Masterpiece Beast Wars - MP-48 Lio Convoy!

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Jtprime17, Jun 15, 2019.

  1. 9999eachhit

    9999eachhit Well-Known Member

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    Dear god... this pics may have just sold this guy to me
     
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  2. CyberstormSM

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    That robot mode is amazing.
     
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  4. [Wing_Saber-X]

    [Wing_Saber-X] Takara Fanboy Collector

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    Do eeeet
     
  5. primalxconvoy

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    That lion mode is fugly.  Easy pass.
     
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  6. geekatron prime

    geekatron prime The Grammar Police must be on strike.

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    From the front the lion mode looks decent enough. The side view tho, wow. Takara couldn't have come up with some side panels to cover up that mess.
    Won't have mine in lion mode anyway because the bot mode is just beautiful.
     
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    I....I think this might be the sexiest Transformer....
     
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  8. samisham

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    Second sexiest.
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    Superb robot mode. Lion mode is eh.

    BUT

    Far too small.

    Far too expensive.

    Takara finally succeeded in pricing me out of collecting.
     
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  10. Starscream Gaga

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    The robot mode is awesome looking, but that can’t make up by how indescribably awful the lion mode is. By far the worst mode of any Masterpiece figure ever, the only other contender being maybe the original robot mode of Megatron.
     
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    Worst part is, Masterpiece boxes still have the "Long live design" logo.
     
  12. Trip

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    That is iffy. I haven't bought a masterpiece since MP 44 for the same reason. Build issues. I wanted the lio convoy but I can't pull the trigger on it because IU will be heated if I buy another masterpiece that is fiddly or might break easily.

    Beautiful picks, with my all time favorite MP 32
     
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  13. JohnRhogan2501

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    I\'d love to see how TransMetals would look as MasterPiece figures. Along with Big Convoy from BWNeo.
     
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    This figure looks great but no way I would spend nearly $200 on it. Maybe if they make a ko
     
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    The lion mode is not perfect by any stretch but I think it looks fine in hand and does the job from the angles I think most people would display it. I display in bot mode only so it doesn’t bother me at all.

    I’m really tired of seeing so many comments about fragile MPs. I’ve only heard of two MP-48 figures breaking. And other than Hound, all the recent MPs have had very few people break them. Paint scuffs can happen but they aren’t super fragile and breaking.

    I guess the knees on Prime V3 are still a concern for people but my copy is still perfect and I’ve had no issues with the knees.

    Lio Convoy looks great with MP-38 but I guess not many people bought that one because almost every review or gallery I’ve seen have it with MP-32 and that just doesn’t look right. I originally had no interest in MP-38 but as soon as Lio Convoy was announced I picked up 38 to go with it. 38 looks better than I expected in hand and he has some different weapons than 32 that look awesome. I’ll post a pic later.
     
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  16. Chaos Muffin

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    Agreed.
     
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    Can't unsee it now.

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    So could someone give me a quick rundown of the anti-prizes in the MP QC lottery this time? I'm interested in this guy, but when MP's have gotten to the point of bursting into flams when you bend the head back too early I'm kinda cautious.
     
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