First Look at Transformers / Neon Genesis Evangelion MP-10 EVA Opimus Prime
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 10:37AM CDT
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Posted by reluctantyouth on May 22nd, 2014 @ 10:49am CDT
~Reluctantyouth~
Posted by ScottyP on May 22nd, 2014 @ 10:54am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 22nd, 2014 @ 10:54am CDT
It's colored to look like this thing's deco:reluctantyouth wrote:I do not know what is fuglier...this or the Bape version. Totally Horrid!!
~Reluctantyouth~
Posted by Yotsuyasan on May 22nd, 2014 @ 10:55am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Gotta wonder who the Spike redeco is supposed to be. Shinji?
Doesn't look like Shinji to me... I don't get the new deco on Spike. It seems to make no sense. You'd think Shinji would be an easy recolor. Spike even already has an open shirt. Give him black hair, color the shirt white, make his pants dark. Maybe if they want to go the extra mile, a splash of dark color above the open collar to simulate the undershirt Shinji wears.
But this thing? What is it? Doesn't look like Shinji. Doesn't look like a NERV uniform, so it isn't a random NERV mook. It is like someone took a Spike, randomly painted it up, and said, "Hey, I think this looks cool! Any new MP-10 decos coming up we can throw this in?"
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Posted by Flashwave on May 22nd, 2014 @ 12:22pm CDT
Cool deco though, and I love Army Jeep Roller.
Posted by fenrir72 on May 22nd, 2014 @ 12:39pm CDT
Posted by Superwheeljack on May 22nd, 2014 @ 1:23pm CDT
A dream come true...
Posted by Mindmaster on May 22nd, 2014 @ 2:16pm CDT
Seriously though, the attention to detail on this guy is bangin'. I wonder if they might do other characters...
MP-11 Starscream as another Evangelion character, please?!
Posted by VioMeTriX on May 22nd, 2014 @ 2:22pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on May 22nd, 2014 @ 2:42pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:
MP-11 Starscream as another Evangelion character, please?!
An EVA-02 themed seeker with a tiny Asuka as a pilot is something I'd buy three of.
Posted by Stormrider on May 22nd, 2014 @ 2:51pm CDT
Adding Evangelion weapons would have been good, along with stickers to add inside Prime's trailer to make it look more like NERV.
And giving Prime a tether that attached to the trailer would have enhanced the figure.
El Duque wrote:From concept to reality! The Transformers/Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover redeco of MP-10 Optimus Prime is happening, and have our first images of the actual toy courtesy of hobby magazine scans from the TAGHobby page. As you can see in the images mirrored below MP-10 dons the EVA unit 01 purple and green color scheme and comes complete with trailer and repainted Spike mini-figure.
guarayakha wrote:MAGNUS: Shinji, you better listen to your father and get inside that giant f**king robot, because I can't deal with it right now!
Lol. I love that!!
Posted by durroth on May 22nd, 2014 @ 4:21pm CDT
Posted by datguy86 on May 22nd, 2014 @ 6:11pm CDT
Yotsuyasan wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Gotta wonder who the Spike redeco is supposed to be. Shinji?
Doesn't look like Shinji to me... I don't get the new deco on Spike. It seems to make no sense. You'd think Shinji would be an easy recolor. Spike even already has an open shirt. Give him black hair, color the shirt white, make his pants dark. Maybe if they want to go the extra mile, a splash of dark color above the open collar to simulate the undershirt Shinji wears.
But this thing? What is it? Doesn't look like Shinji. Doesn't look like a NERV uniform, so it isn't a random NERV mook. It is like someone took a Spike, randomly painted it up, and said, "Hey, I think this looks cool! Any new MP-10 decos coming up we can throw this in?"
It is a random NERV guy; it's just one of the technicians that put the railgun together or maintain the Evas. It's an approximation of the jackets worn by that division.
Posted by Hammer on May 22nd, 2014 @ 6:23pm CDT
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Posted by Sabrblade on May 22nd, 2014 @ 10:46pm CDT
The fact that it's awesome?Nemesis Primal wrote:What makes this crossover anything other than a really bad idea?
Posted by Zeedust on May 22nd, 2014 @ 11:04pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:The fact that it's awesome?Nemesis Primal wrote:What makes this crossover anything other than a really bad idea?
You and I have very different ideas about what is and is not awesome.
Posted by Sabrblade on May 22nd, 2014 @ 11:12pm CDT
To be fair, I should have explained that I don't see this as "legitimately awesome" but more like "so insanely crazy and mind-bogglingly out of left field that these two series would ever intertwine with each other to the point that it becomes so zany fun that it's crazy-awesome."Nemesis Primal wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The fact that it's awesome?Nemesis Primal wrote:What makes this crossover anything other than a really bad idea?
You and I have very different ideas about what is and is not awesome.
Posted by Zeedust on May 23rd, 2014 @ 12:08am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:To be fair, I should have explained that I don't see this as "legitimately awesome" but more like "so insanely crazy and mind-bogglingly out of left field that these two series would ever intertwine with each other to the point that it becomes so zany fun that it's crazy-awesome."Nemesis Primal wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The fact that it's awesome?Nemesis Primal wrote:What makes this crossover anything other than a really bad idea?
You and I have very different ideas about what is and is not awesome.
Whereas I can't imagine myself using "Evangelion" and "fun" in the same sentence. I remember trying to watch it. I got to about a few episodes after Asuka showed up before I just got tired of the whole thing.
Posted by Poyguimogul on May 23rd, 2014 @ 1:59am CDT
The Movie, Season3, ReBirth, Headmasters.
That being said....Optimus Prime has some Gundam looking feet now, and they look sexy. "Lemme get them shoes Prime!"
Posted by Evil Eye on May 23rd, 2014 @ 4:43am CDT
Also, I wonder if the little paintable figures that come with Bandai's old 1997 Eva model kits would be to scale with this guy?
Posted by Yotsuyasan on May 23rd, 2014 @ 7:42am CDT
datguy86 wrote:It is a random NERV guy; it's just one of the technicians that put the railgun together or maintain the Evas. It's an approximation of the jackets worn by that division.
Really? I don't think it looks anything like it.
Nor does it look like the uniforms worn by other non-major-character NERV personnel.
I really couldn't even charitably call this Spike repaint an approximation of either of those. Or was there some other NERV uniform I was not remembering?
(And anyway, as I previously pointed out, the clothing on the sculpt, repainted, could have easily been made into Shinji's normal clothing... which would make sense for a figure that pilots this Prime! Really a dropped ball...)
Posted by guarayakha on May 23rd, 2014 @ 10:09am CDT
Yotsuyasan wrote:datguy86 wrote:It is a random NERV guy; it's just one of the technicians that put the railgun together or maintain the Evas. It's an approximation of the jackets worn by that division.
Really? I don't think it looks anything like it.
Nor does it look like the uniforms worn by other non-major-character NERV personnel.
I really couldn't even charitably call this Spike repaint an approximation of either of those. Or was there some other NERV uniform I was not remembering?
(And anyway, as I previously pointed out, the clothing on the sculpt, repainted, could have easily been made into Shinji's normal clothing... which would make sense for a figure that pilots this Prime! Really a dropped ball...)
It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11
Bottom left.
Posted by Yotsuyasan on May 23rd, 2014 @ 10:14am CDT
guarayakha wrote:It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11
Ah... Okay. Been a while since I popped that disc in.
Anyway... Wow, talk about an obscure and pointless choice of redeco for Spike. Ah well.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 23rd, 2014 @ 10:20am CDT
Yotsuyasan wrote:guarayakha wrote:It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11
Ah... Okay. Been a while since I popped that disc in.
Anyway... Wow, talk about an obscure and pointless choice of redeco for Spike. Ah well.
Obscure is never pointless!
Posted by Yotsuyasan on May 23rd, 2014 @ 10:23am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Yotsuyasan wrote:guarayakha wrote:It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11
Ah... Okay. Been a while since I popped that disc in.
Anyway... Wow, talk about an obscure and pointless choice of redeco for Spike. Ah well.
Obscure is never pointless!
You're implying correlation between the two. It is obscure and it is pointless, but the former is not the cause of the later.
I quite agree that often the obscure can be an enjoyable thing. This is, alas, not one of these times.
Posted by Sabrblade on May 23rd, 2014 @ 10:24am CDT
Toy specifications - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/product.html
The first text story (which seems to be very similar to yet slightly different from the brief plot synopsis we've seen before) - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/story.html
Posted by Va'al on May 23rd, 2014 @ 10:43am CDT
I do like hoe the Matrix is made to replicate the red core of the EVA though.
Posted by Counterpunch on May 23rd, 2014 @ 10:44am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Toy availability info - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/index.html
Toy specifications - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/product.html
The first text story (which seems to be very similar to yet slightly different from the brief plot synopsis we've seen before) - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/story.html
The price isn't insane!
Posted by Va'al on May 23rd, 2014 @ 10:54am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 23rd, 2014 @ 10:59am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on May 23rd, 2014 @ 11:14am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Seeker Angels?!!!!
If we don't get Seekers, we riot.
Posted by Sabrblade on May 23rd, 2014 @ 11:24am CDT
Posted by megatronus on May 23rd, 2014 @ 11:40am CDT
Also, it says preorders start June 12th @ 1:00pm. What time zone, and what does that mean for the East Coast?
Posted by Powered Convoy on May 23rd, 2014 @ 12:49pm CDT
megatronus wrote:Do we know if this will be available anywhere else besides TakaraTomy Mall?
Also, it says preorders start June 12th @ 1:00pm. What time zone, and what does that mean for the East Coast?
That'd be Japanese time zone. Which I believe is 13 hours ahead of the East Coast.
Randy
Posted by Evil Eye on May 23rd, 2014 @ 3:04pm CDT
Count. Me. In.
Posted by Likov Stas on May 23rd, 2014 @ 4:52pm CDT
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Posted by datguy86 on May 23rd, 2014 @ 6:43pm CDT
Yotsuyasan wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Yotsuyasan wrote:guarayakha wrote:It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11
Ah... Okay. Been a while since I popped that disc in.
Anyway... Wow, talk about an obscure and pointless choice of redeco for Spike. Ah well.
Obscure is never pointless!
You're implying correlation between the two. It is obscure and it is pointless, but the former is not the cause of the later.
I quite agree that often the obscure can be an enjoyable thing. This is, alas, not one of these times.
Actually, I believe more of the techs wear that jacket during the Operation Yashima scenes. I think the End of Eva movies may show a few dead ones in the hallways. But yeah, I referenced the 1.11 movie for the jacket.
Posted by Economus Prime on May 23rd, 2014 @ 7:27pm CDT
Very appropriate...and awesome.
Posted by fenrir72 on May 23rd, 2014 @ 8:58pm CDT