Tokyo Toy Show Images: MP-13 Soundwave and Minions
Saturday, June 16th, 2012 1:53AM CDT
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Posted by Flux Convoy on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:10am CDT
Posted by LiKwid on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:10am CDT
Posted by MINDVVIPE on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:13am CDT
Flux Convoy wrote:I don't think I have ever more been more impressed with Laserbeak or Rumble as toys. Soundwave looks fantastic as well. Ravage, man he seems to be difficult to get, "just right". I like what I see so far though. I gladly made a preorder this morning. Kabaya Fort Max is tempting me as well.
I'm sure with Ravage posed properly, he'll look really cool. Soundwave is easily going to be one of the best masterpieces to date.
Posted by Random on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:15am CDT
Posted by MINDVVIPE on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:17am CDT
Random wrote:Is it just me or does the Jet Vehicon look like a flying car? I was actually hoping for a sweet jet mode, due to the car vehicon being pretty decent.
I love the fact that it looks like a car (pretty much does in the show too). Makes me think a bit of 'The Fifth Element'. I need it in my collection.
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:18am CDT
Posted by Skywarp64 on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:28am CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:29am CDT
Evil_the_Nub wrote:I know I'm probably late to the party on this, but Jet Vehicon is just a regular Vehicon after drinking a red bull? That's not right.
Just like in the show.
Man Jet Vehicon looks like a total badass.
Also, I'm loving the MP line more with every new reveal.
Posted by Trikeboy on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:33am CDT
http://photozou.jp/photo/show/2232827/139457562
MP13 and his cassettes are in perfect scale.
Posted by zodconvoy on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:35am CDT
Seriously, they hit it over the wall, over the crowd and into the lights with this one. Out-freakin'-standing!
Posted by Trikeboy on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:37am CDT
zodconvoy wrote:So Soundwave will be the same height as Optimus and Starscream and fits G1 tapes!?!?! I f*cking DARE someone to say this isn't perfect now!
Seriously, they hit it over the wall, over the crowd and into the lights with this one. Out-freakin'-standing!
No Ratbat, not perfect. I joke of course, Soundwave looks better and better with every single picture that appears.
Does anyone know what is up with Red Alert here?
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:56am CDT
Dead Metal wrote:Evil_the_Nub wrote:I know I'm probably late to the party on this, but Jet Vehicon is just a regular Vehicon after drinking a red bull? That's not right.
Just like in the show.
Man Jet Vehicon looks like a total badass.
Also, I'm loving the MP line more with every new reveal.
Well in robot mode kinda, but not really in vehicle mode.
Posted by Dead Metal on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:57am CDT
zodconvoy wrote:So Soundwave will be the same height as Optimus and Starscream and fits G1 tapes!?!?! I f*cking DARE someone to say this isn't perfect now!
Seriously, they hit it over the wall, over the crowd and into the lights with this one. Out-freakin'-standing!
But he can't be used as a real radio
Trikeboy wrote:
Does anyone know what is up with Red Alert here?
Holy sh*t, just what I wanted!
That's a cartoon reference to Auto Berserk, where he completely looses his mind.
Posted by Trikeboy on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:59am CDT
Dead Metal wrote:zodconvoy wrote:So Soundwave will be the same height as Optimus and Starscream and fits G1 tapes!?!?! I f*cking DARE someone to say this isn't perfect now!
Seriously, they hit it over the wall, over the crowd and into the lights with this one. Out-freakin'-standing!
But he can't be used as a real radioTrikeboy wrote:
Does anyone know what is up with Red Alert here?
Holy sh*t, just what I wanted!
That's a cartoon reference to Auto Berserk, where he completely looses his mind.
Thanks Dead Metal, I must have missed/forgotten that one.
Posted by Random on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:59am CDT
Posted by zodconvoy on June 16th, 2012 @ 3:44am CDT
Dead Metal wrote:zodconvoy wrote:So Soundwave will be the same height as Optimus and Starscream and fits G1 tapes!?!?! I f*cking DARE someone to say this isn't perfect now!
Seriously, they hit it over the wall, over the crowd and into the lights with this one. Out-freakin'-standing!
But he can't be used as a real radio
Have you ever once noticed a station dial on Soundwave? No? That's because he's a tapedeck! Still perfect!
Dead Metal wrote:Trikeboy wrote:
Does anyone know what is up with Red Alert here?
Holy sh*t, just what I wanted!
That's a cartoon reference to Auto Berserk, where he completely looses his mind.
Crazy sparks!
Posted by kirbenvost on June 16th, 2012 @ 3:59am CDT
MP Soundwave gets better and better. Seriously impressed with everything about him. I didn't expect the Energon cube to attach to his chest, that's pretty awesome. The minions are looking really great too. Maybe Ravage less so, but he could be posed better.
Jet Vehicon has a bit too much purple, but I still want it. I really hope Hasbro makes all these Japanese reveals happen here also.
Terrorcon Bumblebee, eh... I wish that was an indication that they're killing him off on the show, but alas I'm sure they'd never do that. :p
Posted by Gundamu on June 16th, 2012 @ 4:39am CDT
Posted by Blurrz on June 16th, 2012 @ 4:47am CDT
Posted by RhA on June 16th, 2012 @ 5:35am CDT
There. I've said it.
Posted by worldsgreatest on June 16th, 2012 @ 5:41am CDT
Posted by xyl360 on June 16th, 2012 @ 6:06am CDT
worldsgreatest wrote:I can't tell if you guys are joking around, and I say this as an old dude but...you do know that back in the day tape decks were also radios right? A lot of the time anyway.
True, but Soundwave isn't a tapedeck either. He is (and always was) a microcassette recorder, so technically he shouldn't have any AM/FM (or MP3) capabilities (unless of course they made him into a modern voice recorder which uses no cassettes and instead records digitally).
Anyway, it amazes me at just how much Has/Tak appear to be actually LISTENING to the fans these days.
The Club seems to be getting their act together, and is offering some sweet figures as their exclusives from what I've seen so far (must have BIG BLUE CONVOY!!!) and now these MP's that are just soooooo perfectly G1 (starting with MP10 and now these). It's an awesome time to be a Transformers collector. I was getting worried when my passion for Prime was dying down and feared there'd be nothing more that I wanted to collect, then Takara pulls the rabbit (Soundwave) out of their hat and I'm hooked again.
If things keep going this way, Takara is going to be getting a lot of my money over the next few years and I'm going to have quite an MP collection.
I want that clear purple Bumblebee to go with my clear purple Cliffjumper too, so I hope BBTS carries him (I am such a sucker for clear purple plastic ).
Posted by fenrir72 on June 16th, 2012 @ 6:33am CDT
Posted by MightyMagnus78 on June 16th, 2012 @ 7:06am CDT
Posted by Mykltron on June 16th, 2012 @ 7:10am CDT
fenrir72 wrote:So Soundwave, more or less is as tall or a bit taller than G1 Soundwave? Maybe on scale with Broadcast/Blaster? Sweet!
I'd say he's quite a bit taller than G1 SW.
Is it my imagination or a trick of the light or is one arm thinner than the other?
Posted by njb902 on June 16th, 2012 @ 7:52am CDT
Mykltron wrote:fenrir72 wrote:So Soundwave, more or less is as tall or a bit taller than G1 Soundwave? Maybe on scale with Broadcast/Blaster? Sweet!
I'd say he's quite a bit taller than G1 SW.
Is it my imagination or a trick of the light or is one arm thinner than the other?
it does look like his right arm is bigger, but I'm betting its from the picture angle.
Posted by Cyber Bishop on June 16th, 2012 @ 7:57am CDT
Posted by wewyllenium on June 16th, 2012 @ 9:05am CDT
Sold!!!
Take my Money!!!
I'm so happy my old cassettes can fit.
LOL Chun Li Red Alert.
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on June 16th, 2012 @ 9:31am CDT
Loving the tapes. Ravage shows potential (it doesn't look transformed right and it's only a prototype). It's a shame those Energon cubes are an Amazon exclucive. I mean, I wouldn't pose him making cubes, but even so.
Posted by Deadput on June 16th, 2012 @ 9:31am CDT
Posted by Nemesis Destron on June 16th, 2012 @ 9:59am CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on June 16th, 2012 @ 10:05am CDT
zodconvoy wrote:Dead Metal wrote:zodconvoy wrote:So Soundwave will be the same height as Optimus and Starscream and fits G1 tapes!?!?! I f*cking DARE someone to say this isn't perfect now!
Seriously, they hit it over the wall, over the crowd and into the lights with this one. Out-freakin'-standing!
But he can't be used as a real radio
Have you ever once noticed a station dial on Soundwave? No? That's because he's a tapedeck! Still perfect!
You know who I was making fun of
MP Soundwave is quite possibly the best Transformer we'll be getting this year.
zodconvoy wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Trikeboy wrote:
Does anyone know what is up with Red Alert here?
Holy sh*t, just what I wanted!
That's a cartoon reference to Auto Berserk, where he completely looses his mind.
Crazy sparks!
http://youtu.be/-OFCCxL9HAE?t=5m46s
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 16th, 2012 @ 10:14am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 16th, 2012 @ 10:46am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 16th, 2012 @ 10:51am CDT
Although it's an awesome deco, using it as a zombie version of Bumblebee seems really strange.
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on June 16th, 2012 @ 12:18pm CDT
Posted by daimchoc on June 16th, 2012 @ 12:20pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 16th, 2012 @ 12:26pm CDT
daimchoc wrote:
Pause it at 23:37. Does this mean that a Masterpiece Shockwave is in the works?
Posted by El Duque on June 16th, 2012 @ 12:36pm CDT
Posted by AutoBorst on June 16th, 2012 @ 1:26pm CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on June 16th, 2012 @ 1:31pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:daimchoc wrote:
Pause it at 23:37. Does this mean that a Masterpiece Shockwave is in the works?
No, that's Takara trolling those who saw the Soundwave shadow and believed it was Shockwave, because it looked "nothing" like Soundwave.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Rumble/Frenzy has to pee
Not just that, he is now 1000 times larger than Optimus Prime!
Posted by daimchoc on June 16th, 2012 @ 1:45pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:daimchoc wrote:
Pause it at 23:37. Does this mean that a Masterpiece Shockwave is in the works?
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... ost7886379
It happened at the beginning of the MP13 presentation, since nobody was supposed to know which character it was. They showed an image of Shockwave and then showed Soundwave next. It was a gag by the TT staff, according to these people. So it's not a Photoshop job. The image is still at http://twitpic.com/9x0s5x (Snakas twitter)
It could be Takara being like "hey, let's give them a hint about the next MP" or "let's make this funny and show them something we'll never do".
Somebody at the above forum said that when it happened, the crowd was like "ok, ok... we already know it's Soundwave" and moved on. It was clearly a joke, but you never know.
Also the TT staff mentioned again that they want to do combiners. But we already knew that.
Posted by El Duque on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:12pm CDT
Posted by Deruji on June 16th, 2012 @ 2:49pm CDT
They also mentioned that there is some type of mechanism so that Laserbeak can stay perched on his arm or shoulder, that's pretty cool too.
Note: just checked it again, when you look at the picture with Lazerbeak on his shoulder, you can see that he has a plastic piece on the outside of his left wrist on which you can hook Laserbeaks claws, and his shoulders work in a similar way. Laserbeaks' claws can hook into the shoulder so he won't fall off.
Posted by Samsonator on June 16th, 2012 @ 3:23pm CDT
I'm curious though, with each box being the same size, it now really makes no sense for a case of these things to contain five units, as preorders have stated, I'm hoping this is an error, and they will have two full sets a case... I wanna repaint one either into Grand Max, or Brave Max.
Soundwave being the size of MP-10 and MP-11 puts him PERFECTLY in scale with all the non-Convoy Version 1 and Megatron Masterpieces, (speaking of which, rescaled MP Megatron, get on it, TakaraTomy) I am indeed looking forward to this Soundwave, and am especially happy with his G1 tape compatibility. Setting aside a little money each payday for this badass.
All in all, this is great news!
Posted by Joetx on June 16th, 2012 @ 4:55pm CDT
I hope that means his price is adjusted accordingly.
Posted by craggy on June 16th, 2012 @ 5:45pm CDT
The tapes are great. Am particularly impressed that Laserbeak's weapons are part of the tape mode. I suspect they've probably managed the same with Ravage, but can't see Frumble and Renzy's piledrivers being anything other than extra pieces. Not that I'm bothered, those little guys look fan-bloody-tastic. Wasn't sure on Ravage at first, but seeing it in the video, instead of pics, it looks like it'll be fine once painted. Really hope we get Ravage, Frenzy and Rumble, and maybe even Buzzsaw (or a 3rd tape mold, if they're really generous) in a single set of Cassetticons. Will settle for the main 3 (with 'Beak coming with SW of course) for a lower price though.
Oh, and Lambor looks okay. Kinda off my radar now though since I really want SW and his wee gang.
Also, re: the Arms Micron toys, it's nice to see a pic of the Dark Matter Calibur with the other toys. It's a big beast of a sword, innit?
Posted by craggy on June 16th, 2012 @ 5:54pm CDT
Joetx wrote:So MP Sideswipe is Alternators/Binaltech-sized.
I hope that means his price is adjusted accordingly.
it is.
He's about half the price of Soundwave, IIRC. Maybe $80 in yer fancy pants Merican moneys.
Posted by Trikeboy on June 16th, 2012 @ 6:39pm CDT
Posted by Hypershock on June 16th, 2012 @ 6:42pm CDT