Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-42 Cordon Pre-Order Listings

Emerje wrote:So his name actually is Cordon, as in to "cordon off" something. Interesting since that's basically what a barricade is for.

Emerje

To note, there's already a G1 Barricade, who is nothing like the evil police car from the Movies:


Transformers G1 1990 Barricade Gallery

Name reuses within G1 are few and far between, but still preferably avoided.

Though forced, it makes another creative entry in the G1 pantheon, wouldn't you say?

Makes me think of Cordon, as in Cordon Bleu, as in it's getting to be lunch time and this car is making me hungry.

So Cordon is a shattered amalgam of Laserbeak? That would make Sideswipe Buzzsaw.

The More You Know...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:So his name actually is Cordon, as in to "cordon off" something. Interesting since that's basically what a barricade is for.

Emerje

To note, there's already a G1 Barricade, who is nothing like the evil police car from the Movies:


Transformers G1 1990 Barricade Gallery

Name reuses within G1 are few and far between, but still preferably avoided.

Though forced, it makes another creative entry in the G1 pantheon, wouldn't you say?

Plus, they are also leaving the door open for a retool of MP Mirage for this guy, further down the line.

shajaki wrote:Yeah.... no. This isn't Generations.

I don't know the context of that reference. But when it comes to altmodes, I looked it up, and they are more or less the same thing:

Mirage: F-1 Ligier JS11 racer



Barricade: F-1 Ligier JS31 racer



See? Now retools of the same mold is definitely a thing of the MP line EG Car-Bots, Seekers etc

I think the movies did a better job making Barricade a memorable character. Now when i hear a character with the name Barricade, I get excited.

Still totally hoping he/she is a con so it can be a G1 Barricade of slightly different origin

Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Sabrblade, hot on the heels of pre-orders, we have news from the Shizuoka Hobby Show, where MP-42 Cordon AKA Diaclone Sunstreaker has been revealed in full!

The most notable retool from the base MP-39 Sunstreaker mold is a brand new toy inspired head, featuring the detailing many missed from the inside of Sunstreaker's ears (Sunstreakears?).* Also included is a new police lightbar on the roof/chest, new shins featuring new detailing, and a new gun. This new image comes to us from @brickonator on Twitter.

Check out the image of his new masterpiece figure below, and let us know what you think of it in the comments section below!



*Credit for this pun goes to Thew on Youtube

Lookin' good, but I think a red version would look even better.

Welp, there goes the toy head and wrist rockets...

I have the original red version somewhere (one of the first TFs I can remember), so I’ll hold out until they do that deco. I’m nearly certain they will, seeing as it’s kind of the very first TF toy.