US & JP Masterpiece speculations, rumours & wish-lists

[liegeprime]

Well, since the seeker mold is still existing, the coneheads should've been in the works a long time ago. If Hastak's excuse is that a 3rd party already done it, as Cobra commander said - hogwash!!! A lot of people already have the 3 seekers as well but that didn't stop them releasing them characters again with the excuse that it's a new mold! A thrid party came up with the coronation set - did they stop releasiing Screamer with a coronation set, nuh uh. So that excuse , if they ever pull that card again is nothing but a load of...

Surely, an "official" MP coneheads would be picked up by fans after they release prolly MP Acid storm. As for the Sideswipe mold, there's Deep cover and Clamp down, obscure characters yes, but, to maximize the use of the mold hey why not? Also there's Tigertracks....all it takes is for some of the HAstak bigwigs to sign the dotted line - YES?

[Hursticon]

I'm inclined to think that they're trying to follow a release schedule that somewhat reflects that of the 80s; The '84 Autobots still have a number of characters to go but as for the '84 Decepticons, they really only need to do another Megatron before I reckon they'll move onto either the Coneheads or the 'Basic' Insecticons which were released in '85.

Hell, we might even be lucky enough to receive a Masterpiece Reflector - Now that'd be awesome for both Transformers & Diaclone reasons!

[Ploughmans Lunch]

Hi I would like the following (remolds or redos of characters)-

V2 Megatron (IDW Jet or G2 Megatron or whatever, not another gun, please)
V2 Skywarp (No crown/cape set, cartoon colours please!)
V2 Magnus (with Armour/trailer)
Ginrai (using MP-10 and a similar combination pattern at UM)


I'd also like there to be a focus on more prominent/leader figures, such as Galvatron, Shockwave, Bumblebee, Chromedome (maybe as a remold of Rodimus?), along with Cyclonus, Springer, Blaster, Perceptor etc.

'84 cars make a lot of sense. Really should do Prowl next (since you can bump out another two repaints from him easily), maybe minivehicles in packs of two (cosmos, etc) would be good. Really ummm... I dunno, do whatever, just make it good.

[gamblor916]

Blaster with cassettes, more cars and more dinobots. Make it happen.

[Sky Shadow]

I would love a G2 Sideswipe (with ammunition bandolier accessory) and the inevitable Tigertrack/Spin-Out/Bio-Sunstreaker recolour. I hope they're on the horizon.

[Hursticon]

I would love a G2 Sideswipe (with ammunition bandolier accessory) and the inevitable Tigertrack/Spin-Out/Bio-Sunstreaker recolour. I hope they're on the horizon.

THIS!!!

I just hope it doesn't end up as some sort of limited exclusive if it were to be made a reality; An Amazon or TRU (i.e. Major Retailer) exclusive would be ok but not a *Shudders* FunPub, Ehobby or Hasbro Toyshop type exclusive.

[GoktimusPrime]

Hey guys, don't forget that every Japanese Masterpiece toy comes with that little slip of paper with a code that you need (along with your toy's bar code (what they call a "JAN Code")) to access TakaraTOMY's online survey -- and with MPs it allows you to nominate which Masterpieces (up to 3) that you would like TakaraTOMY to do next.

Click here for instructions on how to complete TakaraTOMY's online survey, and here's a screen cap of my most recent nominations:



I did this survey just last weekend (with my MP Lambor codes). And the options listed there are:
+ Jazz
+ Wheeljack
+ Sunstreaker
+ Prowl/Bluestreak
+ Ironhide/Ratchet
+ Tracks
+ Mirage
+ Perceptor
+ Blaster
+ Ultra Magnus
+ Devastator
+ Superion
+ Super Ginrai
+ Star Sabre
+ G2 Optimus Prime
+ Other [specify]

I ticked Sunstreaker and Star Sabre, then ticked "Other" and I typed in "Galvatron." You can probably look up the name of the Transformer you want to nominate on TFwiki and copy and paste the Japanese name into that box.

[Cat]

I can't see how they could make an accurate Sunstreaker from the MP Sideswipe mold.

I also can't see him being high priority for TakTom, seeing as the G1 toy was only available there in a multipack, there was no single release. And they pushed Red Alert and Sideswipe as being brothers more than SS/SS.

I'd like to see MP Prowl. Plenty of solid repaint potential, and he had such a crappy Classicsverse figure (the Legends is excellent though).

Same for Ratchet/Ironhide. Give us apology MP's for stuffing up their Universe figures.

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

Not counting numerous potential repaints of current molds, the 3 next MPs that I want would be

Jazz/ricochet
Ironhide/ratchet
Prowl/bluestreak/smokescreen

[5FDP]

I'd like to see MP Prowl. Plenty of solid repaint potential, and he had such a crappy Classicsverse figure (the Legends is excellent though).

While I agree with your suggestion on a MP Prowl, I couldn't disagree more that Universe Prowl was a crappy toy. Aside from the paint issue which the first few batches suffered from (the Henkei version also rectified this), it's a great mold and an excellent update to the character. If anything, the Legends toy was a disappointment due to it's lack of paint apps... however, being a Legends toy, I can overlook this.

On topic - I would also love to see a MP Shockwave since it's pretty clear we won't be seeing an Encore release anytime soon because of legalities.