Oooh, good call on the leg placement. Real shame they went with lights there; it doesn't even make any sense that they'd place them there. And maybe don't do that because penlites are easier to buy then button cells?
Here is my review for a prerelease version of MPM-01 Masterpiece Movie Starscream. There are significant differences. The paint appears to be more vivid and darker. I am glad TakaraTomy made improvements over the version I have. http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans...ce-transformers-movie-edition-starscream.html
actually looks cool with the legs straighten out. pew pew pew OW MY FOOT cant help it man, im like pavlovs dog with them movie quotes.
I just collected the figure and opened it up... Looks great and even better in person, but the one part I don't like abt it is the red paint used around the elbows for the joints that look like "wires" made of rubber. The red paint is peeling off on mine.. I'll probably repaint that part with my own red paint which I doubt would peel off that way.. Not sure what Takara used, but it isn't paint as the red cracks easily on the rubber wires at the elbow joints.. Anyone having the same problem with theirs?
The jet mode looks really good... Pretty accurate to the real F-22 Raptor.... This is where the Masterpiece part comes in I guess, the paint scheme of the real F-22..
I guess so that we could get a choice of which callsign to use on the jet.. I prefer it this way rather than have Takara tampo a callsign with the decepticon logo on it..
See, this pic shows the rear of the fuselage gets thinner towards the rear and from the bottom view it would show the shape also tapers narrow towards the thrust nozzles ; while this Starscream mold actually gets thicker and wider at the rear. Indeed, if the lights and battery compartments had been left out, the space could have provided room foor the entire legs folded into the front section of the real F22 proportions. THAT would have been Master Piece engineering.
I find this very possible; if you remember they used button cell batteries during Armada, but not since (or at least not for a long time now). Maybe they got complaints from parents who were having difficulty getting replacements at a good price. On the other hand penlite batteries can be bought anywhere, and are cheap as chips.
Imo, people who can afford Leader class toys ( which are also in fewer numbers than Deluxes for example ), should also be able to buy button cell batteries. Besides, if it were that difficult to find them, people with hearing aid machines would have a tough time...( they work on button cells, right ? ) but yeah, imo... I rather have no electro gizmo's at all ; allocate that to development budget for better engineering and paint apps.
So I was looking at this a few days ago for 99.99 on BBTS but decided to wait to buy it until it was actually in stock. Now it's in stock and they jacked the price up to 109.99. I hate it when they do that.
No one is holding Masterpiece Grimlock to real characteristics of a T-Rex so to point out such details of MPM-01 seems moot.
I agree. Although if we had to choose between perfect and not-so-perfect, of course we'd all pick perfect. In the end though, these are toys meant to convert and be played with..if you are looking for a spot-on replica you're better off with...a replica. I think Leader Starscream's jetmode is more than good enough. The underside is too thick compared to a real F22 (the Voyager one is better in this case), but it all locks into place really tight, and unlike Jetfire(/most jetformers), it gets at least close to the real thing. tldr: it's an awesome toy buy it naowww
Grimlock has always been a robotic representation of a T Rex so you might want to rethink your analogy. Besides, with SS's paint job and jetmode license from Lockheed Martin, they definitely imply to aim for realism.
Very disappointed they didn't end up going with the silver head. I'm excited to get mine (should arrive monday), but I'm still on the fence. We have the better detailed less interesting version, and the poorly detailed more interesting version.
