Update : Local Malaysian Toy Shop Indicated MP10 as Convoy
Friday, April 22nd, 2011 1:39AM CDT
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This has been reported a few days back and speculation has been rife on who will be MP-10, but this latest tidbit shed more credibility to the news posted earlier here in Seibertron.com
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Posted 12 hours agoPosted by robofreak on April 22nd, 2011 @ 2:21am CDT
Unless it's the Powermaster version and can combine with the trailer, I don't see this flying well with anyone.
Usually, I'm cool with anything they release, but I don't want another Prime for an MP. I've already got MP-04 and that's fine for me.
I was expecting Galvatron or Devastator.
Galvatron actually seemed logical seeing how Rodimus Prime just came out. I would have even been happy with Devastator as unlikely as he would be.
Posted by TCracker on April 22nd, 2011 @ 2:24am CDT
My sources had indicated to me back in December last year that MP10 is Convoy. It's just a matter of time before the reliability of this information is vindicated.
Posted by MGrotusque on April 22nd, 2011 @ 2:28am CDT
Ya really won't know till ya see a picture. Right? So then don't worry about it.
Posted by robofreak on April 22nd, 2011 @ 2:55am CDT
TCracker wrote:your opinion, robofreak, I respect that.
My sources had indicated to me back in December last year that MP10 is Convoy. It's just a matter of time before the reliability of this information is vindicated.
Sorry, I didn't mean to come off as attacking you if I did. So far sources are few on what this actually is so I want to wait until I know what it is for sure.
I kind of went off on a tangent yeah, my rants can get opinionated quite a bit at times.
Still, why another MP Convoy? It just does not make any sense at all. I know Prime sells, but to make the figure smaller and include a traile with a $250 price tag is insane.
Just want to make sure that EVERYONE know the MP-04 was sold with a trailer for $180.
$70 additional better give me something that can top MP-04 and I have a hard time figuring out how they could possibly improve that figure.
Posted by pfcparts on April 22nd, 2011 @ 3:08am CDT
of something... Did we need a larger THS lol?
MP04 and 01L are dandy for me. I'd be more interested
in a Walmart Thundercracker though (they usually release a
seeker sometime around a new movie? lol).
Definitely would have to see pics before I bite. For
250 (yeesh) he must be mostly if not all die cast?
Positive note if he is smaller then the inevitable Megatron
ver2 will definitely be closer to scale then looking like a
DE which might be worth the new prime alone... (hopefully
mostly die cast too!)
Posted by Crimson87 on April 22nd, 2011 @ 4:07am CDT
a lot of G1ers around.
I say Movie Prime with Trailer. Would be a waste as I don't buy the movie stuff... and from all the G1 guesses it would send the most people up in arms.
could see a God Ginrai, or Ultra Magnus but magie isn't a convoy. Oh well we'll just have to see
Patience is an acquired virtue.
Posted by Jazz-1982 on April 22nd, 2011 @ 6:16am CDT
I will wait for more concrete info but my MPL1 (still MISB) may well end up going on Ebay to raise cash for this instead.
If they're re-booting the line then fair enough but I just hope Galvatron gets a figure this time as he was the logical choice to follow Rodimus (and my personal most wanted Masterpiece - in his anime colours).
I just hope everyone realises that this means we'll probably be getting another all white "Magnus" and Nemesis Prime as well down the line......
Posted by Jazz-1982 on April 22nd, 2011 @ 6:28am CDT
Sideswipe 00 wrote:Counterpunch wrote:Sideswipe 00 wrote:Counterpunch wrote:Sideswipe 00 wrote:also Optimus with Trailer
winner winner
chicken dinner
There doing a brand new Optimus Prime mold with the Trailer?
considering the one for sale now is peoples "Last Shot" at that particular Prime Mold
But YAY! I won lol
Sorry to disappoint you mate but the gold medal goes to me, silver for your good self as the first one to guess who it was correctly was the Jazz man back on page 2, with only one hint and no second chance guesses either!!
Sorry, not trying to be a d***head (think I failed though LOL) but I got it right first. Feeling smug now, though it was a big hint.
Or yet another version of Optimus Prime. Which would be an easy pass for me as they've already done way too many Optimus Prime repaints in this line and a new mold but still Prime would be just such a boring choice. Oh well, interestingly I'm actually quite pissed off now as this seems like it's the most likely choice.
Posted by Mykltron on April 22nd, 2011 @ 6:36am CDT
Posted by Jazz-1982 on April 22nd, 2011 @ 6:36am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 22nd, 2011 @ 7:49am CDT
Posted by TFGnome on April 22nd, 2011 @ 10:29am CDT
?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 22nd, 2011 @ 10:39am CDT
TFGnome wrote:Powermaster Prime / God Ginrai ?
?
If that's true, I would explode instantly. But it isn't...
Posted by NTESHFT on April 22nd, 2011 @ 11:36am CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:TFGnome wrote:Powermaster Prime / God Ginrai ?
?
If that's true, I would explode instantly. But it isn't...
Too bad. From what's being said on this topic, it looks like Takara will have one hell of a shelf warmer.
Posted by Jimimus Prime on April 22nd, 2011 @ 11:47am CDT
Come on Takara! If you can make the Seekers, why not make Jetfire, Jazz, Roadbuster, Wheeljack, Devastator, Arcee, Springer, etc.
Posted by Fistful of Energon on April 22nd, 2011 @ 11:50am CDT
Posted by Kibble on April 22nd, 2011 @ 1:51pm CDT
headsortails wrote:Too bad. From what's being said on this topic, it looks like Takara will have one hell of a shelf warmer.
Until everyone sees it and it becomes ZOMG BUY ON SIGHT!!! Or Hasbro, put this out here NOW!!!
Posted by Angelus on April 22nd, 2011 @ 2:38pm CDT
Kibble wrote:Until everyone sees it and it becomes ZOMG BUY ON SIGHT!!! Or Hasbro, put this out here NOW!!!
For that kind of money?
Don't think that is going to happen anytime soon.
Hasbro cannot even get a Windcharger figure released worth a few dollars...
Posted by Doctor McGrath on April 22nd, 2011 @ 3:00pm CDT
Posted by NTESHFT on April 22nd, 2011 @ 4:28pm CDT
Kibble wrote:headsortails wrote:Too bad. From what's being said on this topic, it looks like Takara will have one hell of a shelf warmer.
Until everyone sees it and it becomes ZOMG BUY ON SIGHT!!! Or Hasbro, put this out here NOW!!!
True. But for me, if it isn't a Laser Prime or Powermaster Prime, I'll pass myself. I have the 1st one from Hasbro (I think), do no need in another one. I do wish Takara would have done something different. And am I reading right? Will this be the last MP?
Posted by joeformer on April 22nd, 2011 @ 8:02pm CDT
Posted by Trikeboy on April 22nd, 2011 @ 8:02pm CDT
Posted by HoosierDaddy on April 23rd, 2011 @ 12:19am CDT
Posted by NTESHFT on April 23rd, 2011 @ 6:48pm CDT
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... picture=in
Plus if this is supposed to be one with a trailer, then why this:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... icture=out
I'm baffled, myself. Can someone clarify?
Posted by Fistful of Energon on April 23rd, 2011 @ 7:12pm CDT
Posted by Chaoslock on April 23rd, 2011 @ 7:14pm CDT
TCracker wrote:Local shop Famitoys already declared it as Convoy version 2
http://famitoy.blogspot.com/2011/04/pre ... mp-10.html
So, it' not Ginrai this time... Or is he?
It's hard, but I guess it will be not-G1 Convoy this time.
Could it be a new Rodimus Convoy, with full trailer transformation?
Posted by Mkall on April 23rd, 2011 @ 7:15pm CDT
headsortails wrote:I*f this is supposed to be another Prime, then why are they calling this one the "last shot":
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... picture=in
Because it was the last time that mold will see the light of day, not the last Optimus Prime ever made. (at least until nostalgia kicks in 3 years down the road )
Plus if this is supposed to be one with a trailer, then why this:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... icture=out
I'm baffled, myself. Can someone clarify?
Because that was made as a cheap trailer for MP01 Prime, who had no trailer. That's also not an official HasTak trailer, but one KO'd by iGear.
Posted by Daniel Gallagher on April 24th, 2011 @ 11:58am CDT
But IF I'm buying it, that is.
Now, don't get me wrong, I know they can make a top notch toy, but how on Earth can they surpass THS-02 and MP-04, put a hefty price tag on it and, worse yet, put it on the Masterpiece line as MP-10?
The ONLY reason I can come up with is that they are rebooting the line for the newer generation of TF fans (after all, the MP-01 was released in 2004 and we're in 2011).
Other than that, US$ 250 for a downscaled MP Prime is just out of order! The MP-04 is magnficent EXACTLY because it's HUGE!
I'm so gutted!
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 24th, 2011 @ 1:34pm CDT
Posted by SentinelA on April 24th, 2011 @ 3:35pm CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on April 24th, 2011 @ 3:38pm CDT
SentinelA wrote:I heard it is a remold of Optimus Prime. Optimus Prime! WTF? It was supposed to be Galvatron. GALVATRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's not a remold, it a completely new mold of Optimus Prime.
Posted by NTESHFT on April 24th, 2011 @ 6:08pm CDT
Mkall wrote:headsortails wrote:I*f this is supposed to be another Prime, then why are they calling this one the "last shot":
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... picture=in
Because it was the last time that mold will see the light of day, not the last Optimus Prime ever made. (at least until nostalgia kicks in 3 years down the road )Plus if this is supposed to be one with a trailer, then why this:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... icture=out
I'm baffled, myself. Can someone clarify?
Because that was made as a cheap trailer for MP01 Prime, who had no trailer. That's also not an official HasTak trailer, but one KO'd by iGear.
Makes sense. But still, a "new mold" yet it's still Prime. The only way this would work for me is if it was Laser Prime. or even the Targetmaster Prime. But since it isn't, I'm gonna have to pass. Plus the fact that it's gonna be the last MP is kind of aggravating. Oh well, I'll live. Thank Cybertron for 3rd party toy makers....
Posted by Kibble on April 24th, 2011 @ 6:13pm CDT
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on April 24th, 2011 @ 6:22pm CDT
Kibble wrote:I don't think this is going to be the last MP...not sure where that notion is coming from.
I have no idea where that came from either but I am pretty sure this is not the last MP. Actually I think somebody posted that if this is indeed another Optimus, then it will sell so poorly as to make Takara not make anymore.
Posted by Lapse Of Reason on April 24th, 2011 @ 7:32pm CDT
If it is a new Optimus Prime figure then I reserve the hope that its repaint makes for a better Ultra Magnus with armor.
Posted by Burn on April 24th, 2011 @ 10:14pm CDT
Lapse Of Reason wrote:If it is a new Optimus Prime figure then I reserve the hope that its repaint makes for a better Ultra Magnus with armor.
I think you're justified in that hope.
If the figure is suppose to be smaller, then a Magnus/Powered Convoy trailer that transforms into the armour could easily make it up to the same height as the original MP01.
Posted by REMINATOR on April 24th, 2011 @ 10:45pm CDT
Burn wrote:Lapse Of Reason wrote:If it is a new Optimus Prime figure then I reserve the hope that its repaint makes for a better Ultra Magnus with armor.
I think you're justified in that hope.
If the figure is suppose to be smaller, then a Magnus/Powered Convoy trailer that transforms into the armour could easily make it up to the same height as the original MP01.
And if that's the case, which I dearly hope that's the case, then all is forgiven. Otherwise, TTomy rips us big time.
Posted by Dead Metal on April 25th, 2011 @ 3:24am CDT
And this won't sell poorly, this will sell just as good as any MP has done before.
Posted by Gutter Bunny on April 25th, 2011 @ 4:44am CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on April 25th, 2011 @ 7:02am CDT
Gutter Bunny wrote:I'm so happy that I will have the opportunity to purchase countless repaints of another MP Optimus. The last five did not satisfy me enough. If only they were to include an exponentially increasing price tag into the offer.
(agreed)
But still, it WILL be an entirely new toy.
and it's not like Bandai and other companies have not been doing the same thing for years...
Posted by RhA on April 25th, 2011 @ 7:04am CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on April 25th, 2011 @ 7:27am CDT
RhA wrote:I'm very curious about this. Seriously, what the hell could Takaratomy improve?
Vehicle mode proportions and alignment mostly. It's been pointed out before, but MP Convoy's vehicle mode isn't truly in proportion to itself internally. The wheels are too small, doors are off a bit, etc.
In robot mode, they could articulate fingers, improve the hips and stability, and find a way to do the transformation without a cheat.
(I still love MP Convoy, just answering the question.)
Posted by SJ21 on April 25th, 2011 @ 11:31am CDT
If that is the case, I would applaud Has/Tak for giving a big F U to third-party companies. That's been due for a long time.
Posted by NTESHFT on April 25th, 2011 @ 3:28pm CDT
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Kibble wrote:I don't think this is going to be the last MP...not sure where that notion is coming from.
I have no idea where that came from either but I am pretty sure this is not the last MP. Actually I think somebody posted that if this is indeed another Optimus, then it will sell so poorly as to make Takara not make anymore.
I had saw a post earlier saying it was gonna be the last one, but I don't remember where. Then again, I could have just misread the post. I sure hope it wouldn't be the last one.
Posted by NTESHFT on April 25th, 2011 @ 3:28pm CDT
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Kibble wrote:I don't think this is going to be the last MP...not sure where that notion is coming from.
I have no idea where that came from either but I am pretty sure this is not the last MP. Actually I think somebody posted that if this is indeed another Optimus, then it will sell so poorly as to make Takara not make anymore.
I had saw a post earlier saying it was gonna be the last one, but I don't remember where. Then again, I could have just misread the post. I sure hope it wouldn't be the last one.
Posted by SkyWarpt on April 28th, 2011 @ 10:53pm CDT
Posted by DevastaTTor on May 3rd, 2011 @ 6:51am CDT
TFSource has updated their Facebook page with the following:
Takara confirmed today (although many already knew) that MP-10 is a G1 Convoy/Optimus Prime with a new trailer mold. It includes a pilot, and pictures will be out within a week! We'll update the site as soon as it's available!
As soon as the images become available, we'll have them posted for you to see and comment on!
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Posted by TheCrookedMan on May 3rd, 2011 @ 8:00am CDT
Posted by guarayakha on May 3rd, 2011 @ 8:39am CDT
TheCrookedMan wrote:Prime/Covoy with a new trailer and "pilot"? Doesn't it have to be Powermaster Prime/Ginrai?
The problem lies with the Convoy name. Either it's being used to describe a Optimus/Convoy-looking Ginrai MP, or it's THE Convoy himself.
Though I hope that TakTomy would realize that a Ginrai MP would also have the same potential to be repainted (Normal, UltraMagnus+Armor, Black Limited Edition, Fire Guts, Clear, Metallic, Gold Chrome, etc.)
Posted by Blackstreak on May 3rd, 2011 @ 10:19am CDT