He's gonna be way bigger that BBBB. Why would you use him as the comparison? Barricade's Masterpiece-scaled.

 

None of my movie figs are masterpiece scaled. I found some pics of him with Human Alliance Barricade. He’s basically the same size as that.

 

My description's a bit misguided I believe. Main thing I'd recommend is just to lift those rectangular pieces until they are stopped by that groove. Afterwards, I just gently apply more force to it as I ratchet his arms backwards (opposite of whatever direction you'd regularly move them when trying to pose his arms)

idk, I feel like I'm making less and less sense as this goes along >XD. If I have the time, I think I'll make an unlisted video and send to others if they are interested

 

I'm hoping he'll pop back up on amazon for $80. For that price I think I would jump on him, but not for $100.

 

Mine arrived today, and I'm not disappointed. I kind of wish that the arm transformation was more involved; the 911 section should be the same way up as the 'police' on the door sections, but I can live with that. The 'shoulder' parts, though, don't really represent what's going on with the CG model; the car kibble should wrap around the side and front of the wheels rather than just sitting on top, and the 'to punish and enslave' should be up there, not half hidden by the doors, but again I could live with that. But the badge section should be whole and not randomly split in half, which they've managed to do on previous figures; there doesnt seem to be any practical reason why that couldnt be done here. I also wish they could've worked the weapon in without the hand just there at the elbow, and without the wheel being in two places at once!

Still, he displays with Optimus and Bumblebee nicely and I'm really looking forward to Ironhide. And some more Decepticons  

 

Don't mind the jeans, just trying to conceal from @Steelfire these images were taken on my TEH TAI bed. But I can confirm the Toyhax/Reprolabels stickers set for HA Barricade works WONDERFULLY with MPM-5 here. I'll edit this post later with how it looks in car mode

EDIT:

 

Is the 643 on the front bumper the only sticker needed from the Reprolabels set?

 

I do believe so! This Barricade release really came close to nailing down all the paint apps: license plate, police markings, if one really had to nitpick it'd be the Decepticon badge (but then again that's painted here and not excluded like the 643 bumper decal)

Reprolabels set includes x3 643 stickers and x2 Emergency 911 Response stickers

 

The black rectangular pieces can rotate up far enough for the protrusion to line up with the metal hinge.


All in all, I think he looks incredible, despite the unpainted half of his right eye. I can't stop looking at him.

 

If I may, I think it's possible @Megatron118 and others are referring to another problem. I unfortunately just found out now that one the arms does indeed unfortunately sag. Interestingly enough it is not the side that has to hold his mace weapon all the time that suffers this

 

I think I'm going to need a video. When I try with mine I move it as far as it can go and that's it. I feel if I push much harder to make it go further I'll break something.

 

Does it sag towards the sides, or sag towards the front?

Not sure if I can do a video, but maybe this will help a bit:

The blue is the rectangular pieces that rotate, the red is the protrusion on those pieces, and the yellow is the metal frame that runs through the chest/back area. So, I'm not sure if this is the problem everyone is having, but the blue pieces can rotate up enough that the red notches are actually touching the yellow metal pieces. The red notches are actually what keep the blue pieces from rotating any further up. When in the correct position, the blue pieces should actually be angled upwards on the front-ward side, like so:


Once in this position, when you lower the hood section down, that will lock the arms in their place, and keep them from sagging towards the front, and you should be able to ratchet the arms freely.

 

These were the tabs I was mentioning, thanks!

Also the left arm sags down on mine. It's not anything to do with the assembly you colored though

 

Ok, thanks! I'll have to look at mine again but I'm pretty sure I already tried it that way and still got sagging.

 

Only problem is the hood doesn't latch securely in place, so the moment you move the arms it pushes the hood right up. The hood also is clearly not meant to lock it in place, because the angles and edges are all just too soft to really hold.

 

What an utter beast.

 

So I just wanted to check mine wasnt a KO,I got mine from TCP and it doesnt have the TRU sticker on it. I heard some say no TRU sticker means KO but looking around at other KOs of the figure,he looks legit but I just wanted to be sure.

 

Now I'm imagining how marvelous an MMP DOTM Soundwave would be.