Quote Originally Posted by Verno View Post
What a sorry state of affairs. We're 4 pages in and all we can talk about are possible repaints. What has Hasbro done to us?!
Depends on the repaint. Sideswipe repainted/retooled as Red Alert, Deep Cover, Tigertracks and Clampdown would definitely work because those G1 toys are all repaints/retools of G1 Sideswipe anyway (it's the same as say repainting MP Starscream into Skywarp and Thundercracker - simple but it works).

I would be greatly disappointed if they repainted it as Sunstreaker or Breakdown or anything that wasn't based on a Sideswipe repaint. That sort of thing might fly for a Deluxe figure, but I wouldn't like to see it for Masterpiece.

Quote Originally Posted by Verno View Post
You guys don't need a new mold for an MP Prowl, they'll just repaint Sideswipe. RID Prowl was a Lamborghini and a cop car.
Yeah but remember that Masterpiece is based on G1, and G1 Prowl was a Datsun Fairlady Z (280ZX) police car.

Quote Originally Posted by Prowl View Post
My only complaint is that it is not Prowl. Other than that I am pretty damm happy about this new MP.
Hopefully if MP Sideswipe sells well it might prompt TakaraTOMY to make more Autobot cars and other 'new' characters (i.e. not another Convoy or Seeker) in the future!

In terms of size, I'd like to see them keep it within Masterpiece size. If I want something in scale with Binaltech I'll play with my Binaltechs!