Masterpiece Optimus Prime

[Drakon]

I had that exact cassette player one as a kid.  I love that one so much it's a hardcore piece of transformer history.  Too bad I mostly destroyed it from years of love.

[csgx1]

These newer Transformers are awesome looking.  So most of these Masterpiece transformers are(were) sold in US stores like Toys R Us?  If so, I may have to check them out.  I'd like to get Thundercracker too. 

I still have the original Thundercracker, Megatron, Optimus and some other smaller ones from when I was a kid. 

[ParanoiaDragon]

In the US, we only got Prime(without a trailer & has shorter smoke stacks), Starsream, Skywarp, Thundercracker(updated Starscream mold), Grimlock, Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime(minus the trailer).  In Japan, there have been several Optimi & Starscreams released over the years.  And Sunstorm(remold/repaint of Starscream) I think is coming soon.  Also, I believe atleast one of the Optimi came with the trailer, & we may be getting that one soon in the US.  They also got Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime with the trailer.  And ofcoarse, they got Megatron!  I have Megs, got him when he came out.  They had to open it up & put an orange tip on the barrel to be able to ship it to the US.  Luckily, it was easily removed.  I'm pretty sure we're getting Soundwave, & I'm hoping we'll get Sideswipe & Red Alert, though there's been no announcement that I know of.

[turbokon]

These newer Transformers are awesome looking.  So most of these Masterpiece transformers are(were) sold in US stores like Toys R Us?  If so, I may have to check them out.  I'd like to get Thundercracker too. 

I still have the original Thundercracker, Megatron, Optimus and some other smaller ones from when I was a kid. 

Awesome!!

[Nando]

Damn dude, in the box and all! Very nice


Here's another awesome one

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-3rd-party-reviews/657385-peaugh-reviews-mmc-km-airborne-squad-awakening.html

[turbokon]

Picked up thundercracker yesterday

[SignOfZeta]

Wait, that's a US release? How much is it? I'm used to importing all this shit:

[ParanoiaDragon]

$69.99.  It was on Toysrus.com a couple weeks ago for $55 plus free shipping, but it sold out in roughly 45 minutes....mostly to people on the east coast I'll assume since they're 3 hours ahead of me

[turbokon]

Yeah, they had 4 in a box they pulled from the stock room.

[SignOfZeta]

I grabbed this picture from the electronic version of Giga Hobby. The new Convoy is as puny as I though he was going to be.



If that pic doesn't load, you can see my Tweet here:

https://mobile.twitter.com/SignOfZeta/status/248978078259372034

Sorry, sharing images on a forum with an iPhone is way harder than it could be.

So he's cool and all, especially with the little Spike and the trailer and all that, but he isn't superior in every way.

[Nando]

[ParanoiaDragon]

Yikes, so he's not a remold, but rather a brand new mold(or perhaps a shrunken remold)!  Well, he does look sweet in general.  I'll probably end up passing on him.

[SignOfZeta]

It's interesting that they went with a head design from a completely different era of the anime/TV Magazine. I recognize both, but I don't quite recall when/where they were used. The MP01 version looks more like the art in TV Magazine, I think, and also The Movie. The round head is from...somewhere else, can't place it.

And yeah, it's not a remold or a junior, it's totally new. Poseability is way up. The trailer is also really awesome. I still kind of prefer MP01.

[turbokon]

Yikes, so he's not a remold, but rather a brand new mold(or perhaps a shrunken remold)!  Well, he does look sweet in general.  I'll probably end up passing on him.

I agree, the smaller one looks more bad ass.

[ParanoiaDragon]

They have pre-orders for those Evolution: Hearts of Steel seekers, here's Screamer http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=MMC10006&mode=retail&picture=aux1

I doubt the pic will show here, but, I'll try


They also have that Shockwave instock, I wish these weren't as expensive as they are.  I don't even know how the quality is.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=MMC10005&mode=retail&picture=aux2