Official Promotional Video and More Information for Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-41 Dinobot

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/review ... 4713&page=

21340Y. Cheaper by 8000Y from retail. No Issue whether the sales tax is not included whatnot.........still cheaper! CHEAPER!

And HLJ

https://hlj.com/product/TKT87717?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

Credit where credit's due, figuring out how to make Dinobot transform must have been an absolute nightmare! From the looks of it he turns inside out with all the paneling.

Please support Takara by purchasing this item at PO release prices and not wait for them to go on sale! Takara's financial situation is quite bleak with them always in the red... make MP Dinobot worth their effort and give them a financial blowout by making him a successful MP release unlike poor old Tracks!

If Takara falls, we don't get our plastic ABS PVC crack anymore

As much as I want this figure, and I do very much, that price is simply far beyond what I'm willing to pay. 150 would have been far more reasonable.

July is a long way from now though, maybe something will change in that time. Either the price or my willingness to pay it.

Anyone else agree we need more sizzle videos like this one? Yeah, totally makes me want to purchase the figure. BUT! I won't. No attachment to the character or Beast Wars really at all. AND, even at the cheapest through AmiAmi at around $188 USD, nope. $150 is my limit on figures now a days. And even then it's gotta be something I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally want.

I can't wait to hear from everyone that does pick this guy up how awesome he is! He looks incredible!!

Holy cow! That robot mode is gorgeous! Love the laser eyes!

This looks far better than I would have imagined!! Holy Sheet!!!

I am still really on the fence about the price though. That is just... I could somewhat justify MP-36 because he is the big con leader himself, but even though I do love Dinobot and need him for my Beast Wars guys, he is still more expensive than I really want to pay.

Argh, decisions.

I really like Beast Wars. I bought the MP Optimus Primal and Cheetor and this looks amazing but DAT PRICE THO ...

fenrir72 wrote:Please support Takara by purchasing this item at PO release prices and not wait for them to go on sale! Takara's financial situation is quite bleak with them always in the red... make MP Dinobot worth their effort and give them a financial blowout by making him a successful MP release unlike poor old Tracks!

If Takara falls, we don't get our plastic ABS PVC crack anymore

I'm incredibly faithful to HasTak, but come on. Everyone's beef with this pricepoint is completely legitimate and justified. He shouldn't cost any more than Ironhide or Ratchet. And while I personally liked MP Tracks, peoples beefs with it were also legitimate.

But even though he's priced high, I bet there's enough people like me out there to support it. And let's not fool ourselves, Dinobot is probably the most beloved TF character outside of G1, and easily in the top 10 of all time. Mark my words, he will sell out.

Again.... still impressed, but I'm surprised people aren't grabbing their torches and pitch forks over his backpack...

shajaki wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Please support Takara by purchasing this item at PO release prices and not wait for them to go on sale! Takara's financial situation is quite bleak with them always in the red... make MP Dinobot worth their effort and give them a financial blowout by making him a successful MP release unlike poor old Tracks!

If Takara falls, we don't get our plastic ABS PVC crack anymore

I'm incredibly faithful to HasTak, but come on. Everyone's beef with this pricepoint is completely legitimate and justified. He shouldn't cost any more than Ironhide or Ratchet. And while I personally liked MP Tracks, peoples beefs with it were also legitimate.

But even though he's priced high, I bet there's enough people like me out there to support it. And let's not fool ourselves, Dinobot is probably the most beloved TF character outside of G1, and easily in the top 10 of all time. Mark my words, he will sell out.

Alright, I've been thinking a lot about this, and now that I've had some time to scope out some pics, I think that, like MP 36, this price-point might be a bit more fair than we're willing to admit.

First of all, have you seen this guy? He's made up almost entirely of panels - that are also pinned together, that's a huge parts-count, a lot of molds, and a ton of time on the assembly line, that's a lot of man hours spent designing and qc-ing him, then there's the electronics and his size, not to mention his complex paint job - which looks gorgeous. I mean, he's so complex, his beast mode feet swap places with his bot mode hands and conceal themselves in his biceps, and he still has this much articulation for gods sake! His torso might be weirdly deep, but this is truly a master-craft of engineering.

My pitchfork is still cooling off from Megatron.........

shajaki wrote:Again.... still impressed, but I'm surprised people aren't grabbing their torches and pitch forks over his backpack...

Yeah, unfortunately there's only so much kibble you can stuff into his body to mimic his onscreen appearance

Oh boy. That dino mode is like MP-36's back as an entire velociraptor. Now to be fair on Takara, Dinobot's onscreen transformation is literally impossible, and engineering it must have been a nightmare. I am also impressed at how accurate it is and how articulated both modes are, but...I dunno. At that price I just can't justify it. Plus, whilst I realize this is utter heresy, I've never been a fan of the organic/"furry" BW Maximal designs, even though I love the characters and adore the show. Like, I love the Predacons and I adore the Transmetal designs on both sides, but I just don't like the "realistic" DOHOHOHOHO beast modes that much to justify buying MPs of them. Espeically not £200+ MPs.

THAT SAID, if they do an MP of Blackarachnia I will buy the everloving slag out of it. For one, she's my favourite character (which in a show with as stellar a cast as BW is damn impressive), for another I've met Venus Terzo, who is absolutely lovely, and finally I actually really like her design, as silly as it was (those claws though, homina homina). Plus, being a massive spider as opposed to a real-world vehicle, she can fit in with basically any display and not stick out scale wise. Burgeoning MP collection? Sure, she's from the same continuity anyway so why not. Mismatched disparate CHUG collection? Yep, I see no problem, even (especially) if she's gigantic, a massive spider that dwarfs tanks would be awesome. Legends? Well, maybe that's pushing it a bit, unless whoever she takes an interest in has a thing for giantesses.

Hot, poisonous and deadly spider-waifu must be mine.

Black Hat wrote:THAT SAID, if they do an MP of Blackarachnia I will buy the everloving slag out of it. For one, she's my favourite character (which in a show with as stellar a cast as BW is damn impressive), for another I've met Venus Terzo, who is absolutely lovely, and finally I actually really like her design, as silly as it was (those claws though, homina homina). Plus, being a massive spider as opposed to a real-world vehicle, she can fit in with basically any display and not stick out scale wise. Burgeoning MP collection? Sure, she's from the same continuity anyway so why not. Mismatched disparate CHUG collection? Yep, I see no problem, even (especially) if she's gigantic, a massive spider that dwarfs tanks would be awesome. Legends? Well, maybe that's pushing it a bit, unless whoever she takes an interest in has a thing for giantesses.

Hot, poisonous and deadly spider-waifu must be mine.

Plus, she'd be relatively simple to engineer, I just hope they stay away from tackling any of the impossible ones (terrorsaur, waspinator) for now and focus on the do-able ones. There's already a great template for rhinox and rattrap, Meg's would be super easy, and scoponk could just be an update of the original toy with better proportions - easy...

I actually ordered 2 this morning, 1 for a friend and 1 for myself. From HLJ so payment's not due until he comes out.

Another back shot.

shajaki wrote:Another back shot.

Jeez, even the shield is made up of a ton of moving parts, so it's still fully poseable in beast mode, talk about over-the-top

shajaki wrote:Another back shot.

All the backshots actually look pretty good! He looks good from several angles

I see absolutely no problem with the backpack, it's the equivalent of seekers with wings on their back! Ultra clean. AND this seems to be a marvel of engineering. Maybe I need to re-watch Beast Wars to get hype and then sell off a bunch of stuff to find money to buy him.

Seibertron wrote:

Octobotimus wrote:as i expected, looks meh.

What do you mean, meh? You're not from the Emoji movie, are you?

Masterpiece Dinobot looks great ... except for the glaring "hole" near his hips in Velociraptor mode. Other than that, he looks fantastic.

I would have preferred a smaller version of him though. While I know he was sometimes shown as being much taller than the other Maximals, I think him being just a little bit taller instead of a lot taller would have been better. The group shot picture is kind of hard to tell what's going on exactly because of the camera angle pointing upward and Optimus Primal being in an action pose.

He is big...


Just one of those things that is easy to over look. Like how Springer was gigantic...

fenrir72 wrote:http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/review?scode=FIGURE-034713&page=

21340Y. Cheaper by 8000Y from retail. No Issue whether the sales tax is not included whatnot.........still cheaper! CHEAPER!

Well, I see you still don't understand that exceedingly simple point I was making many months ago about AmiAmi and sales tax even though everyone else got it. Whatever, keep taking what you think are cheap jabs at me while proving your ignorance, I'm fine with that.

As for Dinobot's backpack, I'm more impressed they were able to cram so much inside him and that's all we got. I was more concerned about the back of his tail weapon looking like the Universe figure's, but it looks like they did a good job of blending it in.

Emerje

Black Hat wrote:Plus, whilst I realize this is utter heresy, I've never been a fan of the organic/"furry" BW Maximal designs, even though I love the characters and adore the show

Good thing they never actually looked "furry" in the show, then. Everyone who wasn't a scaly reptile looked like their skin was made out either clay or rubber.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Plus, she'd be relatively simple to engineer, I just hope they stay away from tackling any of the impossible ones (terrorsaur, waspinator) for now and focus on the do-able ones.

Terrorsaur would be a challenge, but I think there are some creative solutions that could make him work. Waspinator should be fairly easy, the Deluxe Generations figure is a good starting point, but with an even more complex transformation and no flapping wing gimmick.

Emerje

The price point on this one is upsetting but as has been stated, you are getting a whole lot of bang for your buck.

It is just such a well done looking figure from the pics that I couldn't pass this one up. plus the sheer fear of it selling out and not being able to get it at all.

I guess I will be packing my lunch for the next few months to set aside for this guy.

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Plus, she'd be relatively simple to engineer, I just hope they stay away from tackling any of the impossible ones (terrorsaur, waspinator) for now and focus on the do-able ones.

Terrorsaur would be a challenge, but I think there are some creative solutions that could make him work. Waspinator should be fairly easy, the Deluxe Generations figure is a good starting point, but with an even more complex transformation and no flapping wing gimmick.

Emerje

Terrorsaur (to be in scale in bot mode with everyone else) would be almost 100% impossible, because his beast mode is so scrawny and the wings are so large, I just don't think it can be done to the standard that TT is trying to set with the bw mp's, and I think TT's efforts would be best served rolling out a MP BW Megs (omg, if he's in scale with primal, he'll be huge )

Cheap is cheap! However you try to yoga it no need to split hairs why an item is cheap, a high podiatric diet is quite feeling anyway.

As for the price range....the R and D is the great mucho eater of the cost. Not to mention the materials (wished Takara's had ditched the electronics though).

And Takara would probably need to sell at least 4000 units to recoup the cost ( just like the upcoming Grand Maximus release). This part is relevant though as we have some idea on the real financial status of the company that does the heavy lifting providing us fans with our plastic crack.

Look at what happened to the JP company CMS? All gone and their pricing was also waaaaaaaaaay out there.

I'm gonna offset the cost on my PO with the credits I'm accumulating at Amiami(with my Arcadia SDF-1 coming among others 8 months from now)

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Plus, she'd be relatively simple to engineer, I just hope they stay away from tackling any of the impossible ones (terrorsaur, waspinator) for now and focus on the do-able ones.

Terrorsaur would be a challenge, but I think there are some creative solutions that could make him work. Waspinator should be fairly easy, the Deluxe Generations figure is a good starting point, but with an even more complex transformation and no flapping wing gimmick.

Emerje

Yeah, I dont see how waspinator would be hard.

i want to see how tall he is compared to mp10

Ultra Markus wrote:i want to see how tall he is compared to mp10

yeah where is the shot of them shaking hands?

And the shot of him fitting in MP 10's trailer, get on it Takara !!!

Hellscream9999 wrote:Terrorsaur (to be in scale in bot mode with everyone else) would be almost 100% impossible, because his beast mode is so scrawny and the wings are so large, I just don't think it can be done to the standard that TT is trying to set with the bw mp's

What I'm thinking is tha they might have make his alt mode just a little out of scale to give them some "meat" to work with. It might be possible to do some extreme wing origami to form part of the arms since they'd have to get the tiny wings onto them somehow and there isn't enough space to fake it. I was thinking that rather than hiding the pteranodon head they could use it to help fill out the legs instead. If done wrong he might end up fragile and full of panels, but the same can be said for Dinobot and Cheetor.

fenrir72 wrote:Cheap is cheap! However you try to yoga it no need to split hairs why an item is cheap, a high podiatric diet is quite feeling anyway.

I really wish you'd drop this! Nobody is splitting hairs and my foot is not in my mouth. Every time you say "cheap" you just prove that you aren't capable of understanding the point I was making all that time ago. I'll say it again for the nth time: THE PRICE WAS NEVER MY POINT! Get it through your thick head and stop HARASSING ME about it every time I bring up AmiAmi. Burn told you once before to drop it so drop it. Next time I see you make a post like this I'm going to make a formal complaint against you so cut it out, you're supposed to be an adult so act like it.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Get it through your thick head and stop HARASSING ME about it every time I bring up AmiAmi. Burn told you once before to drop it so drop it. Next time I see you make a post like this I'm going to make a formal complaint against you so cut it out, you're supposed to be an adult so act like it.

Emerje

You can do what I did and simply add him to your foes list on your site, it will put him on a permanent ignore so you no longer need to be frustrated with posts. It also wont derail the thread. I am not recommending it, just stating the possibility.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Get it through your thick head and stop HARASSING ME about it every time I bring up AmiAmi. Burn told you once before to drop it so drop it. Next time I see you make a post like this I'm going to make a formal complaint against you so cut it out, you're supposed to be an adult so act like it.

Emerje

You can do what I did and simply add him to your foes list on your site, it will put him on a permanent ignore so you no longer need to be frustrated with posts. It also wont derail the thread. I am not recommending it, just stating the possibility.

Oh, I know, but I also know that he can still see my posts even if I can't see his so I'd like to be able defend myself when needed since he tends to get hostile when replying to my posts for whatever reason.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Get it through your thick head and stop HARASSING ME about it every time I bring up AmiAmi. Burn told you once before to drop it so drop it. Next time I see you make a post like this I'm going to make a formal complaint against you so cut it out, you're supposed to be an adult so act like it.

Emerje

You can do what I did and simply add him to your foes list on your site, it will put him on a permanent ignore so you no longer need to be frustrated with posts. It also wont derail the thread. I am not recommending it, just stating the possibility.

Oh, I know, but I also know that he can still see my posts even if I can't see his so I'd like to be able defend myself when needed since he tends to get hostile when replying to my posts for whatever reason.

Emerje

But there is no point in him replying when he knows you wont be able to see his posts. he hasnt replied to my posts much since then since he knows its pointless. By replying to him you are always inviting more confrontation.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Get it through your thick head and stop HARASSING ME about it every time I bring up AmiAmi. Burn told you once before to drop it so drop it. Next time I see you make a post like this I'm going to make a formal complaint against you so cut it out, you're supposed to be an adult so act like it.

Emerje

You can do what I did and simply add him to your foes list on your site, it will put him on a permanent ignore so you no longer need to be frustrated with posts. It also wont derail the thread. I am not recommending it, just stating the possibility.

Oh, I know, but I also know that he can still see my posts even if I can't see his so I'd like to be able defend myself when needed since he tends to get hostile when replying to my posts for whatever reason.

Emerje

But there is no point in him replying when he knows you wont be able to see his posts. he hasnt replied to my posts much since then since he knows its pointless. By replying to him you are always inviting more confrontation.

I'm just not a big fan of black listing people on what's supposed to be a civilized board full of mostly adults. I'm going to wait and see how he responds to my earlier post before I decide.

Emerje

https://youtu.be/YoPBq4eqhAE

Really now! Makes you wanna cry and get the fig!

"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Benjamin Franklin

william-james88 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i want to see how tall he is compared to mp10

yeah where is the shot of them shaking hands?

And the shot of him fitting in MP 10's trailer, get on it Takara !!!

Trying to be sarcastic?

I mean..I'd like to see that shot!!

Ultra Markus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i want to see how tall he is compared to mp10

yeah where is the shot of them shaking hands?

And the shot of him fitting in MP 10's trailer, get on it Takara !!!

Trying to be sarcastic?

Sad to see it was unsuccesful

william-james88 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i want to see how tall he is compared to mp10

yeah where is the shot of them shaking hands?

And the shot of him fitting in MP 10's trailer, get on it Takara !!!

Trying to be sarcastic?

Sad to see it was unsuccesful

I just would like to see a size comparison is all not that I need to see him shaking hands or in the back of the trailer
Which would look ridiculous

Ultra Markus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i want to see how tall he is compared to mp10

yeah where is the shot of them shaking hands?

And the shot of him fitting in MP 10's trailer, get on it Takara !!!

Trying to be sarcastic?

Sad to see it was unsuccesful

I just would like to see a size comparison is all not that I need to see him shaking hands or in the back of the trailer
Which would look ridiculous

I'd be down with a Jurassic Park Prime!!

Anyone else think they might do Rattrap next just so they can take a break with some relatively straight-forward and simple engineering?

According to a tweet regarding the new Transformers Generations 2018 book, there was a comment by the designers of MP-41 Dinobot:

「『マスターピース』のビーストウォーズに関しては、まず第一目標がダイノボットで、その次はメガトロンだと思っていましたので、そこに向けて頑張っていきたいですね。」

Their first target for the BW MPs was Dinobot. Now, they're aiming for Megatron.

While this is not confirmation that Megatron will be next, the team has shown an interest in making one.

Actar wrote:According to a tweet regarding the new Transformers Generations 2018 book, there was a comment by the designers of MP-41 Dinobot:

「『マスターピース』のビーストウォーズに関しては、まず第一目標がダイノボットで、その次はメガトロンだと思っていましたので、そこに向けて頑張っていきたいですね。」

Their first target for the BW MPs was Dinobot. Now, they're aiming for Megatron.

While this is not confirmation that Megatron will be next, the team has shown an interest in making one.

I actually don't like the original BW Megatron design, so given that it would probably be a 300+ dollar figure, no thanks.


Now, if they did a Transmetals Megatron, that would be a different story. I would happily fork over unreasonable amounts of money for that.

Ironhidensh wrote:I actually don't like the original BW Megatron design, so given that it would probably be a 300+ dollar figure, no thanks.

Now, if they did a Transmetals Megatron, that would be a different story. I would happily fork over unreasonable amounts of money for that.

TransMetal and TransMetal 2, I'd be all over them. Yessssssssssss

Ironhidensh wrote:

Actar wrote:According to a tweet regarding the new Transformers Generations 2018 book, there was a comment by the designers of MP-41 Dinobot:

「『マスターピース』のビーストウォーズに関しては、まず第一目標がダイノボットで、その次はメガトロンだと思っていましたので、そこに向けて頑張っていきたいですね。」

Their first target for the BW MPs was Dinobot. Now, they're aiming for Megatron.

While this is not confirmation that Megatron will be next, the team has shown an interest in making one.

I actually don't like the original BW Megatron design, so given that it would probably be a 300+ dollar figure, no thanks.


Now, if they did a Transmetals Megatron, that would be a different story. I would happily fork over unreasonable amounts of money for that.

What about purple Barneytron Megatron the the rubber ducky? That'd put it over the top, right?

Yes. If it came with a rubber duck accessory, I would happily buy BW Megatron.

Step four, hit with a rubber mallet.

Also, 6 faces? He only comes with four. I'm guessing if they do one based on the toy colors he'll come with the other two and a mouth plate face not shown here.

Emerje