TakaraTomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-10 Convoy Reissue delayed Until June
Monday, May 18th, 2015 8:52AM CDT
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Posted by Xephon0930 on May 18th, 2015 @ 1:06pm CDT
First the Legacy Megazord reissue and now this.
What's next?
Soul of Chogokin Goldymarg will be hit as well?
What about Sentinel's Dancouga?
Posted by fenrir72 on May 18th, 2015 @ 7:05pm CDT
Xephon0930 wrote:I somehow see that there is a trend to a lot of figures being held back this summer.
First the Legacy Megazord reissue and now this.
What's next?
Soul of Chogokin Goldymarg will be hit as well?
What about Sentinel's Dancouga?
The oldies are the best mein freund! Anyway, its a high probabilty that the other MPs might also experience some delays (like WJ and BB)
The demand for Convoy would even be more higher.
Posted by Emerje on May 18th, 2015 @ 9:37pm CDT
Emerje
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on May 19th, 2015 @ 4:12pm CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 19th, 2015 @ 6:07pm CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on May 19th, 2015 @ 6:15pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:What is the general consensus on Takara's versus Hasbro's version of "MP-10"? I know that Takara's features a silver painted interior for the trailer and a screen accurate silver Roller, while Hasbro's has an unpainted (plain gray plastic) interior for the trailer, and a toy accurate blue Roller, plus painted eyes and painted cab roof lights on Optimus himself. However, which version has the more screen accurate colors for Optimus Prime? Hasbro's has a brighter and generally lighter blue and red than Takara's, but does that make it more or less accurate to Prime's G1 screen appearance? I've heard before that Takara's colors make the figure more G1 toy accurate, but I've seen debate on that as well.
Optics are dark blue molded. And I have to agree that the color approximates the original G1 toy's colors. Aside from the optics, I wish TT had also colored his chest headlights like that of Hasbro's
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 20th, 2015 @ 2:50am CDT
Posted by shajaki on May 20th, 2015 @ 7:00am CDT
Takara - Dark blue plastic (cartoon accurate), dim blue eyes (not so much).
Hasbro - Light blue (while pleasing, not accurate), bright blue eyes (accurate).
Posted by Cyberpath on May 20th, 2015 @ 7:38am CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:So, what is the general opinion on the definitive screen accurate MP-10, Takara's version or Hasbro's? Details such as the eyes and the cab roof lights don't matter so much for this question as the plastic colors on Prime himself.
They're both accurate. Depends on which frame you pull from the cartoon. The eyes are everything though.
Posted by shajaki on June 13th, 2015 @ 1:03pm CDT
Posted by phantom1592 on June 17th, 2015 @ 9:27pm CDT
On the plus side, BBTS got the Hasbro version in stock for $30 cheaper. It was tough choosing which one looked better... Even with the slight color shifts, they both look better then my YOTH version... I bit the bullet and ordered me the Hasbro one and canceled the pre-order!!!
Arrived today! Now to try to hold off a week or so till my birthday
Maybe order some reprolabels in the meantime
Posted by shajaki on June 17th, 2015 @ 10:12pm CDT
Either one is great, but most people prefer the Hasbro version for his pretty bright eyes.phantom1592 wrote:On the plus side, BBTS got the Hasbro version in stock for $30 cheaper. It was tough choosing which one looked better... Even with the slight color shifts, they both look better then my YOTH version... I bit the bullet and ordered me the Hasbro one and canceled the pre-order!!!
Posted by Spanbauer on June 18th, 2015 @ 3:10pm CDT
shajaki wrote:Well, the notable differences are essentially this:
Takara - Dark blue plastic (cartoon accurate), dim blue eyes (not so much).
Hasbro - Light blue (while pleasing, not accurate), bright blue eyes (accurate).
Not gonna lie; I hate - HATE - the bright gaudy blue of the Hasbro release. The dark blue of the Taraka release is so much classier and follows both the original G1 toy's appearance and - more often than not - the cartoon. I don't know what Hasbro was going for with that blindingly-bright, oversaturated blue they use, but can only assume they got a super deal on it at Crazy Eddie's Discount Clown Paints Emporium (exit 57 at the corner of Hwy 61 and Washington).
Posted by jay5 on June 18th, 2015 @ 3:16pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on June 18th, 2015 @ 3:48pm CDT
jay5 wrote:What in the world is Optimus doing to that poor tractor trailer in the last image?
Whatever he is doing, he is doing it to himself
Kind of gives you a different meaning of playing with yourself.
Posted by Spanbauer on June 18th, 2015 @ 3:53pm CDT
jay5 wrote:What in the world is Optimus doing to that poor tractor trailer in the last image?
Yes that is an unfortunately-placed trailer...
Posted by fenrir72 on June 18th, 2015 @ 6:37pm CDT
Spanbauer wrote:shajaki wrote:Well, the notable differences are essentially this:
Takara - Dark blue plastic (cartoon accurate), dim blue eyes (not so much).
Hasbro - Light blue (while pleasing, not accurate), bright blue eyes (accurate).
Not gonna lie; I hate - HATE - the bright gaudy blue of the Hasbro release. The dark blue of the Taraka release is so much classier and follows both the original G1 toy's appearance and - more often than not - the cartoon. I don't know what Hasbro was going for with that blindingly-bright, oversaturated blue they use, but can only assume they got a super deal on it at Crazy Eddie's Discount Clown Paints Emporium (exit 57 at the corner of Hwy 61 and Washington).
Don't know what TT was going for at the time but yeah....why not just recreate the same blue optics color shade of MP-01? And those upper lights on his chest. Why did TT not color it? Aside from those two issues, based on my personal preference MP-10 is still the boss.
I also read somewhere that the Hasbro trailer isn't even painted aluminum silver..that's just the molded colors.
Posted by Spanbauer on June 18th, 2015 @ 11:20pm CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on June 18th, 2015 @ 11:25pm CDT
Spanbauer wrote:So oddly enough, BBTS still has stock of the 2nd production run Sideswipe; any reason to pass on that run and pre-order the 2015 September re-release instead?
Price difference? There might have been some mold improvements.
Posted by Cyberpath on June 19th, 2015 @ 4:13am CDT
Takara should use this opportunity to give MP-10 painted eyes like the Hasbro version and their own Autobot cars.
Posted by Spanbauer on June 19th, 2015 @ 9:53am CDT
fenrir72 wrote:Spanbauer wrote:So oddly enough, BBTS still has stock of the 2nd production run Sideswipe; any reason to pass on that run and pre-order the 2015 September re-release instead?
Price difference? There might have been some mold improvements.
Price at this moment is the same - $69.99 for the in-stock 2nd production run and $69.99 elsewhere to pre-order the September reissue. But wasn't the 2nd production run issued by Hasbro Asia, where-as the September reissue is a Takara Tomy release? And didn't the 2nd production run use the wrong headsculpt?
Posted by fenrir72 on June 19th, 2015 @ 7:44pm CDT
Spanbauer wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Spanbauer wrote:So oddly enough, BBTS still has stock of the 2nd production run Sideswipe; any reason to pass on that run and pre-order the 2015 September re-release instead?
Price difference? There might have been some mold improvements.
Price at this moment is the same - $69.99 for the in-stock 2nd production run and $69.99 elsewhere to pre-order the September reissue. But wasn't the 2nd production run issued by Hasbro Asia, where-as the September reissue is a Takara Tomy release? And didn't the 2nd production run use the wrong headsculpt?
What isn't quite surprising, whether its the TT or Hasbro release, the box (brown cardboarding)has the blue Hasbro fonts. So same factory I guess.
Posted by Spanbauer on June 23rd, 2015 @ 2:02pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on June 23rd, 2015 @ 2:47pm CDT
Slated for 6/27 release in Japan. Takara releases are always* on the last Saturday of a month.Spanbauer wrote:Any news or movement on the MP-10 reissue scheduled for "late June"?
*I feel like this doesn't hold true around the holidays, but don't remember for sure.
Posted by shajaki on June 25th, 2015 @ 10:03am CDT
Posted by jay5 on June 25th, 2015 @ 10:17am CDT
Spanbauer wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Spanbauer wrote:So oddly enough, BBTS still has stock of the 2nd production run Sideswipe; any reason to pass on that run and pre-order the 2015 September re-release instead?
Price difference? There might have been some mold improvements.
Price at this moment is the same - $69.99 for the in-stock 2nd production run and $69.99 elsewhere to pre-order the September reissue. But wasn't the 2nd production run issued by Hasbro Asia, where-as the September reissue is a Takara Tomy release? And didn't the 2nd production run use the wrong headsculpt?
Yeah, I've been considering the Asia re-release preorder of Sideswipe since TFSource has it at a good price, but I'm wary of MP Sideswipe in general given the paint issues in the reviews of the currently available version (shades of red don't match between panels, most visible in alt mode which is the mode I'd display him in quite often, and some actual small defects like bubbles or drips). Any chance that a re-release means they'd change the material used in the mold on the pieces that don't match well, so it's not a black base painted red but actually white or gray or red base material that will enable the red paint to match the shade of red on the other red plastic/metal areas?
Posted by fenrir72 on June 25th, 2015 @ 10:27am CDT
shajaki wrote:
Congrats!
Posted by megatronus on June 25th, 2015 @ 12:30pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on June 25th, 2015 @ 3:39pm CDT
I saw that, but my PO hasn't processed yet.megatronus wrote:HLJ has it in stock as well!
Posted by mooncake623 on June 25th, 2015 @ 4:22pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on June 25th, 2015 @ 4:32pm CDT
Whaaaa! The way TT MP boxes are you should've just bought an empty boxmooncake623 wrote:Mines processed! Sweet..... never own this one before. will prob just keep it in the box. =X
Posted by mooncake623 on June 25th, 2015 @ 4:35pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:Whaaaa! The way TT MP boxes are you should've just bought an empty boxmooncake623 wrote:Mines processed! Sweet..... never own this one before. will prob just keep it in the box. =X
LOL! but where does one put his 4th version of this mold? Also thinking of boxing up my MP4 I just have no more room to display stuff =/ You guys should do a topic on this on the podcast
Display don't play? MISB stored away? you know something along those lines.
Posted by jay5 on June 25th, 2015 @ 5:18pm CDT
mooncake623 wrote:ScottyP wrote:Whaaaa! The way TT MP boxes are you should've just bought an empty boxmooncake623 wrote:Mines processed! Sweet..... never own this one before. will prob just keep it in the box. =X
LOL! but where does one put his 4th version of this mold? Also thinking of boxing up my MP4 I just have no more room to display stuff =/ You guys should do a topic on this on the podcast
Display don't play? MISB stored away? you know something along those lines.
When you go to sell it:
"MISB. Never displayed, box never fondled, hardly even looked at, pet free, smoke free, kid free, dust free, oxygen free, love free, practically fresh from the factory, back when they produced it, so basically like a time traveler."
Posted by phantom1592 on June 25th, 2015 @ 5:21pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:Whaaaa! The way TT MP boxes are you should've just bought an empty boxmooncake623 wrote:Mines processed! Sweet..... never own this one before. will prob just keep it in the box. =X
I know I'm usually PRETTY surprised by the prices people charge for just the boxes on Ebay...
Posted by megatronus on June 25th, 2015 @ 6:28pm CDT
mooncake623 wrote:ScottyP wrote:Whaaaa! The way TT MP boxes are you should've just bought an empty boxmooncake623 wrote:Mines processed! Sweet..... never own this one before. will prob just keep it in the box. =X
LOL! but where does one put his 4th version of this mold? Also thinking of boxing up my MP4 I just have no more room to display stuff =/ You guys should do a topic on this on the podcast
Display don't play? MISB stored away? you know something along those lines.
I do both... I buy MPs in duplicate
Though I still need my second Wheeljack / Exhaust / Skywarp...
Posted by megatronus on June 25th, 2015 @ 6:29pm CDT
Posted by shajaki on June 28th, 2015 @ 6:23pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on June 28th, 2015 @ 6:39pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on June 28th, 2015 @ 6:50pm CDT
Posted by shajaki on June 28th, 2015 @ 8:04pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on June 28th, 2015 @ 9:29pm CDT
shajaki wrote::lol: Right? It was so funny to me I was trying to find a way to front page it
Dat avatar!
Posted by shajaki on June 28th, 2015 @ 10:17pm CDT
Ha.. yeah for some reason I've had that specific scene stuck in my head all weekmegatronus wrote:Dat avatar!shajaki wrote::lol: Right? It was so funny to me I was trying to find a way to front page it
Posted by megatronus on June 28th, 2015 @ 10:26pm CDT
shajaki wrote:Ha.. yeah for some reason I've had that specific scene stuck in my head all weekmegatronus wrote:Dat avatar!shajaki wrote::lol: Right? It was so funny to me I was trying to find a way to front page it
Posted by shajaki on June 28th, 2015 @ 10:31pm CDT
Posted by galvatron00 on June 30th, 2015 @ 9:15am CDT
Posted by ScottyP on June 30th, 2015 @ 9:37am CDT
I'd wager that's a leftover description from the first time MP-10 was released.itscramtastic wrote:Did anyone else notice in the recent (re: this week) BBTS email that they are advertising MP-10 as a "all-new mold"?! I'm interested to see the actual differences. They already fixed most of the panel gap of the first run in the subsequent runs didn't they?
Posted by galvatron00 on June 30th, 2015 @ 9:41am CDT
I thought so too and couldn't really find anything in the description on the website that pointed out otherwise. Here's the image from the email.ScottyP wrote:I'd wager that's a leftover description from the first time MP-10 was released.itscramtastic wrote:Did anyone else notice in the recent (re: this week) BBTS email that they are advertising MP-10 as a "all-new mold"?! I'm interested to see the actual differences. They already fixed most of the panel gap of the first run in the subsequent runs didn't they?
Posted by megatronus on June 30th, 2015 @ 11:40am CDT
itscramtastic wrote:I thought so too and couldn't really find anything in the description on the website that pointed out otherwise. Here's the image from the email.ScottyP wrote:I'd wager that's a leftover description from the first time MP-10 was released.itscramtastic wrote:Did anyone else notice in the recent (re: this week) BBTS email that they are advertising MP-10 as a "all-new mold"?! I'm interested to see the actual differences. They already fixed most of the panel gap of the first run in the subsequent runs didn't they?
If it were 'all-new', I'm sure they'd give it a variant or 'all-new' MP number designation... This is more likely a straight reissue.
Posted by galvatron00 on June 30th, 2015 @ 12:06pm CDT
If that is true, it will be my first disappointment with BBTSmegatronus wrote:If it were 'all-new', I'm sure they'd give it a variant or 'all-new' MP number designation... This is more likely a straight reissue.
Posted by phantom1592 on June 30th, 2015 @ 3:40pm CDT