Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked)

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We revive the Masterpiece Masterthread with a new rumour following the aftermath of the two latest reveals of Hot Rod and Shockwave - with, finally, a silhouette that many have been waiting to see for a very long time. Seibertroninan Delta Magnus sends this over, though they did source it from 4chan, and it is to be taken with many handfuls of salt. Check out what might be Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee below!

We already heard hints towards MP-28 being Hound, so who knows, the shoe might just fit...

Transformers News: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee

UPDATE
Thanks to Seibertronian Sabrblade, as well as various social media comments, it looks like this one should possibly move from being taken with "many handfuls of salt" to "the entire salt mine". The new information is found below:

Sabrblade wrote:Allow me to shine some light on something:

See the yellow text that says MP-29 - ハウンド ?

ハウンド = Haundo = "Hound"

Yep, that silhouette sure does look like Hound, alright.

Hopefully this update doesn't make anyone too disappointed, but while a Masterpiece Arcee isn't outside of the realm of possibility, it's not looking like this image is any sort of proof that it's happening either.

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Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728811)
Posted by MemphisR56 on September 25th, 2015 @ 7:14am CDT

By the old gods. :shock:

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728815)
Posted by It Is Him on September 25th, 2015 @ 7:17am CDT

4chan is the source? Seems unlikely so close to the reveal of Shockwave and Hot Rod.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728816)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 25th, 2015 @ 7:18am CDT

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww my PRIMUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728820)
Posted by Venoose1 on September 25th, 2015 @ 7:25am CDT

That can't be real? The legs look human.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728822)
Posted by Starsaber468 on September 25th, 2015 @ 7:34am CDT

My god, am i dreaming?

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728824)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 25th, 2015 @ 7:41am CDT

Allow me to shine some light on something:

See the yellow text that says MP-29 - ハウンド ?

ハウンド = Haundo = "Hound"

Yep, that silhouette sure does look like Hound, alright. Typical 4chan.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728827)
Posted by xMXUx on September 25th, 2015 @ 7:48am CDT

Looks like my wallet won't be getting a break anytime soon :roll:

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728829)
Posted by It Is Him on September 25th, 2015 @ 7:52am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Allow me to shine some light on something:

See the yellow text that says MP-29 - ハウンド ?

ハウンド = Haundo = "Hound"

Yep, that silhouette sure does look like Hound, alright. Typical 4chan.

Of course it does!

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728833)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:05am CDT

MP-29 would/might be Hound. So MP-30 might be?

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728834)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:09am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:MP-29 would/might be Hound. So MP-30 might be?

The original Hound rumor already said he'd be MP-28, though. Which also begs the question of why one would put Hound's name on an Arcee image.

And keep in mind whom the source of this Arcee image is. 4chan tends to be more untrustworthy as a legit news source than not, so for all we know this rumor could just be rubbish.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728835)
Posted by Optimizzy on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:16am CDT

....

what the actual heck? Is TT going to get ALL my money????????

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728837)
Posted by Randomhero on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:17am CDT

Regardless of a Hasbro release for shockwave I'm getting it no matter what! I have no doubt we'll get hot rod and rumored Arcee because there's no auto licensing issues.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728839)
Posted by ScottyP on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:26am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Allow me to shine some light on something:

See the yellow text that says MP-29 - ハウンド ?

ハウンド = Haundo = "Hound"

Yep, that silhouette sure does look like Hound, alright. Typical 4chan.

Hahahaha, oh wow, you're right. Guess someone didn't want to hurt themselves too much doing that photoshop job.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728841)
Posted by Desslok2201 on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:36am CDT

I'm still confused as to why we haven't seen Sunstreaker yet, as it's clear they still have the Lambo license. There's at least 2 diaclone repaints that mold could do, and it's not like they've totally forgotten about the character ( like Hubcap ) as he just had a CW release.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728842)
Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:36am CDT

there could be the off chance that this was miss numbered and was supposed to go after Hound and she is supposed to be MP-30 or something like that

waits patiently for a MP MD Hot rod w/ Jolt(hot shot),MP MD Convoy(prime),MP MD scourge(nemesis) MP MD Ironhide(Demolisher) . please let those be the MP figures of the 15th anniversary of Armada and Micron densetsu.

please let that be the birthday presents of the soon to be 24 year olds who grew up with armada on and happy 20th to the 20s yo who grew up with BW >:oP

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728845)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:43am CDT

So if Hot Rod is coming down the line, and Arcee might be MP-29, is it possible that finally Springer will be MP-30?

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728846)
Posted by Desslok2201 on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:49am CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:So if Hot Rod is coming down the line, and Arcee might be MP-29, is it possible that finally Springer will be MP-30?

If there's any pattern to this at all, it looks like they're avoiding combiners and the larger scale 85 lineup like Inferno and Grapple at the moment and just going for the standard size cars. If this is true, I'd say no to a triple changer like Springer yet but maybe a Kup or Blurr. Having said that, they'll probably release Omega Supreme next just to show there's no rhyme or reason to the release schedule anymore.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728847)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:49am CDT

Thing is, guys, Takara does MP reveals via things like magazines and toy shows. This image is too plain to be from a magazine.

And if fully physical prototypes of Shockwave and Hot Rod don't have ID numbers yet, why would an unproduced black silhouette already have one?

And more importantly, why would a picture of Arcee bear Hound's name instead of Arcee's name?

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728849)
Posted by ScottyP on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:52am CDT

We've updated the news post to reflect the information Sabrblade pointed out. Probably safe to assume this is a hoax, but leaving it up because speculation is fun!

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728851)
Posted by Desslok2201 on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:53am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Thing is, guys, Takara does MP reveals via things like magazines and toy shows. This image is too plain to be from a magazine.

And if fully physical prototypes of Shockwave and Hot Rod don't have ID numbers yet, why would an unproduced black silhouette already have one?

And more importantly, why would a picture of Arcee bear Hound's name instead of Arcee's name?

Agreed. And we've only known about Shockwave for less than 24 hrs. I, for one, haven't fully mentally digested that yet. Screw this rumor. Shockwave is real.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728853)
Posted by Evil Eye on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:57am CDT

Aww. I was really hoping this might be true, too.

Goddamnit Takara, get your badckside in gear and give us MP Arcee!

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728854)
Posted by Cyberpath on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:57am CDT

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728855)
Posted by mooncake623 on September 25th, 2015 @ 8:57am CDT

Just cause the image is a bad Photoshop job doesn't mean it's not happening either right?
It's definitely not proof of anything, but when I see something like this I always just thought someone working at the factory found something out and just quickly put an image together. We shall see I guess.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728857)
Posted by ScottyP on September 25th, 2015 @ 9:00am CDT

mooncake623 wrote:Just cause the image is a bad Photoshop job doesn't mean it's not happening either right?
It's definitely not proof of anything, but when I see something like this I always just though someone working at the factory found something out and just quickly put an image together. We shall see I guess.

If this came from anywhere but 4chan, I'd probably be in agreement with you on that :lol:

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728859)
Posted by Deathsaurus1 on September 25th, 2015 @ 9:05am CDT

My gut feeling about arcee being mp -29 says that this is false.
We already have Shockwave or hotrod potentially taking that spot.mp -29 being a release not far off of ironhide would have been revealed.
Mp -28 Shockwave,mp -29 hotrod or vice versa.

One possible character to get release before them would be ratchet. Him being a straight retool/repaint of ironhide. Potentially Taking the mp -28 spot. But we will see lol.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728861)
Posted by william-james88 on September 25th, 2015 @ 9:06am CDT

Desslok2201 wrote:I'm still confused as to why we haven't seen Sunstreaker yet, as it's clear they still have the Lambo license. There's at least 2 diaclone repaints that mold could do, and it's not like they've totally forgotten about the character ( like Hubcap ) as he just had a CW release.

Maybe its because they already have a bunch of lambos already that they dont want to go back and make another lambo mold just yet? Just like they havent made the coneheads. They would rather do all the redecos possible before moving on to the next step for both those alt modes.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728862)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 25th, 2015 @ 9:09am CDT

ScottyP wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:Just cause the image is a bad Photoshop job doesn't mean it's not happening either right?
It's definitely not proof of anything, but when I see something like this I always just though someone working at the factory found something out and just quickly put an image together. We shall see I guess.
If this came from anywhere but 4chan, I'd probably be in agreement with you on that

Yeah, it's the obvious-photoshop element combined with the 4chan element that lead to discredit this.

Not saying it won't ever happen, but that the chances of it happening soon based on this likely fake images are about as likely as an MP Wheelie happening based my posting the following pic:

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1728870)
Posted by ScottyP on September 25th, 2015 @ 9:28am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Not saying it won't ever happen, but that the chances of it happening soon based on this likely fake images are about as likely as an MP Wheelie happening based my posting the following pic:
(image snipped)

I feel like we've done this kind of fun once before, but it's still hilarious to me so I shall contribute the following:

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729129)
Posted by peaces on September 26th, 2015 @ 4:41am CDT

screw arcee

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729175)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 26th, 2015 @ 9:35am CDT

peaces wrote:screw arcee

I cannot imagine the amount of education and level of intelligence required for you to produce that complete, informative and thought-out sentence. I applaud and am grateful for your generous intellectual contribution to this discussion. >:oP

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729177)
Posted by peaces on September 26th, 2015 @ 9:45am CDT

stop jerking off to robots and maybe you will

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729184)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 26th, 2015 @ 10:04am CDT

peaces wrote:stop jerking off to robots and maybe you will

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729224)
Posted by Evil Eye on September 26th, 2015 @ 12:14pm CDT

Arcee is love, Arcee is life. Once you go metal, you just can't settle.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729285)
Posted by Desslok2201 on September 26th, 2015 @ 6:45pm CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:
peaces wrote:stop jerking off to robots and maybe you will
I cannot imagine the amount of education and level of intelligence required for you to produce that complete, informative and thought-out sentence. I applaud and am grateful for your generous intellectual contribution to this discussion.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729299)
Posted by munkimus prime on September 26th, 2015 @ 7:51pm CDT

Why would we even need a MP Arcee when the Generations Arcee is so perfect.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729301)
Posted by Desslok2201 on September 26th, 2015 @ 8:07pm CDT

munkimus prime wrote:Why would we even need a MP Arcee when the Generations Arcee is so perfect.

It could be done a little better. The hands aren't great, and the scale is off from MP

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729303)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 26th, 2015 @ 8:13pm CDT

Desslok2201 wrote:
munkimus prime wrote:Why would we even need a MP Arcee when the Generations Arcee is so perfect.

It could be done a little better. The hands aren't great, and the scale is off from MP

And the large backpack of altmode kibble is much bigger than it was in her character model.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729306)
Posted by munkimus prime on September 26th, 2015 @ 8:28pm CDT

I would love an Arcee that fits in with my MP's but if the rumour does turn out to be false, I'll be happy enough with my classics Arcee.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729314)
Posted by Ironhidensh on September 26th, 2015 @ 9:24pm CDT

peaces wrote:stop jerking off to robots and maybe you will

How dare you suggest Roddy jerks off to robots? What the hell is the matter with you? It's just rude and insulting.

He jerks off to cyborg porn. Totally different things.

Re: Masterpiece Rumour - Takara Tomy MP-29 Arcee (Update: Possibly Debunked) (1729317)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 26th, 2015 @ 9:59pm CDT

peaces wrote:stop jerking off to robots and maybe you will

People who jerk off on mechanical beings seriously need to get fetishes right. :-P

Bioplogically, the sight of exposed human skin and their pudenda will elicit a programmed genetic response. But a normallly screwed on head would see the image as just that, a mechanical representation of what looks like the opposite gender.

To even suggest the act of jerking off, putting something sexual really goes miles in displaying how screwed up your psyche is.

On the main topic:

Ever wonder guys that there's still no word from the Artstorm fembets Elita-1 and Arcee? It's been over a year and all we got were A-3, Optimus and Grimlock. Maybe that's the basis of the rumor.