MP-20 Wheeljack images and info

Shogo Hasui has just posted a new image of the rear of Wheeljack's Alt mode via twitter:

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original

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Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev

Yeah, sigh, a man can dream...


Never understood why Stuart looks so miserable on Big Bang Theory, I'd love to run a comics & collectables shop. Maybe more like Banki from Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back though ;)

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he never got out much and is still single yet looking but not looking lol.

As most said, you probably wouldn't churn in the profits or keep afloat just selling transformers alone.

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

Shogo Hasui has just posted a new image of the rear of Wheeljack's Alt mode via twitter:

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original

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Quoted for awesomeness.

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

Shogo Hasui has just posted a new image of the rear of Wheeljack's Alt mode via twitter:

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original

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his gun becomes the exhaust apparently

more pic ...from tfsource Facebook it looking good next to the other MP
http://imageshack.com/a/img822/2236/px3r.jpg

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Originally Posted by lancalot

more pic ...from tfsource Facebook it looking good next to the other MP
http://imageshack.com/a/img822/2236/px3r.jpg

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very nice vehicle mode.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...ne-art-179163/

Line art showing where everything goes

http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/...psc09648ec.jpg

I really want to get more than 1 now...

That's a really impressive figure. Love the sculpt

I'm in for 2

I can't wait for this :D

Hopefully we will get a few repaints out of this mold as well

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Originally Posted by MayzaPrime

I can't wait for this :D

Hopefully we will get a few repaints out of this mold as well

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Doubt we will get any repaints out of Wheeljack, he was never repainted or remoulded into other characters. There is Marlboro Wheeljack, but since tabaco advertising is band in civilised countries I can't see Takara putting it on a toy.

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Originally Posted by DELTAprime

Doubt we will get any repaints out of Wheeljack, he was never repainted or remoulded into other characters. There is Marlboro Wheeljack, but since tabaco advertising is band in civilised countries I can't see Takara putting it on a toy.

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He was repainted into Slicer. Often. (1991, 2010, 2012). And they don't need to keep the original product advertising on a toy - just look at Jazz, Smokescreen, etc. They could still remould the head and adjust colours. They released Marlboro Man Jack's colours as Hyperspeed Wheeljack a couple of years ago.

with regards to retools, the Sideswipe and Prowl molds all feature new heads for the other characters. So if Takara were going to - Malboor/Malboro Wheeljack would be a pretty good choice with the unique head.

As for Tobacco, there are reforms but they do heavily smoke over there and I still have to insist that the MP line is for adult collectors anyway and is simply too good to give to children :p

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Originally Posted by Sky Shadow

He was repainted into Slicer. Often. (1991, 2010, 2012). And they don't need to keep the original product advertising on a toy - just look at Jazz, Smokescreen, etc. They could still remould the head and adjust colours. They released Marlboro Man Jack's colours as Hyperspeed Wheeljack a couple of years ago.

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Often, try once and that was only his Action Master that got repainted not the real mold. http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slicer

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Originally Posted by DELTAprime

Often, try once and that was only his Action Master that got repainted not the real mold. http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slicer

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And, as I said, twice more in 2010 (Shattered Glass Wheeljack/Botcon Slicer) and 2012 (Dark Energon Wheeljack). This is the Masterpiece line, where they love to release black Optimus Primes, black Rodimus Primes and green seekers - they're not going to let an opportunity to reuse a mould go by. They haven't had the original Wheeljack mould since 1991, if they did we would have had E-Hobby Slicer and Marlboor years ago.

One Slicer toy as a straight redeco of Wheeljack (1991), one Slice(r) toy as a redeco of a toy (Downshift) that was allegedly supposed to be Wheeljack (2010), and a redeco Wheeljack toy that homages Slicer (2012).
So in a way, you're both right... as there are three "Slicer" toys or homages, but only one that was a redeco named as Slicer of a toy named as Wheeljack.

Just give me a Marlboro Lancia now! Or at least a Reprolabel set, i'll settle for that
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$20 says that we will see a Slicer repaint. We're getting G2 Sideswipe FFS :)

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Originally Posted by Trent

$20 says that we will see a Slicer repaint. We're getting G2 Sideswipe FFS :)

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True, I think I'd prefer an "unmarked" Marlboro version though. :)

Also, I think people have forgotten about the obvious deco reference on Transformers: Prime, Cyberverse (Legion Class) - "Hyperspeed" Wheeljack. ;):cool:

Skyshadow mentioned the Hyperspeed homage to Marlboor a couple posts up. ;)

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Originally Posted by griffin

Skyshadow mentioned the Hyperspeed homage to Marlboor a couple posts up. ;)

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Oh bloody hell! :p - I was going off of your post :rolleyes:, well, at least we have some pretty pictures linked to the discussion now. :D

It shows there's a bit of interest in it, so worth being a release if it is no longer an obscurity.

I would consider getting a Malboor MP Wheeljack if the price was right. ;) Although I'd like to see them create it as a wholly new character instead of just "Hyperspeed Wheeljack." That's something that I enjoyed with the eHobby 'Transformerised' reissues of Diaclone/Microman toys. :o

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

I would consider getting a Malboor MP Wheeljack if the price was right. ;) Although I'd like to see them create it as a wholly new character instead of just "Hyperspeed Wheeljack."

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I'd like that too actually, have his boxart drawn with him chewin' on a Cy-gar. ;):cool:

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

I'd like that too actually, have his boxart drawn with him chewin' on a Cy-gar. ;):cool:

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Considering he doesn't have a mouth, that would be quite a feat ;)

That would be funny, and an in-joke for fans to replace the cigarette wording/logo decos... even if they had to create a mouth to do it.
But it would have to be exclusive to Japan for the "adult collectable market" - because Hasbro HK wouldn't wouldn't risk the publicity of appearing to promote smoking on a kids toy.

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Considering he doesn't have a mouth, that would be quite a feat ;)

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He's a robot dude, when has not having a mouth ever stopped them? :D

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Originally Posted by griffin

But it would have to be exclusive to Japan for the "adult collectable market" - because Hasbro HK wouldn't wouldn't risk the publicity of appearing to promote smoking on a kids toy.

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For sure, definitely :cool: - You sure Hasbro HK wouldn't though?, I could understand the US Offices not liking it. ;)

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

He's a robot dude, when has not having a mouth ever stopped them? :D

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Thanks to IDW Orion Pax retractable mouth plates are G1 cannon.:p

If Philip Morris allows the use of the red white chevron logo on a toy I will saute and eat my hat.

Ciggy companies have even gone back to vintage race cars and removed or replaced brand logos.

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

For sure, definitely :cool: - You sure Hasbro HK wouldn't though?, I could understand the US Offices not liking it. ;)

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The toys would have the Hasbro logo on them, which would mean the bad publicity would come back to Hasbro headquarters (America).
At least if it was a TakaraTomy product, the media and "proactive" parents might try to stir up an issue by way of the "Transformers" Brand, but easily deflected by Hasbro as they can just point out that it isn't their Transformers.

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Originally Posted by griffin

The toys would have the Hasbro logo on them, which would mean the bad publicity would come back to Hasbro headquarters (America).
At least if it was a TakaraTomy product, the media and "proactive" parents might try to stir up an issue by way of the "Transformers" Brand, but easily deflected by Hasbro as they can just point out that it isn't their Transformers.

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Heh, yep - you're dead right you know; I guess we could always hold-out for an Unofficial cy-gar themed head-sculpt, failing TakTom's preparedness. ;):D

Another beautiful image comparing Wheeljack in robot mode to the other MP cars.

Man, Takara is killing me, I can't wait until August to get my hands on Wheeljack.

now all you have to do is to see a bumble bee silhouette

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Man, Takara is killing me, I can't wait until August to get my hands on Wheeljack.

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I hear ya :)

They sure know how to hit us where it hurts. Love this line and what it represents to a collector like me

How awesome does this look!! YEAH!!! :)

http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1e29278e.jpg

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Originally Posted by Iriorne

Personally, I'm not sure the market in Australia is big enough to make a living exclusively selling transformers. For a small retailer, and especially if you want to sell the expensive third party items, the risk of unsold inventory is too high and could be crippling if you make a bad call on which products to stock. Also meeting obligations under Australian Consumer Law as well as import duties and GST could add significantly to your overheads. Not to mention that Australian domestic postage is relatively expensive so it could cost as much or more to send something around the country as it does to ship from Asia.

I could be completely wrong, but that's my 'gut feel'. :)

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Sadly I think you're entirely correct.


In other news, I'm excited about this Wheeljack, hopefully bumblebee starts to get publicised soon.

I've preordered Wheeljack with G2 Sideswipe, I just love that Lambo in Black.

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Originally Posted by koolkollectibleskhai

How awesome does this look!! YEAH!!! :)

http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1e29278e.jpg

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Sure does :D
Reminds me of Wheeljack being immobilized, standing among the other four like that

Another one from Hasui!

http://i.imgur.com/AsvrTng.jpg

Firing launcher? Google translate ...

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Magnet gun of the right shoulder of the MP-20 foil Jack is supposed to be able to give them some elevation, pulling out the missile part. It is a gimmick that can be used to reproduce such as Episode 15 of "The Rise of Atlantis!"

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(giving Wheeljack its own topic from the joint one with Bumblebee, as more individual info is being released on just Wheeljack now)

One of the TakaraTomy designers (Shogo Hasui) has revealed some info on the upcoming Wheeljack, and the licensing of the Masterpiece line, translated from a Japanese blog posting.

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- MP Wheeljack's colour scheme in vehicle mode is close to the real car, but he tried to make the robot mode's colours as close to the cartoon as possible.
- WJ's shoulder cannon can be attached to the car roof.
- WJ's Wings on the back do not require detaching when transforming.
- Thanks to Tomica (Tomy's Hot Wheels size, real vehicle base toy car series) it has become much easier to negotiate with car manufacturers. (I assume easier than when dealing with them as Takara, since Tomy has long-established connections thanks to Tomica)
- The sales of MP Lambor to Streak were excellent, and as a result, Smokescreen could have additional parts, and Wheeljack could be developed without considering re-purposing the mould.
- The first 3 real vehicle MPs were meant to be "Super Cars".

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its nice they could budget for wheeljack without difficulty but if they don't do the malboor wheeljack that'd be crazy.

but i feel that its highly likely with tigertracks & g2 sideswipe out and the 'blue' bluestreak on the way.