Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet Video Review

MightyMagnus78 wrote:Anyone else got this guy?

Mine arrived over the weekend and I'm struggling to get the shoulders tabbed in correctly in jet mode, which makes his Alt mode redundant.

I watched Optibotimus's review and he suggested that the shoulders were miss-assembled. However he was still able to get his shoulders tabbed in with a little force, I'm not even able to do that.

shajaki wrote:These shoulders you all speak of is disconcerting....

It's probably been discussed already, but anyone else surprised about the lack of a collector coin?

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:These shoulders you all speak of is disconcerting....

It's probably been discussed already, but anyone else surprised about the lack of a collector coin?

Wait what?! You, sir, have just surprised me.

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:These shoulders you all speak of is disconcerting....

It's probably been discussed already, but anyone else surprised about the lack of a collector coin?

Wait what?! You, sir, have just surprised me.

By my lack of MP knowledge?

I've just been slacking on... well any thread that isn't a collection thread lately.

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:These shoulders you all speak of is disconcerting....

It's probably been discussed already, but anyone else surprised about the lack of a collector coin?

Wait what?! You, sir, have just surprised me.

By my lack of MP knowledge?

I've just been slacking on... well any thread that isn't a collection thread lately.

No, not at all, but at the fact that it doesnt come with a coin. I didnt realize that either and I am now surprised by this tidbit you shared

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:These shoulders you all speak of is disconcerting....

It's probably been discussed already, but anyone else surprised about the lack of a collector coin?

Wait what?! You, sir, have just surprised me.

By my lack of MP knowledge?

I've just been slacking on... well any thread that isn't a collection thread lately.

No, not at all, but at the fact that it doesnt come with a coin. I didnt realize that either and I am now surprised by this tidbit you shared

Yeah. I just assumed it had been discussed already.

But all the other TakaraTomyMall exclusives have had coins no? Skywarp, Thundercracker, Clampdown. Hell, even the UW TTM exclusives (Grande Convoy). Weird eh?

SpikeyTigertron wrote:Opened mine up today, and the bottom vector thrusters (his feet) were missing... nothing but raw ball-sockets. E-Mailed BBTS asap... anyone else have any factory defects? I haven't noticed any issues with his shoulders per-see. The hinge on the front of the wings scare the bejubus out of me since it's on a fairly tight hinge connected to the un-modified wings (which would fold around for the regular seekers) making it really unstable. But he otherwise looks great!

We’ve heard the rumblings and we want our customers to know that TFSource has been working around the clock, partnering with Takara so that we could provide our customers with the most accurate and up to date news of Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet. There was an unforeseen customs delay beyond our control with our shipment, that has now been resolved and a small amount of our stock was just delivered to our warehouse today. Yay!

Upon receiving the good news we were informed by Takara that there is a wide-spread product defect with the toys’ shoulder that many of you may be aware of, but this QC defect is quite severe, in that it prevents the figure from transforming and the majority of the product currently on the market has this issue. Since this issue is so widespread Takara is making the rare decision to issue a full recall on all product in order to fix the problem, which is great news as we know our customers would not like to receive a defective product, especially one as impressive as this. This recall means that our shipment that has not arrived has been sent back to Takara to make the repairs. As of now the anticipated arrival is 2-3 weeks, TFSource will keep everyone update to date with a notification once product arrives.The good news is that enough product has been sent back to Takara to fill all outstanding preorders when it arrives, meaning all of our customers will receive a non-defective piece.

Please note that in order to repair each figure, the boxes will have to be opened and inspected. While we understand that sealed packaging is preferred by some customers we are offering the choice to ship now from a non-repaired piece from our warehouse to customers. Please note that if you do choose this option, TFSource will not accept defective returns on pieces we ship from the warehouse now as the defect affects the majority of products and this is true for all product currently on the market. If you’d like to choose this option please email Customercare@tfsource.com with your order number or email address on your stack account and we’ll be happy to make the change. If you prefer to wait for the non-defective piece, no action is required on your part.

Keep in mind that we have a limited amount of the non-corrected/defective product available now in our warehouse and it will be allocated in a first come first serve basis to those that reply to this email.

Thank you for your understanding.


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Seibertron wrote:Can someone explain exactly what is wrong with the figure? I'm pretty adept at fixing Transformers toys and would be happy to fix mine if something is wrong with it. I'll have to take a look at it later today.

Seibertron wrote:Can someone explain exactly what is wrong with the figure? I'm pretty adept at fixing Transformers toys and would be happy to fix mine if something is wrong with it. I'll have to take a look at it later today.

mblase75 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Can someone explain exactly what is wrong with the figure? I'm pretty adept at fixing Transformers toys and would be happy to fix mine if something is wrong with it. I'll have to take a look at it later today.

The shoulder is a black "T" shape, but one side of the top of the "T" is longer than the other. This longer part is supposed to point toward the chest of the robot; many of them are switched (left to right shoulder and vice versa) so the longer part points towards the back of the robot. As a result, this longer part sticks out in airplane mode when it shouldn't. (It's imperceptible in robot mode, which is how Ramjet is packaged.)

Or so I understand. I don't recall where I found the photo of the problem, but I checked mine when it arrived and it was assembled correctly. It's not something that can be fixed with just a screwdriver, either, but if you're comfortable knocking pins out you could probably fix it yourself by switching the shoulder pieces.

Please note this item will be 'double-taped' due to additional quality control inspections performed, which verify that the shoulders are assembled correctly. This item is considered sealed/new (MISB).

Hi - We have received many inquiries as of late about the Takara MP-11NR Ramjet figure and we wanted to update you about this situation. We are not aware of any recall on this item. We have contacted our suppliers and they are not aware of any recall from Takara. BBTS certainly has not been contacted directly by Takara about a recall on this figure or about any other subjects.

It appears a small, but still meaningful percentage of the Ramjet figures do have a quality control issue with the shoulder assembly. This issue prevents the arms from easily tabbing in place in jet mode. We recently made the internal decision to open each MP-11NR box and visually inspect the figure (without opening the plastic tray) to make sure the shoulder assemblies were correct. We then slid the unopened plastic tray carefully back into the box and re-sealed the boxes. Our full order is accounted for and we felt this quick inspection and re-taping of already double or triple taped boxes was reasonable so that our customers could receive a correctly assembled product.

Any order shipped on April 11th or later has been quality checked and should be assembled correctly. A relatively small number of orders shipped out before April 11th and some of those may have improperly assembled shoulders. We will gladly exchange any misassembled figures for a new figure that has been quality checked. We apologize for any inconvenience associated with this situation, and we will evaluate each situation on a case by case basis and come to a solution that you are satisfied with.

optibotimus wrote:I"m not sure who "corroborated" this "recall" from BBTS, but the only thing that seems to match up with what TFsource said is that there is a problem with the figure. I contacted Joel from BBTS and this is what he said

"Hi - We have received many inquiries as of late about the Takara MP-11NR Ramjet figure and we wanted to update you about this situation. We are not aware of any recall on this item. We have contacted our suppliers and they are not aware of any recall from Takara. BBTS certainly has not been contacted directly by Takara about a recall on this figure or about any other subjects.

It appears a small, but still meaningful percentage of the Ramjet figures do have a quality control issue with the shoulder assembly. This issue prevents the arms from easily tabbing in place in jet mode. We recently made the internal decision to open each MP-11NR box and visually inspect the figure (without opening the plastic tray) to make sure the shoulder assemblies were correct. We then slid the unopened plastic tray carefully back into the box and re-sealed the boxes. Our full order is accounted for and we felt this quick inspection and re-taping of already double or triple taped boxes was reasonable so that our customers could receive a correctly assembled product.

Any order shipped on April 11th or later has been quality checked and should be assembled correctly. A relatively small number of orders shipped out before April 11th and some of those may have improperly assembled shoulders. We will gladly exchange any misassembled figures for a new figure that has been quality checked. We apologize for any inconvenience associated with this situation, and we will evaluate each situation on a case by case basis and come to a solution that you are satisfied with."

Hope that clears things up

SpikeyTigertron wrote:
Kind of surprised a little PSA wasn't put out on the front page.

Dr Va'al wrote:News posts have all been taken down on by request of companies involved.

ScottyP wrote:Mine was just fine, thankfully. Bring on Thrust and Dirge! And maybe I can dream of a MP-11SW reissue?

Then let's never, ever have MP seekers again. They are taking over my house.

SillySpringer wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Mine was just fine, thankfully. Bring on Thrust and Dirge! And maybe I can dream of a MP-11SW reissue?

Then let's never, ever have MP seekers again. They are taking over my house.

Forget Seekers, we need Cliffjumper and Glyph!

ScottyP wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

ScottyP wrote:Mine was just fine, thankfully. Bring on Thrust and Dirge! And maybe I can dream of a MP-11SW reissue?

Then let's never, ever have MP seekers again. They are taking over my house.

Forget Seekers, we need Cliffjumper and Glyph!

I'd love them too, but wouldn't expect them anytime soon :/

SillySpringer wrote:If Hasbro does an American issue of him I might consider it but I don't expect extremely good quality from Hasbro MPs at this point after they botched up Bluestreak.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:If Hasbro does an American issue of him I might consider it but I don't expect extremely good quality from Hasbro MPs at this point after they botched up Bluestreak.

How, if I may ask, did Hasbro botch Bluestreak? I was under the impression he was nigh identical to the Takara release.

ScottyP wrote:This very thread is about Takara's Ramjet, and a lot of the last page is specifically about problems that some folks had with their copy. Then there was Hot Rod's chrome, Exhaust's flaky white paint, the nightmare that was their individual cassette pair releases, the first run Lambor's paint issues - the list goes on.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:If Hasbro does an American issue of him I might consider it but I don't expect extremely good quality from Hasbro MPs at this point after they botched up Bluestreak.

How, if I may ask, did Hasbro botch Bluestreak? I was under the impression he was nigh identical to the Takara release.

ScottyP wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:If Hasbro does an American issue of him I might consider it but I don't expect extremely good quality from Hasbro MPs at this point after they botched up Bluestreak.

How, if I may ask, did Hasbro botch Bluestreak? I was under the impression he was nigh identical to the Takara release.

There were some reports of bad paint. It's not isolated to Hasbro MP releases - Takara's MP stuff has been plagued with just as many issues with paint and QC, you just don't hear about them as much because of the lower number of folks that import vs. stalk TRU for the sparse Hasbro releases.

This very thread is about Takara's Ramjet, and a lot of the last page is specifically about problems that some folks had with their copy. Then there was Hot Rod's chrome, Exhaust's flaky white paint, the nightmare that was their individual cassette pair releases, the first run Lambor's paint issues - the list goes on.

SillySpringer wrote: I'd love to have MP Cliff side by side with Henkei Bumblebee since they're like exactly the same height at the head. Reason why I don't expect to get MP G1 Bee is because I don't feel comfortable paying 80 USD just to get that stupid Spike accessory.

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote: I'd love to have MP Cliff side by side with Henkei Bumblebee since they're like exactly the same height at the head. Reason why I don't expect to get MP G1 Bee is because I don't feel comfortable paying 80 USD just to get that stupid Spike accessory.

The Bee MP mold was released two times after without spike and it was 65$ from importers. No reason Cliff would be any cheaper. If you are not getting Bee because he is 10$ more than that (hence, the Spike accessory is only 10$ more, not the ludicrous 80$ you have spouted) than I dont see how you would be comfortable with the price Cliff would ask. MPs will always be expensive, especially when buying from importers.

Seibertron wrote:Is there an alternate transformation for Ramjet's backside in robot mode? What a mess! The head is half assed as well with the faux nosecone instead of the real one. I would have much preferred they do something with the real nosecone, along the lines of what fans did with the original Ramjet, Thrust and Dirge. Cartoon accuracy be damned! It's an OK concept, but when it gets in the way of functionality, common sense should kick in and do what's best for the toy. Especially when they do a faux nosecone for the head just so we can end up with a nosecone that sticks out between his legs. I don't remember that in the cartoon! If the length of the head and nosecone was too long, all they needed to do was something clever to collapse it instead of rotating the cockpit. Too many disappointments with Masterpiece toys over the past year!

william-james88 wrote:Would you have preferred something along the lines of what they did with the coneheads for the Classics line? I still think thats the best portrayal of the coneheads yet.

william-james88 wrote:Also, sorry for your dissapointments this year. Th chrome just started rubbing off for my Hot Rodimus and to my huge disapointment i realized that the plastic under is orange. whos bright idea was it to have orange under silver?! It will look like crap later.

Seibertron wrote:Is there an alternate transformation for Ramjet's backside in robot mode? What a mess!

SillySpringer wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:If Hasbro does an American issue of him I might consider it but I don't expect extremely good quality from Hasbro MPs at this point after they botched up Bluestreak.

How, if I may ask, did Hasbro botch Bluestreak? I was under the impression he was nigh identical to the Takara release.

It was the same mold but with way less the QC than their previous Prowl from what I've heard.

Mr_Autobot411 wrote:ah such an awesome feeling, paying over 200 canadain and having to do a fix! so awesome, i wish when i bought my brand new car the tranny went so i could do a fix on that.....

pretty lame, first ironhide and the qc riddled Thundercracker. shame shame takara

william-james88 wrote:

Mr_Autobot411 wrote:ah such an awesome feeling, paying over 200 canadain and having to do a fix! so awesome, i wish when i bought my brand new car the tranny went so i could do a fix on that.....

pretty lame, first ironhide and the qc riddled Thundercracker. shame shame takara

Whats wrong with Ironhide? If you are talking about the shoulders, there is now new evidence that it is Ratchet's which are misassembled.