MP-52 Starscream ver.2.0 Blasts Us with New Official Stock Photos and Price

TulioDude wrote:He looks pretty good in those poses!I wonder if there will be a stand for him.

Day 282 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Fox Thiagarajan wrote:He doesn't appear to have waist articulation. Not sure if that's make or break for me. Still seems to pull off some toon likeness poses though. Overall, he looks good.

angtre wrote:I'm actually surprised it doesn't come with his trademark cape & crown.

Burn wrote:For Australian's who may want him and can actually afford him.

EB Games pre-order

For the low low price of $50 ... you can place a deposit and pre-order him, then come 30 June 2021 you can take him for an extra $459! Just run up your credit card, then submit your tax return the next week and take full advantage of ScoMo's tax cuts! *BOOM*

P.S. **** you TakaraTomy for pricing so many of us out of the MP market.

-Kanrabat- wrote:THAT Amazon dosen't count. It's a 3P seller using the Amazon.JP site.
I'm waiting for the REAL listing, meaning from Amazon.JP themselves. The price will be the right one, and they ship internationally.

LordBludgeon wrote:Why is the Decepticon logo always upside down? That's so annoying. :'(

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:This Just in...

£219.99 ID Toys

No word from Kapow yet. 10% deposit option is available.

Cyberpath wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:THAT Amazon dosen't count. It's a 3P seller using the Amazon.JP site.
I'm waiting for the REAL listing, meaning from Amazon.JP themselves. The price will be the right one, and they ship internationally.

That's what I thought but wasn't sure. This is the one though, right?

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B08KJP2N4S?tag=seibertron00-22&

Sabrblade wrote:

LordBludgeon wrote:Why is the Decepticon logo always upside down? That's so annoying. :'(

Because that's how it was in the cartoon.

LordBludgeon wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

LordBludgeon wrote:Why is the Decepticon logo always upside down? That's so annoying. :'(

Because that's how it was in the cartoon.

Guess I haven't watched G1 in a long time to remember/notice that. I also just learned it's intentional due to if you are flying in a squadron of Jets you want to identify who is on your team when you are flying above/beside them. That's why the logo is facing the way it does in jet mode and why it's upside down in robot mode. Regardless I still prefer having the logo not upside down in robot mode myself. It also seems like some toys and media can't decide whether the logo should be right side up or upside down. Ha, ha.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Burn wrote:For Australian's who may want him and can actually afford him.

EB Games pre-order

For the low low price of $50 ... you can place a deposit and pre-order him, then come 30 June 2021 you can take him for an extra $459! Just run up your credit card, then submit your tax return the next week and take full advantage of ScoMo's tax cuts! *BOOM*

P.S. **** you TakaraTomy for pricing so many of us out of the MP market.

Wow.

If Amazon.JP ship to Australia (and it would be surprising if they wouldn't) just order from them when the listing go live. Unless some American store pull a Target, it will be the best price.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Weird thing is, I am really liking how this toy looks, and I am now debating pre-ordering him based on his looks rather than as him as a character

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Weird thing is, I am really liking how this toy looks, and I am now debating pre-ordering him based on his looks rather than as him as a character

Not surprising. G1 Cartoon Starscream wasn't exactly written to be more than a one-trick-pony who was about as subtle as a brick.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Weird thing is, I am really liking how this toy looks, and I am now debating pre-ordering him based on his looks rather than as him as a character

Not surprising. G1 Cartoon Starscream wasn't exactly written to be more than a one-trick-pony who was about as subtle as a brick.

Starscream for the most part is one of my least favorite and most overused transformers, but this toy looks pretty great. I hear what he was supposed to be, but outside of his Prime/RiD2015 incarnation and maybe his Armada one, he feels overused and just not good.

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Weird thing is, I am really liking how this toy looks, and I am now debating pre-ordering him based on his looks rather than as him as a character

Not surprising. G1 Cartoon Starscream wasn't exactly written to be more than a one-trick-pony who was about as subtle as a brick.

Starscream for the most part is one of my least favorite and most overused transformers, but this toy looks pretty great. I hear what he was supposed to be, but outside of his Prime/RiD2015 incarnation and maybe his Armada one, he feels overused and just not good.

What about Cybertron and Animated? Those series at least had the common sense to make him legitimately ambitious while also smart enough to keep his treachery to himself until the right moment to strike. And when he was found out in both, he struck out on his own to certain degrees of success and never came crawling back to Megatron to futilely beg for forgiveness.

-Kanrabat- wrote:For me, the best Starscreams were Prime (the true inteligent and vile scheemer) and Armada (unexpected knight).

But what if G1 Starscream were to be officially FEMALE, like the confused French dubbers of the 1986 movie did?


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william-james88 wrote:My kids watch the G1 cartoon and movie in English and they claimed Srarscream was female.

Cyberpath wrote:

TulioDude wrote:While we're discussing Starscreams:

-Armada Starscream is nº1.

-Movie Starscream has one of my favorite backstories for him.Protecting hatchling before becoming a Decepticon.

-Beast Wars II Starscream has the best ally,BB;the IDW Beast Wars sourcebook gives a good context for their friendship

Cyberpath wrote:

Thanks for this.I was wondering what the face was for.

william-james88 wrote:

TulioDude wrote:While we're discussing Starscreams:

-Armada Starscream is nº1.

-Movie Starscream has one of my favorite backstories for him.Protecting hatchling before becoming a Decepticon.

-Beast Wars II Starscream has the best ally,BB;the IDW Beast Wars sourcebook gives a good context for their friendship

Cyberpath wrote:

Thanks for this.I was wondering what the face was for.

I can think of another application or two.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:As I've said before, as a kid I jumped into Transformers with The Movie. I didn't see gender beyond Arcee.

Anyway, they've clearly put a lot of effort into this MP, design-wise. Is there anyone aside from the other Seekers that could, if not share the mold, adapt some of the engineering? Blitzwing or Powerglide, for example?

Emerje wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:As I've said before, as a kid I jumped into Transformers with The Movie. I didn't see gender beyond Arcee.

Anyway, they've clearly put a lot of effort into this MP, design-wise. Is there anyone aside from the other Seekers that could, if not share the mold, adapt some of the engineering? Blitzwing or Powerglide, for example?

I can't even begin to guess how they'll adapt the Coneheads to this mold (or vice versa) considering how the wing storage works and two of those guys having full length wings which would require the rear of the jets to be altered somehow.

Emerje

chuckdawg1999 wrote:At some point Takara even has to say, enough it enough.

Burn wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:At some point Takara even has to say, enough it enough.

But they won't.

Cyberpath wrote:Pre-order is up on Amazon Japan (for realz this time, "Ships from Amazon.co.jp Sold by Amazon.co.jp") -- it's 19,419 yen before shipping/fees.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Transform ... 08KJP2N4S/?tag=seibertron00-22&