Masterpiece Optimus Prime

[ParanoiaDragon]

Good grief, maybe it's just me, but it seems like this version looks even closer to the cartoon model!  Plus, I think it actually comes with Spike & Sparkplug!
http://www.hk-tf.com/discuz/upload/viewthread.php?tid=26892&extra=page%3D1

Also, there is MP Sideswipe, Red Alert, & Soundwave(along with cassette's) coming!  I'm gonna be all over that Soundwave!

[geise]

Wow those are amazing!    Thanks for sharing!

[Duo_R]

I have seen shots of Optimus but not the others, thanks for sharing!

[turbokon]

I used to have a masterpiece prime but I sold it a couple years ago

[Tatsujin]

coun touch this

[SignOfZeta]

I'm quite happy and surprised that they actually used the Countach instead of just revising him into a suckier newer Lambo.

[Joe Redifer]

Why couldn't they have made them like this back in the day?  Though Soundwave really should be in color.  Why is he and Laser Beak all gray?  And why are the LEFT and RIGHT speakers on Soundwave reversed? L goes on the left side, not the right.  Stupid Japan.

[SignOfZeta]

Why couldn't they have made them like this back in the day?  Though Soundwave really should be in color.  Why is he and Laser Beak all gray?  And why are the LEFT and RIGHT speakers on Soundwave reversed? L goes on the left side, not the right.  Stupid Japan.

Because I can never tell if you are serious or not, I guess I'll answer this.

They didn't make them like this back in the day because the manufacturing processes used to make these kinds of toys were basically science fiction 30+ years ago. Original TFs were all based on molds of parts litterally carved by hand or manually machined. These days they have CAD, serial injection, ABS plastic, and all sorts of clever shit. Assembly of Diaclone-era TFs was also done largely by hand, which on a model as complicated as the ones shown above would take a single worker an entire shift to put together. There is still a lot of hand assembly, but also a lot of automated assembly.

Soundwave is grey because he's a prototype. Japanese robot toys are almost aways revealed this way.

The L and R don't label the speaker, they label the mics, which are reversed for the same reason stage directions seem reversed, at least for the people on the stage.

[esteban]

As a child, I always wanted Soundwave.

I got Rumble and Prowl instead (I wanted Laserbeak...never got him).

As a child, I always wanted Megatron.

I got Rock Lords instead.

If you don't know about Rock Lords, be happy. It is the most anti-climatic "transformer" concept you can imagine.

[Duo_R]

I always wanted Sound Wave, i got Sound Blaster instead  :-)

[SignOfZeta]

I have a Soundwave with Soundblaster chest from that Comicon a couple of years ago.

Prowl is way cooler.

[420GOAT]

i got soundwave on sale for $10 when i was a kid cause he was open!!

[KnightWarrior]

I had Starscream when I was a kid

[ParanoiaDragon]

I never had Soundwave as a kid, but I did have some of his tapes.  I had Ravage, Rumble, Frenzy, Lazerbeak, Sudgefest & Overkill.  I also had(& still have) Blaster, & had some of his tapes(Steeljaw, Rewind, Eject, & Ramhon).  I did pick up the Jp reissue of Soundwave, & I think it came with Lazerbeak, & later, I picked up the Toys R Us Soundwave that came with Lazerbeak & Ravage.  I also got the (Comic Con?) exclusive Blaster reissue off Hasbrotoyshop.com, & he comes with Eject, Steeljaw, & Ramhorn(not sure why they didn't just go ahead & include Rewind).

Also, it sounds like Hasbro will be releasing Masterpiece Thundercracker in the States.  I already have MP Starscream.  But I didn't pick up MP Skywarp.  I may try tracking him down for a decent price so I can have all 3 of the main seeker's.

[RegalSin]

Their should be an entire series, that just focused around Soundwave, and what he thought about the war, uptil the point where he get blown to bits by the street beat robot version of himself. What is revolutionary about soundwave is the synthesizer voice over that was used for him. In the Japanese version he sounds like a voice of God, type robot, which is depressing. In American animation his voice is soothing and secure. I am sure that Megatron would fall asleep in his arm, as Soundwave tucked him, his recharge chamber.

I think that was the only robot, where another robot screamed for, a long period of time. Did they ever rebuilt him, because I remember seeing his pieces being recovered by his crew?