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Video Review for Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade

Posted by william-james88 Feb 1, 2018 at 11:24pm CST 25,823 views

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Thanks to Maverick Prime, we now know two more things. Firstly, MPM-5 is now out at Toysrus in the Philipines, and secondly, we have our first English language review of the figure. This is from Chefatron who picked it up at Toysrus there, where it is a Toysrus exclusive.

Below you will find the video review and additional facts, provided by Hasbro, regarding this product.

Features Barricade’s iconic Rotor Blade Wheel weapon from the TRANSFORMERS film.
First Movie Masterpiece figure with a Movable Faceplate, allowing fans to play out their favorite scenes from the TRANSFORMERS film.
Figure built with Die Cast Parts & features 170 Deco Ops with 30 Points of Articulation!
Vehicle-mode features Barricade’s accurate, licensed vehicle from the TRANSFORMERS film: Saleen S281 Extreme Ford Mustang Police Car.
Product was designed with ILM Movie CAD Files from the Blockbuster film TRANSFORMERS.
Figure features most film-accurate conversion to-date!
Item is the 1st Movie Masterpiece Decepticon to hit the market in over 8 years!

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Re: Video Review for Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade (view post)

Comment by Cybertronius Primus Feb 2, 2018

There in stock at seller toyspark on eBay as well

Re: Video Review for Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade (view post)

Comment by Ironhidensh Feb 2, 2018

The Chosen Prime has it in stock, also. I'm going to wait for it to show up at TRU, and save some greenbacks. Considering Prime and Bee were still sitting on shelves last I checked, I have no worries. I'm also still waiting on in hand user reports here. From more people.

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Comment by Autobot Roadburn Feb 2, 2018

Ironhidensh wrote:The Chosen Prime has it in stock, also. I'm going to wait for it to show up at TRU, and save some greenbacks. Considering Prime and Bee were still sitting on shelves last I checked, I have no worries. I'm also still waiting on in hand user reports here. From more people.

I should get mine from Chosen Prime tomorrow, I couldn’t wait for him! I’ll try and get some pictures up when I get home from work.

Re: Video Review for Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade (view post)

Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Feb 3, 2018

I'm surprised Chosen Prime has him already. All the pre-orders I saw said he wasn't due till April

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Comment by Emerje Feb 3, 2018

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm surprised Chosen Prime has him already. All the pre-orders I saw said he wasn't due till April

I think this is the Asia version, April is probably the international and Japanese versions. Heck, he still isn't available for pre-order in Japan yet.

Emerje

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Comment by Emerje Feb 19, 2018

FINALLY! Japanese sites are now taking pre-orders for Barricade! Looks like most places have him down to around 8,000JPY (currently US$78, hopefully lower at release) which is a very nice price, probably be closer US$87 with SAL shipping. Arrives late April.

There might be new pictures (AmiAmi has bigger pics, but HLJ has a few more), I can't be bothered to compare them right now. Takara Tomy's MPMs tend to be slightly different from Hasbro's right?

Emerje

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Comment by william-james88 Feb 19, 2018

Emerje wrote:FINALLY! Japanese sites are now taking pre-orders for Barricade! Looks like most places have him down to around 8,000JPY (currently US$78, hopefully lower at release) which is a very nice price, probably be closer US$87 with SAL shipping. Arrives late April.

There might be new pictures (AmiAmi has bigger pics, but HLJ has a few more), I can't be bothered to compare them right now. Takara Tomy's MPMs tend to be slightly different from Hasbro's right?

Emerje

Very slight. But this new one seems to be the exact same.

Re: Video Review for Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade (view post)

Comment by primalxconvoy Feb 19, 2018

Yes, but I've found with the recent film MPs, they're hasn't been many significant differences, except for the price perhaps?

Re: Video Review for Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade (view post)

Comment by Ironhidensh Mar 28, 2018

This is......curious.

Anybody else who has the figure see this on the bottom of the box?

Re: Video Review for Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade (view post)

Comment by william-james88 Mar 28, 2018

Ironhidensh wrote:This is......curious.

Anybody else who has the figure see this on the bottom of the box?

LOL!

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Comment by Emerje Mar 29, 2018

At least it isn't a Beast Wars logo. I'm guessing there's supposed to be one of those fancy authentication stickers on there that you see on some officially license stuff, or maybe just a regular ford logo sticker. You said you got it off eBay, right? From a Chinese seller I'm guessing? Maybe it was rushed out so fast that they didn't get the sticker? I'm thinking any found at retail will have the sticker on it.

Emerje

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Comment by Ironhidensh Apr 1, 2018

Well, Barricade is like MPM Optimus: great in robot mode, disappointing in alt mode.

Robot mode is fantastic. About as articulated as this design can be.

Car mode is where the problems are. Just like Prime, things don't want to align right, and the tolerances are to much for the roof tabbing, which causes the roof to pop up, leaving a very noticeable gap. I only paid less than 60 bucks for the figure, so I'm keeping it, but I cannot recommend paying full price.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 18, 2018

Thanks to a heads up from our fellow fans over at Cybertron.ca, we have news that MPM-5 Barricade has made it to Canadian retail!

The figure, spotted by Cybertron.ca member steamwhistle, was found at a Canadian Toys R' Us, and was sold for $119.99 plus, tax, which is around $95 US dollars. With this figure now showing up in Canada, it should not be too long before he starts showing up elsewhere, though with the American Toys R' Us closing down, where that could be is still to be determined.

Movie Masterpiece Barricade has been a figure many were eager to buy, as he is one of the most memorable Decepticons of the live action franchise, he is the first Decepticon movie masterpiece figure in the new line up started by MPM-3 Bumblebee, and he is the first all original Decepticon movie masterpiece, as Starscream was a repainted version of his leader retail toy.

So with the figure out in the wild, begin your hunt, and let us know if you find him, and what you think of him, in the comments section below!

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 18, 2018

So I got my own MPM-5 today, and I have some thoughts to give you guys.

I do really like him, he is really cool. The bot mode is gorgeous, and I love how movie accurate he is. The moving mouth is a nice touch, and I love his hands, those are my favorite parts of him.

But I do have a slight issue with the shoulders: they do not want to stay up, and keep falling back down into his torso. I have accepted that they will slump, but it's still a tad disappointing. Also, his weapon is dope as hell, but it doesn't like to stay in position too much. I wish it split in half, it would look better.

His transformation is fun, and probably the best of the 3 so far. Alt mode is standard sweetness.

He and Bee are really close in terms of fun and quality to me, hard to really pick which is better. Bee holds together better in bot mode, Barricades transformation is a bit better, and both have awesome car modes. Probably the thing that would put Barry over the top is the face that his is so stable on his feet, and he feels the heaviest of the 2. He ain't going nowhere despite the smallish look of his legs

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Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno Apr 18, 2018

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:$119.99 plus, tax

well so much for me getting him.

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Comment by Emerje Apr 19, 2018

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:$119.99 plus, tax

well so much for me getting him.

What's your limit? HLJ has him for pre-order for $77 plus probably another $6 or $7 for the slowest shipping option.

Emerje

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Comment by Ironhidensh Apr 19, 2018

Emerje wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:$119.99 plus, tax

well so much for me getting him.

What's your limit? HLJ has him for pre-order for $77 plus probably another $6 or $7 for the slowest shipping option.

Emerje

Also, I found mine in eBay, sealed, for only $58 shipped.

Re: Video Review for Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade (view post)

Comment by SpikeyTigertron Apr 19, 2018

I'm always paranoid of getting sealed MPs off of Ebay... especially if they ship from China....

I ended up getting mine on TFSource for more than I would have liked to pay. Guess I should have checked HLJ. Has there been any confirmation if the Takara/import versions are *any* different than the Hasbro release?

I thought there was talking of Prime/Bee having darker (lighter?) grey plastic?

Re: Video Review for Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade (view post)

Comment by william-james88 Apr 19, 2018

Ironhidensh wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:$119.99 plus, tax

well so much for me getting him.

What's your limit? HLJ has him for pre-order for $77 plus probably another $6 or $7 for the slowest shipping option.

Emerje

Also, I found mine in eBay, sealed, for only $58 shipped.

We are talking different currencies here. Is $77 US plus shipping and import fees to Canada so much better than 120 Canadian? Also iron, are you sure that was not a KO? Sounds like the price those KOs are going for.

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Comment by SpikeyTigertron Apr 19, 2018

On-topic... I'm almost liking the Movie MPs better than the Mainline (G1) MPs... I'm really digging the fine detailing on them (though I'd wish they'd pull a bit more paint detail out). Although Sunstreaker still blows my mind for being able to convert between both lambo modes, and how neatly his backpack fits together.

I do wish Barricades "weapon" mode did something cleaner with the rear window piece. But he's other wise super solid balance wise (more so than Bee) and his range of motion is really fun. Though I am starting to wish more had an ab-crunch.

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