It's in the groove it should be but it's not tightly pegged in. It's a nitpick and something that isn't gonna spoil the figure at all  

 

Correction:

Collector's coin version is in-stock: MP-25 - Masterpiece Tracks w/ Collector's Coin

Regular version is still showing Preorder: MP-25 - Masterpiece Tracks

 

Yeah, but in your picture it looks correctly transformed. I don't see the vent sticking out.

Love that leg transform, too! I dunno - my guy's backpack is nice and tight. I can pick him up by it and shake him and it doesn't move. Looks like those tabs have to go in at the right angle, though.

 

Make sure you've pushed the pegs in. On mine once the backpack is in if has a very small amount of rotational wiggle room around those pegs, but it likes to stay pegged in against all accidental and even some intentional efforts.

It'll clip in place, and then you can give the pegs a further push.

My biggest grouse is keeping the top of the chest plugged in. It doesn't affect much, but it bothers me.

 

I couldn't find it in the instructions, but the tab on the back of Blaster plugs into the dashboard. Very cool!

*edit* Nevermind. It is indeed in the instructions, right below where it tells you how to tab the gun into his hand. Black beam gun plugs in there, too!

 

FYI HLJ has posted their returns / refund policy https://support.hlj.com/hc/en-us/articles/204318480-Returns-Refunds-Cancellations

 

2 now   called myself harsher words than muppet today  

Will sell the extra one on when it arrives and buy sphinx

 

Hey man.. I know its extremely frustrating when its all going down, but its cool you're able to accept the mistake once it's been discovered   Hope you get your items all as you intended.

 

Because importing isn't worth the hassle of no CS and for only saving $5..  :

How anyone wants to deal with a TRU release these days boggles the mind.

 

Gah! I have to wait until tomorrow because today is a postal Holiday.

 

Had been so long since I had used anime export I forgot I opened another account because I forgot a password and their site wouldn't let me change it for some reason BUT I remembered the password today, I'm a numpty  

 

They do indeed! I do love this feature, despite it likely being the reason for the clear windshield (which is probably now my only genuine nitpick, as I would have preferred black tint).

Blaster:


Gun:


I already posted this elsewhere, but intended or not Tracks also has weapon storage in robot mode - here's a shot of him subtly reaching for his piece.

 

*sighs* I forgot today was Veterans Day, so no mail. It's like this week is dragging it out to make it so I don't get it. To the point it feels like I'm not meant to have it.

It makes me incredibly angry at the post office, though. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against the holiday, I fully understand why we have it and we should honor it, that's not my problem. My problem is that it arrived at the post office yesterday and they didn't honor the "by 3:00 pm" delivery date/time and now due to the holiday, I won't see Tracks until tomorrow because they dragged their asses. This is the 4th or 5th time I've had an issue with a package in this region and 3rd with the local post office handling our mail. Heck, they even tried to get out of a Sunday delivery, even though it was an Amazon Prime parcel and they're obligated to deliver it. I'm just so sick and tired of their crappy practices around here. Ugh.

I have a feeling that by the time he does finally get delivered to me, I'll probably end up not even wanting him. It might seem silly to you guys, but that's just how I work in my head.

After seeing video reviews, reading reviews and looking at the trouble spots mentioned by these reviewers, I do see the positives and the negatives and the negatives do kind of stick out to me.

After waiting for the whole HLJ end of things, the post office end of things and the figure's considered lackluster by some...there's not as much wind in my sails, so to speak, at this point. I'll probably get him out of the box and be all like "Yeah, wasn't worth all this. Crap."

It's happened to me before, so I don't have a lot of hope for this Masterpiece, really. Yes, yes I know a lot of that is on me and not the figure itself, you don't have to remind me.

 

Requested shipping from AE for tracks and my mp bee.

Excited to finally see these guys in person

 

That bot mode Blaster storage has to be the most risque gimmick yet in the whole line  

 

Lol! I totally forgot that there's no post today! I've been tracking Tracks like a hawk all week. It does seem like mine has taken extra long compared to other people on here that have bought from AE. I mean, a few on here that live in the mid-west and east coast have received theirs. I live closer to Japan, what gives?

 

Bl-ass-ter...

 

 

Yea, I mistakenly sent my wife to the post office to pick up my order and it was closed when she got there, I felt so bad.

Anyways I'll make my attempt to pick up Tracks on Friday my day off, if I can free up some time during the day that is.

 

It all depends on which shipping container your package is placed in. Some go on planes that end up taking flight earlier in the day, while others might not go out until later that evening.

Heck, your's might be held up in customs like mine was. Normally they're in and out in minutes to an hour, but mine was there in Chicago for quite some time before customs cleared it. Plus, the postal service in my neck of the woods dragged their butts and today's a holiday. I wouldn't be surprised if your's is here in the States and it's just sitting in a room somewhere and they just haven't gotten around to it.

In all fairness to the US postal end of things, it could've been a delay on Japan Post's end of things. I'm not sure how they work, I've not imported enough from Japan to get used to their system(s), but I have imported quite a bit from the Asian region, China to be more specific, and their postal service is so, so slow. It can take DAYS for them to even come and get a sender's mail, or if they do have it, take days to even scan and process it. This is part of the reason that EMS and ePacket can still take 7-10 days to arrive when it should be 2-5.

Fortunately, Hong Kong seems to be MUCH better about getting their items out, especially with EMS service, but you pay ridiculous amounts for shipping compared to buying something in Japan. Perhaps Japan Post is more efficient and better equipped than Chinapost is. (before anyone says anything, yes I know they're separate entities and countries. I was using it as an example. Calm yo tits.)

 

TFXProtector, thanks for that insight.
Mine's been in customs since early yesterday morning (1am). It seems like it must have got stuck there.