MP39 is... Sunstreaker!

[canofwhoopass_87]

The only thing I don't like is the yellow spoiler. In the cartoon it was silver like the G1 toy. An odd oversight considering how well the MP series usually does at replicating their animated look.

Agree 100%. The car mode just doesn't feel G1 enough to me, really needs the chrome and black spoiler

[Lord_Zed]

Cool, it looks like they just copied the 3rd party Badcube design (with the fake chest even) and tweaked it for greater toon accuracy.

I will definitely get this as I've really been a fan of Takara's latest engineering on the MP's. However I also have a 3rd party version toy and no regrets about having both, quite frankly in bot mode the 3rd party toy is going to fit in far better with the pre-Ironhide MP cars than this guy will.

[Magnus]

The yellow spoiler is most likely a Lamborghini thing. Countach spoilers are typically the body colour.

I like the option of making the car a stock LP500S - it looks good, and having Sunstreaker displayed this way next to Sideswipe emphasises their 'twin' nature, even if he never appeared this way in the cartoon.

The TFW2005 article has a fifth picture that shows Sunstreaker's pistol stowed in his leg.

Lamborghini supposedly not wanting the bonnet to split strikes me as kind of odd - was that really speculated as a reason for the delay in giving Sunstreaker the Masterpiece treatment? Takara could easily engineer the bonnet to be asymmetrical so that the Lamborghini badge isn't split if that was what they were concerned about. I think that having the middle of the bonnet separate from the sides and fold away in this instance probably helps to prevent Sunstreaker having comically wide feet.

[SharkyMcShark]

The yellow spoiler is most likely a Lamborghini thing. Countach spoilers are typically the body colour.

I like the option of making the car a stock LP500S - it looks good, and having Sunstreaker displayed this way next to Sideswipe emphasises their 'twin' nature, even if he never appeared this way in the cartoon.

The TFW2005 article has a fifth picture that shows Sunstreaker's pistol stowed in his leg.

Lamborghini supposedly not wanting the bonnet to split strikes me as kind of odd - was that really speculated as a reason for the delay in giving Sunstreaker the Masterpiece treatment? Takara could easily engineer the bonnet to be asymmetrical so that the Lamborghini badge isn't split if that was what they were concerned about. I think that having the middle of the bonnet separate from the sides and fold away in this instance probably helps to prevent Sunstreaker having comically wide feet.

I have a vague recollection of Chevrolet expressing similar issues with Alt Tracks, delaying the release thereof.