MP-11 - Masterpiece Starscream?

[kup]

What are the bets that the coneheads and Magnus with armor will be announced by the end of 2012? I say petty good. Decent chance of seeing Soundwave too I reckon.

E-Hobby Sunstorm? Yes please. The reboot of the MP line means they can fix everything they fubared the first time.

I really hope so but I am not holding my breath.

[UltraMarginal]

Still meh, it looks nice but like so many have said, not worth it when I already have a set of MP seekers.

I also don't like that it looks like the null rays are used in both modes and the vehicle mode no longer has the conformal fuel tanks. see the wiki page, the earlier models didn't have it but most versions of the aircraft had the fuel tanks along the side of the intakes, just like MP-03. even the classics version has conformal fuel tanks molded in.

Even "greenscream" is a good paint job not a far stretch for a marine paint scheme. I always quite liked it, very "in disguise"

and like mentioned above the posability of this isn't going to be much more than the original version.

bring on the cone heads, I'll buy them.

[Hursticon]

Courtesy of Seibertron.com, Chara-Net have provided some pictures of some of Takara's upcoming products, in this case a Live Shot of MP-11A MP Starscream:

[Lord_Zed]

I definitely see Improvement but I'm probably over the MP seekers enough that I don't need to get this.

I still don't understand why some people are so up in arms about this saying it's a slap in the face or a screw you to the fans, last I checked Hasbro was a business so of course they are going to always release and re-release their more cost effective money spinners. Recreating improving and rebooting and all that is pretty much part and parcel with modern consumerism. How often do we update our computers or mobile phones? How many damn I Phone versions are there now, does that mean console companies screw over there customers when they release a new console or is it just business?

How can we be so surprised that the toy companies are following the same business line, I don't get it, it's always going to happen.

[UltraMarginal]

I don't see it so much as a slap in the face as a disappointment for me, I love the masterpiece line and I was hoping for something new.

My concern is that MP 10 and 11 aren't going to do well because there isn't much new about them and potentially Takara might decide to abandon the line if it stops selling, even if they are repeating.

when someone gets a new iPhone for example, they aren't usually replacing the last version but 2 or 3 models ago, at that point it's time for an upgrade (especially as their plan is expired and they have paid for their phone, staying on the same plan means they are paying more than they need to for the same phone). between g1 and classics it was time for an upgrade and between classics and Masterpiece, the step is so great in improvement that it's also time for an upgrade.

Between MP4 and MP 11, it's really like having the same phone case that's two different colours, if you've got one it's hardly worth the trouble of changing to the other.

(my other 2c)

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Courtesy of Seibertron.com, Chara-Net have provided some pictures of some of Takara's upcoming products, in this case a Live Shot of MP-11A MP Starscream:

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He totally has manboobs.
Slipstream repaint FTW!

[liegeprime]

As Ive said. MP line is dead.

[Tober]

As Ive said. MP line is dead.

The Masterpiece line is dead. Long live the Masterpiece line!!

It looks like the null-rays have the original concept swing-arms.

[ChlorHex]

The 3rd party coronation gear works well for my current SS... not touching this or any future "upgrades" of any masterpiece.
If masterpieces continually require improvements then they shouldn't be tagged as masterpieces till the company's satisfied that they make the cut.

Sick of recolours and sick of upgrades... just keen on new molds/characters...

[Verno]

Hasbro has just announced MP-11GS - Ghost Starscream.

So ghostly in fact that you can't even see it, but it will still cost you $250.

(This is of course said in jest, and is meant to illustrate the next step in the MP line, no longer using moulds at all, just releasing an empty box because they can and because they know people will buy it)