US & JP Masterpiece speculations, rumours & wish-lists

[griffin]

I'd be a happy fanboy with anything from the first two years as MP toys for the next few years.

[drifand]

I'd be a happy fanboy with anything from the first two years as MP toys for the next few years.

They were considering power masters Optimus ,
The latest two mps is a bit scrary, I am thinking if they can't go any further with g1 cars.

On this topic, I would have expected the diaclone bluestreak to be releAsed. I am surprised this hasn't happened.

[kurdt_the_goat]

I'd be a happy fanboy with anything from the first two years as MP toys for the next few years.

Pretty much this - will be happy with whatever they decide to release!

The cars are going nicely though, and so it'd be nice to complete them all - but the order they come out doesn't really matter - though my preference would be for Tracks (blue will give some nice colour variety) and Jazz (another white one but finally getting a proper Porsche will be awesome).

I'd like to see some triple changers because they'd need some unique engineering, but a new Megatron and finally a Galvatron are the biggest gaps i think, so they should come first.

[Tober]

I'd be a happy fanboy with anything from the first as MP toys for the next few years.

Wasn't there an interview with Shogo Hasui where he said he was working towards completing the first season MP Transformers? I think licensing is what stands in the way more than anything.

Here it is, near the bottom.

To TakTOM's credit, all of the 1984 Decepticons have now been done as MPs. That's why I'd personally like to see the rest of the '84 Autobots done as MPs, just to complete the set of first year Transformers in MP form.

Were Shockwave and Reflector 1984/5 bots to Takara? Devestator?

[GoktimusPrime]

IIRC Takara's online poll did feature an option for G2 Megatron as early as MP03 Starscream, but since then that option's disappeared. So I can only guess that there wasn't sufficient interest, but it does show that Takara was considering it at one stage.

Were Shockwave and Reflector 1984/5 bots to Takara? Devestator?

Yes, they were all 1985 first year figures in Japan. Japan did get Reflector in 1985 as a regular store-release set, whereas of course we didn't get them until 1986 as a mail-away exclusive.