Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-22 Ultra Magnus Price Drop

This just gets better and better

YES!! YES!! This looks awesome!! And I'm so glad the current rumor on pricing is under $200. Now where's my Wheeljack!??!!

I know there are tons of Digibashes out there but this is what I want.

Hopefully he's able to have that trailer removed if needed...not a fan of that "citizen Stack" version. For $200 I'd like my OG style Magnus please!

skynet1O1 wrote:YES!! YES!! This looks awesome!! And I'm so glad the current rumor on pricing is under $200. Now where's my Wheeljack!??!!

price drop is phenominal. anyone else think its funny how he ended up being almost the exact same prices as KFC's?

shajaki wrote:

skynet1O1 wrote:YES!! YES!! This looks awesome!! And I'm so glad the current rumor on pricing is under $200. Now where's my Wheeljack!??!!

price drop is phenominal. anyone else think its funny how he ended up being almost the exact same prices as KFC's?

I think it is the reason we are seeing the prototype so early too.

First off, why does the 'Click Here to Comment' link for Lawson G1-colored Grimlock lead to the Ultra Magnus thread?

Anyway, MP Magnus news is good. Not sure why he needs two sets of fists, can anybody think of a scene where something weird/different happened to his hands?

I also like the fact that he will probably come with spacesuit Spike and Daniel. I'm guessing the Spike that comes with Bumblebee will not be removeable from the Exosuit, so these figures will give alternate display options. Also, MP Rodimus never came with a Daniel figure like I thought he should, so we'll finally be able to recreate that famous beginning scene from the movie. It would also be really smart of Takara to make it so they can both sit in Magnus' cab. I might just repurpose the MP-10 Spike as Sparkplug instead. Except his shirt is wrong, but whatever.

kirbenvost wrote:First off, why does the 'Click Here to Comment' link for Lawson G1-colored Grimlock lead to the Ultra Magnus thread?

Anyway, MP Magnus news is good. Not sure why he needs two sets of fists, can anybody think of a scene where something weird/different happened to his hands?

Pointing finger so as to give our RTS perceptors some firm orders?
Or maybe hands that can clutch his face to express his boredom of our RTS Perceptors?

There is no inner cab robot, as there is no INNER CAB!! The cab, as you can see in the photo, folds up and attaches to Magnus's back when he is in robot mode. I'm betting the cab is just mostly a hollow shell, designed to be in the same proportions and look exactly like MP-10's cab.

kirbenvost wrote:First off, why does the 'Click Here to Comment' link for Lawson G1-colored Grimlock lead to the Ultra Magnus thread?

Because the original news stories this thread was created for was a trio of news items from the same magazine; MP Ultra Magnus, AOE G1 Grimlock, and the new Campaign Microns.

lets try and clear this up a bit.. look at the cab in the photo of the prototype.. it doesn't share the same panel lines as MP10 does.. and it certainly doesn't have enough panel lanes to suggest that there's a robot folded up into the cab.

next.. look at the magnus robot mode.. look at the waist, there's clearly no inner robot there.

as of now, going off of the majority of the translations and the visual evidence.. you've got to come to the conclusion/the realization that there is no inner robot mode.

for me that's perfectly fine.. he was never like that in the show why in the world would he have an inner white magnus for the masterpiece version?

i do quite enjoy parts-formers.. but i enjoy accuracy more.. so, this is perfect for me.

quick question....

UM comes with a spike and daniel. assuming theyll be the same scale as spike from MP10. so does anyone know if the MP10 spike fits in MP09 hotrod, meaning MP22's daniel will fit in hotrod?

sorry if this question made anyone cross eyed

TimothyR wrote:as of now, going off of the majority of the translations and the visual evidence.. you've got to come to the conclusion/the realization that there is no inner robot mode.

While the evidence does suggest that, until we see more from TT or in hand images, I won't be forming any conclusion.

And as they just said, you "don't need to remove the cab to transform him into robot mode" ... It's a bit of a stretch but I and my 10 year old self will continue to hold out that little bit of hope.

Sabrblade wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:First off, why does the 'Click Here to Comment' link for Lawson G1-colored Grimlock lead to the Ultra Magnus thread?

Because the original news stories this thread was created for was a trio of news items from the same magazine; MP Ultra Magnus, AOE G1 Grimlock, and the new Campaign Microns.

Okay, where's the discussion for Grimlock?

hinomars19 wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:Anyway, MP Magnus news is good. Not sure why he needs two sets of fists, can anybody think of a scene where something weird/different happened to his hands?

Pointing finger so as to give our RTS perceptors some firm orders?
Or maybe hands that can clutch his face to express his boredom of our RTS Perceptors?

Well, he's already got articulated fingers so he can point. I guess maybe they might have an addition set of hands with more articulation, but I can't see why they'd do that instead of just building that articulation into the first pair.

kirbenvost wrote:Okay, where's the discussion for Grimlock?

Unfortunately it's locked up in this topic.

kirbenvost wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:Anyway, MP Magnus news is good. Not sure why he needs two sets of fists, can anybody think of a scene where something weird/different happened to his hands?

Pointing finger so as to give our RTS perceptors some firm orders?
Or maybe hands that can clutch his face to express his boredom of our RTS Perceptors?

Well, he's already got articulated fingers so he can point. I guess maybe they might have an addition set of hands with more articulation, but I can't see why they'd do that instead of just building that articulation into the first pair.

Haha, well yes, I was joking. He can indeed point with these hands. My only guess right now would be...a fixed pose pair more suitable for holding a Matrix? Until we know more about what this toy does, it's the only thing I can think of logically at this point.

Here's a full image and size comparison of Mags and Ops.

I can see something getting ready to happen. The takara version won't have the naked white prime where as the hasbro version will be the naked white prime only.

I can see this happening.

TFsource also dropped their price to 189.99...

Nice!

Burn wrote:

TimothyR wrote:as of now, going off of the majority of the translations and the visual evidence.. you've got to come to the conclusion/the realization that there is no inner robot mode.

While the evidence does suggest that, until we see more from TT or in hand images, I won't be forming any conclusion.

And as they just said, you "don't need to remove the cab to transform him into robot mode" ... It's a bit of a stretch but I and my 10 year old self will continue to hold out that little bit of hope.

I'm with you, Burn. All the pics and evidence suggest otherwise, but it would be really nice for the inner robot to exist.

Someone, please translate, STAT!

This was found on the MP-22 product page at BBTS:



Is this indicating an inner robot, or is it simply an overlay of MP-10 on the MP-22 silhouette?

Must... know...

Looks to me like somebody just took the preexisting Ultra Magnus sihlouette from a magazine, faded it, then took that image of MP-10 Convoy, and slapped it on top of the sihlouette for a "what if" or a "wishful thinking" case.

In other words, a photoshop of these two:

Man, that looks amazing!

Blasphemous Prime wrote:I can see something getting ready to happen. The takara version won't have the naked white prime where as the hasbro version will be the naked white prime only.

I can see this happening.

I demand this happening. I will seriously be the happiest man on this site.

Hey megatronus, your "Optimus inside Ultra Magnus" image changed.

Large, high resolution official prototype pics - http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10273140

With these pics, we can now fully see that that cab, while definitely inspired by the MP-10 cab, is definitely not the MP-10 cab.

Sabrblade wrote:Hey megatronus, your "Optimus inside Ultra Magnus" image changed.

All I have to say is:




The image appears the same on my screen, but looking at the BBTS product page I sourced the image from... it's different.

I have no idea what's going on...

So I'm guessing the BBTS price (or thereabouts from some others) is the best price? Does anyone know or have predictions for a possible USA release to help save on cost?

Pre-orders are up on HLJ! With their discount it comes out to $141. A December release.

In further Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-22 Ultra Magnus news, site sponsor Robot Kingdom have also listed the figure on their website, with a tentative release date of 13th December 2014 and a current pre-order price of US$ 151.90. Read on below for all the accessories and extras included in the package, including some large resolution clear official images of the prototype!

Product Description:

Available on 13th December 2014.

5% less for preorder, discount will be ended 1.5 months before it releases or eariler.

Please don’t preorder this with MP-20 or MP-21 or other confirmed release date items, their release date is still fully confirmed and we don’t want to hold your orders for too long.

Exclusive Coins will be given out at a first come first serve basis!

18000yen

This item includes:
Ultra Magnus Main Body
Face for Exchange X 1
Weapon X 1
Daniel Figure X 1
Spike Figure X 1
Fist for Exchange
Manual

Transformation from Robot to Car Carrier mode do not require the remove of the Cabin.
Vehicle mode can fit in 4 other MP size Cars.
Totally new mold item.

Sabrblade wrote:Large, high resolution official prototype pics - http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10273140

With these pics, we can now fully see that that cab, while definitely inspired by the MP-10 cab, is definitely not the MP-10 cab.

Thanks! We can also see that they've just upscaled the OP hands. At that size they could have given him moving thumbs - thumbs don't do what his are doing! Also, we can see that his knees won't bend beyond 45°.

Cyberpath wrote:Pre-orders are up on HLJ! With their discount it comes out to $141. A December release.

And pre-ordered, thanks for pointing it out.

And, not only does it look better, and is official but it's also cheaper than KFC's.
I cannot wait.

Burn wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:Okay, where's the discussion for Grimlock?

Unfortunately it's locked up in this topic.

I'm getting everything to link to this thread instead, moved out all the posts pertaining to Grimlock and the clear Targetmasters.

amiami

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

and

hobbysearch

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10273140

UM MP-22 (clearer pics)












ETA mid December 2014

Price range Y 14500 to Y 15300 (around $ 140.00 +) not including shipping

So this might be taking a page from IDW then? The cab serves as a transitional mounting figure for the armor and not a white "naked" Convoy? Either way.....this fig is going to make me go on a diet this coming New Year.

I like how the gun stores in between the 'arms' on the carrier.

looks like Magnus wont have chromed smokestacks...

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Hey megatronus, your "Optimus inside Ultra Magnus" image changed.

All I have to say is:




The image appears the same on my screen, but looking at the BBTS product page I sourced the image from... it's different.

I have no idea what's going on...

Well, it looks to me like, since BBTS changed their original source picture, your hotlinked image changed with it since the source code for it is directly connected to BBTS instead of uploaded to a different image host.

I apologize if this is beating a dead horse, but will this be shorter than KFC's figure standing up in robot mode?

Based on the pics, looks like it.

Trikeboy wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Trikeboy wrote:Spike again? That is now three Masterpiece Spike figures. Why not use Carly?

I imagine it'll be adult Spike and Daniel with their "futuristic" white suits from the Animated 1986 movie, the 3rd season and Headmasters.

Yeah, I'm sure it will with Daniel being included it's just the third time they have done the character. Also, am I the only one who see's this:

That would be cool, if it's colored like that. I feel like the camera angle is not capturing the nose and details right because the inner head can't look that bad, right?


No big gun for Ultra Magnus?

There are a few things I don't like about the design but only one that really bothers me - the roof of the cab hanging off his waist. This seems like an unnecessary design because based on the hinge line, the roof could have been designed to fold up onto the windshield and out of the way. I really hope he is just mistransformed because there is no reason why Ultra Magnus needs to be sporting suit jacket tails.

xMXUx wrote:looks like Magnus wont have chromed smokestacks...

Actually he might, all the chrome parts here on the proto seem to be taken from an MP10.

The front wheels of this proto here seem to also be taken from an MP10, look at the pice, it's the exact same as the piece on MP10, it's even still red with the silver trimming.

It's weird, because we know it doesn't have a white MP10 robot, yet it shares the pieces that become its sides.

Can't wait to see colour shots and a few detailed in hand pics that let us guess at it's transformation more.

Anime-export has this for $121. But you have to pay upfront. which I did. =D


http://www.anime-export.com/product/19423

I find it rather disturbing that I've come to this conclusion, but... the lack of an internal white cab robot figure is a deal breaker to me as a 'Masterpiece' figure in this line.

I think we can now put the whole claim of wanting to finish the 84 an 85 guys up before moving on as no-longer the case. After all, the original excuse for this coming out now was that it's just a repaint of MP10 with armor.

mooncake623 wrote:Anime-export has this for $121. But you have to pay upfront. which I did. =D


http://www.anime-export.com/product/19423

What was the total with shipping?

Also, HLJ patrons: what do you think shipping at HLJ will be on Magnus, based on prior experience?

I havn't wanted a Masterpiece so badly since Soundwave. My only worry is that his legs don't look too secure.

Dead Metal wrote:I think we can now put the whole claim of wanting to finish the 84 an 85 guys up before moving on as no-longer the case. After all, the original excuse for this coming out now was that it's just a repaint of MP10 with armor.

True enough. Now bring on Blurr, Kup, Arcee, and Wheelie!

And a smaller Hot Rod. Seriously. In magenta.

can't wait for this guy's release.. one small thing that bothers me a bit is that the gun is too faithful to the toy's gun (not sure how it was portrayed in the cartoon). The post at the top of the gun was there so that it fit in the optimus prime cab's fists. Aesthetically it always bothered me, even when I had got my UM as a kid. I reckon they could've done without it or made it more streamlined like a normal gun handle.

Dead Metal wrote:

xMXUx wrote:looks like Magnus wont have chromed smokestacks...

Actually he might, all the chrome parts here on the proto seem to be taken from an MP10.

The front wheels of this proto here seem to also be taken from an MP10, look at the pice, it's the exact same as the piece on MP10, it's even still red with the silver trimming.

It's weird, because we know it doesn't have a white MP10 robot, yet it shares the pieces that become its sides.

Can't wait to see colour shots and a few detailed in hand pics that let us guess at it's transformation more.

Good point. Let's hope you're right.