New Image - Takara Tomy Transformers MP-26 Road Rage Face Sculpt

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Fellow Seibertronian Powered Convoy has kindly linked us to some high-res scans of two latest hobby magazines, Dengeki Hobby and Figure King. While we have seen pretty much all of the images within in a number of recent news stories (Such as Road Rage here, and Groove here, plus Q Transformers here), there are some nice new images of Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-26 Road Rage, especially of the face sculpt for the Tracks retool. Check them out mirrored below!

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Comment by MemphisR56 May 28, 2015

Her chin is so pointy.

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Comment by SKYWARPED_128 May 28, 2015

I find her pouty lips strangely adorable.

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Comment by Heckfire May 28, 2015

...aaaand CUE more bitching about her lack of a faceplate, despite the total absence of complaints about Tracks ALSO missing his original toy's faceplate...

OK, OK, that was a cheap shot, sorry...

The more I see about this figure, the happier I am about preordering her. My urge to squee is rising exponentially..!

I wonder if this might prompt an appearance in the IDW books? ROAD RAGE ON THE LOST LIGHT 2015!

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Comment by Rated X May 28, 2015

If they were gonna give her a dudes face, they should have just went with the face plate. Oh well I guess with that mouth she can chug some energon beer with the guys.

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Comment by fenrir72 May 28, 2015

Heckfire wrote:...aaaand CUE more bitching about her lack of a faceplate, despite the total absence of complaints about Tracks ALSO missing his original toy's faceplate...

OK, OK, that was a cheap shot, sorry...

The more I see about this figure, the happier I am about preordering her. My urge to squee is rising exponentially..!

I wonder if this might prompt an appearance in the IDW books? ROAD RAGE ON THE LOST LIGHT 2015!

Cheap shot on target Heck! Especially those bellyachers who don't even have ANY intention of buying her anyway......... :HEADHURTS:

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Comment by Rogueknight May 28, 2015

MemphisR56 wrote:Her chin is so pointy.

Removed for those who cannot take a joke...

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Comment by shajaki May 28, 2015

Uhhhhh...

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Comment by Cobotron May 28, 2015

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Comment by ZeldaTheSwordsman May 28, 2015

Well, she's definitely on my "If I win the lotto or something" MP wishlist already.

I wonder if Takara's working on Mirage and Skids/Crosscut, and if they've got a "Powered Convoy" colors redeco of Mags planned.. That combined with Wheeljack and Road Rage would be lovely.

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Comment by Cobotron May 28, 2015

Rogueknight wrote:
MemphisR56 wrote:Her chin is so pointy.

Removed for those who cannot take a joke...

What I shoulda said was...
:shock:

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Comment by fenrir72 May 28, 2015

Rated X wrote:If they were gonna give her a dudes face, they should have just went with the face plate. Oh well I guess with that mouth she can chug some energon beer with the guys.

Again with the uber expertise retort. There is only so much you can do when you feminize a robotic humanoid face. Bandai has been doing this for years and it's for a non transforming robot

Try getting an engineering degree and submit a design better than this to Tomy Takara first before you start posting the "gospel truth" according to the book of X.

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Comment by Poyguimogul May 28, 2015

I think it's purposely not 100% feminine because the original toy (diaclone) was gender neutral and most people would want the figure based on that toy. Even though the ehobby character/toy was popular it was the original diaclone that made it all possible. The jp just made it better by adding some fiction. So, as is, it's a genderless robot, that may or may not identify as female depending on what you like.

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Comment by SKYWARPED_128 May 28, 2015

fenrir72 wrote:
Rated X wrote:If they were gonna give her a dudes face, they should have just went with the face plate. Oh well I guess with that mouth she can chug some energon beer with the guys.

Again with the uber expertise retort. There is only so much you can do when you feminize a robotic humanoid face. Bandai has been doing this for years and it's for a non transforming robot

Try getting an engineering degree and submit a design better than this to Tomy Takara first before you start posting the "gospel truth" according to the book of X.

Fen, you know I love you buddy (in a strictly platonic, heterosexual way, so don't get any funny ideas

) but I think Takara could have done much better for Road Rage's face. Truth is, I've been modeling a custom Arcee face for a custom head project using ZBrush, and even my sculpt beats Road Rage's super-simple conical face by a mile--and it's my first ever ZB project!

The MP male bots' face sculpts we've seen so far (barring Bumblebee and Smokescreen due to source material) have been pretty good, and it's almost like Road Rage's face was given a very simplified reshape from Tracks's face.

That said, if I had the extra cash and liked the character enough, it's not going to stop me from buying it. I mean, it's kinda good enough for what it is (a retool), but it could be a lot better.

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Comment by Desslok2201 May 28, 2015

I know I'm probably in the minority, given the above statements, but I like it. It's simple, and the good kind of simple, like Godbomber's face sculpt. SOLD.

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Comment by Cobotron May 28, 2015

Desslok2201 wrote:I know I'm probably in the minority, given the above statements, but I like it. It's simple, and the good kind of simple, like Godbomber's face sculpt. SOLD.

*Cobotron gets in canoe with Desslok. Starts paddling.*
Looks like a classic late 70's early 80's Japanese female robot face. Works for me.
Her stunning Takara helm doesn't hurt anything either.

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Comment by fenrir72 May 28, 2015

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Rated X wrote:If they were gonna give her a dudes face, they should have just went with the face plate. Oh well I guess with that mouth she can chug some energon beer with the guys.

Again with the uber expertise retort. There is only so much you can do when you feminize a robotic humanoid face. Bandai has been doing this for years and it's for a non transforming robot

Try getting an engineering degree and submit a design better than this to Tomy Takara first before you start posting the "gospel truth" according to the book of X.

Fen, you know I love you buddy (in a strictly platonic, heterosexual way, so don't get any funny ideas ) but I think Takara could have done much better for Road Rage's face. Truth is, I've been modeling a custom Arcee face for a custom head project using ZBrush, and even my sculpt beats Road Rage's super-simple conical face by a mile--and it's my first ever ZB project!

The MP male bots' face sculpts we've seen so far (barring Bumblebee and Smokescreen due to source material) have been pretty good, and it's almost like Road Rage's face was given a very simplified reshape from Tracks's face.

That said, if I had the extra cash and liked the character enough, it's not going to stop me from buying it. I mean, it's kinda good enough for what it is (a retool), but it could be a lot better.

Just as I love you to SW :lol:

But you know the source material of the original complaint. If TT made the face too kawaii, we'd probably be getting another speech as to its being too feminine.....just as Heckler posted.

Btw, the comparison pics I used with Bandai's fembots, they actually don't look too far apart. So long as TT doesn't add a lipstick on a pig...... 8-}

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Comment by SKYWARPED_128 May 28, 2015

fenrir72 wrote: Just as I love you to SW But you know the source material of the original complaint. If TT made the face too kawaii, we'd probably be getting another speech as to its being too feminine.....just as Heckler posted.

Btw, the comparison pics I used with Bandai's fembots, they actually don't look too far apart. So long as TT doesn't add a lipstick on a pig......

Yeah, I get your point. It's not an MP thread without some nitpicking, but that's the nature of the internet, I guess.

Well, actually the Bandai fembots do have better sculpting, which Road Rage's face is more of an upside down cone. It's okay for a robot, but the Bandai faces have a more humanoid silhouette to them.

As for lipstick, need I remind you of Generations Takara Chromia?

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Comment by Ironhidensh May 28, 2015

Starting to think that may skip Tracks for Roadrage, then when the KOs hit, get our boy in blue.

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Comment by fenrir72 May 28, 2015

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote: Just as I love you to SW But you know the source material of the original complaint. If TT made the face too kawaii, we'd probably be getting another speech as to its being too feminine.....just as Heckler posted.

Btw, the comparison pics I used with Bandai's fembots, they actually don't look too far apart. So long as TT doesn't add a lipstick on a pig......

Yeah, I get your point. It's not an MP thread without some nitpicking, but that's the nature of the internet, I guess.

Well, actually the Bandai fembots do have better sculpting, which Road Rage's face is more of an upside down cone. It's okay for a robot, but the Bandai faces have a more humanoid silhouette to them.

As for lipstick, need I remind you of Generations Takara Chromia?

And we still got a complaint. I remember a Joker reference. It does look scary when focused on a HD digicam but using a normal eyes human vision, the details of her lipstick wasn't so bad (especially in the Legends version of hers)

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Comment by SKYWARPED_128 May 29, 2015

fenrir72 wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote: Just as I love you to SW But you know the source material of the original complaint. If TT made the face too kawaii, we'd probably be getting another speech as to its being too feminine.....just as Heckler posted.

Btw, the comparison pics I used with Bandai's fembots, they actually don't look too far apart. So long as TT doesn't add a lipstick on a pig......

Yeah, I get your point. It's not an MP thread without some nitpicking, but that's the nature of the internet, I guess.

Well, actually the Bandai fembots do have better sculpting, which Road Rage's face is more of an upside down cone. It's okay for a robot, but the Bandai faces have a more humanoid silhouette to them.

As for lipstick, need I remind you of Generations Takara Chromia?

And we still got a complaint. I remember a Joker reference. It does look scary when focused on a HD digicam but using a normal eyes human vision, the details of her lipstick wasn't so bad (especially in the Legends version of hers)