In-Hand Images of Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-5 Barricade
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 4:54AM CST
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The images, mirrored below for your viewing convenience, are from regular suspect on weibo NOTRAB, and show off both the car mode (a licensed Saleen S281 Extreme Ford Mustang Police Car) and the robot mode, with a lot of emphasis on the latter. We get to see the face sculpt, and some of the features that Hasbro is highlighting in its marketing such as the Rotor Blade Wheel, the moveable faceplate, and some poseability. Take a look below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!
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Posted by Carnivius_Prime on December 3rd, 2017 @ 9:13am CST
Posted by steals_your_goats on December 3rd, 2017 @ 9:59am CST
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on December 3rd, 2017 @ 10:08am CST
steals_your_goats wrote:Meh. Looks okay but I'm the type of person who doesn't like to half ass lines so if I'm getting one mpm I'd like to get the others to go with it, but bumblebee and Optimus are pretty disappointing so I'll probably skip this line as a whole.
No more disappointing than any other supposed Masterpiece figure (the number of G1 MP figures without at least several flaws is a very tiny one or perhaps no number at all) and they are both amazing display pieces. I dunno if it's just cos I will ALWAYS take the more complex beautifully detailed movie designs over simplified G1 cartoon but this thing is just so damn gorgeous. Probably best damn thing Hastak have sculpted all year. This is why I'm into Transformers, not that horrendously blocky stuff like (TR Sixshot and Overlord come to mind, god i hate those things)
Ok no more. I'm sold. Now I just gotta wait for the release. So I will avoid any further pics best I can. I next want to see it on my shelf.
peace out.
Posted by UberSmaug on December 3rd, 2017 @ 10:30am CST
steals_your_goats wrote:Meh. Looks okay but I'm the type of person who doesn't like to half ass lines so if I'm getting one mpm I'd like to get the others to go with it, but bumblebee and Optimus are pretty disappointing so I'll probably skip this line as a whole.
I agree on the fact that it is disappointing how lame the rest of my movie collection looks next to those two.
Posted by steals_your_goats on December 3rd, 2017 @ 10:52am CST
Carnivius_Prime wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Meh. Looks okay but I'm the type of person who doesn't like to half ass lines so if I'm getting one mpm I'd like to get the others to go with it, but bumblebee and Optimus are pretty disappointing so I'll probably skip this line as a whole.
No more disappointing than any other supposed Masterpiece figure (the number of G1 MP figures without at least several flaws is a very tiny one or perhaps no number at all) and they are both amazing display pieces. I dunno if it's just cos I will ALWAYS take the more complex beautifully detailed movie designs over simplified G1 cartoon but this thing is just so damn gorgeous. Probably best damn thing Hastak have sculpted all year. This is why I'm into Transformers, not that horrendously blocky stuff like (TR Sixshot and Overlord come to mind, god i hate those things)
Ok no more. I'm sold. Now I just gotta wait for the release. So I will avoid any further pics best I can. I next want to see it on my shelf.
peace out.
I find the longer I'm in this hobby the less I enjoy the movie designs. To me, they're not "beautifully detailed" they're jumbled eye sores with barely any defining features. Say what you will about the G1 designs but at least they're clean and memorable. I feel that the bayformer designs try way too hard to be "edgy and cool" and often miss the mark on both.
Posted by Asepticon on December 3rd, 2017 @ 11:23am CST
Posted by Hydrargyrus on December 3rd, 2017 @ 11:27am CST
steals_your_goats wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Meh. Looks okay but I'm the type of person who doesn't like to half ass lines so if I'm getting one mpm I'd like to get the others to go with it, but bumblebee and Optimus are pretty disappointing so I'll probably skip this line as a whole.
No more disappointing than any other supposed Masterpiece figure (the number of G1 MP figures without at least several flaws is a very tiny one or perhaps no number at all) and they are both amazing display pieces. I dunno if it's just cos I will ALWAYS take the more complex beautifully detailed movie designs over simplified G1 cartoon but this thing is just so damn gorgeous. Probably best damn thing Hastak have sculpted all year. This is why I'm into Transformers, not that horrendously blocky stuff like (TR Sixshot and Overlord come to mind, god i hate those things)
Ok no more. I'm sold. Now I just gotta wait for the release. So I will avoid any further pics best I can. I next want to see it on my shelf.
peace out.
I find the longer I'm in this hobby the less I enjoy the movie designs. To me, they're not "beautifully detailed" they're jumbled eye sores with barely any defining features. Say what you will about the G1 designs but at least they're clean and memorable. I feel that the bayformer designs try way too hard to be "edgy and cool" and often miss the mark on both.
That's why I like Prime art (It's in-between). Make a Masterpiece of one of those and I'm sold.
Posted by transformers_va on December 3rd, 2017 @ 1:53pm CST
steals_your_goats wrote:To me, they're not "beautifully detailed" they're jumbled eye sores..
IMO, that has more to do with them being Bayformers rather than being Transformers. Ever since the first Bay film, I have been under the impression that the people responsible for these designs weren't even familiar with the franchise to start of with. Look at Starscream and Megatron.. these were ABSOLUTELY terrible designs! I think the toymakers have done a fairly decent job creating toys from pathetic movie character designs (although MPM-4 was disappointing due to the trickiness of lining everything up), but again that's just my opinion.
What Hollywood should really do is fire Bay, and get those who were involved with the 1986 animated movie to create a "real" Transformers film.
Posted by dragons on December 3rd, 2017 @ 2:04pm CST
Posted by Emerje on December 3rd, 2017 @ 2:24pm CST
Emerje
Posted by President-prime on December 3rd, 2017 @ 3:24pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 3rd, 2017 @ 4:00pm CST
transformers_va wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:To me, they're not "beautifully detailed" they're jumbled eye sores..
IMO, that has more to do with them being Bayformers rather than being Transformers. Ever since the first Bay film, I have been under the impression that the people responsible for these designs weren't even familiar with the franchise to start of with. Look at Starscream and Megatron.. these were ABSOLUTELY terrible designs! I think the toymakers have done a fairly decent job creating toys from pathetic movie character designs (although MPM-4 was disappointing due to the trickiness of lining everything up), but again that's just my opinion.
What Hollywood should really do is fire Bay, and get those who were involved with the 1986 animated movie to create a "real" Transformers film.
Posted by Randomhero on December 3rd, 2017 @ 9:30pm CST
transformers_va wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:To me, they're not "beautifully detailed" they're jumbled eye sores..
IMO, that has more to do with them being Bayformers rather than being Transformers. Ever since the first Bay film, I have been under the impression that the people responsible for these designs weren't even familiar with the franchise to start of with. Look at Starscream and Megatron.. these were ABSOLUTELY terrible designs! I think the toymakers have done a fairly decent job creating toys from pathetic movie character designs (although MPM-4 was disappointing due to the trickiness of lining everything up), but again that's just my opinion.
What Hollywood should really do is fire Bay, and get those who were involved with the 1986 animated movie to create a "real" Transformers film.
Here’s an image of the original design Galvatron from the guy who designed your “Real transformers”
Also one of the animators and designers for the first movie was in special features and his office and desk was so cluttered with transformers it’s amazing he ever got anything done. So yeah the guys behind the animation and stuff were hardcore fans. It was those animators that homaged kup transforming and jumping on blitzwing and knocking his turret and did that in the movie with jazz and brawl in the city fight. That wasn’t in the script, they added that because nerds,
After 10 years of the live action movies it’s always nice when a fan with the ‘ruined forever’ mentality pops up.
Posted by Emerje on December 3rd, 2017 @ 10:14pm CST
The "it sucks because it should have been G1" argument lost steam by the second movie when it officially became a franchise and doubly so by the fourth movie when characters became even more solidly designed killing the "Bionicle" argument.
Emerje
Posted by transformers_va on December 4th, 2017 @ 1:09am CST
Randomhero wrote:Here’s an image of the original design Galvatron from the guy who designed your “Real transformers”
Comparing a work-in-progress Galvatron to a final design Bayformer is like comparing apples to oranges.. but even so, imo that Galvatron is far more pleasing than Megatron or Starscream.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on December 4th, 2017 @ 10:22am CST
Emerje wrote:Indeed. I didn't like the movie designs at first, but after going onto six films it has really become its own thing. I've gone from only buying occasional characters that catch my eye, usually characters that weren't even in the movies, to trying to get the best version possible of each figure from the movies.
The "it sucks because it should have been G1" argument lost steam by the second movie when it officially became a franchise and doubly so by the fourth movie when characters became even more solidly designed killing the "Bionicle" argument.
Emerje
Hck, that argument lost steam with Beast Wars! It's ridiculous to say the least. Not real Transformers my sine function!
Posted by Rodimus Knight on December 4th, 2017 @ 12:26pm CST
steals_your_goats wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:steals_your_goats wrote:Meh. Looks okay but I'm the type of person who doesn't like to half ass lines so if I'm getting one mpm I'd like to get the others to go with it, but bumblebee and Optimus are pretty disappointing so I'll probably skip this line as a whole.
No more disappointing than any other supposed Masterpiece figure (the number of G1 MP figures without at least several flaws is a very tiny one or perhaps no number at all) and they are both amazing display pieces. I dunno if it's just cos I will ALWAYS take the more complex beautifully detailed movie designs over simplified G1 cartoon but this thing is just so damn gorgeous. Probably best damn thing Hastak have sculpted all year. This is why I'm into Transformers, not that horrendously blocky stuff like (TR Sixshot and Overlord come to mind, god i hate those things)
Ok no more. I'm sold. Now I just gotta wait for the release. So I will avoid any further pics best I can. I next want to see it on my shelf.
peace out.
I find the longer I'm in this hobby the less I enjoy the movie designs. To me, they're not "beautifully detailed" they're jumbled eye sores with barely any defining features. Say what you will about the G1 designs but at least they're clean and memorable. I feel that the bayformer designs try way too hard to be "edgy and cool" and often miss the mark on both.
It's kind of like, it's hard to really tell so many of them apart when you get right down to it. At least for me it is. They just look messy.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 5th, 2017 @ 10:09am CST
This guy, he will be one of them. He nailed the look. The figure is amazing, the weapon is amazing, and this is a perfect Barricade. I'm hoping they keep doing the movie MP's. I would like to at least have the original 5 Autobots and Sideswipe done in MP form.
Posted by TulioDude on December 5th, 2017 @ 10:18am CST
This guys looks awesome!He looks like he popped right out of the screen!Its really great to see so much love going in this toy nad I hope all the Masterpiece can get this level of passion in their design!
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Emerje wrote:Indeed. I didn't like the movie designs at first, but after going onto six films it has really become its own thing. I've gone from only buying occasional characters that catch my eye, usually characters that weren't even in the movies, to trying to get the best version possible of each figure from the movies.
The "it sucks because it should have been G1" argument lost steam by the second movie when it officially became a franchise and doubly so by the fourth movie when characters became even more solidly designed killing the "Bionicle" argument.
Emerje
Hck, that argument lost steam with Beast Wars! It's ridiculous to say the least. Not real Transformers my sine function!
I agree!
Posted by Va'al on January 11th, 2018 @ 2:46am CST
Thanks to Hobbymizer administrator Stanley Cheung, who contacted us directly, we have some nice, clean, high-definition shots of the ladiesman217 seeker - which you can check out below! The shots include the figure in robot and vehicle mode, plus comparisons with a previous version of the figure and the Bumblebee Movie Masterpiece toy, as well as some close-ups of the spinning blade wheel weapon.
Posted by Evil Eye on January 11th, 2018 @ 6:12am CST
Posted by Ig89ninja on January 11th, 2018 @ 4:57pm CST
Posted by Michael Alex Kawa on January 13th, 2018 @ 3:40am CST
Yes in a perfect world he would have rubber tires and come with a Frenzy , but this is not a perfect world........cause if it were the G1 purist would finally get it into their heads that Bay did not "ruin" anything, and they would realize why a movie studio wouldn't want to recycle designs and concepts from 30+ years ago.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on January 13th, 2018 @ 4:38pm CST
Posted by Va'al on January 28th, 2018 @ 7:00am CST
Like what you see? Considering picking this one up? Join the discussion in the Energon Pub and let us know!
Posted by LevelRage on January 28th, 2018 @ 1:27pm CST
Posted by DMSL on January 28th, 2018 @ 2:15pm CST
Posted by Emerje on January 29th, 2018 @ 6:29am CST
Emerje
Posted by primalxconvoy on January 29th, 2018 @ 7:27am CST
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on January 29th, 2018 @ 7:48am CST
primalxconvoy wrote:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv15wVFEGSg
Can't understand a word of it but the video itself is very nice and tells me all I need to know. Awesome figure.
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 29th, 2018 @ 8:02am CST
Posted by primalxconvoy on January 29th, 2018 @ 8:31am CST
Ironhidensh wrote:Still waiting till more members here get it in hand. MPM Optimus looked amazing as well, but in hand it was a huge disappointment. While Bee was better, it still doesn't quite feel like a MP figure. Barricade looks amazing, but my hopes are not high.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 29th, 2018 @ 3:20pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 1st, 2018 @ 11:24pm CST
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!
Posted by Cybertronius Primus on February 2nd, 2018 @ 1:39am CST
Posted by Ironhidensh on February 2nd, 2018 @ 4:06am CST
Posted by Autobot Roadburn on February 2nd, 2018 @ 4:42am CST
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.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 3rd, 2018 @ 10:34am CST
Posted by Emerje on February 3rd, 2018 @ 3:22pm CST
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
Posted by Emerje on February 19th, 2018 @ 8:23am CST
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
Posted by william-james88 on February 19th, 2018 @ 8:30am CST
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.
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 19th, 2018 @ 1:17pm CST
Posted by Ironhidensh on March 28th, 2018 @ 6:14pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on March 28th, 2018 @ 7:26pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on March 29th, 2018 @ 8:01am CDT
Emerje
Posted by Ironhidensh on April 1st, 2018 @ 1:56pm CDT
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.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 18th, 2018 @ 10:18pm CDT
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!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 18th, 2018 @ 10:22pm CDT
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
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on April 18th, 2018 @ 11:21pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:$119.99 plus, tax
well so much for me getting him.
Posted by Emerje on April 19th, 2018 @ 12:35am CDT
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