Both the faces and the mask are from G1, silly.VioMeTriX wrote:I am a G1 purist, so I will not be changing the face.
Both the faces and the mask are from G1, silly.VioMeTriX wrote:I am a G1 purist, so I will not be changing the face.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
Sabrblade wrote:Both the faces and the mask are from G1, silly.VioMeTriX wrote:I am a G1 purist, so I will not be changing the face.
Stormrider wrote:Seibertron wrote:Stormrider wrote:El Duque wrote:Here's a second Takara Tomy Transformers MP-21 Bumblebee for your Monday morning! Weibo user 北马伊斯力 has shared a magazine scan that gives us our first clear look at the figure from behind. Image mirrored below:
The backpack may not look so bad once it is all yellow. Looks like there is another page in the picture, but cut off. Has that page been posted already?
I wonder if the back pack can spin around to recreate the hooded back pack look on Goldbug. If this was designed with that in mind, I'm OK with this back pack.
So is the wheel on his back one of the rear wheels, or is it a spare tire? If it's a spare tire, then I wish they didn't add it.
GuyIncognito wrote:Thank God they keep releasing details, so we can keep finding things to complain about.
hinomars19 wrote:Stormrider wrote:Seibertron wrote:Stormrider wrote:El Duque wrote:Here's a second Takara Tomy Transformers MP-21 Bumblebee for your Monday morning! Weibo user 北马伊斯力 has shared a magazine scan that gives us our first clear look at the figure from behind. Image mirrored below:
The backpack may not look so bad once it is all yellow. Looks like there is another page in the picture, but cut off. Has that page been posted already?
I wonder if the back pack can spin around to recreate the hooded back pack look on Goldbug. If this was designed with that in mind, I'm OK with this back pack.
So is the wheel on his back one of the rear wheels, or is it a spare tire? If it's a spare tire, then I wish they didn't add it.
It's the spare. It can be seen clearly on the alt mode pics that were released last time. Sadly this is the first real time an MP acting like a Binaltech or Alternity has really harmed the idea of being cartoon accurate. It's the same issue with MP Megatron, %100 alt mode accuracy is harming the robot mode. It's probably to keep the sponsors happy, no doubt a condition under them giving TT the licence. I was never fussed about Masterpieces lavishly re-creating the real world car down to the last detail, -though it has worked so far- but it probably can't be helped. I've no idea if this was one of the goals of Hasui himself, but the car companies would demand it regardless
Bumblebee (as with megatron, who wasn't really a walther in the toon, just a giant gun...) really needs some flexibility...stick only with what's needed to make him Bumblebee. Alas.
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
As far as I can tell from the prototype photos there's no spare wheel on the VW Beetle mode. I think it's just a cool nod to this:Stormrider wrote:The backpack doesn't look that bad in my opinion. We have definitely seen worse, but I do understand what you mean. Were spare tires ever put on the rear of real Super Beetles? I thought they went in the front trunk?
Cyberpath wrote:As far as I can tell from the prototype photos there's no spare wheel on the VW Beetle mode. I think it's just a cool nod to this:Stormrider wrote:The backpack doesn't look that bad in my opinion. We have definitely seen worse, but I do understand what you mean. Were spare tires ever put on the rear of real Super Beetles? I thought they went in the front trunk?
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
craggy wrote:I've seen Beetles with spares on the back. Not sure on the exact models though.
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
Amelie wrote:Its been a while since a Masterpiece toy has proven so divisive.
Amelie wrote:Cyberpath wrote:As far as I can tell from the prototype photos there's no spare wheel on the VW Beetle mode. I think it's just a cool nod to this:Stormrider wrote:The backpack doesn't look that bad in my opinion. We have definitely seen worse, but I do understand what you mean. Were spare tires ever put on the rear of real Super Beetles? I thought they went in the front trunk?
Which is bonkers because that black ring detail is actually present on the original G1 toy. Its not a spare wheel, its what it appears to be - a ring detail.
There was some kinda wheel-like sticker on the back of the car where his head is, though.
shajaki wrote:the back kibble doesnt look much different from the other current MP's.
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Case in point:
Sabrblade wrote:At this rate, I'm wondering if folks would have just been fine with the whole piece coming off to be shield instead.
hinomars19 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:At this rate, I'm wondering if folks would have just been fine with the whole piece coming off to be shield instead.
Only speaking for myself, no, I'm happy they didn't use that method. Partsformers bother me greatly. Bumblebee was always going to be a tricky one, what with the original toy being deformed (meaning no straight update of the original transformation could work) and of course his iconic height and proportions in the cartoon mean they had a lot of car mass to turn into a small robot. Concessions would have to be made and I think they made a wise choice. The almost needless existence of that rather large 'wheel' aside
Sabrblade wrote:At this rate, I'm wondering if folks would have just been fine with the whole piece coming off to be shield instead.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Case in point:
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