Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image

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Via fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath, and with the source being the official Takara Tomy Transformers Twitter account, we have a look at one of the accessories accompanyng the release of Masterpiece MP-36 Megatron (the Second Coming): the Key to Vector Sigma! The tiny thing is shown off in a video posted by the company, showcasing the Masterpiece line, but you can check it out in the static image below!

トランスフォーマーの中でも、最新・最高の技術によって現代に甦らせる、変形ロボット玩具・最高峰のブランド「マスターピースシリーズ」ってなんぞやという方はぜひご覧ください。よくご存じのみなさんは布教用にこちらの映像使ってください( ・ω・)⊃ pic.twitter.com/RjMWBcJndJ
— タカラトミー (@takaratomytoys) February 24, 2017

Credit(s): Takara Tomy

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Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862654)
Posted by megatronus on February 24th, 2017 @ 11:43am CST

He can't come soon enough.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862656)
Posted by Relic0037 on February 24th, 2017 @ 11:50am CST

megatronus wrote:He can't come soon enough.

Really looking forward to getting him to help me forget what a piece of $#!+ MP-05 is.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862840)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 25th, 2017 @ 3:38am CST

The facebook video only shows sound, won't go into full screen mode and then crashes my browser. Could someone reupload it to a more competent video hosting site, like Youtube, please? Cheers in advance.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862847)
Posted by Burn on February 25th, 2017 @ 4:35am CST

Hey primalxconvoy, your sig is ... wow. Bright. It's also a bit too large in regards to our guidelines.

Signature Guidelines
We all like to show off a bit, but most of us don't like to have to scroll through a huge signature. So we've established some guidelines!
• Physical dimensions of your signature - 500pixels W x 375pixels H OR 375pixels H x 500pixels W - You can go smaller, but nothing larger. (e.g. 500px x 400px or 400px x 500px)
• Filesize of an image in your signature cannot exceed 100k
• Youtube videos are permitted to be used in your signature
Only ONE image OR video is permitted in your signature

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862853)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 25th, 2017 @ 5:00am CST

Burn wrote:Hey primalxconvoy, your sig is ... wow. Bright. It's also a bit too large in regards to our guidelines.

Signature Guidelines
We all like to show off a bit, but most of us don't like to have to scroll through a huge signature. So we've established some guidelines!
• Physical dimensions of your signature - 500pixels W x 375pixels H OR 375pixels H x 500pixels W - You can go smaller, but nothing larger. (e.g. 500px x 400px or 400px x 500px)
• Filesize of an image in your signature cannot exceed 100k
• Youtube videos are permitted to be used in your signature
Only ONE image OR video is permitted in your signature

That's strange. Another mod stated the same and offered to edit my sig with a smaller one. They said they've done the same with other people's sigs. I have permission and assumed it had been edited?

Is there anyway to check if it was edited?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862859)
Posted by Burn on February 25th, 2017 @ 5:40am CST

primalxconvoy wrote:Is there anyway to check if it was edited?

The logs only go back so far.

GIF's are notoriously hard (near impossible) to get under the file size limit. And yeah, even in this day and age that file limit still needs to be in place, primarily for those on mobile devices or anyone connected to the internet in Australia.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862867)
Posted by Cyberpath on February 25th, 2017 @ 8:26am CST

MP-36 Megatron's accessories, from Hobby magazine --

Source: http://www.taghobby.com/archives/171473

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862980)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 25th, 2017 @ 9:04pm CST

Burn wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:Is there anyway to check if it was edited?

The logs only go back so far.

GIF's are notoriously hard (near impossible) to get under the file size limit. And yeah, even in this day and age that file limit still needs to be in place, primarily for those on mobile devices or anyone connected to the internet in Australia.

On my end, his sig appears at a size of 241px × 375px.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862981)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 25th, 2017 @ 9:09pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
Burn wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:Is there anyway to check if it was edited?

The logs only go back so far.

GIF's are notoriously hard (near impossible) to get under the file size limit. And yeah, even in this day and age that file limit still needs to be in place, primarily for those on mobile devices or anyone connected to the internet in Australia.
On my end, his sig appears at a size of 241px × 375px.

Is that ok?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862991)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 25th, 2017 @ 9:47pm CST

primalxconvoy wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Burn wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:Is there anyway to check if it was edited?

The logs only go back so far.

GIF's are notoriously hard (near impossible) to get under the file size limit. And yeah, even in this day and age that file limit still needs to be in place, primarily for those on mobile devices or anyone connected to the internet in Australia.
On my end, his sig appears at a size of 241px × 375px.

Is that ok?

It's within the accepted parameters mentioned in the guidelines Burn quoted.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862996)
Posted by Burn on February 25th, 2017 @ 9:57pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Burn wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:Is there anyway to check if it was edited?

The logs only go back so far.

GIF's are notoriously hard (near impossible) to get under the file size limit. And yeah, even in this day and age that file limit still needs to be in place, primarily for those on mobile devices or anyone connected to the internet in Australia.
On my end, his sig appears at a size of 241px × 375px.

Is that ok?
It's within the accepted parameters mentioned in the guidelines Burn quoted.

It's scaled. Not sure what browser you're using but Firefox says otherwise.

Capture.JPG

It's also 6 times over the file size limit.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1862998)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 25th, 2017 @ 9:58pm CST

Burn wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Burn wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:Is there anyway to check if it was edited?

The logs only go back so far.

GIF's are notoriously hard (near impossible) to get under the file size limit. And yeah, even in this day and age that file limit still needs to be in place, primarily for those on mobile devices or anyone connected to the internet in Australia.
On my end, his sig appears at a size of 241px × 375px.

Is that ok?
It's within the accepted parameters mentioned in the guidelines Burn quoted.

It's scaled. Not sure what browser you're using but Firefox says otherwise.

Google Chrome.

EDIT: Here's a smaller version I just whipped up in Tinypic:

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863000)
Posted by Burn on February 25th, 2017 @ 10:10pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:Google Chrome.

So as a non-Google Chrome user I'm surprised that something simple as Image info needs an extension.

So I tried both "View Image Info (properties)" and "Image Size Info" and both tell me what Firefox told me. So again, no idea what's up with your system.

Sabrblade wrote:EDIT: Here's a smaller version I just whipped up in Tinypic:

Still exceeds the file size limit.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863003)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 25th, 2017 @ 10:16pm CST

I've changed it to a smaller version. Hope this one is ok!

If not, may I suggest a new thread, devoted entirely to me? You can call it "Pandering to Primal's Purile Picture"...

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863005)
Posted by Burn on February 25th, 2017 @ 10:19pm CST

Burn wrote:GIF's are notoriously hard (near impossible) to get under the file size limit.

You're better off abandoning GIFs as a sig pic. (Even your replacement still exceeds the 100k file limit)

I could fix it, but that fix is me removing the image entirely.

That's the last thing I'm going to say on the matter, the thread has been derailed enough.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863006)
Posted by Kurona on February 25th, 2017 @ 10:20pm CST

So is the LED Fusion Cannon a big part of why Megatron's priced so high? I mean, I know that obviously a big part of it is the alt-mode, but I do wonder what his price would have been if his Fusion Cannon didn't have any electronics.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863007)
Posted by Bumblebee21 on February 25th, 2017 @ 10:21pm CST

Kurona wrote:So is the LED Fusion Cannon a big part of why Megatron's priced so high? I mean, I know that obviously a big part of it is the alt-mode, but I do wonder what his price would have been if his Fusion Cannon didn't have any electronics.

its not led
just sounds

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863010)
Posted by primalxconvoy on February 25th, 2017 @ 10:28pm CST

The new sig is around 71kb now.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863191)
Posted by fenrir72 on February 26th, 2017 @ 8:41pm CST

Cyberpath wrote:MP-36 Megatron's accessories, from Hobby magazine --

Source: http://www.taghobby.com/archives/171473

Megatron's "I would have waited an eternity for this" face is kinda spooky and unnerving! I love it!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863806)
Posted by RustedCross on March 1st, 2017 @ 5:29pm CST

Do we know for sure if every site is doing the orange plug for American purchases? I'm preordered with BBTS.

If the majority of sites are required to do the plug, then I guess I won't feel like I got the "altered version".

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863816)
Posted by nycPrime on March 1st, 2017 @ 6:36pm CST

RustedCross wrote:Do we know for sure if every site is doing the orange plug for American purchases? I'm preordered with BBTS.

If the majority of sites are required to do the plug, then I guess I won't feel like I got the "altered version".

I know of one American retailer that will try to not go with the orange plug.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863818)
Posted by Mindmaster on March 1st, 2017 @ 6:41pm CST

RustedCross wrote:Do we know for sure if every site is doing the orange plug for American purchases? I'm preordered with BBTS.

If the majority of sites are required to do the plug, then I guess I won't feel like I got the "altered version".

Just spoke with the owner of The Chosen Prime; he said that if it doesn't come from the factory itself, they're not going to do it. I guess it varies on which retailer you import it from.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863851)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 1st, 2017 @ 10:16pm CST

I was able to pre-order mine from Amazon Japan tonight. They're giving a release date of April 1st. I'm really excited for this figure, it's amazing to see the leap in design from a figure that's almost 10 years old.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863853)
Posted by nycPrime on March 1st, 2017 @ 10:38pm CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I was able to pre-order mine from Amazon Japan tonight. They're giving a release date of April 1st. I'm really excited for this figure, it's amazing to see the leap in design from a figure that's almost 10 years old.

Out of curiosity what is the all-in price from amazon jp?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1863854)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 1st, 2017 @ 10:58pm CST

nycPrime wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I was able to pre-order mine from Amazon Japan tonight. They're giving a release date of April 1st. I'm really excited for this figure, it's amazing to see the leap in design from a figure that's almost 10 years old.

Out of curiosity what is the all-in price from amazon jp?

As of right now it's $180.69 since it's Amazon I have a pre-order guarantee which means the price could go down. That happened with Leo Prime.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1864240)
Posted by Deruji on March 4th, 2017 @ 5:37am CST

Kurona wrote:So is the LED Fusion Cannon a big part of why Megatron's priced so high? I mean, I know that obviously a big part of it is the alt-mode, but I do wonder what his price would have been if his Fusion Cannon didn't have any electronics.

I think the price is rather due to the high parts count necessary for the transformation.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1865036)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 7th, 2017 @ 6:25pm CST

Stupid question, what kind of batteries does Megatron's Fusion Cannon need?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1865037)
Posted by Bumblebee21 on March 7th, 2017 @ 6:27pm CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Stupid question, what kind of batteries does Megatron's Fusion Cannon need?

mot likely lr44

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1865303)
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on March 8th, 2017 @ 11:22pm CST

Counting down the days for his release and shipment.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1866631)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 15th, 2017 @ 3:25am CDT

17 more days; are you excited?

Still waiting for my MP Grapple to arrive in the mail.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1866635)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 15th, 2017 @ 4:25am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:17 more days; are you excited?

Still waiting for my MP Grapple to arrive in the mail.

You too? My Grapple is still on the way

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1866636)
Posted by xMXUx on March 15th, 2017 @ 5:01am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:17 more days; are you excited?

Still waiting for my MP Grapple to arrive in the mail.

You too? My Grapple is still on the way

Same here

So it'll probably be May till I get Megs. Oh well, I prefer to wait a little longer and save on shipping

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1866639)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 15th, 2017 @ 5:33am CDT

xMXUx wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:17 more days; are you excited?

Still waiting for my MP Grapple to arrive in the mail.

You too? My Grapple is still on the way

Same here So it'll probably be May till I get Megs. Oh well, I prefer to wait a little longer and save on shipping

Even sal parcel seems to be slow. Saved on it instead of EMS

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1866965)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 16th, 2017 @ 12:58am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:17 more days; are you excited?

Still waiting for my MP Grapple to arrive in the mail.

I can't wait. April can't get here soon enough

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867254)
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on March 16th, 2017 @ 11:44pm CDT

This is a dumb question since none of us have him in hand but does anyone have an idea on how to remove the orange plug from the gun barrel? I'm purchasing through BBTS. Any advice is appreciated!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867258)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 17th, 2017 @ 12:55am CDT

Drift082111 wrote:This is a dumb question since none of us have him in hand but does anyone have an idea on how to remove the orange plug from the gun barrel? I'm purchasing through BBTS. Any advice is appreciated!

Blow dryer but carefully. Don't use solvents on the adhesive.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867266)
Posted by Emerje on March 17th, 2017 @ 3:27am CDT

Yep, still waiting on Grapple and Cheetor. Maybe I'll ship Megatron and Soundwave together via EMS, I'll probably be the cheapest option anyway.

Emerje

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867352)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 17th, 2017 @ 2:18pm CDT

In-hand video --

Might be the angle, but the gun barrel looks better.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867360)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 17th, 2017 @ 2:31pm CDT

Thanks to a few different sources, we have for you today a new in-hand video that shows off the highly anticipated MP-36 Megatron! The video features no commentary, but it does show some nice close-ups of the figure along with its accessories. The video also looks into some of the articulation, and if you are a fan of ratcheting joints, some joints here should make you very happy. Check out the video below, and be ready! This figure is set to drop next month!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867372)
Posted by MrBlack on March 17th, 2017 @ 2:48pm CDT

It looks like the gun barrel on his back can be shifted around a bit. It was sitting behind his arm in box, with the sight facing straight ahead, but behind his back out of the box, with the sight more askew.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867421)
Posted by Quint on March 17th, 2017 @ 6:41pm CDT

How do we flame this person for filming in portrait?

An example of them must be made!!!

PS Figure looks sweet 8-)

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867487)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 17th, 2017 @ 11:12pm CDT

Quint wrote:How do we flame this person for filming in portrait?

An example of them must be made!!!

Before, the video was completely sideways.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867498)
Posted by Ravage XK on March 18th, 2017 @ 2:09am CDT

They are going to drop the figure? As in cancel or actually drop it?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867501)
Posted by Emerje on March 18th, 2017 @ 4:16am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:Might be the angle, but the gun barrel looks better.

It had better look better, the one on the left is a hand painted prototype and the one on the right is the final product.

Though honestly I think the final figure looks a little worse, but it probably isn't a good idea to judge based on a low quality video.

Ravage XK wrote:They are going to drop the figure? As in cancel or actually drop it?

Why would they announce that they're going to cancel it next month? :???:

Is "drop" not slang for "release" in the UK?

Emerje

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867502)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 18th, 2017 @ 4:25am CDT

Emerje wrote:
Cyberpath wrote:Might be the angle, but the gun barrel looks better.

It had better look better, the one on the left is a hand painted prototype and the one on the right is the final product.

The placement of the barrel on his back.

Unless it's just the angle, there appears to be a hinge that allows you to position the barrel closer to his back and further away from behind his shoulder.

Edit: definitely not the camera angle, the barrel is adjustable.
Compare the stock factory position vs how it looks out of the box:

Yay!

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867506)
Posted by steals_your_goats on March 18th, 2017 @ 5:21am CDT

Really glad that he appears to have a silver gloss on him as opposed to the initial flat grey. Looks so much better.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867507)
Posted by Ironhidensh on March 18th, 2017 @ 5:43am CDT

Meh. Question for me now is, do I cancel my preorder, or try and make a quick couple of bucks on ebay?

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867521)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 18th, 2017 @ 8:33am CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:Meh. Question for me now is, do I cancel my preorder, or try and make a quick couple of bucks on ebay?

Depends. 3rd party 2ndary market value is sure to "skyrocket" over the original. Collector wise not worth the effort.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867522)
Posted by Ironhidensh on March 18th, 2017 @ 8:45am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:Meh. Question for me now is, do I cancel my preorder, or try and make a quick couple of bucks on ebay?

Depends. 3rd party 2ndary market value is sure to "skyrocket" over the original. Collector wise not worth the effort.

I'm talking about this new one. Do I cancel mu preorder, or go on and get it. I'll get it shipped from HLJ for about 200, and I figure I could easily turn around and sell it on eBay for at least 250.

Secisions, decisions.

Re: Takara Tomy Transformers MP-36 Megatron Key to Vector Sigma Image (1867523)
Posted by Kurona on March 18th, 2017 @ 8:52am CDT

Ironhidensh wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:Meh. Question for me now is, do I cancel my preorder, or try and make a quick couple of bucks on ebay?

Depends. 3rd party 2ndary market value is sure to "skyrocket" over the original. Collector wise not worth the effort.

I'm talking about this new one. Do I cancel mu preorder, or go on and get it. I'll get it shipped from HLJ for about 200, and I figure I could easily turn around and sell it on eBay for at least 250.

Secisions, decisions.

I take it you don't like him?
Stupid question I know

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