TRU MP Soundwave & A/Storm prices and codes

[Iriorne]

I only know Chinese so I might be wrong. While they can both be translated as "masterpiece", 名作 literally means "famous piece" whereas 傑作 means "execellent/extraordinary piece". Personally I think 傑作 is a proper translation.

This fits with something I read that claimed the box is from the Hasbro Asia release. Japan is Takara Tomy's market, so it makes sense to use the Chinese translation rather than the Japanese. If it is an Asian release box, western releases may well omit the characters.

[griffin]

If it makes more sense in Chinese and this is going to be released by Hasbro (which includes the non-Japan parts of Asia), I guess that might be a reason.

It was just a little amusing to have it possibly saying on the top of the box "Masterpiece boner"...

[doublespy]

Kan ji (漢 字, lit. Chinese chracters) is the part in Japanese that was directly imported from ancient China with very little change/no change in written form. Only going by the two characters 傑 作 it's hard to tell if Hasbro intended these to be traditional Chinese or Japanese since they are exactly the same written down. But I guess they should be Kanji i.e. Japanese and is a way of Hasbro to acknowledge the franchise' Japanese roots as part of the "Thrilling 30" campaign.

[Sinnertwin]

Now they're just teasing us. Release it already!

[ILikeSoundwave]

Damn, that box!

[1AZRAEL1]

Hope it looks half as good as that. I like it.

[janda the red]

Looks pretty cool... Couldn't tell if it'll have a flap that opens and reveals contents though?

Being a misb guy, I really hope so.

[Andrew117]

Just when I was so tempted to relieve my impatience and buy the Takara version they announce this. Biggest dilemma ever.

I'm not entirely fussed about not getting all the cassettes, but I still would like them to complete the set. I do however probably prefer the red visor to match the cartoon. Also availability of the Hasbro one is certainly a factor. But then the price is so nice haha! Its also my birthday in 2 weeks and the TT one would arrive just at the right time! lol

tl;dr:
Either TT one (garenteed) now and possibly mp-15/16 later
or
Wait god knows how long for Hasbro release which I may miss due to availability anyway

I cannot decide!!! Help?

[crankcase76]

MAN!!!! Can't wait to get this guy! Totally have to get him, come on hasbro and get them out here!!

[M-bot]

RobotKingdom have announced on their Facebook page that they are going to be carrying Hasbro MP Soundwave, possibly listing it this month. No indication on price as yet, and no word on Acid Storm. The dilemma - secure one from them, likely at a higher price than locally, or wait for the local release and pray you don't miss out?