MP Upgrade Package - Released
Sunday, September 30th, 2007 7:11PM CDT
Categories: Toy News, Store NewsPosted by: Stormrider Views: 14,311
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“The good news is if you didn't preorder, we have stock available for order, so as soon as we're caught up on pre-orders we will ship out in stock orders promptly!”
You can read more about this hot upgrade by clicking here.
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Posted by one wing angel on September 30th, 2007 @ 7:16pm CDT
Posted by Lapse Of Reason on September 30th, 2007 @ 7:20pm CDT
Posted by Windracer on September 30th, 2007 @ 7:57pm CDT
But cool, I'm sure a lot of people are gonna enjoy this.
Posted by Samsonator on September 30th, 2007 @ 8:13pm CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on September 30th, 2007 @ 8:45pm CDT
Lapse Of Reason wrote:I'm waiting on the reviews for this one. I mainly display in bot mode, but I like the inclusion of the new leg pieces.
I take it that you're supposed to pop the factory ones off and snap these on in place?
Posted by tom brokaw on September 30th, 2007 @ 9:23pm CDT
Posted by kitonight on September 30th, 2007 @ 10:10pm CDT
Posted by jgilkinson on September 30th, 2007 @ 10:36pm CDT
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 30th, 2007 @ 11:20pm CDT
Now I know this is gonna be sold out all over, and the priceis gonna be jacked up way high.
Stupid timing vs bills
Posted by iron maniac on September 30th, 2007 @ 11:25pm CDT
Posted by Stormrider on October 1st, 2007 @ 3:12am CDT
kitonight wrote:does anyone know where the promo box on hasbrotoyshop, for the code
If you are looking for this on Hasbrotoyshop.com - you won't find it because it's not an official Transformer product.
Posted by xacto on October 1st, 2007 @ 3:22am CDT
Posted by Savage on October 1st, 2007 @ 3:27am CDT
Posted by iron maniac on October 1st, 2007 @ 3:45am CDT
Savage wrote:I think I'll be passing on this, just because I display my MP Megs in robot mode. I'm glad to see the upgrade though, I was hoping they'd do one. It's mostly just that I cant justify paying for it right now. Does anyone know how much it is priced at right now?
Right around the $55 mark, give or take a buck or 2 depending on where you buy it.
Posted by Stormrider on October 1st, 2007 @ 4:35am CDT
Posted by shocktrain on October 1st, 2007 @ 11:05am CDT
Posted by Anonymous on October 6th, 2007 @ 9:08am CDT
Stormrider wrote:I am most curious about the leg plates. Are they really die-cast or just aluminium? And does the black finish match the other black on the legs?
Me too. I'm more concerned about what type of dis-assembly/re-assembly is reqired to swap 'em out. Any thoughts from current MP-05 owners?
(I'm getting mine w/ the second production in December, but want the upgrade before eBay-ers jack up the price, so I have no clue how the original plates are attatched)
Posted by SpacerAM2 on October 6th, 2007 @ 11:16am CDT
Posted by Stormrider on October 6th, 2007 @ 7:46pm CDT
lrahaman wrote:Stormrider wrote:I am most curious about the leg plates. Are they really die-cast or just aluminium? And does the black finish match the other black on the legs?
Me too. I'm more concerned about what type of dis-assembly/re-assembly is reqired to swap 'em out. Any thoughts from current MP-05 owners?
(I'm getting mine w/ the second production in December, but want the upgrade before eBay-ers jack up the price, so I have no clue how the original plates are attatched)
The assembly should be easy since the leg plate is on a ball and socket joint. It should pop off and on easily.
Posted by DeathAura on October 6th, 2007 @ 9:23pm CDT
I received my preorder from tfsource, and my friend brought his over since he also recieved his today.
Mine is still misb, but he opened his and we were looking at it and attaching it to mp 05 when i felt a sharp/stinging sensation.
I looked down, and i was holding one of the metal leg plates that comes with the package, and on the inside of the leg, near to where the metal plate attaches to the female ball-socket/hinge that directly connects to mp 05, i saw an anomaly.
As anyone may have noticed in the past with Ko's in general, the injection-mold technique may leave residual plastic hanging off the sides of the figure once the plastic is removed from the mold. In this case, some of the metal apparantly escaped from the mold or at least, was not de-burred or whatever you call it, thus leaving a quite sharp protrusion off of the metal plate. it had recieved a coat of black paint too. I was also noticing some qc issues with the black paint application, little spots here and there were missed from the appearance of the 1 package i have seen.
So, just watch out and see if yours has similair properties.
Posted by DeathAura on October 6th, 2007 @ 9:30pm CDT
Stormrider wrote:lrahaman wrote:Stormrider wrote:I am most curious about the leg plates. Are they really die-cast or just aluminium? And does the black finish match the other black on the legs?
Me too. I'm more concerned about what type of dis-assembly/re-assembly is reqired to swap 'em out. Any thoughts from current MP-05 owners?
(I'm getting mine w/ the second production in December, but want the upgrade before eBay-ers jack up the price, so I have no clue how the original plates are attatched)
The assembly should be easy since the leg plate is on a ball and socket joint. It should pop off and on easily.
It is quite simple. The metal plates look just like the original plates. They attach and de-attach in the same exact way. The only other thing you have to do is swap the little plastic bits at the very very bottom of the handle, and those pop in/out very easily also. It really is nothing that headaches are made of.
Did i mention that the upgrade package fires plastic slugs that are included in a baggie? (not on a tree, loose in a baggie) They have a bit of heft/mass to them, i'm so grateful this wasn't produced in the US, as i am a fan of the hefty cinch sack version of projectile gimmicks. Only in turret mode though, not in gun mode. Just like tfc 06. except tfc 06 had its bullets/pellets on a tree and they were maroon. These are black.
Posted by Stormrider on October 6th, 2007 @ 10:00pm CDT
Posted by DeathAura on October 7th, 2007 @ 8:27am CDT
Posted by Stormrider on October 8th, 2007 @ 4:11am CDT
DeathAura wrote:it's basically the same as tfc 06. The same pieces have the same functions.
I thought the plastic bullets shoot out of the gun barrel on TFC 06.