To go along with our previously reported news TakaraTomy has updated their website with loads of new information. Among the update are a few new pictures of MP-11 and what appears to be a massive stage designed around Optimus Prime from Transformers Prime for the Asahikawa Winter Festival!
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PoweredConvoy
I don't believe so as I think they would have advertised it. It'll probably give us a better looking normal face and head proportions as a result of losing that feature.
He's probably more red and less brown than Hasbro's too. Though the differences you mention change from picture to picture.
Randy
[Wing_Saber-X]
FOC had combiners, so hoping that they will be revealed soon!
Raiju
True, we all do have an idea what he should look like, but that doesn't help in figuring of what the new MP-11 toy actually does look like. As I said, some of us would appreciate some close up shots of the new head sculpt since it's supposedly one of its main selling points if Takara expects us to upgrade to this new MP from the old one. In some angles the new face looks good and accurate to Screamer's toon depiction (open boob missiles photo), but in others his facial expression just looks weird, like he's making a =3 "nyron?" cat face, lol.
Seeing how hilariously horribad some of the previous MP Seeker facial expressions were (Skywarp's angry constipated/just-jizzed-ma-pants face and Thundercracker's nightmare fuel open mouth scream face), I'd say there is a wide margin for error here, lol. Luckily, the previous efforts were optional faces and you could always stick to the default neutral frown face. Not sure if this new MP-11 figure has that face swap gimmick or not, hence why close-up promo shots of the new head sculpt would have been appreciated, is all I'm sayin'.
Sidecutter
It IS compatible! There's an adapter in the sets that can go on a 5mm peg and turn it into a 3mm clip point.
Stepper
Logically,how different can Starscream's head mold be,more or less not much difference even if it is of new face sculpt
Megatron31
The only difference I see is the guns on the sides of the turret are red instead of gray
rizuan76
Oh yeah baby! WANT!
juxtapose519
I hate the Classics Rod mold with a passion, but Takara just made it look GOOD.
Ravenxl7
Not sure if anybody else has noticed this, but in the picture of the three blacked-out TF toys, the one on the right….is the Deluxe Ratchet that's on the way. Not sure why, but I had originally thought it was Knock Out, and just ignored it. Gave it a closer look and realized that it didn't have the center head spike thing he has.
[Wing_Saber-X]
Great updates! So want the Encores. WANT.
PoweredConvoy
The head is different, I think Stepper is saying because it's based on the same character that people should have an idea of what it looks like.
I personally would like a better look.
Randy
Raiju
Eh? Hasn't it been confirmed that the head sculpt is new and a bit bigger than the original MP? Certainly looks bigger and different (with a new face sculpt and smirky expression) to me, seeing how wider MP-11's head is compared to the thin one on the original.
Stepper
More or less the headsculpt is the same as MP03
Raiju
Same here, and I'm a huge Starscream fan. And the fact Takara keeps avoiding clearer, close up photos of the new head sculpt is irksome. In some angles it looks pretty good with the arrogant smirk (like when he has his boob missiles opened up), but other angles it looks like he has a cat mouth or something. Weird. And yeah, the seeming lack of ankle/heel tilts is worrisome too.
Stepper
I think Warpath,there are some detailed paintjob done to it,especially the silver paint on some parts of Warpath
crazee928
man, mp-11's feet aren't doing anything for me – no ankle articulation, and it just looks like he's clenching his toes and walking on his heels and toes. if I had to choose between Walmart masterpiece starscream's hip kibble or the gimp feet of mp-11, i'd choose the detachable hip kibble, but that's just me. gotta see some in-hand reviews before I decide whether he's worth getting.
fwiw, I traded up mp-04 for mp-10 and am glad I did. wish I was as excited about going from the old starscream mold to this one…
moreprimeland
Of course, I don't know what I'm not reading, the layout looked pretty nice and as for the TF Prime section, they had some fabulous clips/vids from the entire season for Prime, Bee and Megs. Really loved the Prime one, they had outtakes from his most heroic fight scenes.
biscuits
When I quickly read over this all I saw was MP-11 and a big picture of a detailed prime prime…I soon realised after that it was not to be
SGTsoundwave
so is there a program that will translate this so i can read this?
SPLIT LIP
Way to make a toy of the Axalon by using the one toy who's spaceship mode is about as far from the Axalon as possible.