Transformers Masterpiece MP-48 Lio Convoy To Include Beast Wars II Artemis Figure
Friday, June 21st, 2019 8:53PM CDT
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For those who might not know, Artemis and her partner Moon were stationed on the Moon of Gaia, where they observed the events of Beast Wars II and reported in on it, and even starred in a send-off segment at the end of each episode. Moon received a figure back during that Beast Wars II time, but Artemis never got that pleasure. So this means that this will be the first figure ever for her, and she even includes her hammer that she hits Moon with!
This image comes to us from a Figure King magazine tease, so we should know more very shortly on what type and number of accessories Lio Convoy will come with. Could a little Moon figure also be in the works to come with Lio as well?
Let us know you thoughts in the comments section below!
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 21st, 2019 @ 8:54pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 21st, 2019 @ 10:40pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 21st, 2019 @ 11:07pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm really hoping for a Moon to come with Artemis. that would be a great package
We may not need to, depending on her size. Moon already got a toy, transforming too:
Transformers Beast Wars II Moon Gallery
Around the size of a Basic, so if Artemis is tall enough, they're in scale
Just keep her away from Starscream and Scuba.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 21st, 2019 @ 11:36pm CDT
Eh, not like she ever got to meet either in person, though. Just admired them both from afar.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Just keep her away from Starscream and Scuba.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 22nd, 2019 @ 6:41am CDT
If there is effectively a little Moon figure too, that may just seal the deal for me to finally get a Beast Wars MP figure. Even if I never watched the original show.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on June 22nd, 2019 @ 6:49am CDT
Like how, should MP Silverbolt ever happen, he would come with Transmutate.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 22nd, 2019 @ 8:02am CDT
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I take it she doesn't transform?
Like how, should MP Silverbolt ever happen, he would come with Transmutate.
Of course not. She's not a transformers after all. Still, she do have articulation points everywhere. I just hope that she will be in scale with Lio.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on June 22nd, 2019 @ 9:02am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I take it she doesn't transform?
Like how, should MP Silverbolt ever happen, he would come with Transmutate.
Of course not. She's not a transformers after all. Still, she do have articulation points everywhere. I just hope that she will be in scale with Lio.
Initially, when the word 'android' was thrown in as a descriptive, I assumed she wasn't. Then when you mentioned her "companion" Moon did transform, I had to check.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2019 @ 9:45am CDT
Moon is also an android. It was just never explained how/why he was able to transform like a Transformer.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I take it she doesn't transform?
Like how, should MP Silverbolt ever happen, he would come with Transmutate.
Of course not. She's not a transformers after all. Still, she do have articulation points everywhere. I just hope that she will be in scale with Lio.
Initially, when the word 'android' was thrown in as a descriptive, I assumed she wasn't. Then when you mentioned her "companion" Moon did transform, I had to check.
Also, Moon is tiny compared to the Maximals, so Artemis would need to be as well (NOTE: Not my pics).
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on June 22nd, 2019 @ 9:47am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 22nd, 2019 @ 9:50am CDT
If it's super small, a tiny transformable Moon could still be possible because Moon basically just lay on all four to "transform".
Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2019 @ 9:51am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 22nd, 2019 @ 6:25pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm really hoping for a Moon to come with Artemis. that would be a great package
We may not need to, depending on her size. Moon already got a toy, transforming too:
Oh i know, but I really don't want to have to track down little Moon, I'd rather just get a nice little new one with Lio!
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on June 22nd, 2019 @ 11:23pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm really hoping for a Moon to come with Artemis. that would be a great package
We may not need to, depending on her size. Moon already got a toy, transforming too:
Oh i know, but I really don't want to have to track down little Moon, I'd rather just get a nice little new one with Lio!
What about an Encore reissue?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 23rd, 2019 @ 9:43am CDT
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm really hoping for a Moon to come with Artemis. that would be a great package
We may not need to, depending on her size. Moon already got a toy, transforming too:
Oh i know, but I really don't want to have to track down little Moon, I'd rather just get a nice little new one with Lio!
What about an Encore reissue?
I wish, and that would be nice, but I doubt they'd do that unfortunately
Posted by Sabrblade on June 23rd, 2019 @ 11:17am CDT
Yeah, the more recent non-G1 Encores feel like they were done for this year being the 35th anniversary of the brand, and that the ones that were chosen were specifically because they were either Convoys or staples of the brand like Unicron.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'm really hoping for a Moon to come with Artemis. that would be a great package
We may not need to, depending on her size. Moon already got a toy, transforming too:
Oh i know, but I really don't want to have to track down little Moon, I'd rather just get a nice little new one with Lio!
What about an Encore reissue?
I wish, and that would be nice, but I doubt they'd do that unfortunately
Posted by william-james88 on August 6th, 2019 @ 1:34pm CDT
This item will be released at the end of February 2020. The listing also gave us many new images, which we have for you below, enjoy!
If you want a sense of scale, here he is next to Optimus Primal, who was half the price.
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on August 6th, 2019 @ 2:26pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 6th, 2019 @ 5:02pm CDT
But I will skip, having never have owned the original nor had any emotional attachment for the character.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on August 6th, 2019 @ 6:09pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 6th, 2019 @ 6:10pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 6th, 2019 @ 8:27pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:New pics of MP Lio Convoy, comparing him with the original 1998 toy, as well as some old Lucky Draws and original concept art sketches from way back then.
https://twitter.com/robo_fun/status/1157301777101799424
Posted by william-james88 on August 6th, 2019 @ 9:38pm CDT
https://hlj.com/mp-48-transformers-mast ... s-tkt61497?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post
Posted by Sabrblade on August 6th, 2019 @ 9:41pm CDT
What would you reckon are the chances of it selling out by Thursday?william-james88 wrote:available at HLJ for 16000 yen
https://hlj.com/mp-48-transformers-mast ... s-tkt61497?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post
Posted by william-james88 on August 6th, 2019 @ 10:43pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:What would you reckon are the chances of it selling out by Thursday?william-james88 wrote:available at HLJ for 16000 yen
https://hlj.com/mp-48-transformers-mast ... s-tkt61497?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post
10% chance
Posted by Emerje on August 7th, 2019 @ 1:16am CDT
And man, the declining exchange rate is killing me. I read some projections that said by the end of the year the yen could break even with the Dollar at $1.00 to 100 jPY where we had been hovering around the 92 cents to 100 yen since December (before that it was 88 cents for months). Hopefully in improves, but one forecast said it wouldn't get better until December (after the 2020 elections).
Emerje
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 7th, 2019 @ 3:07am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on August 7th, 2019 @ 6:24am CDT
Emerje wrote:AmiAmi is also 16,000 JPY which is strange since they're usually a little cheaper than HLJ. I'm waiting on Amazon Japan, it'll probably be cheaper once shipping is factored in.
And man, the declining exchange rate is killing me. I read some projections that said by the end of the year the yen could break even with the Dollar at $1.00 to 100 jPY where we had been hovering around the 92 cents to 100 yen since December (before that it was 88 cents for months). Hopefully in improves, but one forecast said it wouldn't get better until December (after the 2020 elections).
Emerje
Is the US dollar getting weaker or the yen getting stronger?
Posted by Emerje on August 7th, 2019 @ 6:54am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:AmiAmi is also 16,000 JPY which is strange since they're usually a little cheaper than HLJ. I'm waiting on Amazon Japan, it'll probably be cheaper once shipping is factored in.
And man, the declining exchange rate is killing me. I read some projections that said by the end of the year the yen could break even with the Dollar at $1.00 to 100 jPY where we had been hovering around the 92 cents to 100 yen since December (before that it was 88 cents for months). Hopefully in improves, but one forecast said it wouldn't get better until December (after the 2020 elections).
Emerje
Is the US dollar getting weaker or the yen getting stronger?
I think it's the yen getting stronger, but the USD isn't getting weaker. The yen has made massive gains against the euro this year, going from a Sept. peak of 1 euro = 133 yen to now 118 yen. Then again in that same time the euro has also weakened against the USD and to a lesser degree the CAD, but not nearly as dramatically. The CAD is still pretty weak against the USD and continues to decline against the yen. So just from that small sample I would say both the USD and yen are gaining strength, but the yen is doing it faster.
Still no Lio Convoy on Amazon Japan that I can find.
Emerje
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 7th, 2019 @ 7:13am CDT
Posted by transformers_va on August 7th, 2019 @ 3:23pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:available at HLJ for 16000 yen
https://hlj.com/mp-48-transformers-mast ... s-tkt61497?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post
Available at TFSource for $184.99 & Free Shipping
https://tfsource.com/masterpiece/mp-48-lio-convoy/
Posted by Emerje on August 7th, 2019 @ 7:10pm CDT
transformers_va wrote:william-james88 wrote:available at HLJ for 16000 yen
https://hlj.com/mp-48-transformers-mast ... s-tkt61497?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post
Available at TFSource for $184.99 & Free Shipping
https://tfsource.com/masterpiece/mp-48-lio-convoy/
That's more reasonable than I was expecting. I thought it would be more like $200. This appears to be the Hasbro price, it's now on Pulse as well.
Emerje
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 7th, 2019 @ 7:39pm CDT
Emerje wrote:transformers_va wrote:william-james88 wrote:available at HLJ for 16000 yen
https://hlj.com/mp-48-transformers-mast ... s-tkt61497?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post
Available at TFSource for $184.99 & Free Shipping
https://tfsource.com/masterpiece/mp-48-lio-convoy/
That's more reasonable than I was expecting. I thought it would be more like $200. This appears to be the Hasbro price, it's now on Pulse as well.
Emerje
I wonder what the Amazon JP price will be then. I'm hoping around $140 to $150
Posted by Burn on August 8th, 2019 @ 5:08am CDT
Through HLJ it would be $291AUD (without current 20% off pre-order) so definitely a good option for Australian collectors.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 8th, 2019 @ 5:21am CDT
Burn wrote:Australian pre-order @ EB Games
Through HLJ it would be $291AUD (without current 20% off pre-order) so definitely a good option for Australian collectors.
CAN$ and AU$ are about the same value. So this just make me nope.
Posted by Stargrave on August 9th, 2019 @ 3:49am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 9th, 2019 @ 3:59am CDT
I really wish I could afford this, I love the engineering that's gone on to turn the lion head mechanical for the robot mode. Though what's also amusing me is that I have a how to draw transforming robots book, written by PLEX that very pointedly calls out the Lio Convoy design and disses it then pretty much follows it up with a "this is how it should be done!" approach! Ah the rivalry between designers (PLEX work with Bandai for Sentai robot designs and Machine Robo)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 9th, 2019 @ 4:00am CDT
I am collecting the entire Beast Wars MP line, to show my little bit of support, for a series I want to keep going. Even collecting figures for characters I don't like, such as Airazor, Blackarachnia, Scorponok and Cheetor. That said, if this is a sign of things to come, that support won't be extending to the Takara sub-series.
This figure, on the other hand. might make a decent upgrade to Prowl with an extensive redeco. Although, such a figure would be hinting at something More, that Takara definitely won't do...
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 9th, 2019 @ 5:00am CDT
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 9th, 2019 @ 5:40am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Ah lio junior, or Ares as I headcannoned him
Prowl, brain of Magnaboss. I always headcannoned the Magnaboss team as the direct counterparts to the Tripredacus Council IE Prowl, Ironhide and Silverbolt were the Maximal Elders, mentioned but unseen.
PrOwl, does complicate that a little. But then again, that can also be incorporated into the same canon by stating Prowl entered the Beast Wars on his own after the Quantum Surge and was reformatted into an Owl.
Then again people don't really make the same issue out of Silverbolt and the Fuzor namesake, so I never saw Bots with the same names as that big an issue.
I don't like the idea of "Lio Junior" though. Excessively humanising Transformers EG with "Kid Bots", is something I've always found unnecessary and a bit grim. Like sexualising the Fem Bots.
Posted by Stargrave on August 9th, 2019 @ 5:53am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:I think you're getting your versions mixed up, Simba is disney, Kimba is Japan
I really wish I could afford this, I love the engineering that's gone on to turn the lion head mechanical for the robot mode. Though what's also amusing me is that I have a how to draw transforming robots book, written by PLEX that very pointedly calls out the Lio Convoy design and disses it then pretty much follows it up with a "this is how it should be done!" approach! Ah the rivalry between designers (PLEX work with Bandai for Sentai robot designs and Machine Robo)
Of course I got the two flipped. I’m always flipping things. Birds, pancakes, Transformer terms. I’m a flipping flipper. It’s like a running gag at this point.
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 9th, 2019 @ 7:25am CDT
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Ah lio junior, or Ares as I headcannoned him
Prowl, brain of Magnaboss. I always headcannoned the Magnaboss team as the direct counterparts to the Tripredacus Council IE Prowl, Ironhide and Silverbolt were the Maximal Elders, mentioned but unseen.
PrOwl, does complicate that a little. But then again, that can also be incorporated into the same canon by stating Prowl entered the Beast Wars on his own after the Quantum Surge and was reformatted into an Owl.
Then again people don't really make the same issue out of Silverbolt and the Fuzor namesake, so I never saw Bots with the same names as that big an issue.
I don't like the idea of "Lio Junior" though. Excessively humanising Transformers EG with "Kid Bots", is something I've always found unnecessary and a bit grim. Like sexualising the Fem Bots.
Things like that never bothered me, regrading Lio junior, found it easy to look past. Though with the Maximal elders, I think that's the approach FunPub took with their botcon 2016 fiction, hence why they provided stickers for cw Prowl, Ironhide and silverbolt, to act as a reference to magnaboss. I never bothered keeping the rest of the team the same either. Heck I never even kept the genders the same
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 9th, 2019 @ 7:42am CDT
Still I think Prowl would work as a redeco'd Lio Convoy. Stripping off the shoulder kibble and the hideous feet, gives a lot of potential alternates to the mold.
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 9th, 2019 @ 7:59am CDT
As for redcos, there's a black repaint, a burning repaint they could do alongside a similar redeco of Primal to represent them from the movie.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 9th, 2019 @ 8:03am CDT
I meant 'retool' not redeco. The base Lio Convoy could be Retooled into Prowl and a couple of others.
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 10th, 2019 @ 9:24am CDT
Posted by Stargrave on August 11th, 2019 @ 12:59am CDT
Our US collectors can order Lio at Hasbro Pulse here.
Don't be a bogan hop on line and order this lion because this is one lion that won't be lying around for long, and I'm not lyin'.
Enjoy the images below and share your thoughts in the forum. As always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!
Posted by Emerje on August 11th, 2019 @ 1:59am CDT
if you'd rather deal with a domestic seller or an exporter that offers PayPal you do have options. Hasbro Pulse, TFSource, Big Bad Toy Store, Ages 3 and Up, Entertainment Earth, and The Chosen Prime are all asking $184.99 USD. Robot Kingdom is $142.99 USD. Hobby Link Japan and AmiAmi are asking 16,000 JPY while Hobby Search is asking 17,000 JPY. And thanks to Seibertronian AllNewSuperRobot in our Energon Pub Forums we have a UK price of £144.99 at Kapow Toys and In Demand Toys.
Posted by figureguy on August 11th, 2019 @ 10:15am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 11th, 2019 @ 10:46am CDT