rubbing alcohol, take off the stripes, boom Tote

 

So they only did this for ironhide, not ratchet, right?

 

I want that extra Tote head but I don't want to spend another $100 for another ironhide when I already own one.

 

Same. As soon as this guy went up I preordered. But the more I thought about it an official release seems inevitable within the next 18 months so I cancelled.

I like this and all, but official will always win over 3P if I'm given the choice.

 

There are 4 alternate heads remaining for this mold.


From left to right they are Energon Tow Line, Micromaster Fixit, Ironhide, Ratchet, First Aid, and Tote. It's a safe bet they'll do the same with Ratchet, and include both the Fixit and First Aid heads. Those three have very similar color schemes. Tow Line on the other hand doesn't really look like anyone else. So he'll likely have an extra accessory or two.

 

I noticed chimingmung has PP05P on their site, seems to be in stock. Does this mean BBTS is getting their orders in soon?

I still may hold off a bit until Takara makes their "major announcement" on June 15 just to make sure they are not releasing an MP Ironhide this year.

 

Have PP05P in hand... we'll see all the changes later after I get home from work

EDIT: Yellow Stripe Remains Front Grill still chrome - 4 Heads 1 pistol

 

In stock at BBTS
PP05P Patrol Specialist Exclusive (LE 500) - Third Party Transforming Toys & Accessories iGear

 

Does anyone have any pics of this guy next to other Masterpiece scale figures? I searched the forum but couldn't find any next to say MP-10 or Sideswipe, or even the seekers.

 

http://paxcybertron.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/group-shot.jpg

 

I have a strange feeling that mp Ironhide will be announced soon...

 

Same here, that's why I'm holding out at the moment. Otherwise my $100 bill is waiting.

Wouldn't it be great if over the weekend for their special announcement Takara shows a 5 year schedule of which MP's they will be working on? It would squash 3rd party activity because everyone would just be waiting for the official Takara releases.

 

I dont think it would squash it most third party groups dont go in for MP stuff only two I know that have was I gear and fans toys(I got all the seekers and quakewave)I dont count the mini warriors as MP and stoped getting them after I gear forced getting two packs to shift repaints(also the lastest ones fugleybee and cliff faced are so ugly so was an easy pass)

 

No one has a box bio for Patrol Specialist yet?

 

I can post it up, I'm due a day of photographing Transformers tomorrow. Photo or just plain text?

 

Either or both would be nice.

 

Completely the opposite. It would help 3p companies schedule their releases. If they know what Hasbro are planning they can plan accordingly. Release the characters Hasbro aren't planning to make.

 

Tote / PP05P Patrol Specialist

A potential master of improvised sciences, he is at his best when he is up against the wall in a tight situation. Once, when he was trapped in distant wastelands on his home planet, he managed to jury rig a fuel converter that took what little energy he had left and made it last for twelve days, until he made it back to civilization. Since then, he’s had an idea in the back of his head for a massive power saving endeavor which he refers to as “the great downsizing”, which he thinks could save as much as 95% of the power output of the average RoBot.
Life is what happens when you’re making plans though, and as such he hasn’t had the time or inclination to put the appropriate time into the project. He prefers to spend the majority of his time on Patrol with other members of an off-road quartet, pretending to protect the perimeters of important RoBot outposts while just goofing off with his friends. When something does kick off, his ability to improvise a way out of a sticky situation comes in very handy, as well as when it comes to answering to superiors, and explaining just how it was his team let their guard down long enough to be attacked.
Medical Specialist has noted on several occasions that, if Patrol Specialist could focus his abilities on a project he could do pretty much anything, but as a textbook procrastinator he leaves things until the last moment, and almost needs a gun to his head before he can find motivation. Medical Specialist registered this as the first documented case of ADC/HDC (Attention Deficit Circuit, Hyperactive Disorder Current).