Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron

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Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Cyberpath, we have news that Loopaza Mega Store has put up their scans of the regularly scheduled Figure King Magazine, and #265 features some of the new Takara products that have been shown off this month.

Most prominent among the scans are images of Masterpiece Tigatron and Arcee, who were just revealed a few weeks ago over in Japan. Tigatron features some images of him standing side by side with Dinobot and Cheetor, and showcasing some robot and beast mode poses that he is most known for from the Beast Wars cartoon. Big Cat and Little Cat have reunited once more!

Arcee also gets a page, showing off her visor that she once used in the Battle of Autobot City in the 1986 movie, including some art of the character mode, and showing off some of her poses.

On the same page as Arcee, we also get to see Studio Series Megatron, Scavenger, and a smaller image of Devastator, who was revealed at the same time as Arcee and Tigatron.

Check out the scans below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

Credit(s): Loopaza Mega Store Facebook

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Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2054777)
Posted by vichoprime2006 on February 27th, 2020 @ 6:58pm CST

that arcee doesn't look like the series at all

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2054811)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 27th, 2020 @ 11:14pm CST

Goddammit. That Arcee have the ugliest backpack ever!
Rouge look way better than the official MP. Unfortunately, Rouge transform by exploding and hoping for the best.

Maybe one day we will have a clean looking Arcee that is fun to transform...

Also, still hoping that that G1 Unicron finally getting produced. I want to own that retro bot so bad!

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2054962)
Posted by william-james88 on February 28th, 2020 @ 10:27pm CST

vichoprime2006 wrote:that arcee doesn't look like the series at all

I was wrong then when I wrote it must have been mistransformed. Turns out it was misdesigned.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2054986)
Posted by megamanfan on February 29th, 2020 @ 12:58am CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:Goddammit. That Arcee have the ugliest backpack ever!
Rouge look way better than the official MP. Unfortunately, Rouge transform by exploding and hoping for the best.

Maybe one day we will have a clean looking Arcee that is fun to transform...

Also, still hoping that that G1 Unicron finally getting produced. I want to own that retro bot so bad!

what about ocular max azalea?

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055010)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 29th, 2020 @ 7:58am CST

megamanfan wrote:what about ocular max azalea?

So far, she's the best. Transformation don't look daunting like Rouge and she's at the right size. Plus her backpack is much better looking than the MP. However, I don't like the fact that you must change her hands for the fists to transform her and her chest hinge is pretty unsightly.

So Azalea is pretty damn close to perfection. but I'm not paying 100$+ for a "close enough" figure. Of course, final judgement about the official MP will be when YouTube reviewers finally have her in hands and show us how she properly work.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055018)
Posted by blackeyedprime on February 29th, 2020 @ 10:49am CST

Backpack, head and arm joints letting her down. Liking the legs and torso but that's about it.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055020)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 29th, 2020 @ 11:14am CST

blackeyedprime wrote:Backpack, head and arm joints letting her down. Liking the legs and torso but that's about it.

About the official MP you mean?

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055022)
Posted by blackeyedprime on February 29th, 2020 @ 11:19am CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:Backpack, head and arm joints letting her down. Liking the legs and torso but that's about it.

About the official MP you mean?

Yeagh the official MP:(

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055044)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 29th, 2020 @ 3:22pm CST

blackeyedprime wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:Backpack, head and arm joints letting her down. Liking the legs and torso but that's about it.

About the official MP you mean?

Yeagh the official MP:(

Let's hope it's the usual "can't transform for shayt" syndrome and the in hand images will be better. For now, all we can do is wait and see.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055353)
Posted by Ultra Markus on March 2nd, 2020 @ 12:38am CST

Despite all negativity that mp arcee is getting
What do you expect you can't have a cartoon accurate robot turn into a cartoon accurate vehicle and not have a backpack
With all things considering she looks pretty good anyway
She has all the right proportions

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055354)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 2nd, 2020 @ 3:53am CST

Ultra Markus wrote:Despite all negativity that mp arcee is getting
What do you expect you can't have a cartoon accurate robot turn into a cartoon accurate vehicle and not have a backpack
With all things considering she looks pretty good anyway
She has all the right proportions

The cartoon do have a backpack. But it's much more compact.
It could have been done by hiding some panels inside her legs and torso, like so many other figures did.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055356)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on March 2nd, 2020 @ 4:16am CST

To be fair, A. Arcee's cartoon backpack is unrealistically compact since it's largely just her front fenders and B. her human-style legs offer less opportunity for stashing panels. But there was some possibility there... And they could have made her hips part of the car's aft like the Thrilling 30 toy did. The MP designers need to knock it the smeg off with the disappearing tires already.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055372)
Posted by Ultra Markus on March 2nd, 2020 @ 10:53am CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:Despite all negativity that mp arcee is getting
What do you expect you can't have a cartoon accurate robot turn into a cartoon accurate vehicle and not have a backpack
With all things considering she looks pretty good anyway
She has all the right proportions

The cartoon do have a backpack. But it's much more compact.
It could have been done by hiding some panels inside her legs and torso, like so many other figures did.

Then it would be overly complicated to transform
These new MPs are complicated already
Her backpack in the cartoon sizeshifts to appear smaller
Which doesn't transition to toy very well

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055407)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on March 2nd, 2020 @ 6:01pm CST

Ultra Markus wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:Despite all negativity that mp arcee is getting
What do you expect you can't have a cartoon accurate robot turn into a cartoon accurate vehicle and not have a backpack
With all things considering she looks pretty good anyway
She has all the right proportions

The cartoon do have a backpack. But it's much more compact.
It could have been done by hiding some panels inside her legs and torso, like so many other figures did.

Then it would be overly complicated to transform
These new MPs are complicated already
Her backpack in the cartoon sizeshifts to appear smaller
Which doesn't transition to toy very well

Obviously, I'm all for the middle ground. No need to be THAT compact, but it could be just a wee bit smaller and most importantly, look cleaner. Not like a scrapyard.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2055421)
Posted by Ultra Markus on March 2nd, 2020 @ 6:33pm CST

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:Despite all negativity that mp arcee is getting
What do you expect you can't have a cartoon accurate robot turn into a cartoon accurate vehicle and not have a backpack
With all things considering she looks pretty good anyway
She has all the right proportions

The cartoon do have a backpack. But it's much more compact.
It could have been done by hiding some panels inside her legs and torso, like so many other figures did.

Then it would be overly complicated to transform
These new MPs are complicated already
Her backpack in the cartoon sizeshifts to appear smaller
Which doesn't transition to toy very well

Obviously, I'm all for the middle ground. No need to be THAT compact, but it could be just a wee bit smaller and most importantly, look cleaner. Not like a scrapyard.

Looking at her from the front she looks pretty good
I think the backpack isn't that bad

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062546)
Posted by william-james88 on April 28th, 2020 @ 8:37am CDT

Loopaza Mega Store has scanned the latest issue of the Figure King Magazine, which offers new image for several upcoming figures. Due to brand unification, many of the ones shown, like the Netflix figures, the studio series figures and the Cyberverse deluxe figures, don,t offer anything new. But we do get a nice new photo of Arcee which seems to confirm that what we saw, with the lower chest plate, was not a mistake. The side view clearly shows that this position lines up the detail accordingly.

The big star of this spread is of course Super Megatron, and we get many nice new photos of him, so enjoy!

Hi-Res Scan Figure King No. 267 Transformers

This month Magazine Figure King Transformers focus on the coming up Generation Selects: Super Megatron. There also cover on all the lines latest release and update on the MP Arcee, price will be 17,600 JPY and release in coming winter.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062551)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 28th, 2020 @ 8:53am CDT

Aha, so that's how Super Megatron's chest works.

And speaking of chests, good gravy, Arcee's torso armor looks even lower than before!

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062552)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2020 @ 9:04am CDT

ALL the figures look great... Except poor MP Arcee.
Good lord, what a mess...

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062553)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on April 28th, 2020 @ 9:05am CDT

Yeah, Arcee's chest just ruins the whole figure for me. She was always going to be a tough figure to do, but they should have really thought that through more.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062555)
Posted by ZeroWolf on April 28th, 2020 @ 9:13am CDT

Yikes... MP Arcee... Is there anything left to say? At least Super Megatron is looking really good

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062557)
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on April 28th, 2020 @ 9:45am CDT

Can metal sag? Coz that’s some serious saggage.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062558)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2020 @ 9:46am CDT

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Can metal sag? Coz that’s some serious saggage.

Grandma Arcee. 8-}

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062559)
Posted by ZeroWolf on April 28th, 2020 @ 9:59am CDT

Here's a question mind. Now that we've seen how the chest gimmick works, why is there pins in the ultra Megatron chest? They don't seem to be there to pin the chest to the rotating piece...

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062560)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 28th, 2020 @ 10:01am CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:Here's a question mind. Now that we've seen how the chest gimmick works, why is there pins in the ultra Megatron chest? They don't seem to be there to pin the chest to the rotating piece...

Maybe the halves of the chestplate are pinned together.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062561)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 28th, 2020 @ 10:30am CDT

Dang, that is pretty neat how they do Super Megatron's chest. Nicely done! He looks great!

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062565)
Posted by The Lonely Cracker on April 28th, 2020 @ 11:10am CDT

wow. thats an official promotional photo for arcee. does takara even care?

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062567)
Posted by william-james88 on April 28th, 2020 @ 11:26am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Aha, so that's how Super Megatron's chest works.

And speaking of chests, good gravy, Arcee's torso armor looks even lower than before!

it's due to that horrendous angle which makes her shoulder seem to be level with her neck.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062569)
Posted by Glarryg on April 28th, 2020 @ 11:29am CDT

The Lonely Cracker wrote:wow. thats an official promotional photo for arcee. does takara even care?

I'm thinking that, just like the new MP Bumblebee, this Arcee is only meant to be viewed from a certain side. I have no idea which side that is, but apparently Takara hasn't figured it out either.

Glarryg

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062571)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2020 @ 11:46am CDT

Megatron have a much nicer and neater chest than Arcee. ( ಠ ͜ʖಠ)

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062574)
Posted by blackeyedprime on April 28th, 2020 @ 11:57am CDT

I actually thought arcee was the earthrise version for a moment. Owch. Money saved and hopefully a third party will do her justice at some point before has/tak revisits her.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062575)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on April 28th, 2020 @ 12:01pm CDT

There's already three 3rd party MPs to my knowledge. More if you don't want G1 accuracy.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062580)
Posted by ScottyP on April 28th, 2020 @ 12:24pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:ALL the figures look great... Except poor MP Arcee.
Good lord, what a mess...

Totally agreed. That design ought to be shelved or seriously revised, the toy looks awful.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062586)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 28th, 2020 @ 12:35pm CDT

ScottyP wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:ALL the figures look great... Except poor MP Arcee.
Good lord, what a mess...
Totally agreed. That design ought to be shelved or seriously revised, the toy looks awful.

It's sad that the Thrilling 30 mold from six years ago, despite being so fiddly, did right by her design so much better.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062587)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2020 @ 12:36pm CDT

blackeyedprime wrote:I actually thought arcee was the earthrise version for a moment. Owch. Money saved and hopefully a third party will do her justice at some point before has/tak revisits her.

Me too, I told myself "ER Arcee is tolerable." Then I noticed that it was the MP. Oh dear...

Look like Ocular Max's Azalea is still the queen.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062589)
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on April 28th, 2020 @ 12:39pm CDT

Arcee's bosom is WEIRD, why is it so low & misshapen? Maybe she's mistransformed, or she needs a bit of a lift. She was first seen in Transformers Movie in 1986, 34 years ago, so she's still very the young! :lol:

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062590)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2020 @ 12:40pm CDT

Flat butt and droopy chest.

Laugh in Nicee

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062591)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 28th, 2020 @ 12:41pm CDT

AutobotAlvaron wrote:Arcee's bosom is WEIRD, why is it so low & misshapen? Maybe she's mistransformed, or she needs a bit of a lift. She was first seen in Transformers Movie in 1986, 34 years ago, so she's still very the young!

It's not just the front of her chest, her sides need to be higher too, hence the white stripe lining up all the way around her torso.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062614)
Posted by Evil Eye on April 28th, 2020 @ 2:31pm CDT

Arcee is...yeah, that is a big fat YIKES from me. Super Megatron though? All over it.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062626)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on April 28th, 2020 @ 3:49pm CDT

MP Arcee was a figure I was really looking forward too, but damn, it looks like she's wearing a cardboard box as a bra. A female figure from Japan, I was really expecting a little more femininity to her like they did with Blackarachnia.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062627)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 28th, 2020 @ 4:15pm CDT

Rodimus Knight wrote:MP Arcee was a figure I was really looking forward too, but damn, it looks like she's wearing a cardboard box as a bra.

"Come here, honey, I'm wearing my Amazon costume."

"Oh boy--Oh, that's... not what I thought you meant."

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062629)
Posted by Emerje on April 28th, 2020 @ 4:23pm CDT

Guys, this is Rattrap's great-aunt you're talking about, be nice. >:oP

That said, Arcee looks like when kids (or grown men) stick balloons under their shirt, but don't know how high to put them.

At least her face isn't as derpy as the first time we saw it. Her nose isn't just sticking out of her face, it looks like a nose, her mouth is slightly open and what we can see of her chin seems to be rounder.

Sabrblade wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Here's a question mind. Now that we've seen how the chest gimmick works, why is there pins in the ultra Megatron chest? They don't seem to be there to pin the chest to the rotating piece...
Maybe the halves of the chestplate are pinned together.

It's for moving whatever that black part is, the pins go into it on the sides. I thought that black part was what his head was connected to with a twist in it similar to RID2001 Ultra Magnus, but I guess it serves another purpose we can't see (probably connects the canon to the front of the spacecraft mode).

Emerje

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062632)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2020 @ 4:49pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Knight wrote:MP Arcee was a figure I was really looking forward too, but damn, it looks like she's wearing a cardboard box as a bra.
"Come here, honey, I'm wearing my Amazon costume."

"Oh boy--Oh, that's... not what I thought you meant."

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062648)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on April 28th, 2020 @ 6:49pm CDT

Snapdragon's extreme leg positioning in bot mode makes my groin hurt.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062651)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 28th, 2020 @ 7:02pm CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Snapdragon's extreme leg positioning in bot mode makes my groin hurt.

his legs are practicing safe social distancing

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062660)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on April 28th, 2020 @ 7:36pm CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Snapdragon's extreme leg positioning in bot mode makes my groin hurt.

Always a risk of doing action poses with blocky robots, especially blocky robots with big crotches. At least it's not the Patented Dreamwave Buckled Knees pose.

The magazine's black background is much more flattering to Snapdragon than the white from the Dengeki Hobby photos.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062667)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 28th, 2020 @ 8:45pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Snapdragon's extreme leg positioning in bot mode makes my groin hurt.

his legs are practicing safe social distancing

Now he just needs titan master seats or pegs on each leg to complete the role

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062679)
Posted by Stormshot_Prime on April 28th, 2020 @ 10:14pm CDT

We get it Japan, Super Megatron is amazing :lol:

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2062682)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 28th, 2020 @ 10:25pm CDT

Stormshot_Prime wrote:We get it Japan, Super Megatron is amazing

...And expensive as balls.
But this sucker may preorder it. What's TRIPLE the regular price of a normal voyager anyway?

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2063007)
Posted by Zeedust on May 1st, 2020 @ 2:16am CDT

Stormshot_Prime wrote:We get it Japan, Super Megatron is amazing

The more I see of it, the more I want it. It's gloriously insane in the best way. Hopefully Pulse will actually ship this one on time.

Re: Figure King Magazine #265 Featuring Masterpiece Arcee and Tigatron (2063011)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 1st, 2020 @ 5:22am CDT

Zeedust wrote:
Stormshot_Prime wrote:We get it Japan, Super Megatron is amazing

The more I see of it, the more I want it. It's gloriously insane in the best way. Hopefully Pulse will actually ship this one on time.

I'm in the same boat. My mind say that it's insane to buy a "voyager" that is 95$CAN plus taxes and shipping. Even though that voyager is now a leader with all that added mass to the classic TR mold.

My heart say that I want it and tell my mind that I've bought many "overpriced" collectibles before and what harm will one more do?

Ugh....
Fokkit. I'm preordering. at Age 3 & Up. #-o