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Posted by welcometothedarksyde on March 15th, 2014 @ 12:54am CDT
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on March 15th, 2014 @ 1:56am CDT
welcometothedarksyde wrote:Is this on purpose or has Seibertron.com finally become sentient?
...Yes.
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on March 15th, 2014 @ 9:13am CDT
Twitchythe3rd wrote:welcometothedarksyde wrote:Is this on purpose or has Seibertron.com finally become sentient?
...Yes.
Then I for one welcome our new fansite overlords
Posted by Va'al on March 25th, 2014 @ 4:50pm CDT
Transformers Masterpiece Soundwave
Transformers Masterpiece Rumble
Transformers Masterpiece Frenzy
Transformers Masterpiece Laserbeak
Transformers Masterpiece Buzzsaw
Transformers Masterpiece Ravage
Posted by Doubledealer93 on March 25th, 2014 @ 5:15pm CDT
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on March 25th, 2014 @ 5:32pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on March 25th, 2014 @ 7:33pm CDT
That probably screwed up my grad school work, now that I think about it.
Still worth it though.
Posted by toyskingstudio on March 25th, 2014 @ 9:26pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on March 26th, 2014 @ 12:09am CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on March 26th, 2014 @ 12:34am CDT
He's shipping from retailers now and is in stock in the States at both BBTS and TFSource. Check out the gallery and then go buy him!
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Transformers Masterpiece Ratbat
Transformers Masterpiece Soundblaster
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Posted by joevill on March 26th, 2014 @ 8:13am CDT
Posted by Megatron Wolf on March 26th, 2014 @ 11:14am CDT
Posted by shajaki on March 26th, 2014 @ 12:53pm CDT
Megatron Wolf wrote:this is one of the worst figures i own, the mold is fine but the plastic quality is god awful. I thought Beast Hunters was bad but they feel top notch compared to soundwave and the minions. Also my ravage didnt come with a tail so that didnt help either, for the money i spent on this figure im very disappointed. Not worth it at all if you ask me, to expensive & to cheaply made.
plastic quality of them all (sw & tapes) or just the tapes?
sorry to hear that. mine are all takaras, and the quality is great. though i took extra care as i heard ravage was fragile.
Posted by Noideaforaname on March 26th, 2014 @ 1:30pm CDT
Posted by Rated X on March 26th, 2014 @ 4:49pm CDT
Posted by Stormrider on March 26th, 2014 @ 5:13pm CDT
shajaki wrote:Megatron Wolf wrote:this is one of the worst figures i own, the mold is fine but the plastic quality is god awful. I thought Beast Hunters was bad but they feel top notch compared to soundwave and the minions. Also my ravage didnt come with a tail so that didnt help either, for the money i spent on this figure im very disappointed. Not worth it at all if you ask me, to expensive & to cheaply made.
plastic quality of them all (sw & tapes) or just the tapes?
sorry to hear that. mine are all takaras, and the quality is great. though i took extra care as i heard ravage was fragile.
I had problems with Laserbeak's wing hinge being too tight and breaking (BBTS replaced it), but that was the only problem I experienced. Megatron Wolf, are your cassettes Hasbro or Takara?
Ryan, how is your Ratbat figure?
Posted by shajaki on March 26th, 2014 @ 5:30pm CDT
this is the picture that sold me on SB here. other pictures of the red window (lower res and not close up) made it seem almost sunken in. which paled in comparison to the purple window, and that really bugged me since i want to display him with the red to distinguish him from SW as much as i can. im not in love with the black trim around the red window (id prefer gold) but it still looks nice.
only thing i wonder now is how that red window looks like a reprolabel decepticon insignia stamped on there...
Posted by Bumblevivisector on March 26th, 2014 @ 5:50pm CDT
Oh, he comes with Safety/Lava-Fall Megatron? I did not know that. Interesting.
I've been leaning towards buying Soundblaster before Takara Soundwave all along, but it'll still be a while before I save up.
And for once, my desire for a KO of this Ratbat isn't about the price as much as that while I want all my cassettes to be the same size (that's kind of the point) and therefore see those enlarged KO cassettes as a total waste, this Dery-accurate Ratbat is the one and only potential exception, since Marvel Ratbat was usually 2-4 times larger than the other cassettes in robot/animal mode. His TF Universe entry also mentions him being able to achieve two different sizes in bat mode; was he the only non-Insecticon to have that ability explicitly stated back in the day? (Overkill doesn't count, as his TFU entry says it happens to him by accident)
Posted by MGrotusque on March 26th, 2014 @ 8:50pm CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on April 1st, 2014 @ 1:24am CDT
Seibertron.com is proud to present our newest galleries: Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-13 Takara Tomy Masterpiece Soundwave and Condor, plus MP-15 Jaguar (Ravage) and Rumble, and MP-16 Frenzy and Buzzsaw!
Transformers Masterpiece Soundwave
Transformers Masterpiece Condor
Transformers Masterpiece Buzzsaw
Transformers Masterpiece Frenzy
Transformers Masterpiece Rumble
Transformers Masterpiece Jaguar
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Posted by megatronus on April 1st, 2014 @ 10:24am CDT
Posted by mooncake623 on April 1st, 2014 @ 11:27am CDT
megatronus wrote:I always forget how utterly massive MP-05 is...
And massively awesome!!
Posted by megatronus on April 1st, 2014 @ 12:20pm CDT
mooncake623 wrote:megatronus wrote:I always forget how utterly massive MP-05 is...
And massively awesome!!
Indeed!
I sold mine off (along with my MP-01L) a year or two ago, though, because of MP-10.
I hope they make another MP Megatron down the line. Doesn't have to be this year, next year, or the year after that. But I do hope they make one, even if it means sacrificing the gun mode for a nice bot mode.
Posted by Rated X on April 2nd, 2014 @ 12:37am CDT
But on the other hand, it worked just great for my classics shelf. Am I the only one here who bought MP Soundewave and Soundblaster just for the cassettes ? Or do others besides me see the MP cassettes as perfect "classics" scale ? United Rumble/Frenzy are actually bigger than their MP versions and classics Ravage is the same size.
Posted by robotmel on April 2nd, 2014 @ 3:05am CDT
Rated X wrote:Or do others besides me see the MP cassettes as perfect "classics" scale ? United Rumble/Frenzy are actually bigger than their MP versions and classics Ravage is the same size.
*RAISES HAND*
I managed to miss the boat on the TrU MP Optimus w/trailer and also MP Soudwave w/cassettes which I am gutted about.
I have just ordered KO MP 15 Rumble & Ravage to be displayed on my Classics shelves. Boom!
My wants list used to have Mini-tanks Rumble & Frenzy, then changed it to Perfect Effect Rumble & Frenzy, now decided that MP Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Buzzsaw & Laserbeak are scaled well enough to be CLASSICS!
This all may change again as I also wanted PE Rewind & Eject which may well be smaller than MP Rumble/Frenzy/etc?
Can anyone snap a quick photo if possible of the MP cassettes with the Perfect Effect Rumble & Frenzy?
Posted by G1COLLECTOR on April 2nd, 2014 @ 11:10am CDT
Posted by Rated X on April 3rd, 2014 @ 12:08am CDT
robotmel wrote:Rated X wrote:Or do others besides me see the MP cassettes as perfect "classics" scale ? United Rumble/Frenzy are actually bigger than their MP versions and classics Ravage is the same size.
*RAISES HAND*
I managed to miss the boat on the TrU MP Optimus w/trailer and also MP Soudwave w/cassettes which I am gutted about.
I have just ordered KO MP 15 Rumble & Ravage to be displayed on my Classics shelves. Boom!
My wants list used to have Mini-tanks Rumble & Frenzy, then changed it to Perfect Effect Rumble & Frenzy, now decided that MP Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Buzzsaw & Laserbeak are scaled well enough to be CLASSICS!
This all may change again as I also wanted PE Rewind & Eject which may well be smaller than MP Rumble/Frenzy/etc?
Can anyone snap a quick photo if possible of the MP cassettes with the Perfect Effect Rumble & Frenzy?
Here you go...
Posted by robotmel on April 4th, 2014 @ 6:02am CDT
Rated X wrote:Here you go...
Thank you Rated X!
I had hoped the PE minions where a little taller so I could mix up the cassettebots without them all looking like David and Goliath?
What to do....
Posted by Va'al on August 2nd, 2014 @ 5:31pm CDT
Transformers Masterpiece Sunstorm
Transformers Masterpiece Prowl
Posted by Convoy on August 2nd, 2014 @ 5:49pm CDT
Volume carries a price, the same as weight, when shipping.
Posted by Seibertron on August 2nd, 2014 @ 5:56pm CDT
Convoy wrote:No wonder the domestic Prowl release is so expensive.
Volume carries a price, the same as weight, when shipping.
I really wish they had put the missile launchers in with Hasbro Prowl. It would have somewhat justified the price on him. Instead, he turned out to be the least accessoried Hasbro Masterpiece yet!
Posted by Railbomb on August 2nd, 2014 @ 6:07pm CDT
Posted by Rated X on August 2nd, 2014 @ 6:10pm CDT
Dont see any difference between Takara and Hasbro Prowl except the crappy Hasbro shoulder rockets. (which prowl didnt have in the cartoon anyways)
Posted by Seibertron on August 2nd, 2014 @ 6:32pm CDT
Rated X wrote:First Hasbro butchered Acid Storm. Then they butchered Sunstorm.
Dont see any difference between Takara and Hasbro Prowl except the crappy Hasbro shoulder rockets. (which prowl didnt have in the cartoon anyways)
Missile launchers didn't come with the Takara or the Hasbro versions.
Posted by shajaki on August 2nd, 2014 @ 6:56pm CDT
ha! not sure if id have noticed that.Va'al wrote:Masterpiece Sunstorm, a redeco of the new and improved seeker MP mold (though the box shows the old one)...
so is this to say hes not changed at all? i mean, i assumed as much but its best hearing from the guys who have both in their handsVa'al wrote:Prowl, with its Nissan Fairlady alt-mode, in all their non-import glory...
Posted by Seibertron on August 2nd, 2014 @ 7:04pm CDT
shajaki wrote:ha! not sure if id have noticed that.Va'al wrote:Masterpiece Sunstorm, a redeco of the new and improved seeker MP mold (though the box shows the old one)...so is this to say hes not changed at all? i mean, i assumed as much but its best hearing from the guys who have both in their handsVa'al wrote:Prowl, with its Nissan Fairlady alt-mode, in all their non-import glory...
There are some extremely minor paint shade differences that I noticed on the badges on the door, but that's about it. I'd expect to see similar minor variations amongst toys from the same production run so this one is an extreme stretch. It's really odd for the same item to be released in both markets without noticeable differences (movies 1 through 3 aside). I can't help but wonder if these were made when the Takara ones were made or something along those lines.
Posted by Seibertron on August 2nd, 2014 @ 8:28pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on August 2nd, 2014 @ 8:59pm CDT
Ditto to the extra launchers, but as for the volume thing, in another sense his box might not be big/expensive enough! My TRU started putting all their Prowls inside the service desk where no one can see them while browsing, counting instead on every interested party specifically asking for them. This is apparently due to his small size making him too easy to shoplift. They can't put security spider-wraps on him because he's under $100 and/or his box is small enough that it might get damaged if they try.Seibertron wrote:Convoy wrote:No wonder the domestic Prowl release is so expensive.
Volume carries a price, the same as weight, when shipping.
I really wish they had put the missile launchers in with Hasbro Prowl. It would have somewhat justified the price on him. Instead, he turned out to be the least accessoried Hasbro Masterpiece yet!
This means we'll have to start pestering TRU employees even more...and that it may not be possible to just browse future Hasbro MP Autobot car releases, unless they lock 'em up in an R-zone display case or something.
And if his box was the same size as his Takara counterpart's, thieves with large jackets wouldn't even have to unpackage him before exiting the store!
As with so many past MPs that simply sold out immediately, how much shelf space his box takes up isn't even an real issue. Either Hasbro or TRU might have to rethink something here.
Posted by EagleBot13 on August 2nd, 2014 @ 9:02pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:shajaki wrote:ha! not sure if id have noticed that.Va'al wrote:Masterpiece Sunstorm, a redeco of the new and improved seeker MP mold (though the box shows the old one)...so is this to say hes not changed at all? i mean, i assumed as much but its best hearing from the guys who have both in their handsVa'al wrote:Prowl, with its Nissan Fairlady alt-mode, in all their non-import glory...
There are some extremely minor paint shade differences that I noticed on the badges on the door, but that's about it. I'd expect to see similar minor variations amongst toys from the same production run so this one is an extreme stretch. It's really odd for the same item to be released in both markets without noticeable differences (movies 1 through 3 aside). I can't help but wonder if these were made when the Takara ones were made or something along those lines.
There are probably production wide QC issues that the takara version doesn't have. I've noticed that with most hasbro masterpiece figures.
Posted by Seibertron on August 2nd, 2014 @ 9:07pm CDT
EagleBot13 wrote:There are probably production wide QC issues that the takara version doesn't have. I've noticed that with most hasbro masterpiece figures.
I think the Hasbro version had LESS paint flaws than my Takara version does.
Posted by reluctantyouth on August 2nd, 2014 @ 10:05pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 2nd, 2014 @ 10:05pm CDT
Posted by Blurrz on August 2nd, 2014 @ 10:55pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on August 3rd, 2014 @ 12:28am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Are there any differences between the Prowls?
Nope!
Posted by Deadput on August 3rd, 2014 @ 12:35am CDT
It looks cartoony i like that
my fave part of Sunstorm is the brownish head instead of the BLACK HEAD EVERY OTHER SEEKER COMES WITH SINCE FOREVER.
Posted by TimothyR on August 3rd, 2014 @ 2:58am CDT
seriously.. that is just terrible. i would've understood if the thing was orange and white, or had a different shade of yellow or used orange highlights rather than white.. but i have no clue why they decided that brown was a good idea.
i just don't understand it... why not make the head white.. or yellow, or red, or orange, or dark grey.. WHY BROWN!!!
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Unlike others i love Sunstorm's paint
It looks cartoony i like that
my fave part of Sunstorm is the brownish head instead of the BLACK HEAD EVERY OTHER SEEKER COMES WITH SINCE FOREVER.
it looks cartoony like that?.. what, like he just stuck his head into a cartoon toilet filled with cartoon crap?.. in that case, yes it looks cartoony.
see.. the problem is that this is a MASTERPIECE FIGURE, IT'S HEAD IS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE IT WAS IN THE SHOW OR THE G1 TOY. i could stomach the brown if this was a generations figure or something.. but not a MASTERPIECE figure.
i'm sure they're going to wonder why this thing won't sell very well. i mean, the guy who chose this brown has to be the same guy who chose the colors for the AOE figures.. if not, then he HAS to be related. this is just unacceptable.
Posted by Economus Prime on August 3rd, 2014 @ 4:10am CDT
Posted by CenturionSAM on August 3rd, 2014 @ 5:42am CDT
Posted by reluctantyouth on August 3rd, 2014 @ 8:43am CDT
Posted by Seibertron on August 3rd, 2014 @ 8:59am CDT
Economus Prime wrote:The stand with the three movable bars that you use for the Masterpiece Seekers, where did you get it?
I get them from FlightPose.com: http://flightpose.com/
Speaking of stands, I heard that the AOE Dinobots or some other group (can't remember for sure) all have a standard port on their backside that supposedly is compatible with Bandai's figure stands. Can anyone point me in the right direction of what stand I need to purchase?