Behind the mask: Masterpiece MP-20 Wheeljack has a face!

Um... Well, that's unexpected. Especially the mustache.

Just like MP-1 Convoy. Cool!

Now I'm curious are MP-13 Soundwave, if there's anything behind his mouthplate.

Yikes!

Glad this was never a part of the cartoon, where Wheeljack's familiar and likeable face was his "actual" face.

Kind of reminds me of the guy that the Robo-Smasher subverted in The Secret of Omega Supreme.

thats pretty cool

The face under the mask looks like Animated Wheeljack.

Clever...

Cannot unsee!!

That's pretty neat though.

I can just see the G1 voice coming out of that face. Maybe the goatee does it?

I wonder if the intention was a welding mask

An Animated homage! YES!

Haha..I love it.

Kinda thought that it could be a reference to Q from DOTM ... But whatever I think easter egg is really cool!

MIND BLOWN. That is awesome! Too bad you gotta take his head apart to see it. But cool nonetheless. I also wonder about Soundwave now... Man, Takara is really doing wonders with MPs these days.

It's cool to see how much Takara has been stepping it up. The MP line is going strong!

Now how about some more G1 Decepticons?

Wheeljack have a glorious mustache!

Some may whine, but I love that new trope that every transformers have a face, covered by a mask or not. This make them more alive.

I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

This makes me want MP Wheeljack even more!

Now Wheeljack joins Optimus in the "Secretly had a mouth but we never knew about it until later" club.

Interesting little feature, there. I hope BBTS gets him in soon!

Nobody knew who he was until he put on the mask...

This release just keeps getting better!

-Kanrabat- wrote:Wheeljack have a glorious mustache!

Some may whine, but I love that new trope that every transformers have a face, covered by a mask or not. This make them more alive.

I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

I like it a lot but I don't need to see a face behind every face plate.

padfoo wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Wheeljack have a glorious mustache!

Some may whine, but I love that new trope that every transformers have a face, covered by a mask or not. This make them more alive.

I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

I like it a lot but I don't need to see a face behind every face plate.

Arent you just a wee bit curious?

To actually mold an actual facial feature? That IS going an extra mile! And yet accessible only if you disassemble him..........that void's Wreck-gar's warranty alright

megatronus wrote:It's cool to see how much Takara has been stepping it up. The MP line is going strong!

Now how about some more G1 Decepticons?

Megatron=check
Seekers=check
Cassettes=check
Soundwave=check
Exhaust=check

Next in line? G1 season 1......Redesigned Megatron, Reflector, Shockwave, Insecticons, Coneheads, Dezaras?

Now that the cat's out of the bag, do you think Exhaust will also sport a hidden face?

fenrir72 wrote:To actually mold an actual facial feature? That IS going an extra mile!

foreal! and who would complain about this? it requires disassembly to even see. s'not like its just going to loosely fall off and leave him exposed

Here's a video review of MP-20 Wheeljack

http://youtu.be/ZuRT2GWJiO8

I'm not crazy about making every bot with a faceplate have a "real" face underneath -- or rather the implication that there's a certain "normal" for Transformers and anything that doesn't fit NEEDS an explanation -- but this is fun! A neat little hidden detail and an Animated homage. A shame, though, about the giant hole in his head...

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

Thanks to atip fromfellow Seibertron.com user mesh, we get a look at an early review of Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-20 Wheeljack! Find out more about the scientist with a beard beneath the mask, and his Lancia Stratos alt-mode, in the embedded clip below.

I think it's a big stretch to call the face an Animated homage. I don't think the two look similar in the least.

Noideaforaname wrote:I'm not crazy about making every bot with a faceplate have a "real" face underneath -- or rather the implication that there's a certain "normal" for Transformers and anything that doesn't fit NEEDS an explanation -- but this is fun! A neat little hidden detail and an Animated homage. A shame, though, about the giant hole in his head...

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

A speaker mouth? Not surprising alright.

Noideaforaname wrote:I'm not crazy about making every bot with a faceplate have a "real" face underneath -- or rather the implication that there's a certain "normal" for Transformers and anything that doesn't fit NEEDS an explanation -- but this is fun! A neat little hidden detail and an Animated homage. A shame, though, about the giant hole in his head...

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

Sabrblade wrote:

Woah, did you guys deliver!

In this video, shows wheeljack amazingly good, a must have!

Unnecessary. It also doesn't look so good neither.

MarkNL wrote:

What does that icon mean? Pardon my ignorance.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Noideaforaname wrote:I'm not crazy about making every bot with a faceplate have a "real" face underneath -- or rather the implication that there's a certain "normal" for Transformers and anything that doesn't fit NEEDS an explanation -- but this is fun! A neat little hidden detail and an Animated homage. A shame, though, about the giant hole in his head...

-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder... what face would be behind THIS mask?

Sabrblade wrote:

Woah, did you guys deliver!

I recall it correctly, even Frank Springer rendered Soundwave in one panel during their "reactivation" with a mouth in Marvel Comic's "More than Meets the Eye #1" then suddenly in the next panel............with a mouth plate. Go figure.

But in Jose Delbo's case, he might have mistook the curved beak like pattern in the original Soundwave toy's mouth plate as a mouth. he did the same with the Seekers having only one "ear"

fenrir72 wrote:

megatronus wrote:It's cool to see how much Takara has been stepping it up. The MP line is going strong!

Now how about some more G1 Decepticons?

Megatron=check
Seekers=check
Cassettes=check
Soundwave=check
Exhaust=check

Next in line? G1 season 1......Redesigned Megatron, Reflector, Shockwave, Insecticons, Coneheads, Dezaras?

Now that the cat's out of the bag, do you think Exhaust will also sport a hidden face?

The Coneheads and Reflector would be amazing, infact you can take my money now!

fenrir72 wrote:

MarkNL wrote:

What does that icon mean? Pardon my ignorance.

You on your phone? Because it shows as a weird icon on phones indeed, I just checked it.
On the PC it shows Live Action Movie Optimus with the text "GIVE ME YOUR FACE".

The net is trolling me for some reason... Sorry for the confusion.

MarkNL wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

MarkNL wrote:

What does that icon mean? Pardon my ignorance.

You on your phone? Because it shows as a weird icon on phones indeed, I just checked it.
On the PC it shows Live Action Movie Optimus with the text "GIVE ME YOUR FACE".

The net is trolling me for some reason... Sorry for the confusion.

I think it's actually a hotlink countermeasure, as some sites (like TFU.info) don't like their bandwidth stolen.

It's a weird addition. I'm not seeing anything Animated-ish out of it, either.

fenrir72 wrote:
A speaker mouth? Not surprising alright.

that is AWESOME. so suitable. it would be really cool if that was under soundwaves faceplate.

fenrir72 wrote:

megatronus wrote:It's cool to see how much Takara has been stepping it up. The MP line is going strong!

Now how about some more G1 Decepticons?

Megatron=check
Seekers=check
Cassettes=check
Soundwave=check
Exhaust=check

Next in line? G1 season 1......Redesigned Megatron, Reflector, Shockwave, Insecticons, Coneheads, Dezaras?

Now that the cat's out of the bag, do you think Exhaust will also sport a hidden face?

Oh yes, kudos to HasTak for Soundwave and the cassettes. But we still need a new Megatron and an MP11-style Skywarp before we can check off those boxes, IMHO.

Really hoping for those next, followed by Reflector, Shockwave, and the Coneheads. How about a Coneheads 3-pack?

I'm surprisingly excited by Exhaust, too, but I'm more eager to round out the '84-'85 cast. I dunno if he'll have a face... He kinda already has one, no? His mask is more alien-face-like than the other masked characters, methinks.

Hope someone has the soundwave/soundblaster to show off his face

Coptur wrote:Hope someone has the soundwave/soundblaster to show off his face

Looking at mine, I raised his head and shined a flashlight into the open gap underneath his chin to see if there's anything in there, and it appears to just be an empty space behind his faceplate, one that simply exists to allow room for neck when his head is positioned to look downward. The reason for this seems to be that his head is simply engineered differently from Wheeljack's head.

LOL. They mispelled his name on the coin envelope. Engrish strikes again!

I think he looks great, just wish he came with two shoulder launchers like the toy had. But oh well, I can't wait to add him to my shelf.

Since when was Wheeljack old? (Besides DOTM!)

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Since when was Wheeljack old? (Besides DOTM!)

Young people can have beards. I'm still in my early twenties and I could easily grow a full beard or goatee if I stopped shaving for a week.

For those of you who ordered this at BBTS, it's processing.

Mine's coming from Japan! It'll be here in 2-3 weeks cause I chose the slow shipping.. With my big POL coming from BBTS today I think the slow shipping will be good.

Sabrblade wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Since when was Wheeljack old? (Besides DOTM!)

Young people can have beards. I'm still in my early twenties and I could easily grow a full beard or goatee if I stopped shaving for a week.

Lol. Yeah. A guy I once worked with, who's in his late twenties, had thick handlebar mustache earlier this year. He goes through phases of having outrageous mustaches or outrageous beards... sometimes having both at the same time