me feel uneasy.

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:30 am

I like the color. I don't mind the face. It fits with Skywarp's face. I just wish they gave us something other than another Dr. Archville.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:10 am

Stormrider wrote:I like the color. I don't mind the face. It fits with Skywarp's face. I just wish they gave us something other than another Dr. Archville.

I like the color too, and the face is well interesting, and at least sets it apart from the predecessors.

News Credits: 7 · by **Narc** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:05 am

I wish they did him in an open-mouth shout instead of him gritting his teeth. Oh well, I'm still getting him.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:12 am

What is that in his nose cone?

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:25 am

I wish they'd given Skywarp and Thundercracker more normal alternate faces. They both look like they're trying to take a huge dump but it just won't come out and they're in extreme pain.

Dead Metal wrote:What is that in his nose cone?

What do you mean?

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:27 am

UltraPrimal wrote:I wish they'd given Skywarp and Thundercracker more normal alternate faces. They both look like they're trying to take a huge dump but it just won't come out and they're in extreme pain.
Dead Metal wrote:What is that in his nose cone?

What do you mean?

by **stinky** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:31 am

Dead Metal wrote:What is that in his nose cone?

that would be his radar array

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:35 am

stinky wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:What is that in his nose cone?

that would be his radar array

Thanks
Is that a homage to one of the old epps or is that a real part of the plain?

News Credits: 7 · by **Geekee1** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:51 pm

Real plane

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:00 pm

Geekee1 wrote:Real plane

Yeah, it's a real plane thing. But does anyone really give a ****? I guess it gives him a little more of a model plane feel, but are you gonna display him like that?

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:01 pm

Thundercracker's grimace will haunt my dreams.

*chants* "Can't sleep, 'Cracker will get me..."

by **g2grimmy64** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:04 am

frankly, MP-wise, I'm getting a little tired of all these headlines and news blurbs about Thundercracker. Not that I dislike TC or anything, but, come on, he's a blue repaint of MP Screamer with a different alternate face mold; what more could we need/want to know about it that we can't already figure out for ourselves? What would interest me in MP news is progress on that MP Grimlock we were promised, being that he's actually a new figure altogether, and not just a repaint with slight retooling of another figure (and, I'll admit, I a little bit biased, what with Grimlock being my fav TF ever).

Anyway, all I'm asking for is some MP news that's actually [i]new[i].

my two cents,
Grimmy

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:14 am

Geekee1 wrote:Real plane

Oh OK thanks, I didn't know real planes could do that.

by **Pyrostrata** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:42 am

Well, folks DID ask for different face-molds on MP SS repaints! And, this one gives us one....albeit fugly!

Ah well, despite that "I need to crap, but can't!" face, I'll be getting this eventually anyways...I will have The Big Three Seekers in MP form! It's just necessary.