TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered

Sunday, June 14th, 2015 11:42PM CDT

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Seibertronian koolkollectibleskhai has come across a most intriguing image. We all know the troubled story of MP-23 Exhausts release, and while he was not cancelled unfortunately his Collector Coin never saw the light of day. Until now it seems! Some had surmised the coin had already been produced but then held back from release with the figure, and as we can see the coin was indeed made and now making its way through some... unsavory channels. See the coin below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

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Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698557)
Posted by Bounti76 on June 15th, 2015 @ 12:09am CDT

What exactly are the "unsavory channels" spoken of? I see very little in the way of details on this story...

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698559)
Posted by shajaki on June 15th, 2015 @ 12:14am CDT

Bounti76 wrote:What exactly are the "unsavory channels" spoken of? I see very little in the way of details on this story...

It might sound silly, but black market. And the details posted are all thats known.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698563)
Posted by Bounti76 on June 15th, 2015 @ 12:46am CDT

Ahhh....okay. Illegal is unsavory, so that makes sense. I wonder why they wouldn't have just been destroyed by the manufacturer instead of stored somewhere.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698564)
Posted by mooncake623 on June 15th, 2015 @ 12:50am CDT

shajaki wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:What exactly are the "unsavory channels" spoken of? I see very little in the way of details on this story...
It might sound silly, but black market. And the details posted are all thats known.

Lol Black Market? I thought you meant ebay. :lol:

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698565)
Posted by King Kuuga on June 15th, 2015 @ 12:54am CDT

*holds trenchcoat tightly around body, peers around suspiciously*
Hey, you. You wanna see something good? You wanna... buy a Masterpiece Exhaust coin?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698566)
Posted by mooncake623 on June 15th, 2015 @ 12:56am CDT

That Bot wrote:*holds trenchcoat tightly around body, peers around suspiciously*
Hey, you. You wanna see something good? You wanna... buy a Masterpiece Exhaust coin?

how much?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698567)
Posted by Emerje on June 15th, 2015 @ 12:57am CDT

TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered

Takara Tomy isn't involved in the coins, that's all Hasbro Asia's doing.

I said all along that the coins had to be out there, there wasn't enough time to cancel their production when the plug was finally pulled on Hasbro Asia's Exhaust release. I Still say Hasbro Asia should push for a new paint deco of Exhaust from Takara Tomy so that the coins can still be put to use.

Emerje

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698568)
Posted by mooncake623 on June 15th, 2015 @ 1:00am CDT

Emerje wrote:
TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered

Takara Tomy isn't involved in the coins, that's all Hasbro Asia's doing. I said all along that the coins had to be out there, there wasn't enough time to cancel their production when the plug was finally pulled on Hasbro Asia's Exhaust release. I Still say Hasbro Asia should push for a new paint deco of Exhaust from Takara Tomy so that the coins can still be put to use.

Emerje

If these coins are made.. I'm assuming all the Hasbro Asia Exhausts were made as well... I wonder where they are right now.. hm...

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698570)
Posted by King Kuuga on June 15th, 2015 @ 1:16am CDT

mooncake623 wrote:
That Bot wrote:*holds trenchcoat tightly around body, peers around suspiciously*
Hey, you. You wanna see something good? You wanna... buy a Masterpiece Exhaust coin?

how much?

How much ya got?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698599)
Posted by shajaki on June 15th, 2015 @ 6:58am CDT

mooncake623 wrote:If these coins are made.. I'm assuming all the Hasbro Asia Exhausts were made as well... I wonder where they are right now.. hm...

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698654)
Posted by mooncake623 on June 15th, 2015 @ 9:39am CDT

shajaki wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:If these coins are made.. I'm assuming all the Hasbro Asia Exhausts were made as well... I wonder where they are right now.. hm...

That'll be interesting.. lol

That Bot wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:
That Bot wrote:*holds trenchcoat tightly around body, peers around suspiciously*
Hey, you. You wanna see something good? You wanna... buy a Masterpiece Exhaust coin?

how much?

How much ya got?

truthfully I'll buy these if they're like 15 bucks or less. :grin:

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1698890)
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on June 15th, 2015 @ 5:30pm CDT

One of my buddies is selling this figure to me for 100. Is it a good price?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1699018)
Posted by wilcosu35 on June 16th, 2015 @ 12:10am CDT

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:One of my buddies is selling this figure to me for 100. Is it a good price?

it's less than i paid for him, so i consider it a good price

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1702722)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 24th, 2015 @ 7:03pm CDT

I'm not made of stone T ^ T

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1724480)
Posted by Va'al on September 7th, 2015 @ 7:20am CDT

Via fellow Seibertronians Emerje and Cobotron we have another chapter to add to the definitely non-trademark related story of Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust - it looks like it might receive another release this coming October! Currently listed over at AmiAmi for 4900 Yen (approx $41 USD).

Will you be trying to pick this figure up the second time round? Take a look at the Seibertron.com gallery, ponder, take a breather and let us know in the Energon Pub.

Transformers Masterpiece Exhaust Gallery

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1724491)
Posted by Rated X on September 7th, 2015 @ 9:18am CDT

Ha ha a scalpers worst nightmare ! Good flood the market with them things ! And f**k phil morris and the god damn Marlboro man !

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1724690)
Posted by Starsaber468 on September 7th, 2015 @ 9:13pm CDT

Oh my god its going to be aweosme for the people who don't have him yet and terrible for the people who had to pay how much extra to get the figure

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1724693)
Posted by Desslok2201 on September 7th, 2015 @ 9:42pm CDT

I heard this was just unsold stock being liquidated, not a full blown reissue. Anyway, it's a fabulous MP. If there ever was a character to be retroactively inserted into G1, this would be my pick.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1744238)
Posted by fenrir72 on November 25th, 2015 @ 7:19pm CST

From your neurotic OCD troublemaking member.

I just transformed my Exhaust since the day hlj delivered my order last April. Always kept him in Lancia mode and all the carcinogenic endorsements not withstanding, I seem to prefer this rolling endorsement of death over Wheeljack (both car and robot mode)

These images I am uploading are not mine but I recently applied them on my version.

The decals also includes the "fix" on the "Malboro" triangle logo

Behold and judge.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1744310)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on November 26th, 2015 @ 3:53am CST

Is this legit? Is this 2 legit 2 quit?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1744311)
Posted by fenrir72 on November 26th, 2015 @ 3:55am CST

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Is this legit? Is this 2 legit 2 quit?

hlj is legit.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1744312)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on November 26th, 2015 @ 4:02am CST

fenrir72 wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Is this legit? Is this 2 legit 2 quit?

hlj is legit.

well shit, I wonder if it'll ship o3o

Now that's more like it

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1744316)
Posted by fenrir72 on November 26th, 2015 @ 5:07am CST

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Is this legit? Is this 2 legit 2 quit?

hlj is legit.

well SHIZZLESNIT, I wonder if it'll ship o3o

Now that's more like it

Just be..........

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1746412)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on December 7th, 2015 @ 7:02pm CST

fenrir72 wrote:From your neurotic OCD troublemaking member.

I just transformed my Exhaust since the day hlj delivered my order last April. Always kept him in Lancia mode and all the carcinogenic endorsements not withstanding, I seem to prefer this rolling endorsement of death over Wheeljack (both car and robot mode)

These images I am uploading are not mine but I recently applied them on my version.

The decals also includes the "fix" on the "Malboro" triangle logo

Behold and judge.

I take it these are not stickers like reprolabels?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1746437)
Posted by fenrir72 on December 7th, 2015 @ 10:10pm CST

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:From your neurotic OCD troublemaking member.

I just transformed my Exhaust since the day hlj delivered my order last April. Always kept him in Lancia mode and all the carcinogenic endorsements not withstanding, I seem to prefer this rolling endorsement of death over Wheeljack (both car and robot mode)

These images I am uploading are not mine but I recently applied them on my version.

The decals also includes the "fix" on the "Malboro" triangle logo

Behold and judge.

I take it these are not stickers like reprolabels?

Officially licensed by Hasbro Asia, decal transfers........way better that Reprolabels but a bit of a pain to apply.

Edit:

The second batch with the Malboro tri symbol is by Eness. It's like the unofficial version of Ocean Design decals.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1746662)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on December 8th, 2015 @ 4:23pm CST

fenrir72 wrote:The second batch with the Malboro tri symbol is by Eness. It's like the unofficial version of Ocean Design decals.

Are they water slide decals? Dry transfer decals? Just really wondering how you apply these.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1746671)
Posted by fenrir72 on December 8th, 2015 @ 5:27pm CST

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:The second batch with the Malboro tri symbol is by Eness. It's like the unofficial version of Ocean Design decals.

Are they water slide decals? Dry transfer decals? Just really wondering how you apply these.

Dry transfer.

This btw is the official licensed by Ocean Designs. Unlike Eness which has the "Philip Mooris" logo sigil, and the Malboor/Lancia endorsement decal for the windshield.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-23 Exhaust: Coin Uncovered (1746674)
Posted by fenrir72 on December 8th, 2015 @ 5:46pm CST

The "not good" part on the Eness set. The decepticon sigil is made of material similar to those used for glitter stickers. It isn't a dry transfer decal but a peel and apply type (the only peel and apply) which broke apart when I removed it in the backing board stock. The rest are awesome.

Eness has this tendency to use some foil based type decals as opposed to what Ocean Designs which appear to be pvc/vinyl.