Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25L Loud Pedal - Official Pics

Huh, so it's one word "Loudpedal", eh? And Takara confirms that the name comes from a piano's pedal.

Though, "Sonic Sapper" is a weird translation for 超音工兵 ((Chō-on kōhei, "Ultrasonic Engineer" or "Supersonic Engineer")

Also, there is actually a difference between the Finland-exclusive Diaclone Black Corvette Stingray and the Lucky Draw Black Tracks: The faces are colored differently.

Left: Diaclone, right: Lucky Draw

@Sabre
I tip my hat sir. Got any explanation for the color choices on the mini Blaster?

So... Shattered Glass has made its way in to the Masterpiece line (SG Blaster). I stand corrected. I am relieved.

Looks cool. SUPER stoked it's a Decepticon. More non-seeker Decepticons, please.

Bummed, but also unsurprised, they chose that weapon instead of Tracks. No vehicle mode storage. :/

So... The rarity on this guy. I don't exactly understand the service it runs through. Is it similar to MP-Skywarp and MP-Thundercracker? Or is it more like MP-Tigertracks?

shajaki wrote:@Sabre
I tip my hat sir. Got any explanation for the color choices on the mini Blaster?

Indeed! Micro Change MC-21 Radi-Casse Robo colors.

Sabrblade wrote:Indeed! Micro Change MC-21 Radi-Casse Robo colors.

WOW Sabr! Awesome.

Loudpedal looks great!
Those eyes and that faceplate! Super cool.

Sabrblade wrote:

shajaki wrote:@Sabre
I tip my hat sir. Got any explanation for the color choices on the mini Blaster?

Indeed! Micro Change MC-21 Radi-Casse Robo colors.

Nice! So if we get a fourth MP Tracks there's still another color for lil Blaster (besides SG)

You guys know what's especially funny about this figure and the timing of its announcement? Just a few days ago, the Transformers Collectors Club released its latest (as of this tying) prose story, "The Toxic Transformer", which featured a new Decepticon character named Vivisector who is also a homage to the Diaclone Black Tracks toy, right down to the same mouthplated light blue face.



In response to this new MP figure's announcement, the author of that TCC story has admitted that he had absolutely no idea about this figure's existence when he created the character of Vivisector, so it is currently up to anyone if one wants to consider Loudpedal and Vivisector to be completely separate characters, or just different versions of the same character (a la the Marvel and Sunbow versions of Shockwave and Blaster) with "Loudpedal" being the Japanese name and "Vivisector" being the English name.

I'm actually loving these Diaclone homages from the Masterpiece line, especially when it both retroactively creates new G1 characters AND adds to the notably smaller numbers of the Decepticon ranks for MP offerings. I'm betting we'll get some sort of "Decepticon" version of Blaster based on this Microman color scheme from the MP-25L set once they get around to actually making Blaster, though they may just stop at the obvious (and quite similar) Twincast repaint.

It also makes me wish he had gotten more of these years ago. A retool/repaint of RtS Turbo Tracks as "Loudmouth/Vivisector," Exhaust (heavily modified in deco so as to not irk Philip Morris...again) from the Generations/United Wheeljack mold, Clampdown and Deep Cover from the Universe 2008 Sideswipe mold, etc. I think the only hope for these now would be Takara, as Hasbro never had much interest in Diaclone homages. I loved getting "Burn Out" and "Lift Ticket" from BotCon 2015, but Fun Publications will be done with any and all exclusive figures by the end of this year.

Side note: I've been working on kit bashing Universe 2008 Sideswipe and Sunstreaker into Tigertrack and Diaclone Red Sunstreaker, which I'm thinking of naming Hotstreak (I don't know of any fictional use of a red Sunstreaker yet). I got distracted with this project about half way through, so it's a bit hard to put the pieces back where they are supposed to go now. Plus, a few screws heads have stripped. >.<

Weird decals again. 1st party decals kinda suck.

So this is the final product of those prototype images Maz mentioned a few months ago. TT really knows how to milk the mold.

Those are awesome colors! And the head sculpt is banging too!

Holy cow! That looks gorgeous! Love the head sculpt!

I won't buy because I'm perfectly satisfied with Road Rage. Still, ya gotta admit that new version is very sweet looking. Even went the extra mile to give it a new head!

will have never ever

huh. i like this. may try to get.

I kinda hoped that this would use the Road Rage version of the mold if only so we could get a Deceptifemme in the MP line.

Still, that black paintjob looks GORGEOUS.

pretty cool.

Delta Magnus wrote:I kinda hoped that this would use the Road Rage version of the mold if only so we could get a Deceptifemme in the MP line.

Still, that black paintjob looks GORGEOUS.

actually I really like what they are doing here. I know its another character but it makes me want to have him stand in as Needlenose.

Emerje wrote:BTW, jin doesn't mean god, it means something closer to people or being (in Japanese the DBZ Saiyans are spelled out Saiya-jin). God is kami. Incidentally, God Ginrai uses a westernized "goddo" (ゴッ) in his name because it's meant to be a play on Gojira (a.k.a. Godzilla) if you remove the correct syllables (Go* Gi*ra*).

What you may not know about Japanese is that kanji can have multiple readings, depending on factors like how the character is used, if it's standalone or in a compound. The kanji for "god" has two: kami standalone, or shin/jin in compounds. Needless to say, there are a lot of homophones in Japanese.

Ok, enough about that, back to Loud Pedal. Pretty surprised it uses the mouth plate of the original toy, but not so much at the body: 25 is the Tracks body after all, while 26 is the Road Rage type.

Optimizzy wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:I kinda hoped that this would use the Road Rage version of the mold if only so we could get a Deceptifemme in the MP line.

Still, that black paintjob looks GORGEOUS.

actually I really like what they are doing here. I know its another character but it makes me want to have him stand in as Needlenose.

I was also thinking about the Needlenose connection.

megatronus wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:I kinda hoped that this would use the Road Rage version of the mold if only so we could get a Deceptifemme in the MP line.

Still, that black paintjob looks GORGEOUS.

actually I really like what they are doing here. I know its another character but it makes me want to have him stand in as Needlenose.

I was also thinking about he Needlenose connection.

I thought Needlenose was a grey jet? Or am I missing something?

I actually kinda think this guy looks better than Tracks...

Delta Magnus wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:I kinda hoped that this would use the Road Rage version of the mold if only so we could get a Deceptifemme in the MP line.

Still, that black paintjob looks GORGEOUS.

actually I really like what they are doing here. I know its another character but it makes me want to have him stand in as Needlenose.

I was also thinking about the Needlenose connection.

I thought Needlenose was a grey jet? Or am I missing something?

In the comics, Tracks and Needlenose are brothers, and the Loudpedal head is very Needlenose-like. So the jump is just a minor stretch of the imagination, fully understanding the alt mode and colors aren't quite there.

megatronus wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:I kinda hoped that this would use the Road Rage version of the mold if only so we could get a Deceptifemme in the MP line.

Still, that black paintjob looks GORGEOUS.

actually I really like what they are doing here. I know its another character but it makes me want to have him stand in as Needlenose.

I was also thinking about the Needlenose connection.

I thought Needlenose was a grey jet? Or am I missing something?

In the comics, Tracks and Needlenose are brothers, and the Loudpedal head is very Needlenose-like. So the jump is just a minor stretch of the imagination, fully understanding the alt mode and colors aren't quite there.

*puts a fist on the open palm of her hand, Japan-style*

It's because of the head, isn't it? Both have a knight helmet look to them.

megatronus wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:I kinda hoped that this would use the Road Rage version of the mold if only so we could get a Deceptifemme in the MP line.

Still, that black paintjob looks GORGEOUS.

actually I really like what they are doing here. I know its another character but it makes me want to have him stand in as Needlenose.

I was also thinking about the Needlenose connection.

I thought Needlenose was a grey jet? Or am I missing something?

In the comics, Tracks and Needlenose are brothers, and the Loudpedal head is very Needlenose-like. So the jump is just a minor stretch of the imagination, fully understanding the alt mode and colors aren't quite there.

Just for clarify, this brotherhood between the two is specifically in the IDW comics, rather than all of them.

Wolfman Jake wrote: I think the only hope for these now would be Takara, as Hasbro never had much interest in Diaclone homages.

Hasbro did release legends size Prime "hyperspeed" Wheeljack in an homage to the Marlboor deco (to absolutely no ire of Phillip Morris, somehow).

Optimum Supreme wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote: I think the only hope for these now would be Takara, as Hasbro never had much interest in Diaclone homages.

Hasbro did release legends size Prime "hyperspeed" Wheeljack in an homage to the Marlboor deco (to absolutely no ire of Phillip Morris, somehow).

Hyperspeed Wheeljack's red design didn't resemble Marlboro's red chevron. And it's altmode wasn't an exact match for the real world racecar that promoted Marlboro.

Ugh. Yeah. Definitely going to get this guy.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

That actually seems pretty reasonable for him, considering he was an exclusive

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote: I think the only hope for these now would be Takara, as Hasbro never had much interest in Diaclone homages.

Hasbro did release legends size Prime "hyperspeed" Wheeljack in an homage to the Marlboor deco (to absolutely no ire of Phillip Morris, somehow).

Hyperspeed Wheeljack's red design didn't resemble Marlboro's red chevron. And it's altmode wasn't an exact match for the real world racecar that promoted Marlboro.

But I think the implication was that it was based on the alternate paint scheme. I mean, I think it's more of a stretch to say they weren't homaging a diaclone than saying they were....

I re-read your comment and see what you were referring to so never mind

I'm not much on the Diaclone versions of MP, but I'm really digging this one. I will be finding a place in my collection for this one........

I've got the MC Blue Blaster, I was lucky enough to get one that has the radio cassette... but I've never put batteries in there to see if it works. I'll shoot you a heads up when I shoot a video of it.

Nothing new really.

Thanks to a new Ebay listing we have images for the box of the upcoming MP-25L Loudpedal. The box shown off here is in black and white, but it does show us the general standard layout for the Masterpiece boxes with the artwork for Loudpedal. Check out the images below and let us know what you think in the comments section. And as always stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries.

Hot. Very much like Tigertrack.

That's great! What time does the boat leave the dock?

It's gettin late, but there's still excitement in the Transformers world tonight. Earlier we reported on the first shots of TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25L Loudpedal In Box images, and now he's been ripped out of that box! Have a look at him below in all his Diaclone/Lucky Draw inspired goodness below, and with a nice comparison to his fellow MP Stingrays. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com: home for the best Galleries and Conversation around!

I wasn't that interested in Tracks or Road Rage, but I really want Loudpedal.

If Road Rage gets Prince's Little Red Corvette as her theme song,
Then Loudpedal gets this ...



Put the pedal to the metal and burn rubber on me!

On the one hand, that sexy, sexy car mode and the awesome colours make me want this. The weird looking back and general hollowness on the other hand put me off.

This is for you Cobo

Now that's what I'm talking 'bout!

Now if we can just find him a silver sequined cowboy hat and matching boots.

Aaaaaaaaand an ironhide right outta left field!

Ironhide hates those who bully the girls.

That's just great!

I knew y'all would enjoy it

BBTS just billed me for my LoudPedal pre-order, and shoved him up my PoL.
The listing still shows as "pre-order", but he may change to in stock soon.

Thanks to the YouTube channel for online retailer The Chosen Prime, we have a English video review of the latest Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece to appear in the news cycle: MP-25L Loudpedal! A redeco of the Tracks mold, with some changes for the face, as an homage to the Finnish Diaclone version of the toy, and an exclusive in itself - check it out in the video below!