Hasbro Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade Weibo Contest

Eeeeeeehhhhhhh........

It's okaaaaaaayyy.....

While fans are waiting for more images of Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade, we now have images of the box he will come in, courtesy of 淘宝店变形金刚改造工厂 on weibo (aka TF-Factory). While both the Takara Tomy and Hasbro logos are on the box, as is the case for all MPM releases since the 2017 line revival, we can tell this is the Hasbro packaging due to several languages being found on the box, and none of them being Japanese.

The packaging lets us know a few features such as a moving mouth mechanism and shows us what Barricade looks like with his mouth open. We also see that it is officially licenced. And for those wondering why the Canadian address is the most prominent one among all the legal writing in the back, it is because the box itself was printed in Canada (as is always the case for Hasbro Transformers products products). While we do not know the exact price yet nor the date of release, we assume the price will be around $80, the same price point Bumblebee was at.

Here is a list of additional facts regarding this product:

Features Barricade’s iconic Rotor Blade Wheel weapon from the TRANSFORMERS film
First Movie Masterpiece figure with a Movable Faceplate, allowing fans to play out their favorite scenes from the TRANSFORMERS film
Figure built with Die Cast Parts & features 170 Deco Ops with 30 Points of Articulation!
Vehicle-mode features Barricade’s accurate, licensed vehicle from the TRANSFORMERS film: Saleen S281 Extreme Ford Mustang Police Car
Product was designed with ILM Movie CAD Files from the Blockbuster film TRANSFORMERS
Figure features most film-accurate conversion to-date!
Item is the 1st Movie Masterpiece Decepticon to hit the market in over 8 years!

Will this be exclusive to toys r us in america and Japan again?

Gotta admit, that packaging looks mighty purdy.

I can't wait to get his giant spike weapon. That thing looks so mean!!

Look how much more readable those instructions are compared to what we got with Titan's Return. I can actually tell what part is toy and what part is paper.

So basically 10 steps less than the regular toy.

Damn, as far as I'm concerned they have totally nailed it this time. That is a gorgeous figure and I intend to have that.

In addition to the recently posted video review and screencaps of the latest figure in the Hasbro and Takara Tomy collaboration on the Transformers Movie Masterpiece line, we have some in-hand images of the MPM-5 figure of Barricade, sporting his live-action design from the first appearance in the 2007 Paramount movie!

The images, mirrored below for your viewing convenience, are from regular suspect on weibo NOTRAB, and show off both the car mode (a licensed Saleen S281 Extreme Ford Mustang Police Car) and the robot mode, with a lot of emphasis on the latter. We get to see the face sculpt, and some of the features that Hasbro is highlighting in its marketing such as the Rotor Blade Wheel, the moveable faceplate, and some poseability. Take a look below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Meh. Looks okay but I'm the type of person who doesn't like to half ass lines so if I'm getting one mpm I'd like to get the others to go with it, but bumblebee and Optimus are pretty disappointing so I'll probably skip this line as a whole.