Since it'll most likely come with Wheelie... yeah, it will be a pretty hated package overall  

I'll still buy it  

Based on the Spike on his shoulder, MP-45 definitely looks slimmer overall:



But definitely a tad taller, I think.

Probably closer to this first photo, rather than the second:

 

Some awesome stuff this weekend! WJ+, MP-44 & 45 look better than ever to me! Great to see Bumblebee the correct yellow here, not the orangey yellow from the stock photos. Unfortunately his windows are clear here just like the stock photos, so I do hope he gets those blue windows from the copy seen at the Japanese show. But just like that Japanese show, this guy's backpack is still a bit mistransformed. That lower section goes up a bit more. Compare the angle of the hinge at the bottom of the backpack between the show copy and stock photo.

 

After and before gastric bypass surgery, but skinny Bee hasn't had the surgery to remove the excess skin.
So you end up with this:

 

It's more than just gastric bypass surgery: Bee's stopped skipping leg day at the gym, recovered from his wrist and finger paralysis, and finally loosened up that stiff neck joint - he's more flexible than he's ever been! He's gotten rid of those saggy flaps under his forearms too. And thanks to his reduced belly size and better shoulder muscles he's even able to bring his hands together in front of him again - congratulations on the new physique Bumblebee!

 

Are we in acceptance stage on this thread yet?

 

Give it around 222 days  

 

He also got collagen injected directly into his head

 

Losing the exosuit is now my only regret with selling MP-21...  

 

But just imagine a v2! Could be designed to actually accommodate full figures, so you could put anyone from Carly to Sparkplug inside! More toon accurate, better articulation, ability to shrink down and become Arcee’s head...

 

I think we’ve seen from BB’s backpack that magic is sadly not possible at that size.   Fortunately I still have my v1 Exosuits!

 

Alright, I'm definitely down for a v2!! I just don't want to wait the unknown number of years...though it would certainly be worth it for an Arcee Headmaster  

 

Why does this pic say Takara Tomy Christmas sales pitch to collectors... This is what they're selling, marketing those popular bots. Gotta add in Hound. I wonder if trail breaker is next? Or Jazz? Who were the core bots on the ark, in camera episode 1? Or at Roll call?

 

I'd be down for exo-suit 2.0 with Wheelie 
I never thought it was that great, he basically lays down for transformation and had such limited articulation. He's more like a prop anyway bit it would be nice to see a second take on it.

 

Imagine, they make a Daniel or Spike suit that can open slot in the figure, and then the suit is made like a true mini masterpiece.

But, since this is a Skywarp-2 post and its been awhile since I've livened up a post, lets take stock of the products already out...
Now for me, I would want Spike to be with Bumblebee given they were together on Cybertron's moon, and Daniel was hanging with Kup, Arcee, and Hot Rod.
Here's some examples of products and the animation models as a refresher...










Wheelie was about exosuit scale..



Spike should definitely be with Bumblebee..

 

never noticed that the panels on the side of the canopy rotate when it goes to vehicle mode. would be interesting to see if they could make it so the exo suit fit an entire body, just might be a job making the body fit inside the exo suit.

 

I suddenly remembered I had an Apple Pencil which makes tracing a lot easier.   I ended up tracing a few more images of MP-45, because it *still* gets me that although his face looks off to me, it always comes out well when traced. To begin with, a comparison of the heads of MP-21 and MP-45:

 

@ambitron The puffy upper lip is what you’re missing in the sketch. Try to account for the profusion of that. That’s the main issue. Mp11 has a similar look. The cheek bones are flat and the upper lip puff out causing a sunken cheek. Great job tracing! The face looks perfect when reduced to line art focusing on the outer contours.