In Hand Images - Transformers Movie Masterpiece MPM-6 Ironhide

Wow.

Looks really cool, but honestly I think I like the look of SS Ironhide better

is it me or the lighting that it looks like he has Forest Whitaker eye

So damn beautiful. I love all the details and everything. I don't buy Masterpiece though cos reasons and I'm happy with the Studio figure but yeah for those who can afford these things then yeah it looks great. Enjoy.

Well now, messy undercarriage aside that looks way better than the official images we got from Hasbro. I can't get it at release, December isn't exactly the best time for expensive figures, but I'll be keeping an eye on Mandarake for it next year.

Emerje

Wow, that bot mode is spot-on perfect. I'd like to see how well he poses first. BTW, just found SS Ironhide and POTP Optimal Optimus at my local Target. Didn't get them though

I am SO glad that MPM Ironhide is finally coming! I've seen the Studio Series on shelves for the last month and a half, but every one I've seen has had the most horrible paint applications that I've never considered buying it.

Now to forward this to my hubby, who is my supplier for over half of my MPs.

Why was the Studio Series toy so much better are hiding the kibble? I'd accept visible feet hanging off the back of the truck on a $20 toy, but I don't know if I can accept it on an $80 toy. The bottom of the truck was much cleaner on the cheaper and smaller toy too.

Bot mode looks great, the paint looks really nice, and a lot of the details that get lost on the Studio Series toy really pops. Still, I almost wonder if it is worth waiting for some 3rd party to upsize and repaint the Studio Series figure for $40 rather than spend $80+ on this guy.

Gotta be honest, with the newer and better pictures, I've lost a lot of interest in this figure.


I'm still gonna get it, but I've lost a lot of interest.

It's possible that the feet can be hidden but the photographer overlooked it. That had better be the case. If it's not the case and the feet are left exposed... write to Hasbro saying "Wrong! Do it again!" because that is pathetic.

I... think I'll stick with my Studio Series Ironhide. That just does not do it for me.

Fellow Seibertron user, PrimevsPrime, has shared with us a video review they have created of the newly released Takara Tomy Movie Masterpiece MPM-6 Ironhide! Included in the review is a detailed step by step transformation from robot to vehicle, as well as other notes about the figure. Please watch and enjoy!



This figure is available to buy now, and is based off his appearance in the 2007 movie.

Do you agree with the review? Has this swayed you on your decision to own the figure? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

I'm not as excited about this figure as I was before. Believe me, it still probably is the best movie Ironhide we have, but I feel MPM Bee(both Camaro and VW versions) and Barricade are better. I don't have enough income yet to afford any, but if I could get just one, I would definitely get Barricade

Okay, yeah, TT screwed up and need to try again

I'm just very happy with SS Ironhide, especially after I painted all the details in. The only thing the MPM version did significantly better than the SS version is the front bumper. But after painted it in gun metal, it isn't so jarringly noticeable anymore. Just can't justify spending 3X the money for the MPM.

ZeroWolf wrote:Fellow Seibertron user, PrimevsPrime, has shared with us a video review they have created of the newly released Takara Tomy Movie Masterpiece MPM-6 Ironhide! Included in the review is a detailed step by step transformation from robot to vehicle, as well as other notes about the figure. Please watch and enjoy!



This figure is available to buy now, and is based off his appearance in the 2007 movie.

Do you agree with the review? Has this swayed you on your decision to own the figure? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

Where is it availavle?

Hello Seibertronians,

While I MUCH prefer G1-faithful toys (Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream), I also have Bayverse-faithful favourites (Bumblebee, Barricade). And now, my next favourite Bayverse-faithful in line, the Transformers MPM-06 Movie Masterpiece Ironhide is out, and I found the Youtube review below really good for a starter.



Overall it's a beautiful Masterpiece, loyal to the movie - and Ironhide remains one of my favourite movie characters. As you can see from the video, PrimevsPrime points out the one engineering "flaw" (how big this flaw is, depends on the collector) which is the chest/arms articulation. That sours it a little bit for me, but I'm almost willing to overlook it because Ironhide is so cool.

The only setback I have is that I've got limited budget for either the Transformers MPM-06 Movie Masterpiece Ironhide or the superbly engineered Unique Toys UT-01 Peru Kill aka Lockdown.

What do you think?

What about the stupid exposed toes in altmode?

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:What about the stupid exposed toes in altmode?

Haha, that too but that doesn't bother me as much as the chest/arm articulation...

The big flat panels on the arms are unfortunate, but Movie Ironhide is one of my favorite characters/figures, so he's a buy.

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:The big flat panels on the arms are unfortunate, but Movie Ironhide is one of my favorite characters/figures, so he's a buy.

True, they could've done what they did with Masterpiece MPM-4 Optimus Prime like this:

They could have... if there wasn't so much of the sides Ironhide's cabin there.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:They could have... if there wasn't so much of the sides Ironhide's cabin there.

I think Takara Tomy / Hasbro should just hire the Unique Toys engineers...!

Honestly, their own are fully capable. I just think they phoned this one in, maybe over-relied on DOTM Leader Ironhide as a reference and in all the wrong ways.

Most likely they didn't think he was popular enough to already be such an expensive figure so they cut a few corners in the engineering to save some money on the back end. They were probably right.

Emerje

IMO they cut corners to the point of this being a waste of their investment.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Honestly, their own are fully capable. I just think they phoned this one in, maybe over-relied on DOTM Leader Ironhide as a reference and in all the wrong ways.

You may be right there

Emerje wrote:Most likely they didn't think he was popular enough to already be such an expensive figure so they cut a few corners in the engineering to save some money on the back end. They were probably right.

Emerje

Nah I think their engineers dropped everything to work on the $450 MP-44 Optimus Prime...

kiwijinxter wrote:

Emerje wrote:Most likely they didn't think he was popular enough to already be such an expensive figure so they cut a few corners in the engineering to save some money on the back end. They were probably right.

Emerje

Nah I think their engineers dropped everything to work on the $450 MP-44 Optimus Prime...

You know, I'm not even sure if the same people that do MPM are the same that do MP. There's a lot of figures at that level being worked on at the same time so it feels like there'd be two teams. Either way, I'm pretty sure Ironhide was in the works before Prime was as his release schedule was thrown all out of whack by MPM VW Bee.

Emerje

You know, I'm not even sure if the same people that do MPM are the same that do MP. There's a lot of figures at that level being worked on at the same time so it feels like there'd be two teams. Either way, I'm pretty sure Ironhide was in the works before Prime was as his release schedule was thrown all out of whack by MPM VW Bee.

Emerje

I was just kidding

So.....not really hearing good things about this guy with folks starting to get him in hand.


I think he is being moved to my "wait till next years black Friday sales" list.

kiwijinxter wrote:

You know, I'm not even sure if the same people that do MPM are the same that do MP. There's a lot of figures at that level being worked on at the same time so it feels like there'd be two teams. Either way, I'm pretty sure Ironhide was in the works before Prime was as his release schedule was thrown all out of whack by MPM VW Bee.

Emerje

I was just kidding

I wasn't. I know there's people out there that are certainly going to think MP-44 pulled resources away from other MPs. There are examples of that happening in lines with waves and series, but those things don't exist in MP. I really do think it's the character itself that influences how much effort they put into it these days.

Emerje

Ironhidensh wrote:So.....not really hearing good things about this guy with folks starting to get him in hand.


I think he is being moved to my "wait till next years black Friday sales" list.

I've seen a few people talk about him as well, but I really don't put much stock in a few of the people anymore, they are particularly very fiddly with these toys.

Still looking forward to him. Maybe he'll be my January MP since Megs is now in April. Hmm, wonder what happened to HTS selling him in August?

Emerje wrote:

I wasn't. I know there's people out there that are certainly going to think MP-44 pulled resources away from other MPs. There are examples of that happening in lines with waves and series, but those things don't exist in MP. I really do think it's the character itself that influences how much effort they put into it these days.

Emerje

Well for what it's worth after researching much I noted that people are complaining about it not coming together, tabbing doesn't 100% connect everywhere, so I think I'll give this a miss and go for Unique Toys' Peru Kill.

kiwijinxter wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:What about the stupid exposed toes in altmode?

Haha, that too but that doesn't bother me as much as the chest/arm articulation...

Exposed toes in alt mode takes away the "Masterpiece" aspect of this toy for me, which is a bummer because it's a good looking toy aside from that.

Seibertron wrote:

kiwijinxter wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:What about the stupid exposed toes in altmode?

Haha, that too but that doesn't bother me as much as the chest/arm articulation...

Exposed toes in alt mode takes away the "Masterpiece" aspect of this toy for me, which is a bummer because it's a good looking toy aside from that.

It looks especially godawful and phoned-in on a Bayformer

So, reviewing a lot of footage from the films...

+The arm kibble is mostly screen accurate.
+The shoulder orientation being mostly behind the wheel assembly also seems to be accurate, but in some shots it's definitely more on the side. Hard to tell. I'm assuming they had the models to work off of.



I don't think the transformation is hard at all. I was really surprised to see so many people griping over it online. This is no MPM-4 by any stretch. I'm not sure how anyone was missing the lock points in the shoulder assembly...



He does the whole squat-boi look of Ironhide well and his head articulation is top notch for expressiveness.

I like him but I don't love him and I really wanted to love this toy. I very much fear that a KO of this dude will hit in a few months that drastically improves the build quality and makes slight improvements that resolve all of the problems the figure had, much like MPM-4.

I'm still looking forward to him. And I'm glad to hear someone had some good luck with the Transformation. I discredit several people consistently who claim the transformations are hard (mainly cause they hate movie figures/toys and they are whiny) so it's good to hear positive things.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm still looking forward to him. And I'm glad to hear someone had some good luck with the Transformation. I discredit several people consistently who claim the transformations are hard (mainly cause they hate movie figures/toys and they are whiny) so it's good to hear positive things.

Transformers reviews on online stores are some of the worst things to read. Check out this Power Charge BB review. It's ridiculous what some people consider difficult transformations.

Emerje

I enjoy a difficult transformation, hence why I just bought Unique Toys Challenger a few minutes ago. I worry more about tabbing issues with these MPM figures. Glad to hear this one sounds okay.

I still want it, but I want to wait for a good deal on it. I was mad as hell at myself when I saw Barricase going for sub 50 bucks.

Ironhidensh wrote:I enjoy a difficult transformation, hence why I just bought Unique Toys Challenger a few minutes ago. I worry more about tabbing issues with these MPM figures. Glad to hear this one sounds okay.

I still want it, but I want to wait for a good deal on it. I was mad as hell at myself when I saw Barricase going for sub 50 bucks.

I'm waiting too, as we have yet to hear word on the Hasbro release, which will surely be around $100 as that was what he was originally listed at.

And Emerje, I've seen the reviews on the toy, there was one on HTS too. It's amazing to me that a giant sturdy Bee toy with big moving parts is such an issue for people.

Ok, so i've had mine since yesterday evening. I've transformed it twice now. The first time i couldn't get the front to come together at all. The second i had Emgo's transform video on for assistance. I had it almost finished, but the hood sections wouldn't come together at all and whenever i put a peg in, another one springs loose again. I've done MP-36 multiple times and even on the first go, i didn't have any issues with him.
In bot mode, there's the floaty-shoulders thing, but i'm more annoyed by the forearm panels not tabbing in. There's a peg, and you can push it in, but it doesn;t click or stay in place.
Also, the attachment pegs of the cannons are quite loose, there's not much friction.
He looks cool in bot mode and will stay that way because he's not good at being a transformer.
Awesome figure in concept, flawed in execution.

A far as the instructions go, they're at least better to read than the dark print on dark paper that we got for Bee.

Now available on Amazon.



https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CL ... _389355240?tag=seibertron07-20&

Ironhidensh wrote:Now available on Amazon.



https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CL ... _389355240?tag=seibertron07-20&

I am resisting the urge to buy him right now. I really want him, but I need to space some purchases out

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Now available on Amazon.



https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CL ... _389355240?tag=seibertron07-20&

I am resisting the urge to buy him right now. I really want him, but I need to space some purchases out

I saw it for 30 bucks cheaper than anywhere else and caved. Plus, I had a 60 dollar Amazon gift card burning a hole in my pocket.


Of course, next black Friday, when this bastard is only 60 bucks, I'll hate myself.

Ironhidensh wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Now available on Amazon.



https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CL ... _389355240?tag=seibertron07-20&

I am resisting the urge to buy him right now. I really want him, but I need to space some purchases out

I saw it for 30 bucks cheaper than anywhere else and caved. Plus, I had a 60 dollar Amazon gift card burning a hole in my pocket.


Of course, next black Friday, when this bastard is only 60 bucks, I'll hate myself.

I have a $25 gift card for this, but I need to wait at least 2 or 3 weeks. I can't wait to complete 3 of the 5 original bots in MPM form though!

Have you been waiting for some more Transformers Masterpiece Movie Series figures? Wait no longer! MPM-6 Ironhide is finally here! Seibertron.com member Ironhidensh has tipped us off that Masterpiece Movie Series Ironhide is now available to purchase on Amazon.com! Click HERE to view the listing for yourself. Ironhide is priced at $99.99 USD and is also Prime eligible (free 2-day shipping for Amazon Prime members)! This latest entry in the Masterpiece Movie Series features a 6 inch tall Ironhide figure, based specially on his look from the 2007 "Transformers" movie. He converts into a licensed GMC Heavy Duty Topkick 6500 4x4 Crew Cab Edition (wow, that's a mouthful!). Take a look at the product pictures provided by Amazon and decide for yourself if this is the ultimate movie Ironhide figure.





















What do you think? Will you be adding MPM-6 Ironhide to your collection? Is the price just right, or will you wait for a discount? What figures do you want to see next in the joint Hasbro and Takara Tomy venture that is the Masterpiece Movie Series line? Let us know in the comments below and keep tuned in to Seibertron.com for the latest news on all things Transformers!

Damn it Amazon.... I wish they hadn't pulled their original listings from MONTHS AGO. I thought perhaps they weren't *going* to carry it (or was it an exclusive for them?). Ended up going with BBTS but now I've spent $50 more than I needed to (with shipping -_-). I guess it's a new age for MPs, and perhaps holding off and letting the dust settle is the smarter idea now.

As far as next Movie MP, I'd really like to see Jazz. Did his Human Alliance figure ever get an "MP" treatment? That mold was so perfect.

I watched Amazon pull their listing, right as I was going to pre-order. I tried navigating the Japanese Amazon site, only to find out they won't ship to the USA on pre-orders.
Right as this came out in Japan I managed to convince my visiting uncle to pick one up for me, and I should hopefully be getting it today. Only to find that Amazon has reposted the listing...

The only benefit to this is the fact that my uncle might still give me free shipping, and I might still get it sooner than if I had ordered it off Amazon.