Transformers MP-59 Masterpiece Rhinox Officially Revealed

Rhinox looks fantastic. Damn the need to complete the Maximals.

Also, I know it's just the Rhino mouth's upper palate behind his head, but it totally looks like Rhinox has long blonde hair and a mohawk.

Looks fantastic. Though it's a shame they couldn't include a way to replicate his "evil" look from "Dark Designs".

Looks great but not £150 more than Primal great.

Eh. I know Rhinox has some really loyal, energetic fans. But somehow, the character and its figures never 'landed' for me. This one will be an easy pass, but me not buying just leaves more for the other collectors who will give him a good home!

william-james88 wrote:

bluecatcinema wrote:Looks fantastic. Though it's a shame they couldn't include a way to replicate his "evil" look from "Dark Designs".

Sounds like a great redeco option

I agree, especially since he gets a whole new Predacon color scheme with the silver instead of gold and I think a purplish tint to his skin color instead of brown (and perhaps some other color swaps???). A Predacon Rhinox redeco would be very welcomed!

Rhinox looks fantastic. I think these Beast Wars Masterpiece figures have been absolutely the best of the entire line, which is ironic because I complain about the overly cartoon look on the modern G1 Masterpiece figures, but absolutely am thrilled at how accurate these are to the Beast Wars cartoon. Brain conflicts!

Hm, thinking about a Predacon Rhinox redeco, you know what would be fun is to see an Insecticon color scheme on Waspinator inspired by him talking about Shrapnel in Dark Designs. Maybe on a Transmetal Waspinator if they ever tackle those (just as a fun non-canon one-off), though canonically his original body would make sense from Dark Designs, but for legacy purposes Transmetal Waspinator would fit in better with G1 Insecticons.

Seibertron wrote:Rhinox looks fantastic. I think these Beast Wars Masterpiece figures have been absolutely the best of the entire line, which is ironic because I complain about the overly cartoon look on the modern G1 Masterpiece figures, but absolutely am thrilled at how accurate these are to the Beast Wars cartoon. Brain conflicts!

That is funny. I feel the same way. But now that I think about it, it makes sense. Beast Wars being cg was much closer to being photo-realistic. So show to toy works. The 84 cartoon was a drawing of what we imagined to be photo realistic. So show accuracy may be cool and fun for some people looking for cartoon looking models, but for others it seems off.

BluePhirePB wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Rhinox looks fantastic. Damn the need to complete the Maximals.

Also, I know it's just the Rhino mouth's upper palate behind his head, but it totally looks like Rhinox has long blonde hair and a mohawk.

rhinox.jpg

Well crap, now I can't unsee it!

You're welcome.

william-james88 wrote:At first, all Masterpiece Transformers figures look like magic. But then you see different angles and slowly you can see the compromises done to turn this into an actual physical figure. Well Rhinox looked like pure magic once again, so the big question was: how does the back look like? Well, not bad as it turns out. There is a backpack, which he should have, but it looks clean for what it is rather than a mess of parts. You can see for yourself with these images from Takara. The side view of the rhino mode does look more messy with some robot bits peering from the bottom.

Listings from Japanese retailers at their discounted retail price, like $165 USD at Ami Ami. We'll update when Amazon Japan has a similar price.

Thanks. Pre-Ordered. Release date set for June. Will save up some money starting on January.

The eyes are articulated

Rhinox looks great!
Feels nice to see his cartoon head again, after the previous toys seemed to ignore it.
The enginering looks very solid.

Day 1374 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.