Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated

Thursday, April 24th, 2014 1:24pm CDT

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Courtesy of the Planet Iacon fanpage on Facebook, we get a look at an interesting piece of artwork found in a hobby magazine, featuring Takara Masterpiece MP-10 Optimus Prime in new colours, vaguely reminiscent of the Shattered Glass deco. But no, they are in fact the colour scheme of extremely popular (in Japan and elsewhere) anime franchise Neon Genesis Evangelion based EVA Unit-01, shown in the background of the piece. Take a look at the mirrored image below, and a translation of the text, courtesy of Anime News Network!

Transformers News: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10/Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated

The Angels are invading. Breaking a long silence, the mysterious life-forms known as the Angels suddenly appear. The weapons the UN forces gather together in retaliation can't even scratch them. In the end, they turn to the secret agency, NERV, to manage the anti-Angel strategy.

With Neo-Tokyo 3 in their sights, the Angels slowly advance upon the city...but suddenly a spaceship comes hurtling down from the sky above the Angels: the Sky Lynx! Out of the ship emerges warriors of the far-off planet Cybertron. They've come to investigate after noticing an unusual energy reading.

"We can't let a disaster like the Second Impact occur on this planet."
"What?! What are these monsters?!"

The shocked Cybertron convoy sets its sights on an enemy much bigger than themselves.

Credit(s): Planet Iacon, Anime News Network

This article was last modified on Thursday, April 24th, 2014 4:34pm CDT

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Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568328)
Posted by #Sideways# on April 24th, 2014 @ 1:38pm CDT

If they made this a toy, I would [not] buy it.

That was [not] an Evangelion joke.

(This actually looks pretty cool. Like Toxitron and he spliced CNA to make this. Kinda reminds me of that Titanfall April Fools joke)

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568332)
Posted by Va'al on April 24th, 2014 @ 1:49pm CDT

I did [not] get that joke.

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568342)
Posted by Nerv103 on April 24th, 2014 @ 2:02pm CDT

I am all over this as the Nerv part of my handle comes from Evangelion!!

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568343)
Posted by hinomars19 on April 24th, 2014 @ 2:03pm CDT

Ultra Magnus is [Not] a white MP-10.

Takara can [Not] milk this mold for no valid reason. This situation does [Not] make sense.

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568346)
Posted by Noideaforaname on April 24th, 2014 @ 2:11pm CDT

*glances at Va'al's avatar* Did you know of this, or is that just a coincidence?

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568347)
Posted by Shadowstream on April 24th, 2014 @ 2:14pm CDT

Dull + ugly = this

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568348)
Posted by necr0blivion on April 24th, 2014 @ 2:15pm CDT

If Shinji's the pilot, I'm calling this one "Optimus Whine"

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568353)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 24th, 2014 @ 2:50pm CDT

Never would I have imagined that these two series would ever have some sort of crossover or joint venture project or whatever this might be.

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568364)
Posted by Ultra Magnus on April 24th, 2014 @ 3:20pm CDT

I'm into it! Evangelion is an INCREDIBLE series(even if it really makes no sense whatsoever a lot of the time). But as a fan of both franchises I think this is too cool to pass up!

So long as Micahel Bay is not let anywhere near this project...

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568370)
Posted by Burn on April 24th, 2014 @ 3:34pm CDT

Different ... don't mind the look of it either.

Ultra Magnus wrote:So long as Micahel Bay is not let anywhere near this project...

It's bad enough nearly every thread about the movies has some anti-Bay comment in it, do you really need to bring that crap to non-movie threads as well? No, you don't.

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568371)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on April 24th, 2014 @ 3:34pm CDT

Wow. Useless random crossover.

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568404)
Posted by Va'al on April 24th, 2014 @ 4:38pm CDT

Noideaforaname wrote:*glances at Va'al's avatar* Did you know of this, or is that just a coincidence?

This is [Not] a coincidence.

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568413)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 24th, 2014 @ 4:50pm CDT

Anime News Network attempted to translated the body of text at the bottom of the image, particular the "Story" part, and got this charming little result:

The Angels are invading. Breaking a long silence, the mysterious life-forms known as the Angels suddenly appear. The weapons the UN forces gather together in retaliation can't even scratch them. In the end, they turn to the secret agency, NERV, to manage the anti-Angel strategy.
With Neo-Tokyo 3 in their sights, the Angels slowly advance upon the city...but suddenly a spaceship comes hurtling down from the sky above the Angels: the Sky Lynx! Out of the ship emerges warriors of the far-off planet Cybertron. They've come to investigate after noticing an unusual energy reading.

"We can't let a disaster like the Second Impact occur on this planet."
"What?! What are these monsters?!"

The shocked Cybertron convoy sets its sights on an enemy much bigger than themselves.

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568416)
Posted by Va'al on April 24th, 2014 @ 4:56pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Anime News Network attempted to translated the body of text at the bottom of the image and got this charming little result.

We got there seconds before you.

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568422)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 24th, 2014 @ 4:59pm CDT

Va'al wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Anime News Network attempted to translated the body of text at the bottom of the image and got this charming little result.

We got there seconds before you.

So you did.

It seems ANN is a bit confused on a few things, such as not knowing that "Convoy" and "Sky Lynx" are the names of characters rather than a team or a ship name.

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568426)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on April 24th, 2014 @ 5:07pm CDT

so does anyone else think this may be considered by some to be SG MP OP

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568443)
Posted by fenrir72 on April 24th, 2014 @ 6:03pm CDT

Can they synchronize with Asuka?

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568457)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on April 24th, 2014 @ 6:49pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Never would I have imagined that these two series would ever have some sort of crossover or joint venture project or whatever this might be.

I've considered it a faint possibility since, oh, the summer of '98...

...and if you apply a religious subtext to Rodimus Prime's final line from 5 Faces of Darkness, it could almost be the the tagline for Evangelion:

"We Transformers have looked into the face of our creators...and seen the face of an enemy."

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568461)
Posted by megatronus on April 24th, 2014 @ 6:56pm CDT

I would buy this. Call me MP-Toxitron!

Re: Potential Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-10 / Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover Repaint - Updated (1568490)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 24th, 2014 @ 8:57pm CDT

ANN has corrected/fixed their translation of the story text - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-04-24/takara-tomy-planning-transformers-x-evangelion-crossover

The Angels are invading. Breaking a long silence, the mysterious life-forms known as the Angels suddenly appear. The weapons the UN forces gather together in retaliation can't even scratch them. In the end, they turn to the secret agency, NERV, to manage the anti-Angel strategy.
With Neo-Tokyo 3 in their sights, the Angels slowly advance upon the city...but suddenly a spaceship comes hurtling down from the sky above the Angels: the Autobot Sky Lynx! Out of the ship emerges warriors of the far-off planet Cybertron. They've come to investigate after noticing an unusual energy reading.

"We can't let a disaster like the Second Impact occur on this planet."
"What?! What are these monsters?!"

Optimus Prime sets his sights on an enemy much bigger than himself.

That's better.

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