Pre-Orders Listed for Takara Tomy MP-36+ Megatron

Mindmaster wrote:I’m curious if the toy-accurate face is the only one he comes with. I already own MP-36 Megatron and I love him to pieces as is but if I didn’t have him but was given this as an option I would hope he came with cartoon-accurate faces.

Crossing my fingers that he comes with comic and/or concept art head just for fun along with the original faces.



Emerje

I might be wrong since I haven't followed MP-36 and his knockoffs too closely. But, I think the image in Seibertron's article is just a placeholder? I don't believe it actually depicts MP-36+, who appears to have no images on either BBTS or TFSource yet - it may well be a picture of that very KO, though I couldn't say for sure.

Octobotimus wrote:

Qwan wrote:I might be wrong since I haven't followed MP-36 and his knockoffs too closely. But, I think the image in Seibertron's article is just a placeholder? I don't believe it actually depicts MP-36+, who appears to have no images on either BBTS or TFSource yet - it may well be a picture of that very KO, though I couldn't say for sure.

the ko didn't have red on the inside of the arms and legs, so its not the ko. plus this image was shown on a official takara reveal image....

Ohh, yeah you're right! As is totally obvious now, I haven't been following MP-36 and his releases very much

Hum, I guess you could phrase it as Takara taking parts from a KO. Personally though, I think it's more likely that Takara decided to do these parts since they're toy-accurate (for the toy-accurate release of the mold), and since it and the KO draw from the exact same source material they look very similar. I highly doubt Takara would actually knock off the parts from the KO.

william-james88 wrote:It is the other way around. These parts existed a while back but were always meant for 8 L release. As we have seen before knock off companies will take even yet to be released samples and turn them into actual product. This is what happened here.

Exactly what I was thinking. We've seen it with MPM Barricade having the KO released at the same time as the real one and we've seen an OSKO prototype of TF6 MPM VW Bumblebee before the figure has even been announced. The KO companies are getting more proficient at sneaking these figures out of the factory, that's all there is to it.

Emerje

Thanks for the heads up Jak!
Pre-order locked in.

Why would Takara want or need to knock off anything?!

The theroy of these parts being pretooled along with the original release, and then hiested by Chinese factory thieves is the simplest explanation. There for the most logical one.

shajaki wrote:But Takara stealing a KO's work? I find that unlikely.

Emphasis on stealing, as that could potentially could land TakaraTomy in legal hot water. "What's the worst that could happen" (Google it), stealing from the thief is still stealing.

When it was first revealed, the toy-accurate version of Masterpiece Megatron 2.0 was not much more than a somewhat blurry scan from a hobby magazine. When site sponsors started putting up pre-orders for this toy, we knew it couldn't be long before official, high quality images surfaced. And now, thanks to Takara Tomy's own website, we have 10 high quality photos of this addition to the MP ranks. They show off a very toy accurate deco, including a new face and chest piece, along with the stock and silencer from the original release of MP-36. The helmet itself appears to be the same, as one picture shows MP-36's face and chestplate attached.

One notable feature shared with the previous version version of this mold, is the inclusion of sound and voice clips by Megatron's Japanese G1 voice actor. It does not seem to include any of the other accessories that the original (toon-accurate) version has.

So what do YOU think, fellow Seibertronians? Do these pictures whet your appetite for this figure? If they do, you can use the handy links below to pre-order this bad boy. Even if you don't plan on getting him, let us know what you think!





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preorder him via Big Bad Toy Store here:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/V ... ails/74810

Or via TFSource, here:
https://tfsource.com/masterpiece/mp-36-plus-megatron/

Ugh, that is grotesque! Silver or grey, one or the other - both like that just looks awful!

Whilst I'm happy with Despotron, if I get any version of this mold it'll be that one.