Masterpiece / Masterpiece compatible Discussion.

I suppose it might be vaguely entertaining, for two minutes, to have one of my Masterpiece Grimlocks sitting on the thrown, wearing his crown, while he's being served by the other one in waiter mode.


The amount of add-ons/accessories for Masterpiece Grimlock is getting just slightly excessive though.

(note i didn't say overused this time)

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Have they given up on the MP-M series?

Can only remember two, a repaint of HFTD Leader Starscream which is a fantastic mold worthy of the MP tag and a repaint of Battleops Bumblebee which I have no opinion on as I've never owned it.

Dead and buried.

The two you recall are the only two that were made. Hasbro Asia tried to resurrect it somewhat with the Asia Premium series, but all that yielded was a repaint of Striker Optimus in Buster Optimus colours and a redeco of Leader Brawl.

It also doesn't help that Hasbro have essentially given up on the Leader class, but are generous enough to take people's money for undersized simplified toys at the same price point.

Hasbro version of MP10 is being reissued by Hasbro Asia, and at a not-too-awful price either.

Check the usual suspects WRT to Dealers.

Beefy78 wrote: »

Am I right in thinking one of the MP lines is readily available in Toys R Us in the States?

I'm in New York in a couple of weeks time....

If you find anything, it's likely to be something out of Prowl/Sunstorm and maybe a few left over Acid Storms.

TRU have been pushing up the price of Masterpieces recently, on top of which the Times Square branch has tourist trap pricing anyway. You may do better if you can find one of the other branches in NY.

If you're lucky and persistent, you may get the original Hasbro version for about the same price. It's probably better made on average.


Cheaper than 100 euro? Not these days, unless the person selling it doesn't understand what they have, or it's a fixer upper.


There's a Takara one listed on Adverts at the moment for 250 if anyone is feeling impatient.

Rumours abound that Tracks has been put back so they can bring Sunstreaker forward to take the wind out of the 3P version from Omnigonix.

Large doses of salt etc.

Hasbro Asia reissue of Hasbro MP10 Optimus is out. The pricing is actually quite decent all things considered. You might have to do a bit of research to find one tho... Kapow seem to be all sold out.

Although they may have more stock when it actually arrives to them (?)

JohnMc1 wrote: »

We're getting an MP-11 repaint as Mp-11 SW Skywarp. I'm guessing Thundercracker won't be far behind.

http://tformers.com/new-hasbro-asia-exclusives-announced-mp-11sw-skywarp-and-human-alliance-barricadesoundwave-2-pack/25022/news.html

People are fairly irked at the price tag. Takara's pricing on the orignal seeker mold in 2006 was already a little grabby. Never mind multiple successive pirce hikes.

But yes, i do plan to buy the bloody thing anyway.


The thing is there's already a Thundercracker from the Mp11 mold. Even if it does take the deco from the Generations version... Then there's a Legends Thundercracker out early next year, and a Leader Class one which is a retool of Generations Jetfire.

Yes, i know. Masterpiece and Generations aren't the same line, but all those factors together are going to make them at least wait, or not proceed at all. I think.

JohnMc1 wrote: »

I hope we do get a new Megatron. Or atleast Galvatron. That one is long over due with Rodimus being out and Magnus coming.

I trust you've seen X-Transbots Apollyon by now? I'm not sure about that one yet...X-Tranbots products seem to receive mixed reviews.
At this rate, there'll be a 3P masterpieceish Galvatron out before a 'real' one too.



There's other Masterpiece-ish (3p) things coming too for people who've been not keeping tracking.

-Junkions
-Scourge
-Mirage
-Astrotrain

And there's that Omnigonix attempt at Sunstreaker as well..but that's been generally known about for a while, as well as a Blaster or two.

All-in-all i would say TT have had some of the wind taken out of their sails.
Some of this is due soon too...... There's so many companies and so many releases touted now, i'm staring to loose track.

Grimlock is available for home (UK address only?) delivery again.

keithgeo wrote: »

I used parcel motel for it. Got Bumblee yesterday, they could have done with painting a face on spike

They could've done without Spike full stop. Checked it for defects, then back in the box forever with it.

Whammy! wrote: »

Can you get Lazerbeak separately? I know you can get most of the others, just never saw Lazerbeak.

eBay.

Occasionally you'll find someone who broke the set up, or a Chinese vendor that has a few 'factory overrun' items that came into their hands.