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Selling at Y16040 due on May 2015.

Already sold out!

Up on HLJ as well. Was floundering on the BBTS preorder, but if I can get this deco at HLJ pricing, then I'm in.

Dang it

Edit: Link - http://hlj.com/product/tkt39840

I would get this because the inside of the trailer has better details than the Hasbro one.

bvzxa wrote:I would get this because the inside of the trailer has better details than the Hasbro one.

Precisely why I want one. I actually prefer the Hasbro robot quite a bit, but this has the superior trailer.

ScottyP wrote:

bvzxa wrote:I would get this because the inside of the trailer has better details than the Hasbro one.

Precisely why I want one. I actually prefer the Hasbro robot quite a bit, but this has the superior trailer.

On the bot mode, I like that the Hasbro has those painted cab lights and the light blue optics.

already tired of this mold

divineforce wrote:already tired of this mold

You own one? Good!

For those who don't, this is godsend. 2ndary market has him (shipping not included) at $ 430.00

Yeah I was not able to get the TRU release I got the Asian TRU release.

fenrir72 wrote:

divineforce wrote:already tired of this mold

You own one? Good!

For those who don't, this is godsend. 2ndary market has him (shipping not included) at $ 430.00

like me!

im stoked for this reissue. i wasnt previously an MP completist, maybe just a 90%'er. and the MP10 era was odd for me cause i wasnt that heavily back into TF's yet and i kinda shrugged him off because i had MP01. by the time hasbros MP10 came out i was well into the thick of the hobby again, and currently im an MP completist. which means a little backtracking on my part. so im quite relieved i dont have to pay the secondary market asking price that takaras MP10 currently goes for.

shajaki wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

divineforce wrote:already tired of this mold

You own one? Good!

For those who don't, this is godsend. 2ndary market has him (shipping not included) at $ 430.00

like me!

im stoked for this reissue. i wasnt previously an MP completist, maybe just a 90%'er. and the MP10 era was odd for me cause i wasnt that heavily back into TF's yet and i kinda shrugged him off because i had MP01. by the time hasbros MP10 came out i was well into the thick of the hobby again, and currently im an MP completist. which means a little backtracking on my part. so im quite relieved i dont have to pay the secondary market asking price that takaras MP10 currently goes for.

I agree. The only reason I may get MP-10 is because of the trailer. The details on the inner trailer are beautiful as is the Tamara version is so plain.

bvzxa wrote:

shajaki wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

divineforce wrote:already tired of this mold

You own one? Good!

For those who don't, this is godsend. 2ndary market has him (shipping not included) at $ 430.00

like me!

im stoked for this reissue. i wasnt previously an MP completist, maybe just a 90%'er. and the MP10 era was odd for me cause i wasnt that heavily back into TF's yet and i kinda shrugged him off because i had MP01. by the time hasbros MP10 came out i was well into the thick of the hobby again, and currently im an MP completist. which means a little backtracking on my part. so im quite relieved i dont have to pay the secondary market asking price that takaras MP10 currently goes for.

I agree. The only reason I may get MP-10 is because of the trailer. The details on the inner trailer are beautiful as is the Tamara version is so plain.

bvzxa

Need clarification, MP-10 is the Takara version. Were there differences with the trailer between the Hasbro and Tomy version?

fenrir72 wrote:bvzxa

Need clarification, MP-10 is the Takara version. Were there differences with the trailer between the Hasbro and Tomy version?

The Takara version has silver paint on the trailer's interior walls. (pic)

I wonder if the reissue will have painted eyes.

Cyberpath wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:bvzxa

Need clarification, MP-10 is the Takara version. Were there differences with the trailer between the Hasbro and Tomy version?

The Takara version has silver paint on the trailer's interior walls. (pic)

I wonder if the reissue will have painted eyes.

I own a 1st release MP-10, didn't realise that the Hasbro version was unpainted. Thanks for the info Cyberpath.

That would be the pitch hitter if Tomy adds the painted optics.

i really wish takaras MP10 had yellow optics... one can dream eh?

shajaki wrote:i really wish takaras MP10 had yellow optics... one can dream eh?

Why not jsut switch the heads once you get the new takara one. (i haven't tried it.. it can't be that hard right?)

shajaki wrote:i really wish takaras MP10 had yellow optics... one can dream eh?

MP-10 is kind of a mish mash awesome yet weird.

The color is the G1 toy and the optics from the anime only dark. The Hasbro, more on the anime with the light color but Roller's color is for the subsequent HasTak G1 releases blue/violet.

Who knows, maybe Tomy will milk the mold again with a more accurate than accurate version infinity?

shajaki wrote:i really wish takaras MP10 had yellow optics... one can dream eh?

There's a tutorial on how to paint the eyes:
http://www.shewsbury.com/2013/03/painti ... mp-10.html

And this guy sells replacment eyes in different colours including yellow:
http://www.nonnef.com/collections/87341 ... rmers-part
Currently listed as Sold Out, but you could ask if there's a another batch coming.

He also made translucent replacement parts for the back of the head, for proper light piping. I don't like that on MPs, but it's pretty cool otherwise.

cool! thanks cyb, ima look into that

After some speculation, also in the Energon Pub here on Seibertron.com, we have full confirmation from the Transformers Asia Facebook page that the Takara Tomy MP-12 Lambor figure will indeed be reissued,with collector coin, for the Asian market (Japan excluded). Check out the mirrored image below, and refresh your memory of the first car Masterpiece with our gallery here!

While it's nice and all... is this needed? You can find this figure rather easily on eBay,for a low amount of money, in both official and KO flavors. Heck, I saw someone selling a G2 version for $10 earlier today! If they re-issue it, it needs to be different in "some" way to make it worth while...

Black Bumblebee wrote:While it's nice and all... is this needed? You can find this figure rather easily on eBay,for a low amount of money, in both official and KO flavors. Heck, I saw someone selling a G2 version for $10 earlier today! If they re-issue it, it needs to be different in "some" way to make it worth while...

Well, since the original had that stupid "evil-squint" face, if this one comes with the "correct" (IMHO) face that Tigertrack used, that would be the definition of a worthwhile improvement.

I say "if" because I can't enlarge the pic enough to see his face...oh wait, this is just the promo pics from the original, isn't it?

That's precisely why I bought the KO a year and a half ago: correct face, and there was no guarantee of any Takara or Hasbro reissue at the time. I'll gladly buy the real deal to downgrade him to evil-clone-from-Deadly-Paradise-status, but I honestly thought we'd have a Hasbro version by now...or is this a good sign that Hasbro MP Sideswipe is being produced for this summer? IRC his name showing up in computers before Bluestreak, but we still haven't gotten any confirmation right? Just the assumption that Hasbro'd do him and Red Alert while they still had the license from clearing Lockdown's vehicle mode. Well, here's hopin'!

Awesome man I have a way to get a mp 12 without worrying its a knock-off

Starsaber468 wrote:Awesome man I have a way to get a mp 12 without worrying its a knock-off

There was another way. Oddly enough, Taara made an exclusive version which came without the tampograph on the hood, meaning that if you spotted that one online it was actually the real thing and not a knock off.

Does anyone know if that exclusive one had the corrected face? I ask because it is technically the last time that mold was used before this new announcement.

I agree that something needs to be different.

Ideally, his eyes will be baby blue instead of metallic (I don't mind the base face) to match more current releases, and if we're super lucky, the hands will be retooled so he can hold his gun snugly without issue. If this reissue does either, I'll buy it.

How convenient: I was just thinking about how lovely it would be to have Masterpiece Sideswipe.

Whelp, better add that to the "Expensive Figures I Really Want To Go Ahead And Preorder But Can't Right Away Like I Wish I Could Do" list.