If only we could have gotten a consistent vehicle scale of 1:24, 1:29, or 1:32 from all our MPs. I think scale is our 3 3/4" vs 6".

 

the MP Deluxe Cars are pretty much 1:32-ish (1:30 - 1:35 AFAIR), which looks fine with Alternity

 

TakaraTomy to present at Tokyo Comic Con 12/1/2017

This was posted in News and Rumors. So it looks like they might be there. We can hope anyway! lol

 

And it says they'll have a booth to so... if it's true, they're probably showing something, even if we don't know what yet.  

 

MP12+, Dinobot, and Sunstreaker for sure. Maybe a resin for a new G1 mold? What time of year were Hot Rod and Shockwave first revealed? IIRC they were both total surprises and ended up being released not too long after they were first revealed

 

Revealed September 2015, and released February and March 2016 respectively.

 

Could you link to the post you made with the full run down of release dates and announcement dates? I tried to look from the post from your profile but I can’t see your profile because you restricted it  

 

Tomorrow at night we should expect something

 

I didn't include announcement dates in it, and it was only pertaining to G1 molds, since it was in response to suggestions that BW and MPM might be throwing off/slowing own G1 mold releases, and I wanted to analyze whether that was the case or not.

But I can post it here too for reference's sake if it's useful.  

Basically my conclusion was: Average G1 release pace before BW: 2.85 months. Average after BW: 2.42 months. Average gap in months between NEW G1 molds BEFORE BW: 4.15 months. Average gap in months between NEW G1 molds AFTER BW started: 6.25.

And that the last long drought between new G1 molds (like the one we just had, 8 months between the previous new mold and Sunstreaker's release date) it was followed by 2016, which saw 4 new G1 molds + MP Primal. Hence why I suspect 2018 could be a big year too, even with MPM and BW.

 

What's happening tomorrow night?

 

An event in china

 

Cool, what's it called?

 

Cool, thanks. Hmm, I could have sworn someone made a post that I read a few days ago calculating the difference between release dates and announcement dates

 

I'm sure someone must have by now given the passion and resourcefulness of this community so I don't doubt it lol. It would be fun to try and track down all the announcement threads for different MPs and then compare them to the above list. Hmm. Need coffee then maybe I'll try if no one else posts before then doing the same  

 

Did someone say... announcement dates??  

Okay, I think these are correct, based on researching when threads were started. But I would welcome corrections, additions, revisions, clarifications... this is very probably incomplete.

2012

• March 11-12: MP12 Lambor revealed at Cybertron Con
• May 26: Preorders for "MP12A" Alert and MP13 Soundwave
• June 12: MP14 Alert preorder at robotkingdom.com and MP13 Condor confirmed
• December 29: MP15 Rumble & Jaguar shown in Figure King

2013

• January 22: MP12T Tigertrack rumored by Planet Iacon
• January 23: MP17 Prowl and "MP18" Smokescreen revealed by BBTS
• January 28: "MP19" Streak revealed by BBTS
• February 18: MP17 Prowl silhouette
• March 6: MP17 Prowl color pictures
• May 22: MP12T Tigertrack revealed in Figure King
• September 6: MP12G and MP13B revealed by TFSource
• November 11: Star Saber officially wins fan vote to become Masterpiece
• December 20: Wheeljack silhouette in Figure King

2014

• January 9: Wheeljack gray prototype revealed
• January 17: Wheeljack alt mode gray prototype on Hasui's Twitter
• March 20: MP20 Wheeljack color pictures and MP22 Ultra Magnus silhouette in Figure King
• March 29: MP21 Bumble gray prototype and Star Saber line art in Dengeki Hobby
• July 21: Star Saber gray prototype and MP22 Ultra Magnus color pictures in Figure King
• August 9: Star Saber on display at Transformers Expo Yokohama
• September 1: MP23 Exhaust revealed on taghobby.com

2015

• January 8: MP21G G2 Bumble revealed on Planet Iacon Facebook page
• January 17: Taobao auctions reveal Tracks
• February 20: MP25 Tracks revealed in Figure King
• March 26: MP18B Bluestreak revealed
• May 20: Beast Convoy teased at Tokyo Toy Show
• July 17: Ironhide pictures at Transformers Expo Taipei
• August 21: MP21R Red Bumble revealed in Figure King
• September 11: MP14C Clampdown revealed on Twitter
• September 24: Hot Rodimus and Laserwave gray prototypes at All Japan Model & Hobby Show
• October 22: MP11NR Ramjet revealed on Planet Iacon Facebook page
• November 6: MP30 Ratchet revealed on website
• December 21: Beast Convoy gray prototype in Figure King

2016

• March 3: MP31 Delta Magnus revealed
• April 6: MP14+ Alert revealed on Autobase Aichi's Facebook page
• April 20: Inferno silhouette with MP14+ on TTMall website
• May 6-7: Inferno gray prototype shown and Cheetus teased at TransFes
• May 21: Loudpedal revealed in Figure King
• June 8-10: Thrust revealed and shown, Cheetus gray prototype shown at Tokyo Toy Show
• July 23: Cheetus painted prototype at Wonderfest
• July 29: Dirge revealed at AGCHK toy show
• September 5: Grapple official pictures on Facebook
• September 6-7: Megatron prototype leaked
• September 8: Shattered Glass Optimus Prime color pictures
• October 21: Megatron painted prototype revealed in Figure King
• December 1: MP37 Artfire revealed on Planet Iacon Facebook page

2017

• January 10: MP38 Legendary General Convoy revealed by ActionRobo on Facebook
• February 18: Dinobot teased by Dengeki Hobby at Wonderfest
• May 22: MP39 Sunstreaker revealed in Figure King
• May 30: MP12+ Lambor revealed by ToyScope
• June 1: MP39 Sunstreaker and MP12+ Lambor on display at Tokyo Toy Show
• June 15: "MP15X" rumored by NOTRAB
• June 21: MP15-16E silhouette on TTMall website
• August 3: Preorder up for MP40 Targetmaster Hot Rodimus at robotkingdom.com
• October 24: Teaser picture of Dinobot gray prototype in Figure King
• November 12: Dinobot color pictures online

 

MY HERO. Thank-you for saving me the work, I have a damn scintillating scotoma again and can't see shit lmao.  . Seriously, thank-you. Now we can compare!

 

Awesome list! Truly epic. Must've taken a lot of work, man. We should have a resource for these somwhere.

You could add:

February 28th 2014: Bumblebee silhouette teased on Hasui's twitter


Also the tease of Wheeljack through Figure King is actually a silhouette of his character card art:




With a silhouette of the actual figure coming from Hasui's twitter on December 31st 2014:




But the reveal of Magnus was also just a silhouette of his character art (butt flap removed, no less):



So at this point I'm just splitting hairs  

Could also mention the fact that Wheeljack and Bumblebee were leaked in like June/July 2013? And Magnus in September(?) 2013, all by BBTS? Those were definitely exceptional reveals though. And man, that was a hell of a wait for Wheeljack!

 

I skimmed through the Sunstreaker magazine spread the other day.. all pretty much info we already know however I found it interesting that it was
Mr Yuki Ohshima who drafted the character model for MP39 Sunstreaker, the same artist/modeller that did the modelling for MP 36 Megatron.

It appears he may be doing the character models for the G1 line for the foreseeable future. Megatron & Sunstreaker are lightyears ahead of previous figures in articulation so this is a positive thing.

 

Interesting...
Yuki Ohshima - Transformers Wiki

 

That’s very cool! Ohshima is welcome to be the MP modeller for a long, long time as far as I’m concerned.