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Looking forward to him, hoping I see him at Target. Would be only the 2nd ever MP I ever saw and bought in stores! And he looks pretty dang fun

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Looking forward to him, hoping I see him at Target. Would be only the 2nd ever MP I ever saw and bought in stores! And he looks pretty dang fun

Preorder him at Amazon.JP
It's the best price and you are sure to get him.

Look like the pre-orders at Amazon.JP are now closed. Only one seller offer a pre-order and it's at almost 40K yen!

I'm pretty glad to not have missed out.

How about you guys? Have you secured Screamers on pre-order?

Greetings Seibertronians! We have excellent news for fans of Starscream and of the Transformers Movie Masterpiece line, as MPM-10 Starscream is in stock and delivering from Target.com!





Not only does this mean that you can now purchase Starscream online, but as fellow Seibertron user, toycave_studios, found, he's also appearing in Target stores across the United States! toycave_studios got his MPM-10 at the Valley Parkway Target in Escondido, CA.

Are you getting this Movie Masterpiece? Will you be hunting for him in store or have you secured a preorder already? Let wgo know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Mine should be arriving Thursday, stoked for him to arrive!

Mine, from Amazon.JP won't be arriving before November.

Got mine from Target today.. overall, nice update, but the ankles are unforgivable. For the price, I was expecting a much more solid figure

Found Screamer at my local Target today. Not going to get him, but he was pretty cool to see on the shelf.

Look who arrived today!



He's gonna be a big boy

So some initial impressions on Screamer: The figure itself is pretty good, and very close to being really good. The jet mode and robot mode are both pretty dang neat, and the transformation so far has been good, nothing hugely pain in the ass-y. There are 2 things that I don't particularly like that I'm encountering though: the wings are a little "floaty" alot like MP Track's robot mode. but I also might need to work on adjusting the wings to make them more stable.

The 2nd thing though is the shoulders. They are using a pretty weak ratchet, and he has diecast forearms, so his arms are almost unable to hold themselves up empty, let alone with the accessories sadly.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:...the wings are a little "floaty"

Are you referring to the robot mode? If so, I don't think you've got them up enough, as they sort of soft-lock in behind his head.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:...he has diecast forearms

His forearms are plastic. I think you meant upper arms.

On a separate note, I have to say that this is by FAR the best MPM they've released so far! I'm not a huge fan of Bayverse designs, but I have to admit that this guy is really quite impressive.

MFW Americans already have their MPM Starscream from Target while my preorder from months ago will not ship before November from Amazon.JP...

Ah but what was the price difference between what they paid and your amazon.jp order?

ZeroWolf wrote:Ah but what was the price difference between what they paid and your amazon.jp order?

Well, for starter, I'm ALLOWED to buy it from Amazon.JP. Can't buy anything from Target.com.
But if I could have bought it from Target, here's what it would have cost me:

150$US plus 30$US of shipping(estimate), plus sureshot custom fees that would be the federal and provincial taxes PLUS 10$CAN on top for "handling fees".
Total: 281$CAN. (214.56$US)

My Amazon.JP order:
The toy plus shipping and custom deposit: grand total of ￥17598, meaning 218.75$CAN or 167.30$US.

So basically, I think I'm paying the same amount than an American buying his locally live in store. And that's importing it from Japan.
It could have been worse... MUCH WORSE if it weren't for Amazon.JP.

Well not all bad then

Yes, I did mean upper arms/biceps, my bad.

And I do have the wings soft locked in like that, but it still feels a little floaty, there are a lot of wings in there, and his sides of chest/shoulders, which is for posing, but is a little too easy to move for my liking.

So last night messing with him, I can say that it's only the left shoulder that is really bad. It can barely hold his arm up at all, and not at all with an accessory. The right arm can hold an accessory up, but it's super close to not making it, and probably won't keep its strength long.

I also discovered something else that really annoys me: how the hell do we have a masterpiece with NO BICEP ROTATION. He doesn't have a waist either, but the biceps, how can you not have any arm rotation like that?

I'm really bummed, I was super excited for Screamer, but there are some things that are letting me down. He's definitely my least favorite con MPM, Megatron clearly and rightfully owns that title, and Barricade is still quite solid. I'd rank Screamer down towards the bottom above Ironhide and Prime, due to those being a nightmare to transform and Ironhide requiring an upgrade kit to hold is upper body together, but below everyone else. Jazz and Megatron continue to have a solid hold on the MPM bests.

Even knowing these flaws,he still looks pretty nice.

TulioDude wrote:Even knowing these flaws,he still looks pretty nice.

Oh he is very nice, I like him. I just wish his bicep swivels and shoulders actually existed. He is close to being so good, but just isn't quite there

Some more pictures. He makes a pretty good jet and I like the transformation. Again, he just needed better shoulders and arms








and here he is with the SS figure. I plan to put together a nice Starscream family photo tomorrow

Starscream Family Photo

And the jet modes

D-Max, which do you think is better overall, MPM Screamer or HftD leader Screamer?

Tuned Agent wrote:D-Max, which do you think is better overall, MPM Screamer or HftD leader Screamer?

Yikes, hard decision.

Both transformations are really fun and good to do, and are different enough it's not like it's the same figure.

Jet modes are both really solid. I would hand the RotF leader the slightly better jet mode overall, but it also depends on how you feel about tattoos vs. regular F22 paint work.

Robot modes both have strengths and weaknesses. RotF leader feels more solid, but is backheavy and needs ankle tilts and wrist swivels. MPM is much more detailed and accurate, and is more balanced, but lack of bicep swivels and the loose shoulder kinda negate that.

Overall, I can't really give a recommendation on one or the other. They are both pretty equal to one another in terms of good toys. MPM would win if you are more a stickler for movie accuracy as the 2, but that's about the only way the tie is broken

Or one would break the piggy bank and buy MPM-01 for the true tie.

This is a reminder that we will never get leader class figures like in the times of 2007, ROTF, HFTD and DOTM ever again.