Masterpiece Cordon (white Sunstreaker) MP-42 for October

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

I just don’t know why diaclones are getting their own numbers I think if it’s a simple repaint then it should be just be an extension of the original moulds number.

I believe exclusives (like TTmall etc...) get a suffix attached to the original mold number whereas mainline releases get a new number.

[ZoonMaster5000]

I believe exclusives (like TTmall etc...) get a suffix attached to the original mold number whereas mainline releases get a new number.

I was a bit late to the party on these but was mp-18b and mp-14c exclusives? If so I’ll happily retract my last statement.

I still don’t think they deserve their own number but I get all the old Japanese G1 repaints had their own so I can’t complain too much I guess.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

I was a bit late to the party on these but was mp-18b and mp-14c exclusives? If so I’ll happily retract my last statement.

Yeah, both were TTMall exclusives.

[ZoonMaster5000]

Yeah, both were TTMall exclusives.

I see, well thank you for educating me I’ll still be getting one, cause I like transformers and stuff

[bowspearer]

I believe exclusives (like TTmall etc...) get a suffix attached to the original mold number whereas mainline releases get a new number.

Actually it seems to be more based on when the mould was released in terms of the practice that is used. Anything from Ultra Magnus onwards seems to be a separate figure whilst anything older seems to use the letter suffix on the original release.

Case in point, derivatives of Sideswipe, Bumblebee, Soundwave, Starscream, Convoy 2.0, Rodumus Convoy and Streak, all use letter suffixes for different versions of the mold; even when they're major characters. However with anything from Ultra Magnus onwards, the practice appears to have changed so that the different versions get their own number. Loudpedal is the one exception to that, however as it was a TTS exclusive, that might be why.

[Kranix]

I thought anything with new moulding gets a regular number?

The pics on TFW2005 confirm this guy has a new head, light bar and weapon. Like MP23 Exhaust and MP26 Roadrage. So new number.

I think Diaclone Ultra Magnus is the exception though?

[Paulbot]

You can see the base mold Sunstreaker peaking out with gaps in the paint. Overall I like it though.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/05/09/t...-images-363603

[griffin]

You can see the base mold Sunstreaker peaking out with gaps in the paint. Overall I like it though.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/05/09/t...-images-363603

(mirrored copy of that photo is now in the first post of this news topic)

[Jellico]

Hmmm. So 3 repaints (one a Diaclone and 2 "toys"), a reissue, and 2 beasts. I guess it is a consolidation year for me. At least I am catching up now.

[Paulbot]

The more I look at it, the more I see a Decepticon rather than an Autobot. But if he’s going to be an Autobot he should be Red Alert’s twin, so we can then have a Big Business style adventure where we learnt the protoforms were swapped at birth!