MP18S Masterpiece (Silver)Streak repaint JP exclusive

[1AZRAEL1]

Just saw this preorder on BBTS

No picture yet, but this description

BBTS:

This listing is for an exclusive repaint of the MP-18 Masterpiece Bluestreak. We currently do not have any information about the specific colors or deco of this repaint, information will be added as it becomes available.

Anyone hazard a guess that he will be "Blue"streak?

Release expected in June

[UltraMarginal]

it was bound to happen, surprised its not an ehobby release.

[kaiden]

since the Masterpiece line reboot, there's only been 1 Optimus Prime repaint. 1! the MP line is suddenly awesome.

[Sky Shadow]

90% chance of blue Bluestreak. 10% chance of toy-accurate Bluestreak.

[DELTAprime]

Not buying unless its super cool. I don't have nostalgia for early 80's Nissan's as cars and while Prowl is an interesting character in the comics, Bluestreak, not so much.

[Sinnertwin]

The Seibertron article claims that it'll be the Diaclone version.

[GoktimusPrime]

Not buying unless its super cool. I don't have nostalgia for early 80's Nissan's as cars and while Prowl is an interesting character in the comics, Bluestreak, not so much.

I like Bluestreak as he was my very first boxed Autobot toy. And I like the character in G1 canon too, but he was always silver and black... didn't really canonically appear in his blue and white Diaclone colours other than on the original toy's artwork and packaging/instructions photography. I'd like to see them market this figure as a new and separate character though. They could actually call him "Bluestreak" (ブルーストリーク), since Bluestreak's only ever known as just "Streak" in Japan.

[DELTAprime]

^ Would I be right in guessing Bluestreak got his western name approved but then they changed his colour scheme without changing the name?

[Sky Shadow]

^ Would I be right in guessing Bluestreak got his western name approved but then they changed his colour scheme without changing the name?

In the comic he was called that because he would 'talk a blue streak'. But presumably yes - when Marvel (O'Neil, Shooter and Budiansky) named the first Transformers they had the Diaclone toys, so the toy that was meant to be Sunstreaker actually looked like Tiger Track (a yellow Sideswipe) and Blue Streak would have been predominately blue.

[nexusnixx]

It's the Tokyo toy show "exclusive"