The sliding frame is plastic on the US version? It's diecast on MP03 and MP06. The front landing gear should be too.

 

hes pretty much all plastic, my main complaint is hes worthless w/o his stand in bot mode as he cannot stand at all

 

You must not have had yours very long.

http://tfkenkon.com/g/?mode=view&album=Collection/act479&pic=mp_skywarp39.jpg&dispsize=1000&start=0

 

hmm thats funny i dont see the WM MP in that edited picture   ive had mine for 3 days, he no like to stand, it can be done but like in that pic pretty much only straight up and then still its unstable, ive also played w/ 2 of them

 

yeah, you have to get him just right to be able to balance without the stand. And of course any somewhat dramatic pose is high near impossible without the stand.

 

Can anyone with the US and Japan versions do a comparison?

 

Kerosene, matches, video camera, YouTube...use your creativity!  

 

I wonder if it'll be the same or different plastic.. hmm

 

Lots of people are saying the WM version has better plastic quality.

 

Yea i agree with you. I think i saw on a post that "American plastic" is different but better..

I wonder if they're going to use the same plastic or different plastic for the japanese mp g1 starscream though...

 

Mine just came in and I must say his quality plastic wise is quite solid. The face is the wrong shade, and the red is too orange for my liking, but he definitely feels more solid than MP3, and on par with MP Skywarp.

So here he is, with Skywarp, and my MP3, now christened 'Thundercracker Low Visibility Mode'  .

 

Did you repaint some parts of your MP-03? Looks like TC.....maybe i should try it after I have gotten by Hasbro G1 MP SS 

 

Yep, I essentially just did that. It's a lazy and impatient man's 'MP Thundercracker'  .

 

Super! Don't mind if I do the same? I like the colour scheme you used to make him look more Thundercracker-ish.. 

 

Go right ahead, I didn't think of the idea in the first place anyway  .

And yes, the plastic quality of this is great. I've always been more of a buyer of Takara goods, but to automatically assume everything they do is better is quite daft to be honest. This is great proof of that!

 

Sweet.

 

He Stands fine for me.

 

I just got mine yesterday, in the mail and by chance on my birthday! WOW! I was reluctant to open the package, but I am going to get a second one.

I love the jet mode as unless you look at the bottom or at the glaring Decepticon emblems you'd be hard pressed to tell it is not a F-15 model.

His robot mode is pretty cool, even with the hip kibble, and he looks very similar to the animated version. I love the two heads and the signature smirk on one of them.