Images of Masterpiece MP-34 Cheetor and Optimus Primal Diecast Mini Figure
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Posted by Emerje on November 25th, 2016 @ 2:02am CST
Emerje
Posted by Ravage XK on November 25th, 2016 @ 1:14pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 25th, 2016 @ 11:06pm CST
I think Emerje was talking about the Primal figurine's pose.Ravage XK wrote:Got a feeling he is posed like that in order to minimise the view of kibble and the covered arms.
Posted by BumbleDouche on November 26th, 2016 @ 1:46am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on November 26th, 2016 @ 9:28am CST
He'll likely have one on the final packaging. Primal did.MegaDump wrote:Why'd they give him an logo? Was too hard?
Though, to the Japanese, and are both marks of the "Cybertron" faction, just as both and are marks of the "Destron" faction.
Posted by BumbleDouche on November 26th, 2016 @ 11:02am CST
Sabrblade wrote:He'll likely have one on the final packaging. Primal did.MegaDump wrote:Why'd they give him an logo? Was too hard?
Though, to the Japanese, and are both marks of the "Cybertron" faction, just as both and are marks of the "Destron" faction.
Damn Japanese & their confusing logic! lol
Posted by william-james88 on December 23rd, 2016 @ 2:43pm CST
Posted by Ironhidensh on December 23rd, 2016 @ 3:07pm CST
Posted by TheMuffin on December 23rd, 2016 @ 5:01pm CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 23rd, 2016 @ 5:29pm CST
Posted by fenrir72 on December 23rd, 2016 @ 11:05pm CST
Posted by Sabrewing on December 24th, 2016 @ 4:45am CST
Posted by Emerje on December 24th, 2016 @ 6:47am CST
Sabrewing wrote:Isn't it odd how his beast mode head is so much more expressive than his robot mode one?
That's basically how it was in the cartoon wasn't it?
Emerje
Posted by Big Grim on December 24th, 2016 @ 11:13am CST
Posted by MGrotusque on December 26th, 2016 @ 9:39pm CST
This is a really excellent color scheme that's executed perfectly.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 4th, 2017 @ 11:09pm CST
Posted by RAR on January 21st, 2017 @ 8:01am CST
Posted by wilcosu35 on January 21st, 2017 @ 8:06am CST
william-james88 wrote:We have some new images of MP Cheetor fom Dengeki Hobby for MP 34 Masterpiece Cheetor. The article also states that the release date has been pushed to February. One really interesting factoid we lean from these images is that the beast mode's eyes can be turned.
Posted by RAR on January 21st, 2017 @ 8:16am CST
Posted by william-james88 on January 21st, 2017 @ 9:24am CST
RAR wrote:Thought it was worth mentioning for TF source customers at least.
But its delayed for everyone.
Posted by RAR on January 21st, 2017 @ 11:39am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 21st, 2017 @ 4:20pm CST
Shadow Panther would probably be the most likely reuse of the mold, since Tigatron would need to be a full upscale of the mold a la Energon Megatron/Galvatron and Super Link Galvatron/Galvatron G.RAR wrote:So maybe they are spending that extra time adding a Tigertron or Lio Jnr head or something to the mould for future use.
Posted by Emerje on January 24th, 2017 @ 6:30am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Shadow Panther would probably be the most likely reuse of the mold, since Tigatron would need to be a full upscale of the mold a la Energon Megatron/Galvatron and Super Link Galvatron/Galvatron G.RAR wrote:So maybe they are spending that extra time adding a Tigertron or Lio Jnr head or something to the mould for future use.
He'd also have to be an entirely new mold since a real tiger doesn't look anything like a cheetah. He'd likely be able to share the transformation, but all of the cat parts would have to be new. Shadow Panther could probably pass from a Tigatron mold, though.
A Cheetor repaint would probably just be an even more toy accurate repaint and include the bug mask.
Emerje
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 24th, 2017 @ 8:33am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 24th, 2017 @ 8:39am CST
Ironhidensh wrote:Wasn't Tigatron a straight repaint of cheator? The originals, I mean?
The originals yes
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 24th, 2017 @ 8:41am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Wasn't Tigatron a straight repaint of cheator? The originals, I mean?
The originals yes
Then that us most likely how they will do a Tigatron MP. I do hope I'm wrong on that, though.
Posted by Kurona on January 24th, 2017 @ 9:03am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 24th, 2017 @ 11:54am CST
Tigatron's beast mode has more overall mass to it. A larger head, thicker legs, a more rounded back and belly; about the only thing his and Cheetor's MPs could share is transformation engineering. The rest of Tigatron would need to be a larger mold.
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 24th, 2017 @ 1:07pm CST
Posted by Kurona on January 24th, 2017 @ 1:12pm CST
Ironhidensh wrote:Do you honestly think that Takara won't straight repaint Tigatron?
The same could be said about Bumblebee and Cliffjumper though, right?
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 24th, 2017 @ 1:28pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 24th, 2017 @ 1:39pm CST
You do know that the real life Ferrari isn't nearly as super deformed as Cliffjumper's altmode, right?Ironhidensh wrote:I believe Cliffjumper is a licensing issue, but when he comes, if he comes, I expect a minor retool of bumblebee.
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 24th, 2017 @ 1:43pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:You do know that the real life Ferrari isn't nearly as super deformed as Cliffjumper's altmode, right?Ironhidensh wrote:I believe Cliffjumper is a licensing issue, but when he comes, if he comes, I expect a minor retool of bumblebee.
Yes, but this is Takara we are talking about. With the recent push to cartoon accuracy, I expect a Bee retool.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 24th, 2017 @ 1:46pm CST
They still maintain real life accuracy for the cars, though.Ironhidensh wrote:Sabrblade wrote:You do know that the real life Ferrari isn't nearly as super deformed as Cliffjumper's altmode, right?Ironhidensh wrote:I believe Cliffjumper is a licensing issue, but when he comes, if he comes, I expect a minor retool of bumblebee.
Yes, but this is Takara we are talking about. With the recent push to cartoon accuracy, I expect a Bee retool.
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 24th, 2017 @ 1:48pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:They still maintain real life accuracy for the cars, though.Ironhidensh wrote:Sabrblade wrote:You do know that the real life Ferrari isn't nearly as super deformed as Cliffjumper's altmode, right?Ironhidensh wrote:I believe Cliffjumper is a licensing issue, but when he comes, if he comes, I expect a minor retool of bumblebee.
Yes, but this is Takara we are talking about. With the recent push to cartoon accuracy, I expect a Bee retool.
I hope you are right but we will see. I need a good Cliffjumoer, and the 3rd party market hasn't delivered yet.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 24th, 2017 @ 1:58pm CST
However, the discrepancy between how the Ferrari looks in real life and how Cliffjumper's altmode looked is probably why they haven't done Cliff yet. No matter what they go with, something won't look right to one person or another: If he's given a realistic altmode, then it won't look like how it looked in the cartoon; if he's given a cartoon-accurate altmode, then it will look scrunched compared to the real thing. It's a lose-lose situation.Ironhidensh wrote:Sabrblade wrote:They still maintain real life accuracy for the cars, though.Ironhidensh wrote:Sabrblade wrote:You do know that the real life Ferrari isn't nearly as super deformed as Cliffjumper's altmode, right?Ironhidensh wrote:I believe Cliffjumper is a licensing issue, but when he comes, if he comes, I expect a minor retool of bumblebee.
Yes, but this is Takara we are talking about. With the recent push to cartoon accuracy, I expect a Bee retool.
I hope you are right but we will see. I need a good Cliffjumoer, and the 3rd party market hasn't delivered yet.
But back to Cheetor:
With how slavishly beholden Takara is to the cartoon models (otherwise, they wouldn't have gone as far as they did with the extremely Mainframe-accurate designs of Primal's and Cheeotr's beast modes), I really can't see Takara being satisfied with MP Tigatron being just a straight redeco of Cheetor.Ironhidensh wrote:Do you honestly think that Takara won't straight repaint Tigatron?
They certainly weren't satisfied with UW Scattershot being a mere straight redeco of CW Scattershot, and that's a character who was practically a footnote in his cartoons compared to the much more prominent (to his own cartoon) Tigatron.
Posted by Emerje on January 25th, 2017 @ 5:29am CST
But yeah, the original Cheetor mold worked for Tigatron because it didn't look much like a cheetah in the first place (in fact it looks more like a tiger to begin with). The MP is very clearly a Cheetah in every way and no amount of white plastic and black stripes will make it look like a convincing tiger.
Plus I think we're long overdue for a good tiger figure. So many lions...
Emerje
Posted by Overcracker on February 16th, 2017 @ 1:20pm CST
We are checking availability
for this item. When restocked we
will notify you by email.
If unavailable we will refund you
in full.
Not sure how take that. Was it in stock at some point and I did not get an email requesting payment for shipping? Or has it simply not been in stock?
Seems something went wrong with Cheetor.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 18th, 2017 @ 7:55pm CST
Wonderfest 2017 is currently going on and there are both a ton of new things being revealed, as well as a ton of new images for upcoming product. Among those upcoming products is Masterpiece Cheetor! Cheetor was given his own display alongside Big Bot himself, and can be seen from many different angles thanks to Twitter users tsukiryu@WF5-23-13, ひでΩ ☀(アローラの姿), くろさび, and 小山田(アドビ). You can check out all the mirrored images below, and let us know what you think in the comments section!
Posted by SureShot18 on February 18th, 2017 @ 8:00pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 18th, 2017 @ 8:00pm CST
Now THAT'S gorgeous!
There he is, my little guy. There he is. My little guy. Isn't he cute?
Posted by fenrir72 on February 18th, 2017 @ 10:48pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Did you really think New York Toy Fair was all we had this weekend? Wrong!
Wonderfest 2017 is currently going on and there are both a ton of new things being revealed, as well as a ton of new images for upcoming product. Among those upcoming products is Masterpiece Cheetor! Cheetor was given his own display alongside Big Bot himself, and can be seen from many different angles thanks to Twitter users
Robo whiskers!
Posted by Sabrblade on February 23rd, 2017 @ 11:01am CST
Posted by TheMuffin on February 23rd, 2017 @ 11:37am CST
Posted by Ironhidensh on February 23rd, 2017 @ 2:42pm CST
Posted by SureShot18 on February 23rd, 2017 @ 3:06pm CST
Ironhidensh wrote:HLJ called, payment is made and shipped. be here in 3 to 5 business days. Interesting to note, Grapple dropped as well. These two guys together are costing less to ship than Primal was back in October.
HLJ rang here too. I'll probably choose cheaper and slower shipping when I pay but I'll have my first MP very soon.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 23rd, 2017 @ 7:54pm CST
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Posted by Overcracker on February 23rd, 2017 @ 8:19pm CST
Anyway, gotta give props to the engineering team, that cheetah mode has very few robot parts actually showing and is thin as all heck.
And the robot mode really looks cool.
Not sure which Cheetah face I'll give him though.
Posted by william-james88 on February 23rd, 2017 @ 9:19pm CST
We also get a sense of scale with him next to the generations Rattrap and Rhinox molds.
Enjoy!
Posted by SureShot18 on February 23rd, 2017 @ 9:25pm CST
Also Cheetor should be here Wednesday! I couldn't help it, I chose the faster shipping.