Which character would you like to see in the Masterpiece Line?

[Ralph Wiggum]

Add me to the Galvatron list. My 1986 movie shelf is looking sad with Hot Rod, Rodius and Ultra Magnus. I'd be happy with Galvatron and a Cyclonus.

[BigTransformerTrev]

After that I would like to see some girls. Especially Cons because they are so rare. I get tired of finding excuses for my daughter. Arcee and Blackarachnia are obvious but the existence of Road Rage suggests you could find some in funny corners. Eg Slipstream could get in as a Seeker or you could even make arguments about Windblade.

In regards to MP FemmeCons, I think I said in another thread that after Dirge comes out if they made an MP Slipstream I could consider the MP Seeker line complete - I'd buy her

If they did Arcee they could retool her as Nightbird - her legends toy was awesome!

Considering the path Tam/Tom is going down with comic and boxart and the recent legends toy of the character, I'm not sure we would want a Black Arachnia though - the toy might end up just being 'Spiderboobs'

[GoktimusPrime]

Note to self and a reminder to anyone in Japan or if you ever go to Japan (or if you have a VPN that can bypass geoblocking) -- bring a copy of a recent MP's barcode and ID number (on that little slip of paper included in the box) so that I can access TakaraTOMY's online survey. Fan polls like these are fine, but it's highly unlikely that TakaraTOMY will ever see it, whereas TakaraTOMY's poll is something that they maintain and the feedback goes directly to them.

A reminder that the thread explaining how to fill out the survey can be found here. If you see any questions which haven't been translated yet then feel free to post a screen shot in that thread and either I or another Japanese speaking member can post a translation.

Question 33 is most likely to have changed as many of the character options that you could vote on have already been fulfilled by TakaraTOMY (indicating that they do actually listen to fans ). I haven't been able to access their online survey since they geoblocked it in late 2014, but the last time I saw it, Q33 looked like this:

And since then they've given us Ironhide, Ratchet, Megatron, Shockwave and even a Movie Bumblebee coming soon. As you can see you can vote on multiple options or even type in your own nominations if the character you want to see isn't listed. For those who cannot read/write Japanese, you can look up a character's Japanese name on TFwiki (scroll down to "Foreign names") and copy/paste the Japanese name into that box.
N.B. This question may no longer be No.33 but I'm sure that it would exist somewhere in the survey.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Question 33 is most likely to have changed ... This question may no longer be No.33 but I'm sure that it would exist somewhere in the survey.

Correct on both accounts. It's now Question 20 and is a free text field (so you just type what you want instead of selecting from their options).

Here it is:



Also, completing the form requires a Japanese address... not sure if it was like this before, but geoblocking aside, that's gonna stop most people in their tracks unfortunately.

Though if anyone's game, i scrambled my way through it just doing Google Translate whilst using Chrome. Most of it made sense!

[Jellico]

Correct on both accounts. It's now Question 20 and is a free text field (so you just type what you want instead of selecting from their options).

Here it is:



Also, completing the form requires a Japanese address... not sure if it was like this before, but geoblocking aside, that's gonna stop most people in their tracks unfortunately.

Though if anyone's game, i scrambled my way through it just doing Google Translate whilst using Chrome. Most of it made sense!

Is the geoblocking dumb enough for a VPN to trick it?
After that spend some time with a Tokyo phone book?

[Starscream77]

Note to self and a reminder to anyone in Japan or if you ever go to Japan (or if you have a VPN that can bypass geoblocking) -- bring a copy of a recent MP's barcode and ID number (on that little slip of paper included in the box) so that I can access TakaraTOMY's online survey. Fan polls like these are fine, but it's highly unlikely that TakaraTOMY will ever see it, whereas TakaraTOMY's poll is something that they maintain and the feedback goes directly to them.

A reminder that the thread explaining how to fill out the survey can be found here. If you see any questions which haven't been translated yet then feel free to post a screen shot in that thread and either I or another Japanese speaking member can post a translation.

Question 33 is most likely to have changed as many of the character options that you could vote on have already been fulfilled by TakaraTOMY (indicating that they do actually listen to fans ). I haven't been able to access their online survey since they geoblocked it in late 2014, but the last time I saw it, Q33 looked like this:

And since then they've given us Ironhide, Ratchet, Megatron, Shockwave and even a Movie Bumblebee coming soon. As you can see you can vote on multiple options or even type in your own nominations if the character you want to see isn't listed. For those who cannot read/write Japanese, you can look up a character's Japanese name on TFwiki (scroll down to "Foreign names") and copy/paste the Japanese name into that box.
N.B. This question may no longer be No.33 but I'm sure that it would exist somewhere in the survey.

Useless information to all but the one or two of the guys here who live in Japan. Takara obviously do not want the opinions of anyone outside of Japan which in my opinion is ignorant and arrogant.

[Jetfire in the sky]

I'm not sure we would want a Black Arachnia though - the toy might end up just being 'Spiderboobs'

Umm Spiderboobs, yes please!!

[High_Q]

I voted for Arcee, but only because Skids and Cliffjumper aren't on the list.

I'd prefer a toy accurate Honda City Skids, but expect and am OK with a generic minivan faithful to the animation model.

As for Cliffjumper, I hope Takara doesn't go the MP Bumblebee route, whose alt-mode looked neither like the toy nor the animation model.

[Raider]

Sunstreaker all the way! Sideswipe needs his bro next to him

[MayzaPrime]

I would love to see Galvatron... No other reason than I think it would be awesome to have an official version