Pre-Order up for Masterpiece MP-12+ Lambor (Cartoon-accurate Sideswipe)

What a stupid, pointless release from Takara.

Agreed. Waiting for mp Jazz !!!

I think this is good news for fans that missed out on MP-12 the first time.

I still think it's a great mold, but don't understand why Takara didn't redo his face now. It can't be that expensive? He was handsomer in the cartoon. Maybe if they had at least shaved the soul patch.

I just realized that with the black around his feet instead of the red, it means the back of the lambo will just be straight black. It wont be a great looking car mode from the back.

william-james88 wrote:I just realized that with the black around his feet instead of the red, it means the back of the lambo will just be straight black. It wont be a great looking car mode from the back.

I thought the same thing.

I think it's unnecessary, but he does look slightly better (in bot mode anyways). The important thing to take away from this is that the MP+ line is continuing so we might see a anime accurate Wheeljack someday...

Hmm..$54 dollarydoos..hmmmmmm..

So they painted stuff white but they didn't change the face. I'm with you on this one Cyberpath!! CHANGE THE FACE!! MORE HANDSOMENESS!!

NTESHFT wrote:So Sunstreaker's rear spoiler is silver?

OH SNAP, I JUST NOTICED THAT!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

Like I said before, this just makes me realize how much we need an updated Sideswipe figure. I bet the chest wouldn't be that hard to modify to shrink down a bit.

I can see where they are coming from with this reissue. As Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are brothers in the cartoon, they probably wanted this "new" Sideswipe to come out at about the same time as Sunstreaker as to improve the selling of it.

Yeah, the same thing happened with the previous MP+ release - Red Alert was close with Inferno, hence MP+ Red Alert when Inferno was released.

They retool faces for the Legends line why not for the even more luxurious MP line?

itscramtastic wrote:So they painted stuff white but they didn't change the face. I'm with you on this one Cyberpath!! CHANGE THE FACE!! MORE HANDSOMENESS!!

This guy gets it.


Anyway, here's a picture of them together that someone shot from the catalog..

Ironhidensh wrote:Like I said before, this just makes me realize how much we need an updated Sideswipe figure. I bet the chest wouldn't be that hard to modify to shrink down a bit.

Ironhidensh wrote:Well, I meant more the body style. Less plain panels, and silly cartoon proportions for the body parts. That head is bad, but I could probably get over it.

Make up your mind please! I have a hotline to Takara and will get them to work on your whimsical desire to fabricate a new mastermold to allow for the option to partsform Lambor's chest for "silly" cartoon proportions.

fenrir72 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Like I said before, this just makes me realize how much we need an updated Sideswipe figure. I bet the chest wouldn't be that hard to modify to shrink down a bit.

Ironhidensh wrote:Well, I meant more the body style. Less plain panels, and silly cartoon proportions for the body parts. That head is bad, but I could probably get over it.

Make up your mind please! I have a hotline to Takara and will get them to work on your whimsical desire to fabricate a new mastermold to allow for the option to partsform Lambor's chest for "silly" cartoon proportions.

You have the tin can with string phone too?

Stock photos --

Courtesy of fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath, we have some new stock photos from Takara of their upcoming minor cartoon-accurate redeco of MP-12 Lambor - otherwise known as Sideswipe. Check out the four images of MP-12+ below; showing off a few poses, his vehicle mode and standing with his bro and tell us what you think in the forums!

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Source: http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/392903/

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Source: http://hobby.dengeki.com/news/392903/

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Already have the Original MP-12, so I will pass. I will be picking up Masterpiece Sunstreaker to put on the shelf next to him though.

HLJ has preorders up for MP-12+

http://hlj.com/product/TKT97595?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

wilcosu35 wrote:HLJ has preorders up for MP-12+

http://hlj.com/product/TKT97595?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

He's up everywhere! This is good news! When Red Alert+ came out he was an exclusive limited release (TakaraTomy Mall?) and now this fella is a standard release! Rejoice!

Can any version of MP-12 turn his head up more than a couple of millimeters?

Cyberpath wrote:Can any version of MP-12 turn his head up more than a couple of millimeters?

Huh? I don't recall them being hindered in the slightest.

shajaki wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Can any version of MP-12 turn his head up more than a couple of millimeters?

Huh? I don't recall them being hindered in the slightest.

To turn up? I didnt even think he could do that. I dont even remember him having a neck.

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:Can any version of MP-12 turn his head up more than a couple of millimeters?

Huh? I don't recall them being hindered in the slightest.

To turn up? I didnt even think he could do that. I dont even remember him having a neck.

Ooohhhh.... turn UP.... my bad.

I'm pretty sure he can look up, very very slightly. So slight that it might as well not be there

Yeah, it's very minimal. I figured it out, a little force was necessary for the first couple of times.




I do appreciate the ab crunch that someone discovered, already putting it to use --

Takara added MP-12+ to its website (with a few new pix and 360° turn arounds) --

http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products-lin ... /mp-12plus











And also revamped the Masterpiece section:

http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tf_mp

Takara Tomy Mall has uploaded more images of the upcoming Masterpiece Sideswipe Anime version. The new images show off Swipe's new paint work and his accessories. This Sideswipe is set to arrive in November of this year, while his brother Sunstreaker is set to arrive one month later. Check out the new images, and let us know what you think of this latest version of the MP-12 mold below!

So this version of Sideswipe will include the original, Amazon exclusive, and a new version of the piledrivers.

Just got the email from AE saying he's in stock and ready to ship gonna wait for the new LG figures to ship though

They left out MP 14+ on the Masterpiece web site.

MP-14+ Alert was a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive.

In-hand pix from @Alfes2010 --






With pile drivers --








Gun --






Car-mode --

The blue windows is almost worth the price of double dipping alone. Yummy.

But did they fix his ill-fitting Gan and hand?

Still from Alfes2010, the Twitter toy blogger and personality behind the Snakas blog in Japan, we have some in-hand images of the umpteenth iteration of the Lambor / Sideswipe mold from the Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece line: MP-12+, the Anime Color Edition!

The differences with the original release are slight, but they are significant for those who are looking for a more screen-accurate rendition of their plastic incarnation - rather than the original toy's homage in the previous Masterpiece toy (galleries respectively here and here), as we get blue windows, metal grey parts replaced with black and white paint, and different shades of red and white overall, in addition to the piledrivers and gun accessories, with three versions of the former (though no chrome). You can check out the images below!

The most noticeable changes, for me, are the face and the feet. Having those as white vs. silver really make the difference for me.

Comparison shots from @dai_xp --

Thanks to Instagram user dai_xp - and via fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath - we have a closer and better look at the differences between the first release of the Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-12 Lambor, aka Sideswipe, to you and me, and the latest release in the same line of the MP-12+ version, with cartoon accurate deco rather than the toy-striving one preceding it.

The most noticeable changes, you will see in the images mirrored below, are the face and the feet, which swap out the silver for the white and black, plus the blue shade to the windows, and some tweaks to the various firing accessories that come with the figure. All are also reflected on the packaging, shown below. Check it out, and let us know if you will be however-many-dipping with this mold again in this new paintjob!

Additionally, the joints (elbows, hips) are also white for a more streamlined look.

The Autobot insignia is bigger; perhaps to make the chest look slimmer in comparison?

The black stripes and Lamborghini emblem were stripped off. The wing mirrors and frames of the side windows have been painted red. Wheels are grey (because in the cartoon his rear tires become grey in robot-mode.)

The rear bumper is now black to make the legs more streamlined in robot-mode.

And mold-wise the eyes are bigger like on Tigertrack and the Asian reissue.

Even if this is only used just for fans who missed out on the original version and with Sunstreaker coming soon, I feel that the changes seem negligible for the most part. It's like the insignia-less rerelease.

Cyberpath wrote:Additionally, the joints (elbows, hips) are also white for a more streamlined look.

The Autobot insignia is bigger; perhaps to make the chest look slimmer in comparison?

The black stripes and Lamborghini emblem were stripped off. The wing mirrors and frames of the side windows have been painted red. Wheels are grey (because in the cartoon his rear tires become grey in robot-mode.)

The rear bumper is now black to make the legs more streamlined in robot-mode.

And mold-wise the eyes are bigger like on Tigertrack and the Asian reissue.

It is nice looking figure nothing big difference matters to me which version of Figure I get nice figure nothing special hasbro and Takara both have good versions of Figure price is big deciding point if I where to buy this figure

Neato, but no reason to buy another if you have the original.