Toy Review - JP Masterpiece Lambor G-2 Version

[griffin]

(Please post comments, photos or even a fully comprehensive review - these are just brief details to start you off)

Series - Masterpiece
Sub-line - none
Size/class - n/a
New/remould/redeco - redeco with extra accessories
Wave - n/a (MP-12G)
Released here - not here (released in Japan February 2014)
Approximate Retail Price - 6600yen (about AU$85)
Approximate Size - 16cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Sports car
Main Features/Gimmicks - Licensed Lamborghini, sheet of Gen2 stickers.
Main Colours - Black, red, white.
Main Accessories - Two guns, sword, two spiked wheels.

Original Sideswipe review topic here. (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=14729)

(official pics to come)

[DELTAprime]

Got him today. Great reuse of a great mould. I'm leaning toward using the large G2 Autobot logo as his one sticker. I don't really like the insane stickerage to make him toy accurate.

[lancalot]

yeah ... I love this figure.... his face is just awesome ...
http://i1348.photobucket.com/albums/p737/lancalot/IMG_2448Medium_zpsb565b5c8.jpg

[Lint]

BEST MP EVER! :D

THIS Takara Tomy, THIS is what you should do. Do this every time and you'll put those 3P ghosts to sleep.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a319/Lintson/TF/MP12G1s_zpsfb34fc9e.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/Lintson/media/TF/MP12G1s_zpsfb34fc9e.jpg.html)

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a319/Lintson/TF/MP12G2s_zpsfdd3a7c5.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/Lintson/media/TF/MP12G2s_zpsfdd3a7c5.jpg.html)

[Bidoofdude]

yeah ... I love this figure.... his face is just awesome ...
http://i1348.photobucket.com/albums/p737/lancalot/IMG_2448Medium_zpsb565b5c8.jpg

Paint apps on the gun are beautiful. He looks AWESOME. Almost convinced myself to want him, but I really have no connection to g2.

[Trent]

I finally had time to open the box from Chimungmung tonight and all I can say is I have a new favourite MP. Seriously, he has been pulled straight from the comic and G2 are my favourite comics so I think this was bound to happen.

I'm one happy camper right now :D

Pics to come when I could be bothered.

[griffin]

Got mine today... and after all the photos here, I can't wait to open it, sticker it up, and have a play. :D

[i_amtrunks]

Where was the "god, oh god of all varieties yes!!!!111!!!" choice?

:D

Not bothering with pics as others have done a better job than I ever would.

He looks like a boss with the G2 sticker only.

[lancalot]

Paint apps on the gun are beautiful. He looks AWESOME. Almost convinced myself to want him, but I really have no connection to g2.

Thanks man..... the paint I used is UV reactive in black light ....I wanted to make it glow .....
But look what happen when I used the black light on him!!!

You can tell which part of him is in different plastic .... the red is UV reactive as well !!



http://i1348.photobucket.com/albums/p737/lancalot/IMG_2444Medium_zpsa717d51c.jpg

[Lint]

^UV reactive paint & plastic looks awesome! Are the stickers also reactive?

[drifand]

Looks like they put a lot of effort into this piece. Most of all the weapons looks good.

[UltraMarginal]

dont get too carried away kids, I think lancalot has custom painted a lot of his G2 Sideswipe there. yours will not be quite as detailed out of the box.

The UV reactive paint on the guns looks great.

[griffin]

He's added red highlights to the guns. When I opened mine up, I thought mine was missing paint apps, but then had a look at who it was, and realised it was likely just custom-painted.

[lancalot]

^UV reactive paint & plastic looks awesome! Are the stickers also reactive?

the sticker are not :(

[lancalot]

He's added red highlights to the guns. When I opened mine up, I thought mine was missing paint apps, but then had a look at who it was, and realised it was likely just custom-painted.

yeah I added the detail to the guns :) and some panel line on him....
To make it totally clear....only the gun was painted with the UV paint...
the rest of him that glow is from the original plastic colour :cool:

[griffin]

Some photos...

I like the green stickers they provided, but where's the neon green gun? :p
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/b773.jpg

So that's four down... just two more to go (as MPs). ;)
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/b772.jpg

As Rumble & Frenzy once said - Time to catch the A-train... before it catches you.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/collection/1403a.jpg

[UltraMarginal]

Some photos...

I like the green stickers they provided, but where's the neon green gun? :p
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/b773.jpg

So that's four down... just two more to go (as MPs). ;)
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/b772.jpg

As Rumble & Frenzy once said - Time to catch the A-train... before it catches you.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/collection/1403a.jpg

Thats a pretty cool display! what are the two on the end? I'm guessing some kind of limited release

[griffin]

Clamp Down and Deep Cover - both were Ehobby exclusives, released when Sideswipe and Red Alert were mass-released as reissues in Japan. (and the Tigertrack was a convention exclusive at around that time as well... so we had 5 decos released in about a year in Japan)

[MayzaPrime]

I can't wait to get my G2 Sideswipe but I have to wait until Soundblaster is released.

[AJ_Prime]

Haha I just bought this guy, he just looks so great - especially his guns, the spiked wheels, the face sculpt and the nice shiny black Lambo. Definitely the better use of this mould in my opinion.

And I must say, Lancalot, you have done an amazing job of making this already brilliant figure pop. Yours looks amaze balls dude! Really love ur panel lining and other detail you've added.

[lancalot]

Haha I just bought this guy, he just looks so great - especially his guns, the spiked wheels, the face sculpt and the nice shiny black Lambo. Definitely the better use of this mould in my opinion.

And I must say, Lancalot, you have done an amazing job of making this already brilliant figure pop. Yours looks amaze balls dude! Really love ur panel lining and other detail you've added.

Thanks AJ :)

[koolkollectibleskhai]

Definitely worth getting! The glossy black paint app is just as nice as that on MP-10B!

http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w552/chockey88/Transformers/IMG_5983_zps9a5b4651.jpg (http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/chockey88/media/Transformers/IMG_5983_zps9a5b4651.jpg.html)


http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w552/chockey88/Transformers/IMG_6008_zps71114146.jpg (http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/chockey88/media/Transformers/IMG_6008_zps71114146.jpg.html)


http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w552/chockey88/Transformers/IMG_6015_zps59a062ad.jpg (http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/chockey88/media/Transformers/IMG_6015_zps59a062ad.jpg.html)

[koolkollectibleskhai]

Here's my video review up on the Kool Kollectibles youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx3TOw4uJM0&feature=share&list=UUAv3tPDsW1Jhi6L0SPPKs7A

Hope you can check it out, subscribe, like, and comment with your own thoughts :)

[Fungal Infection]

Does anyone know whether this version of the Sideswipe mold also come with G1 stickers (I know this is kinda stupid as its strictly a G2 item), but would still like to know either way.

[Lint]

^yeh it comes with at least one g1 sticker for the hood, so you can pick and choose your generational alliegance :p

[BigTransformerTrev]

What can I say about this figure? Transformation is pretty much the same as the Masterpiece G1 Sideswipe which I found quite good - complicated enough to keep your interest but not stupidly complicated. Very intuitive on the whole. A very realistic and faithful vehicle mode - overall a nice figure (again, nothing that nobody has said about the G1 version).

But where does this figure really shine? He is G2 all the way baby! The vehicle mode is very faithful to the G2 toy in both colour scheme and its stickers (they include both G1 & G2 symbol stickers in 2 different sizes so you can customize), but it's the robot mode that really shines! Not only that, they made him look just like he did in Issue 1 of the G2 comic! (there is even a pic on the back of his box). As the first TF comics I collected I have a special place in my heart for them and for Sideswipe to have a big angry sneer, 2 giant-arsed guns and a sword - all of which look just like they did in the comic - well that's just prime! And to top it off he has tires on his shoulders with the big spikes as well - double points! The only thing he is missing is his ammo belt but that's totally forgivable.

To be honest, the more I look at this figure the more I like him! Certainly one of my fav Masterpiece figures to date, and certainly looks very hard-arsed as a robot. I heartily recommend picking this guy up :D

[drahsrebu]

This guy is AMAZING, he has jumped straight out of the comic book pages.
Having not owned this mould before, I had no idea what he was going to be like.

I have no regrets and recommend him 100%

[1AZRAEL1]

I like him, except for the fact mine has right fingers on his left hand. So his index finger is at the bottom of his hand and pinky at the top. Looking to try and get that replaced.

Still a really cool looking figure.

[GoktimusPrime]

2 years late to the party :p I found this toy in Japan for ￥5000 (AU$65) and ... yeah, impulse buy. ;)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/Transformers/Masterpiece%20Lamborghinis/mp_lambor_g2compar_zpsj0icaenf.jpg

[Kranix]

I was a strictly S1 and S2 Sunbow MP Collector but this guy really appealed to me so I preordered him and even now I still love him. I picked up G2 BB to match him and fingers crossed I may one day be able to add G2 Jazz to this posse :D