MP Grimlock & Thundercracker!?

[Gutsman Heavy]

source (http://tformers.com/transformers-botcon-2008-takara/9352/news.html)

Sweet if true!

[Pulse]

So that shadow pic of Grimmy wasn't a hoax after all :)!
Until I see actual pics, I won't get my hopes up (You know how one story gets started & when the fandom gets a hold of it, fiction becomes truth :rolleyes:)

Well, we always had a suspicion that they would do a T'Cracker.

[Borgeman]

PLEASE????????? *pants hungrily*

George

[Robzy]

Can't wait! :D

[roller]

thundercracker definitely, gotta milk the jet mould

as for the leader of the dinobots, well i hope not. There is way too much focus on this individual

[Rampage]

bring on MP Grimmy:):D

[STL]

'Tis would be great news. Fingers crossed. It might be simplistic but I really hope it visually displays well.

And I love ur sig pic, Rampage. :D

[iceburn]

And I love ur sig pic, Rampage. :D
+1000000000000

[Robzy]

LMAO :D Rampage - that's hilarious! :D:D

[Adzma]

The thread title nearly gave me a heart attack! Good news, but as Pulse said I want hard evidence before jumping up and down like a kid going to school for the first time. And yes Rampage, your sig made me lol as well. :D

[Tober]

Botcon HASBRO design panel:

-Masterpiece Grimlock, on short list, it’s a matter of when market will bear it, it’s an anomaly product and hard to get out affordably and en masse

[kup]

Botcon HASBRO design panel:

-Masterpiece Grimlock, on short list, it’s a matter of when market will bear it, it’s an anomaly product and hard to get out affordably and en masse

If they can release 4 leader figures and an Ultimate one, I am pretty sure that they can handle a single Masterpiece.

[Tiby]

I don't really get the obsession with Grimlock. I though he was a simple character and a so-so toy. I've read the comics that try and change him but I keep seeing him as a different character (like Optimus Primal vs Optimus Prime).

As for a Masterpiece figure, the others at least look like nice model vehicles (and prohibited weapons ;) ) but what will Grimlock be? A mechanical dinosaur? I think Hasbro is right about whether the market will bear it.

Sure the fans will want it but I'm not sure if Grimlock justifies the Masterpiece line. I would rather see other iconic characters like Cyclonus, Scourge, etc, that is, characters they could not do as an Altenator/Binaltech

[Robzy]

*cough* Masterpiece Soundwave *cough*

[Tiby]

*cough* Masterpiece Soundwave *cough*

Hear hear!

[Pulse]

*cough* Masterpiece Soundwave *cough*

Wikkid had a go at one using a MP Prime as the base but for some reason, it just doesn't seem to work (eg. No Cassettes, the Alt-Mode):

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3340/soundwaveak9.jpg

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/418/soundwave1dq7.jpg

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5614/soundwave2ex2.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6852/soundwave5ju9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/Kidd_Wikkid/soundwave6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/Kidd_Wikkid/soundwave7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/Kidd_Wikkid/soundwave8.jpg

http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.php?showtopic=91489

[Tober]

Yeah. As much as I would like to see MP Soundwave he falls short without his minions.

[kup]

I would rather see an MP Grimlock. I loved the Marvel comics character, particularly UK and remember him more as such. I didn't care much for the Cartoon version, particularly Season 3.

I think that a big freaking Dinosaur that transforms into a big freaking robot would fly well with not just fans but kids in general. Look at how popular that Robodinosaur is and imagine how popular it would be if it actually transformed?

[Lord_Zed]

I would rather see an MP Grimlock. I loved the Marvel comics character, particularly UK and remember him more as such. I didn't care much for the Cartoon version, particularly Season 3.


I concur, as primarily a comic fan Grimlock is IMO one of the more interesting chracters from the TF universe. Grimlock walks between the dark and the light, and posses some major character flaws. For me Next to Optimus he's probably one of the most fleshed out Autobots.

I welcome an MP Grimlock over most others, save MP Shockwave,Galvatron or Scorponok.

And if Hasbro can sell giant robots that turn into planets then I can't see how they'd have a problem with a giant dino.