Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020

Saturday, February 8th, 2020 4:14AM CST

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Thought you'd be seeing a few reveals this weekend at Wonder Fest 2020? Previously, it had been teased that we'd be seeing a fully combined Studio Series Devastator, but as we have learned, thanks to TFW2005 boards member S250, the next two entries in the Masterpiece line have been revealed, and they are none other than Arcee, the first female Transformer to have a major role in the franchise, and Tigatron, one of the heroes from the Beast Wars cartoon's Maximal faction! As can be seen from the pictures below, there are already color models (if not actual prototypes) at the Japanese toy festival, taking place this weekend. Accompanying displays state that Arcee is MP-51, and Tigatron is MP-50.

As some observers have pointed out, the Japanese text for these displays state that preorders for these two figures should be coming this spring, likely in just a couple of months.

So what do you think of this big news? Are you excited for either or both of these figures? Let us know in the comments below, and stay tuned for more news from Wonder Festival 2020!

Credit(s): S250 on TFW2005

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Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051615)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 8th, 2020 @ 4:18am CST

Interesting! So Tigatron is going to be his own new mold then, that's good. Arcee looks fantastic. A question though, who's MP-50 again?

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051620)
Posted by Bounti76 on February 8th, 2020 @ 4:49am CST

It's Tigatron.... that's what the display in the pictures above says.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051623)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 8th, 2020 @ 5:20am CST

That teach me for skim reading #-o

I read it at first as he was mp 52

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051624)
Posted by Syclone on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:26am CST

Oh snap!!! Arcee is one of the ones I've been waiting for.

Is there a pic out there that doesn't cut off robot mode? Looks like she's going to have a huge backpack

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051625)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:30am CST

Finally, FINALLY a MP Arcee!
THAT one I've been waiting for ages. I was always tempted to get me a 3P one, but there was always something that irked me with every single one of them. Let's hope Takara knock it out of the park!

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051626)
Posted by BumbleDouche on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:33am CST

This is unexpected but good news! I've been torturing myself over whether to spring for Fanstoys Rouge after recently being disappointed by Ocular Max Azalea. Hopefully the official version can serve as the definitive MP-scale Arcee in my display!

As for Tigatron, I thought I saw rumours of an MP-Rattrap coming this year, as it is supposedly the year of the rat or something. I'm guessing that's out the window now that Tigatron has been announced?

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051627)
Posted by bacem on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:35am CST

Is that blurr?

20200208_193334.jpg

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051628)
Posted by Cyberpath on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:35am CST

Syclone wrote:Oh snap!!! Arcee is one of the ones I've been waiting for.

Is there a pic out there that doesn't cut off robot mode? Looks like she's going to have a huge backpack

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051629)
Posted by Cyberpath on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:39am CST

bacem wrote:Is that blurr?

Looks like the Legends (Titans Return) version, as a placeholder.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051630)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:39am CST

bacem wrote:Is that blurr?

20200208_193334.jpg

I would say yes it is, with a but, as if appears to be TF Legends Blurr, which of course, is just Titans Returns Blurr in a spiffy new paint job.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051631)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:40am CST

very nice, will have to look into these two

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051634)
Posted by william-james88 on February 8th, 2020 @ 7:22am CST

So for all those who were saying Takara was keeping the MP 50 number for something REALLY special, well ... you were right. MP Tigertron!!!!!!

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051639)
Posted by blackeyedprime on February 8th, 2020 @ 8:14am CST

Nice, MP Arcee looks good and better than the third party stuff (tho im still liking the upcoming top heavy gundamish one) and looks good with out headlights.

Looking forward to seeing what accesories come with Tigertron but already dreading the price.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051640)
Posted by Grahf_ on February 8th, 2020 @ 8:19am CST

Cyberpath wrote:
bacem wrote:Is that blurr?

Looks like the Legends (Titans Return) version, as a placeholder.

It's not just Blurr being used as a placeholder, Legends Kup/Char with Recoil as well as one of the Takara Generations Springers (TG I think by the color of the gun) are on the right side as well.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051643)
Posted by First Gen on February 8th, 2020 @ 8:40am CST

After all these years. Arcee looks perfect and Tigatron is spot on too.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051645)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 8th, 2020 @ 9:13am CST

First Gen wrote:After all these years. Arcee looks perfect and Tigatron is spot on too.

She look perfect... from afar.
I'm looking forward detailed shots and the unavoidable video reviews for how she feel overall. Will she beat the 3 third party options that are available right now? I sincerely hope so.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051657)
Posted by Munkky on February 8th, 2020 @ 10:49am CST

Nice to see that some extra tooling has been done to Tigatron to make him a bit taller than Cheetor, I thought for about a second that it was a completely original mould, but I recognise some parts from Cheetor in there.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051659)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 8th, 2020 @ 11:02am CST

Munkky wrote: I recognise some parts from Cheetor in there.

I call that it's either a new mold based on the Cheetor skeleton, or a very heavy Cheetor retool.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051663)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 8th, 2020 @ 11:51am CST

I think Tigatron may share engineering rather then being a retool, especially given the size difference between the two.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051668)
Posted by Tigerhawk7109 on February 8th, 2020 @ 12:32pm CST

Oh, my aching wallet...

:BH-PREDACON:

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051675)
Posted by william-james88 on February 8th, 2020 @ 1:38pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:I think Tigatron may share engineering rather then being a retool, especially given the size difference between the two.

Yeah, he can't be a retool since the parts being bigger means all the tooling had to be made new just for him.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051684)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 8th, 2020 @ 3:42pm CST

Unlike Cheetor, Tigatron's tiger head appears to be the same one in both beast mode and robot mode, which makes sense since Mainframe didn't reshape his tiger head between each mode like they reshaped Cheetor's cheetah head.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051685)
Posted by ausbot on February 8th, 2020 @ 3:52pm CST

A paradron medic would be a cool repaint

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051693)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 8th, 2020 @ 5:44pm CST

ausbot wrote:A paradron medic would be a cool repaint

The black "evil" version is inevitable.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051697)
Posted by Cyberpath on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:38pm CST

From Takara:

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051699)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:42pm CST

Arcee looks better in this pic, and Tigatron looks awesome. I do want to see more pics before making any major judgments.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051703)
Posted by STngAR on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:57pm CST

Although I stopped collecting the MP line years ago, they look good. The lighting on that picture of Arcee in bot mode makes her look like she's sporting a big old schnoze of a nose :lol:

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051705)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 8th, 2020 @ 6:59pm CST

Arcee look stunning!
Let's hope her transportation is not too fiddly and fragile.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051707)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 8th, 2020 @ 7:30pm CST

from @Chohenken on twitter

Is it just me or does the chest plate look like it should move up a bit? Kind of like Animated Black Arachnia's did

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051708)
Posted by Wireless_Phantom on February 8th, 2020 @ 7:33pm CST

Wow Arcee and Tigatron both look great. To me it looks like Arcee's chestplate should sit higher. I guess we'll know once we get some product shots. Either way I don't collect MP so it's nice just to look on at. Arcee does look to have an enormous backpack though.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051710)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 8th, 2020 @ 7:35pm CST

You know, this reveal of MP Tigatron and Arcee matches the exclusives from BotCon 2001 also being Tigatron and Arcee.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051713)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 8th, 2020 @ 8:13pm CST

Wow, those were some interesting reveals!

Both look pretty good, Tigatron looking better, but I'm sad about no Trainbots

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051716)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on February 8th, 2020 @ 8:28pm CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:
ausbot wrote:A paradron medic would be a cool repaint

The black "evil" version is inevitable.

Maybe, but there are plenty of other precedents to tap first.

Personally, I'd most want a Marvel-accurate Arcee, with white face and lots of lavender.

And enough fans must want her in the colors of the G1 toy we "should've" gotten in '86 to justify a Blurr-remold-prototype repaint. Sure the orange and raspberry colors make no sense, but an Arcee that looks like she transforms into rainbow sherbert could be justified as a BotBots tie-in, making her the equivalent of a Shopee.

Oh, and could this mold be retooled into a Headmaster?

I just hope the evil redeco isn't Nightbird. That was fine for Legends/Generations, but for MP Nightbird? Ehhhh, no.

Definitely getting this, but with so many 3P ones to choose from, I'll have to see if MP Arcee can do everything they can before passing on them entirely. The tire shredder/flipper is an awesome touch, but there's surely a few features on Rouge and the aforementioned upcoming one that the official deal won't sport. I'm also interested to see just how the backpack folds up.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051717)
Posted by Ironhidensh on February 8th, 2020 @ 8:31pm CST

So, in sad but totally expected crappy news, these puppies are pricey.

Approximate USD costs:

$219 for Tigatron (24000 yen)

$145 for Arcee (16000 yen)

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051720)
Posted by megamanfan on February 8th, 2020 @ 8:34pm CST

seems like they just scaled up cheetor and gave it some new heads. not mad though, better than a straight repaint/remold like the seekers/coneheads.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051724)
Posted by william-james88 on February 8th, 2020 @ 8:53pm CST

megamanfan wrote:seems like they just scaled up cheetor and gave it some new heads. not mad though, better than a straight repaint/remold like the seekers/coneheads.

No, its all new stuff, you can compare them in the shots I posted here

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... led/44478/

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051731)
Posted by TulioDude on February 8th, 2020 @ 9:30pm CST

Man,I already respect the level of engineering it took to make Arcee.
Tigatron looks very fierce.His Transformation looks simple,but it does everything it needs to do.

I hope future masterpieces get this kind of love.

Day 40 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051760)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on February 9th, 2020 @ 5:24am CST

Well that settles the debate we had here long ago, over Tigatron being a redeco or new mold. A new mold is inkeeping with the 'show accuracy' ethos of the BW line. Which is good news! So long as they remember to include the missile launcher in his wrist... That Cheetor didn't have.

As good as the figure looks though, considering they rushed out a new Nemesis Prime to fill the MP-49 slot, Tigatron seems a pretty lacklustre choice for the milestone 50th MP slot :???:

As for Arcee, while it is nice to FINALLY see someone in the G1 MP line that isn't the endless ouroboros of rehashing Season One and Two and I get why they did it (Fem Bots are 'in' right now, and the others are largely minor retools and redecos of Arcee anyway) She's just not the Movie figure I was hoping for...

...someday

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051761)
Posted by ZeroWolf on February 9th, 2020 @ 5:27am CST

It's been noted up above that he does indeed have the launcher on his wrist.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051762)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on February 9th, 2020 @ 5:31am CST

ZeroWolf wrote:It's been noted up above that he does indeed have the launcher on his wrist.

Excellent! It has been a pretty big day for news, so I've only been skimming so far. As for potential redecos of Tigatron, there is only one Cheetor Season one variant left now...

Nightprowler

Considering his figure was never released, he could be done with the upscaled mold without issue.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051823)
Posted by megamanfan on February 9th, 2020 @ 3:10pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
megamanfan wrote:seems like they just scaled up cheetor and gave it some new heads. not mad though, better than a straight repaint/remold like the seekers/coneheads.

No, its all new stuff, you can compare them in the shots I posted here

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... led/44478/

yeah, now that you mention it, it seems like only maybe the legs/maybe forearms could be just upscaled from cheetor. the crotch, chest and even shoulders look different.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051826)
Posted by blackeyedprime on February 9th, 2020 @ 3:59pm CST

At those prices weijang oversized generations arcee is going to be my mp arcee for a long while. MP Rhinox looks like it will be just short of Megatron if and when it happens.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051829)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 9th, 2020 @ 4:18pm CST

blackeyedprime wrote:At those prices weijang oversized generations arcee is going to be my mp arcee for a long while. MP Rhinox looks like it will be just short of Megatron if and when it happens.

Prices is an issue but it's not THE issue. The main issue is not enough interests to "upgrade" based on what you already have. I have that exact same feeling for MP Hound. I have the Alternator with Reprolabels and a one-of-a-kind accessory kit an old Seibertronian made me years ago. Even though I do have the cash for MP-Hound, I don't love the MP enough to get it. Especially when I already have what I consider to be the perfect "MP" Hound. Scale be damned.

As for MP Arcee, I don't have a "MP" scaled Arcee yet so I still have to decide on which one to get. But after seeing this:

Yikes that messy backpack. couldn't they'd tuck in things better? I know Arcee can only be a shellformer, but many other 3P Not-Arcees managed the kibble better. I know, it may just be some misstransformations happening, but still.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051831)
Posted by blackeyedprime on February 9th, 2020 @ 4:39pm CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:At those prices weijang oversized generations arcee is going to be my mp arcee for a long while. MP Rhinox looks like it will be just short of Megatron if and when it happens.

Prices is an issue but it's not THE issue. The main issue is not enough interests to "upgrade" based on what you already have. I have that exact same feeling for MP Hound. I have the Alternator with Reprolabels and a one-of-a-kind accessory kit an old Seibertronian made me years ago. Even though I do have the cash for MP-Hound, I don't love the MP enough to get it. Especially when I already have what I consider to be the perfect "MP" Hound. Scale be damned.

As for MP Arcee, I don't have a "MP" scaled Arcee yet so I still have to decide on which one to get. But after seeing this:

Yikes that messy backpack. couldn't they'd tuck in things better? I know Arcee can only be a shellformer, but many other 3P Not-Arcees managed the kibble better. I know, it may just be some misstransformations happening, but still.

The back pack was always going to be kibbly but at least official has a decent alt mode (unlike Leia) curves in the right places, mainly legs/hips (unlike fanstoys) and those rear pics of the legs look nice and no screw holes (unlike Fanstoys). Will probably have to wait for a youtubers comparison. Would be nice to upgrade my arcee and hoping for an official MP springer as I've not been 70% convinced on the options available so far (as long as they do it more screen accurate than the siege figure otherwise third party will win out).

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051835)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 9th, 2020 @ 4:56pm CST

Leia was complete garbage. The vehicle missing it's rear and you must remove the hands for transformation. Unacceptable. So far, Rouge is the better one for the kibble. But of course it's "let's wait and see" for now.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051869)
Posted by Sjeng on February 10th, 2020 @ 1:31am CST

I hope you guys can help me with a question concerning an MP-10:

Here's an MP-10 for sale, the seler says it's an actual Takara MP-10, not a K.O.
Judging from the grille and the screwhole on his pelvis, that seems to be true. His arms also have very neat diagonal joints where the hands fold out.
BUT: he has silver stripes on the feet! And the ladder on the side of the cab is also fully painted silver.

What version of MP-10 is this? (and what would it be worth 2nd hand?)

Thanks!!

PS: That Hastak Arcee MP looks amazing imo. Wow!

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051870)
Posted by Sjeng on February 10th, 2020 @ 1:38am CST

Looked up the upgrade... It's MPP-10, the oversized KO isn't it... Darnit. Is it worth €100?

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051876)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 10th, 2020 @ 4:19am CST

Sjeng wrote:Looked up the upgrade... It's MPP-10, the oversized KO isn't it... Darnit. Is it worth €100?

100 EUROS?
Haha. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

No.

Take 2 seconds to check on Ebay.
Second hand, that thing would barely be 20 or 25 Euros max.

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051877)
Posted by Sjeng on February 10th, 2020 @ 4:45am CST

I thank you!

Re: Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee and MP-50 Tigatron Revealed at Wonder Festival 2020 (2051878)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 10th, 2020 @ 6:30am CST

Sjeng wrote:I thank you!

No prob!
It's always a good idea to ask here first. If not, high chances you'll get screwed. I still remember my "G1 reissue" Grimlock Autobot Bobamber.
#-o