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Thanks to TFW2005 and courtesy of portarmy, it's official, MP Covoy 3.0 is out and it's a complete shut up and take my money deal.
The mould looks completely new while the features are listed as follows:
Masterpiece Convoy V3 confirmed
Slender legs
Sounds from the show (Japanese)
Same size as MP-10
Original looking rifle
Releases 2019
Yeah, it's ok. Gonna have to wait to see the finished product before I shell out for him, though. MP-10 still looks great IMHO. :D
I dunno, 2.0 looks pretty bloated compared to 3.0.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jazzman
Nah. Looks skinny.
Wow that gold MP-10 looks so old and dated next to it. The proportions are beautiful. No gorilla arms and no stumpy legs. It looks like it stepped out from the toon. :)
Early days and I may do a 180 when we get better pics but from what I can see right now that v3 Prime looks horrible to me.
People have a go at the proportions of MP-10 but this looks really terrible to me, lanky and weird with too small a chest but huge legs/ feet. This makes the shoulders/ arms look out of proportion. I expected the diaper but still hate it.
MP-10 is a much superior version in my eyes. Still, people love new stuff so I'm sure v3 will be very popular.
I want some less blurry shots before I decide if it's good or bad in my mind. That said I'm still expecting this Optimus to be my last G1 MP for quite some time.
My interest is definitely piqued, but of course will wait for more comparison pics.
See? When I said mp-10 gun was kinda short people didn’t believe me.
I don’t need the folding gun, just the right size.
Deciding now to whether to sell off my tt mp-10
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Originally Posted by drifand
But I bet It no longer comes out of back like the gimmick on mp-10 which I thought was kinda neat.
My main concern is the rising prices on mp’s if this goes over $300 I’ll have to seriously think about whether I get 2 or not
I don’t care for gimmicks when it distorts the proportion of the weapons.
This is why my mp-10 doesn’t hold the foldable gun.
Saw the latest pictures and I have to say, it looks like it has very thin legs.
I thought they had just reused Masterpiece Hot Rod's legs.
Compared to MP10, yeah. More cartoon accurate, if that’s your kind of thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by drifand
Reminds me a bit of MP-1 (particularly with the slight kibble on the lower back):
https://i.imgur.com/arcHs74.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/DR6Z0iY.jpg
Truck mode looks better than MP-1 though.
https://i.imgur.com/QSKmUAt.jpg
V3 make mp-10 looks superior by first impression pictures.
Things that bug me.
the legs looks way to thin.
The head looks a bit big for the body >still ok
the gun looks way bad. (I take it back the folding gun is better) sigh....
I know is early days, but I am afraid it might be a pass for me.
I think the picture was altered so it may not be as bad as it looks but.....I dunno.
I love my MP-10 to bits, so this is unlikely to supplant it. But I’ll keep an open mind until we get pictures of it that aren’t ridiculously blurry. Because premature adjudication is a scourge.
Is there going to be a displayed prototype at the Tokyo Show at some point or are these blurry photos going to be all we have for the time beimg?
OP v3 concerns me at this stage.
- The bot proportions seem exaggerated like the reference material was all taken from low angles (big calves, long legs, etc..).
- Worse is the cab, it has a thousand seams in it like chug Ironhide on crack. At least this OP can be a dark-red to hide them a little (unlike Megatron). But considering very little of the cab is visible in bot mode, I wonder if this going to be an enjoyable transformation or a panel fold-a-thon.
On the flipside, I’ve had no concerns with BW Megatron. Yes, he has a fair bit of a folded backpack but he looks amazing in both modes.
Can't wait for this.
It looks cool from the early shots, but I still like my MP10.
That seems to be the general theme so far...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
Yeah, here's to hoping that the paint job will make the seams on the cab less noticeable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deonasis
Based on the photo taken of the presentation slide from the front, the bot mode looks less gangly.
Since i don't have any of the MP-10 versions, I just might get this OP.
Hmm, doesn't seem like anything amazing so far but still very early days.
Looks good so far. Can't wait to see more!
I saw a photo of the prototype on Twitter yesterday but it was from pretty far away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralph Wiggum
As you'd expect with the third incarnation of Prime there are both pro and cons, I don't think it blows away MP10, but then MP10 doesn't blow away MP1 so that's to be expected. There really is only so much they can do with Prime.
I'm guessing they will for for the electric blue windows like on the recent cars to give him a more toon look.
So far it looks pretty good, but I'm not hyped for it like I am for the new Beast Wars MP's.
If it's only a little better than MP10 then why not just buy a V energy drink? A lot cheaper too.
lol
I'm probably in the minority but I would prefer if the Masterpiece line was rebooted back to the MP1 scale. There's heft to MP1 Convoy figure that's lacking from the MP10 version. Add some improved articulation for better action poses. That would be a wallet / purse / man bag / shove it down your jocks (if that's your thing) destroying direction.
You are not but however I want a total perfection series where they don’t cut corners and budget and skip paint or diecast. I know it be more expensive but if it was perfect, I would buy it. Plus rubber tyres.Quote:
Originally Posted by Galvatran
It be a smart move after two years they offer replacement tyres as a product for a collectors display piece.
But seeing the direction, I don’t think Tomy cares and they rather sell good quality Tomy products over Takara trying to make one. Binaltech was the last best thing Takara ever did. From then on is all plastic.
Die cast metal on its own doesn't necessarily make a figure better. My Alternity GT-R Optimus can barely stand! he has a good chunk of metal but it just doesn't seem to be balanced well.
For argument sake this is what I want. Like what 3p does such as products from Fantoys. We can go about stupid silly arguments like rubber tyres can wear tear, plastic is better. I have already stated paint on metal is noticeably better.Quote:
Originally Posted by philby
I don’t think I care? And I just want premium finish. Buy a “masterpiece if you want to just keep playing “ I want a rock solid piece.
People may have already seen it by now, but TFW2005 have posted a front-on photo of the slide, which means the proportions aren't skewed: http://news.tfw2005.com/wp-content/u...s-prime-v3.jpg
Source article: http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/06/09/u...-3-2019-365408
I'm impressed with the fidelity to the character model, in particular with the silhouette - MP-10 looks boxy, almost ungainly, in comparison. I definitely like the look of the rifle - MP-10's rifle suffered because the designers wanted it to stow in his back.
Quite a few people seem to be asking 'why?' I get that a new Optimus may not be 'necessary', but given the Masterpiece line's new focus on the highest possible fidelity to the character models, a new Optimus makes sense. As good as MP-10 is, it's not screen-accurate and can look almost out of place next to MP-36.
Re: material - I don't care if this or any other Masterpieces are primarily made of metal or plastic. In my experience, the extra mass of a metal part makes joints loose more quickly, and unless the quality of the paint is very good, paint seems more prone to chipping on metal (an issue when there are lots of moving parts) than it does on plastic.
This was actually addressed a while ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by drifand
The finishes on Takara's figures have been consistently good. If you really want a 'rock-solid piece', perhaps you shouldn't get Masterpiece Transformers at all, because of their complexity. A non-transforming figure might be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by drifand
Like I said we are talking about a different line if rebooting. I am DONE talking about it. The masterpiece is a nightmare from my point of view but is the only G1 closest thing. My standards are high. And yes technically speaking I am also Done buying masterpiece line as I have gotten 3p to fill the gaps.
I know for myself paint on metal has differences and I will remain firm solid on the matter.
Let’s put a lid on this and please move one and just talk about V3 shall we?
Cheers
Have you considered that the reboot already happened years ago and that this is simply a case of finally giving that reboot a Convoy figure. And yes, I am arguing that MP-10 in terms of the cartoon accuracy reboot we have had for ages now, is at best, a stopgap, and at worst, part of a second, shortlived reboot, which shifted the scale, but failed to pull of animation accuracy like releases which came only a few years after. That said, we really do need a Red Alert v2.0 as that is one figure dying for a redux.Quote:
Originally Posted by drifand
The masterpiece line is a masterpiece line.Quote:
Originally Posted by bowspearer
The so called reboot isn’t a reboot as it is purely non accuracy and inconsistent across the masterpiece line in going toy accuracy or anime accuracy.
The scale I am fine, is the quality I am not fine. I never liked mp-10 and despite buying both versions they never satisfied me in many ways. There are toy companies that reissue the toy and will make substantial changes to make it relevant or at least better but I find TT just reissue them as they are .
Now with the update pictures it looks more decent.
I actually saw a painted version of v3 as in the real toy just not sure if it’s legit. The cannon looks a lot better and different than the ones we see.
Good chance that would have been one of the many digi-bashes floating around giving us a very good idea of what it looks like.Quote:
Originally Posted by drifand
I need to see the robots back, I swear I see a tiny bit of kibble there, as well as in proper color (need to know if the whole thing will be painted or straight plastic colors), I own all mp molds of optimus and while I want to add v3 to the mix I really don't want to encourage TT to think what they did for mp36 to be acceptable (lets face it, paint is amazing but not with the clearances and compromises they had to make)
I won’t talk about other company that made changes to fix.
Ultimately I feel Megatron is okay but expensive.
The mp-36+ is 27,000jpy and sold out. Calculate gst it comes to a whooping $360 estimate shipped.