Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 9:32PM CDT

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Thanks to the Shizuoka Hobby Show, we have our first teaser image of the upcoming Masterpiece Cheetor/Cheetus figure! The image was found by yours truly and it shows off the typical shadowy figure silhouette that we have become used to. A fairly dynamic Cheetah mode can be discerned as can a fairly filled out robot mode with decent limbs and perhaps a bit of a larger torso and shoulder pads. Check out the image mirrored below and sound off in the comments section on how you feel about this next masterpiece. And as always stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries!

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Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788814)
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on May 11th, 2016 @ 9:40pm CDT

Holy cannoli.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788815)
Posted by Kurona on May 11th, 2016 @ 9:54pm CDT

A cheetor... that can turn it's head???
Impossible. No. Has to be fake.
From a pure silhouette standpoint this is looking wonderful. I hope we get to see the prototype soon enough; I don't think there was much between Inferno's silhouette and prototype being shown, was there? Like a month or something?

What's interesting to me is that Cheetor and Inferno are being revealed roundabout the same time. Is it possible that the Beast Wars masterpieces are then being worked on alongside the G1 guys rather than instead; much like how Star Saber was developed?

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788816)
Posted by Emerje on May 11th, 2016 @ 9:55pm CDT

Not sure if that was the best angle for the cat silhouette, it makes his head look huge. Should be interesting to see how they turn his skinny back legs into something substantial for robot mode.

Emerje

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788818)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 11th, 2016 @ 10:16pm CDT

Unfortunately, these silhouettes look to be from stock photography of Cheetor's CG cartoon model. The beast mode one especially resembles the shape of the art seen on the Telemocha toy's packaging:

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788819)
Posted by Railbomb on May 11th, 2016 @ 10:23pm CDT

At first when I saw the silhouette of the beast mode I didn't see it as a turned head but a GIANT head. Like one of those Big Head mode cheats you used to see in games.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788828)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 11th, 2016 @ 10:33pm CDT

At least it's tentatively considering the BW releases as separate from the main line, as the "X" (pronounced "cross") in "BW 20 X Transformers Masterpiece" usually denotes Crossovers.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788829)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 11th, 2016 @ 10:33pm CDT

Definitely promotional mock-ups, no way he would be that far along in the design process. I am cautiously hopeful (that it'll turn out nicely, and that I'll have a job by the time these start to drop :-s

)

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788830)
Posted by fenrir72 on May 11th, 2016 @ 10:34pm CDT

Booooooooooo! 8-}

Joke! Wished it was old rubber ducky first so King Kong and Godzilla would duke it out. At least Primal will have a kid bother to play with.

ETA June 2017?

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788838)
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 11th, 2016 @ 11:11pm CDT

this is going to so cool!

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788845)
Posted by Deathsaurus1 on May 12th, 2016 @ 12:26am CDT

WHAT WHY NOT TRANSMUTATE!

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788846)
Posted by fenrir72 on May 12th, 2016 @ 12:36am CDT

Deathsaurus1 wrote:WHAT WHY NOT TRANSMUTATE!

The popular 'bots first I assume.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788847)
Posted by MGrotusque on May 12th, 2016 @ 1:40am CDT

That twisted derpy looking bot mode silhouette leaves much to be desired. Not like i cared much for Cheetor anyways.

I will say though that i very much appreciate the Beast Era MP possibilities and am definitely excited to see how the MP Beast era figures play out if they carry on further with that aesthetic.
I'll even pick up one or two if they are done proper and produce designs and characters i like.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788848)
Posted by Kurona on May 12th, 2016 @ 1:43am CDT

Everyone's saying that Dinobot or Megatron might be next; but honestly... I'm thinking Lio Convoy could be a very real possibility.

Also, I think that silhouette is taken straight from the show. I mean, the beast mode is clearly taken from packaging art, so it'd be weird to have a silhouette of the toy in one mode and a silhouette of art of the toy in another.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788851)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 12th, 2016 @ 2:26am CDT

So cheetor is next up? Got to say I'm a little surprised as I assumed it would be megatron next but this is still good news. Plus we can expect them to redco this one as tigertron. I just wonder how long they will make us wait before we see real pics.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788932)
Posted by Autobot N on May 12th, 2016 @ 9:56am CDT

If this means that I can get a MP TM Tarantulas, I'M IN.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1788942)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 12th, 2016 @ 10:05am CDT

Kurona wrote:Also, I think that silhouette is taken straight from the show. I mean, the beast mode is clearly taken from packaging art, so it'd be weird to have a silhouette of the toy in one mode and a silhouette of art of the toy in another.

Thank you for recognizing this. The more people understand that these silhouettes aren't of the toy, the less misinformation is spread. ;)^

I've been looking around trying to find the original non-blackened version of the robot mode image and the closest I can find is the pose Cheetor makes at the end of his stock footage beast-to-robot transformation sequence, only mirrored and at different angles than the one seen in this silhouette.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1789249)
Posted by xyl360 on May 13th, 2016 @ 4:10am CDT

If I recall correctly (and based on the simple fact that Japan had FAR more BW toys/merchandise, and even shows than the US/other countries), Beast Wars was really popular in Japan during its heyday. Hopefully that means that Takara's decided to push forward with a full line of MPs dedicated to the Beast Wars. Based on that post about them waiting to see how Primal does would seem to indicate otherwise though unfortunately.

Oh well, here's hoping that all those Japanese Beast Wars fans are still as excited and dedicated to collecting the Beast Wars as I am and Takara just can't produce enough Primals, Cheetors and any other BW characters they decide to give the MP treatment to so that they lock in plans to go ahead with the full line (all of season 1, all of season 2/3 (Transmetals, TMIIs etc.) and give us hardcore Beast Wars fans/collectors what we've been dreaming of for so long (especially after the decent, though not perfect teases we got with Generations Rhinox and Waspinator, not to mention Tankor and Legends Blackarachnia): full on perfect show/CG accurate versions of the full Beast Wars cast from all seasons. At least for the US series, though I'd totally be down with buying me some Japanese Beast Wars MPs as well (Lio Convoy, Big Convoy, Longrack, heck, pretty much all of the unique/exclusive BW Neo characters would be good).

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1789351)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 13th, 2016 @ 11:33am CDT

xyl360 wrote:If I recall correctly (and based on the simple fact that Japan had FAR more BW toys/merchandise, and even shows than the US/other countries), Beast Wars was really popular in Japan during its heyday. Hopefully that means that Takara's decided to push forward with a full line of MPs dedicated to the Beast Wars. Based on that post about them waiting to see how Primal does would seem to indicate otherwise though unfortunately.

Oh well, here's hoping that all those Japanese Beast Wars fans are still as excited and dedicated to collecting the Beast Wars as I am and Takara just can't produce enough Primals, Cheetors and any other BW characters they decide to give the MP treatment to so that they lock in plans to go ahead with the full line (all of season 1, all of season 2/3 (Transmetals, TMIIs etc.) and give us hardcore Beast Wars fans/collectors what we've been dreaming of for so long (especially after the decent, though not perfect teases we got with Generations Rhinox and Waspinator, not to mention Tankor and Legends Blackarachnia): full on perfect show/CG accurate versions of the full Beast Wars cast from all seasons. At least for the US series, though I'd totally be down with buying me some Japanese Beast Wars MPs as well (Lio Convoy, Big Convoy, Longrack, heck, pretty much all of the unique/exclusive BW Neo characters would be good).

*imagines a fully poseable masterpiece magmatron*

=P~

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1789632)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 14th, 2016 @ 2:17pm CDT

One way they could possible handle Cheetor's skinny beast hind legs and his thicker robot legs is by having the tail split in have and attaching to each hind leg to give them more mass in robot mode.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1789956)
Posted by xyl360 on May 16th, 2016 @ 3:19am CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
xyl360 wrote:A bunch of stuff I said
*imagines a fully poseable masterpiece magmatron*

Yes, YES, OOOOOOH HELL YESSSS!!!

I loves me some Magmatron, and having an MP version would be amazing. I still plan to create a custom pre-Earth mode Magmatron (from the comics) at some point. I've been looking at FansProject's upcoming Dia-Battles figure as well as the official MP version Takara's coming out with, though I haven't quite decided which one works best for Magmatron yet as they both have their high points and faults with regards to how much they look like his pre-Earth form from the comics (either way, some modding in addition to paint work will be involved).

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1789958)
Posted by xyl360 on May 16th, 2016 @ 3:30am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:One way they could possible handle Cheetor's skinny beast hind legs and his thicker robot legs is by having the tail split in have and attaching to each hind leg to give them more mass in robot mode.

I figure they'll probably just hide his beast mode legs by having them fold up inside (either the side or rear) of his robot mode legs, which themselves will come out of his main body, as with most of his bot mode parts. I can't see any other way of pulling off a show accurate appearance in both modes because his beast mode limbs would be way too tiny (the very reason Has/Tak couldn't pull it off with the Classics/Henkei figure). I expect his transformation will involve a lot of panels and pulling out his bot mode parts from the main body mass with his beast mode parts being hidden/condensed on his back and several faux beast mode kibble components built into his bot mode limbs/body parts (likely with the exception of his beast mode head, which probably will still collapse into his torso as it does on the show, facing downward resting in a cavity). They likely will still have his legs (though it could be switched to the rear instead of the front, depending on how they engineer the thing) become kibble hanging on his back, but this time in the proper show orientation and with the gold metal 'discs' facing front and the limbs themselves hanging crossed behind his back.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1789976)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 16th, 2016 @ 6:04am CDT

xyl360 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
xyl360 wrote:A bunch of stuff I said
*imagines a fully poseable masterpiece magmatron*

Yes, YES, OOOOOOH HELL YESSSS!!!

I loves me some Magmatron, and having an MP version would be amazing. I still plan to create a custom pre-Earth mode Magmatron (from the comics) at some point. I've been looking at FansProject's upcoming Dia-Battles figure as well as the official MP version Takara's coming out with, though I haven't quite decided which one works best for Magmatron yet as they both have their high points and faults with regards to how much they look like his pre-Earth form from the comics (either way, some modding in addition to paint work will be involved).

You'll have to post pictures up of the work once you've completed it

How long was it between the MP primal announcement and shots of the prototype?

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796720)
Posted by william-james88 on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:07pm CDT

The 2016 Tokyo Toy Show decided to go out with a bang with the reveal of the second Beast Wars Masterpiece Toy, MP Cheetor. The picture below, showing the prototype, comes from a tweet by Takara Tomy themselves. This toy, like Masterpiece Optimus Primal, is very faithful to the cartoon model. It will be coming with different faces for the robot and beast mode as well as the two weapons the original toy came with. Optimus Primal was revealed at this very show last year and now that we can see him at this same show finalized a year later, it is time for this process to start again with Cheetor.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796724)
Posted by Seibertron on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:15pm CDT

That looks amazing. More ladder magic! Maybe it's an illusion with it being a gray prototype, but it looks like they pulled off the "flattened" Cheetah head on the chest in robot mode. I've been staring at the pic trying to see how they did it or trying to figure out what's creating the illusion, but I can't see it. It almost looks like the ears are further back on the cheetah chest but I doubt they'd cheat. Is anyone else seeing this or is it just me?

Looks great. Bring on the rest of the main cast!

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796725)
Posted by Tranzilla on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:20pm CDT

C'mooooooon Shadow Panther recolor and Tigatron remold. Cataclysm would be cool, too. :-D

Annnnnnnnd...please confirm Waspy and/or Dinobot. Preferably, AND. 8-)

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796726)
Posted by Seibertron on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:22pm CDT

I think I figured it out. It looks like the ears might rotate, which if they do, would provide him with some more facial expressions in beast mode, and accommodates the "flattened" look I'm seeing with the robot mode chest.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796727)
Posted by JazZeke on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:25pm CDT

Oh my gosh
Oh my gosh
...Oh my gosh

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796728)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:25pm CDT

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796733)
Posted by wilcosu35 on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:45pm CDT

I need this in my life!

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796734)
Posted by shajaki on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:52pm CDT

News post updated with new angles

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796735)
Posted by Seibertron on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:52pm CDT

Tranzilla wrote:C'mooooooon Shadow Panther recolor and Tigatron remold. Cataclysm would be cool, too.

Annnnnnnnd...please confirm Waspy and/or Dinobot. Preferably, AND.

It'd be cool Shadow Panther used the Tigatron remold (who should have a bulkier body), but with an actual panther head.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796738)
Posted by Hanzako on June 10th, 2016 @ 10:59pm CDT

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

MORE MASTERPIECE BEASTIES!!!!!!! :PREDACON:

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796740)
Posted by Autobot Roadburn on June 10th, 2016 @ 11:11pm CDT

He's not my favorite BW character, but this honestly looks way too good to pass up. I can only hope Megatron, Waspinator and Dinobot are coming soon (and Depth Charge, but from what people have said he seems far less likely). Whatever happens, I'm far more excited for more of these than the G1 characters! :MAXIMAL:

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796741)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 10th, 2016 @ 11:28pm CDT

Oof, there be some robot kibble on his cheetah hind legs.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796742)
Posted by Mr_Autobot411 on June 10th, 2016 @ 11:36pm CDT

Im not into beast wars, but damn this thing is awesome! i think he will be my first beast wars figure

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796744)
Posted by wilcosu35 on June 10th, 2016 @ 11:43pm CDT

There be some kibble indeed, but there's always 1 mode that suffers a bit. I don't really see how else they could have done it, with skinny cheeta legs turning into thick robot trunks.
The rest of him, and especially the bot mode, looks amazingly toon-accurate. The head crest seems a smidge large, but that's nitpicking.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796754)
Posted by Ballistic90 on June 11th, 2016 @ 2:03am CDT

Just... Speechless... God damned amazing.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796756)
Posted by Burn on June 11th, 2016 @ 2:28am CDT

...Tempted to cancel my pre-order for Primal, not to put my money towards this, but because I really don't think I need Beast Wars Masterpieces.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796757)
Posted by MightyMagnus78 on June 11th, 2016 @ 2:45am CDT

I think my wallets going to have a major meltdown!

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796763)
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 11th, 2016 @ 4:12am CDT

That looks incredible, bravo Takara, you're skilled designers have me in awe. Now though, bring on the megatron :twisted:

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796766)
Posted by Ironhidensh on June 11th, 2016 @ 4:27am CDT

Burn wrote:...Tempted to cancel my pre-order for Primal, not to put my money towards this, but because I really don't think I need Beast Wars Masterpieces.

Yes, you do.

I'm not fully happy with this, but I'm 99% sure that's due to lack of final colors.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796769)
Posted by Kurona on June 11th, 2016 @ 5:05am CDT

By the gods this looks incredible.
What the hell world is this where I'm excited for Cheetor

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796775)
Posted by Burn on June 11th, 2016 @ 6:04am CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:...Tempted to cancel my pre-order for Primal, not to put my money towards this, but because I really don't think I need Beast Wars Masterpieces.

Yes, you do.

I'm not fully happy with this, but I'm 99% sure that's due to lack of final colors.

No, I really don't. I was left disappointed with the Generations incarnations, which made me appreciate the originals even more. Considering I have a nearly complete BW, BWII and BW Neo collection, adding Masterpieces into the equation doesn't really achieve anything.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796778)
Posted by Va'al on June 11th, 2016 @ 6:12am CDT

Burn wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:...Tempted to cancel my pre-order for Primal, not to put my money towards this, but because I really don't think I need Beast Wars Masterpieces.

Yes, you do.

I'm not fully happy with this, but I'm 99% sure that's due to lack of final colors.

No, I really don't. I was left disappointed with the Generations incarnations, which made me appreciate the originals even more. Considering I have a nearly complete BW, BWII and BW Neo collection, adding Masterpieces into the equation doesn't really achieve anything.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796783)
Posted by frogbat on June 11th, 2016 @ 7:40am CDT

not 100% sold on mp primal - i got the generations figures and they were nice enough but if i have to prioritise my spending, it would definitely be a skip. However this guy does look pretty good and would very much be a buy if it weren't for the g1 related releases on the horizon

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796784)
Posted by SureShot18 on June 11th, 2016 @ 7:41am CDT

This looks amazing. Even if he's too large to properly scale with the Generations figures (which he probably will be) this guy is going to be preordered. :BOWDOWN:

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796786)
Posted by griftimus prime on June 11th, 2016 @ 8:03am CDT

too many great versions of primal out there so i skipped the mp primal. but this one looks like a keeper. wont pay full price for it though.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796789)
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on June 11th, 2016 @ 8:48am CDT

OMG.... I didn't think they'd actually pull Cheetor off... I'm amazed.

For those that weren't impressed with the Generations update (I sure wasn't, did he ever use shriukens?) I'm not sure why you'd hold that against the MP release. (Unless you're taking yourself out of another collection, which I can understand). But this cheetor feels like what the original always was in my head. While I'm not sure I can see an MP Rattrap trumping the Generations release... that "second" attempt at Cheetor was a hot mess.

Will be interesting to see colors, if they actually go with the intestings (gutbuster) cannon. I love the throw back to the tail-gun from the original toy. I don't think he ever used it in the animation.

I do hope Dinobot is next... though I'm still hoping for a faceplate version (since the original toy release had one, and that was always my favorite). Bonus points if they leave the rib/shins translucent.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796790)
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on June 11th, 2016 @ 8:49am CDT

griftimus prime wrote:too many great versions of primal out there so i skipped the mp primal. but this one looks like a keeper. wont pay full price for it though.

I was on the fence with MP Primal, because TBH there wasn't anything wrong with the origianl release (if you can find one these days). However, the show accurate wrist-cannons are interesting. And to a degree I think the egineering magic in these beasties could be more interesting that some of the G1 MPs... we'll find out.

Re: Masterpiece Cheetus / Cheetor Confirmed and Teased (1796823)
Posted by Evil Eye on June 11th, 2016 @ 12:00pm CDT

Good lord, save for a bit of kibble on the Cheetah back legs, it's...PERFECT.

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