Hasbro MP Prowl offical images

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Megatronus209, Apr 22, 2014.

  1. Batman

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    Soundwave was missing the silver paint on his feet and the cassettes that had chrome on the Takara versions were only painted on the Hasbro.

    Minor differences but it is still a lack of paint. Then again the Hasbro set was half the price of what it would cost to get all 3 Takara sets.
     
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    Meh, guess we'll see. I really don't think Soundwave is an apt comparison, though. The paint apps on the Takara one seem... I'm probably not using the correct term here, but standard? Not the high quality auto-type paint that almost entirely covers any of the MP cars.

    I would just be surprised if Hasbro didn't just go with white plastic instead, that's all. Kind of similar to how Alternators were produced compared to Binaltech. But who knows, maybe I will be wrong. It might help to explain the price tag if so.
     
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    You can see in the photos right in the original post that this thing is fully painted. Has that nice gloss finish that you don't get with just plastic. Those photos are not of a painted prototype, they are of a production item.
     
  4. David Hingtgen

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    Hasbro has been 'shopping their box pics for years. Every one of their main-line figures looks to have rich glossy metallic paint, when the actual toy is just dull plastic. Compare any Prime/Generations toy to the box pic.

    Heck, even MP Acid Storm looks nearly "metallic" on his box.
     
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    Yes, but the box pics are irrelevant. Attached in the very first post are photos of the production figure, which show it with paint. Not a photoshopped painted prototype.
     
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    They've shopped their press pics like that, too. I trust no official pics really, period.
     
  7. MrFX

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    This. Totally understood.
     
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    Charging $70 for a small figure with a bare-bones paint job is definitely one way to stop scalpers. If this figure's paint applications are worse than the Takara version the fandom is going to have a field day with this one. With the Alternators there was a major price difference between the Japanese originals and their American counterparts. The same is true of many of the larger MP figures. With Prowl the US version is actually more expensive than the original. Cutting corners on paint won't sit well with many fans.
     
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    Indeed you should not trust promo pics of any nature from Hasbro as 90% of the time they are made to look better than the finished product.

    That said, he really needs the paint to look right and for $60 holy hell let's really truly hope he does.
     
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    No, absolutely not. The photos on the boxes are of hand-painted prototypes, which is why they're all shiny. Last year when Gizmodo did that Hasbro tour thing they had an interview with the guy who painted all the prototypes and he said how cool it was that every time he went into a toy store all the packaging had his work on it.
     
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    Heh, funny you mentioned that interview, I love it and just watched it again last week! I really love how passionate that guy is about his job. Makes me think he'd make every model perfect if he didn't have to adhere to the color sheets Hasbro gave him.

    But anyways, yes, as seen in one of my other posts, I know the boxes feature his work. The other photos though, of just the toy, follow the typical format we see for the production model photos. You can clearly tell the plastic is molded in color and you can clearly tell where paint has been applied. Just look at he hands and insides of his legs. In comparison to the outsides of his legs or shoulders, they are still white but much duller and clearly unpainted, molded white plastic. The other areas are painted.

    I wouldn't disagree with those wary of paint applications if these were the photoshopped pictures of the hand painted models, but the parts of prowl in these photos are molded in color, which we don't typically see until production model photos.

    The best example that comes to mind is Prime First Edition Bumblebee. The photoshopped models looked good, and were the images that came on the box. Just like this. However, when in-package shots were released, they released photos of the production model alongside them. At that point, you could clearly tell the figure was molded in color plastic, and the only paint on it were the few applications done in the factory. This was when issues like the block of grey plastic on his car doors became visible. This is also the stage where more transformation errors come up. This can be seen in the Bumblebee photos I referenced or in photos as recent as the Masterpiece Grimlock photos with backwards legs.

    The same thing applies here. The photos on the box are clearly the prettied up pictures of the hand painted prototype, but the photos of the actual figure have visible areas of plastic that is molded in color in addition to factory painted applications.
     
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    My Masterpiece collection has been all Hasbro, starting with the 1st release of Grimlock. But Rodimus was the last one that was actually easy to get-- he shelfwarmed here. MP-10 I managed to snag, but only saw him twice, I think. Soundwave last year was a nightmare-- I stayed up for a week to get him off the TRU website. Never once saw him at retail.

    I was really looking forward to Prowl, but even if he were cheaper, I'd still pass on the headache. Looks like it's KO time for me!
     
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    TT's MP-10's red parts are mostly painted with a classy matte finish. Hasbro's MP OP was all red plastic save the four yellow lights, silver paint apps were missing around the wheels in alt mode, and the Hasbro trailer interior was completely unpainted. Also, TT's MP-10's Energon axe is made from a hard, glossy rubber with sharp points on the edges. Hasbro's is dull and rubbery.
     
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    It is being reissue as unmolested,that is good.