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News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 6:38 pm

I'm really struggling with this one. I want him, but I'm finding the price tag hard to swallow for a figure i sort of already have a good representation of

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 6:53 pm

Except that that representation is a cat-bird mashup thing that doesn't really show him as a separate entity

The original regular Tigatron toy's not a horrible representation, mind you, cream-tinged though it is. There's a show-colors Takara version as well, although you'd be dropping MP levels of money on a Beast Wars Deluxe.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 7:00 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Except that that representation is a cat-bird mashup thing that doesn't really show him as a separate entity
The original regular Tigatron toy's not a horrible representation, mind you, cream-tinged though it is. There's a show-colors Takara version as well, although you'd be dropping MP levels of money on a Beast Wars Deluxe.

Except i am OK with Tigerhawk being both Tigatron and Airazor, they are what i consider a Fusion combiner, having them like that is the same as having a combiner and all of it's components, to me at least.

I'm not really a fan of how the original toy looks, and this one is great, but he's just not a character I feel the need to have, as great looking as he is

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:50 pm

Seibertron wrote:Damn. This figure is spectacular. It's almost too awesome for Tigatron. Just incredible. I think the Masterpiece Beast Wars figures have become my favorite Masterpiece figures because they are so evocative of what they look like on the show.

I agree. It helps that we already had an idea of them in three dimensions.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 2:11 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Damn. This figure is spectacular. It's almost too awesome for Tigatron. Just incredible. I think the Masterpiece Beast Wars figures have become my favorite Masterpiece figures because they are so evocative of what they look like on the show.

I agree. It helps that we already had an idea of them in three dimensions.

It also helps that since Beast Wars was in 3D, Takara's current design lead isn't trying to make the perforce 3-dimensional toys look like dumbed-down 2-dimensional images (which is what's happening to G1 MPs now).

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:53 pm

Can you believe that the last we heard of this Masterpiece Tigatron was before the COVID 19 lockdown? Well, with parts of the world getting back to normal, there was actually a comiccon that Hasbro physically attended just a few days ago. And they brought in not only their products but also the products they are importing from Takara, such as God Neptune, Super Megatron and MP-50 Tigatron. Those toys were on display and you can see images of them below. Also on display was the upcoming MP Arcee, MPM Starscream, the Quintesson Pit set and basically the entire output of the year so far. The convention in question was the Hasbro Fans Expo in Hong Kong. The images came from Toyswalker, Hobymizer, and DMS Toys Treasure on Facebook.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 11:59 pm

...I'm not seeing the images.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:00 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:...I'm not seeing the images.

Pretty sure he hasn't finished the article. Complain after it goes on the front page.

Emerje

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:45 am

Will this be posted in the other threads, considering it deals with figures from different lines?

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:52 am

Is it just me, or that new Megatron look absolutely MASSIVE? Glad I preordered him.

And looking at Arcee, I can now forgive her backpack after seeing the ER and Cyberverse version. It's still big, but very compact at the same time.

I see that I'm commenting in the MP Tigatron thread. I have no interests in that figure but I can tell that the fans of the character will LOVE him. He's big, and perfect looking in both modes.

News Credits: 2 · by **SpikeyTigertron** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 5:14 am

Agreed about Arcee... I just wish they’d done something about her chest. It’s not even about the size.... just the awkward shape/alignment. Starting to think it was a compromise with it being the front fender, and how they set the shoulders up. Really wish they’d tried again.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:36 am

I think its more the collar that's off putting about her, she can pull off some good poses though that can hide it

News Credits: 2 · by **Rodimus Knight** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 7:14 am

ZeroWolf wrote:I think its more the collar that's off putting about her, she can pull off some good poses though that can hide it

I agree, the collar on Arcee is poorly done. If they'd manages to giver the top of her torso a slant up to the collar it would have looked better.

The backpack is fine for me. I know some of the 3P companies have done it better, others have done it worse. I did order the official one since I want to support the character. Actually preordered two of them to display in robot and vehicle mode.

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:19 am

Super stoked about Tigatron, can’t wait for him to arrive.

And you know, the note I see of MP-51, the better she looks. I’m going to plan on getting her.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:56 am

Tigatron might be a pass depending on how good or bad Kingdom figures are. Arcee I'll wait until a third party improves on it or actually manages to make a decent one otherwise the oversized ko generations figure isn't likely to be replaced.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:19 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:Will this be posted in the other threads, considering it deals with figures from different lines?

I put the images of the big upcoming ones in their own threads too just now. cheers!

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:58 am

Tigatron always had a much better overall aesthetic to his Cat Bot design than Cheetor. The MP only highlights that further. I was surprised he was the one to follow BA, though. In a similar engineering-sharing vein, I wouldn't be surprised if MP Tarantulas is already in the pipeline.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sat Aug 01, 2020 2:51 pm

I'm really looking forward to Tigatron. Little Cat needs Big Cat. And Dinobot needs his philosophical foil.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:26 am

https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/1307838032821645312

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 11:35 pm

The day has come. Transformers MP-50 Masterpiece Tigatron is shipping out from Japan and will be with you soon (really soon if you went through Amazon Japan). Of course, some fans already got him and in hand images are popping up online. We have some gorgeous images from Alfes' Twitter along with an image of the box, give to us by Takara. Speaking of Takara, they also provided an instruction video for this rather complex figure.
That video is posted below (it was mirrored on youtube by Cybertron21).

So, wo among you is getting this figure soon? Once you get it, make sure to give us your thought on him on the boards.

News Credits: 18 · by **Immortal Starscream** » Fri Sep 25, 2020 11:56 pm

got charged today by amazon japan, but hasn't shipped yet. can't wait to get him in hand

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Sat Sep 26, 2020 12:42 am

Sometimes it’s like Strongbad is doing the instructions;

Step 1: move this piece a bit

Step 2: move that piece a bit more different

Step 3: put that piece back where it came from but in a different way

Step 4: kick The Cheat.

by **noctorro** » Sat Sep 26, 2020 1:17 am

Damn that figure does look perfect. It looks better than the cgi cartoon model in some photos. I'm not collecting MP anymore. Very happy Kingdom is a thing, I do like Beast Wars a lot but some of the main characters are very hard to get new.

I think this Tigatron will make a lot of fans happy.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Sep 26, 2020 2:11 am

Nice. I've been so busy today that I hadn't even checked my email until just now and the first thing on there was a shipping notice from DHL saying Tigatron would be here Tuesday!

Emerje