Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

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Originally Posted by Autocon

Has anyone released group shots of the MP line???:D

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These do?

2003-2007
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/collection/c16s1.jpg
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2007-2010 (photo was taken before the Hasbro Rodimus & Skywarp was bought)
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/collection/c16s2.jpg
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2011-2013
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/collection/c31s1.jpg

I think that is all but the Final Edition MP1 Convoy, the Comic version Grimlock, and the Sleep Convoy. (or the recently released Acid Storm and Soundwave from Hasbro)
I don't plan to get the Final Edition Convoy, and can't justify the secondary market price of Grimlock... so those two will remain missing from my collection.

Err.... What is MP11 Starscream doing?

:eek:

In that last pic Starscream looks like he's playing with an imaginary PSP. :p I like Frenzy's pose - quite cute. :) Black Rodimus looks like he's holding his Matrix above Thundercracker's head like a mistletoe. ;)

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Originally Posted by Cat

Err.... What is MP11 Starscream doing?

:eek:

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Hehehe...
And Soundwave doesn't seem to be impressed. :p

I had it holding onto his WST version in a previous photo, but didn't fix up his pose when I put him back on the shelf. So it kinda looks a bit, uh, naughty. :o

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

In that last pic Starscream looks like he's playing with an imaginary PSP. :p I like Frenzy's pose - quite cute. :) Black Rodimus looks like he's holding his Matrix above Thundercracker's head like a mistletoe. ;)

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The Frenzy pose is courtesy of Christalcase, who likes to pose my figures in action poses... He should really start taking photos of them and posting them up here in the Action pose topic.

Red Alert and Sideswipe make a cute couple, holding hands like that and staring intently into each other's eyes wistfully.

Optimus looks upset, maybe a little jealous that he missed his chance.

Sunstorm's showing us a pelvic thrust.


Griffin, have you considered therapy?

:p

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Originally Posted by Cat

Griffin, have you considered therapy?

:p

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+1

I know a good one I can recommend. :p

One for the customisers:

What's the best and safest way to remove paint apps? I'm looking to tidy up a few of my figures with more 'ambitious' colour schemes.

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Originally Posted by griffin

The Frenzy pose is courtesy of Christalcase, who likes to pose my figures in action poses...

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So does Lord Zed, only he puts your toys in silly poses... and he'll choose a completely random toy and never tells you about it! (so sometimes I don't realise that it's happened until it's been hours, days or even weeks after a visit from Lord Zed) :p

Still no sign of a Reissue Grand Maximus? I wonder if the Fort Max reissue didn't sell fast enough to risk it, or if they are focusing on the risk of Generations Metroplex at the moment in Japan.
I had only recently bought a Grand Max a few months before a reissue Fort Max was announced, so was worried that I had paid a fortune just before a cheap reissue was about to come out... but now it has been long enough since I bought it to not be too upset about a cheap reissue, and I was just thinking that nothing had been teased or even hinted at in the six months since Fort Max came out.

It feels like the Metroplex reissue not giving us the expected Metrotitan reissue... it was a bit of a tease, thinking that it should be an easy redeco (if they could find the Micromaster mould) but then it failed to eventuate (probably because no Micromaster meant it wasn't a proper reissue).

I'd suggest they are spacing these big fellas out a bit to improve the chances that more collectors have enough cash for them. they are expensive to start with, but when you add the international shipping which a lot of collectors and shops pay it's a lot of cash in a single hit.

when you add it all up,
metroplex,
MP soundwave
MP tapes
MP smokescreen
MP Blue streak
MP Prowl,
Reissue Fort Max
MP Tigertrack
MP G2 sideswipe

Pre-orders
MP wheeljack
MP bumblebee

That's a lot of cash in 12 months, not to mention all the regular releases that a lot of people also buy. I'm not saying that every collector is going to buy every one of those, but if they are wanting to sell another massive figure, at a $200-$300 price range, they might wait for 6 months more or so, to allow peoples bank accounts to heal from all the MP bashings.