It’s happening! TakaraTomyMall has just revealed a Masterpiece figure that will surely send fans into a frenzy: MP-18B Bluestreak! That’s right, it’s a blue Bluestreak! This deco is based on the Diaclone figure and has been a color scheme desperately wanted by the fanbase.
According to the web page, it looks like this will be a limited release of about 2,000 and available in Japan, likely as a web or other type of exclusive, so it may be one of the more difficult pieces to obtain.
Check out the photos after the jump!
HolyCulture
Apparently some people are physically picking it up tomorrow. Lucky. I did get my shipping notice though. So excited. Probably next Monday or Tuesday to be slightly pessimistic.
Whovian Zorker
Part of the way through the process, it told me that there were -6 (negative six) available and asked if I wanted to continue. Is all of your first preorder shipment spoken for so that you are now taking reservations for a second shipment?
SuperGrimlock
I was so happy to see an actual blue bluestreak come to fruition. I could hardly believe takara got around to it before the ko guys did. Now my hasbro bluestreak shall be known as redstreak… Or meanstreak… Idk… Kinda confusing when you have so many paint schemes.
Anyone want to take odds on hasbro possibly doing a blue bluestreak for their other masterpiece release to coincide with Starscream? I mean, so far we have gotten a repaint of mp-10 in yoth, a repaint of mp-13 in yoth, slight retool of prowl into bluestreak, so why not a simple repaint of the "normal" bluestreak. Granted if they did a repaint, more than likely it would be silverstreak, if it wasn't another special year of the _____ edition. Although I'm curious what they might come up with such an edition.
payres
You but be pushing it a bit: They haven't left Kapow's base yet! Try the tracking number, it's not recognised yet.
The tracking number will get recognised at some time today when they'll be picked up. Then they'll go to the Peterborough mail center, probably tomorrow (Sat) before being distributed to your local mail centre then delivery office. Since Monday is a bank holiday I doubt anyone will see them until Tuesday.
Case in point: I got my shipping notice for Battle Core Op & friends on Wednesday morning. They showed up on the system Thursday morning, 24 hours later! They spent most of yesterday in Peterborough before arriving at Swindon last night.
barrelks
Our local crack slanger should have his stock on Saturday morning with any luck.
HanDy
Just received a mail from TF express, they expect to have it in stock next week.
Mrmwforce
Interesting old style card. When G2 Bee had the new style card, I assumed all MPs moving forward would have the newer style. Wonder where this puts Thundercracker?
Max Rawhide
Little note of caution, Kapow noted on their Facebook page that they would create dispatch tickets prior to actual shipping, because of the bank holiday. Unless something changed, they didn't expect to get stock until Friday early afternoon and hoped to get as many shipped when the mail was collected late afternoon.
Then again, I didn't get a shipping notice yet, so perhaps you two are lucky.
Terrorcon0
It is confirmed I just received my tracking number from RobotKingdom. It should be here sometime next week via EMS shipping!!! Just got my Unite Warriors Menasor today to hold me over until Bluestreak arrives next week.
harrismonkey
Mina apparently has (I have a tracking number). I grabbed one off ebay (for too much money) during that very brief window when we were made to believe it was going to be only a very limited japanese only run and nobody had them up.
As a childhood grail, I hadn't wanted to take the chance.
triKlops
Thanks for the heads up.
Ordered mine this morning.
keebs
Transformers Masterpiece MP 18B Bluestreak with Coin Takara Tomy | eBay
Seller on eBay has him and pics of the coin too
keebs
Not that it matters that much but if they would have slapped him in a Diaclone style box it would be a wet dream
HolyCulture
The first person to get a shipping notification should post the "it's happening!!!" gif. I love that gif.
GAUGE
The Irony would be if he arrived in a Silverstreak Box.
Robogeek28
My thoughts exactly.
GAUGE
i don't mind the wait I've waited 30 years. what's a couple more weeks.
80sforged
Here's hoping for Processing on Monday!
Prowl 76
You lucky bastards.
Hope BBTS can get mine out soon!
Either way, pretty stoked to think we might see some in-hand images by the weekend!!
OptimushedPrune
Same here, should see mine by the weekend.