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.

Rodimus Prime wrote: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.

The big difference between Drag Strip and Dead End is Drag Strip's alt mode is flatter/not as high as Dead End. So when attached to Menasor his flatter profile adds a little bit of bulk to Menasor's arm whereas Dead End adds TOO MUCH bulk.

I would guess too that Drag Strip is longer than Dead End as when Menasor's arm is straight, DE's halves are pretty much flush whereas DS is a little shorter leaving that massive gap between upper and lower arms.

It's massively off-putting and disappointing given how well Menasor started off.

Emerje wrote: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.

Emerje

It looks like the lens detaches, the whole thing then hinges apart to produce the chest, head, arms and back thing. This would presumably then reattach to the front of the camera, and fit over the top.

Talon523 wrote:Maybe an Armada Blurr selects version will save the Blanker mold.

With a three part Incinerator. Not sure I want that.

Emerje

I guess this is the thread for the Canon collaboration.

Boy oh boy, so many people complaining over Optimus not being Reflector, while I'm over here cackling over the fact that there IS a Reflector version.

The Reflector toy also has some Binaltech/Alternity lore to it. That's a Quantum Dial that he comes with.

Thank you Sabrblade. Now I need a Perceptor.

It turns out there is not one but TWO Canon Transformers crossover figures. We saw Prime already and now we see Reflector. While Optimus Prime will be non exclusive (and can currently be preordered on Amazon Japan), Reflector is a TTMall exclusive. Fans in the west will still be able to get him through online collector stores but he will probably be more expensive than Prime. We'll know when the preorders come out soon.

Canon Reflector comes with his own special accessories like a version of his G1 self that can split into three and a quantum dial which he can insert into his camera lens chest.

Neither camera is functional. Below are images of the reveal along with a video.

Refraktor.

Does look better but still not great.

Emerje

It's hard to get past that huge honking lense chest.

Ah, there you go!
Even if Reflector is by his lonesome, he make much, MUCH more sense as a character than Optimus.

That's the one I'd get if it's not some sort of hard to find exclusive.

A WAY more likely buy than OP. Reflector's an army builder, so I can buy as many of him as I want, right? Right!

And that, my friends, is how you do a proper crossover. Shame we never retroactively got a Vector Prime out of the G-Shock Collab.

And now all you Binaltech/Alternity collectors out there have to get this Reflector too, since he comes with a Quantum Dial that's an important part of the Binaltech/Alternity lore.

Tuned Agent wrote:
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)

Maybe they should've just did like they did with Crosshairs and left out Peacemaker.

Both look terrible. Siege Reflektor 3-pack was the best update so far, in my opinion.

Pointblank’s head is wrong

optimeow wrote:Both look terrible. Siege Reflektor 3-pack was the best update so far, in my opinion.

That's like comparing Earthrise Optimus to the the PlayStation Optimus. They're not the same thing.

optimeow wrote:Pointblank’s head is wrong

It's not wrong, they're just going for Pointblank's American G1 Season 4/Marvel appearance instead of his more common toy and Headmasters appearance unfortunately

optimeow wrote:Pointblank’s head is wrong

Nope, its not.

It's his Marvel Comics head, which is different to the toy head or cartoon head entirely.



Don't think he'll get the Impactor treatment and get different releases with different heads though.

To me Canon Prime makes absolutely zero sense, thus am not interested. Reflector on the other hand does but it's too bad it's an Exclusive I might have bought it.

Till-all-R1 wrote:To me Canon Prime makes absolutely zero sense, thus am not interested. Reflector on the other hand does but it's too bad it's an Exclusive I might have bought it.

It's only exclusive in japan, it's not exclusive in the US, you can still buy it. The preorders will be up within a week.

As logical as Reflector is, I liked the look of Prime more (and he will look great with my collection of "odd" Optimus Primes, such as PSX Prime.

Btw, for those in Japan, here's the TT Mall link for Reflector: - https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810187677/

Looking at Pointblank's Targetmaster makes me glad I bought Takara Legends Topspin years ago

grimdragon2001 wrote:Looking at Pointblank's Targetmaster makes me glad I bought Takara Legends Topspin years ago

Me too!

Yeah.. Easy pass for me..

Looks like Cameratimus is not so exclusive after all.

Preorders are up at Amazon.jp
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0B8Y8Z4WJ/ ... ainSlot=38?tag=seibertron00-22&

-Kanrabat- wrote:Looks like Cameratimus is not so exclusive after all.

Preorders are up at Amazon.jp
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0B8Y8Z4WJ/ ... ainSlot=38?tag=seibertron00-22&

Refraktor is the only exclusive between the two.

Emerje

-Kanrabat- wrote:Looks like Cameratimus is not so exclusive after all.

Preorders are up at Amazon.jp
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0B8Y8Z4WJ/ ... ainSlot=38?tag=seibertron00-22&

I said only reflector was exclusive

william-james88 wrote:
I said only reflector was exclusive

Regardless, it's still nope'd priced.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:
I said only reflector was exclusive

Regardless, it's still nope'd priced.

That's because the 20% discount has yet to be activated.

Comparison Time.