First Look at Masterpiece Yukikaze, the Third MP Raiden Trainbot

Each one of the trainbots looks great so far! I’m hoping soon enough we can get some Raiden size comparisons to the rest of the MP line.

I've watched the reviews of the moon studios bots as they come out. They defintely look cool, and may give you the "most bang for your buck". However, for me personally, they would not scale well with anything in my collection, so I'm going for the genuine article. I may regret it down the line, but nobody has reviewed even the first MPG Trainbot yet, which is supposed to ship at the end of June. So I remain cautiously optimistic especially since I have 2 orders locked in with Amazon Japan.

Any idea how these scale with the Shinkalion line?

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Any idea how these scale with the Shinkalion line?

If you have any of the MP cars like Prowl or Sideswipe, use them as a measuring stick since Shouki seems to be around their height, if not slightly taller.

I wouldn't rely on that shot. It seems to be a composite piece.

Takara has revealed the latest Masterpiece trainbot, Yukikaze. The MSRP is the same as Shouki, at 19,800 yen but that includes taxes and we all know by now that non exclusives are sold at a different price by Japanese retailers like Amazon Japan or AmiAmi which has him for 4000 yen less. We will be getting preorders for this throughout the week from our sponsors and other retailers so keep an eye out for the specific retailer you have chosen to buy these trainbots from.

It is fun to see that while Yukikaze turns into a leg, this is the release Takara chose to also add the combiner head with. So this below you will see our first look at Raiden's head.

Raiden's head comes with Yukikaze

I wonder if the Combiner head can morph in some way in order to remove the lateral "wings" and get a more anime-ish look for Raiden.

Given the cost behind designing and developing these characters, another thing I'm curious about is whether their molds will be released also in the original Diaclone alternate color scheme:

o.supreme wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Any idea how these scale with the Shinkalion line?

There are measurements, but unfortunately I'm not sure if they are measuring bot mode or train mode, for either line. It would be amazing of both these lines were in scale, and the train modes would fit on HO gauge track just for model train enthusiasts, but hopefully in about a month, we shall see.

Problem is, while they all have the same scale, namely H0, the gauges are different between the 6. The Shinkansen bots Shouki and Getsuei use normal gauge, while the rest use narrow gauge; that's reflected in the track they come with. Gotta respect that level of detail.

As for size, the standard Shinkalion Z bots are roughly two heads taller than ER Optimus Prime,and Shouki's measurements should be a few pages back and I looked up Shouki's height: 180mm or 7.2 inches. Forget about scaling train modes as they're made for Tomy's Plarail line and thus have SD proportions.

angtre wrote:Given the cost behind designing and developing these characters, another thing I'm curious about is whether their molds will be released also in the original Diaclone alternate color scheme

What may help is that Yukikaze is in a Dr. Yellow scheme; those trains are for rail diagnostics along the Shinkansen lines and seeing one is quite a treat for railfans from what I gather.

No pre-orders on Amazon Japan yet?

Sorry in advance for the dumb question...but after checking out BBTS for these guys why are the prices set the way they are? Are all the figures to be the exact same size or almost?

Any clue on what's going on in with Amazon Japan ( why no listing for Yukikaze yet?)