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AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Emerje wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I'm down for MP Silverbolt.

Un/Fortunately, I don't think HasTak has interest in any MP Silverbolt, G1, Fuzor or Eagle.

I'd call it unfortunately. Not that I would say they're on the same level, but people did say the same thing about Lio Convoy. Never know, they might throw us a bone someday.

Emerje

The difference is, Silverbolt isn't a Convoy. Not forgetting a large part of the design team at HasTak and the fanbase, do have a fetish for all things that share that aesthetic. A shared stance with 3P also. They barely touch Beast Era as it is, but if it isn't a Megatron or Optimus, they're not interested either.

As for a potential MP Transmetal line, the scale of a Season Two cast, relative to their Season One counterparts, would be too cost prohibitive EG TM Megatron is at least twice his Season One size and Rampage towers over that.

I just think it's about popularity. In Japan, season 1 of Beast Wars is by far the most popular, and the most iconic (as can be seen in the legends verse) so that's what we are getting.

Yeah, unfortunately, Seasons 2 and 3 tanked in Japan. The Transmetals flopped over there.

Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, unfortunately, Seasons 2 and 3 tanked in Japan. The Transmetals flopped over there.

Indeed. No doubt that is the reality behind the mandate. Personally I think all the Transmetal designs are infinitely superior to their Season One counterparts. In particular, Megatron, Rattrap and Tarantulas. Now would I like to see the TM's make it into the MP line? Yes. I'd love to see Rampage and Depthcharge, albeit significantly less top-heavy. Plus - the wish list - I'd really want to see TM Terrorsaur, Waspinator, Airazor and Rhinox stand beside their prior counterparts. No doubt a show bible did exist to upscale those characters for Season Two.

But I can live with a complete set for at least one series.

As I have previously hoped for though, (barring redecos of these molds) should the line end with Season One, I'd love a nod to these guys in MP form.



Despite never being depicted onscreen, Beast Wars did start with them and I think it would be a fitting way to end the line.

Gah! want want want want want want want!!!!

I love that the beast mode head is on his chest. And the wrist rockets!

The more I see, the more I like, the more I want. Its gonna be real, real **** hard to hold to my spending limits/standards and not buy this bastard.

Tigatron looks really dang good! He's a bit too big for my Beast shelf, and I'm not that invested in him Pre-Tigerhawk, but he's really sweet.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Tigatron looks really dang good! He's a bit too big for my Beast shelf, and I'm not that invested in him Pre-Tigerhawk, but he's really sweet.

Which of the 5 mins of on screen presence got you invested in Tigerhawk?

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Indeed. No doubt that is the reality behind the mandate. Personally I think all the Transmetal designs are infinitely superior to their Season One counterparts. In particular, Megatron, Rattrap and Tarantulas. Now would I like to see the TM's make it into the MP line? Yes.

I wouldn't. The transmetal line was really special by being the very first time ever in Transformers history where the toys and the on screen models were a match. The appeal of an MP is to have something we never had before, a perfect representation of the character, but we have all that here. To me, an MP might even mess things up by over complicating the brilliance of the initial toy designs.

The only toy out of the bunch which I feel needs a redo is Tigerhawk, since it was the only one that wasn't show accurate. But he only had 5 mins of screen time in an unpopular show so... we'll see.

william-james88 wrote:The only toy out of the bunch which I feel needs a redo is Tigerhawk, since it was the only one that wasn't show accurate. But he only had 5 mins of screen time in an unpopular show so... we'll see.

Know the possibility is slightly heightened by his redeco potential.

william-james88 wrote:I wouldn't. The transmetal line was really special by being the very first time ever in Transformers history where the toys and the on screen models were a match. The appeal of an MP is to have something we never had before, a perfect representation of the character, but we have all that here. To me, an MP might even mess things up by over complicating the brilliance of the initial toy designs.

The only toy out of the bunch which I feel needs a redo is Tigerhawk, since it was the only one that wasn't show accurate. But he only had 5 mins of screen time in an unpopular show so... we'll see.

Indeed. That accuracy was the strength of the Transmetal line. Only Rattrap and Rampage would need minor tweaks to be show accurate. Yet much like the Fuzors, the ones I'd be most interested in seeing in the MP line, were not in the show.

Silverbolt and Quickstrike were both the worst characters in Beast Wars and the least interesting Fuzor designs. I'd love to see a fully realised Air Hammer, Sky Shadow or Injector. Much like the rest of the non-show base line. Or even the two Gestalts.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Tigatron looks really dang good! He's a bit too big for my Beast shelf, and I'm not that invested in him Pre-Tigerhawk, but he's really sweet.

Which of the 5 mins of on screen presence got you invested in Tigerhawk?

All of them, there was not a single thing i disliked about Tigerhawk and his screentime

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:The only toy out of the bunch which I feel needs a redo is Tigerhawk, since it was the only one that wasn't show accurate. But he only had 5 mins of screen time in an unpopular show so... we'll see.

Know the possibility is slightly heightened by his redeco potential.

this would be awesome too

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Silverbolt and Quickstrike were both the worst characters in Beast Wars and the least interesting Fuzor designs. I'd love to see a fully realised Air Hammer, Sky Shadow or Injector. Much like the rest of the non-show base line. Or even the two Gestalts.

On the Silverbolt angle I strongly disagree, he is one of my favorite Beast Wars characters.

with Lio Convoy, and with Raiden coming, i am hopeful for a MP Magnaboss

So I've spied a price via TFSource:

$229.99

Preorder Item
Estimated Arrival: September 2020

That seems a tad steep. No UK price sources yet, but I doubt he will equal MP Dinobot over here.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:So I've spied a price via TFSource:

$229.99

Preorder Item
Estimated Arrival: September 2020

That seems a tad steep. No UK price sources yet, but I doubt he will equal MP Dinobot over here.

That's around the price in Yen this toy was said to be when he was initially revealed:

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... led/44478/

Ok, this price seems more reasonable, from InDemand Toys

MP-50 Tigatron Pre-Order
Coming Soon...
£169.99
£17 (10% deposit price currently available)

Nothing from Kapow yet. I'll update when I have the info.

He is up on Amazon Japan for pre order at approximately $180.


https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B085F64GBM/ ... item_image

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:So I've spied a price via TFSource:

$229.99

Preorder Item
Estimated Arrival: September 2020

UPDATE:

Now $219.99. Price Drop already

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Ok, this price seems more reasonable, from InDemand Toys

MP-50 Tigatron Pre-Order
Coming Soon...
£169.99
£17 (10% deposit price currently available)

Update from Kapow

Due October 2020
RRP £189.99
Current price: £174.97 £169.97
£17.00 (10% option currently available)

Everyone seems to be fiddling their prices with this guy, it seems



^For Scale.

Takara's Transformers Masterpiece MP-50 Tigatron is now available on Amazon Japan at the lowest price we have seen so far, 17259 Yen (167.93 USD). It will be released September 30.
The listing also has a list of accessories and official images. It is amazing to think that the images of the robot mode below are of the actual toy and not the CG model. The mold is completely new, and the beast mode seems to suffer less than Cheetor's in terms of visible robot mode kibble.
The accessory list can be found below. The one that stood out to me most was the Megatron head cube puzzle, which we can also see in the images.

Set contents Tigatron (Beast Wars) body (1 ), Tiger Shot (1), Tiger Cannon (1), Hacking Device (1), Replacement Face (Angry) (1), Replacement Face (Sadness) (1), Replacement Face (Surprise) (1) ), Replacement face (hacking) (1), Megatron cube puzzle (1), Stand adapter (1), Instruction manual (1), Character card (1)

It's been a while since I've watched Beast Wars, but what episode is being referenced with Megatons head attached to Tigatron's chest?

Rodimus Knight wrote:It's been a while since I've watched Beast Wars, but what episode is being referenced with Megatons head attached to Tigatron's chest?

It's not attached to his chest. It's the virtual cube puzzle Tigatron had to solve when he hacked into the Preds' base to learn about the alien Golden Disk in "Before the Storm".

Rodimus Knight wrote:It's been a while since I've watched Beast Wars, but what episode is being referenced with Megatons head attached to Tigatron's chest?

It's from the season 1 episode "Before the Storm." Tigatron is sent to infiltrate the Predacon base to gather intelligence. Once inside, he uses that purple cable thing to hook himself up to a computer terminal, allowing him to navigates his way through the Predacon systems via a virtual reality type setup. It's in that virtual reality that he comes across a representation of Megatron's jumbled up face, which he then solves in order to access Megatron's secret files.

you know, it never occured to me until now that having a giant animal head on your chest seems really cumbersome. like, you wouldn't be able to do much of anything with that blocking your sight of everything below your chest.

Not gonna lie, that Amazon JP price is tempting me on him. and he looks fantastic!

He just seems a bit too big for me and my Beast shelf, even though his representation on my shelf is Tigerhawk

It's now 18,985 yen. WTF.

UPDATE: you can check out with that 18,985 price, but the confirmation reflects the original preorder price.

Yup, gonna have to get this.

Damn. This figure is spectacular. It's almost too awesome for Tigatron. Just incredible. I think the Masterpiece Beast Wars figures have become my favorite Masterpiece figures because they are so evocative of what they look like on the show. Awesome for Beast Wars. Not so awesome for G1.