SDCC 2013 Metroplex Unboxing and New Details About Exclusive Set

Sick!! Me want both!

I can't wait to get mine. The photos are great as always!

Dangit he looks so much better!

Underwhelming I think, I'll probably jump for the retail one

okay... prices

Hasbro Metroplex: 1 Metroplex figure, 1 Scamper figure, 1 red gun + 1 missile
Price:110$ (BBTS)

Takara version: 1 Metroplex figure (face and hips chromed), 1 Scamper figure, 2 red guns + 2 missiles
Price 229$ (BBTS)

SDCC version: 1 Metroplex figure (face and Hips chromed), 1 Scamper figure, 2 red guns + 2 missile2 + 12 non transforming figures
Price: 150$

SOOOOOOOOOOOO

the takara version offers less than the SDCC but is more expensive? The fuck is wrong with Takara?

The SDCC package is THE package to get, if you ask me...

I want him so bad but I know this is going to turn into Comic Con Bruticus.

Amen to that brother...never had a chance at SDCC Bruticus either.

Deathscythetransform wrote:the takara version offers less than the SDCC but is more expensive? The **** is wrong with Takara?

The SDCC package is THE package to get, if you ask me...

The price of Takara Tomy's version is inline with these. It's ￥13,248 on Amazon.co.jp, which converts to $133.68. Add international shipping and middle man fees and you end up around $230 for U.S. prices on an imported item.

Deathscythetransform wrote:okay... prices

Hasbro Metroplex: 1 Metroplex figure, 1 Scamper figure, 1 red gun + 1 missile
Price:110$ (BBTS)

Takara version: 1 Metroplex figure (face and hips chromed), 1 Scamper figure, 2 red guns + 2 missiles
Price 229$ (BBTS)

SDCC version: 1 Metroplex figure (face and Hips chromed), 1 Scamper figure, 2 red guns + 2 missile2 + 12 non transforming figures
Price: 150$

SOOOOOOOOOOOO

the takara version offers less than the SDCC but is more expensive? The **** is wrong with Takara?

The SDCC package is THE package to get, if you ask me...

Conveniently forgetting import charges? The bare TakaraTomy package is 18,753 Yen, which translates to $188. Still more than the SDCC one, but good luck actually finding one!

Dude... nice.

I'f I'm lucky enough to get one on Hasbro Toy Store, I'll pick one up. Most likely though I'll be sticking with Takara's

Well I've got the retail version on pre-order from Amazon, but I'll be online like a vulture waiting for the SDCC version to hit HTS after the 'con. I like symmetry, and the twin guns really speak to me. I'll prob give the mini-figs to my kids.

I could do without the chrome, too, since my G1 MP is the white-legged version and I'd lkethem to match. So really, all I need is just the extra gun for the retail version.

Looks great, but I think I'll save myself a ton of money and get some silver paint for the retail version's face. If I even get him at all, which seems doubtfull now that I've seen how truly massive he really is.

Chrome is way too shiny and makes me nervous when converting. Plus the biggest improvement over the retail version here, in my opinion, is the box.

It's not worth it and thank you for that.

Please stop perpetuating the falsehood that the Takara version has chrome thighs. It does not. Less than a minute of searching Google images will tell you as much. Or, you know, looking here on Seibertron. Personally, I'm not happy about paying the mark up but I prefer the look of the Takara version. The chrome on the legs, although accurate to G1, is a bit much IMO. http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... lex/27533/

Give a figure a second gun and some chrome, call it an exclusive and watch the crazy fans go.

So are the only differences between retail and SDCC Metroplex the chrome bits, the second gun, and the minifigs?

Because if so, it means I won't have to worry about camping HTS to get one like I did with Bruticus last year. (Plus, I don't have any figures in my collection with chrome bits, so he'll stand out a bit too much. Y'know, besides being a two foot tall toy.)

But man, that box is amazing. I kinda wish I could just buy that!

The SDCC version of Metroplex looks nice, but the difference is minimal compared to the Bruticus colors at the convention versus at retail last year. I'll try my hardest to order one of these from HasbroToyShop, but I won't be devistated if I have to settle for the retail release. The extras still do not warrant paying through the nose on the secondary market.

I'm just curious, are both SDCC and TTomy Metroplex chest sticker showed art work of Prime, UM, Arcee, Bumblebee or just plain red sticker?

Right now I'm sort of stuck between SDCC and TTomy. If TTomy Metroplex speaks Japanese, I'm going with SDCC.

Any idea where the 2nd gun could attach? The gun needs an extra peg or something so that it can attach to the vehicle mode. Without an extra peg, I can only figure out how to attach it to the gray handle on one of the black guns, but that blocks the other cannon in his vehicle mode so that doesn't seem ideal.

Seibertron wrote:Any idea where the 2nd gun could attach? The gun needs an extra peg or something so that it can attach to the vehicle mode. Without an extra peg, I can only figure out how to attach it to the gray handle on one of the black guns, but that blocks the other cannon in his vehicle mode so that doesn't seem ideal.

Here is an image of Takara's Metroplex in cruiser mode rockin the twin cannons:
http://www.collecticon.org/collecticon_ ... -japan.jpg

From here:
http://www.collecticon.org/2013/06/the- ... lding-101/

Ryan, you lucky S.O.B! LOL

That is so damn awesome!

Congrats!

Funny how the Japanese packaging has "Scramble City" for City Mode. Well played.

That bio is very FOC-ish, but the box art clearly has him alongside G1 dudes. Then again, looking on TFWiki shows a chapter of Autocracy of how Metroplex came to help Optimus Prime upon awakening from a prolonged dormancy, so I guess this could allude to that.

It's disturbing that the MORE expensive figure has LESS paint apps, regardless if three pieces of the mold were dipped in chrome.

I will own this.

I just realized that the "Starscream" decoy isn't Starscream. It's technically Thundercracker. All 6 of these figures are from the upcoming IDW comic packed Generations toys that should be out in the next month. Thundercracker is the 6th figure from that set. Semantics, I know, but I didn't realize that all 6 figures were from the upcoming IDW wave.

Rated X wrote:It's disturbing that the MORE expensive figure has LESS paint apps, regardless if three pieces of the mold were dipped in chrome.

Where are you seeing missing paint apps on the SDCC version? Are you sure you're not confusing the sticker applications? Seibertron hadn't yet applied the stickers to his SDCC sample in those comparison shots. The detailing on the retail sample is all stickers. The retail and SDCC versions should have identical sticker sheets, with the only difference being a "foil" finish on the SDCC ones.

After yesterday's teaser which detailed the unboxing of SDCC 2013 Metroplex, we can finally show you the full galleries for the SDCC exclusive Metroplex with Scamper figures! Click on any image below to view the whole lot. For further information about this item, please click here to read our news story from yesterday.

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San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Scamper

I like how there's virtually no discernible differences between regular-retail Scamper and SDCC Scamper.

Yeah, only differences I can pick up between the two is that SDCC Metroplex has shinier stickers and has his thighs and face chromed. Other than that, there doesn't really appear to be much difference from the paint apps.


Still bummed that regular-retail Metroplex doesn't have the extra gun like he should have, but it's a much cheaper alternative to SDCC.

I love the shot with the Popsicle!

Great gallery Seibs! Will you be displaying this behemoth somewhere in your house?

Mkall wrote:I love the shot with the Popsicle!

Ha! I didn't realize it at first, but that Popsicle is Gari Robo-kun.

Wow, he really doesn't seem to have been designed with that second rifle in mind. Besides the robot mode, it always looks tacked on and horrible.

Are there any different voice clips between the two releases? I love the look of the metallic stickers. Now for Takara to finally show theirs off including voice clips. I'd really like to make a final decision on one soon.

Flux Convoy wrote:Are there any different voice clips between the two releases? I love the look of the metallic stickers. Now for Takara to finally show theirs off including voice clips. I'd really like to make a final decision on one soon.

Just double checked for you ... the voice clips are identical in both.

Sabrblade wrote:

Mkall wrote:I love the shot with the Popsicle!

Ha! I didn't realize it at first, but that Popsicle is Gari Robo-kun.

I finally got one at a decent price ($30 shipped) and it arrived the same day as my the big box from Hasbro. Thought it'd be fun to have a few pics since I already did the Metroplex walking Trypticon with a dog leash pics in the last gallery.

Due to several requests, I have updated SDCC 2013 Metroplex's gallery with new pictures comparing the size of the SDCC box with the retail Generations Metroplex box. I also added a picture at the end of each SDCC gallery showing all of this year's SDCC Transformers exclusives together (excluding the G.I. JOE and the Transformers set which I will pick up next week at SDCC). Here are the new pictures to demonstrate just how big the SDCC version's box is, which measures approximately 27" x 22" x 8" versus the retail box which measures approximately 24" x 14" x 6" (give or take a 1/4 of an inch here and there).

FYI ... the Shockwave's Laboratory set featuring Voyager Class Shockwave and Commander Class Predaking will be posted later today.

Hey, Seibertron, if you can only get one version of this toy, which would you recommend?

One last request fulfilled ... this time I pulled out my G1 Decoys to provide comparisons of them to the new "Decoy" like mini-figures that are included with SDCC 2013 Metroplex. Check out the following pictures of Megatron, Starscream, Orion Pax, Bumblebee, Hoist, and Trailcutter alongside their G1 Decoy counterparts.

Seibertron wrote:Check out the following pictures of Megatron, Starscream, Orion Pax, Bumblebee, Hoist, and Trailcutter alongside their G1 Decoy counterparts.

I think that's very probably supposed to be Thundercracker instead of Starscream since the rest of the mini-figures are all based on the Thrilling 30 Wave 1 and 2 Deluxes, which Thundercracker (but not Starscream) was a part of.

Trikeboy wrote:Hey, Seibertron, if you can only get one version of this toy, which would you recommend?

I have to go with the retail version of these two. The chrome is nice, and I'm very happy to have it in my collection, but for a regular budget-minded collector I don't think it's worth at least an extra 50 bucks for chromed upper legs and a face and an extra big red gun with a missile, that I feel were really tacked on (I can't figure out where the extra weapon is supposed to attach in vehicle and city modes).

I also had a lot of problems with the stickers on the SDCC version, which kind of soured my experience with him a little bit. The stickers would "cling" to the toy as soon as you get them close, I'm assuming because of their chrome foil nature. I don't recall having that much difficulty with the retail version's regular stickers. Because the stickers kept clinging, I feel like I had a much more difficult time to apply the stickers. It took me about 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours to put all of the stickers on. I don't recall it taking that long on the regular retail version. That one might have taken me an hour or so, but the SDCC version definitely took longer because of all the problems I kept having with the stickers not lining up properly. I even managed to damage two of the stickers.

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Check out the following pictures of Megatron, Starscream, Orion Pax, Bumblebee, Hoist, and Trailcutter alongside their G1 Decoy counterparts.

I think that's supposed to be Thundercracker instead of Starscream since the rest of the mini-figures are all based on the Thrilling 30 Wave 1 and 2 Deluxes, which Thundercracker (but not Starscream) was a part of.

He already knows, Sabrblade. But how would you be able to tell single-colored Seekers apart aside from looking at their number (Starcream is #35, Thundercracker is #34 and Skywarp is #33)? Besides, the design is the same so any Seeker would do for comparisons.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:He already knows, Sabrblade.

Seibertron wrote:(I can't figure out where the extra weapon is supposed to attach in vehicle and city modes).

Hope this can help. Here are some photos from the Tokyo Toy show of how Takara managed to fit both guns on their version:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Check out the following pictures of Megatron, Starscream, Orion Pax, Bumblebee, Hoist, and Trailcutter alongside their G1 Decoy counterparts.

I think that's supposed to be Thundercracker instead of Starscream since the rest of the mini-figures are all based on the Thrilling 30 Wave 1 and 2 Deluxes, which Thundercracker (but not Starscream) was a part of.

He already knows, Sabrblade. But how would you be able to tell single-colored Seekers apart aside from looking at their number (Starcream is #35, Thundercracker is #34 and Skywarp is #33)? Besides, the design is the same so any Seeker would do for comparisons.

Thanks for catching that. I had said yesterday that the mini-figure was supposed to theoretically represent Thundercracker, since the other 5 are part of the IDW Generations comic-packed wave. Slipped my mind today while I was pulling out these decoys. I updated the pics to show the "Thundercracker" decoy instead. Just force a refresh and you'll see the new pictures.

In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get the gun to attach like it does in those pictures. I'm not having any luck yet.

That's Thundercracker.

Trust me. I'm a doctor.

Seibertron wrote:In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get the gun to attach like it does in those pictures. I'm not having any luck yet.

A thought just occurred to me. What if Takara's remolded new ports for the guns to attach to? I'd hope not.

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get the gun to attach like it does in those pictures. I'm not having any luck yet.

A thought just occurred to me. What if Takara's remolded new ports for the guns to attach to? I'd hope not.

Then the retooling should have been carried over into the SDCC one, since it would be considered an "update" of the mold. But Hasbro has messed up in the past...

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get the gun to attach like it does in those pictures. I'm not having any luck yet.

A thought just occurred to me. What if Takara's remolded new ports for the guns to attach to? I'd hope not.

Alright, I figured out where the red gun attaches in city mode. One of the gray guns attaches to the red gun. How it attaches is really weak. If you bump into it, it falls off. Works for pics though!

On to battle station vehicle mode ...

Ok, I finally figured out how its supposed to attach in battle station mode. Again, this is really weak. It attaches weakly via two tabs on the bottom of the gun and attaches over a spot that appears to be made for this. However, as I stated above, it's a really weak connection spot that again appears to be an after thought. In addition, I now have a small paint chip on Metroplex thanks to connecting one of the guns in battle station mode.

I'll stand by my original statement that Metroplex appears to have been designed with one gun in mind and not two.

The instructions in the SDCC version do not show how to attach the guns in city or battle station vehicle mode. I'll update the gallery in the next 30 minutes.