A third Masterpiece Gen1 Optimus coming?

[Jazzman]

Will reserve judgment until I actually see the improvements... I have both the Takara and Hasbro MP-10's... do I need a minor update? Nope... Red Alert was different... passed on Sideswipe, though.

[Deonasis]

Will reserve judgment until I actually see the improvements... I have both the Takara and Hasbro MP-10's... do I need a minor update? Nope... Red Alert was different... passed on Sideswipe, though.

Pretty sure it is a major update. The link in the OP is an entirely new chest/shoulders even though i think the biggest changes will be in the legs. Little doubt some of the transformation would be similar though.

[DELTAprime]

Pretty sure it is a major update. The link in the OP is an entirely new chest/shoulders even though i think the biggest changes will be in the legs. Little doubt some of the transformation would be similar though.

I did thorise a while ago that they could make MP10 more cartoon accurate just by adding faux truck parts to the chest and sliding in the fenders to make them flush with the side of the leg. Oh and giving him a more cartoon accurate paint job.

[bowspearer]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a complete redesign. The fact is that MP-10 is getting close to being a 7 year old figure now and as people have noted, there is a clear engineering gap between MP-10 and MP-36. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the design team trying to bring Optimus Prime up to the same standard as Megatron.

[Jazzman]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a complete redesign. The fact is that MP-10 is getting close to being a 7 year old figure now and as people have noted, there is a clear engineering gap between MP-10 and MP-36. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the design team trying to bring Optimus Prime up to the same standard as Megatron.

Yeah, I hear ya - but MP-10 set the standard format, right?

[bowspearer]

Yeah, I hear ya - but MP-10 set the standard format, right?

The scale isn't what is likely to be changed if they do a 3.0 - I suspect they'd just change the complexity.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Maybe part of me doesn't want to see yet another Optimus Prime mould, but is MP10 really so outdated/inaccurate? I mean you look at MP-10 and it's instantly recognisable as the greatest Autobot leader of all time. Even more striking when you compare him to pretty much every other iteration there has been. No other toy comes close to matching cartoon accuracy. The tapering torso, head sculpt, matrix chamber, gun storage, etc. I can see why they re-did Megatron and Hot-Rod, but I'm happy with MP10 and it would take something special to make me reconsider another Optimus

[Galvatran]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a complete redesign. The fact is that MP-10 is getting close to being a 7 year old figure now and as people have noted, there is a clear engineering gap between MP-10 and MP-36. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the design team trying to bring Optimus Prime up to the same standard as Megatron.

MP50 Optimus Prime 3.0
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MP60 Megatron 3.0
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MP80 Optimus Prime 4.0
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MP90 Megatron 4.0

Wash, lather, rinse & repeat. That's the sound of cha-ching.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

MP50 Optimus Prime 3.0
MP50+ Optimus Prime 3.0 (colour based on animation error)
MP50x Optimus Prime 3.0 (TTMall exclusive)
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MP60 Megatron 3.0
MP60+ Megatron 3.0
MP60x Megatron 3.0
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MP80 Optimus Prime 4.0
MP80+ Optimus Prime 4.0
MP80x Optimus Prime 4.0
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MP90 Megatron 4.0
MP90+ Megatron 4.0
MP90x Megatron 4.0

Wash, lather, rinse & repeat.

Fixed it for you...

That's the sound of cha-ching.

You forgot to mention the "thud" -- the sound of QC dropping.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Couple of prototype shots from Figure King No. 244: