Masterpiece Ultra Magnus Concept Image?
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 8:30AM CDT
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Posted by Primeultimus on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:04am CDT
Maybe Takara is rebooting the Masterpiece series.
Seems to make sense!
Posted by cannonfodder4000 on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:05am CDT
Posted by MightyMagnus78 on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:10am CDT
Hope he does get made, I definitely want one, however considering the price of MP-10 Convoy, Magnus would surely have to be in the same price bracket, which means unless a miracle happens and I win the lottery, unfortunately Magnus would be well out of my price range.
Posted by Sodan-1 on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:27am CDT
Posted by slugfest200x on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:28am CDT
Posted by Skycharger on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:29am CDT
Posted by Cybershark on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:32am CDT
Why anyone would pay out $250 for this new smaller Prime is insane, its just throwing money away especially with all of the versions of Prime out there now... Its like they are copying the Bootleggers now with this smaller size Prime.
Not to mention all they had to do was make an Ultra Magnus trailer for the original MP OP. WHICH I WOULD BUY!! Im sorry but, When they started charging $150 for Grimlock I was concerned. Then REALLY gouged us with the $200 MP Rodimus.(which I might add is now at $225 for the purple version). I will not and wont buy ANY MP items unless they can get them below $150.(which is tsill $50 too high) Guess that will mean zero for me until someone sells one on Ebay. Got a Sleep Mode Prime MIB on Ebay for $125, lol.
Just my rant on the MP series.
Posted by Cybershark on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:33am CDT
Skycharger wrote:HASBRO I WANT THIS in AMERICA! I will only pay 79.99 for it maybe 89.99 if you ask nicely HASBRO. per figure GARRRRrrrrrrrr
EXACTLY
The MP series price is a fricken JOKE!!
Posted by Skycharger on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:54am CDT
I will give my masterpiece to my new nephew once I replace my old coke prime with this new coke prime hehe. The last toys I bought from japan were rumble/frenzy and ML soundwave... and soundwave doesnt work...
Posted by Genocide G2.0 on September 22nd, 2011 @ 10:11am CDT
Done right it could be decent ,i would buy one.
Posted by slugfest200x on September 22nd, 2011 @ 10:13am CDT
Skycharger wrote: The last toys I bought from japan were rumble/frenzy and ML soundwave... and soundwave doesnt work...
i have the same problem with my music label soundwave i had it for awhile but it just sat on my shelf, i finally got a mini sd card for it and used it for all of ten minutes when the spring mechanism inside of him that holds the sd card down broke inside, so the card wouldn't stay down. i had to removed the spring inside of him and fiddle with the card to get it to work, then the audio input jack broke off inside of him about a week later. LAME
Posted by triKlops on September 22nd, 2011 @ 10:33am CDT
Posted by whacko on September 22nd, 2011 @ 10:37am CDT
Posted by RodimalToyota on September 22nd, 2011 @ 11:05am CDT
Posted by Marcdachamp on September 22nd, 2011 @ 11:07am CDT
Posted by Tigertrack on September 22nd, 2011 @ 11:18am CDT
Posted by Bouncy X on September 22nd, 2011 @ 11:33am CDT
i get that the original toy used that white "prime clone" but that was then. there's no excuse to do that sorta stuff still. i bet if they put actual effort, they could make a true magnus figure that transforms and all.
he's supposed to be his own character, not prime with armor you know?
Posted by Tigertrack on September 22nd, 2011 @ 11:36am CDT
Bouncy X wrote:why not just make an actual ultra magnus?
i get that the original toy used that white "prime clone" but that was then. there's no excuse to do that sorta stuff still. i bet if they put actual effort, they could make a true magnus figure that transforms and all.
he's supposed to be his own character, not prime with armor you know?
Shh, don't tell Don Fig, and Pat Lee...
Purely by cost, if they can use the already designed Prime mold, and just have to sculpt the trailer to work with it, saves time and money.
Posted by Doctor McGrath on September 22nd, 2011 @ 11:47am CDT
Posted by Black Bumblebee on September 22nd, 2011 @ 12:03pm CDT
tigertracks 24 wrote:Bouncy X wrote:why not just make an actual ultra magnus?
i get that the original toy used that white "prime clone" but that was then. there's no excuse to do that sorta stuff still. i bet if they put actual effort, they could make a true magnus figure that transforms and all.
he's supposed to be his own character, not prime with armor you know?
Shh, don't tell Don Fig, and Pat Lee...
To be fair, Don is well aware of this. He helped design all of the 6 inch Titanium figures for Hasbro (though they simplified many of them), one of which was a 6 inch Ultra Magnus where the cab did NOT turn into a white prime.
Posted by Tigertrack on September 22nd, 2011 @ 12:08pm CDT
Black Bumblebee wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:Bouncy X wrote:why not just make an actual ultra magnus?
i get that the original toy used that white "prime clone" but that was then. there's no excuse to do that sorta stuff still. i bet if they put actual effort, they could make a true magnus figure that transforms and all.
he's supposed to be his own character, not prime with armor you know?
Shh, don't tell Don Fig, and Pat Lee...
To be fair, Don is well aware of this. He helped design all of the 6 inch Titanium figures for Hasbro (though they simplified many of them), one of which was a 6 inch Ultra Magnus where the cab did NOT turn into a white prime.
I know, I know, I was kidding.
Posted by Blackstreak on September 22nd, 2011 @ 12:19pm CDT
Posted by Dai_Ceefax on September 22nd, 2011 @ 12:39pm CDT
If they'll charge $250 dollars for a figure with what's essentially a hinged plastic box on wheels - they'll definitely charge more for one with a trailer that has roughly the same amount of parts/engineering as th main figure!
Posted by rpetras on September 22nd, 2011 @ 1:52pm CDT
I get that we are not the target market, so we get additional import fees, but the new smaller size scale should place the price much closer to that of MP-04.
If they DO come out with an improved Megatron and an Ultra Magnus with armor, it will be hard to say no, but still this price will make it very tough for a lot of collectors.
Posted by Michael Alex Kawa on September 22nd, 2011 @ 4:55pm CDT
Posted by FellintoOblivion on September 22nd, 2011 @ 5:02pm CDT
El Duque wrote:Takara designer Shogo Hasui has posted an interesting image to his twitter account of what appears to be MP-10 Convoy Version 2.0 wearing carved up G1 Ultra Magnus trailer/armor. An very early concept of things to come? Keep in mind this isn't confirmation that MP Ultra Magnus Version 2.0 is coming, just something to be filed away as "interesting". Take a look at the image below.
Whatever is in the Magnus armor isn't the new MP Prime. Look at the thighs, it appears to be a movie Prime.
Posted by cannonfodder4000 on September 22nd, 2011 @ 5:21pm CDT
FellintoOblivion wrote:El Duque wrote:Takara designer Shogo Hasui has posted an interesting image to his twitter account of what appears to be MP-10 Convoy Version 2.0 wearing carved up G1 Ultra Magnus trailer/armor. An very early concept of things to come? Keep in mind this isn't confirmation that MP Ultra Magnus Version 2.0 is coming, just something to be filed away as "interesting". Take a look at the image below.
Whatever is in the Magnus armor isn't the new MP Prime. Look at the thighs, it appears to be a movie Prime.
No it still is MP-10, but with the waist turned.
You should look at Convoy's backside more!
Posted by prowl123 on September 22nd, 2011 @ 8:01pm CDT
Posted by Stormrider on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:04pm CDT
Posted by REMINATOR on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:07pm CDT
Posted by joevill on September 22nd, 2011 @ 9:54pm CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on September 22nd, 2011 @ 11:33pm CDT
Posted by dinogeist on September 22nd, 2011 @ 11:38pm CDT
Posted by Gurgintius Maximus on September 23rd, 2011 @ 10:19am CDT
Posted by El Duque on September 23rd, 2011 @ 10:32am CDT
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:Whats with the wax look to this guys in this pic? What am I missing?
It's been ran thru some filters to give it that "teaser" look.
Posted by Gurgintius Maximus on September 23rd, 2011 @ 10:36am CDT
Posted by El Duque on September 23rd, 2011 @ 10:47am CDT
GiveMeSkyfire wrote:Thank you Good work with the site BTW
Thanks!
According to a twitter session Takara conducted the concept work for Ultra Magnus is done, they are just waiting to see if fans are on board.
Posted by Tigertrack on September 23rd, 2011 @ 10:48am CDT
El Duque wrote:GiveMeSkyfire wrote:Thank you Good work with the site BTW
Thanks!
According to a twitter session Takara conducted the concept work for Ultra Magnus is done, they are just waiting to see if fans are on board.
The MP version looks like it takes more than a few cues from the CIty Commander set.
Posted by funklizard on September 24th, 2011 @ 1:40am CDT
Skycharger wrote:The last toys I bought from japan were rumble/frenzy and ML soundwave... and soundwave doesnt work...
That just makes him more G1 accurate.
Posted by Mykltron on September 24th, 2011 @ 4:59am CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on September 24th, 2011 @ 5:27am CDT
Mykltron wrote:They'd better give him better shoulder articulation than that picture suggests...
This pic is just a mock up using parts taken from the G1 toy, simply to get a general idea of what they have in mind. so I do believe the final version will have better articulation.
Posted by Burn on September 24th, 2011 @ 5:43am CDT
Two birds, one stone.
Posted by dinogeist on September 25th, 2011 @ 7:49pm CDT
Burn wrote:Yeah, please. I won't feel bad about not being able to afford MP-10 and can definitely save for MP Magnus, plus I get the Convoy mold too!
Two birds, one stone.
I also don't care which color I get this mold in. If the white truck cab/bot comes with the trailer/armor,then this will be the version I get.
When I was a kid & owned a 1986 Ultra magnus truck cab/bot. I use to pretend that the white truck cab/bot was the heat plague shielded silver/white Return of optimus Prime colored version.
Posted by Doctor McGrath on September 25th, 2011 @ 7:57pm CDT
Posted by theratedrtransformer on March 9th, 2012 @ 11:48pm CST
Cybershark wrote:Skycharger wrote:HASBRO I WANT THIS in AMERICA! I will only pay 79.99 for it maybe 89.99 if you ask nicely HASBRO. per figure GARRRRrrrrrrrr
EXACTLY
The MP series price is a fricken JOKE!!
a friken joke why becuse their accurante and almost al diecast so its a joke right?
Posted by gavinfuzzy on March 10th, 2012 @ 7:53am CST
theratedrtransformer wrote:Cybershark wrote:Skycharger wrote:HASBRO I WANT THIS in AMERICA! I will only pay 79.99 for it maybe 89.99 if you ask nicely HASBRO. per figure GARRRRrrrrrrrr
EXACTLY
The MP series price is a fricken JOKE!!
a friken joke why becuse their accurante and almost al diecast so its a joke right?
Your sentence is a friken joke...
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