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Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:05 pm

I started a petition on thepetitionsite.com. It's for getting Hasbro to make more Transformers Masterpiece figures of other Generation 1 characters. The title of my petition is More Transformers Masterpiece figures of other G1 characters. When you sign it leave a comment about which G1 character you want to become a Transformers Masterpiece figure.[facebook][youtube][/youtube][/facebook]

News Credits: 217 · Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:08 pm

botdude93 wrote:I started a petition on thepetitionsite.com. It's for getting Hasbro to make more Transformers Masterpiece figures of other Generation 1 characters. The title of my petition is More Transformers Masterpiece figures of other G1 characters. When you sign it leave a comment about which G1 character you want to become a Transformers Masterpiece figure.[facebook][youtube][/youtube][/facebook]

Unfortunately Hasbro, to the best of my knowledge, have little control about which Masterpieces will be made. It's mostly a Takara initiative.

News Credits: 5749 · Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:08 pm

It's a nice thought, but petitioning them for things does not work.

Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:20 pm

El Duque wrote:It's a nice thought, but petitioning them for things does not work.

We can at least try petitioning Hasbro. So you're saying that all Transformers Masterpiece figures made by Hasbro only exsist because Takara Tomy made them first?

News Credits: 5749 · Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:40 pm

botdude93 wrote:
El Duque wrote:It's a nice thought, but petitioning them for things does not work.

We can at least try petitioning Hasbro. So you're saying that all Transformers Masterpiece figures made by Hasbro only exsist because Takara Tomy made them first?

Basically yes.

Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:09 pm

El Duque wrote:
botdude93 wrote:
El Duque wrote:It's a nice thought, but petitioning them for things does not work.

We can at least try petitioning Hasbro. So you're saying that all Transformers Masterpiece figures made by Hasbro only exsist because Takara Tomy made them first?

Basically yes.

Well then I'll make the petition to Takara instead.

News Credits: 217 · Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:21 pm

botdude93 wrote:
El Duque wrote:
botdude93 wrote:
El Duque wrote:It's a nice thought, but petitioning them for things does not work.

We can at least try petitioning Hasbro. So you're saying that all Transformers Masterpiece figures made by Hasbro only exsist because Takara Tomy made them first?

Basically yes.

Well then I'll make the petition to Takara instead.

We're not meaning to be cynical botdude, but in instances like this petitioning has no effect. It costs more than you imagine to produce any figure, let alone a Masterpiece. They have to pay the designers for the figure and the packaging, pay licensing costs etc. (probably the biggest reason there's no Masterpiece Jazz is that Porsche are not on friendly terms with the franchise), go through the development process, test audiences, produce it, market it and much, much more.

It may seem like a simple idea to write to Takara and say "Masterpiece Soundwave, amiright?" but there are far more considerations that a company like HasTak has to take into consideration.

That's not to say that fans have no impact. A lot of figures in the Classics/Universe/Generation line seem to have been inspired by fan demand and events like the hall of fame helped.

EDIT: That said, petitioning a company like FansProject who are more oriented toward adult fan appeal than mass-market appeal would probably be more productive.

Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:38 pm

Diem wrote:
botdude93 wrote:
El Duque wrote:
botdude93 wrote:
El Duque wrote:It's a nice thought, but petitioning them for things does not work.

We can at least try petitioning Hasbro. So you're saying that all Transformers Masterpiece figures made by Hasbro only exsist because Takara Tomy made them first?

Basically yes.

Well then I'll make the petition to Takara instead.

We're not meaning to be cynical botdude, but in instances like this petitioning has no effect. It costs more than you imagine to produce any figure, let alone a Masterpiece. They have to pay the designers for the figure and the packaging, pay licensing costs etc. (probably the biggest reason there's no Masterpiece Jazz is that Porsche are not on friendly terms with the franchise), go through the development process, test audiences, produce it, market it and much, much more.

It may seem like a simple idea to write to Takara and say "Masterpiece Soundwave, amiright?" but there are far more considerations that a company like HasTak has to take into consideration.

That's not to say that fans have no impact. A lot of figures in the Classics/Universe/Generation line seem to have been inspired by fan demand and events like the hall of fame helped.

EDIT: That said, petitioning a company like FansProject who are more oriented toward adult fan appeal than mass-market appeal would probably be more productive.[/quot
Could Fansproject make Transformers Masterpiece figures of other Generation 1 characters?

News Credits: 226 · Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:44 pm

There will be most Masterpieces, you just have to be patient for them. Take a look at the amount of work that goes into them and you'll see why developing a new figure takes time and why we get so many re-paints and re-releases between new molds.

Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:48 pm

Will Hasbro make their own Masterpiece Rodimus Prime or whatever he's called?

News Credits: 226 · Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:50 pm

Last I checked they were suppose to be doing the TT release without the trailer.

Don't quote me on that though.

Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:53 pm

Burn wrote:Last I checked they were suppose to be doing the TT release without the trailer.

Don't quote me on that though.

What does TT stand for?

News Credits: 226 · Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:54 pm

TomyTakara ...

Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:01 pm

Burn wrote:TomyTakara ...

That's TakaraTomy. Do you have any idea when Hasbro will release their Rodimus Prime?

News Credits: 226 · Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:04 pm

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... voy/19779/

News Credits: 668 · Fri Dec 31, 2010 9:50 pm

As for the petition, they're a waste of time. I rarely ever sign them and if I do, it's because it's important to me. Emphasis on the importance.

As for Hasbro's version of Rodimus: Yes, he is coming. No, he will not have his trailer. Yes, he will have his other accessories and a new one made to help make up for the lack of a trailer. (It's speculated that the new accessory will be Firebolt, The Targetmaster.)

Now, to be fair...I'd love to see something akin to a petition that tells Hasbro that we do want the trailer, and we'd be willing to buy it as an accessory if no other option presents itself, and that we'd be willing to order it from HTS or TFCC, something like that.

Put the figure out at retail, find out how many people want the trailer, make them pay up front, and buy the necessary level of stock from Takara, to make it happen, and that way everyone's happy.

The people who don't want the trailer will get their Masterpiece Hot Rod. Those of us who want the whole shootin' match will get their trailer, if Hasbro would be willing to entertain such an idea.

And, if we pay up front, I don't see how Hasbro's going to lose any money in the deal, really.

Will it happen? No. But it is nice to dream.

Oh, and the release dates? January 31st for TakaraTomy's. No official release date for Hasbro's, but if you follow their track record, I'd say we should expect to see him in the late Summer/early Fall period, supposedly in 2011. They could release him in early Summer with Dark Of The Moon's toyline to help push it. Bottom line, we just don't know when for sure, but he is coming.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jan 01, 2011 10:12 am

I think Hasbro's more interested in getting us to buy the same figure a second time than giving us a more affordable option of getting a complete MP Rod. I'm guessing their answer to the trailer question is to buy the Takara version...

News Credits: 5749 · Sat Jan 01, 2011 12:12 pm

Kibble wrote:I think Hasbro's more interested in getting us to buy the same figure a second time than giving us a more affordable option of getting a complete MP Rod. I'm guessing their answer to the trailer question is to buy the Takara version...

I think you're probably right. You know what I see in store for the domestic release with those extra accessories? A lot of repackaged MP Rodimus' minus their extra accessories. People will buy them, take out the extra goodies, return them, and the store employees won't be the wiser.

News Credits: 1235 · Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:17 pm

El Duque wrote:
Kibble wrote:I think Hasbro's more interested in getting us to buy the same figure a second time than giving us a more affordable option of getting a complete MP Rod. I'm guessing their answer to the trailer question is to buy the Takara version...

I think you're probably right. You know what I see in store for the domestic release with those extra accessories? A lot of repackaged MP Rodimus' minus their extra accessories. People will buy them, take out the extra goodies, return them, and the store employees won't be the wiser.

Some people are evil.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:09 pm

Which ones do you want made?

ALL of them.

hopefully this pic is more stable -got screwed on the other

News Credits: 4 · Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:56 pm

El Duque wrote:
Kibble wrote:I think Hasbro's more interested in getting us to buy the same figure a second time than giving us a more affordable option of getting a complete MP Rod. I'm guessing their answer to the trailer question is to buy the Takara version...

I think you're probably right. You know what I see in store for the domestic release with those extra accessories? A lot of repackaged MP Rodimus' minus their extra accessories. People will buy them, take out the extra goodies, return them, and the store employees won't be the wiser.

they could at least give me a wasp's nest or some tomatoes instead.

Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:29 am

vectorA3 wrote:Which ones do you want made?

ALL of them.

I mostly want Tracks. I also would like a combiners set, like the Protectabots/Defensor or Technobots/Computron.

Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:30 pm

botdude93 wrote:I started a petition on thepetitionsite.com. It's for getting Hasbro to make more Transformers Masterpiece figures of other Generation 1 characters. The title of my petition is More Transformers Masterpiece figures of other G1 characters. When you sign it leave a comment about which G1 character you want to become a Transformers Masterpiece figure.[facebook][youtube][/youtube][/facebook]

I would like to see the rest of the Dinobots made into Masterpiece figures.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:10 am

fixed my pic. Besides the rest of the dinobots, i'd love to see Wheeljack, Tracks, the triple changers, Shockwave and Jetfire be made as the next 5 or 6