A Deluge of In hand Images for Masterpiece Beast Wars Megatron

Posted by william-james88 Mar 28, 2019 at 2:48pm CDT 28,007 views

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This year's most important release (take that MP 44) is upon us. I am talking of course of Masterpiece MP-43 Beast Wars Megatron. While he is being released officially after tomorrow, certain stores already got him in stock (to be ready for release date) and some lucky fans have already held him in their loving arms. We are now getting many in hand images while we wait for a video review. The images show us that he is even bigger than MP-36 G1 Megatron. We see him scale with Optimus Primal and Dinobot. We also see the electronics with his eyes as well as shots of him without his beast shell.

The images come to us from various sources such as ??????? (who has a haunting avatar photo), and chrisr291 (who has an avatar I can get behind) along with other posts on various social media outlets.

The initial reaction has been mostly favourable. He is imposing, solid and has a nice transformation, reminiscent of the original toy. While the hip pieces don't hold on as tightly as would be preferable, the remaining beast shell stays on the robot quite well. You will also see in the images below that the instructions come with a correction page. So please be attentive when transforming him.

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Comment by bvzxa Mar 28, 2019

Dont buy from e-tailers, get this directly from Amazon Japan

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Comment by -Crossfire- Mar 28, 2019

"A single Masterpiece figure, perfectly crafted in the likeness of the show model. I'm almost touched!"

*looks at price*

"...fortunately, such moments pass quickly."

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Comment by joevill Mar 28, 2019

AMAZING!!!

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Comment by Lore Keeper Mar 28, 2019

These pictures make me regret cancelling my preorder. But that price tag... It would be the most expensive figure I've ever purchased.

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Comment by Nemesis Maximo Mar 28, 2019

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Comment by Nathaniel Prime Mar 28, 2019

-Crossfire- wrote:"A single Masterpiece figure, perfectly crafted in the likeness of the show model. I'm almost touched!"

*looks at price*

"...fortunately, such moments pass quickly."

How does this quote fit this Masterpiece better than "Yesssss"? :lol:

Anyway, this is one great figure, and I am shocked that he has both a sound chip and an ab crunch, both of which I had no idea he had. I bet this guy will be worth the price, and just makes me cry in agony that I'm still broke :-(

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Mar 28, 2019

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Me too Brother.

Sooooooooooooon. Next week hopefully!

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Comment by Emerje Mar 29, 2019

bvzxa wrote:Dont buy from e-tailers, get this directly from Amazon Japan

Amazon Japan in an e-tailer.

I just got the payment request from AmiAmi! Yeah, I'm paying more overall and the shipping is going to be a little slower (air small packet, better than SAL), but I'm not in a rush and I have enough points saved up to bring the total price down to $250 just like on Amazon Japan right now.

Emerje

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Comment by zipper Mar 29, 2019

I know this is a stupid question, but which Optimus Primal figure is that?

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Comment by william-james88 Mar 29, 2019

zipper wrote:I know this is a stupid question, but which Optimus Primal figure is that?

Masterpiece

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Comment by william-james88 Mar 29, 2019

While the first in hand images of Transformers Masterpiece MP 43 Beast Wars Megatron made us all drool a bit, it seems that might have been a bit premature. The toy looks amazing, of course, but we are now getting reports of breakage. There is indeed an extra instruction page for Japanese readers that was meant to help avoid some problems, but that may not help most westerners. The plastic is also said to be rather thin, leading to stress marks which are very revealing on purple plastic. I don't know about you, but that broken crotch is the stuff of nightmares to me.

These images come from a Hong Kong fan and can be seen below. This is simply meant to warn you to be careful when handling and transforming this great looking figure when most of us get it next week.

We had had another report of a broken crotch right out of the package from Goldimus Prime over at TFW who posted this image.

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Comment by Dr. Caelus Mar 29, 2019

Hopefully we can get a Siege-quality revisit of Beast Wars some day. The masterpieces are pretty, but I don't want to transform a Faberge egg.

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Comment by ScottyP Mar 29, 2019

Megatronus wrote:I blame sweaty man-hands.

Well said, Megatronus.

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Comment by Randomhero Mar 29, 2019

ScottyP wrote:
Megatronus wrote:I blame sweaty man-hands.

Well said, Megatronus.

Yeah I’m not gonna start blaming a toy until this is mass released and there are multiple reports. I’ve broken some just by applying too much force and pushing something that shouldn’t be pushed because I read instructions wrong.

Never blame QC until I hear 5-10 reports

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Comment by Randomhero Mar 29, 2019

Caelus wrote:Hopefully we can get a Siege-quality revisit of Beast Wars some day. The masterpieces are pretty, but I don't want to transform a Faberge egg.

We kinda have already. rhinox, rattrap, waspinator, Black arachnia. All pretty stop quality figures in the passed 5 years

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Comment by Evil Eye Mar 29, 2019

I'm hoping this is a Dinobot case where the early ones are hit-or-miss and later batches are much more solid. That said: Jesus, Takara, get your **** together. You better not screw up Blackarachnia.

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Comment by william-james88 Mar 29, 2019

Black Hat wrote:I'm hoping this is a Dinobot case where the early ones are hit-or-miss and later batches are much more solid. That said: Jesus, Takara, get your **** together. You better not screw up Blackarachnia.

I dont think there were later batches with Dinobot. Me and Ironhidensh got ours the same time. His was super solid and mine got his head broken off during transformation.

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Comment by noctorro Mar 29, 2019

Oh my gods, that looks terrible.

My sympathys go out to all who have ordered him.

I'm happy with my original Megatron (even with his dinky color scheme and face). Masterpieces look amazing, totally agree but I (30 something year old manchild) still plays with Transformers and transform a lot. So I don't collect Masterpieces anymore.

Broken Transformers, man one of my top 10 nightmares.

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Comment by Beachjezus Mar 29, 2019

Well that settles that. I will not be transforming him then. God that’s depressing

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Mar 29, 2019