TakaraTomy Delivers Coded Message for New Masterpiece MOLD!!!

[jaydisc]

In case you thought this (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=8176) was all we were getting, check out post #53 (http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/311276-mp-4s-convoy-sleep-mode-release-japan-post4953479.html#post4953479) here at TFW which reveals a coded message in MP4S's materials:


It says:
「新たなマスターピース」　「その名はロディマス」
"New Masterpiece" "The name is Rodimus"

(via Kurdt)

Note that in TT land, Rodimus = Hot Rod, not Rodimus Prime.

[blackie]

winar

[ITZTRU]

thank god...i don't have to keep whinging about it so badly in that other thread...

[loophole]

thank god...i don't have to keep whinging about it so badly in that other thread...

+1000

[5FDP]

Now this is good news.

[VERT]

Well this I hope is true

[Hursticon]

Curiouser and curiouser...

[kristofferrer]

hey guys -

check this out ... probably the saving grace from the movie MP starscream.


http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generation-1-1/takaratomy-masterpiece-rodimus-confirmed-170106/

[MV75]

If it's actually hot rod, I'd be looking forward to seeing that. I wonder if it would come with a daniel figure..... Or even if he is in his transforming suit too.....

Galvatron better be next after.

[kurdt_the_goat]

The subject of accessories is an interesting one... The Matrix seems obvious but I wonder if they'll do it, since Prime already had one. Fishing Rod... Firebolt Target Master - i guess this is unlikely for Japan though. Optimus Prime statue so he knows what he's got to live up to? :p

[Paulbot]

The subject of accessories is an interesting one... The Matrix seems obvious but I wonder if they'll do it, since Prime already had one. Fishing Rod... Firebolt Target Master - i guess this is unlikely for Japan though. Optimus Prime statue so he knows what he's got to live up to? :p

A Masterpiece Hot Rod needs to have a hand that can retract to reveal a spinning cutting blade. If the Deluxe Classics toy can attempt it, a Masterpiece toy sure can.

[GoktimusPrime]

It'd be cool if MP Firebolt's helmet was removable revealing his Nebulan head underneath (as seen in the Cybertron Chronicles manga). It'd also be neat if his body could change a bit to transform him to Rodimus Convoy in robot mode (e.g. limb and torso extensions to make him taller, and a flip-around face like with the MP Seekers). :) I guess it'd be a bit much to expect the toy to come with a trailer that could fit over Hot Rodimus' car mode to make it Rodimus Convoy (not to mention making the toy more expensive) :p A chest compartment with Matrix chamber would be neat too. ;)

[SharkyMcShark]

I really hope it's not much larger than the Alternators version - things that Transform into cars that are much larger than that always feel too oversized.

[kurdt_the_goat]

I agree, the car would have to be enormous to reach MP Prime's robot height.
I'm hoping they have him in a movie-magenta colour instead of red we're used to seeing him in.

http://zobovor.tripod.com/tftm_blooper_transform.jpg

Makes you wonder which transformation scheme they'll go for too! :D

[heroic_decepticon]

whoa, KC99 is going to be overjoyed to hear this

[SharkyMcShark]

So accessories then...

Spinning blade
Targetmaster partner (I don't think this is likely to be honest)
Dual pistols
Fishing rod
Viewfinder visor thing (the Alternator mold had it)

[optimus1]

This is one MP I will not miss out on :D

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

So accessories then...

Spinning blade
Targetmaster partner (I don't think this is likely to be honest)
Dual pistols
Fishing rod
Viewfinder visor thing (the Alternator mold had it)Kiss Player partner.:p

[Zippo]

Looking forward to the first grey prototypes, then the colour ones
Then the japanese magazine pictures and then finally -- release and purchase.

[kelvinchang99]

Heroic, Oh yeah !!! Excited for sure. The next in 2010 line must be Galvatron. Fingers crossed.

[Golden Phoenix]

It'd also be neat if his body could change a bit to transform him to Rodimus Convoy in robot mode (e.g. limb and torso extensions to make him taller, and a flip-around face like with the MP Seekers). :) I guess it'd be a bit much to expect the toy to come with a trailer that could fit over Hot Rodimus' car mode to make it Rodimus Convoy (not to mention making the toy more expensive) :p A chest compartment with Matrix chamber would be neat too. ;)

The extending into Prime would be done. He would just be Rodimus for his initial release, and then released with the trailer at a later date to extract more money from the mould

[ITZTRU]

The extending into Prime would be done. He would just be Rodimus for his initial release, and then released with the trailer at a later date to extract more money from the mould

I hate the fact that this is a possibility and is the only reason I don't have MP Ultra Magnus yet. To think that I could buy Hot Rod and have them come out with a Hot Rod/trailer package afterward annoys me. Now I'm not sure whether or not i should buy Hot Rod upon release and risk them coming out with a package after and having to pay for yet another of the same mould (just as they did with OP) or wait to see if they do come out with a trailer package, only to find that they actually won't and run the risk of having to pay for inflated prices of Hot Rod just coz I didn't get him earlier.

*sigh*

[Golden Phoenix]

I hate the fact that this is a possibility and is the only reason I don't have MP Ultra Magnus yet. To think that I could buy Hot Rod and have them come out with a Hot Rod/trailer package afterward annoys me. Now I'm not sure whether or not i should buy Hot Rod upon release and risk them coming out with a package after and having to pay for yet another of the same mould (just as they did with OP) or wait to see if they do come out with a trailer package, only to find that they actually won't and run the risk of having to pay for inflated prices of Hot Rod just coz I didn't get him earlier.

*sigh*
I doubt it. It was simply a joke.
They have done it once simply because there was a high demand for it.

To build in extending arms and legs to turn him into Rodimus Prime would be a bad move because it looks like they are going to do a MP04 on it. People would pass it up because of that

It also sounds like a engineering nightmare that would drive the price up to high.
It really isn't something you should worry you enough to put off this toy. The same goes for Ultra Magnus. There isn't going to be a trailer for him

[TheFallen]

I just hope this will be in scale with the MP Seekers and not Prime/Megs

[Adzma]

I just hope this will be in scale with the MP Seekers and not Prime/Megs
I wish fans weren't so divided over the height issues. There are those like yourself who prefer the Seeker size, and the rest like me who like the Prime/Megs height. Makes it harder for TakTom to please everybody. :p

Anywho, as I said in the MP-M01 thread, I'm remaining skeptical until an official announcement is made. For all we know this could be some grand marketing scheme hatched by TakTom.

[TheFallen]

Well if they don't give me the scale I want then I am sure iGear will :)