MP12A (Red Alert) & MP13 (Soundwave) announced

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Originally Posted by KalEl

just pre ordered the three new masterpieces :D

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i did for sideswipe and soundwave too :)

so i guess MP-13 is really soundwave, AWESOME.

Let's hope someone gets their hands on it and reviews it on youtube before the pre-orders get released so that we could cancel the pre-orders if needed.

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Originally Posted by Deonasis

And MP-11 DOES have the same diecast as the MP-03 mould. During transformation you slide the canopy down to form the chest and there is a big diecast frame/rail that it slides on.

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Mine doesn't seem to have diecast either. :confused: If I raise the chest and squeeze the sides gently I'm sure I can feel it bending in, and when I tap it with a spoon it doesn't make that metal-to-metal 'cling' sound... Not even the chrome hinges on the back are diecast.

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Originally Posted by Tober

Mine doesn't seem to have diecast either. :confused: If I raise the chest and squeeze the sides gently I'm sure I can feel it bending in, and when I tap it with a spoon it doesn't make that metal-to-metal 'cling' sound... Not even the chrome hinges on the back are diecast.

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Hmmmm.. will do the spoon test here.

Also, hopefully in the next few weeks i can preorder the new MP's as well but it makes it a very long wait to get them :(

EDIT: I tapped "diecast" and plastic parts MP11 parts with a spoon and could not really hear a difference. I looked closely at MP03g and MP11 and could not really see a difference. Then i scrapped the black "diecast" spine of MP11 with the spoon and saw the shiny silver of metal below. Maybe it is a different metal compound (I did not want to try and flex it) but I would still call mine diecast. If some MP11's have metal spines and others not then this is a running change during production. Interesting..

Tempted to pre-order MP-13 however am waiting closer to release for a possible price reduction (as we saw with MP-12). I'm not convinced in RK's ability to issue refunds given their poor after-sales communication history.

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Originally Posted by 5FDP

Tempted to pre-order MP-13 however am waiting closer to release for a possible price reduction (as we saw with MP-12). I'm not convinced in RK's ability to issue refunds given their poor after-sales communication history.

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Yeh there's no point pre ordering so early. It won't be released for quite some time. The price might change and paying now would simply mean that you'd lose your paypal buyer protection after 45days.

Well BBTS charge for pre-orders AFTER they arrive in stock, which means I don't have to worry about losing money.

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Originally Posted by SkyWarp91

Well BBTS charge for pre-orders AFTER they arrive in stock, which means I don't have to worry about losing money.

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Yeh that's because BBTS is awesome. Can't go wrong with the folks at BBTS

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Originally Posted by Deonasis

And MP-11 DOES have the same diecast as the MP-03 mould. During transformation you slide the canopy down to form the chest and there is a big diecast frame/rail that it slides on.

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I stand corrected. I just had a look the paint has rubbed off a bit from sliding during transformation and yes, it is shiny. So apologies.

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Originally Posted by Trent

I stand corrected. I just had a look the paint has rubbed off a bit from sliding during transformation and yes, it is shiny. So apologies.

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I'm still yet to even open mine... :o:p

According to Seibertoron

this will be officially licensed, the first time lamborghini has officially licensed a Transformer since G1:cool: