Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks Pre-Orders

Va'al wrote:Site sponsor BigBadToyStore have been in touch, confirming that their pre-orders for the recently revealed Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-25 Tracks are already live. Currently priced at $79.99, and estimated to arrive in the third quarter of 2015, the listing can be found here!

Next up in Takara's amazing Masterpiece Series is the MP-25 Tracks! He transforms from Chevrolet Corvette to a great looking screen accurate robot. Both figure and vehicle are in scale with the rest of the Autobot cars and other Masterpiece figures.

Please Note: The current image is of an unpainted prototype. The final version is expected to be finished in G1 Blue with a large flame on the hood.
Product Number: TAK12092
Shipping Weight: 1.12 pounds

Just got my email...sold. Hoping they decided to give a Blaster accessory with him, since they tooled around together in few episodes

This was bought when it was a rumour. Bring on Ironhide!

cool only disappointment is that the only area in my life i have a bit of ocd is transformers... wish to have the original ark crew first

Yeeeeesss...

sol magnus wrote:This was bought when it was a rumour. Bring on Ironhide!

I second that! I actually wish they were releasing him first.

donny1975 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:This was bought when it was a rumour. Bring on Ironhide!

I second that! I actually wish they were releasing him first.

I want Ironhide because I expect him to be a new size in the current scale (in addition to it simply being Ironhide), but good ol Tracks is one I had as a kid. I have a definite soft spot for the character.

Think $79.99 is a bit high. Thought the $65 Masterpiece Sideswipe price from years ago was fair.

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Think $79.99 is a bit high. Thought the $65 Masterpiece Sideswipe price from years ago was fair.

That's what they've been charging for them since at least MP-14...for me that's a well-documented complaint.

H elooks oddly feminine...Road Rage redeco coming perhaps?

Was hoping for Megatron and Ironhide, but Tracks is awesome. Cool design and great personality!

Hey, we skipped the silhouette stage and went straight to prototype pic! (: Looking forward to some better photos.

Just showed up for preorder at BBTS.



MP-25 MASTERPIECE TRACKS - $79.99
Next up in Takara's amazing Masterpiece Series is the MP-25 Tracks! He transforms from Chevrolet Corvette to a great looking screen accurate robot. Both figure and vehicle are in scale with the rest of the Autobot cars and other Masterpiece figures. Please Note: The current image is of an unpainted prototype. The final version is expected to be finished in G1 Blue with a large flame on the hood.


EDIT: OOPS! Sorry y'all. Didn't see page two.

frogbat wrote:cool only disappointment is that the only area in my life i have a bit of ocd is transformers... wish to have the original ark crew first

Remember, the first wave of TFs in Japan was our combined '84 and '85 waves, so Tracks, Red Alert and Smokescreen are still 1st wave for them.
That being said, preordered. If anyone's looking for a G1 Tracks with paperwork and box, that'll be going on ebay today. Just sayin'

I don't mind this guy a bit. He is a must have for me-I am a Corvette fan, and I always liked Tracks.

Desslok2201 wrote:

frogbat wrote:cool only disappointment is that the only area in my life i have a bit of ocd is transformers... wish to have the original ark crew first

Remember, the first wave of TFs in Japan was our combined '84 and '85 waves, so Tracks, Red Alert and Smokescreen are still 1st wave for them.
That being said, preordered. If anyone's looking for a G1 Tracks with paperwork and box, that'll be going on ebay today. Just sayin'

Not to mention even the G1 cartoon sort of approaches the 85 cast as just kind of being there...minus Perceptor and somebody else I cant remember who introduced themselves to Spike.

I'm getting ahead of myself but Roadrage could be very well the first female MP figure. If Tomy can give Exhaust (he never really was given a TF G1 release) a new head for the WJ mold, what more for Roadrage? I pray it's gonna be a humanoid feminized face complete with lipstick ( no sexism intended)

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

noctorro wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

noctorro wrote:Why is everybody so hyped about Road Rage? Did I miss a few cartoon episodes?

Road rage is crosscut's distinctly female, and distinctly badass bodyguard and advisor. Much like crosscut she was.an e.hobby exclusive repaint. Her deco was used by the club for sg tracks.

Okay, probably from the comics. Would be nice to have that repaint with a female headsculpt.

Actually she and crosscut were g1 characters, however their only fiction for a bit were their respective box info. Also technically they're some of "newest" G1 figures/characters, coming out in the new millennium, but still meant to be part of a 84 G1 continuity. Crosscut was only recently put in IDW's more than meets the eye comic as a side character, and road rage had a few glorified cameos in club comics.

Road Rage was a so-called "companion release" with the Tracks reissue, based on the Diaclone release of the toy. Others of her kind include:

Crosscut (Skids)
Tigertrack (Sideswipe)
Clamp Down (Red Alert)
Deep Cover (Sideswipe)
Salvo, Shothole and Zaptrap (Insecticons)
Overcharge (Blitzwing)
Magnificus (Perceptor)
Exhaust (Wheeljack)

As such she only appeared in current fiction, not the original 1984-1986 series.

Starsaber468 wrote:Man someone beat me to posting about this well at least i tried

Never give up trying!

Well, Tracks does look awesome.
'nuff said!

Just wanted to remind you all that a gallery of my e-Hobby Road Rage is available in the Seibertron.com galleries at http://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/e-hobby/road-rage/3430/1/

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exhaust (Wheeljack)

not sure if you meant it as such, but there was never a wheeljack reissue (or subsequent ehobby exhaust).

shajaki wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exhaust (Wheeljack)

not sure if you meant it as such, but there was never a wheeljack reissue (or subsequent ehobby exhaust).

He deserves a mention since he's based on a Diaclone toy, plus the Wheeljack mold is confirmed broken...

fenrir72 wrote:I'm getting ahead of myself but Roadrage could be very well the first female MP figure. If Tomy can give Exhaust (he never really was given a TF G1 release) a new head for the WJ mold, what more for Roadrage? I pray it's gonna be a humanoid feminized face complete with lipstick ( no sexism intended)

I kinda hope it's not- just give me a straight recolor and designate it as MP-25R.

Desslok2201 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:I'm getting ahead of myself but Roadrage could be very well the first female MP figure. If Tomy can give Exhaust (he never really was given a TF G1 release) a new head for the WJ mold, what more for Roadrage? I pray it's gonna be a humanoid feminized face complete with lipstick ( no sexism intended)

I kinda hope it's not- just give me a straight recolor and designate it as MP-25R.

That would actually end up as an exclusive release. And guys, humanoid face = Tracks, battle mask = Road Rage.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:I'm getting ahead of myself but Roadrage could be very well the first female MP figure. If Tomy can give Exhaust (he never really was given a TF G1 release) a new head for the WJ mold, what more for Roadrage? I pray it's gonna be a humanoid feminized face complete with lipstick ( no sexism intended)

I kinda hope it's not- just give me a straight recolor and designate it as MP-25R.

That would actually end up as an exclusive release. And guys, humanoid face = Tracks, battle mask = Road Rage.

But that wouldn't look female enough JZGR no no no no. Ye gawds I pray! Please give us a retooled female face or do a Bumble.......you know, detachable/switchable battle mask and femme face.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And guys, humanoid face = Tracks, battle mask = Road Rage.

Don't tell the Collectors' Club / BotCon that

Road Rage always had that mask in Japan, and I'm sticking by that.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:I'm getting ahead of myself but Roadrage could be very well the first female MP figure. If Tomy can give Exhaust (he never really was given a TF G1 release) a new head for the WJ mold, what more for Roadrage? I pray it's gonna be a humanoid feminized face complete with lipstick ( no sexism intended)

I kinda hope it's not- just give me a straight recolor and designate it as MP-25R.

That would actually end up as an exclusive release. And guys, humanoid face = Tracks, battle mask = Road Rage.

No problem with that. Being an exclusive didn't really hamper anyone's ability to get Tigertrack, and I love the battle mask/red body combo.

Seibertron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And guys, humanoid face = Tracks, battle mask = Road Rage.

Don't tell the Collectors' Club / BotCon that

Well, BotCon did establish "humanoid face = Bumblebee, battle mask = Glyph", so there is that precedence.

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And guys, humanoid face = Tracks, battle mask = Road Rage.

Don't tell the Collectors' Club / BotCon that

Well, BotCon did establish "humanoid face = Bumblebee, battle mask = Glyph", so there is that precedence.

That might be your interpretation but Bumblebee still gets a battle mask whenever he wants it. The Masterpiece figure, G2 Masterpiece, RID Bumblebee, Animated Bumblebee, Movie Bumblebee, etc. I'm sure most Transformers fans don't even know who Glyph is.

You also seem to put much greater weight on the contributions of the Club and BotCon than I do. They're only a step above fan-fiction in my book and can be contradicted at any time by Hasbro, Takara and IDW.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And guys, humanoid face = Tracks, battle mask = Road Rage.

Don't tell the Collectors' Club / BotCon that

Well, BotCon did establish "humanoid face = Bumblebee, battle mask = Glyph", so there is that precedence.

That might be your interpretation but Bumblebee still gets a battle mask whenever he wants it. The Masterpiece figure, G2 Masterpiece, RID Bumblebee, Animated Bumblebee, Movie Bumblebee, etc. I'm sure most Transformers fans don't even know who Glyph is.

You also seem to put much greater weight on the contributions of the Club and BotCon than I do. They're only a step above fan-fiction in my book and can be contradicted at any time by Hasbro, Takara and IDW.

Right on. Loved the Road Rage gallery by the way. Stellar work as always.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And guys, humanoid face = Tracks, battle mask = Road Rage.

Don't tell the Collectors' Club / BotCon that

Well, BotCon did establish "humanoid face = Bumblebee, battle mask = Glyph", so there is that precedence.

That might be your interpretation but Bumblebee still gets a battle mask whenever he wants it. The Masterpiece figure, G2 Masterpiece, RID Bumblebee, Animated Bumblebee, Movie Bumblebee, etc. I'm sure most Transformers fans don't even know who Glyph is.

You also seem to put much greater weight on the contributions of the Club and BotCon than I do. They're only a step above fan-fiction in my book and can be contradicted at any time by Hasbro, Takara and IDW.

No need to get so defensive. I'm just saying that there has been a fembot redeco whose default fictional face was its toy's battle mask instead of a humanoid face like the ones given to its male mold mates, and that Road Rage would just be following that preexisting pattern.

BTW, Takara (whom you accept as legit) has already depicted Road Rage with a battle mask anyway:

Sabrblade wrote:

Not to get too far off topic, but I hope the recent focus on female characters will get us a decent Elita-1, and just maybe...that tie-wearing cat!!

Sabrblade wrote:No need to get so defensive.

Not getting defensive. Just find the obscure references being considered as "canon" or a pattern humorous. If I've learned anything over 30 years of this brand, obscure references are often tossed aside on a whim as are any patterns that fans think Hasbro and Takara are adhering to.

Desslok2201 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Not to get too far off topic, but I hope the recent focus on female characters will get us a decent Elita-1, and just maybe...that tie-wearing cat!!

That's Tigatron, portayed as a lady-toy lover in the Legends mangas.

Desslok2201 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Not to get too far off topic, but I hope the recent focus on female characters will get us a decent Elita-1, and just maybe...that tie-wearing cat!!

Elita-1, Nightbird, and Minerva would all 3 be at the top of my list. Fingers and eyes crossed!

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:No need to get so defensive.

Not getting defensive. Just find the obscure references being considered as "canon" or a pattern humorous. If I've learned anything over 30 years of this brand, obscure references are often tossed aside on a whim as are any patterns that fans think Hasbro and Takara are adhering to.

I also wouldn't consider a mini-1 page manga comic attached to the back of instructions to be canon just like I don't consider the Decoy catalog mini-comic to be canon. Marketing materials is more like what all of those fall under. Serving a limited purpose but not the larger true canon.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:No need to get so defensive.

Not getting defensive. Just find the obscure references being considered as "canon" or a pattern humorous. If I've learned anything over 30 years of this brand, obscure references are often tossed aside on a whim as are any patterns that fans think Hasbro and Takara are adhering to.

Yet, the discussion is about Road Rage, a character who is an obscure reference in and of herself. By which I mean only us hardcore fans really know anything about her, while to casual fans she's less than a blip on the radar.

Seibertron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Not to get too far off topic, but I hope the recent focus on female characters will get us a decent Elita-1, and just maybe...that tie-wearing cat!!

Elita-1, Nightbird, and Minerva would all 3 be at the top of my list. Fingers and eyes crossed!

Totally agree with Elita and Minerva, but as Nightbird's technically not cybertronian, I can wait. I'd rather have Firestar or Moonracer

Seibertron wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:No need to get so defensive.

Not getting defensive. Just find the obscure references being considered as "canon" or a pattern humorous. If I've learned anything over 30 years of this brand, obscure references are often tossed aside on a whim as are any patterns that fans think Hasbro and Takara are adhering to.

I also wouldn't consider a mini-1 page manga comic attached to the back of instructions to be canon just like I don't consider the Decoy catalog mini-comic to be canon. Marketing materials is more like what all of those fall under. Serving a limited purpose but not the larger true canon.

It's not really canon I'm personally worried about, rather what point of reference the designers are gonna use, and why. If they're gonna go the Bumblebee route and have the best of both worlds, that would be perfect for everyone.

Desslok2201 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Not to get too far off topic, but I hope the recent focus on female characters will get us a decent Elita-1, and just maybe...that tie-wearing cat!!

Elita-1, Nightbird, and Minerva would all 3 be at the top of my list. Fingers and eyes crossed!

Totally agree with Elita and Minerva, but as Nightbird's technically not cybertronian, I can wait. I'd rather have Firestar or Moonracer

Technically? She's not even a Transformer, much less a Cybertronian.

sol magnus wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Not to get too far off topic, but I hope the recent focus on female characters will get us a decent Elita-1, and just maybe...that tie-wearing cat!!

Elita-1, Nightbird, and Minerva would all 3 be at the top of my list. Fingers and eyes crossed!

Totally agree with Elita and Minerva, but as Nightbird's technically not cybertronian, I can wait. I'd rather have Firestar or Moonracer

Technically? She's not even a Transformer, much less a Cybertronian.

You're right, but I was distracted by Tigatron's tie

Desslok2201 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Not to get too far off topic, but I hope the recent focus on female characters will get us a decent Elita-1, and just maybe...that tie-wearing cat!!

Elita-1, Nightbird, and Minerva would all 3 be at the top of my list. Fingers and eyes crossed!

Totally agree with Elita and Minerva, but as Nightbird's technically not cybertronian, I can wait. I'd rather have Firestar or Moonracer

Technically? She's not even a Transformer, much less a Cybertronian.

You're right, but I was distracted by Tigatron's tie

Maybe you guys saw a different ending in masterforce or are discarding her appearance in victory, but I'm pretty sure she was a bona-fide 100% transformer at both of those points.

Seibertron wrote:Maybe you guys saw a different ending in masterforce or are discarding her appearance in victory, but I'm pretty sure she was a bona-fide 100% transformer at both of those points.

They're talking about Nightbird, not Minerva.

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:No need to get so defensive.

Not getting defensive. Just find the obscure references being considered as "canon" or a pattern humorous. If I've learned anything over 30 years of this brand, obscure references are often tossed aside on a whim as are any patterns that fans think Hasbro and Takara are adhering to.

Yet, the discussion is about Road Rage, a character who is an obscure reference in and of herself. By which I mean only us hardcore fans really know anything about her, while to casual fans she's less than a blip on the radar.

Yeah, but Roadrage was at least a somewhat well known e.hobby exclusive toy; this isn't like MP27 Ferak (provided the club never did him)

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:No need to get so defensive.

Not getting defensive. Just find the obscure references being considered as "canon" or a pattern humorous. If I've learned anything over 30 years of this brand, obscure references are often tossed aside on a whim as are any patterns that fans think Hasbro and Takara are adhering to.

Yet, the discussion is about Road Rage, a character who is an obscure reference in and of herself. By which I mean only us hardcore fans really know anything about her, while to casual fans she's less than a blip on the radar.

Yeah, but Roadrage was at least a somewhat well known e.hobby exclusive toy;

Again, only to the hardcore fans. She's still very obscure, having appeared in no mainstream media and only in niche fiction. Like BotCon, e-HOBBY's specialty is obscurity.

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Maybe you guys saw a different ending in masterforce or are discarding her appearance in victory, but I'm pretty sure she was a bona-fide 100% transformer at both of those points.

They're talking about Nightbird, not Minerva.

Exactly. I love Minerva; it took me 3 years to find one

Sabrblade wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:No need to get so defensive.

Not getting defensive. Just find the obscure references being considered as "canon" or a pattern humorous. If I've learned anything over 30 years of this brand, obscure references are often tossed aside on a whim as are any patterns that fans think Hasbro and Takara are adhering to.

Yet, the discussion is about Road Rage, a character who is an obscure reference in and of herself. By which I mean only us hardcore fans really know anything about her, while to casual fans she's less than a blip on the radar.

Yeah, but Roadrage was at least a somewhat well known e.hobby exclusive toy;

Again, only to the hardcore fans. She's still very obscure, having appeared in no mainstream media and only in niche fiction. Like BotCon, e-HOBBY's specialty is obscurity.

I don't think she's that obscure if most people on most fan sites immediately called for a road rage. I think Road rage is more infamous due to the fact she's a she; and there are few enough female transformers that she's notable to the fandom. Again she's more on the scale of Exhaust despite being relatively obscure by most standards, most people actually have a passing knowledge of her. Again she's not like ferak, or initial T, or the other characters i've gotten pissed off about.

Looking at the picture of Tracks, does anyone know to what the 'Phase 07' is in reference?

Desslok2201 wrote:Looking at the picture of Tracks, does anyone know to what the 'Phase 07' is in reference?

That doesn't apply to the toy, more to the magazine the scans are from.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:No need to get so defensive.

Not getting defensive. Just find the obscure references being considered as "canon" or a pattern humorous. If I've learned anything over 30 years of this brand, obscure references are often tossed aside on a whim as are any patterns that fans think Hasbro and Takara are adhering to.

Yet, the discussion is about Road Rage, a character who is an obscure reference in and of herself. By which I mean only us hardcore fans really know anything about her, while to casual fans she's less than a blip on the radar.

Yeah, but Roadrage was at least a somewhat well known e.hobby exclusive toy;

Again, only to the hardcore fans. She's still very obscure, having appeared in no mainstream media and only in niche fiction. Like BotCon, e-HOBBY's specialty is obscurity.

I don't think she's that obscure if most people on most fan sites immediately called for a road rage. I think Road rage is more infamous due to the fact she's a she; and there are few enough female transformers that she's notable to the fandom. Again she's more on the scale of Exhaust despite being relatively obscure by most standards, most people actually have a passing knowledge of her. Again she's not like ferak, or initial T, or the other characters i've gotten pissed off about.

Most people on fan sites are more hardcore than casual, though.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:Looking at the picture of Tracks, does anyone know to what the 'Phase 07' is in reference?

That doesn't apply to the toy, more to the magazine the scans are from.

Thanks