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Post by kinggrimlock on Jun 17, 2008 18:52:51 GMT
Well the news came through today! Masterpiece 7 is going to be .... Thundercracker... great.... no, really.... nice to see the imagination going into overdrive at Takara/Tomy. Why, in the most prestigeous line of TF toys ever made, have we only had 3 molds? We are upto MP7 (8 if you count Anime Starscream) and we've had 6 (7) recolours. This just doesn't sit right with me. If they had made this one Thrust or 1 of the coneheads at least we would have a semi-resculpt and I might have forgotten the fact that we were pretty much promised MP7 was going to be Grimlock. I was trying to get Skywarp and Anime Starscream to have a seeker trio but now what do I do? Get the 3 Anime coloured seekers and get rid of my MP3? Or just sack the whole thing off? Hmmm... that being said, having seen the prices MP3 can go for on eBay, I might be able to afford the other 3 lol  And now the Classics.... how amazing do they look? Might need to hunt them all down, especially the Ultra class! But the announcement today that there is going to be a Ratchet figure got me a little miffed. He is clearly going to be a repaint of the Ironhide, but it wasn't long ago that we were told that there wouldn't be an Animated Ironhide because they didn't want any character crossovers in the toys. So what are we supposed to think? That character crossover is fine if it doesn't involve a new mold? Because that costs too much and a simple repaint will make the company even more money? While it doesn't bother me about which to buy (I'm only getting the Animated Dinobots... and maybe Jazz... and Magnus... darn it!) I'm just getting a little peeved throwing my money at repaints like it was in G1, except now I have the money to waste on them, which means I probably will... Anyway.... how is everyone else today? ;D |
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Post by Phill on Jun 17, 2008 19:06:49 GMT
The not appearing in Classics and Animated at the same time comment was just for Hasbro. Takara TOMY can do whatever they want to.
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Post by Minion on Jun 17, 2008 20:30:54 GMT
I for one m looking forward to MP Thundercracker. yes it's a repaint but we all knew it would probably come along at some point, and it'll round out my rather pricey collection of seeker MPs.
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Post by UltraPrime on Jun 17, 2008 21:39:14 GMT
Besides. Ratchet WAS a repaint of Ironhide  |
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Post by kinggrimlock on Jun 18, 2008 13:20:08 GMT
The not appearing in Classics and Animated at the same time comment was just for Hasbro. Takara TOMY can do whatever they want to. Does this mean we are going to have to hunt down the Henkei version for a Ratchet? Not had the best experience of importing lol :S |
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Post by Transformers At The Moon on Jun 18, 2008 13:58:42 GMT
I thought TakaraTomy recently commented that both masterpiece Thundercracker and Grimlock were coming and it was just a matter of when.
From what I recall Takara have not done that well financially for many years, so repaints are often the most viable option for them, where as in the US, reoclours are often used to pad out lines. If people buy them, the recolours will continue.
We've not got a Skywarp yet, but were thinking of getting one before, but now MP Thundercracker is closer to an actual release, might have to get both.
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Post by Minion on Jun 18, 2008 15:51:47 GMT
You must! It is such an ace toy and must be owned as many times as possible in as many colour schemes as possible!
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Post by Starscreams Ghost on Jun 19, 2008 8:01:33 GMT
You must! It is such an ace toy and must be owned as many times as possible in as many colour schemes as possible! this is true........ sadly for my wallet the prime and magnus are both missing from my shelves because they just didn't appeal but the jets? they're sooooooo luvverly |
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Post by kinggrimlock on Jun 19, 2008 10:03:43 GMT
Now a Sunstorm Masterpiece I could get behind...
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Post by Minion on Jun 19, 2008 10:16:27 GMT
You must! It is such an ace toy and must be owned as many times as possible in as many colour schemes as possible! this is true........ sadly for my wallet the prime and magnus are both missing from my shelves because they just didn't appeal but the jets? they're sooooooo luvverly I got Prime (the first US release) but a super cheap price so I was happy with that. Magnus I never got which is a shame as in hindsight I would like him. Still, I can live without another naked UM on my shelves. |
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Post by Starscreams Ghost on Jun 19, 2008 10:20:04 GMT
I'm still waiting on e-hobby to announce a sunstorm
would be rude not to in my opinion
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Post by kinggrimlock on Jun 19, 2008 10:40:59 GMT
Wouldn't be too surprised to see him as a Classic recolour, now we've got Acid Storm... who was the 3rd of Shockwaves seekers?
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Post by Caken Lagann on Jun 19, 2008 11:13:57 GMT
I have all the MP's apart from MP-01. I waited for mp-04 to get him but I do have the 20th short stack single figure too which was bought at silly low price from TRU when they put him on sale.
Still, not sure about MP-07 Thundercracker as it makes the set look odd as MP's when Anime stands with them.
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Post by Swoop on Jun 21, 2008 13:32:02 GMT
I'm still waiting on e-hobby to announce a sunstorm would be rude not to in my opinion MP jets are designed to look fairly realistic. How you reconcile the realism with an orange and white jet is beyond me. |
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Post by Devil Soundwave on Jun 21, 2008 14:49:25 GMT
I'm still waiting on e-hobby to announce a sunstorm would be rude not to in my opinion MP jets are designed to look fairly realistic. How you reconcile the realism with an orange and white jet is beyond me. You don't reconcile it. You realise IT'S A TOY. |
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