New pics and product description of Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee

She's not perfect but I think she looks awesome. Yeah, the proportions are weird in certain areas and the backpack looks messy from a lot of angles, but they clearly put a lot of thought and design work into this. My only surprise is there's no Daniel figure or stand. It remains to be seen if she can actually stand without one because of those tiny feet. But I'll find a solution. Excited to add her to my collection.

I wasn't so sure about Bumblebee 2.0 but I ended up really liking him. So I'm sure Arcee will be great.

One thing this highlights is the odd proportions of MP Hot Rod. I'm not in a rush for another one, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're planning it.

Add to the list of reasons to pass: they gave her the face of a blow-up doll.

kirbenvost wrote:One thing this highlights is the odd proportions of MP Hot Rod. I'm not in a rush for another one, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're planning it.

I was thinking the same thing. The chest on Hot Rod is really bad and the fact that he has the two red pieces behind his shoulders that break up the yellow spoiler is also really bad. That mold drives me crazy, and not in a good way. Arcee, while not perfect, is a step in the right direction from flat torso Hot Rod.

Well Optimus Prime got three Masterpieces, why not his successor

While a new - gimmick-free - MP Rodimus Prime would be the ideal, I wonder who would be most likely as the next of the MP Movie characters? Kup? Springer? Blurr? ...Wheelie?

Looks nice but oof, $150 again. Not a fan of this current trend of MP’s going for double what they used to be. Still holding out hope for a sale on Hound, he’s one I’ve been wanting even before he was announced.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:While a new - gimmick-free - MP Rodimus Prime would be the ideal, I wonder who would be most likely as the next of the MP Movie characters? Kup? Springer? Blurr? ...Wheelie?

Galvatron is still waiting for his turn.

Sabrblade wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:While a new - gimmick-free - MP Rodimus Prime would be the ideal, I wonder who would be most likely as the next of the MP Movie characters? Kup? Springer? Blurr? ...Wheelie?

Galvatron is still waiting for his turn.

Yes, I'd rather have any of the other 1986 main movie cast other than another Hot Rod. They had 2 shots at him ... time for someone else!

Sabrblade wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:While a new - gimmick-free - MP Rodimus Prime would be the ideal, I wonder who would be most likely as the next of the MP Movie characters? Kup? Springer? Blurr? ...Wheelie?

Galvatron is still waiting for his turn.

Indeed. The only G1 Masterpiece I actually want. But realistically, Takara's bias towards Autobots pushes him down the list. As previously noted, MP-36 was the last New Decepticon in this line. 2-3 years ago and it doesn't look like HasTak are in any rush for the next one.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:While a new - gimmick-free - MP Rodimus Prime would be the ideal, I wonder who would be most likely as the next of the MP Movie characters? Kup? Springer? Blurr? ...Wheelie?

Galvatron is still waiting for his turn.

Yes, I'd rather have any of the other 1986 main movie cast other than another Hot Rod. They had 2 shots at him ... time for someone else!

And most importantly, time for a DECEPTION .

I'm not gonna be buying it, but I'm still gonna complain/opinionate about it.

Some of these pictures make her look really good. I mean it's obvious her entire alt-mode is on her back, she's gonna be a shellformer for sure. The robot mode looks fine, but the sight of her butt and thighs hanging out the rear bottom of her car mode makes me think that she transforms pretty much like Generations Arcee, except with more backpack origami. However: those additional faces almost all look the same. They couldn't include one with the red visor?

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Those additional faces almost all look the same. They couldn't include one with the red visor?

I thought the same, why do these all look identical?

The red visor comes down from the top of the head so it'll cover the eyes on whatever face plate you're using...not that I see much difference.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Those additional faces almost all look the same. They couldn't include one with the red visor?

I thought the same, why do these all look identical?

Here, I fixed it to make it more clear for everyone.

I think both Hot Rod and Arcee look pretty good overall. But I don't know, I think it's enough MP for me, at least for now.

Is she perfect? Absolutely not. Am I psyched about this figure? Yes, very, very much. And infinitely more positive about this than, say, another iteration of G1 Optimus Prime or more versions of Starscream/Skywarp/Acid Storm etc.

It's not the best-of-all-possible worlds Arcee, but it's proportionately priced and a hell of a long way from being a crime against nature and the vehicle mode is actually better than ANY third party version. And the transformation looks (but probably isn't) elegantly simple. And kibble-free. No-one at all thinking that's a good thing?

And this will be tweaked endlessly, and sooner or later, the chest section and the face will be sorted. There will be a Paradron Medic TT Mall Exclusive repaint within six months and probably a Head or Targetmaster version within 12.

So, I say: Yay. But cautiously.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:However: those additional faces almost all look the same. They couldn't include one with the red visor?

The visor is in her helmet.

Maybe an upgrade set can sort the chest out but at her price she should be perfect from the get go, maybe even a bit more complex and maybe give the option of some front headlights from rotating panels or something to make her on a similar level to sunstreaker.

blackeyedprime wrote:Maybe an upgrade set can sort the chest out but at her price she should be perfect from the get go, maybe even a bit more complex and maybe give the option of some front headlights from rotating panels or something to make her on a similar level to sunstreaker.

It's not just the front of her chest but the sides of her entire torso too that need to be higher.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote: I'm puzzled. I thought I already noted the pre-order for Arcee? Although I maybe confusing it with the WFC figure.

Regardless:


£129.99 - InDemand Toys

10% Option is available. Release date given as December 2020.

Updated:


£129.97 - Kapow Toys

10% Option also available and they give a more vague release window of December 2020/January 2021

The chest is a little low, but it's not egregious.

I'm on the fence. I'm getting only SELECT Masterpiece figures from here on out, not allowing scope creep to take over as it did my first time out and the movie characters are definitely an easy subset of guys to collect. However, Arcee is very expensive and I would like to see another G1 Decepticon get made - Galvatron is overdue. Cyclonus and Scourge should be a lay down for these guys what with the 3P options that have nailed them in the past. Not to be bringing up 3P, but I'm just saying there's precedent for those characters Takara could certainly use in it's own R and D.

Where some attribute a conspiracy to mske only Autobots, I see a delay due to commercial pressures. Beast Wars Masterpiece figures have evidently gone over well, and so the G1 stuff is getting spread out much further.

Anyway, she'll be out closer to Christmas, so I'm going to play the wait and see game, but I actually like the figure.

I wouldn't argue conspiracy when it's a well known fact that good guys go down better in Japan, a look at all the other lines in Japan bare this out (not talking transformers just other toy lines in general). Also if you reduced the collar section of the toy the chest would look better. I think that's the culprit here as none of the model sheets show a collar to that size. It's very strange that it would happen when Takara are normally sticklers to detail.

To be perfectly hones, despite ragging about her chest and backpack, that MP Arcee is kinda growing on me.
I won't preorder though. I'll wait for the video reviews and in-hands impressions to make sure she's not a ticking time bomb with potential exploding parts.

Vehicle mode looks great. 3 faces that... LOOK THE SAME? lmao wtf? No thanks saggy granny boobs Arcee... 3rd Party beat you this time. Should take more time on your official releases Hasbro.. especially if they come out AFTER superior 3rd party attempts hahah. WEAK.

Also reminds me of the UT range of expressions...

Or the universe 2.0 box art expressions Also, it may be very slow of me but I've just realised what the actual changes are with the Arcee faces. A bigger mouth and a slight change in eye shape.

Well I've already pre-ordered her for a friend. Technically a Christmas present, but I am dubious about how vague the release date is. Weird that she doesn't come with Daniel but I suppose that will always leave room for a minor Headmaster retool possibility for the mold. After they have milked the mold several times over, for the other G1 Fembots, of course.

william-james88 wrote:

At the risk of being crass, I can't help but think that the face on the right looks like it's from an x-rated blowup doll.

Rodimus Prime wrote:At the risk of being crass, I can't help but think that the face on the right looks like it's from an x-rated blowup doll.

In light of Blackarachnia and the "mouse pads" highlighted in another thread, that look is par for the course really. As far as modern Fembot design is concern.

Rodimus Prime wrote:At the risk of being crass, I can't help but think that the face on the right looks like it's from an x-rated blowup doll.

Nah, not at all. That honor go for Fantoy's Rouge....... especially with THOSE optional parts.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:At the risk of being crass, I can't help but think that the face on the right looks like it's from an x-rated blowup doll.

Nah, not at all. That honor go for Fantoy's Rouge....... especially with THOSE optional parts.

Not THOSE parts! I remember coming across them in a completely unrelated article Don't see how people can complain about a harmless mlp / tf crossover when things like that exist.

ZeroWolf wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:At the risk of being crass, I can't help but think that the face on the right looks like it's from an x-rated blowup doll.

Nah, not at all. That honor go for Fantoy's Rouge....... especially with THOSE optional parts.

Not THOSE parts! I remember coming across them in a completely unrelated article Don't see how people can complain about a harmless mlp / tf crossover when things like that exist.

Honestly, I laughed my ass off when I first saw those at first. Then I thought about how it's kinda actually cool to see a robot who want to be human so it's changing it's parts one by one with organic parts. Then the bot become a cyborg. And finally it achieve it's dream to become a 100% flesh human being who finally have mortality.

….

Did I just turn something disturbing into something wholesome?

Why did I have to google that to see what you were talking about...

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Why did I have to google that to see what you were talking about...

Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it!

@Krana yes you did, though I'm suprised that no one has done that idea yet, though I can see for practicality, three figures being possible, a 100% robot, a cyborg and 100% flesh and blood. They certainly wouldn't need to go to the extreme as THOSE add on parts.

Of course, this is where you tell me Japan has something like that already and I wouldn't be surprised.

ZeroWolf wrote:@Krana yes you did, though I'm suprised that no one has done that idea yet, though I can see for practicality, three figures being possible, a 100% robot, a cyborg and 100% flesh and blood. They certainly wouldn't need to go to the extreme as THOSE add on parts.

Of course, this is where you tell me Japan has something like that already and I wouldn't be surprised.

Somewhat, it's already been done in Transformers with the Pretenders in G1. Especially in Master Force. Gotta love that mass-shifting!

Make me wish for a Pretender Arcee.

While looking for a picture of humanized G1 Arcee, I found this:



I wish I hasn't because now I want it and it's impossible to get.

Quickly googles TFCC 'Human' Arcee..



Considering I regularly source rare and/hard to find Transformers, that is the most overpriced basic action figure I've seen to date.

Correction: 'Human' Rodimus was even more

Arcee - $180


Rodimus - $220

Y'all had your chance to get those Arcee and Rodimus toys back when the Club Store was going out of business and opened its products to all people, not just club members. Those two figures were not big sellers at the time, so there were plenty of them to go around.

Sabrblade wrote:Y'all had your chance to get those Arcee and Rodimus toys back when the Club Store was going out of business and opened its products to all people, not just club members. Those two figures were not big sellers at the time, so there were plenty of them to go around.

I often think the same, looking back to the latter days of the Beast Era. Hindsight can be cruel at times.

The barely-differentiated expressions of those Arcee faces remind me of Bumblebee 2.0 and his trio of "different" faceplates; I see an irritating trend on the horizon.

Glarryg

I have...mixed feelings on this figure. The car mode is sublime, and parts of the robot mode look good too. The facesculpt is pretty nice, the articulation looks top shelf, and it certainly does look like Arcee.

BUT.

The faces all look exactly the same, the backpack is an eyesore, the chest is a bit...droopy, and the price is pretty YIKESworthy. Also the transformation will probably be undiluted pain, especially with recent MP QC. If this were the only MP-scaled Arcee on the market I'd be down for it, but when MMC's Azalea exists, which has a not-completely-horrible transformation, awesome robot mode and almost no kibble with the only sacrifice being a less accurate car mode...Yeah, this is kiiiiinda hard to justify.

Black Hat wrote:I have...mixed feelings on this figure. The car mode is sublime, and parts of the robot mode look good too. The facesculpt is pretty nice, the articulation looks top shelf, and it certainly does look like Arcee.

BUT.

The faces all look exactly the same, the backpack is an eyesore, the chest is a bit...droopy, and the price is pretty YIKESworthy. Also the transformation will probably be undiluted pain, especially with recent MP QC. If this were the only MP-scaled Arcee on the market I'd be down for it, but when MMC's Azalea exists, which has a not-completely-horrible transformation, awesome robot mode and almost no kibble with the only sacrifice being a less accurate car mode...Yeah, this is kiiiiinda hard to justify.

About the price, I'm gonna news about the amazon japan listing tonight. The price is much more reasonable.

william-james88 wrote:About the price, I'm gonna news about the amazon japan listing tonight. The price is much more reasonable.

Canadians can preorder?
Because even though I ragged on her and I bought Azalea Protoform, I have to admit that I'm interested in the official one.

We thank Rodimus Knight for informing us that Transformers Masterpiece MP-51 Arcee is now available on Amazon Japan. For most fans, this is usually the cheapest and fastest way to get Takara toys. In this instance, she would only set you back $106 USD for international retailers, since they don't have to pay taxes. You may get import fees depending on where you are, like in Canada, Israel or the UK (the example shown below is being shipped to Canada). There should be no import fees for the US though. The shipping price is around $14 USD and it tends to be the quickest international shipping possible.

Of course, regardless of the price being lower here, the question of whether or not a collector wants this Arcee remains the big one. So let us know!

May skip her.

Oh, I hate that Arcee.

I hate her so much that I finally created my Amazon.JP account and I preordered her with the power of a thousands suns!

I admit, she have her flaw. But there's something intriguing about her. Oddly enough, the fact that my Ocular Max Azalea Protoform Edition is coming soon did motivate me to get the official one. For starter, that price is perfectly reasonable and the shipping is absurdly cheap. Second, I really want MP Arcee and Proto Azalea to be side-by-side on my shelf.

Ordering from Amazon.JP amount to 190$CAN shipped. Will I get scored taxes on it is unknown but at worst, it will have 10$CAN of fees on top of taxes.

Meanwhile, Age 3 And Up have their preorders up for 215$CAN.
https://www.agesthreeandup.ca/collectio ... iece-arcee
That is, shipping and taxes not included. The price difference is not that big. But if the Amazon order come in faster, it will be much more worth it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Oh, I hate that Arcee.

I hate her so much that I finally created my Amazon.JP account and I preordered her with the power of a thousands suns!

Hm. Not gonna lie, You got me at the first half.

I actually ordered 2 of her when I saw she was available. I want to display her in both robot and car mode, although I also have some issues with the design.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Oh, I hate that Arcee.

I hate her so much that I finally created my Amazon.JP account and I preordered her with the power of a thousands suns!

I admit, she have her flaw. But there's something intriguing about her. Oddly enough, the fact that my Ocular Max Azalea Protoform Edition is coming soon did motivate me to get the official one. For starter, that price is perfectly reasonable and the shipping is absurdly cheap. Second, I really want MP Arcee and Proto Azalea to be side-by-side on my shelf.

Ordering from Amazon.JP amount to 190$CAN shipped. Will I get scored taxes on it is unknown but at worst, it will have 10$CAN of fees on top of taxes.

Meanwhile, Age 3 And Up have their preorders up for 215$CAN.
https://www.agesthreeandup.ca/collectio ... iece-arcee
That is, shipping and taxes not included. The price difference is not that big. But if the Amazon order come in faster, it will be much more worth it.

You wont get charged extra when it comes in. What you paid on amazon is the most you'll pay and some of the money might get refunded. In the end, it's gonna be about 40$-50$ cheaper than ages 3 and up and you'll get it in 3 days once shipped.

This news has me reconsidering getting her.

The 1986 cast, should they finish them off, are one of the easiest sub-sets to complete - and Arcee would be a big part of that. Besides, I have Ultra Magnus and Hot Rod.