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Burn wrote:

1984forever wrote:Why no size comparison to classics BB?

This post?

You mean G1 bee?
Who is by all means a "classic".

Tag Hobby has posted scans of the transformers related pages of the December 2014 issue of Dengeki Hobby magazine.

The magazine features 2 pages showcasing the upcoming Masterpiece Bumblebee figure and Spike in exosuit. We are given a good look at the faceplate option as well as new shots of Spike and his transforming exosuit. The magazine also provides images for the upcoming Takara Transformers Legends Wave 2, featuring Tankor Whirl and Roadbuster. Finally, there are also pictures Takara's Legends Arcee, Chromia and Windblade.

AHHH HAAAA!
So that explains the weird shape of BB's face. AWESOME!

Hey, would any of you users who speak/read Japanese mind translating the text that is talking about his face? Or just paraphrase. I wonder, does it flip, or do they snap in and out?

enough pics. he just needs to released upon the world.

It's nice to have the option of the spare tire on his back.
Too bad the Autobot symbol on his chest/roof has such a big square gap around it.
It's a nice touch, to be able to hide it in vehicle mode, but clearly it's not appealing of how it looks. They should have made it more invisible.

But don't worry Takara, my money will be heading your way as soon as he is being released.

i think rather than having an authentic looking VW Bug to try to pull off a cartoon accurate robot
it would be better to have the more deformed vehicle mode and have both modes be more cartoon accurate
don't get me wrong this is a very nice bumble bee but it could be better and think how hard would a cliffjumper be with this masterpiece mold? just saying

Hopefully for CJ, no drama and all that jazz about being a war toy etc. I can't wait for CJ in 2016 (my wish that is )

The chest symbol swap bugs me. I think if reprolabels makes a sticker for the roof of the bug with the same yellow as the paint, you could just slap it over it and put your own Autobot symbol. I don't think the flipping is required for transformation.

budmaloney wrote:The chest symbol swap bugs me. I think if reprolabels makes a sticker for the roof of the bug with the same yellow as the paint, you could just slap it over it and put your own Autobot symbol. I don't think the flipping is required for transformation.

If the chest swap boundary was made too tight, people will complain. If it was made permanent(the symbol), people will complain............there just ain't no pleasing people this days

fenrir72 wrote:

budmaloney wrote:The chest symbol swap bugs me. I think if reprolabels makes a sticker for the roof of the bug with the same yellow as the paint, you could just slap it over it and put your own Autobot symbol. I don't think the flipping is required for transformation.

If the chest swap boundary was made too tight, people will complain. If it was made permanent(the symbol), people will complain............there just ain't no pleasing people this days

This is what will happen.
Hem haw. Hem haw...
Then, everybody gets their Bug in hand and...
THIS GUY IS SO AWESOME! I CANT STOP HOLDING HIM IN ONE HAND AND MY NUTS AND BOLTS IN THE OTHER WHILE I JUMP AROUND IN A PUDDLE OF MY OWN PEE GIGGLING!
HE RULES, WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!






Ok, well, at least thats what I'm gonna do.

@ Cobotron

Correct! 100%!

Sure, anyone is entitled to their opinions but does anyone ever consider the design applications first?

MP BB is kind of small to put it lightly. If narrowed, the swing door would put to much "force" on the frame when you try pushing it. Unlike in SOC (another company) Dangard A, it also had a hard to adjust part (compensated by adding a wee tool to push it). If Tomy had added that part and increased the cost, then all hell would get loose.

The price already and the size has a lot whining already (not considering the engineering effort and licensing and not to mention the "scaling" issues some around here will apply to this release).

It's okay like, we rant against Rodimus Convoy's exploding shoulders or maybe flipped feet of MP-10 QC but really, if I was the designer and listen to all this, the project will never be completed.

Btw, MP WJ is, from what I hear highly acclaimed home run hit. Sometimes too awesome that some of our compatriots are ODied with MP awesomeness that it no longer surprises them anymore.

Cobotron wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

budmaloney wrote:The chest symbol swap bugs me. I think if reprolabels makes a sticker for the roof of the bug with the same yellow as the paint, you could just slap it over it and put your own Autobot symbol. I don't think the flipping is required for transformation.

If the chest swap boundary was made too tight, people will complain. If it was made permanent(the symbol), people will complain............there just ain't no pleasing people this days

This is what will happen.
Hem haw. Hem haw...
Then, everybody gets their Bug in hand and...
THIS GUY IS SO AWESOME! I CANT STOP HOLDING HIM IN ONE HAND AND MY NUTS AND BOLTS IN THE OTHER WHILE I JUMP AROUND IN A PUDDLE OF MY OWN PEE GIGGLING!
HE RULES, WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!






Ok, well, at least thats what I'm gonna do.

Hey, you! I'm gonna like you. Stick around for a while.

fenrir72 wrote:@ Cobotron
Sure, anyone is entitled to their opinions but does anyone ever consider the design applications first?

Nope, everything is possible in toy engineering. So there's absolutely no reason for Takara or Hasbro not to give us mass shifting in actual transformers toys.

ps. does Takara Windblade have a remolded face? Or just a different paint job?

noctorro wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:@ Cobotron
Sure, anyone is entitled to their opinions but does anyone ever consider the design applications first?

Nope, everything is possible in toy engineering. So there's absolutely no reason for Takara or Hasbro not to give us mass shifting in actual transformers toys.

ps. does Takara Windblade have a remolded face? Or just a different paint job?

Just a straight up repaint.

noctorro wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:@ Cobotron
Sure, anyone is entitled to their opinions but does anyone ever consider the design applications first?

Nope, everything is possible in toy engineering. So there's absolutely no reason for Takara or Hasbro not to give us mass shifting in actual transformers toys.

ps. does Takara Windblade have a remolded face? Or just a different paint job?

That's bothering me too. Windblade's face. It seems like the paint placement of her optics are different, maybe painted below the place Hasbro's version was. Unless we get a high res pic, my statement is just speculation.

william-james88 wrote:Tag Hobby has posted scans of the transformers related pages of the December 2014 issue of Dengeki Hobby magazine.

The magazine features 2 pages showcasing the upcoming Masterpiece Bumblebee figure and Spike in exosuit. We are given a good look at the faceplate option as well as new shots of Spike and his transforming exosuit. The magazine also provides images for the upcoming Takara Transformers Legends Wave 2, featuring Tankor Whirl and Roadbuster. Finally, there are also pictures Takara's Legends Arcee, Chromia and Windblade.

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I like everything about this figure except for the two n ok n masked faces. With that said I am still going to purchase it.

I thought about swapping the Classics G1 original cast line for the Masterpiece line but decided not to. But damn, HasTak is making it very difficult. If only the Seekers were more solid as action figures. If they make a good new Megatron then I'll go for the Masterpieces. Which will get me bankrupt. Still classics Jazz is so perfect, as well as Hound.

Sabrblade wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:and think how hard would a cliffjumper be with this masterpiece mold? just saying

Why would they use this mold to make a Cliffjumper when they could just make a new mold?

After all, G1 Cliffjumper was a different mold from G1 Bumblebee. They just shared similar transformation engineering.

different skin sure, same everything else, i wouldn't call it a completely different mold

Uranus shot some comparsion photos of MP-21 Bumblebee next to 3rd Party Toyworld's BII:











BII looks like a cool toy, but clearly MP-21 is the real deal.

That Toy World one has an ugly alt mode. The deformed look doesn't seem to fit in with any other TFs, and the blue windows look awful. It reminds me of the Disney Donald Duck transformer.

If they were going to go with a deformed 'toon look, they should have carried that through to the bot mode as well. It's a weird combination of deformed cartoon alt mode and "classic"-looking bot mode.

The similarities in transformation are crazy.

those blue windows and yellow plastic on TW bii look really cheap in comparison.