Masterpiece V2 Starscream MP-52

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by PoweredConvoy, Jul 5, 2020.

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  1. Xaxis

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    That’s a 3rd party seller. You can tell since they won’t ship outside Japan (see red text). See where is says sold by :Saya Mall? That’s not Amazon Japan. I didn’t send you the link because it’s confusing. We’re all waiting like you. Just watch this thread and you’ll know when it goes live again.
     
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    It was only up for like an hour max and it was something like 7am on the west coast. I can’t imagine that was a full proper release. Even if it was, they’ll definitely put more up, it’s still like half a year away
     
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    He really looks better with slightly bigger thighs. All my proportion worries would be out the window this way. They're most likely thin so they fit inside the lower legs for alt mode. It's too late in the game for them to find a way to change it unfortunately

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    The Stanley long eye roll gif is my personal saving grace. I so often am tempted to use other gifs that would probably impose swift penalties or infractions, but then there’s good old long eyed Stanley!
     
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    Skywarp could have an extinguisher hand too.

    Megatron is pretty dark with Starscream, so a lighter one could come with Skywarp too.
     
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    This to me, leaves me thinking MP-11 still looks pretty damn good. However some of the poses MP-52 is shown pulling off, simply aren’t possible with MP-11. Shows why a new version of MP Starscream was in demand. I’m happy to see it become reality. I had heard rumors for the last 5-6 years about a new MP Seeker but didn’t believe it was going to happen, until I saw the Starscream option parts on MP-44.
     
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    The wait on Amazon to re-up is killing me ... feel like an aged Augustus ruminating in his palace, "Varus, give me back my legions!" :) 


    Anybody know if its confirmed his height is the same as MP-11??
     
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    Mp11 does still look good to me as well. I have one of every version (lest one count MP11A and the original and Asia releases of MP11 as separate) and I'm still happy seeing them. But arciulation in the legs was always an issue with the mold which is sad because it DOES have amazing double jointed knees; it's just always been plagued by the hip and crotch flap design as well as being the only non cassette non MPM1 and 2 mold to completely lack ankle tilts. With how well stuff's been articulated since MP36 it's become painfully obvious how much better we could do with engineering alone.
    And to be honest even if we HADN'T had the Starscream parts on MP44 I think MP44 existing already sharply upped the likelihood of a new Seeker mold. Up until then it really felt like they were only going to redo the MP1-8 figures with 9 being the oddball and for however much people will say MP11 wasn't a V2 it kind of....was especially when it came right after MP10. Between that and Bumble getting a 2.0 the dude whose V2 was a retool seemed like a clear next step.
    So I guess in short...I pretty much agree with you.
    Really needed to read this. I was mulling whether to PO already or not so it's good to know the proper preorders aren't up yet.
     
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    Despite the bare milky grey plastic, MP-11's vehicle mode still looks AMAZING!

    The robot mode has always looked hella awkward to me though. The weird turtleneck look can be mitigated by throwing on the coronation shoulder pads but there's not really anything that can be done about his kibble and weird feet.
     
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    I haven't been following this thread and I'm sure most of my comments below would've been discussed in the past couple hundred pages, so apologies in advance :) 

    I'm normally not the kind of person that tries to analyze the engineering on an MP figure (or any TF figure for that matter)too much before its release, as I like the surprise element when i transform it for the very first time. But I had a great online chatting sesh with a bunch of my collector friends analyzing SS V2's engineering.

    The whole flow is likely driven by the need of the tail fins needing to disappear in bot mode, and the thighs needing to collapse into the lower legs hence there's not much volume left to hide anything else inside. Obviously TT didn't want to go down the road of MT Meteor where the tail fins get broken up and have unsightly hinges on them, so the majority of the tail fin mass shifts to the back of the 'bot mode. And TT don't want Jobby to keep harping on back lives matter, so they split the the wings into two layers and sandwich the tail fins in between. To me, this is a pretty great solution, just like on Prime where part of the cab mass get shifted onto the legs.
     
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    I think you must wait for figures in real transformium, plastic is not for you.
     
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    Indeed it is great. Did you catch that the horizontal tail fins do store in the legs? :) 
     
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    Yeah! Love how they fold in half horizontally to store away, so the hinge is hidden underneath and the split line looks like part of the panel lines
     
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    Honestly, this figures seems like it will have a relatively simple transformation, or at the very least a straight forward one. I couldn't do a better job, not without studying design language, but I'm pretty certain a better jet mode could be achieved alongside a thinner backpack.
     
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