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MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:30 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I haven't actually seen MP-1 in person but, I would have been interested to see the line developed to that standard. I'm told that he is the most accurate Prime to use, should you choose to recreate that scene from The Agenda part 2.
Size-wise, yes.

Size-wise, no, unless you have that mini Transmetal Primal in the picture. It's like a 4" figure that can transform from bot to beast with a little parts forming. I got one off BBTS probably around 2001 for cheap.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Star Saber sold so poorly that Victory Leo was never made?

It was never planned to be made in the first place. At the time Star Saber was a one off that Takara Tomy didn't intend to make in the first place. It only got made because it won that MP Autobot leader poll. I don't think it sold poorly, it was actually pretty good deal for the size, but I think TT over produced it based on the poll and stores overstocked it for the same reason leading to over saturation of a character that was really only well known in Japan. If they had done a world wide poll the results would have been entirely different. I imagine we'd have Armada Optimus or Powermaster Optimus instead.

1. Star Saber - 31,2% votes
2. Micron Densetsu Convoy - 24.3% votes
3. Super Ginrai - 18.6% votes
4. Dai Atlas - 8 % votes
5. Super Fire Convoy - 4.9% votes
6. Beast Wars Primal - 4.6% votes
7. Galaxy Convoy - 2.5% votes
8. Big Convoy - 2.1% votes
9. Lio Convoy - 2.0% votes
10. Grand Convoy - 1.5% votes
11. Fortress Maximus - 0.3% votes

Star Saber doesn't have any easy ways to attach Victory Leo built into it. Not sure how "Simba" does it can't be that sturdy.

Emerje

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:37 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Star Saber sold so poorly that Victory Leo was never made?

Sad but true. Though suprised that the 3p never stepped up to the plate in that case.

That's very surprising to hear since the week it was released it was like the 3rd best selling figure in Japan work some stores selling out.

Is there anywhere online that keeps track of things like that?I would make a lot easier to say what is popular.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Do you count the days that you're offline in your tally?

Yes,I may not post on here everyday.but still waiting for the HasTak reveal.

Day 119 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:37 pm

Quite funny looking at that poll and seeing that two of the three beast wars convoys getting Masterpiece figures.
Though there would have been no scale for Fortress to have fit in :lol:

I unless it was just the Fortress component :-?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:42 pm

I'm actually pleased Big Convoy beat Lio Convoy

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:44 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm actually pleased Big Convoy beat Lio Convoy

He is the more interesting of the two. At least, in theory.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:30 pm

HASLAB Unicron would be put to shame if they'd ever do a MP Fortmax.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:41 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:HASLAB Unicron would be put to shame if they'd ever do a MP Fortmax.

MP citybots would have to be their own scale, I think, with tiny versions of the figures to interact with them.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:10 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:HASLAB Unicron would be put to shame if they'd ever do a MP Fortmax.
MP citybots would have to be their own scale, I think, with tiny versions of the figures to interact with them.

I would welcome the compromise of scaled-down MP citybots, as well as Omega Supreme, perhaps a head or 2 taller than MP-01, and I could consider them to be their comic versions. Well, Scorpy and Max anyway. Metroplex never made it to the comics, and the 1 issue Trypticon was in he was almost the size of the Ark, even if he wasn't city-sized.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:16 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:Metroplex never made it to the comics,

In the UK, he did, in which he was city-sized (the only one of the four to be that big in the comics).

The UK comics also brought Trypticon back for a second outing, but kept his large-but-not-enormous size from his U.S. comic appearance.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:13 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Metroplex never made it to the comics,
In the UK, he did, in which he was city-sized (the only one of the four to be that big in the comics).

The UK comics also brought Trypticon back for a second outing, but kept his large-but-not-enormous size from his U.S. comic appearance.

Thank you. I have never read the UK comics (can't stand Geoff Senior's style), but it is on my to-do list.

What do you guys think the chances are of MP Micromasters?

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:13 am

MP Targetmasters and Cassettes exist, so Micromasters aren’t too far fetched.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:17 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:MP Targetmasters and Cassettes exist, so Micromasters aren’t too far fetched.

Hopefully not. But Cassettes and Targetmasters were in the original cartoon (I'm not sure when Micromasters appeared in a series on TV) as well as being associated with larger and more prominent characters, whereas Micromasters were just on their own as far as I know. Maybe they could be sold as a set, like the cassettes were?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:34 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:MP Targetmasters and Cassettes exist, so Micromasters aren’t too far fetched.
Hopefully not. But Cassettes and Targetmasters were in the original cartoon (I'm not sure when Micromasters appeared in a series on TV) as well as being associated with larger and more prominent characters, whereas Micromasters were just on their own as far as I know. Maybe they could be sold as a set, like the cassettes were?

If anything, only the Rescue Patrol with Holi (Stakeout in white), Fire (Red Hot), Pipo (Fixit) and Boater (Seawatch) as featured in the Victory anime. Maybe Holi's "girlfriend" Clipper too.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:58 am

I would like to see the Race Car Patrol (or at least Roadhandler, he was the most prominent) and the Sports Car Patrol (or at least Blackjack or Hyperdrive) and the Air Strike Patrol, they were cool.

Also, I know MP-44 just came out, so it'll be a few years before we get another Prime, but I hope the next one will be a shot at Super Ginrai (with or without Godbomber).

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:08 am

It could happen. I know for a fact that Hisashi Yuki is champing at the bit to do MP Ginrai, so..

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 4:33 am

HOT NEWS! LATEST PICTURE OF MP ARCEE REVEALED!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:19 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:HOT NEWS! LATEST PICTURE OF MP ARCEE REVEALED!

Very apt

On a side note, I love that movie.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:20 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:HOT NEWS! LATEST PICTURE OF MP ARCEE REVEALED!

Didn't realize how much Arcee looks like Daytrader until now.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Also, I know MP-44 just came out, so it'll be a few years before we get another Prime, but I hope the next one will be a shot at Super Ginrai (with or without Godbomber).

Unlike Optimus Prime, Ginrai basically looks and transformers exactly like his figure so there wouldn't be any need for a ridiculously complex transformation like MP-44 (though they'd probably still try). Super Ginrai on the other hand...

Emerje

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:56 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Metroplex never made it to the comics,
In the UK, he did, in which he was city-sized (the only one of the four to be that big in the comics).

The UK comics also brought Trypticon back for a second outing, but kept his large-but-not-enormous size from his U.S. comic appearance.
Thank you. I have never read the UK comics (can't stand Geoff Senior's style), but it is on my to-do list.

Fortunately for you, Metroplex's only Marvel appearance was in a story drawn not by Senior but by Lee Sullivan.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:08 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If anything, only the Rescue Patrol with Holi (Stakeout in white), Fire (Red Hot), Pipo (Fixit) and Boater (Seawatch) as featured in the Victory anime. Maybe Holi's "girlfriend" Clipper too.

I would actually be interested if they did a Micromaster MP set like this, because it would be a cool, unique, almost 1-off thing

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:23 pm

Zone also heavily featured Micromasters despite being a one and done OVA. Unless they feature as a accessory to MP Dai Atlas

News Credits: 86 · by **Powered Convoy** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:14 pm

MP-39+ Spinout - I was hoping they would do him. Being the first car to robot action figure. Nice he uses Sideswipe's preliminary name.
https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g49048 ... mm200430tf

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:16 pm

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!

He uses the name SPINOUT!!!!!

WOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!

News Credits: 86 · by **Powered Convoy** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 10:54 pm

Few more pics. https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/988905/

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:08 pm

A few things to note:

- He uses the toy-accurate head, previously seen on Cordon
- He also uses Cordon's detailed shins instead of Sunstreaker's smooth ones.
- Finally, he has Cordon's chrome missile
- His license plate reads "CR-01", referencing his Diaclone Car Robot pedigree. Cordon's read "CR-03"

... So why isn't he MP-42+? :lol: