Takara Reveals MPM ROTF Starscream, Legacy Blanker and Dead End and Canon Prime

Appart that moronic camera, all those reveals are magnificent.

I'm actually really worried about Legacy Pointblank/Blanker... It looks like it doesn't have a bicep swivel... I really hope that I'm wrong

Hmm. Interesting. Normally, the feet on a car-former are way too BIG because they invert the back of the car to form the legs. But it seems they didn't do that for Dead End. So not only are his feet visually dinky, but he's got massive "THICC" knees.

That's a shame in some ways. It means the Dead End robot mode will be the dud. But, let's be frank - everyone is going to leave him as a Menasor arm anyway, right?

Almost there....

I prefer Movie Starscream with the realistic F-22 color, but I can't deny how good the mold look with added colors. This version of toy really make of some of details more nitid.

Day 952 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

I hope that Canon Prime actually functions as a basic camera! I'm such a sucker for any figure that turns into something actually functional. Would kill for a rerelease of Music Label Soundwave or that badass Ravage memory stick.

Stormshot_Prime wrote:I hope that Canon Prime actually functions as a basic camera! I'm such a sucker for any figure that turns into something actually functional. Would kill for a rerelease of Music Label Soundwave or that badass Ravage memory stick.

According to everyone, he doesn't function. If he did I'd probably forgive his bad transformation.

MPM Starscream looks better some how with the pattern on him.

Pointblank really needs a waist add on.

Deadend looks really bad as an arm and would likely need figures stood in front of him or around him to hide his feet/lower back legs which is a shame.

Canon Prime looks like they have given it weak feet like the console bots (wI really like the console bots tbf) and has a really compromised bot mode for all the camera parts. No obvious signs of ingenuity like roller being film roll (yes I know it's not that kind of camera but come on) etc etc and the matrix placement is awkward too.

Man, I pass on pointblank. I think they could have done better.
I'm mostly here for deadend. I like the car mode, the attached mode is what I expected and I can't wait for him even though wildrider has been shown an released in some regions an I don't own him yet, but I need this set to be completed and judging off of deadends feet, I hope they don't mess up breakdown. In my opinion these feet are the first mess up to this set. So just one more to see. Cmon breakdown.

DeathReviews wrote:Hmm. Interesting. Normally, the feet on a car-former are way too BIG because they invert the back of the car to form the legs. But it seems they didn't do that for Dead End. So not only are his feet visually dinky, but he's got massive "THICC" knees.

That's a shame in some ways. It means the Dead End robot mode will be the dud. But, let's be frank - everyone is going to leave him as a Menasor arm anyway, right?

It doesn't seem bad at all to me honestly! At least he has real feet compared to the Combiner Wars version - and doesn't look super similar to Wildrider either.
Ironically enough I never display my combiner teams...combined, I feel it downplays the "team" aspect and their individual personalities.

That Starscream looks great. My only nitpick is few parts molded in beige plastic, but that's a minor nitpick. I wonder if Target will stock this version after they immediately clearanced the original release?

Canon Prime actually looks really interesting! I get major Real Gear Robots Spyshot 6 vibes from the transformation, especially the legs forming the side of the camera and swinging down relative to the torso. It also looks like the lens assembly with the head (and arms?) folding out from it, and the lens side panels fold over onto his back. Not something I'm interested in buying, but I definitely would like to see exactly how that transformation works.

Dead End looks good. I'm cool with his feet. That's all I've got.

Pointblank/Blanker.... doesn't have a bicep swivel? The figure looked rough before, but missing articulation that's been standard for like 15 years is pretty much the death blow for me. If nothing else, pointblank will now serve as the example to fans of targetmasters, powermasters and Armada characters why modern figures can't come with their little partners. Budgets just can't support that anymore (and even with peacemaker this toy screams budget cuts).

Stormshot_Prime wrote:I hope that Canon Prime actually functions as a basic camera! I'm such a sucker for any figure that turns into something actually functional. Would kill for a rerelease of Music Label Soundwave or that badass Ravage memory stick.

Device Label Ravage is arguably the best Ravage ever made, and I really want to see that design revisited and refined in core class, USB stick alt mode and all (obviously non-functional at that price).

It looks like Pointblank might have a swivel deep in the shoulder kibble, but it's really hard to tell (and probably doesn't exist.)
I know the other stock photos don't even try to make him use the "swivel" so it probably really doesn't exist.
Maybe I'm just unable to accept such a baffling decision, I'd honestly rather sacrifice ankle articulation if it means gaining proper arm articulation. We've lived years without ankle tilts in TFs, so I have no idea why they went with no bicep swivel. A shame since I personally really enjoy how the figure looks otherwise.

In these times, at these price points and giving extra kibble pieces (to justify the hike in price) for no reason... there should be no compromises. They should all have ankle, wrist, hand, neck and every other articulation not mentioned)

SpaceEagle wrote:It looks like Pointblank might have a swivel deep in the shoulder kibble, but it's really hard to tell (and probably doesn't exist.)
I know the other stock photos don't even try to make him use the "swivel" so it probably really doesn't exist.
Maybe I'm just unable to accept such a baffling decision, I'd honestly rather sacrifice ankle articulation if it means gaining proper arm articulation. We've lived years without ankle tilts in TFs, so I have no idea why they went with no bicep swivel. A shame since I personally really enjoy how the figure looks otherwise.

Looks like they couldn't do a bicep swivel, so they gave him a swivel at the forearm

william-james88 wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:It looks like Pointblank might have a swivel deep in the shoulder kibble, but it's really hard to tell (and probably doesn't exist.)
I know the other stock photos don't even try to make him use the "swivel" so it probably really doesn't exist.
Maybe I'm just unable to accept such a baffling decision, I'd honestly rather sacrifice ankle articulation if it means gaining proper arm articulation. We've lived years without ankle tilts in TFs, so I have no idea why they went with no bicep swivel. A shame since I personally really enjoy how the figure looks otherwise.

Looks like they couldn't do a bicep swivel, so they gave him a swivel at the forearm

What a shame indeed...

No pleasing some at all. Ill pick up Pointblank and dead End on sight.

DeathReviews wrote:
That's a shame in some ways. It means the Dead End robot mode will be the dud. But, let's be frank - everyone is going to leave him as a Menasor arm anyway, right?

maybe a dud for you but not others, I am one that displays them as a team not in gestalt form.

The fingers on Cannon Prime are basically top of the line masterpiece tier for Takara it made me laugh out loud actually. Very cool but odd focus for the engineering imo

Cyber Bishop wrote:No pleasing some at all. Ill pick up Pointblank and dead End on sight.

DeathReviews wrote:
That's a shame in some ways. It means the Dead End robot mode will be the dud. But, let's be frank - everyone is going to leave him as a Menasor arm anyway, right?

maybe a dud for you but not others, I am one that displays them as a team not in gestalt form.

That's the great thing about collecting, we all have our guidelines and does it for his/her own reason.

For me, I found at least 1 reason to not get each and every one of these, so I won't. I was back and forth on the Stunticons, but the robot mode on Dead End is a failure in my view, and for some reason until now it didn't sink in how horribly the split car mode looks on Menasor. I guess with Dragstrip it didn't look as bad? It's too bad because I think Motormaster was done very well.

Blanker is a disappointment, I guess with the recent battlemasters I got spoiled a bit, because I think that targetmaster looks almost like an unmolded piece of plastic next to what we've been getting. I might get him and just give him a battlemaster. I have 2 versions of Pinpointer.

If I get a Starscream from MPM, it'll be the previous one. There's nothing wrong with this one per se, I just prefer the gray deco.

And the camera is just WTF. I guess photographers can be TF collectors too. The fact that they didn't use Reflector just adds to the WTF factor. (Yes, I know Prime is the most popular and recognizable, blah blah blah...)

Starscream - Outstanding! I really don't want to buy this figure a second time, but it's going to be hard to resist!

Canon Prime - Visually disappointing, but also an engineering disappointment since it appears to be a partsformer. The arms are in the lens and I can't find any way for them to get to the sides of the body without taking the lens apart and popping them on and sticking the end onto the chest. Total fail, can't wait to see what they're charging for this.

Dead End - Looks great all around. The feet don't bother me and they are technically both G1 toy and cartoon accurate.

Blanker - I can't believe this is the best they could do and the only Deluxe option we're left with after the Decepticon Targetmasters were done so well. I can't believe they really had to sacrifice this much just to get a three part partner packed in there. In all honesty, if what it took to give us a quality, fully articulated, properly proportioned and free of gaps with a partner on par with the previous Battlemasters figure was to do him as a Voyager I would have HAPPILY paid the price for him to be done right. I'll go as far as to say this is the single biggest Transformers letdown of the last 5 years.

Emerje

Maybe an Armada Blurr selects version will save the Blanker mold.