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shajaki wrote:This is only a problem for those who have some sort of objection towards 3rd parties.
Hell, I think the 3P's have already done MP's of the Monsterbots.
ZeroWolf wrote:An interesting question, though let's have a look at it this way though, suppose that Takara announced they would do combiners, but that the combiner components would be sold individually (let's leave how they would pull this off for a different conversation). How long would it take for this line to be complete? It seems to me that there we would be waiting an awful long time for such a thing. Though I'm glad they started the beast wars line as that will be complete a lot sooner thanks to a smaller season 1 cast (which is all that we're likely to get from that line).
Wolfman Jake wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:An interesting question, though let's have a look at it this way though, suppose that Takara announced they would do combiners, but that the combiner components would be sold individually (let's leave how they would pull this off for a different conversation). How long would it take for this line to be complete? It seems to me that there we would be waiting an awful long time for such a thing. Though I'm glad they started the beast wars line as that will be complete a lot sooner thanks to a smaller season 1 cast (which is all that we're likely to get from that line).
I was going to bring up this point in my first post too, but I decided not to make a tl;dr wall of text to start of the discussion. Yes, the slow trickle of Masterpiece figures is a bit of a problem, and it's been getting noticeably worse of late for collectors strictly interested in G1 characters (note: not me). A few years ago, we were having quite a Masterpiece boom. So many figures were coming out that it was hard to financially plan for them all. Now, the releases have slowed down considerably, since a number of new releases are now taken up by Beast Wars characters. It also doesn't help that many G1 characters are being redone, either given a whole new toy to improve upon an earlier attempt, or a new deco to better match the simplified cartoon models. In some instances, like with Megatron, this was definitely needed. In others, like the upcoming "Optimus Prime 3.0," I think most people would have been fine with MP-10. It's hard to tell where the Movie Masterpiece figures fit in this dynamic. They are supposedly a joint venture by Hasbro and Takara and are most likely a completely separate project, budget, and release schedule from what Takara is doing with its G1 and Beast Wars Masterpiece figures.
fenrir72 wrote:Problem? Available disposable cash!
Wolfman Jake wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Problem? Available disposable cash!
Indeed! Prices have been going up quite a bit lately too. Masterpiece Dinobot is tres expensive, and Masterpiece Beast Wars Megatron will be absolutely wallet murdering. Meanwhile, repaints of older Masterpiece figures have increased in price from anywhere from 20% to 50% of their original MSRP just a few years ago. OUCH!
Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm talking about the fact that the Masterpiece line will never truly be "complete."
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
Burn wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm talking about the fact that the Masterpiece line will never truly be "complete."
But with every release it's "complete", until the next release, and then once new release is acquired, the collection is again "complete".
That's working on the assumption that the Masterpiece line, is treated strictly as a line of it's own.
What you seem to be doing is expecting it to mirror G1. Sorry WJ, but you've brought this on yourself.
ZeroWolf wrote:But is that mission statement still valid now? I would say that it's possible it has shifted, especially with Beast Wars coming out and the backtrack to get already done characters out there with cartoon accurate decos. Who knows what a change of designers could do? They might decided to focus on the Japanese only series like Headmaster's or Masterforce...okay a mp god ginrai would be awesome, even if thy had to sell it as Super Ginrai and God bomber.
ZeroWolf wrote:The other exception was MP-24 Starsaber of course but obviously he won that poll they conducted. I do see what you mean though, and we all knew repaints were coming, and to be fair, I don't mind them, some of them, Cordon for instance. If I had the cash, I would spring for him.
ZeroWolf wrote:Well we still might get the red sunstreaker, still plenty of time. I do wonder when they start the design process, if the amount of other characters they can get out of one mold is ever a consideration.
ZeroWolf wrote:But is that mission statement still valid now? I would say that it's possible it has shifted, especially with Beast Wars coming out and the backtrack to get already done characters out there with cartoon accurate decos. Who knows what a change of designers could do? They might decided to focus on the Japanese only series like Headmaster's or Masterforce...okay a mp god ginrai would be awesome, even if thy had to sell it as Super Ginrai and God bomber.
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