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Post by Pinwig on Dec 19, 2014 22:18:29 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Dec 19, 2014 22:37:43 GMT
Nah. Given that there's a Matrix in there I think it's just some random art. Especially since the arms for Bumblebee aren't quite right. And besides, we're getting a Leader Megatron soon - I imagine it'll be a little while before we get a Masterpiece one.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 19, 2014 22:54:57 GMT
Same images are on all the CW instructions
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 19, 2014 23:06:07 GMT
I dunno. That Prime is spot on for MP10, and he did have a matrix with him. The hips and the arrangement on the stomach for the alleged Megatron are very accurate to the cartoon version. I think it's possible. Would Hasbro doing a leader Megatron really conflict with Takara's Masterpiece intentions that much? Perhaps last year was the year of the Dinobots, and 2015 is the year of the Megatron.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 19, 2014 23:37:01 GMT
It raises the whole question of 'what they'd actually do' for a new MP Megatron. A gun? A G2y tank? Megatron is the elephant in the room of Masterpiece Transformers.
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Post by Llama God on Dec 20, 2014 0:06:44 GMT
GUNN NOT ELLYFANTT!!!
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 20, 2014 0:16:41 GMT
Evidence seems to be mounting. Who wants a wager? Magnus is almost here, Exhaust and Star Sabre both first quarter 2015. Won't be long before we'll need a new announcement for a new Masterpiece.
I'll say gun mode Megatron announced after Magnus and before Exhaust, September release date which will slip to November.
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Post by Llama God on Dec 20, 2014 0:30:37 GMT
Yeah, but we've still got MP Goldbug and Bumper to be announced (no, they won't do Cliffjumper - he's a Porsche, not a Volkswagen Beetle) along with MP... er... Diaclone Battle Convoy. Gotta milk those mold repaints first! (Yes, I know, don't talk about Soundwave.)
Eh. Maybe.
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Post by kayevcee on Dec 20, 2014 2:19:25 GMT
Don't forget Slicer!
I think all we really have to go on is that an upcoming Masterpiece figure is called MP-25M. The M could stand for anything. These additions to the figure numbers usually describe a variant, but who knows what it's going to be.
The folks at Takara I guess.
-Nick
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 20, 2014 8:14:38 GMT
In any case, I think it'll be a year until we actually see a figure, even if MP25 is Megatron. So no experience of The Fear here over my Apollyon pre-order any more. I'm so over that.
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Post by kayevcee on Dec 20, 2014 9:42:30 GMT
It makes sense that Takara would do another Megatron- MP05 wasn't well received, had a lot of design issues and the unfortunate rusting feet problem. Plus it's significantly bigger than MP10.
Mind, there are also a lot of classic characters that they haven't done at all yet. Jazz seems like an obvious one. I believe his Japanese name was... Meister...
-Nick
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 20, 2014 11:49:50 GMT
Ratchet and Ironhide are missing A-listers that have never been given good service.
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Post by kayevcee on Dec 21, 2014 0:21:49 GMT
Also true.
-Nick
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Post by Toph on Dec 21, 2014 1:29:11 GMT
Yeah, but we've still got MP Goldbug and Bumper to be announced (no, they won't do Cliffjumper - he's a Porsche, not a Volkswagen Beetle) along with MP... er... Diaclone Battle Convoy. Gotta milk those mold repaints first! (Yes, I know, don't talk about Soundwave.) Eh. Maybe. And don't forget white soundwave, with wingthing, garble, enemy, and Glit. And (in order of likeliness each) G2 Grimlock, Movie Grimlock, Firesomething Grimlock Bugbite, Glyph G2 Optimus, Dead Optimus, Marvel Optimus Crystal Hotrod, Black Hotrod, Matrix Glow Rodimus, Speedbreaker/Sideburn Peepee Ultra Magnus Tigertrack Slicer |
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 21, 2014 7:41:08 GMT
Black Mexican Prowl!!!!
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Post by Llama God on Dec 21, 2014 23:09:05 GMT
So, what you're basically saying is that Takara are slacking, and need to get their act together?
Hurry up TakTom, we're waiting for some really bad repaints!
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Post by kayevcee on Dec 22, 2014 2:44:00 GMT
Meanwhile Hasbro has released Masterpiece Acid Storm AND Sunstorm! It's like the world is backwards! Has the "crazy repaint" guy been transferred?
-Nick
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 28, 2014 11:48:39 GMT
Anyone come across any new rumours? Seems to have gone quiet.
Apollyon is looking so good. I hope he's as good in person.
Would new MP Megatron be a gun? Would he? I can't fathom what they'd do. Guns are not politically correct, but they have the Sunbow vibe in the MP line. Has MP Starsaber broken that? Would a G2 tank Megatron be the direction they'd go? This has to be one of the biggest questions in the fandom at the moment.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 28, 2014 12:35:44 GMT
It certainly puzzles me. I think he would have to be a gun. Apart from Star Sabre, which was a fan poll after all (I think to gauge interest in other eras of the line) Takara have stuck very close to the 84-86 period with the first uses of the Masterpiece moulds. A tank Megs would be very left field.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 28, 2014 15:54:35 GMT
It would indeed, but I wonder if they'll go for it, after the (so far) sucess of Starsaber. I don't think they want to do a gun. I think that's why we haven't seen a new MP Megatron sooner.
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 15, 2015 22:53:15 GMT
Well, 6+ months later and not a sniff or a whiff of a MP Megatron. All the rumors vanished, and we're, what, approaching MP 30 by the time we get to Hound and Ratchet? My Appolyon sits on my shelf laughing, king of my Masterpiece Decepticons.... But for the official collection, for the long-suffering fandom, for What Must Be and What Is Right...
Where the heck is New Masterpiece Megatron?
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 15, 2015 22:56:33 GMT
Never been anything more than keyboard warrioring rather than any actual facts, thus far.
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Aug 15, 2015 23:06:08 GMT
But given the announcement of a thousand third-party Galvatrons over the last couple of days, expect Takara to swoop in and annoy the lot of them any month now...
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 16, 2015 7:12:01 GMT
I can't remember the timing for it all; did that Megatron line art turn out to be the Leader? Was that what it was hinting at?
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 16, 2015 7:25:12 GMT
Ah yes it might have been.
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Post by Benn on Aug 16, 2015 8:53:15 GMT
If so, then that was a heck of a letdown.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2015 9:00:24 GMT
How can the non-announcement of a toy that we were never told existed be a letdown?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 16, 2015 9:15:43 GMT
Actually, I don't think it would have been because the line art is totally different to Leader Megs. Not just slightly different, totally different. The Titan Wars art we saw and the subsequent Blaster prototype image were much much closer. The Megatron could have been an aborted prototype I suppose, but the art is much more G1 hand gun than tank.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 16, 2015 9:17:12 GMT
How can the non-announcement of a toy that we were never told existed be a letdown? -Ralph The shattering of hopes and dreams! I may never date Kelly Brook, but the daily realisation of that is still a constant disappointment. |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2015 13:16:35 GMT
We must all cope in our own ways.
-Ralph
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