I thought Wheeljack+ wasn’t out until the last week of the month?

 

Next week is the 17th thru the 23rd.

Ah, Takara ships out on the last Saturday of the month, right? And the last Saturday of February is the 23rd.

Cool.

 

received the finalized and ready to send to retailers version today, do you guys want a short writing review

 

Send it !

 

how about a picture or two as well! you rock, dude.

 

If it has a Bay logo, do it now before @Sam ifinds out. 

 

Bring it!  

 

Btw, would love to know if you can determine if his wings are still that brittle translucent plastic under the paint. Definitely no flight stand hole, right?

 

Do a vid

 

Put me out of my misery now please @Phamduc! Does it have Prowl's angry movie-style logo???

 

can't do vid sorry. but will surely do vid with mp44 and 45 as i want to spend quality time with those 2 more.
here are photos.
Packaging and contents:






official licensing stamp. The reason we all go and respect official product  


manual :



card and mirror :



Bot and alt mode :
20190219_025219 by Minh Đức Phạm, trên Flickr

Bot mode overview :



Comparison bonus with some of my new haul and customized pieces :


Comparison between early test production and Finalized piece :
Left : final
Right : Test




Still no hole for stand. Sorry folks. @Dean
Lots of tolerances improvements. Pieces tabs better. Joints tighter. The feet now stands firmly on flat ground , test piece's piece panel doesn't sit flushly.
Paintjob much more flow and nice glossy.
There will be slight paintjob inconsistency such as nature of QC. But this is good. I think you guys will be very satisfied. The test piece will go into box now , very content with finalized piece.

Also :


It's blue clear plastic. I erased the paint on the test shot so you guys can see. The feeling is same with finalized piece. Feel sturdier than the old one , but I might be wrong. Feels nice tho.

and ,
Left is test.
Right is finalized cartoon symbol.




Faction symbol changed.

 

Thank fuck it's the proper insignia!!!!

Thanks Pham, looks totally awesome. Glossy glossy!

 

Thanks @Phamduc really cool seeing this early.

 

What’s the diff on it, @Sam?

 

The movie insignia has 'angry' eyes, and a couple of other small differences like longer/thinner lines on the forehead. It's the angry eyes that get me every time.



The difference between the old MP Autobot insignia and the new ones is pretty small, most noticeably a wider forehead on the cartoon accurate ones (on the right here):