Possible Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-42 Diaclone Sunstreaker Listing

While there are still no images to share, we do have confirmation of the listing reported on yesterday of a new Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece figure: MP-42, being a supposed redeco of MP-39 Sunstreaker in black and white police car colours, much like its Diaclone predecessor!

In more of a speculation mode: the price shown in the Japanese listing shows a 15000 Yen tag, meaning that there is an increase of 3000 Yen compared to the original Sunstreaker release - does this mean extra accessories, or some added feature? We'll be sure to report as soon as our sources know more! In the meantime, you can browse the pre-order listings on our site sponsors below, (the links will be updated once a new sponsor updates).


TFSource: https://tfsource.com/masterpiece/mp-42-cordon/

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The Chosen Prime: http://www.thechosenprime.com/MP42Cordon

So his name actually is Cordon, as in to "cordon off" something. Interesting since that's basically what a barricade is for.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:So his name actually is Cordon, as in to "cordon off" something. Interesting since that's basically what a barricade is for.

Emerje

To note, there's already a G1 Barricade, who is nothing like the evil police car from the Movies:


Transformers G1 1990 Barricade Gallery

Name reuses within G1 are few and far between, but still preferably avoided.

Though forced, it makes another creative entry in the G1 pantheon, wouldn't you say?

Sounds too much like Corden... which reminds me of that annoying James Corden. Which makes me think the police siren would sound like his irritating laugh. So points deducted.

Makes me think of Cordon, as in Cordon Bleu, as in it's getting to be lunch time and this car is making me hungry.

Cordon makes me think of Gordon Ramsey, which makes me think of Josh Ramsey, which makes me think of Rescue Bots, which makes me think of Chase.
Clearly Cordon is G1 incarnation of RB Chase with a new name because of the Throttlebot.
/s

BTW, Cordon is an anagram of Condor.

So Cordon is a shattered amalgam of Laserbeak? That would make Sideswipe Buzzsaw.

The More You Know...

AlphaBass wrote:Makes me think of Cordon, as in Cordon Bleu, as in it's getting to be lunch time and this car is making me hungry.

I think this is most likely. MP-42 is clearly going to be a sammich

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:So his name actually is Cordon, as in to "cordon off" something. Interesting since that's basically what a barricade is for.

Emerje

To note, there's already a G1 Barricade, who is nothing like the evil police car from the Movies:


Transformers G1 1990 Barricade Gallery

Name reuses within G1 are few and far between, but still preferably avoided.

Though forced, it makes another creative entry in the G1 pantheon, wouldn't you say?

Plus, they are also leaving the door open for a retool of MP Mirage for this guy, further down the line.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Plus, they are also leaving the door open for a retool of MP Mirage for this guy, further down the line.

Yeah.... no. This isn't Generations.

shajaki wrote:Yeah.... no. This isn't Generations.

I don't know the context of that reference. But when it comes to altmodes, I looked it up, and they are more or less the same thing:

Mirage: F-1 Ligier JS11 racer



Barricade: F-1 Ligier JS31 racer



See? Now retools of the same mold is definitely a thing of the MP line EG Car-Bots, Seekers etc

I never said that G1 Barricade could be turned into a Masterpiece, just that the name was already occupied by a Micromaster, so it can't be used for the more well-known evil police car should he make an appearance in Japanese G1. And the "Creative Entry" was in reference to Cordon, not him.

Good job on matching the vehicle mode of G1 Barricade and Mirage btw, never knew.

I think the movies did a better job making Barricade a memorable character. Now when i hear a character with the name Barricade, I get excited.

Still totally hoping he/she is a con so it can be a G1 Barricade of slightly different origin

Toy head!

https://twitter.com/brickonator/status/994386788817895424

Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Sabrblade, hot on the heels of pre-orders, we have news from the Shizuoka Hobby Show, where MP-42 Cordon AKA Diaclone Sunstreaker has been revealed in full!

The most notable retool from the base MP-39 Sunstreaker mold is a brand new toy inspired head, featuring the detailing many missed from the inside of Sunstreaker's ears (Sunstreakears?).* Also included is a new police lightbar on the roof/chest, new shins featuring new detailing, and a new gun. This new image comes to us from @brickonator on Twitter.

Check out the image of his new masterpiece figure below, and let us know what you think of it in the comments section below!



*Credit for this pun goes to Thew on Youtube

AWE YEAH!

That is AWESOME!!!!! I knew my patience would pay off. It has really been working for me and what I'm after to just wait and simmer on Masterpiece figures. I've handled Sunstreaker and he is beautiful. Glad I can have the mold more inline to my likings.

and I knew he'd be an Autobot. I just didn't want to poop on anybodies parade. It would have been interesting had he been a Con.

Lookin' good, but I think a red version would look even better.

Very highly tempted by this now...

Welp, there goes the toy head and wrist rockets...

I'm actually quite interested in this, but for the price, without extensive retooling, one Sunny is good enough.

I have the original red version somewhere (one of the first TFs I can remember), so I’ll hold out until they do that deco. I’m nearly certain they will, seeing as it’s kind of the very first TF toy.

Cordon's shin details and the face! Instant buy!

Will a "Cordon bleu" version follow?

Ironhidensh wrote:I'm actually quite interested in this, but for the price, without extensive retooling, one Sunny is good enough.

How is this not extensive retooling? New head, new gun, new legs, new chest, etc ...

It's definitely not Titans Return Scourge into Highbrow into Windblade, but it's definitely got some big things going on.

New G1 styled head is very awesome. I look forward to the inevitable MP-39+.

That head sculpt! that's the head i wanted for Sunstreaker dammit.

It pains me greatly that Sunny didn't come with a G1 toy accurate option like this for a head swap when clearly it was completely possible to do so.

MGrotusque wrote:That head sculpt! that's the head i wanted for Sunstreaker dammit.

Exactly my thoughts.

Usually I'm not a huge fan of repaints, however these Diaclone-inspired Masterpiece figures (Cordon, Exhaust and so on) are very interesting, at least in my opinion.

Still I would kill for a show accurate Reflector Masterpiece to complete my 1st wave Decepticons diorama...

Just thinking... they may have had to slightly alter/remold parts around the head. It looks bigger than the "anime" Sunstreaker head. Either that, or the head itself transforms/collapses in on itself.

What I'm getting at is, that that head might not have been possible on the original run of MP-39

Seibertron wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:I'm actually quite interested in this, but for the price, without extensive retooling, one Sunny is good enough.

How is this not extensive retooling? New head, new gun, new legs, new chest, etc ...

It's definitely not Titans Return Scourge into Highbrow into Windblade, but it's definitely got some big things going on.

New G1 styled head is very awesome. I look forward to the inevitable MP-39+.

I guess extensive retooling was the wrong phrase to use. What I mean is, it needs to look like a different figure, similar to Tracks and Roadrage, for me to justify the cost.

While this is nice, it doesn't look too different than Sunny (yes, that is just my opinion).

Unless of course, I can find this on sale.

Cordon is Autobot! *slams table*

C'mon! It's a made up character. With red eyes. Just fill out the Decepticon ranks!

DecepticonFinishline wrote:Cordon is Autobot! *slams table*

C'mon! It's a made up character. With red eyes. Just fill out the Decepticon ranks!

Put a sticker on it, and let your imagination fly free!!!!! It's that easy.

DecepticonFinishline wrote:Cordon is Autobot! *slams table*

C'mon! It's a made up character. With red eyes. Just fill out the Decepticon ranks!

I agree that was a fail. It should have been Barricade.

mentre83 wrote:

MGrotusque wrote:That head sculpt! that's the head i wanted for Sunstreaker dammit.

Exactly my thoughts.

Usually I'm not a huge fan of repaints, however these Diaclone-inspired Masterpiece figures (Cordon, Exhaust and so on) are very interesting, at least in my opinion.

Still I would kill for a show accurate Reflector Masterpiece to complete my 1st wave Decepticons diorama...

A reflector is what I wanted too. But dont forget tge insecticons and triple changers to round out the pre-1986 movie decepticon cast. Im gonna be saving a lot of money if the focus on beast wars instead of G1 next year.

So it was an Autobot after all... What a "surprise"

Rated X wrote:

mentre83 wrote:

MGrotusque wrote:That head sculpt! that's the head i wanted for Sunstreaker dammit.

Exactly my thoughts.

Usually I'm not a huge fan of repaints, however these Diaclone-inspired Masterpiece figures (Cordon, Exhaust and so on) are very interesting, at least in my opinion.

Still I would kill for a show accurate Reflector Masterpiece to complete my 1st wave Decepticons diorama...

A reflector is what I wanted too. But dont forget tge insecticons and triple changers to round out the pre-1986 movie decepticon cast. Im gonna be saving a lot of money if the focus on beast wars instead of G1 next year.

Unfortunately for me, I'm collecting both G1 Decepticons and Beast Wars figures (no Shadow Panther though, just the characters from the show).

Probably Reflector will be neglected to the characters you mentioned, or some 2010 character (there have been only Autobots till now, except for the Soundblaster/Ratbat combo, I think). Also maybe "Red Sunstreaker" will be a too! Let's just hope it will mantain Cordon's head...

mentre83 wrote:

Rated X wrote:

mentre83 wrote:

MGrotusque wrote:That head sculpt! that's the head i wanted for Sunstreaker dammit.

Exactly my thoughts.

Usually I'm not a huge fan of repaints, however these Diaclone-inspired Masterpiece figures (Cordon, Exhaust and so on) are very interesting, at least in my opinion.

Still I would kill for a show accurate Reflector Masterpiece to complete my 1st wave Decepticons diorama...

A reflector is what I wanted too. But dont forget tge insecticons and triple changers to round out the pre-1986 movie decepticon cast. Im gonna be saving a lot of money if the focus on beast wars instead of G1 next year.

Unfortunately for me, I'm collecting both G1 Decepticons and Beast Wars figures (no Shadow Panther though, just the characters from the show).

Probably Reflector will be neglected to the characters you mentioned, or some 2010 character (there have been only Autobots till now, except for the Soundblaster/Ratbat combo, I think). Also maybe "Red Sunstreaker" will be a too! Let's just hope it will mantain Cordon's head...

Sorry, but Red Sunstreaker has a name: Spinout, and is a "Fuel Preperation Specialist for the

Will this be some kind of exclusive? Waiting to preorder from Amazon Japan if possible. Hopefully there's more to the figure that we've seen.

Flashwave wrote:

mentre83 wrote:Also maybe "Red Sunstreaker" will be a too! Let's just hope it will mantain Cordon's head...

Sorry, but Red Sunstreaker has a name: Spinout, and is a "Fuel Preperation Specialist for the

Thanks for the info, I totally forgot about that character

Good thing I've got some Decepticon stickers from Reprolabels. That's definitely the face of a 'Con.

Maybe I'll just wait for the black repaint.



Never happen, but I can hope, right? He'd need a new name though.

Emerje

Honestly, I prefer the look of Cordon over Sunstreaker. Part of the reason why I hadn’t gotten Sunstreaker yet is because I felt the cartoon-accurate look doesn’t match with Sideswipe well, but Cordon’s toy-accuracy does! Gimme a Sunstreaker with that head and shins and I will absolutely buy one!

Mindmaster wrote:Honestly, I prefer the look of Cordon over Sunstreaker. Part of the reason why I hadn’t gotten Sunstreaker yet is because I felt the cartoon-accurate look doesn’t match with Sideswipe well, but Cordon’s toy-accuracy does! Gimme a Sunstreaker with that head and shins and I will absolutely buy one!

MP39+

Thanks to Maz of the Maz at TFSquareOne fame over on Twitter, we have some new official stock images of the recently revealed Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-42 Cordon - the white, black and red Diaclone Super Tuning Patrol deco of what will eventually become Sunstreaker in the Transformers toyline - in both Lamborghini and robot modes, and a variety of poses, found on Amazon Japan, via a news blog gallery here.

Those familiar with the MP-39 Sunstreaker mold will not be surprised by the toy's design, but might still want to take a look at the new deco, the shiny chrome gun, and the mean looking new headsculpt too. Check them all out below, and join the conversation in the Energon Pub discussion boards!

Something about the colour scheme really reminds me of the car from Back To The Future...

This would have made a great homage to prowl from rid (2001) as well.

I want a sunstreaker + lol

GORGEOUS! Absolutely gorgeous!

Even has my initials on the license plate!
It's like Takara is speaking directly to me. ......



OK amiami. LIST HIM!

First off, he's a cop, and has a gun in his leg. ROBOCOP MUCH?!

second, he looks quite menacing. He seriously shoulda been a Con.

The close up on the silver gun shaped like the wrist rocket on the G1 version looks like it might slot into the wrist some kind of way. I guess it's not a huge deal, but I'd like that feature. I'm getting it either way.

I suppose at this point I will say I'd like to see something new coming (besides Beast Wars Megatron). I'm spotty on the mold reuses.

October 2018 release date. Y11460. Preordered from amiami

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... 8&page=top

Thanks Fen! ORDERED!

Looks like he'll land just in time for my birthday!

I don't even collect MPs cause of their price point; I'm doing well enough to try to have a chug collection. This, however, is fantastic. That menacing face, and that it's a Japanese(?) vehicle with text, I really like this.

Cobotron wrote:Thanks Fen! ORDERED!

Looks like he'll land just in time for my birthday!

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