Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016

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Fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath has spotted a new tweet from TF_pr, proudly tootin their own horn as the Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece toy line has been awarded the Long Life Design 2016 prize, by Japanese Good Design Award (more info on it here)! The official press release includes a history of the 2003 MP-1 Optimus Prime figure, some more info on the transition from G1 to Masterpiece, a plug for MP32 Optimus Primal, a spotlight on designer Hironoshi Kobayashi, and more. Check it out here!

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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837365)
Posted by steve2275 on October 28th, 2016 @ 5:32am CDT

way ta go

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837385)
Posted by Alpha Dominus on October 28th, 2016 @ 8:33am CDT

Congrats to the design team at Takara Tomy! The standards they established have helped set the bar for official and third party to live up to. (Now if they could just figure out a way to satiate the fans evenly with those darn color schemes.)

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837391)
Posted by galvatron00 on October 28th, 2016 @ 8:55am CDT

That's pretty cool!! Why does it say "Bump of Chicken" in the first page of the .PDF though?! WHO IS THE BUMP OF CHICKEN MP?! :lol:

I'm also a fan of the thread name change. Good jorb ;)^

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837393)
Posted by Bumblebee21 on October 28th, 2016 @ 9:08am CDT

itscramtastic wrote:That's pretty cool!! Why does it say "Bump of Chicken" in the first page of the .PDF though?! WHO IS THE BUMP OF CHICKEN MP?!

I'm also a fan of the thread name change. Good jorb

which one of em is a chicken

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837421)
Posted by datguy86 on October 28th, 2016 @ 10:57am CDT

Bumblebee21 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:That's pretty cool!! Why does it say "Bump of Chicken" in the first page of the .PDF though?! WHO IS THE BUMP OF CHICKEN MP?!

I'm also a fan of the thread name change. Good jorb

which one of em is a chicken

Bump of Chicken is a Japanese band. They did music for Final Fantasy Type-0, and the legal dispute over regional use of it is one of the reasons North America didn't see a version until the PS4/Xbone release.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837432)
Posted by galvatron00 on October 28th, 2016 @ 12:37pm CDT

datguy86 wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:That's pretty cool!! Why does it say "Bump of Chicken" in the first page of the .PDF though?! WHO IS THE BUMP OF CHICKEN MP?!

I'm also a fan of the thread name change. Good jorb
which one of em is a chicken
Bump of Chicken is a Japanese band. They did music for Final Fantasy Type-0, and the legal dispute over regional use of it is one of the reasons North America didn't see a version until the PS4/Xbone release.

Thank you for dat clarification guy ;)^

I just thought it was a random crazy translation thing, and I'm still not sure why it's in the article that I can't read otherwise :lol:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837433)
Posted by datguy86 on October 28th, 2016 @ 12:44pm CDT

itscramtastic wrote:
datguy86 wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:That's pretty cool!! Why does it say "Bump of Chicken" in the first page of the .PDF though?! WHO IS THE BUMP OF CHICKEN MP?!

I'm also a fan of the thread name change. Good jorb
which one of em is a chicken
Bump of Chicken is a Japanese band. They did music for Final Fantasy Type-0, and the legal dispute over regional use of it is one of the reasons North America didn't see a version until the PS4/Xbone release.
Thank you for dat clarification guy I just thought it was a random crazy translation thing, and I'm still not sure why it's in the article that I can't read otherwise

I love puns! Thank you.

Looks like the band are fans of the Transformer brand, and are either presenting the award or performing during the show. My Japanese is terrible, though; so please take with a grain of salt.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837536)
Posted by padfoo on October 28th, 2016 @ 7:54pm CDT

Way to go, totally deserving!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837761)
Posted by Cyberpath on October 30th, 2016 @ 3:13am CDT

Where was this little trick when they were creating MP Starscream (or almost any other Starscream figure)? :shock:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1837775)
Posted by Kurona on October 30th, 2016 @ 7:54am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:Where was this little trick when they were creating MP Starscream (or almost any other Starscream figure)?

And I adore how they were still able to make a Titan Master cockpit fit in there. It's really good design and engineering.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868354)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 22nd, 2017 @ 10:01am CDT

The remaining Autobots (up to Rebirth/Headmasters); felt like seeing who's left. Naturally not everyone will be made.

I would guess that Jazz is probably the most wanted?

I don't think I have space for more, but an MP Hoist would sure go well with MP Grapple and UW Devastator.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868363)
Posted by Bumblebee21 on March 22nd, 2017 @ 10:17am CDT

didnt even know this thread existed

but on the tfw threads tcracker has listed off some intresting things coming
he said that theres an mp galvatron coming
mp-39 is dinobot
mp-40 is supposed to be jazz or hound
and the supposeded big g1 character coming is gonna be someone out of left field
thats all for now.
take these as rumors :-$

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868364)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 22nd, 2017 @ 10:18am CDT

We do at least know for sure that Dinobot is coming (finally!).

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868387)
Posted by steals_your_goats on March 22nd, 2017 @ 11:37am CDT

I heard that an MP Jetfire is in the works

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868388)
Posted by Bumblebee21 on March 22nd, 2017 @ 11:39am CDT

steals_your_goats wrote:I heard that an MP Jetfire is in the works

he does seem out of left field so maybe the rumor will be true

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868407)
Posted by Ironhidensh on March 22nd, 2017 @ 12:17pm CDT

steals_your_goats wrote:I heard that an MP Jetfire is in the works

You might just be hearing about the coming Fanstoys Phenix.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868408)
Posted by Bumblebee21 on March 22nd, 2017 @ 12:19pm CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:I heard that an MP Jetfire is in the works

You might just be hearing about the coming Fanstoys Phenix.

also in the second pic cyberpath posted theres a pic of hauler

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868411)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 22nd, 2017 @ 12:27pm CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:I heard that an MP Jetfire is in the works

You might just be hearing about the coming Fanstoys Phenix.

An MP Jetfire could go one of two ways:

1) Bandai will have a hissy-fit and stop its development.
2) It will be based on the cartoon Skyfire design

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868426)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 22nd, 2017 @ 2:13pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:I heard that an MP Jetfire is in the works

You might just be hearing about the coming Fanstoys Phenix.

An MP Jetfire could go one of two ways:

1) Bandai will have a hissy-fit and stop its development.
2) It will be based on the cartoon Skyfire design

Why wouldn't it automatically be Option 2?

And wouldn't it be Harmony Gold, rather than Bandai, who'd throw the hissy fit since it was Harmony Gold who threw it the last few?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868428)
Posted by Emerje on March 22nd, 2017 @ 2:22pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:The remaining Autobots (up to Rebirth/Headmasters); felt like seeing who's left. Naturally not everyone will be made.

What's Grimlock doing in there? Granted, we do need a new one that fits the modern MP scale better.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:An MP Jetfire could go one of two ways:

1) Bandai will have a hissy-fit and stop its development.
2) It will be based on the cartoon Skyfire design

Considering the current design trend towards cartoon likenesses, Skyfire seems like a safe bet. I would be more than happy to buy a Skyfire that stood at the upper heights of the MP sizes like Star Saber.

Emerje

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868478)
Posted by Kurona on March 22nd, 2017 @ 5:20pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:The remaining Autobots (up to Rebirth/Headmasters); felt like seeing who's left. Naturally not everyone will be made.

What's Grimlock doing in there? Granted, we do need a new one that fits the modern MP scale better.

He is the only pre- MP-10 Masterpiece to not have a remake so far. I'd personally be expecting to see one sometime soon - heck, the upcoming movie has him, sometime in the next year would not be a bad time.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868486)
Posted by Ironhidensh on March 22nd, 2017 @ 5:32pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:I heard that an MP Jetfire is in the works

You might just be hearing about the coming Fanstoys Phenix.

An MP Jetfire could go one of two ways:

1) Bandai will have a hissy-fit and stop its development.
2) It will be based on the cartoon Skyfire design
Why wouldn't it automatically be Option 2?

And wouldn't it be Harmony Gold, rather than Bandai, who'd throw the hissy fit since it was Harmony Gold who threw it the last few?

Yeah, this was my thought as well.

If you want an updated toy design for Jetfire, just track down an Arcadia/Yamato V2 1/60 scale Macross VF-1S Super Valkyrie, try for the Hikaru DYRL version.

If it's an cartoon version, yeah, I can see Takara doing one, but there us simply no way in hell they'll be able to top Fanstoys.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1868496)
Posted by Emerje on March 22nd, 2017 @ 6:20pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:And wouldn't it be Harmony Gold, rather than Bandai, who'd throw the hissy fit since it was Harmony Gold who threw it the last few?

Harmony Gold can't touch Japanese products, that would be entirely up to Bandai. Now if Hasbro wanted to release such a thing over here, then yeah, Harmony Gold would probably pull them back into court. Hasbro should just do us all a favor and buy Harmony Gold, the world would be a much better place. And I'm not just saying that as a Transformers fan, the company is super shady along with their founder. Probably shouldn't be a surprise that HG is mainly a real estate investment developer now.

Emerje

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870136)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:06am CDT

And the remaining Decepticons. (till Headmasters.)

Combiners seem unlikely. UW04 Devastator and LG43 Trypticon work.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870138)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 29th, 2017 @ 2:27am CDT

The Combiner Teams, especially the Scramble City ones, may have another obstacle: licensing. Would it be necessary to get licenses for 20 vehicles at most, depending on the realism of the original G1 toys? I can already give you:

Aerialbots
BAC Concorde
Lockheed Martin / General Dyanmics F-16 Fighting Falcon
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom
British Aerospace Sea Harrier

Stunticons
Kenworth K100
Tyrell P34
Porsche 928
Lamborghini Countach
Ferrari 308 GTB

Especially Ferrari and Porsche will be a nightmare.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870171)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:27am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The Combiner Teams, especially the Scramble City ones, may have another obstacle: licensing. Would it be necessary to get licenses for 20 vehicles at most, depending on the realism of the original G1 toys? I can already give you:

Aerialbots
BAC Concorde
Lockheed Martin / General Dyanmics F-16 Fighting Falcon
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom
British Aerospace Sea Harrier

Stunticons
Kenworth K100
Tyrell P34
Porsche 928
Lamborghini Countach
Ferrari 308 GTB

Especially Ferrari and Porsche will be a nightmare.

Reality sucks

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870173)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:29am CDT

Kurona wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:The remaining Autobots (up to Rebirth/Headmasters); felt like seeing who's left. Naturally not everyone will be made.

What's Grimlock doing in there? Granted, we do need a new one that fits the modern MP scale better.

He is the only pre- MP-10 Masterpiece to not have a remake so far. I'd personally be expecting to see one sometime soon - heck, the upcoming movie has him, sometime in the next year would not be a bad time.

Though MP Grimlock is almost perfect but if I'd remake him, I'd squeeze his robot head a bit. The original's is slightly too stretched.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870178)
Posted by Bumblebee21 on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:39am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:The remaining Autobots (up to Rebirth/Headmasters); felt like seeing who's left. Naturally not everyone will be made.

What's Grimlock doing in there? Granted, we do need a new one that fits the modern MP scale better.

He is the only pre- MP-10 Masterpiece to not have a remake so far. I'd personally be expecting to see one sometime soon - heck, the upcoming movie has him, sometime in the next year would not be a bad time.

Though MP Grimlock is almost perfect but if I'd remake him, I'd squeeze his robot head a bit. The original's is slightly too stretched.

he isnt perfect.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870179)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:41am CDT

Bumblebee21 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:The remaining Autobots (up to Rebirth/Headmasters); felt like seeing who's left. Naturally not everyone will be made.

What's Grimlock doing in there? Granted, we do need a new one that fits the modern MP scale better.

He is the only pre- MP-10 Masterpiece to not have a remake so far. I'd personally be expecting to see one sometime soon - heck, the upcoming movie has him, sometime in the next year would not be a bad time.

Though MP Grimlock is almost perfect but if I'd remake him, I'd squeeze his robot head a bit. The original's is slightly too stretched.

he isnt perfect.

There's a difference between almost perfect and perfect >:oP

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870180)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:43am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:The remaining Autobots (up to Rebirth/Headmasters); felt like seeing who's left. Naturally not everyone will be made.

I would guess that Jazz is probably the most wanted?

I don't think I have space for more, but an MP Hoist would sure go well with MP Grapple and UW Devastator.

You missed Optimus' gal Elita-1! :-P

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870182)
Posted by Bumblebee21 on March 29th, 2017 @ 8:47am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:The remaining Autobots (up to Rebirth/Headmasters); felt like seeing who's left. Naturally not everyone will be made.

What's Grimlock doing in there? Granted, we do need a new one that fits the modern MP scale better.

He is the only pre- MP-10 Masterpiece to not have a remake so far. I'd personally be expecting to see one sometime soon - heck, the upcoming movie has him, sometime in the next year would not be a bad time.

Though MP Grimlock is almost perfect but if I'd remake him, I'd squeeze his robot head a bit. The original's is slightly too stretched.

he isnt perfect.

There's a difference between almost perfect and perfect

he isnt almost perfect either

there is a repaint coming out and its rumored to be black ironhide

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870191)
Posted by Kurona on March 29th, 2017 @ 9:03am CDT

Blitzwing and Astrotrain seem pretty likely (though they'd need some pretty killer design and engineering to correctly pull off Triple Changing - I think MPs haven't done that before), as does the good ol' Galvy crew. Octane and the Battlechargers seem a bit too off the beaten track though, and I'm not sure about Reflector and the Insecticons unless they were pretty small and hence attracting a smaller price.

I think we can all agree we're not gonna see Masterpiece Combiners or Titans any time soon. At best we get Titan Devastator-style redos of Menasor and Bruticus which both seem rather unlikely - anyone wanting these dudes will have to stick with UW.
That said I do kind of hold to the opinion that if we're to get any Combiner participant in MP, it'll be Swindle. He's far more popular than any other Combiner piece and he's a pretty memorable dude. Moreso than Runabout at least

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870192)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 29th, 2017 @ 9:05am CDT

Bumblebee21 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Bumblebee21 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:The remaining Autobots (up to Rebirth/Headmasters); felt like seeing who's left. Naturally not everyone will be made.

What's Grimlock doing in there? Granted, we do need a new one that fits the modern MP scale better.

He is the only pre- MP-10 Masterpiece to not have a remake so far. I'd personally be expecting to see one sometime soon - heck, the upcoming movie has him, sometime in the next year would not be a bad time.

Though MP Grimlock is almost perfect but if I'd remake him, I'd squeeze his robot head a bit. The original's is slightly too stretched.

he isnt perfect.

There's a difference between almost perfect and perfect

he isnt almost perfect either

there is a repaint coming out and its rumored to be black ironhide

That's a very "subjective" view of yours. Not all people share the same views. I'd leave it at that.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870193)
Posted by Kurona on March 29th, 2017 @ 9:10am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:MP Grimlock is almost perfect

fenrir72 wrote:That's a very "subjective" view of yours. Not all people share the same views. I'd leave it at that.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870196)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 29th, 2017 @ 9:13am CDT

Kurona wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:MP Grimlock is almost perfect

fenrir72 wrote:That's a very "subjective" view of yours. Not all people share the same views. I'd leave it at that.

And? I did not go to a specific poster to insist my own very subjective point of view. So what's the quote for?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870197)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 29th, 2017 @ 9:19am CDT

Hasui said that he had designs for an MP Devastator that never happened, so he used some of it in the CW set. UW04 Devastator fits very nicely with the line.

fenrir72 wrote:You missed Optimus' gal Elita-1!

I didn't forget her or Devcon, they weren't regulars on the show nor had a toy. But anything's possible, Takara can make whoever they like.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870199)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 29th, 2017 @ 9:21am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:You missed Optimus' gal Elita-1!
I didn't forget her or Devcon, they weren't regulars on the show nor had a toy. But anything's possible, Takara can make whoever they like.

Hasui said that he had designs for an MP Devastator that never happened, so he used some of it in the CW set. UW04 Devastator fits very nicely with the line.

All the ladies are getting the toy treatment(even Arcee got a lazy repaint in the Binaltech series but no Elita ) except her

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870206)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 29th, 2017 @ 10:06am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:You missed Optimus' gal Elita-1!
I didn't forget her or Devcon, they weren't regulars on the show nor had a toy. But anything's possible, Takara can make whoever they like.

Hasui said that he had designs for an MP Devastator that never happened, so he used some of it in the CW set. UW04 Devastator fits very nicely with the line.

All the ladies are getting the toy treatment(even Arcee got a lazy repaint in the Binaltech series but no Elita ) except her

We've never seen Elita's entire cartoon altmode, so it'd be pretty hard to have a toy made of her that transforms into something that was only ever 50% visible.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870211)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 29th, 2017 @ 10:20am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:You missed Optimus' gal Elita-1!
I didn't forget her or Devcon, they weren't regulars on the show nor had a toy. But anything's possible, Takara can make whoever they like.

Hasui said that he had designs for an MP Devastator that never happened, so he used some of it in the CW set. UW04 Devastator fits very nicely with the line.

All the ladies are getting the toy treatment(even Arcee got a lazy repaint in the Binaltech series but no Elita ) except her
We've never seen Elita's entire cartoon altmode, so it'd be pretty hard to have a toy made of her that transforms into something that was only ever 50% visible.

And we never saw the entire back of MP Grapple yet Takara did the "impossible". We rarely took noticed of UMs butt flap and red bumper yet Takara "transformed" them into reality! They retooled the Arcee mold into Chromia who had a boxy mode which they converted into a cycle. Arcee herself was the product of the impossible a few years back. MegaEmpress, who'd have thought Takara would have repurposed her? Etc etc

It's like saying making a cartoon accurate Godginrai is impossible :lol:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870222)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 29th, 2017 @ 10:37am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:And we never saw the entire back of MP Grapple yet Takara did the "impossible".

What? Grapple's back was visible in the cartoon. In both modes:

So Takara had something to work with in making the backsides of Grapple's MP. But the backside of Elita's vehicle mode, however, was never seen.

fenrir72 wrote:We rarely took noticed of UMs butt flap and red bumper yet Takara "transformed" them into reality!

Whether WE noticed those or not is irrelevant since that butt flap and red bumper were both visible onscreen.

The backside of Elita's altmode, however, was not.

fenrir72 wrote:They retooled the Arcee mold into Chromia who had a boxy mode which they converted into a cycle.

Again, this also irrelevant since that Chromia toy wasn't trying to replicate her exact cartoon design, which is what the MPs now do.

fenrir72 wrote:Arcee herself was the product of the impossible a few years back. MegaEmpress, who'd have thought Takara would have repurposed her? Etc etc

I really don't think you understood what I was saying.

fenrir72 wrote:It's like saying making a cartoon accurate Godginrai is impossible

Dude, seriously? God Ginrai was seen from all angles. Elita's vehicle mode wasn't.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870248)
Posted by Kurona on March 29th, 2017 @ 11:31am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:MP Grimlock is almost perfect

fenrir72 wrote:That's a very "subjective" view of yours. Not all people share the same views. I'd leave it at that.

And? I did not go to a specific poster to insist my own very subjective point of view. So what's the quote for?

The post simply seemed to concern the assertiveness of one's opinion as fact - and not the other problem you had that you replied to me with - which seemed hypocritical at the time. However, my post was a bit too snarky and passive-aggressive in tone than it should have been, so for that I apologise.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870255)
Posted by triKlops on March 29th, 2017 @ 11:41am CDT

OK folks, random sidebar in this convo.
Doesn't Jim Sorenson's ,"The Ark" the complete edition, have all of the character models for each character in the G1 series?
Its been a while since I looked at my copy but i remember it being pretty comprehensive for what it was.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870265)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 29th, 2017 @ 12:35pm CDT

triKlops wrote:OK folks, random sidebar in this convo.
Doesn't Jim Sorenson's ,"The Ark" the complete edition, have all of the character models for each character in the G1 series?
Its been a while since I looked at my copy but i remember it being pretty comprehensive for what it was.

Not for the Female Autobots. Those have yet to surface.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870273)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:07pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
triKlops wrote:OK folks, random sidebar in this convo.
Doesn't Jim Sorenson's ,"The Ark" the complete edition, have all of the character models for each character in the G1 series?
Its been a while since I looked at my copy but i remember it being pretty comprehensive for what it was.
Not for the Female Autobots. Those have yet to surface.

Some of them showed up on eBay.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870275)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:10pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
triKlops wrote:OK folks, random sidebar in this convo.
Doesn't Jim Sorenson's ,"The Ark" the complete edition, have all of the character models for each character in the G1 series?
Its been a while since I looked at my copy but i remember it being pretty comprehensive for what it was.
Not for the Female Autobots. Those have yet to surface.

Some of them showed up on eBay.

The kind found in the Ark books are the black and white concept models.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870278)
Posted by Kurona on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:15pm CDT

Do those model sheets have their alt-modes?

I guess it's a moot point since the chance of a Masterpiece Moonracer is about as likely as Highbrow though.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870279)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:16pm CDT

Kurona wrote:Do those model sheets have their alt-modes?

No.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870280)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:17pm CDT

They just need to make a frikkin' Trailbreaker.

And they need to make sure he has some sort of large orange forcefield accessory!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870282)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:26pm CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:They just need to make a frikkin' Trailbreaker.

And they need to make sure he has some sort of large orange forcefield accessory!

It'll just be a big orange bath towel.

Or an orange Hoberman Sphere. 8-}

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Line Awarded Long Life Design Award 2016 (1870286)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 29th, 2017 @ 1:36pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:They just need to make a frikkin' Trailbreaker.

And they need to make sure he has some sort of large orange forcefield accessory!
It'll just be a big orange bath towel.

Or an orange Hoberman Sphere.

That is literally perfect

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