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Masterpiece Transformers Images From The TakaraTomy Presentation At Tokyo Toy Show 2012

Posted on 06-16-2012 at 03:11 AM by Shin Densetsu under Transformers Masterpiece

New images have turned up on photozou from the TakaraTomy presentation at Tokyo Toy Show 2012. The subject? Masterpiece Transformers! The following are shown:

Masterpiece Sideswipe
Masterpiece Red Alert
Masterpiece Soundwave
Masterpiece Ravage
Masterpiece Laserbeak
Masterpiece Frenzy

Soundwave is about as tall as MP11 Starscream. Red Alert is shown with short circuit effect parts. Sideswipe is shown next to his Generation 1 counterpart. These images make for interesting comparisons, check them out after the jump!

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Type-R

Lol. Red Alert's got add on siren light effects for his "horns". Strangely this may have tipped him over into must buy for me. Haha.

poorboy8u

Brain exploded...

Wyvern

I love me some Soundtape!!!!!!!!!! Lol.

Lazerwave

Does anyone think that Soundwave is shorter than Optimus but taller than Starscream?

JackHammer

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Originally Posted by Lazerwave

Does anyone think that Soundwave is shorter than Optimus but taller than Starscream?

yep looks like it

Incepticon

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Originally Posted by Type-R

Lol. Red Alert's got add on siren light effects for his "horns". Strangely this may have tipped him over into mus buy for me. Haha.

http://i.imgur.com/V6UoN.jpg

Pretty sure that's a gimmick inspired by "Auto Berzerk" or whatever the episode is called when Red Alert goes crazy and thinks everyone is out to get him. They animated his head with that energy going off while it was frying his brain.

mx-01 archon

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Originally Posted by Lazerwave

Does anyone think that Soundwave is shorter than Optimus but taller than Starscream?

Which means they're pretty much going by the G1 size charts for these guys, because that's exactly the height they're supposed to be.

Lazerwave

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Originally Posted by mx-01 archon

Which means they're pretty much going by the G1 size charts for these guys, because that's exactly the height they're supposed to be.

I haven't really seen most of the G1 cartoon, but I've always thought Soundwave was shorter than Starscream.

adambman

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Originally Posted by Wikkid

That image makes me want an in-scale Grimlock......oh, and everyone else in the picture.

Haha, yeah I knew Grimlock was about that much taller than Optimus Prime, but I obviously needed my memory refreshing on some other Dinobots, namely Snarl, Slag and Swoop.

In other news, I'm not sure we could get a Masterpiece Jetfire/Skyfire in that scale for under $300 lol.

Wyvern

Hahahahaha Red Alert has short circuit attachments?!! Hahahaha and that's what I will buy him... Hooray for emo Red Alert!!!

Wyvern

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Originally Posted by Lazerwave

I haven't really seen most of the G1 cartoon, but I've always thought Soundwave was shorter than Starscream.

Nope. Soundwave is taller. But shorter than Megatron.

kraven

Holy sweaty nutsac! His size makes me one happy dude!

Anti Spark

Source of pics?

kraven

Ya gotta give to to Has/Tak for stickin' it to that 3rd party company making a Mp Soundwave. Im pretty sure their products popularity just went down the tubes...

Bluebe6

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Originally Posted by Anti Spark

Source of pics?

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mellowmut

adambman

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Originally Posted by PrimulArchangel

we now can see the size of soundwave i posted this in the wrong thread before.

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...88802138_n.jpg

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...54244761_n.jpg

Great serving suggestions for MP-13 there.

This should be good news and fits the most appealing estimates/hopes for MP Soundwave's size; the top of his head is around the tip of Starscream's air intakes and MP-10's visor.

Wyvern

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Originally Posted by mellowmut

Quite a few more pics of the cassettes close up. Along with pic of an og G1 cassette in MP Soundwave. Looks like G1 are same size as MP cassettes (think that was already believed to be the case. More pics after the jump/link. Apologies if already posted. Only saw the 2 pics of Soundwave from this set posted/linked

mobile_nippa

http://art57.photozou.jp/pub/827/223...1339823673.jpg

http://art10.photozou.jp/pub/827/223...1339823673.jpg

http://art9.photozou.jp/pub/827/2232...1339823673.jpg

http://art64.photozou.jp/pub/827/223...1339821796.jpg

Rumble's head looks a bit large in that pic.

adambman

Soundwave's chest cavity looks a bit deeper in this photo, but as with Wyvern's observation about Rumble/Frenzy's head size, this could just be the lighting and angle, to a degree.

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adambman

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Originally Posted by mellowmut

Post: informative. Haha, great find. These photos have me wondering if there's a video of the same presentation...

Liege Prime

Man, happy to see he's a good size.

Anti Spark

I think the cassettes are a little thicker than G1 tapes.

MEGATRON__210

He is the nest mp ive seen since mp 10 optimus and rodimus.Just amazing.Im a bit confused.My bbts email said it would include just lazerbeak for a $20-30 bump in price.So will there be a "ultimate "package to include the rest? I cant imagine takara selling the other tapes seperately?

Wyvern

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Originally Posted by MEGATRON__210

They'll probably do both. Sell them in 2 packs and later an "ultimate" version like MP-04.

adambman

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Originally Posted by MEGATRON__210

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Originally Posted by Wyvern

They'll probably do both. Sell them in 2 packs and later an "ultimate" version like MP-04.

Yeah, the closest thing to an ultimate edition of this - according to what we know for now - would be the Amazon Japan version which includes those Energon cubes that slto into/onto the panel on MP Soundwave's chest.

adambman

I wonder what might be going on in this photo:

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Maybe MP-13 has a functional backpack like MP-10 or some other play feature back there.

banjoted

That's my last question answered. Soundwave is a great height. CANNOT. WAIT.

Wyvern

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Originally Posted by adambman

Probably weapon storage.

dkr7

love the scale they went for in all those figs, with the exception of Ravage maybe, he does seem a bit smaller than i'd like but nothing big

adambman

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Originally Posted by banjoted

That's my last question answered. Soundwave is a great height. CANNOT. WAIT.

I thought you and a few others would be hanging out for that news.

moreprimeland

Nice..thx for the pics..really liking Sideswipe and Red Alert...I'm more of an Autobot collector...but Soundwave is tempting too.

Wyvern

Wonder if Robotkingdom or any other place are going to be carrying the Amazon Soundwave...

Shin Densetsu

I WANT THEM ALL! They all look good! Would probably pick up a G2 repaint of Sideswipe, as G2 Sideswipe was my 1st figure of him!

llamatron

Oh man that energon cube attachment is awesome.

Deonasis

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Masterpiece is now my outright no.1 money drain.

caecae22

wait , so you can fit the g1 and reissue cassetes in soundwave , awesome!

Sledgehammer

I'll take the lot.

Patto Prime

Further confirmation that these MPs are amazing. The details on those cassettes are unreal. Can not wait for the whole lot. Drool............

Sai

I can't get enough of these pics

They're all in great scale with eachother and looking amazing

Pls pls pls make all the g1 characters Hastak...i'd collect them all(well try to) lol

miscreant

Four to six month wait. Gahhh!

After market energon cubes probably inevitable.

Cyclonus79

I think the only 1 besides grimlock that should be wearing a crown is TAKARA. All 3 of these MP's are worth every penny. Sorry FT-02, but you just got delt....

OptimusTimelord

Man, those cassettes are some magical engineering, Laserbeak inparticular...

Sideswipe looks more awesome every time I see new pics! Shame he looks so short next to MP Starscream there (sorry scale-chart nuts but the Bots were never that short next to the seekers on screen).

Patto Prime

Any chance that there is video footage of this presentation?

adambman

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Originally Posted by llamatron

Oh man that energon cube attachment is awesome.

Mhm, I'm gonna hold off for the Amazon Japan edition of MP-13.

That is, if the recent news about the energon cubes is accurate.

AMG

Laserbeak looks so awesome.

Blairimus2563

Wait didn't the original G1 Soundwave toy had the weapons also acting as batteries? Maybe the backpack picture is depicting this....

unicronsupreme

I haven't been buying much lately, but Soundwave will definitely be a buy. Maybe Sideswipe too, we'll see.

AutobotJazz4

Wauw... WAUW.... and again... W.A.U.W.!!!!!!

I love these MP's. Next year I hope they are for sale. The detail on Soundwave is amazing.

Love it love it love it... though... hope that Jazz will be the next MP. I'm a big Jazz fanatic.