The Latest Figure King Magazine Includes an Exclusive Sticker Sheet for MPG Shouki

That's really cool, too bad magazines are prohibitively expensive to ship. Toyhax will be cheaper.

Emerje

ScottyP wrote:

Emerje wrote:That's really cool, too bad magazines are prohibitively expensive to ship. Toyhax will be cheaper.

Emerje

It was about $31 total on Amazon Japan when they were still in stock, and $21 of that was shipping. No regrets though, I imagine these will be extremely pricey as a piece of MP esoterica in the years to come.

That could be, or it could just be another magazine pack in that litters places like Mandarake for 200JPY. It was probably smart to include all those symbols, they'll likely (definitely?) sell more magazines than figures in Japan.

Emerje

Mine is finally on the way. Not sure what the hold up was after I changed my payment to an actual credit card, just a few days delay cost me a couple bucks ( came to 133.64). But hopefully the payment won't be an issue next time. I did email Amazon.JP, and got the kindest, most professional response I think I've ever had.

Hoping to be joining the MPG club in the coming days .

Just got mine yesterday as well, but haven't opened it yet. The spacing for each is several months apart so no worries there.

I wonder if the stand for Haslab Victory Saber will work with the small post they included? This is my first MP, so I don't have any of the seeker stands for the "flight pose"

I've seen a lot of online reviewers are nervous about all the clear plastic and possible future breakage.

I'll probably just Transform it back and forth one time, then wait until all parts are released and leave it in combined form.

That is fantastic D-Max

Actually, this brings up an interesting topic. While for some transformers there is a specific order to the transformation, for many it can be varied.

How do you do it? Follow the instructions exactly? Go from the bottom and work your way up, start at the top and go down? Just whatever random way you feel?

I just bring this up because as annoying as he may be on camera, I like how emgo316 always starts with the base ( if the toy is in alt mode), and works up, thus you always can get the toy on its legs for some stability. This pic just reminded me of that for some reason.

For me, there is no consistency. It is whatever I can budge first and go from there. I don't really aim to complete 1 section of the bot or alt modes first across the board.

In Shouki's case, I prefer the legs first, then the torso, and finally the arms.

o.supreme wrote:I've been watching the currency exchange again lately in anticipation of the release of Getsuei at the end of this month. After a brief uptick in early August to around 75/76 Y per USD, it has dropped to a new low of 70 Y per USD. Now that I hopefully have my issues sorted out with Amazon.jp (which delayed me getting the first release), I should hopefully have no issues this time around. I have to admit, getting him shipped for anywhere between $115-$120 USD as opposed to $150 is easier to justify, especially as he is a smaller bot.

I know Getsuei has been seen on display at conventions in Japan, but hopefully in hand pics start showing up soon (and not the dubious broken ones shown a couple of weeks ago).

That exchange rate is a good sign, I hope it continues to stay low, MP Trailbreaker is dependent on it in addition to the MPGs!

If the last one isn't revealed until April 2023, I think there is little to no chance of it being in hand by the end of 2023.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:If the last one isn't revealed until April 2023, I think there is little to no chance of it being in hand by the end of 2023.

Its not a guaranty, but it is certainly possible, especially if you order directly from Japan. If you order from Pulse, or any 3P retailer, then yes, you'll probably be into the first part of 2024

MPG-01 (pre order October 2021, released June 2022) 8 months
MPG-02 (pre-order January 2022, being released October 2022) 9 Months
MPG-03 (pre-order June 2022, being released March 2023) 9 months

MPG-04 (pre-order October 2022, released June 2023) 8 months
MPG-05 (pre-order January 2023)
MPG-06 (pre-order April 2023)

You can look at this a couple of ways.

1.If the release windows of the last 3 mirror the first 3, yes it will probably be early 2024 before MPG-06 is released.


2. Since a LOT of the development work of MPG 4 and 5 was already done with 2 and 3, the release windows could be slightly shorter. Revealing #6 2 months earlier in 2023, then they did #3 this year (2022), definitely makes it possible.

I also believe MPG-03 probably was intended to have a pre-order in April 2022, but was pushed back until June because development of other MP's took priority. I'm sure other MP's will be coming in the near future as well, which will be interesting. Does TT want to finish this project ASAP, or do they want to drag it out further, offering other MP's in-between. Its definitely a situation I wouldn't want to be in, and is probably one of the reasons they hesitated for the longest time of working on any combiner at MP quality.

3P companies can crank out combiners relatively quickly, but with TT, its going to be at minimum a 2 year commitment, if not longer (as we will see it will be 4+ years from development to final product when this is all said and done). It may be better if TT just stick to individual characters for MP, and ones they can easily reuse multiple times for additional profit.