Takara Tomy Mall MP-18+ Streak

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by TTemploy, Feb 5, 2019.

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  1. ChromeMagnus

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    Ahhh. I see. Maybe you can reach out to TFSource and get concrete arrival date.
     
  2. Xaxis

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    Got my in stock notice and invoice for MP-18+ from TF source yesterday. Now all I need is some money. :) 
     
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    I was very cautiously pleased with that yesterday. I was thrilled Seeing they shipped my bundle out promptly this morning. I’m now suffering from post preorder depression though. You know, the excitement of expecting the new arrival is over, now I have to do something with these bots, I’ll need more display space etc etc
     
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    Wonderful!
     
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    Nice! Can't wait to get my Streak in hand!
     
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    MP 18+? So... is this NSFW? :p 
    Thanks for the comparisons - much prefer the awesome metallic colors of the original. Just because a cartoon could not reproduce those colors back then, we all knew Bluestreak had those colors "in real life", as we have seen the toy...
     
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  9. Xaxis

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    Beautiful photos, @Tony_Bacala! I love the lighting and the angles in the closeups, really sets a nice tone.

    I noticed that you didn't flip the mirror panels under for Bluestreak or Prowl. Was that an oversight or do you prefer them that way?
     
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    Agreed. I hate these "anime" colors which try to mimmic something that only existed due to lack of technology. We knew the allspark blue windows were supposed to represent clear glass. We knew the grey was supposed to represent silver. We knew the mustard color on the dinobots was supposed to represent gold. We knew the yellow on the insecticons chests was supposed to represent yellow glass. Why do we have to keep pretending we dont know what the Sunbow artists were shooting for with these stupid anime versions ???
     
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    This is the second most irritating thing about the state of MP rn. The first being that there are holes in my Takara MP collection for Jazz and Mirage.
     
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    I have an idea for a new insecticon combiner.   

    His name is Pestilon.     
    Shrapnel forms the torso and head.
    Kickback forms the right arm.
    Bombshell forms the right leg.    
    Chop Shop forms the left arm.     
    And Barrage forms the left leg.      

    INSECTICONS! COMBINE INTO PESTILON!     
     
     
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    ^^^

    Okayyyyy...

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    Back on topic, 18+ does look fantastic.

    That said, my preference is still Toystreak > Toonstreak.
     
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    Looks like I missed a step there. Got too confident I could rock these without instructions after so many years of the mold :) . Let's pretend he was very nervous about being attacked so he kept the mirrors out to check his 6. :) 
     
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  15. Xaxis

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    Sounds like a good reasoning. :)  I’ve missed that step many times myself, it’s an easy one to overlook. The quality of your photos more than makes up for it though! :D 
     
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    The holes are courtesy of Porsche and whatever company made the Liger race car. They either arent entertaining offers or they are holding the license hostage for a crazy amount of money because they know they got Hasbro by the balls. Volkswagen took years to agree to allow the beetle to become a toy because of "war concerns". But once Hasbro added enough zeros on that check it was a done deal. But love him or hate him, theres only one Bumblebee. Jazz and Mirage arent on that level of investment. Id say go third party or be in on a ling wait. Im glad I only collect MP Decepticons. My gripe would be Astrotrain and Blitzwing, Reflector and the Insecticons. I havent gone the 3rd party route yet.
     
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    I like the changes they made, got mine with MP44 and MP45. I don't really care for the whole toon aesthetic as a rule, but Bluestreak was my first ever TF, so he gets collected in any form these days. Together they make a nice little display, away from the main collection where TE01 is in charge.
     
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    Yup, very close to biting the bullet on Transform and Rollout Agent Meister at this point.
     
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    TeeHee-ous how the preview pic's blue lighting hinted at a blue Bluestreak!
     
  20. TigerBlade

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    Lol

    We all knew? So you won't entertain the fact, at all, that some might prefer the matte cartoon shade?

    Tbh as a 7 year old I didn't think about how a real 280zx Bluestreak would look like in real life in comparison to the cartoon at all. I was just loving the characters on the TV. Plus you're assuming we all owned the G1 toy. I personally only had Prowl in the Datsuns mould and none of mates had 'streak. Never saw a 280zx on the road ever either.

    So. We all didn't know at all ;) 
     
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