Video Review for Hasbro Transformers Masterpiece Starscream MP 07

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I did this with Devastator, and MP Bluestreak... Devastator I managed to get under $100... Bluestreak I got for around $38.
Devastator I happend to have a 25% off coupon, I signed up for the Credit Card and got an additional 15% off, and finally used $10 TRU Bucks... Bluestreak I could have gotten less had I found a 25% off coupon, but seemingly non-existant this month...

Without that initial signup TRU has 10% off on Thursdays. Rumor mill says that they are going to do this for Saturdays during Christmas time again.

Credit cards yes are evil, but if you pay it off... This strategy can literally save you more money than waiting for Amazon, HTS, or any other online retailer.

Where'd you get the 25% of coupon

william-james88 wrote:We just heard yesterday that Hasbro's Transformers Masterpiece Starscream was found at Toysrus and now we have a video review.

You can then check out the gallery of the original Japanese issue to see what the changes are. Let us know what you find on the boards!

Starscream looks as good as he should.


While a good review in general, there are two things that need to be pointed out:

1) You don't need to take off his null rays to transform. That's why they're on the double ball joint. Once you fiddle with them a bit, it's easy to do without popping them off and on every time.

2) Reviewer never flipped out the heel that's tucked in to the topside of his engines, which gives Starscream an actual stable set of feet to stand on. Watching Starscream almost fall over for half that video was painful. LOL

Can't wait for my preorder to come in.

Jones wrote:

william-james88 wrote:
2) Reviewer never flipped out the heel that's tucked in to the topside of his engines, which gives Starscream an actual stable set of feet to stand on. Watching Starscream almost fall over for half that video was painful. LOL

Can't wait for my preorder to come in.

uh oh

Jones wrote:

william-james88 wrote:We just heard yesterday that Hasbro's Transformers Masterpiece Starscream was found at Toysrus and now we have a video review.

You can then check out the gallery of the original Japanese issue to see what the changes are. Let us know what you find on the boards!

Starscream looks as good as he should.


While a good review in general, there are two things that need to be pointed out:

1) You don't need to take off his null rays to transform. That's why they're on the double ball joint. Once you fiddle with them a bit, it's easy to do without popping them off and on every time.

2) Reviewer never flipped out the heel that's tucked in to the topside of his engines, which gives Starscream an actual stable set of feet to stand on. Watching Starscream almost fall over for half that video was painful. LOL

Can't wait for my preorder to come in.

I agree with you. My biggest pet peeve, is when a reviewer gets something wrong, and blames the figure for it. ARRGGG it's so painful to watch!

SillySpringer wrote:
I agree with you. My biggest pet peeve, is when a reviewer gets something wrong, and blames the figure for it. ARRGGG it's so painful to watch!

The reviewer also agrees so here is his extra review to make up for what he missed:

Good, he also figured out the tabs on the wings to fit into the slots on the back of the robot mode. That was killing me, watching the wings on his figure flop around every time he breathed the wrong way.

Also, the hologram pilot is apparently opaque black plastic instead of translucent blue in Hasbro's release. I haven't noted any other deco differences quite yet. Even the wing striping seems to be identical.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Good, he also figured out the tabs on the wings to fit into the slots on the back of the robot mode. That was killing me, watching the wings on his figure flop around every time he breathed the wrong way.

Also, the hologram pilot is apparently opaque black plastic instead of translucent blue in Hasbro's release. I haven't noted any other deco differences quite yet. Even the wing striping seems to be identical.

is it just me or does the blue seem to be a different?
This is all I want confirmed haha.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Good, he also figured out the tabs on the wings to fit into the slots on the back of the robot mode. That was killing me, watching the wings on his figure flop around every time he breathed the wrong way.

Also, the hologram pilot is apparently opaque black plastic instead of translucent blue in Hasbro's release. I haven't noted any other deco differences quite yet. Even the wing striping seems to be identical.

You mean aside fro the nose cone right?

The Blue and red is said to be 2 toned. Like how the hands have a different shade of blue than the forearms. Was that also the case with Takara? Also, his missile pods are painted while I dont think Takara's was.

Here are some in hand pics from various sources (if you see your pic, let me know!)

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Good, he also figured out the tabs on the wings to fit into the slots on the back of the robot mode. That was killing me, watching the wings on his figure flop around every time he breathed the wrong way.

Also, the hologram pilot is apparently opaque black plastic instead of translucent blue in Hasbro's release. I haven't noted any other deco differences quite yet. Even the wing striping seems to be identical.

You mean aside fro the nose cone right?

The Blue and red is said to be 2 toned. Like how the hands have a different shade of blue than the forearms. Was that also the case with Takara? Also, his missile pods are painted while I dont think Takara's was.

Yes, except for the nosecone. I thought everyone already knew about that from the first promotional pics.

Yes, the reds and blues are of two tones on Takara's as well. This is due to some parts being cast in red or blue plastic and other parts being presumably light gray plastic painted over red or blue. The colors match VERY well on Takara's, I don't know if that is the case or not for Hasbro's. With Takara's you can tell what is paint and what is plastic, because the paint is shiny metallic or glossy, while the plastic has metallic flaking in it. Also, Takara's does have painted missile pods, presuming you're referring to his "12 robot nipples" under this chest turbines. They're even painted the same color: white.

I've got a question now, based on an alleged China-only release of MP-11 from 2013. It's said to have a nosecone cast in light gray plastic instead of blue plastic painted gray, attributed to the Takara version. My version, which is supposedly the pan-Asian release (not exclusive to China), has a nose cone that is DEFINITATELY cast in gray plastic. You an see light through it when you open it up to reveal the radar dish. However, it can't be the Chinese version, because it still has the dark gray painted panels on the top of the jet fuselage. Those panels are supposedly light gray like the rest of the fuselage on the Chinese version. So, is it only the first run of the Takara release that had a blue plastic nosecone painted light gray, or is the person on tfwiki who recently added that sorely mistaken in his information?

I'm really torn but I think I'm just going to try and hunt down a Takara MP-11. Granted I have a Japanese imported Wal-Mart MP-03, with the coronation add on, so I'm in no real rush.

Side by side comparison, at last!



The Hasbro version is on the left. The Takara version is on the right.

Looks like the Hasbro version has a silver trim around the Decepticon logos on the wings that Takara's version lacks. Also, though it may be a trick of the lighting, it looks like Hasbro went with a darker blue metallic paint than the Takara version, creating more contrast with the blue plastic molded parts. Takara's blue paint and plastic seem to match a lot better. The cockpit on the Hasbro version seems to be a lighter amber color too. Of course, let's not forget either the blue nosecone on Hasbro's versus Takara's light gray and the opaque black holopilot instead of translucent blue. It's interesting that Hasbro couldn't help but fiddle with Starscream after being so good with sticking to Takara's paint masks and colors with MP Prowl, Bluestreak, and even Grimlock. Oh well, I guess.

Wolfman Jake wrote: It's interesting that Hasbro couldn't help but fiddle with Starscream after being so good with sticking to Takara's paint masks and colors with MP Prowl, Bluestreak, and even Grimlock. Oh well, I guess.

I found this release to be very similar to the Grimlock one where there are only very slight changes especially wth the clear plastic for the chest:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Side by side comparison, at last!



The Hasbro version is on the left. The Takara version is on the right.

Looks like the Hasbro version has a silver trim around the Decepticon logos on the wings that Takara's version lacks. Also, though it may be a trick of the lighting, it looks like Hasbro went with a darker blue metallic paint than the Takara version, creating more contrast with the blue plastic molded parts. Takara's blue paint and plastic seem to match a lot better. The cockpit on the Hasbro version seems to be a lighter amber color too. Of course, let's not forget either the blue nosecone on Hasbro's versus Takara's light gray and the opaque black holopilot instead of translucent blue. It's interesting that Hasbro couldn't help but fiddle with Starscream after being so good with sticking to Takara's paint masks and colors with MP Prowl, Bluestreak, and even Grimlock. Oh well, I guess.

Hasbro probably thought fans wouldn't mind going with a darker blue. I don't think anyone has complained about the change like they did with there mp-10 release.
As long as there isn't a hidden LTC Joe "BIG DADDY" Kyde anywhere, I am sold.

william-james88 wrote:We just heard yesterday that Hasbro's Transformers Masterpiece Starscream was found at Toysrus and now we have a video review.

You can then check out the gallery of the original Japanese issue to see what the changes are. Let us know what you find on the boards!

I never knew nipples were up on your shoulders.

Any folks successfully find Starscream on the east coast? I tried a few in NYC over the long weekend but all I saw was a ton of Bluestreaks and 1 Sunstorm.

@nycPrime: I've been checking Queens, LI and the flagship TRU in Manhattan since the article was posted and nothing but SunStorm and BlueStreak. I've also got a buddy out in AZ looking around also. If I find the store that has one, I will post it here immediately.

futonboy8 wrote:@nycPrime: I've been checking Queens, LI and the flagship TRU in Manhattan since the article was posted and nothing but SunStorm and BlueStreak. I've also got a buddy out in AZ looking around also. If I find the store that has one, I will post it here immediately.

Awesome, thanks futonboy8! I'll post here if I find any as well. I've mostly checked the ones in Brooklyn. I did stop by the flagship on Sunday and it was sad. First off, I couldn't even find the TF figures, as it was all Star Wars. I asked 2 workers who also didn't know! When I did find it, it was all RiD, CW legends (though they did have Blackjack), and a large number of YOTG Soundwaves.

nycPrime wrote:

futonboy8 wrote:@nycPrime: I've been checking Queens, LI and the flagship TRU in Manhattan since the article was posted and nothing but SunStorm and BlueStreak. I've also got a buddy out in AZ looking around also. If I find the store that has one, I will post it here immediately.

Awesome, thanks futonboy8! I'll post here if I find any as well. I've mostly checked the ones in Brooklyn. I did stop by the flagship on Sunday and it was sad. First off, I couldn't even find the TF figures, as it was all Star Wars. I asked 2 workers who also didn't know! When I did find it, it was all RiD, CW legends (though they did have Blackjack), and a large number of YOTG Soundwaves.

First off NEW YORK CITY REPRESENT!!!! WHAT, WHAAAAATTT!!!!!!

Secondly, for those of you looking for MP Starscream, if the release is anything like Thundercracker from a few years back the instructions will be exactly the same MP-03. I would recommend checking out a video review to be caught up on the new transformation steps. Don't wanna break your new $60 figure now.

nycPrime wrote:

futonboy8 wrote:@nycPrime: I've been checking Queens, LI and the flagship TRU in Manhattan since the article was posted and nothing but SunStorm and BlueStreak. I've also got a buddy out in AZ looking around also. If I find the store that has one, I will post it here immediately.

Awesome, thanks futonboy8! I'll post here if I find any as well. I've mostly checked the ones in Brooklyn. I did stop by the flagship on Sunday and it was sad. First off, I couldn't even find the TF figures, as it was all Star Wars. I asked 2 workers who also didn't know! When I did find it, it was all RiD, CW legends (though they did have Blackjack), and a large number of YOTG Soundwaves.

Where did they put the Transformers? Couldn't find any When I went to TRU at Times Sq last week.

@mooncake623: Not sure if they moved the single sad stand where the transformers where dumped...but it was on the 2nd floor back by the Jurassic park toys. This was last Friday. Again not sure if they moved it elsewhere.

futonboy8 wrote:@mooncake623: Not sure if they moved the single sad stand where the transformers where dumped...but it was on the 2nd floor back by the Jurassic park toys. This was last Friday. Again not sure if they moved it elsewhere.

Thanks! going to go check it out this week.

futonboy8 wrote:@mooncake623: Not sure if they moved the single sad stand where the transformers where dumped...but it was on the 2nd floor back by the Jurassic park toys. This was last Friday. Again not sure if they moved it elsewhere.

Yep, they had it in the corner by the Jurassic Park toys as of this past Sunday.

TRU now has MP Starscream available on its website, but in store pickup only. Good luck actually finding a store with stock. None within 50 miles of me have it. Did randomly find one with stock in Kansas City lol.

not anymore

peaces wrote:not anymore

Checking on my phone through the mobile website. Not sure if it's a glitch. Either way is not really available, but maybe soon?

I went by 3 TRU today and nothing in store.

nycPrime wrote:TRU now has MP Starscream available on its website, but in store pickup only. Good luck actually finding a store with stock. None within 50 miles of me have it. Did randomly find one with stock in Kansas City lol.

Thanks for posting this,i totally forgot Strascream was out,i actually do live near KC,lol and i was able to find him today.Hopefully you find one in NY soon enough.

Deathsaurus1 wrote:Yeah. People shouldn't worry about finding starscream.

My toys r us has gotten bluestreak in.
And he has been pretty easy to find in other toysrus's near me.

william-james88 wrote:

G1COLLECTOR wrote::-( .

Dont dispare. These are popping up all over the states now. I am sure you will find one at your TRU if you check it out once a week.

He has now been spotted in California. And every sighting so far reports the 59.99$

same price as bluestreak?
That's good ha!

I've seen Bluestreak here in the Denver area and that weird Soundwave edition. If I can go off past history the seekers are still quite popular and Starscream is a major character so I expect him to still be harder to find. I only managed to get the Wal-Mart Starscream and the TRU Thundercracker here after looking several times and even checking several different stores. I depends on how much stock Hasbro puts out and both the US and CDN preorders went out pretty fast I was lucky my friend in Canada got me one via the preorders there.

Regardless good luck to everyone thats looking!

-dx

So yesterday I put on my hunting boots and headed out to TRU. I went straight to the manager at this particular store in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Real sweet gal BTW. I asked all about Starscream. She checked the computer, and they hadn't had him show up in the store. Then she checked the Omaha (were I live) store's inventory. It showed four in stock. She called over there for me. The truck had arrived 5 hours late and was still being unloaded. The Screamers were still on the truck. She advised me to call them first thing in the morning. I slept with my boots on. Called first thing this morning, put one on hold, and now he is home with me.
A couple pages back I was the guy who got the shaft on pre-orders, where I had him in my cart, checked out and WHAMO! No deal. So I had to do it the old fashioned way, and it payed off.

In case anyone is wondering why they are showing up in the Midwest, it's because one of the largest TRU distribution centers is located in Lee's Summit MO. A suburb of Kansas City. That's probably where all this inventory is coming from.

Anyway. Happy hunting all, and good luck.

^ You speak the truth,i used to work at that distibution center and live a few miles away from it,its quite the place i tell ya lol.But i've had pretty good luck with Masterpiece over the years,except for the second Grimlock,had to get online never could find him in store.

HA! I grew up in the next town over. My brother and I used to imagine dressing up like ninjas, sneaking into that place and just having a heyday!

(of course that never happened)

Cobotron wrote:HA! I grew up in the next town over. My brother and I used to imagine dressing up like ninjas, sneaking into that place and just having a heyday!

(of course that never happened)

Yeah i worked there in the mid/late 90's when i didnt collect toys at the time.Don't think i could work there now,cause i'd be wanting to take everything lol. I live in Greenwood now is that where you grew up ?

ADAPPJ28 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:HA! I grew up in the next town over. My brother and I used to imagine dressing up like ninjas, sneaking into that place and just having a heyday!

(of course that never happened)

Yeah i worked there in the mid/late 90's when i didnt collect toys at the time.Don't think i could work there now,cause i'd be wanting to take everything lol. I live in Greenwood now is that where you grew up ?

Raymore

Cobotron wrote:

ADAPPJ28 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:HA! I grew up in the next town over. My brother and I used to imagine dressing up like ninjas, sneaking into that place and just having a heyday!

(of course that never happened)

Yeah i worked there in the mid/late 90's when i didnt collect toys at the time.Don't think i could work there now,cause i'd be wanting to take everything lol. I live in Greenwood now is that where you grew up ?

Raymore

Oh ok,Greenwood is probably the next town over,but its barely a town haha.

ADAPPJ28 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

ADAPPJ28 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:HA! I grew up in the next town over. My brother and I used to imagine dressing up like ninjas, sneaking into that place and just having a heyday!

(of course that never happened)

Yeah i worked there in the mid/late 90's when i didnt collect toys at the time.Don't think i could work there now,cause i'd be wanting to take everything lol. I live in Greenwood now is that where you grew up ?

Raymore

Oh ok,Greenwood is probably the next town over,but its barely a town haha.

Ya, your right. didn't think anyone would get too technical about it. Back then, Raymore was barely a town.

What TRU did you score Starscream at? Are there any left on the MO side?

Edit: Independence?

Cobotron wrote:

ADAPPJ28 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

ADAPPJ28 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:HA! I grew up in the next town over. My brother and I used to imagine dressing up like ninjas, sneaking into that place and just having a heyday!

(of course that never happened)

Yeah i worked there in the mid/late 90's when i didnt collect toys at the time.Don't think i could work there now,cause i'd be wanting to take everything lol. I live in Greenwood now is that where you grew up ?

Raymore

Oh ok,Greenwood is probably the next town over,but its barely a town haha.

Ya, your right. didn't think anyone would get too technical about it. Back then, Raymore was barely a town.

What TRU did you score Starscream at? Are there any left on the MO side?

Edit: Independence?

Yes Independence is where i usually go,there were 2 there this afternoon.Not sure when they get there trucks anymore i used to have luck on saturday mornings.

Some in-hands. Just for fun.











This release of this mold is solid. Colors are great, Paint is good. I little bit of sloppy sprew separation. Especially on the red parts, but nothing to get worked up about. Joints are tight, and everything tabs together really well. The tabs that hold the wings to his back in robot mode were a little iffy, but I have fiddled them into behaving. None of the goofy stuff that was happening with last years Sunstorm.
Good solid figure at the best price one could get an MP Seeker.

now if only people could buy it

Nice pics. where did you score Starscream at,online or in store ?

Well peaces, sooner or later everyone in America can do like I did, walk into Toys R Us and spend their hard earned cash on a this transforming robot.

ADAPP, remember? I found it in store in Omaha.
But you and I had that whole convo about KC suburbs.

Cobotron wrote:Well peaces, sooner or later everyone in America can do like I did, walk into Toys R Us and spend their hard earned cash on a this transforming robot.

ADAPP, remember? I found it in store in Omaha.
But you and I had that whole convo about KC suburbs.

I actually don't remember that lol,i just remember you saying you were in Council Bluffs.But either way good score !

if it were only that simple

ADAPPJ28 wrote:Nice pics. where did you score Starscream at,online or in store ?

It must be in store since he is not shipping from online yet.

peaces wrote:if it were only that simple

What is stopping you from going to the stores in october and grabbing one?

william-james88 wrote:

peaces wrote:if it were only that simple

What is stopping you from going to the stores in october and grabbing one?

Depending on his location, US TRUs tend to have iffy distribution. Some stores will receive a ridiculous overstock of an item, while other stores may receive only one case or none at all.

With the online preorders sold out and people tricking the .com into doing a store search for stock info (which has allowed people in various parts of the country to grab a 'screamer) it could be rather difficult for people in certain areas to obtain him.

Especially with it being the MP-11 mold and supposedly better plastic. That's going to be big demand right there.

Hey Guys.. pre-orders are open at TRU...

futonboy8 wrote:Hey Guys.. pre-orders are open at TRU...

Hmm. So they are. http://www.toysrus.com/buy/movies-tv/tr ... 2-62615996

Heh. Looks like they fixed the trick people were using with the mobile website. Earlier it had an add to cart button instead of preorder and it allowed you to see which stores had pickup available.

Lol, yea.. I used that glitch to check for stock in my area. Wondered if it really checked the stock of each TRU...

Has anyone thought for a moment about the fact that release dates for figures are a legal binding contract? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but to my understanding TRU may get into a lot of trouble with Hasbro on releasing MP Starscream before the 10/2 date. With the way they've handled MPs one can only hope, but they may lose exclusive rights. I think something similar to this happened to Best buy before.

SkyWarpt wrote:Has anyone thought for a moment about the fact that release dates for figures are a legal binding contract? Please correct me if I'm wrong, but to my understanding TRU may get into a lot of trouble with Hasbro on releasing MP Starscream before the 10/2 date. With the way they've handled MPs one can only hope, but they may lose exclusive rights. I think something similar to this happened to Best buy before.

Street dates are a legal contract, but it's rarely enforced. I doubt he's street dated (I could be wrong) but even if he is, TRU won't lose the rights. Masterpieces are difficult to sell, ask Wal*Mart. I can't imagine that stores are lining up to take the hit on those. TRU, on the other hand, loves uphill battles and adversity for whatever reason.