TakaraTomy Masterpiece Dinobot

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Type-R, Feb 18, 2017.

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  1. smkheidze

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    it does tab in...it just takes some force...believe me, you really gotta put some muscle into it.
     
  2. oku

    oku Chill.

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    Put a drop of dish soap to the stiff ratchet joint then you dont need to worry breaking it.
     
  3. Sammael

    Sammael MightyMegatron from ATT

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    Got my Dinobot today, no customs! The total I paid was 173 EUR shipped, which makes him the 14th most expensive character in my collection:

    1. LG Fortress Maximus 300,00 €
    2. MP-11T Thundercracker v2 274,00 €
    3. LG Trypticon 256,00 €
    4. MP-11NT Thrust 254,00 €
    5. Gen Metroplex 223,00 €
    6. MMC Carnifex 220,00 €
    7. MP-11NR Ramjet 202,00 €
    8. MP-09 Rodimus Prime 200,00 €
    9. MP-11SW Skywarp v2 197,00 €
    10. MP-36 Megatron 192,00 €
    11. MP-11ND Dirge 184,00 €
    12. MP-31 Delta Magnus 174,00 €
    13. Perfect Effect PE-DX03 Warden 174,00 €
    14. MP-41 Dinobot 173 €

    I certainly feel that he is worth more money than various MP seekers, as well as Delta Magnus and Warden. Haven't had time to transform him yet but he is so wonderfully poseable in beast mode that I don't even mind.
     
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    Actually I found that if you put the dino head flap just part way down you can lock it in place and it lets the head sit at the proper position. I feel the instructions are wrong in telling you to put it all the way down.

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  5. JustPrime

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    That was a solid transformation tutorial. He showed each step perfectly and was delicate with the figure. It gives me anxiety watching some reviewers handle figures like a chimp, forcing things into place. And then they act surprised when paint gets chipped off or a part becomes broken or loose.

    Definitely using this video when my dinobots arrive. Thanks for posting!
     
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    I didn't like how his actual lateral shoulder joints and his elbows sounded squeaky, so I lubed those up too and now they sound wonderful. I also added some floor polish to his robot ankles and I'll let that cure for 2-3 days. He actually fell off my table ( thankfully on a carpeted floor) and I was like okay that's it you're going to be injected with floor polish. I'm little annoyed I feel I'm doing some factory worker's job here.
     
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    Am I the only one who didn't know he had an ab crunch? I've been fiddling with him for 2 days and didn't even notice. Thanks to wotafa's review for showing that off!
     
  8. smkheidze

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    It was mentioned several pages back. But yeah, I had no idea myself.
     
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  10. Booster Gold

    Booster Gold Superhero?

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    Woot! It got through customs without charges! Should have him by Friday.

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  11. Sam

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    Wow, how did you end up spending so much on MP-11T and MP-11NT?
     
  12. smkheidze

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    that was a very strange review....never heard someone say that they disliked a figure that matched the source material perfectly but did not match their own morphed mental image of a character. Did not know what to think.
     
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    Does anyone have an idea how long it would take HLJ to get this figure to the US using SAL? Or has anyone who ordered it this way already received their copy?
     
  14. Zeke1

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    Agreed. I think he's essentially confessing to having a case of nostalgia goggles but in a very roundabout way.
     
  15. Noobimus Prime

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    Happy to report that my copy is damn near perfect. No chipped paint, no broken ratchets. The feet up and down is a tad weak but not devastatingly so. Shout out to @terintamel for the head cheat. Loving this figure so much
     
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    Is everyone elses copy that weak in the ankles? The figure kept falling over in bot and beast mode with little provocation...
     
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    How many times on this board to you see " but in my mind............".
     
  18. BWfan86

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    never
     
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    one word Shockwave, he should be bigger, or taller , or more menacing.... Any release with any semblance of cartoon accuracy gets that response
     
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  20. lord ginrai

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    Nope, stable in both modes here
     
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