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.
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