Official Images of New Takara Masterpiece MP-45 Bumblebee with Amazon Preorder

Posted by william-james88 Feb 12, 2019 at 3:41pm CST 25,039 views

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We have the official images for MP-45 Bumblebee from the Amazon Japan listing that just came online.
For those wondering, here is the breakdown of costs if you were to import it yourself to North America:
Items: ? 9,862
Shipping & Handling: ? 1,200

There will also be a Hasbro release and the only difference between Hasbro's release and Takara's would be a black slip cover for eglish writing (which you can see here). In Canada, that release will be available exclusively at EB Games for $159.99.The images show us the few accessories this toy comes with. Fellow Seibertronian made a nice comparison to the previous MP Bumblebee release which you can see here.

Enjoy!

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Re: Official Images of New Takara Masterpiece MP-45 Bumblebee with Amazon Preorder (view post)

Comment by no-one Feb 12, 2019

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
carytheone wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:I guess we'll see when the box is revealed if it bears the logo or not

Or when G1 Cliffjumper is reissued
I'll do ya one better.

VDubbing it.jpg
Well played, my good man

The one's hidden in plain sight will always get ya

if it was a snake, it would've bit ya

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Comment by Inactive_____ Feb 12, 2019

Those Amazon photos make the backpack look less horrible than before, even if I still dislike the feet, but that price still make me baulk. £95 is an awful lot to drop on one toy that is only okay at best.

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Comment by ZeroWolf Feb 12, 2019

carytheone wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:I guess we'll see when the box is revealed if it bears the logo or not

Or when G1 Cliffjumper is reissued
I'll do ya one better.

VDubbing it.jpg

Well caught Cary

I would tip my hat to you... If I was wearing one.

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Comment by Sabrblade Feb 12, 2019

Not my pic, but funny.

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Comment by Seibertron Feb 12, 2019

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:The evidence that this would be a licenced product is the fact that the recent G1 toy reissue is licensed now, so it stands to reason that this will follow the same precedent

I'd consider that a bit of a formality, really, The Bumblebee Movie had realistic Beetles, thus it required its use. It's more like "Not an exact match, but we have a license, show it as a sign of goodwill."

I'm fairly certain that's what the brand team told me when I asked about the Volkswagen logo on the G1 Bumblebee package last year at SDCC.

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Comment by Cobotron Feb 12, 2019

You know what, if this new Bee came with the head Seibertron drew when he was 8 (the one in his profile pic) I would be WAAAAAY more into this figure. :lol:

and, @ the pic Sabrblade posted... :lol:

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Feb 12, 2019

Seibertron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:The evidence that this would be a licenced product is the fact that the recent G1 toy reissue is licensed now, so it stands to reason that this will follow the same precedent

I'd consider that a bit of a formality, really, The Bumblebee Movie had realistic Beetles, thus it required its use. It's more like "Not an exact match, but we have a license, show it as a sign of goodwill."

I'm fairly certain that's what the brand team told me when I asked about the Volkswagen logo on the G1 Bumblebee package last year at SDCC.

Isn't one of the main requirements for a properly licensed toy having the brand logo on it? That goes all the way back to RiD 2001 Side Burn.

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Comment by no-one Feb 12, 2019

Cobotron wrote:You know what, if this new Bee came with the head Seibertron drew when he was 8 (the one in his profile pic) I would be WAAAAAY more into this figure.

You guys have to stop planting bad ideas in my head.

GoBee1.jpg

The high res version was no longer available for me to copy from

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Comment by Cobotron Feb 12, 2019

carytheone wrote:
Cobotron wrote:You know what, if this new Bee came with the head Seibertron drew when he was 8 (the one in his profile pic) I would be WAAAAAY more into this figure.
You guys have to stop planting bad ideas in my head.

GoBee1.jpg

The high res version was no longer available for me to copy from

SOLD!

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Comment by william-james88 Feb 12, 2019

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:The evidence that this would be a licenced product is the fact that the recent G1 toy reissue is licensed now, so it stands to reason that this will follow the same precedent

I'd consider that a bit of a formality, really, The Bumblebee Movie had realistic Beetles, thus it required its use. It's more like "Not an exact match, but we have a license, show it as a sign of goodwill."

I'm fairly certain that's what the brand team told me when I asked about the Volkswagen logo on the G1 Bumblebee package last year at SDCC.

Isn't one of the main requirements for a properly licensed toy having the brand logo on it? That goes all the way back to RiD 2001 Side Burn.

No, the licensing in the west is not just about the logo but the shaoe of defining features such as headlights and the grill. With Sideburn since those features were too close to the real world version, Hasbro had to have the toy licensed to release it in the west. So since they had the proper licence (which Japan did not have) they were able to go all out and put the logo. They did not need to though.
Think of all those licenced western star Optimus toys that dont have the logo. And I dont remember seeing a Lancia logo on MP wheeljack ( though i may be wrong)

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Comment by Immortal Starscream Feb 12, 2019

that magic moment when official images make a figure look even worse then in hand images do. :SICK:

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Comment by SpikeyTigertron Feb 13, 2019

Dear Lord.... Amazon.jp is a scary place. Glad I finally found the language toggle....

If Amazon.jp ships hassle free to the US (at least)… they're really going to give the local importers a run for their money... 30% of MPs and Diaclone?!! sign me up!!!.

Just saved over $100 on several purchases (each) I was about to make State-Side T_T

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Comment by Cyberpath Feb 13, 2019

360° turn-arounds for both modes from Takara's website.

https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products-lineup/tf_mp/mp-45

Amazing..

.. that this was done by Takara.

⠀

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Comment by RK_Striker_JK_5 Feb 13, 2019

Up for pre-order at BBTS.

119.99 bucks. No, thank you. :lol:

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Feb 13, 2019

That this Bee is a mess of panels and a shameful shellformer, OK. But they could have added just 4 more panels to hide the mess of the feet and the sides of the back to make it forgivable.

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Comment by Cyberpath Feb 13, 2019

$85 on Anime-Export.

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Comment by Rodimus Knight Feb 13, 2019

SpikeyTigertron wrote:Dear Lord.... Amazon.jp is a scary place. Glad I finally found the language toggle....

If Amazon.jp ships hassle free to the US (at least)… they're really going to give the local importers a run for their money... 30% of MPs and Diaclone?!! sign me up!!!.

Just saved over $100 on several purchases (each) I was about to make State-Side T_T

I've ordered from them before myself but never got Free shipping, how'd you do it?

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Comment by william-james88 Feb 13, 2019

Rodimus Knight wrote:
SpikeyTigertron wrote:Dear Lord.... Amazon.jp is a scary place. Glad I finally found the language toggle....

If Amazon.jp ships hassle free to the US (at least)… they're really going to give the local importers a run for their money... 30% of MPs and Diaclone?!! sign me up!!!.

Just saved over $100 on several purchases (each) I was about to make State-Side T_T

I've ordered from them before myself but never got Free shipping, how'd you do it?

Rodimus Knight said he got HASSLE free shipping. That just means that there werent any problems with Japan shipping him the toy and it arrived in a good amount of time. The shipping wasnt free.

And I agree Rodimus Knight, it is scary. That's why I bought that Clear Green Unicron of Light. It was so much cheaper than everywhere else and the shipping was really minimal that it got the better of me and i made the purchase. Its a cool toy but not something I really nedded or would have bought if it wasnt so easy.

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Comment by no-one Feb 13, 2019

william-james88 wrote:
Rodimus Knight wrote:
SpikeyTigertron wrote:Dear Lord.... Amazon.jp is a scary place. Glad I finally found the language toggle....

If Amazon.jp ships hassle free to the US (at least)… they're really going to give the local importers a run for their money... 30% of MPs and Diaclone?!! sign me up!!!.

Just saved over $100 on several purchases (each) I was about to make State-Side T_T

I've ordered from them before myself but never got Free shipping, how'd you do it?

Rodimus Knight said he got HASSLE free shipping. That just means that there werent any problems with Japan shipping him the toy and it arrived in a good amount of time. The shipping wasnt free.

And I agree Rodimus Knight, it is scary. That's why I bought that Clear Green Unicron of Light. It was so much cheaper than everywhere else and the shipping was really minimal that it got the better of me and i made the purchase. Its a cool toy but not something I really nedded or would have bought if it wasnt so easy.

The only thing scary about Amazon.jp is how much it dings up my wallet. I've made a couple orders from them. Shipping costs are reasonable, very fast and way better than the sellers (aliexpress/tfdirect) I deal with from China (slow and usually beat up, but almost always free). I give Amazon.jp ;)^

prices are good and it's just like using your local Amazon... once you find the language setting.

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Comment by AllNewSuperRobot Feb 13, 2019

Cyberpath wrote:360° turn-arounds for both modes from Takara's website.

https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products-lineup/tf_mp/mp-45

Amazing..

.. that this was done by Takara.

Given the state of this thing, this tune seems apt for these images :lol: