The Energon Pub

[william-james88]

There's a Masterpiece movie line!? Ok, now I have to get a job.

But dont worry, until now the line was just toys in the mainline with different paint jobs. Like if you have Leader Starscream and Battle Ops Bumblebee then thats already the first 2. its just that Takara released those same toys in a nice box and called them masterpiece. And now, years later, they are continuing this line.

[DeathReviews]

Ah, joy - just what the world needs - MORE Bumblebee figures. Sadly, it doesn't look like the leader Optimus figure for this movie poses any better than the Movie4 leader did. Looks like TR Powermaster Optimus level leg inhibition....

[steals_your_goats]

Ah, joy - just what the world needs - MORE Bumblebee figures. Sadly, it doesn't look like the leader Optimus figure for this movie poses any better than the Movie4 leader did. Looks like TR Powermaster Optimus level leg inhibition....

That's because it's the same figure

[cruizerdave]

Oh crap. We're headed into another Bayformers movie year.

Wake me when it's over.

Thanks!

[Sabrblade]

Oh crap. We're headed into another Bayformers movie year.

Wake me when it's over.

Thanks!

Seeing how short-lived the last movie line was, we could be looking at another such short-lived movie line.

[Kurona]

Oh crap. We're headed into another Bayformers movie year.

Wake me when it's over.

Thanks!

Seeing how short-lived the last movie line was, we could be looking at another such short-lived movie line.

Say that to the Legion Grimlocks and Strafes I still find everywhere

[Sabrblade]

Oh crap. We're headed into another Bayformers movie year.

Wake me when it's over.

Thanks!

Seeing how short-lived the last movie line was, we could be looking at another such short-lived movie line.

Say that to the Legion Grimlocks and Strafes I still find everywhere

Lingering shelfwarmers =/= healthily continuing line.

[lowman_x]

Looks like someone's been skipping arm day at the gym...

[D-Maximal_Primal]

So, with regards to the listings of the size classes, I want a voyager Optimus, Megatron, and Onslaught. Hopefully they can nail all 3. Do a fat Hound too please.

Hopefully Sqweeks is a legion. It would suit his size. A deluxe may not hurt either.

Also: That Bumblebee is amazing and I want it. That is a perfect movie Bee

[Emerje]

Does anybody think I look cute with glasses?

Looking a little yellow, actually.

But you're right, not only do these figures not share the same parts, I'm positive they aren't even the same size. The previous Bees were Leaders, but I think the new Bee might be closer to the size of normal MP cars, closer to Voyager size.

Why? Well let's compare things that both the pics of SS Optimus Prime and MP Bumblebee have in common.


Check out the pedestal and how much of it he takes up, robot alone. Also take note of the blue name placard below him and how small it looks compared to Prime.


Now look at the same pedestal under Bee and how there's enough space for both the bot and car to fit easily. Also look at how big that blue placard now looks next to Bee. Plus the price is in line with Hasbro's other MP car releases.

I'll be looking forward to seeing how Takara Tomy prices him and can't wait to pair him with their repaint of DotM Leader Optimus Prime.

Emerje

[william-james88]

Pretty odd that Hasbro initiated this...

Hence why I am certain they didnt. The first clue is that the item number remains the Takara designation of MPM-3. Hasbro Asia distributes all of Takara's MPs, so it makes perfect sense that they would unveil their latest entry into the MPM line at a show dedicated to the new movie inspired line just as they were the ones who first unveiled MP Dirge, even though that is of course a Takara product. Logically, it would be that Takara initiated this but that their asian distribution partner worked in part of their contract that they would be the ones unveiling it first.

[william-james88]

Oh crap. We're headed into another Bayformers movie year.

Wake me when it's over.

[Mindmaster]

They couldn'tve used the blatantly superior Takara version of the mold for Optimus? I don't know why I'm complaining; I have no plans in delving too far into The Last Knight line anyway, just a few of the new characters and that's it.

So is Bumblebee a brand-spanking-new mold? It looks nice, but again, I've no need for it.

[Jeddostotle7]

Does anybody think I look cute with glasses?

Looking a little yellow, actually.

But you're right, not only do these figures not share the same parts, I'm positive they aren't even the same size. The previous Bees were Leaders, but I think the new Bee might be closer to the size of normal MP cars, closer to Voyager size.

Why? Well let's compare things that both the pics of SS Optimus Prime and MP Bumblebee have in common.


Check out the pedestal and how much of it he takes up, robot alone. Also take note of the blue name placard below him and how small it looks compared to Prime.


Now look at the same pedestal under Bee and how there's enough space for both the bot and car to fit easily. Also look at how big that blue placard now looks next to Bee. Plus the price is in line with Hasbro's other MP car releases.

I'll be looking forward to seeing how Takara Tomy prices him and can't wait to pair him with their repaint of DotM Leader Optimus Prime.

Emerje

Hmm... This changes things. I don't have any of the previous big movie Bees; they seem cool enough (or, at least, Battle Ops Bee does), but they just didn't feel like things I needed. But this one possibly actually being in MP scale... I probably shouldn't be getting a toy I might not otherwise care about just because it scales with a scale I collect, but it would be cool to finally have a figure from another continuity in Masterpiece scale.

[Insurgent]

Is human alliance bee not in mp scale? He'd be cheaper if it's just scale you're after.

[william-james88]

Is human alliance bee not in mp scale? He'd be cheaper if it's just scale you're after.

Yes, he is.

[Emerje]

I want scale and accuracy. The HA figure is a nice toy, but the interactive parts really turned me off to them.

Also I bet I can get the Takara Tomy version for much less than Hasbro's just like the rest of the MP cars.

Emerje

[william-james88]

I want scale and accuracy. The HA figure is a nice toy, but the interactive parts really turned me off to them.

Also I bet I can get the Takara Tomy version for much less than Hasbro's just like the rest of the MP cars.

Emerje

Then I think this is for you, it is HA scaled:

[User897]

What does HasBLO do with poopy molds that they took flak about?

They repaint and resell them, of course!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I really want that Bumblebee now... *please don't be super expensive please don't be nearly unaffordable*

[william-james88]

I really want that Bumblebee now... *please don't be super expensive please don't be nearly unaffordable*

The price was revealed: $80 USD MSRP

[Overcracker]

Looks like a swappable arm canon rather than a transforming arm.

Its probably because its still a prototype in these images, but the plastic looks very "resin-y" . As in it doesn't quite look like plastic.

Anyway BB looks pretty cool overall. Wonder if Hasbro NA will release it on this side of the pond or if this will be an Asia Exclusive thing.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I really want that Bumblebee now... *please don't be super expensive please don't be nearly unaffordable*

The price was revealed: $80 USD MSRP

I'll buy it then

[william-james88]

Anyway BB looks pretty cool overall. Wonder if Hasbro NA will release it on this side of the pond or if this will be an Asia Exclusive thing.

In any case, all of us collectors could still get him from online stores. I am sure all of them will carry him regardless and for that same price point.

[Kurona]

This is just making me wonder why the Beast Wars MPs didn't get their own distinct Masterpiece line when the Movie ones do. Is MPBW just too much of a mouthful?