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Star Saber is undersized. His MP is CHUG-scaled. He should have at least been the height of Armada Unicron, if not even taller. His Combiner-sized "Battle Up!" form shouldn't be the same height as Ultra Magnus.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Skyfire is a waste of a slot considering the Siege on exists
It's like saying SS86 Grimlock is a waste because the MP exist.
It's comparing apples to oranges.
Not in Skyfires case. The Siege on is literally MP scale, he is Star Saber sized.
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.'
-Kanrabat- wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Skyfire is a waste of a slot considering the Siege on exists
It's like saying SS86 Grimlock is a waste because the MP exist.
It's comparing apples to oranges.
Not in Skyfires case. The Siege on is literally MP scale, he is Star Saber sized. He's the size of the 3P MP ones too.
this is a case of literal apples to apples.
The only info we gave so far is that MP Skyfire is "United Warrior sized". This mean nothing.
Beside, the MP will not be made out of semi-soft plastics with hollow spaces all over the place.
-Kanrabat- wrote:I transformed MP Inferno this morning. More simple than I thought and he's actually pretty nice to handle.
Also, Ladder Magic!
-Kanrabat- wrote:I transformed MP Inferno this morning. More simple than I thought and he's actually pretty nice to handle.
Also, Ladder Magic!
ZeroWolf wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:I transformed MP Inferno this morning. More simple than I thought and he's actually pretty nice to handle.
Also, Ladder Magic!
Was it the real deal then?
-Kanrabat- wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:I transformed MP Inferno this morning. More simple than I thought and he's actually pretty nice to handle.
Also, Ladder Magic!
Was it the real deal then?
I have absolutely no idea how to tell. Plus the Reprolabels won't help in identifying the thing.
Regardless, after playing with him, he feel damn solid and fun. So that's good I guess.
Note that by "Car Robots" he means the original Diaclone molds that became the 1984-1985 Autobot Cars.Here is a message from Mr Ono, the legendary toy designer who worked on the latest Masterpiece Skids.
The recent Masterpiece figures are difficult to transform, I feel it's much better to focus on a more mechanical transformation…. For Skids, the starting point was to create a Masterpiece figure which took a different direction and this is very different from the current trend of figures. Another aim was to keep the costs down without affecting the quality. After all the "Transformers" started with the Car Robots and they have such a strong presence especially when these vehicles turn into robots. When thinking of characters yet to receive the MP treatment, Skids the Honda City came to mind. It's true he only appeared twice in the cartoon but the overall look of the City is so attractive; and currently the 80’s is enjoying a resurgence. That's why I decided to take the challenge with Skids, not only to bring out more characters from the cartoon but also to add to the appeal of this car. Back in the day, the City was very popular, sporty and cool. It was fascinating. I used to own a red City R so I’m quite attached to it.
Having designed the Car Robots I’d never have expected to be handed this project however I was determined to do something I was unable to do in the past. The development is being handled by Yuya Onishi’s team. Due to the schedule the design has not been outsourced and has been drawn up completely by Onishi.
The colours chosen respect the animation and the weapons have been designed in a similar fashion. Additionally we wanted to follow the original Car Robot play aspect to allow us to seat the small figures, sold previously in the Masterpiece series, in the driver's seat. Unfortunately the Motocompo is not included. When you talk about the City, you can’t not think about the Motocompo but when Skids became a Transformer the Motocompo was omitted. That's the reason I didn’t include it with this version of Skids. I thought about including it when we would release a Diaclone version.
As development progressed there was a feeling in the team that if we wanted to recreate the City it would have to be “red”. This year is the 40th Anniversary of the City so my boss simply said “Don’t you think we should release two colours simultaneously?”. I thought that was a great idea for car fans to pick up two Masterpieces at the same time; Skids the Transformer and a brand new character who transforms from City to robot, Reboost! As Reboost is a brand new character we had to release it with a little extra which is why the Motocompo is included.
Several Masterpieces are currently being developed at the same time, these include the Trainbots and a brand new Skyfire. Raiden will be of a similar size to the Unite Warriors. I know everyone has been anticipating this release so please stay tuned.
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.'
Mr Ono wrote: currently the 80’s is enjoying a resurgence.
Sabrblade wrote:Note that by "Car Robots" he means the original Diaclone molds that became the 1984-1985 Autobot Cars.
It got stuff in its 15th, 17th, and 18th anniversary years in Legends, Unite Warriors, and Encore.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Note that by "Car Robots" he means the original Diaclone molds that became the 1984-1985 Autobot Cars.
Indeed. Although it is still really disappointing. Neither last year for Car Robots or this one for RiD are likely to receive any fanfare for that anniversary at all. It's ok though. They will rush to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a Honda instead....
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.'
"Stay tuned" is corporate talk for "We have nothing to say right now about this future project, so just keep waiting."Ultra Mad wrote:I actually am curious about the last few sentences. When he said people have been looking to the trainbots and to staying tuned. News or reveal soon for Raiden?
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.'
It's just a reminder/reassurance that the project isn't dead/is still happening.Ultra Mad wrote:If "Stay tuned" is their version of "We have nothing", it is really disappointing...
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.'
Sabrblade wrote:It got stuff in its 15th, 17th, and 18th anniversary years in Legends, Unite Warriors, and Encore.
As much as we like it, in all truth to be told, it was just a filler line at the time, on both sides of the Atlantic.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It got stuff in its 15th, 17th, and 18th anniversary years in Legends, Unite Warriors, and Encore.
Be that as it may, a 20th anniversary is a big deal. Yet as far as Hasbro is concerned, not one that matters if it isn't G1.
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.'
Sabrblade wrote:As much as we like it, in all truth to be told, it was just a filler line at the time, on both sides of the Atlantic.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It got stuff in its 15th, 17th, and 18th anniversary years in Legends, Unite Warriors, and Encore.
Be that as it may, a 20th anniversary is a big deal. Yet as far as Hasbro is concerned, not one that matters if it isn't G1.
And lacked the runaway smash hit success of a certain other filler line from a few years later that spawned numerous sequel lines that continue to this day.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:As much as we like it, in all truth to be told, it was just a filler line at the time, on both sides of the Atlantic.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:It got stuff in its 15th, 17th, and 18th anniversary years in Legends, Unite Warriors, and Encore.
Be that as it may, a 20th anniversary is a big deal. Yet as far as Hasbro is concerned, not one that matters if it isn't G1.
And lacked the runaway smash hit success of a certain other filler line from a few years later that spawned numerous sequel lines that continue to this day.
Indeed. In all honesty though, I just want a new version of Gigatron. Literally the best Multiformer they ever made. A one-off MP would be great. To me, he is the only original figure in that line that is worth further recognition.
ZeroWolf wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
What would you like to see in a potential mp gigatron?
-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd see a MP Gigatron as the same size of MP Beast Wars Megatron... and the price to match.
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