Takara Tomy Mall MP-18+ Streak

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  1. GodParticle

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    My prowl had terrible paint spills all over and one of the headlights is missing most of the blue, even though it's sitting behind the blue translucent piece. Might as well get smokescreen and see if I can be 3 for 3. I'm probably being picky, but it's just annoying when the defects are always in the most visible spots
     
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    I don't think you're being picky at all. Like I said my Prowl + was a mess and the worst part was his head. I hate it when the face is messed up.

    And even more irritating is that my original MP Prowl from way back also had a butchered head paint job. It had red from the crest all over the white helmet. So my plan was to get the plus version for bot mode and the original for alt mode display. Then the plus showed up with a butchered head as well! Thankfully Ages 3 And Up helped me out and sent me part of a junker figure so I could swap parts.
     
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  3. Sam

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    The original runs were mostly ok though I remember there being problems with MP-18B's bonnet.

    Sometime between MP-18B and MP-17+ the moulds were moved to Vietnam, so all the recent releases have been produced there. My two copies of 18+ and my copy of 17+ were fine (apart from the damn movie insignia on 17+, ew). My original copy of MP-17 had small paint defects, but my original 18 and 19 were ok, though my MP-18 had the tab for holding his gun in car-mode assembled in reverse.

    MP-19+ seems to have fewer reported issues. But I think as usual the reports of 'things used to be better' are overblown.

    MP-17+ just sucks because the unpainted gun barrel doesn't match the rest of the gun well at all, he has no alternate faces, and he has the wrong insignia.

    MP-18+ is great and MP-19+ looks even better with that glossy paint job.

    Oh one of my copies of 18+ didn't come with the adapter for MP-44's gun, instead it came with two of the regular adapters for Bluestreak's rifle. That was fine with me as those are also compatible with Grapple, Tracks' and Ironhide/Ratchet's guns so it meant more effects parts for everyone.
     
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  4. GodParticle

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    What's that about an adapter for mp44?

    Those spots on the hood were all glossy, like they tried to cover up a defect and didn't care that it was a more satin finish. I took some dullcoat spray and coated a few times to knock it all back. Gonna go back over with some light sanding to try and bring back some of the satin. With the gloss gone, you can see how there's some defects that they tried to cover. Still noticeable, but not as much as being glossy
     
  5. Jason Stabler

    Jason Stabler Done buying placeholders! Fans Toys is king!

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    Does anyone wanna sell the blast effects that came with MP-18+???
     
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    Hi, this concerns MP-18B not MP-18+, but I don’t see a dedicated thread for that, so hope this is okay.

    Do you think $99.99 a good price for this?

    It’s $20 more than their MP-18+, and the pack seems to lack some of the add-ons (alternate faces and blast affects), which don’t mean much to me, but then you get the shoulder missile launchers.

    Seems a lot for lesser stuff, but maybe fewer were produced being a different paint scheme?

    I like both paint decos, but a Bluestreak who is actually blue does make sense to me.
     
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    Great figure. I'm not sure what the current going rate of that figure is, but it was a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive and has a great color scheme. I know it's one of my favorites.
     
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    Thanks for your reply.

    I just looked on eBay and the cheapest I see is £79.99 (so close to the price at BBTS $99.99) and that's second hand. After that it goes up to £130.80.

    Of course eBay sellers will demand whatever, but if they're not widely available any more the BBTS price (new) doesn't look so bad.
     
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    He is well worth the price. He is stunning, and the only blue Bluestreak we have ever officially gotten in Datsun form. I would have preferred he have the Bluestreak head, but I get what they were going for, and technically the Prowl head looks better. No way you can regret this purchase.
     
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  12. Rubber John

    Rubber John Toei all the way

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    These days, I tend to think that anything Masterpiece scale and new that is under £/$100 is a good deal.
     
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    Thanks for the feedback guys.
     
  14. franpincho

    franpincho NOT a FT Only collector

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    Waiting for re-do's.


    +'s are nice though, specially Wheeljack.
     
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    Further to my previous post, I ordered MP-18B yesterday. I was kind of torn between that and MP-18+ as I do like the traditional colours too... but the blue and silver look called to me. I guess I could have gotten both and head-canon them as brothers 'Streak' and 'Bluestreak' but I'm spending too much on this hobby already.

    He's in my BBTS sack of loot. I'm just waiting for them to release my pre-order of Kingdom Megatron before shipment. I think that purple dinosaur might drag his feet until April.
     
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    I've got + versions of Prowl and Wheeljack. I just need to get + versions of Streak and Smokescreen.
     
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    So um, I can't seem to find a real good In stock listing for this guy that isn't sold out or KOs sold at Voyager-Titan class price point

    Smokescreen I don't have to worry about getting it's just why is this so hard to find?
     
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    There isn't a KO of the + streak ?
     
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    I'm not so bothered about the plus prowl and the plus smokescreen chin puts me off lol, plus streak was a must though as I couldn't get another of the exact same mold again, bad enough doing that with the seekers. IMG_20210519_124907_648.jpg
     
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    So does anyone know of any sellers who have the plus version for sale?
     
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