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OptimalOptimus2 wrote:I would love to get this from TRU, but their taxes are so high!

Taxes? Try prices...

megatronus wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:I would love to get this from TRU, but their taxes are so high!

Taxes? Try prices...

Exactly. The tax will always be the same but, at least in the U.S. anyways, they are $2.00 more at each size point (compared to Target and Wal-Mart) through the first 4 size classes, then $3.00 more on the next couple of levels and then it just gets obscene from there and exclusives they go nuts with as well. I've got a rewards card for TRU so it helps me a little on occasion but not nearly enough.

YES! I AM SO EXCITED! even though I have mp-11, I will look forward to this, starscream is my favorite decepticon!

I hope this release has the toy accurate shade of blue.

megatronus wrote:(1) It's definitely going to be the MP11 mold - how can it not be the MP11 mold??

(2) Whether or not the deco is different, they're definitely not including the coronation gear.

I'll still buy it though.

I wouldn't be to sure on saying they won't include the coronation gear, in the transformers aoe special feature "a spark of design" there's a shot of acid storm wearing the coronation crown.

I can understand why they didn't include the coronation gear for Acid and Sun, cause you know, they didn't wear it. However, I think that they might for Starscream since that's arguably iconic for him. Why they wouldn't just wait till next year and make all the masterpieces "The Movie 30th Anniversary" themed and release Starscream, Rodimus, and Magnus is beyond me.

I was really hoping this figure would be released sooner than later. All I need now is the coin which can be found pretty much everywhere.

I'd buy that for a dollar.

Sorry, I'm marathoning Robocop on Netflix. Probably a bunch of dollars.

I overpaid for the Takara one and feel that 200$ shipped is way overpriced for him.

Will Hasbro's chest finally lock properly in place? Will it be 90$? Will it have the coronation kit? Will TrU bother to put some French pn the fawking box and release him in Quebec?

If yes for all of the above, I may buy him again to keep him sealed. But ONLY if I come accross him in store, live, and ONLY if I have the spare cash.

I'm more interested in a Leader Jetfire retool in SS colors anyway.

I have MP-11, so I'll pass on a TRU masterpiece. If it's just a leader class repaint, however, I might pick it up. Unless I've broken down and bought Jetfire by then.

megatronus wrote:(1) It's definitely going to be the MP11 mold - how can it not be the MP11 mold??

(2) Whether or not the deco is different, they're definitely not including the coronation gear.

I'll still buy it though.

Unless you're a suit at Hasbro and you have the inside information, saying they won't include the coronation gear is not only a bold statement, but rather stupid. I didn't think they would include Grimlock's crown when I first heard about the latest release, but they did. Unlike Star Wars, the Hasbro Transformers team actually DOES listen to us from time to time.

shajaki wrote:

Dagon wrote:A new story on TFW is saying that someone in Australia found a bio for a new Generations Starscream that came with place holder images of the Leader class Megatron, and now they're speculating that this is actually going to be a Leader class Starscream from the Thundercracker remold of Jetfire.

i think theyre unrelated. the TRu computer listing says MSTRPC, not anything combiner war or leader related. leader class figures and TRU MP seekers arent the same price. and a part of the bio says:

Get ready for a whole new generation of Transformers mayhem with this incredible Starscream figure!

those words say new figure, new line (ie:CW). not definitive i know. what WOULD be definitive is if his bio said anything specifically related to CW. but what helps my argument is that neither does the recent leader thundercracker. in fact, read the end of TC's bio:

Get ready for a whole new generation of Transformers mayhem with this incredible Thundercracker figure!

Ok, you lost me. So, it supports your idea that this is an MP figure because the last line of bios for both Starscream and the confirmed Thundercracker say the same thing, but don't mention Combiner Wars or the MP line, and so this is somehow more indicative of this being an MP repaint? I don't see how that makes any sense at all. Wouldn't the same end line of a bio with the only differences being the character name make it lean towards them both being from the same line, and since TC is confirmed as being a Generations or whatever, that the Starscream would be the same? The TRU MPs don't even come with bios, do they?

I guess it's possible that since both the MP and a Leader figure would both be repaints at this point, we could be getting one of each.

I sold off my first Toys R Us Starscream and needed another one, this up-dated one. I didn't want to pay $200. for the Takara Starscream with the dumb crown and cape like Batman.
I hope Hasbro puts this out without that crap and he should be around $80.00 like Sunstorm was....

Win Win here, I need this Please !

Now if we can get one without TFSource or BBTS buying up all stock to re-sale on there site like MP Prime.

This is indeed fantastic news if true! I've had my eye on MP-11 Starscream for quite some time now, but $200 seemed to steep a price to really bite. I hope the deco isn't too far off from Takara's offering. The recent Grimlock reissue and Prowl are good indicators of Hasbro bucking the "gotta be different" trend, but figures like Sunstorm make the situation a little murkier. Speaking of MP's, did we see any at Toy Fair? I'd have thought we'd have seen at least MP Bluestreak on display. He was spotted at the Nuremburg show last month, right?

Dagon wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Dagon wrote:A new story on TFW is saying that someone in Australia found a bio for a new Generations Starscream that came with place holder images of the Leader class Megatron, and now they're speculating that this is actually going to be a Leader class Starscream from the Thundercracker remold of Jetfire.

i think theyre unrelated. the TRu computer listing says MSTRPC, not anything combiner war or leader related. leader class figures and TRU MP seekers arent the same price. and a part of the bio says:

Get ready for a whole new generation of Transformers mayhem with this incredible Starscream figure!

those words say new figure, new line (ie:CW). not definitive i know. what WOULD be definitive is if his bio said anything specifically related to CW. but what helps my argument is that neither does the recent leader thundercracker. in fact, read the end of TC's bio:

Get ready for a whole new generation of Transformers mayhem with this incredible Thundercracker figure!

Ok, you lost me. So, it supports your idea that this is an MP figure because the last line of bios for both Starscream and the confirmed Thundercracker say the same thing, but don't mention Combiner Wars or the MP line, and so this is somehow more indicative of this being an MP repaint? I don't see how that makes any sense at all. Wouldn't the same end line of a bio with the only differences being the character name make it lean towards them both being from the same line, and since TC is confirmed as being a Generations or whatever, that the Starscream would be the same? The TRU MPs don't even come with bios, do they?

I guess it's possible that since both the MP and a Leader figure would both be repaints at this point, we could be getting one of each.

maybe my thoughts were jumbled, but now youve lost me.

im saying we're getting two starscreams, and one has not been confused with another.
-evidence for MP SS is the product code
-evidence for leader SS is the IDW cover solicits, similar bio of leader TC, and the bio was found under CW leader headline of TRU website

I don't see why they'd leave out the cape and crown, it's not like the domestic release MPs have been cheap, they just chose some variations. Sure, not including Rodimus Prime's trailer was kind of a dick move, but his targetmaster was a nice touch. I didn't really need Grimlock's apron and bow tie, and I understand it's exclusion for the crown. The cape and crown are iconic to Starscream, and I'd really be surprised if they're left out, because I can't think of what they'd be replaced with- energy absorbers for the combaticons or a 3.75" Dr. Arkeville? I don't see it.

shajaki wrote:

Dagon wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Dagon wrote:A new story on TFW is saying that someone in Australia found a bio for a new Generations Starscream that came with place holder images of the Leader class Megatron, and now they're speculating that this is actually going to be a Leader class Starscream from the Thundercracker remold of Jetfire.

i think theyre unrelated. the TRu computer listing says MSTRPC, not anything combiner war or leader related. leader class figures and TRU MP seekers arent the same price. and a part of the bio says:

Get ready for a whole new generation of Transformers mayhem with this incredible Starscream figure!

those words say new figure, new line (ie:CW). not definitive i know. what WOULD be definitive is if his bio said anything specifically related to CW. but what helps my argument is that neither does the recent leader thundercracker. in fact, read the end of TC's bio:

Get ready for a whole new generation of Transformers mayhem with this incredible Thundercracker figure!

Ok, you lost me. So, it supports your idea that this is an MP figure because the last line of bios for both Starscream and the confirmed Thundercracker say the same thing, but don't mention Combiner Wars or the MP line, and so this is somehow more indicative of this being an MP repaint? I don't see how that makes any sense at all. Wouldn't the same end line of a bio with the only differences being the character name make it lean towards them both being from the same line, and since TC is confirmed as being a Generations or whatever, that the Starscream would be the same? The TRU MPs don't even come with bios, do they?

I guess it's possible that since both the MP and a Leader figure would both be repaints at this point, we could be getting one of each.

maybe my thoughts were jumbled, but now youve lost me.

im saying we're getting two starscreams, and one has not been confused with another.
-evidence for MP SS is the product code
-evidence for leader SS is the IDW cover solicits, similar bio of leader TC, and the bio was found under CW leader headline of TRU website

Nevermind, I guess, because now we're saying the same things.

I'd be excited if it weren't for the fact that it's nearly impossible (for me, at any rate) to find any of the popular MP characters at TRU.... *sigh*

I would really like to get him, though.

Dagon wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Dagon wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Dagon wrote:A new story on TFW is saying that someone in Australia found a bio for a new Generations Starscream that came with place holder images of the Leader class Megatron, and now they're speculating that this is actually going to be a Leader class Starscream from the Thundercracker remold of Jetfire.

i think theyre unrelated. the TRu computer listing says MSTRPC, not anything combiner war or leader related. leader class figures and TRU MP seekers arent the same price. and a part of the bio says:

Get ready for a whole new generation of Transformers mayhem with this incredible Starscream figure!

those words say new figure, new line (ie:CW). not definitive i know. what WOULD be definitive is if his bio said anything specifically related to CW. but what helps my argument is that neither does the recent leader thundercracker. in fact, read the end of TC's bio:

Get ready for a whole new generation of Transformers mayhem with this incredible Thundercracker figure!

Ok, you lost me. So, it supports your idea that this is an MP figure because the last line of bios for both Starscream and the confirmed Thundercracker say the same thing, but don't mention Combiner Wars or the MP line, and so this is somehow more indicative of this being an MP repaint? I don't see how that makes any sense at all. Wouldn't the same end line of a bio with the only differences being the character name make it lean towards them both being from the same line, and since TC is confirmed as being a Generations or whatever, that the Starscream would be the same? The TRU MPs don't even come with bios, do they?

I guess it's possible that since both the MP and a Leader figure would both be repaints at this point, we could be getting one of each.

maybe my thoughts were jumbled, but now youve lost me.

im saying we're getting two starscreams, and one has not been confused with another.
-evidence for MP SS is the product code
-evidence for leader SS is the IDW cover solicits, similar bio of leader TC, and the bio was found under CW leader headline of TRU website

Nevermind, I guess, because now we're saying the same things.

It's like that twilighty thing from that zone.

I will be more interested in generations jetfire mold of the rest 2 seekers. I already have 5 MP03/MP11 mold seekers.

Last year I really wanted to pull the trigger on a Starscream MP-11, but the 200 bucks really presented an obstacle. Because we now have Skywarp and he's 200 bucks, I decided I would pinch pennies and get both of them, but just be irritated that I'm overpaying for two highly-valued characters for my collection.

Now, I don't have to do that. I can overpay for JUST Skywarp, and get the US release of Starscream which I personally thought was overdue. I'm definitely not going to bother getting my hopes up on a US release of Skywarp. 80-90 bucks is about the right value for that mold.

I was wondering if Acid Storm and Sunstorm were filler, perhaps for whatever agreement Takara had to market overseas and that is over now, maybe?)

If it's the MP-11 mold, has a proper G1 deco, and includes the coronation gear, I'm in. If not or it's the Leader Thundercracker mold, easy pass.

Hold up... Shajaki posted this?

Shajaki's a news staff now??

megatronus wrote:Hold up... Shajaki posted this?

Shajaki's a news staff now??

In training.

As an update to the previous rumour post regarding a possible Toys'R'Us exclusive Transformers Masterpiece Starscream - also fanned by the IDW comics solicitations for May, showing a new body change for the cunning Decepticon - we have more fuel to add to the fire: the Australian TRU website shows a bio for Starscream, copied below, rather than Leader class Generations Combiner Wars Armada Megatron! Read on, and keep the speculations in the Energon Pub: what do you think, Leader class or Masterpiece?

Starscream commands one of the most fearsome military units from Cybertron: the Seekers. The squadron has brought him great power and glory, but that means nothing as long as Megatron is the one who rules the Decepticons. Until Starscream can claim that throne, he will have to be content to be king of the Seekers.
The war between Autobot and Decepticon rages on, and with Starscream in the fight, the action gets more intense all the time! This awesome Starscream figure is a massive force for evil in robot mode with a blaster on each arm and an appetite for destruction. But when it’s time for a screaming air assault, he converts to jet mode! Get ready for a whole new generation of Transformers mayhem with this incredible Starscream figure!