Do we know who is designing this? Is it part of the normal MP line up or is it a side project like Star Saber was with its own design staff?
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Do we know who is designing this? Is it part of the normal MP line up or is it a side project like Star Saber was with its own design staff?
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My guess would be a side project, to be handled by Hisashi Yuki. But who knowsOriginally Posted by Trent
If they showed some sketches we can probably figure out who it is.
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Are we still going on about this? I don't get this whole idea of an MP being nothing more than an update thing, to me an MP is a collector aimed toy that commemorates a particular toy or character. The original Primal toy was awesome and still holds it own today (though sadly this may also be due to declining quality in some modern toys) but he's no MP, and he was released 18 years ago, assuming he comes out next year that's the same amount of time as we had between G1 Optimus and MP 01, so isn't it time to get some collectors grade Beast Wars toys for all the kids who grew up with that, and weren't able to buy an original Optimus Primal in the 90's?
That said the render is less than inspiring, but it's early days and I still think it's awesome they are making this.
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From what I'm seeing, the Masterpiece line is about taking classic characters and giving them new figures with current toy engineering. Since they're 'updating' classic characters, it's not hard to see why some people think the Masterpiece line is about 'updates'.
I think this is the issue. Personally, yes, I think Beast Wars deserves 'recognition' in the form of new figures, Masterpiece or not - it's probably the best thing that's ever happened to the franchise. I think it's good that some season 1 characters have had new toys made in the Classics/Universe/Generations lines and are more screen-accurate as a result. The question seems to be whether or not Optimus Primal would 'benefit' from the Masterpiece treatment, because the original figure is already considered very good and just needed a few tweaks to make it more screen-accurate. That's not to say there isn't room for improvement, just that that improvement may not be as easy to see as it is between a G1 toy and its corresponding Masterpiece figure.
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I understand this, and yet we have two iterations of Optimus Prime in the MP line, from a update point of view MP 10 is utterly unnecessary, all he adds over his predecessor is some more toon accurate aesthetics. and based on what I've seen I'll be surprised if this MP Primal doesn't bring that and a lot more to the table then MP 10.
That said MP10 is now the Prime toy of choice for many MP collectors owing to the MP's that were released after him, and scaled closely to him. So I'd love to see this MP Primal sell well and love to see more MP Beast Wars toys all at this scale, sure the original Primal mold was awesome, much the same way the original Optimus was one of the best of it's time, but once they've got their obligatory Prime/Primal out of the way imagine how cool a MP Dinobot could be!
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Fun facts: MP Beast Convoy is being released in 2016. 2016 is the Year of the Monkey.
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Yotm version may be more appealing.Fun facts: MP Beast Convoy is being released in 2016. 2016 is the Year of the Monkey.
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