Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet

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Thanks to fellow Seibertronian wewyllenium for alerting us to a brand new Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece reveal! And that reveal is Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet! Limited to only 2000 pieces and is a Takara Tomy Mall exclusive, it is being priced at 15,984 Yen for our Japanese resident. Pre-order for this piece goes up on Monday 10/26 and will run until Wednesday 11/4.
Check out the details below as well as the pictures we've mirrored and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

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Reservation period: October 26, 2015 (Monday) noon 12:00 - November 4 (Wed.) 13:00
Japan Tomy Mall limited / limited quantities: 2,000

"The Transformers," one of the dominating jet Ron new members in, ram jet appeared in the Masterpiece!
Even while the Masterpiece Starscream as the original, and use many impressive delta wings and cluster bombs, which are equipped with there, a new parts such as sharp head.
To incorporate the design of the old toy designs of anime in cornerstone, it has become a specification that has been subjected to detail up.
Hologram pilot can boarding the vehicle mode of the cockpit.

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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735938)
Posted by Burn on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:31am CDT

I will happily sell Va'al's soul for this.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735941)
Posted by mooncake623 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:37am CDT

Burn wrote:I will happily sell Va'al's soul for this.

Can Va'al's soul get two ramjets?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735942)
Posted by Bounti76 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:37am CDT

I can only hope for a Hasbro release of this at some point. I can see paying more for an obscure character like Sunstorm, whose appeal and name recognition is limited, but Ramjet was a main character in the cartoon. Making him a limited release doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735945)
Posted by Burn on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:46am CDT

mooncake623 wrote:
Burn wrote:I will happily sell Va'al's soul for this.

Can Va'al's soul get two ramjets?

I'm not greedy.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735948)
Posted by wewyllenium on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:56am CDT

limited release!?! Nooooo!!!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735949)
Posted by guarayakha on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:57am CDT

Interesting point: The nose's decepticon insignia is where the bot's head located, so the trasnformation is slightly different from the original seekers (canopy is now upside down)

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735956)
Posted by RhA on October 22nd, 2015 @ 3:15am CDT

guarayakha wrote:Interesting point: The nose's decepticon insignia is where the bot's head located, so the trasnformation is slightly different from the original seekers (canopy is now upside down)

The pointy hat demands it.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735957)
Posted by Ravage XK on October 22nd, 2015 @ 3:25am CDT

Limited availability and (most likely) higher prices, what a nice way to reward the people who held off buying the 3rd party products to wait for an official product.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735960)
Posted by RhA on October 22nd, 2015 @ 3:41am CDT

Ravage XK wrote:Limited availability and (most likely) higher prices, what a nice way to reward the people who held off buying the 3rd party products to wait for an official product.

It may just be to test the waters. After all, there have been a buttload of seekers since the MP-line's start. Takara may just be careful.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735961)
Posted by Ravage XK on October 22nd, 2015 @ 3:44am CDT

RhA wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:Limited availability and (most likely) higher prices, what a nice way to reward the people who held off buying the 3rd party products to wait for an official product.

It may just be to test the waters. After all, there have been a buttload of seekers since the MP-line's start. Takara may just be careful.

That is true, didn't think of that and anger took the controls.

Still if it is a test and you buy one thinking its a limited edition and another, possibly cheaper one arrives its still going to annoy.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735962)
Posted by RhA on October 22nd, 2015 @ 3:58am CDT

Ravage XK wrote:
RhA wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:Limited availability and (most likely) higher prices, what a nice way to reward the people who held off buying the 3rd party products to wait for an official product.

It may just be to test the waters. After all, there have been a buttload of seekers since the MP-line's start. Takara may just be careful.

That is true, didn't think of that and anger took the controls.

Still if it is a test and you buy one thinking its a limited edition and another, possibly cheaper one arrives its still going to annoy.

Yep. That could be a factor.

The way I see it is that the remold is done and it's available for mass-production. Hasbro COULD pick it up. Whatever scenario ensues, it's still going to be dependant on everyone who buy this version. We need to vote with out wallets first.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735966)
Posted by Cyberpath on October 22nd, 2015 @ 4:21am CDT

That's pretty cool. Though I had hoped they would redo Starscream again but it seems unlikely now.

mooncake623 wrote:

Heh, a nose cone on his head and one between the legs.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735967)
Posted by Amelie on October 22nd, 2015 @ 4:22am CDT

Limited to only 2000 pieces

Mother f***er.

*ahem*

That about sums up my feelings on this subject.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735970)
Posted by Mindmaster on October 22nd, 2015 @ 4:52am CDT

Sweet, about time they started making Coneh-

*limited to 2000 units"

...God dammit.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735973)
Posted by Ironhidensh on October 22nd, 2015 @ 5:13am CDT

Ravage XK wrote:Limited availability and (most likely) higher prices, what a nice way to reward the people who held off buying the 3rd party products to wait for an official product.

Thats why waiting for an official product is silly, no offense. A transformer is a transformer. Does it really matter who makes it, quality issues aside, if you are getting a figure you really like and want?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735974)
Posted by Va'al on October 22nd, 2015 @ 5:16am CDT

Burn wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:
Burn wrote:I will happily sell Va'al's soul for this.

Can Va'al's soul get two ramjets?

I'm not greedy.

I thought you'd already used mine..?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735975)
Posted by Burn on October 22nd, 2015 @ 5:19am CDT

Va'al wrote:
Burn wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:
Burn wrote:I will happily sell Va'al's soul for this.

Can Va'al's soul get two ramjets?

I'm not greedy.

I thought you'd already used mine..?

Multi-verse.

You yourself established the existence of multiple Va'al's.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735976)
Posted by Burn on October 22nd, 2015 @ 5:28am CDT

Premium Collectables are about to open a short pre-order. $184.94AUD.

I'm out.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735983)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on October 22nd, 2015 @ 5:53am CDT

wow

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735990)
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on October 22nd, 2015 @ 6:38am CDT

Good grief. 2000 units. Hasbro, please pick this up and sell it worldwide.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735992)
Posted by Starsaber468 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 6:48am CDT

Burn wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Burn wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:
Burn wrote:I will happily sell Va'al's soul for this.

Can Va'al's soul get two ramjets?

I'm not greedy.

I thought you'd already used mine..?

Multi-verse.

You yourself established the existence of multiple Va'al's.

But this isn't the transtechverse where all can meet XD but burn if i start seeing macross i am done just done XD

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1735996)
Posted by ScottyP on October 22nd, 2015 @ 8:18am CDT

This looks cool. Limited availability is odd on this one to me. 11SW and 11T, characters done before - ok, I get it. Weird choice in this regard, but then again, may be one of those "Limited to 2000 in Japan" but then Hasbro Asia pumps out 80 gajillion of them. In other words, I wouldn't fret availability, just look out for preorders and you'll be all set

The jet mode on this is fantastic. I don't like the face sculpt, I think it tried to reach too far into cartoon accuracy and stumbled somewhere along the way. I'll get this one and display it in jet mode, and keep my iGear one in 'bot mode.

Bottom line, I think everyone wins with this toy in some way, except wallets :lol:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736000)
Posted by wilcosu35 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 8:26am CDT

I want this figure very much, but..... seriously, only 2000? they'll be gone in no time, and aftermarket prices will be ridiculous.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736001)
Posted by Evil Eye on October 22nd, 2015 @ 8:27am CDT

Well, here's to hoping they decide to reissue this guy, because by the time I have the space/money for an MP display it'll be long gone, knowing my luck.

Which is a shame, because this looks AWESOME. Dat facesculpt. Dat jet mode. Dat EVERYTHING.

Also, CONEHEADS WOOOO. Now we don't have to fill the space on our MP displays with filthy knockoffs!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736011)
Posted by Starsaber468 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 9:34am CDT

Delta Magnus wrote:Well, here's to hoping they decide to reissue this guy, because by the time I have the space/money for an MP display it'll be long gone, knowing my luck.

Which is a shame, because this looks AWESOME. Dat facesculpt. Dat jet mode. Dat EVERYTHING.

Also, CONEHEADS WOOOO. Now we don't have to fill the space on our MP displays with filthy knockoffs!

Yeah its a shame its limited to 2000 pieces and are you refering third party companies as knock offs because their not...

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736012)
Posted by Evil Eye on October 22nd, 2015 @ 9:37am CDT

Starsaber468 wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:Well, here's to hoping they decide to reissue this guy, because by the time I have the space/money for an MP display it'll be long gone, knowing my luck.

Which is a shame, because this looks AWESOME. Dat facesculpt. Dat jet mode. Dat EVERYTHING.

Also, CONEHEADS WOOOO. Now we don't have to fill the space on our MP displays with filthy knockoffs!

Yeah its a shame its limited to 2000 pieces and are you refering third party companies as knock offs because their not...

The only 3rd party MP scale Coneheads available are iGear's slightly-altered knockoffs of the MP Seeker mold. They use directly reproduced parts from existing official product without permission, thus making them knockoffs.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736014)
Posted by Powered Convoy on October 22nd, 2015 @ 9:46am CDT

ScottyP wrote:This looks cool. Limited availability is odd on this one to me. 11SW and 11T, characters done before - ok, I get it. Weird choice in this regard, but then again, may be one of those "Limited to 2000 in Japan" but then Hasbro Asia pumps out 80 gajillion of them. In other words, I wouldn't fret availability, just look out for preorders and you'll be all set

Nice to see someone that understands how this is likely going to work and not crying fowl because it's limited to 2,000 pieces IN JAPAN.

So if he's like Bluestreak, Thundercracker, and Clampdown. He'll be available en masse via US retailers from Hasbro Asia.

Randy

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736020)
Posted by ScottyP on October 22nd, 2015 @ 10:55am CDT

Powered Convoy wrote:Nice to see someone that understands how this is likely going to work and not crying fowl because it's limited to 2,000 pieces IN JAPAN.

Additionally, there's a ton of new tooling on this thing. No way they do that and limit it to a run of 2,000 and never run it again for any purpose.

Moving on, anyone know why this is MP-11"NR"? Whats the NR for? New Ramjet?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736032)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on October 22nd, 2015 @ 12:27pm CDT

MP Ramjet's got some full, pouty lips, lol! Seriously, though, this looks pretty damned good. The legs maybe look a little thick (throwing the upper body a bit out of proportion), but I think it's due to a trick of the eye with the way the wings are now repositioned, flaring out the bottom half and failing to "fill in" some of the bulk for the torso and shoulders. The cartoon model gets to shrink kibble at will to cheat the proportions, so I can't fault the reality of engineering getting in the way. I'm impressed with just how much this has been retooled from the base MP-11 mold. They've accounted for just about every difference in the cartoon models between the Season 1 Seekers and the Coneheads. The one real shame is the double nosecone in robot mode. Oh well. I'm assuming there wasn't an elegant solution to hiding that. With such extensive retooling, I have to believe this won't be limited to 2,000 units total world wide. That will likely be true for Japan at first, with reissues being possible later, but I expect a wide Asian release of this figure. Toys "R" Us will probably snatch it up a few years down the line for North American distribution.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736039)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 12:57pm CDT

Wolfman Jake wrote:MP Ramjet's got some full, pouty lips, lol! Seriously, though, this looks pretty damned good. The legs maybe look a little thick (throwing the upper body a bit out of proportion), but I think it's due to a trick of the eye with the way the wings are now repositioned, flaring out the bottom half and failing to "fill in" some of the bulk for the torso and shoulders. The cartoon model gets to shrink kibble at will to cheat the proportions, so I can't fault the reality of engineering getting in the way. I'm impressed with just how much this has been retooled from the base MP-11 mold. They've accounted for just about every difference in the cartoon models between the Season 1 Seekers and the Coneheads. The one real shame is the double nosecone in robot mode. Oh well. I'm assuming there wasn't an elegant solution to hiding that. With such extensive retooling, I have to believe this won't be limited to 2,000 units total world wide. That will likely be true for Japan at first, with reissues being possible later, but I expect a wide Asian release of this figure. Toys "R" Us will probably snatch it up a few years down the line for North American distribution.

First of all, this looks great 8-)

Second, they did bother to make it in the first place; and we all know what the first rule of seeker figures is, right?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736041)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:03pm CDT

They finally did it! :APPLAUSE:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736042)
Posted by Seibertron on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:04pm CDT

They really need to quit trying to be so slavish to how these toys looked in a 30 year old cartoon. Silly things like giving Ramjet his large cluster bombs or whatever they are in jet mode and then give him the traditional Seeker arm guns to achieve the cartoon model is silly. I would've been just fine with the cluster bombs on his arms. Now he ends up with cluster bombs on his back, which is not cartoon accurate or G1 toy accurate.

I'm also not a fan of the Conehead's head being faked, leaving the real nosecone on the figure's backside. How did iGear do the heads for these guys? Seems unfortunate after waiting 9 years for these guys.

Face is off too. One of my favorite screen captures of Ramjet and Thrust (or possibly Dirge) is this one scene with them flanking Megatron at the Decepticon headquarters while Megatron is sitting at the computer console/monitor. Currently unable to find a high res image of their faces from that scene.

It looks good overall, just not what I would have expected after 9 years of Masterpiece Seekers. I guess I had hoped that the money made off of the approximately 15 Masterpiece Seekers from 1 mold would have gone to make an out of the park awesome version of Ramjet, Thrust and Dirge.

Hopefully more pictures will come forth soon!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736045)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:12pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:They really need to quit trying to be so slavish to how these toys looked in a 30 year old cartoon. Silly things like giving Ramjet his large cluster bombs or whatever they are in jet mode and then give him the traditional Seeker arm guns to achieve the cartoon model is silly. I would've been just fine with the cluster bombs on his arms. Now he ends up with cluster bombs on his back, which is not cartoon accurate or G1 toy accurate.

I'm also not a fan of the Conehead's head being faked, leaving the real nosecone on the figure's backside. How did iGear do the heads for these guys? Seems unfortunate after waiting 9 years for these guys.

Face is off too. One of my favorite screen captures of Ramjet and Thrust (or possibly Dirge) is this one scene with them flanking Megatron at the Decepticon headquarters while Megatron is sitting at the computer console/monitor. Currently unable to find a high res image of their faces from that scene.

It looks good overall, just not what I would have expected after 9 years of Masterpiece Seekers. I guess I had hoped that the money made off of the approximately 15 Masterpiece Seekers from 1 mold would have gone to make an out of the park awesome version of Ramjet, Thrust and Dirge.

Hopefully more pictures will come forth soon!

Right there with ya, its hurting ironhide, and hotrod, and now it's messing with these guys. I don't know, though, how they would look with those giant missile things hanging off their shoulders...

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736046)
Posted by Cyberpath on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:20pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:One of my favorite screen captures of Ramjet and Thrust (or possibly Dirge) is this one scene with them flanking Megatron at the Decepticon headquarters while Megatron is sitting at the computer console/monitor. Currently unable to find a high res image of their faces from that scene.

This?

auto berserk - ramjet.jpg

ScottyP wrote:Moving on, anyone know why this is MP-11"NR"? Whats the NR for? New Ramjet?

Nosecone Ramjet?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736047)
Posted by ScottyP on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:24pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:They really need to quit trying to be so slavish to how these toys looked in a 30 year old cartoon. Silly things like giving Ramjet his large cluster bombs or whatever they are in jet mode and then give him the traditional Seeker arm guns to achieve the cartoon model is silly. I would've been just fine with the cluster bombs on his arms. Now he ends up with cluster bombs on his back, which is not cartoon accurate or G1 toy accurate.

I'm also not a fan of the Conehead's head being faked, leaving the real nosecone on the figure's backside. How did iGear do the heads for these guys? Seems unfortunate after waiting 9 years for these guys.

Face is off too. One of my favorite screen captures of Ramjet and Thrust (or possibly Dirge) is this one scene with them flanking Megatron at the Decepticon headquarters while Megatron is sitting at the computer console/monitor. Currently unable to find a high res image of their faces from that scene.

You capture most of the issues I have with the robot mode in your post.

iGear also faked the head. They also charged about $100 each upon release for their seekers, which is just a random statement for knowledge's sake. Best picture of him I have right now is this one with MP-11 and a third party MP Astrotrain that's on the left, was trying to recreate the thirty seconds where Starscream was the leader of the Decepticons:

Here's a better one from a google image search:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736048)
Posted by Seibertron on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:25pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:I'm also not a fan of the Conehead's head being faked, leaving the real nosecone on the figure's backside. How did iGear do the heads for these guys? Seems unfortunate after waiting 9 years for these guys.

Youtube and Peaugh to the rescue! Interesting that they also faked the head.

As for the nosecone showing between his legs, I wonder if it's just incorrectly transformed as that is not the case on the regular Seeker mold.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736051)
Posted by Seibertron on October 22nd, 2015 @ 1:30pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:
Seibertron wrote:One of my favorite screen captures of Ramjet and Thrust (or possibly Dirge) is this one scene with them flanking Megatron at the Decepticon headquarters while Megatron is sitting at the computer console/monitor. Currently unable to find a high res image of their faces from that scene.
This?

auto berserk - ramjet.jpg

ScottyP wrote:Moving on, anyone know why this is MP-11"NR"? Whats the NR for? New Ramjet?

Nosecone Ramjet?

That's a pretty good shot of their face. Make it look a little less "doofy" and a little more traditional G1 toy with harder angles, which I usually have faith in Takara to do, and it would have been a really nice sculpt.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736054)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:00pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:As for the nosecone showing between his legs, I wonder if it's just incorrectly transformed as that is not the case on the regular Seeker mold.

If you'll notice the cockpit is actually facing the opposite direction (the hinge gives it away) so I think it simply does a 180 from under the head and rests behind his back.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736055)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:02pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:That's a pretty good shot of their face. Make it look a little less "doofy" and a little more traditional G1 toy with harder angles, which I usually have faith in Takara to do, and it would have been a really nice sculpt.

I actually really like the design of the face. I would be way less interested in it if it looked more like the doofy head design

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736056)
Posted by ScottyP on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:02pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:That's a pretty good shot of their face. Make it look a little less "doofy" and a little more traditional G1 toy with harder angles, which I usually have faith in Takara to do, and it would have been a really nice sculpt.

Some of the sculpts lately between Takara MPs and 3P attempts at MP toys make me think that some of these designers are looking at the most doofus like messed up Sunbow frames out there when making heads and faces lately. I'm also a fan of the hybrid cartoon/idealized design aesthetic, and I feel like Sideswipe and Grimlock are really good examples of what I mean.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736062)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:09pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:They really need to quit trying to be so slavish to how these toys looked in a 30 year old cartoon. Silly things like giving Ramjet his large cluster bombs or whatever they are in jet mode and then give him the traditional Seeker arm guns to achieve the cartoon model is silly. I would've been just fine with the cluster bombs on his arms. Now he ends up with cluster bombs on his back, which is not cartoon accurate or G1 toy accurate.

I feel as though those can be removed, and were just stuck on the figure by the photographer for one reason or another.

Seibertron wrote:I'm also not a fan of the Conehead's head being faked, leaving the real nosecone on the figure's backside. How did iGear do the heads for these guys? Seems unfortunate after waiting 9 years for these guys.

IGear faked their coneheads as well.

Seibertron wrote:It looks good overall, just not what I would have expected after 9 years of Masterpiece Seekers. I guess I had hoped that the money made off of the approximately 15 Masterpiece Seekers from 1 mold would have gone to make an out of the park awesome version of Ramjet, Thrust and Dirge.

It's cuz they're still using that old MP Seeker mold made from 2006 engineering, regardless of how much remolding its undergone. What we need (but may never deserve) is a whole new MP Seeker mold made completely new with today's levels of engineering.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736067)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:14pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Moving on, anyone know why this is MP-11"NR"? Whats the NR for? New Ramjet?

Nosecone Ramjet?

N = "New Jetron" (what the Coneheads were called in Japan), R = "Ramjet"

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736068)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:16pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:It's cuz they're still using that old MP Seeker mold made from 2006 engineering, regardless of how much remolding its undergone. What we need (but may never deserve) is a whole new MP Seeker mold made completely new with today's levels of engineering.

How much more 'better' can we squeeze out of this design?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736083)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:32pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Moving on, anyone know why this is MP-11"NR"? Whats the NR for? New Ramjet?

Nosecone Ramjet?
N = "New Jetron" (what the Coneheads were called in Japan), R = "Ramjet"

Which seems odd, as there are no other Seekers with a name starting with "R" to warrant the extra "N". My guess is that it's to streamline the release numbers for the potential Dirge "11ND" and Thrust "11NT", the latter sharing the first letter with Thundercracker "11T".

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736086)
Posted by Robogeek1973 on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:38pm CDT

Yeah, I'm gonna need this guy, but it sucks that he's an exclusive, because $200 Seekers are getting really hard to justify to myself.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736088)
Posted by ScottyP on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:38pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Moving on, anyone know why this is MP-11"NR"? Whats the NR for? New Ramjet?

Nosecone Ramjet?
N = "New Jetron" (what the Coneheads were called in Japan), R = "Ramjet"

Thank you sir! Also...

Sabrblade wrote:What we need (but may never deserve) is a whole new MP Seeker mold made completely new with today's levels of engineering.

I agree, but my mind's eye has trouble figuring out how to improve MP-11's retooling of MP-3 outside of a making a few corrections to nagging issues like the wing to torso clips for bot mode. I guess that's why a new mold would be especially cool if done right, since I can't even imagine what they could do!

Edit: also, I'd rather just see these Coneheads as remolds with any budget for new molds going to characters that haven't gotten the MP treatment (especially since licensing is needed for some of the leftover Autobot cars not yet done!)

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736090)
Posted by Seibertron on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:41pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Which seems odd, as there are no other Seekers with a name starting with "R" to warrant the extra "N". My guess is that it's to streamline the release numbers for the potential Dirge "11ND" and Thrust "11NT", the latter sharing the first letter with Thundercracker "11T".

I think it's odd that a remold like this didn't get a new number. New wings, new accessory (cluster bombs) and new head. I get that it's a remold of the most used Masterpiece mold, but it's no different than MP-3 was to MP-11 as far as it being a remold ultimately. I think on the Coneheads it would've made more sense for them to have a new number such as MP-31R, MP-31T, and MP-31D. I guess the problem with that idea is that there wouldn't be a default MP-31, so maybe it does make sense to go back to MP-11.

However, the "N" still doesn't make sense. It would've been a little more fun if they had prefixed it with the letter "C" for Conehead. Does "N" stand for "nosecone" by any chance? Do the Japanese/Takara have a special group designation for the Coneheads that might warrant the usage of the letter "N"?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736097)
Posted by ScottyP on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:56pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:However, the "N" still doesn't make sense. It would've been a little more fun if they had prefixed it with the letter "C" for Conehead. Does "N" stand for "nosecone" by any chance? Do the Japanese/Takara have a special group designation for the Coneheads that might warrant the usage of the letter "N"?

I asked the same thing earlier, Sabrblade answered:

Sabrblade wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Moving on, anyone know why this is MP-11"NR"? Whats the NR for? New Ramjet?

Nosecone Ramjet?
N = "New Jetron" (what the Coneheads were called in Japan), R = "Ramjet"

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736098)
Posted by Sabrblade on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:59pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:I think it's odd that a remold like this didn't get a new number. New wings, new accessory (cluster bombs) and new head. I get that it's a remold of the most used Masterpiece mold, but it's no different than MP-3 was to MP-11 as far as it being a remold ultimately. I think on the Coneheads it would've made more sense for them to have a new number such as MP-31R, MP-31T, and MP-31D. I guess the problem with that idea is that there wouldn't be a default MP-31, so maybe it does make sense to go back to MP-11.

Mass retail remolds get new numbers. Exclusive remolds keep their original number.

Exhaust, for instance, got a new number as he was a mass retail figure. Tigertrack, however, did not get a new number as he was an exclusive.

The real mystery is why these more major character Seekers aren't getting mass retail releases while Diaclone homage nobody Exhaust did.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11NR Ramjet (1736099)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 22nd, 2015 @ 2:59pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Which seems odd, as there are no other Seekers with a name starting with "R" to warrant the extra "N". My guess is that it's to streamline the release numbers for the potential Dirge "11ND" and Thrust "11NT", the latter sharing the first letter with Thundercracker "11T".

I think it's odd that a remold like this didn't get a new number. New wings, new accessory (cluster bombs) and new head. I get that it's a remold of the most used Masterpiece mold, but it's no different than MP-3 was to MP-11 as far as it being a remold ultimately. I think on the Coneheads it would've made more sense for them to have a new number such as MP-31R, MP-31T, and MP-31D. I guess the problem with that idea is that there wouldn't be a default MP-31, so maybe it does make sense to go back to MP-11.

However, the "N" still doesn't make sense. It would've been a little more fun if they had prefixed it with the letter "C" for Conehead. Does "N" stand for "nosecone" by any chance? Do the Japanese/Takara have a special group designation for the Coneheads that might warrant the usage of the letter "N"?

According to Sabrblade a few posts above, the "N" is for "New Jetron", Jetron being the official group name of the Seekers in Japan. Remember, Japan keeps the original names for the MP line, not the US ones.

by the by, While "Seeker" has been canonized and seen official use, "Conehead" as far as I know has not, plus wouldn't that infringe on those aliens for SNL and State Farm?

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