eHobby Updates: Encore Pictures & MP Skywarp Details!

MP-6 Skywarp is soooo mine:)

Translated by Seibertron? As in Ryan himself? Does Ryan read Japanese?

That Skyloom link is a terrific read.

How will he have more die-cast than Starscream?

can't wait to get my hands on skywarp. Thank goodness there's some retooling.

jprime69 wrote:can't wait to get my hands on skywarp. Thank goodness there's some retooling.

Sounds good. Hopefully quality control will be better and the pilot will be detailed.

The use of die cast sounds promising.

So Skywarp will have the same accessories...that kinda of stinks. I really wanted something to make him unique besides the face...I mean if they are going to be doing this 4 more times...lets make them feel different.

I actually can't think of any accessories that would be unqique to Skywarp or Thundercracker off the top of my head.

Maybe some MP Energon Cubes?

There must be some footage of Skywarp holding something interesting in his hand...

Anyways; I'm going to pass on him and go for the Encore line. Love to get my hands on these 4 guys and already preordered the set at BBTS...

Been a LONG...LONG time since G1 Prime was mine...

Skids

Leonardo wrote:Translated by Seibertron? As in Ryan himself? Does Ryan read Japanese?

That Skyloom link is a terrific read.

How will he have more die-cast than Starscream?

Sorry for the confusion. I translated this from the original page (I speak Japanese) - http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/cgi-bin/omc?port=33301&req=PRODUCT&code=mp6. In addition to the translation, I posted a Google translated page (above) as well so people could check it out in English. (The Google translated pages are not as reliable though).

I was trying to say translated by "Seibertron.com" so you know that this information was translated by us and not another source. Darn typos (corrected now)

I forgot to mention that there will be new stickers for Skywarp.

Still not overly impressed by those over done reissues.

The news on MP Skywarp is good. I'm glad that they are changing the mold for the face and adding more die cast! I like the black color they've mentioned, I just hope they highlight it with purple and white, to make it more like Skywarp.

Stormrider wrote:

Leonardo wrote:Translated by Seibertron? As in Ryan himself? Does Ryan read Japanese?

That Skyloom link is a terrific read.

How will he have more die-cast than Starscream?

Sorry for the confusion. I translated this from the original page (I speak Japanese) - http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/cgi-bin/omc?port=33301&req=PRODUCT&code=mp6. In addition to the translation, I posted a Google translated page (above) as well so people could check it out in English. (The Google translated pages are not as reliable though).

I was trying to say translated by "Seibertron.com" so you know that this information was translated by us and not another source. Darn typos (corrected now)

I forgot to mention that there will be new stickers for Skywarp.

That's understandable. I had calculated that if not Ryan then you meant the site anyway. Those Google translations are never very good, in my opinion, but they are an interesting read!

Oh, I don't know, I think I prefer the translation I see on their site:

[sutasukurimu] in the head, to the aircraft it becomes deformed the important character of the jet remaining overnight unit which MP conversion!!
The sky loom of the jet remaining overnight unit appeared in the masterpiece series.
Modelling two types of sky loom peculiar high pressure face and face which gnashes teeth anew
It became the color ring which reproduced animation faithfully, centers sky loom peculiar black.
With jet mode gimmick of prejudice in full load, canopy opening and closing, reappearance and pilot of internal mechanic
Figure (Dr. [akabiru]) embarkation possibility and flap of main wing 4 place mobility, nose cone opening and closing,
The riding gear of 3 places to develop, as for the air brake reappearance of the expectation surface and left and right exhaust nozzle mobility possibility
The vectored nozzle it is the item of full load such as reappearance.
Furthermore you are proud of heavy appearance and the strength due to die-cast use, also new clear decare has belonged.

jprime69 wrote:can't wait to get my hands on skywarp. Thank goodness there's some retooling.

I could not agree more, a different pilot would be nice too, but I can't recall SkyWarp ever flying anybody? maybe I can find one of those mini mincroman pilots to place inside of him.

I hopeif they eventual release Dirge, he comes with a Sean Berger, that would be cool.

Sadly in all this however, I can't seem to bring up the pictures though. I's ok though I saw a thumb over at Tformers, it was tiny but got the job done. If these are clearer, well that'll just be a treat for later than!

Did Skywarp ever fly anyone in the comics?

Leonardo wrote:That's understandable. I had calculated that if not Ryan then you meant the site anyway. Those Google translations are never very good, in my opinion, but they are an interesting read!

The Google translations are an interesting read. It's like putting your head in a blender for a few seconds.

Stormrider wrote:

Leonardo wrote:That's understandable. I had calculated that if not Ryan then you meant the site anyway. Those Google translations are never very good, in my opinion, but they are an interesting read!

The Google translations are an interesting read. It's like putting your head in a blender for a few seconds.

Yes, or pretending that grammar doesn't exist!

Caelus wrote:Oh, I don't know, I think I prefer the translation I see on their site:

[sutasukurimu] in the head, to the aircraft it becomes deformed the important character of the jet remaining overnight unit which MP conversion!!
The sky loom of the jet remaining overnight unit appeared in the masterpiece series.
Modelling two types of sky loom peculiar high pressure face and face which gnashes teeth anew
It became the color ring which reproduced animation faithfully, centers sky loom peculiar black.
With jet mode gimmick of prejudice in full load, canopy opening and closing, reappearance and pilot of internal mechanic
Figure (Dr. [akabiru]) embarkation possibility and flap of main wing 4 place mobility, nose cone opening and closing,
The riding gear of 3 places to develop, as for the air brake reappearance of the expectation surface and left and right exhaust nozzle mobility possibility
The vectored nozzle it is the item of full load such as reappearance.
Furthermore you are proud of heavy appearance and the strength due to die-cast use, also new clear decare has belonged.

I love Engrish!

im glad i didnt get starscream.

No energy axe for Convoy? ;-;

diecast. I hope they do an MP-anime correct screamer

i'm curious about this encore line. are they exactly like the tfc line or different in any way?

It was of course to be!
Can't wait to get this one.

I would say watch them make Thundercracker an exclusive, but then I remember that this is Takara, and not Hasblo.

A "bouncer bomb" constructed of a spring-loaded apparatus and a missile composed of a material conductive to bouncing would be nice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Csskywarp6.jpg

will the ehobby releases be sold on other sites?

Ouuu, gnashing teeth, high pressure, more die-cast, clear parts...well sounds great!

Finally my favourite seeker gets the MP treatment!

Interesting that the figure may contain more diecast - if it does I hope that it's in the leg region to help stability.

Probably just the flappy feets will get diecast while everything remain as plastic.

"Sky loom" I love it!!!

You see, when weaving material into fabric (as in using a loom to do it) the threads that go in one direction are called the fill threads. The threads in the perpendicular direction to the fill is called the warp.

I love translations!!!

I think it would have been interesting if they stuck with the theme of modeling them after real life jets. Maybe they could have made Thundercracker a F-16 and Skywarp a F-18. Sure, they wouldnt have the G1 characteristics that using a F-15 would have, but at least it would actually give some distinction to them as characters. Actually the only real difference would be the intakes wouldnt be shoulder mounted in bot mode considering that the F-16 has one large intake centered under the canopy and the F-18 two smaller rounded intakes.

Starscreams bad comedy wrote:I think it would have been interesting if they stuck with the theme of modeling them after real life jets. Maybe they could have made Thundercracker a F-16 and Skywarp a F-18. Sure, they wouldnt have the G1 characteristics that using a F-15 would have, but at least it would actually give some distinction to them as characters. Actually the only real difference would be the intakes wouldnt be shoulder mounted in bot mode considering that the F-16 has one large intake centered under the canopy and the F-18 two smaller rounded intakes.

Aerialbots!!!

Well, you could have Skywarp & Thundercracker each come with half of a MP Bumblebee..."wrapped up and put a little bow on him" for Megatron.

And didn't Starscream once use an Energon slingshot?

The only energon slingshot I recall was wielded by Wheelie...


But then I haven't really watched the newer craptoons...

Swerve wrote:

Caelus wrote:Oh, I don't know, I think I prefer the translation I see on their site:

[sutasukurimu] in the head, to the aircraft it becomes deformed the important character of the jet remaining overnight unit which MP conversion!!
The sky loom of the jet remaining overnight unit appeared in the masterpiece series.
Modelling two types of sky loom peculiar high pressure face and face which gnashes teeth anew
It became the color ring which reproduced animation faithfully, centers sky loom peculiar black.
With jet mode gimmick of prejudice in full load, canopy opening and closing, reappearance and pilot of internal mechanic
Figure (Dr. [akabiru]) embarkation possibility and flap of main wing 4 place mobility, nose cone opening and closing,
The riding gear of 3 places to develop, as for the air brake reappearance of the expectation surface and left and right exhaust nozzle mobility possibility
The vectored nozzle it is the item of full load such as reappearance.
Furthermore you are proud of heavy appearance and the strength due to die-cast use, also new clear decare has belonged.

I love Engrish!

That's not Engrish. That's a computer taking Japanese & translating it word for word into English with no reguard for sentence structure. You would get nearly the same effect translating just about any language into English.

....I believe in Engrish, they try to halfway do it right....just they fail miserably.

.....Anyway, Skywarp sounds spiffy. I wonder who his pilot will be? Wouldn't be suprised if it's just a generic pilot.

....Hey!! Didn't he kidnap Chip Chase a few times?? Or at least Spike or Sparkplug??

Well these photos show soundwave with the single chest design too. Makes me almost regret getting the Hasbro double chest one, but at least I get Ravage and Laserbeak.
Perhaps I'll just have to buy this Soundwave too once he's released. We'll see.

[edit]On closer inspection, the pics of Starscream and Soundwave seem to be the same ones we saw in the previous thread, only larger and clearer. As stated in the previous thread, they still look suspiciously like original 80s promo shots rather than pics of the new releases. (Especially Starscream's Null Rays)

Lord Crump wrote:It was of course to be!
Can't wait to get this one.

I would say watch them make Thundercracker an exclusive, but then I remember that this is Takara, and not Hasblo.

I'm betting there will be an eHobby Exclusive Masterpiece at some point.

Thank Primus! At least my worries of havig the same Starscream face are now long gone.

I'm hoping that e-hobby does there own versions of the Takra Encore line. With so many reissues on the market of these characters and many of them being fairly recent, it would be kind of cool if this set were unique.

There are several variations of Optimus Prime so I am uncertain if it will be the original with the yellow eyes and clear windshield or the New Year's version with Blue eyes and windshield. There's also that red footed version of Optimus, and they could even do a limited Diaclone version of Optimus.

Megatron could either feature the blue leg trim like he did on the box of thr Goodbye Megatron set or maybe they issue another black with wood handle P38 version.

As far as Starscream is concerned, while I feel he didn't look all that great in anime acurate colors as a figure, I wouldn't mind them re-releasing that version just to change things up a bit. I have a few of the re-issues as well as my original but I'd like to see something a little different as an incentive to buy this version as well. Even if he came with some new accessories, that would be reason enough.

As far as Soundwave goes, I seriously hope this is the single cassette chest version. I like my Hasbro commemorative but he just isn't Soundwave, of course he isn't Soundblaster either. I feel that Black paint scheme with the red cassette door just makes Soundblaster. I'm really hoping for Rumble, Frenzy, or maybe even Ratbat and if I'm real lucky some energon cubes.

Anyways, I feel if e-hobby were to do there own versions, they will probably not be straight re-issues. I realize that they there has only been talk of the Takara Encore line but we still aren't 100% sure what we are getting yet.

jgilkinson wrote:will the ehobby releases be sold on other sites?

Sometimes eHobby sells eHobby exclusives; but MP-06 and the Encore series are not exclusives so you should be able to find these on most online retailers.

I think skywarp will warp out of stock as quickly as he does in the cartoon.