New Images of MP-23 Exhaust - Takara Tweaks Deco Due to Legal Issues

I'll definitely still get him. I don't need it to exactly be a cigarette carton. I don't smoke, anyway.

Huh, I did not think Takara would bother with this, since their primary concern is their domestic (Japanese) market, which was not effected by any legal issues. While this isn't a figure I myself was after, for the benefit of my fellow collectors who are interested in it, I am happy to have been incorrect in my assumptions!

Enjoy it, folks!

now we just need to find the right shade of red paint to fix it up. anyone have ideas on how to precision remove a portion of the green?

Didn't like it. Lost a bit of interest.

patrick.timothy wrote:I don't mind. I don't plan buying him anyway.

Was this statement necessary?

I just happy Exhaust gets released.

durroth wrote:(...) actually, people who have wheeljack, where do those two middle pieces GO in bot mode? I can't see them on the legs at all, are they folded inside?

Those middle pieces are the edges of panels which in robot mode turn around 370 degrees to become the soles of MP-20 / MP-23's feet.
And yeah, I totally agree, this new deco makes it easier to create the perfect V-shape if you'd want to do it youself. Painting red over white is easier than painting white over red!
The previous deco wasn't acurate either (although perhaps a litle easier on the eyes), and being 'almost' there just looked jarring to me. I'd say the green rectangles are just perfect, as far as I'm concerned. I just wish they'd kept the sides of the rear spoiler red, instead of keeping those white. Although on the actual 598 Marlboro Lancia Stratos, white sides on the spoiler seems to be more acurate than the red was.

These new images show a slightly tweaked deco due to legal issues raised by Philip Morris which prevented the figure from being marketed or sold in the U.S. The initial deco used marks that are trademarked by Philip Morris for their Marlboro cigarettes brand. The green bits on the hood are now full rectangles while the red pattern on the hood has also been altered.

Well, well, well, looks like the thing I said could be done - what people told me wouldn't be done - just got done. Imagine that...

All that fuss over a tiny triangle shaped blank space over the green rectangle. Oh, corpyrights, you so cray cray.

Anyway, I would get Wheeljack over him anytimes.

-Kanrabat- wrote:All that fuss over a tiny triangle shaped blank space over the green rectangle. Oh, corpyrights, you so cray cray.

Anyway, I would get Wheeljack over him anytimes.

Thankfully, we can get both.