So he must not be out in China yet, because so far I haven't seen anyone trying the correct crotch thrust pose!

Does he have good enough ab crunch and backwards hip movement to pull it off properly? We're ideally looking for the front of the crotch to be completely horizontal for the most natural pose - hopefully better than the lousy effort MP-44 is making here...



 

 

Here you go Liam

 

Alright, seeing all these pics I'm now fully back on board the MP-52 train. I've gotta have this guy.

(BTW I didn't mean to imply that the crotch-thrust picture right above my post was what finally won me over...I was ninja'd by the crotch)

 

Ok, dumb question time and I'm sure it's been asked, but I don't know what to call it to search for it, but what's the deal with the disc thing that is behind the nosecone that everyone always shows off? I watch the G1 cartoon series a couple times a year, and it does not ring a bell. What am I missing here?

 

These pics are fantastic! I'm even more excited to receive mine after seeing these!

 

Stupid sexy Starscream

 

They just have been slow like this for months now. Probably a little understaffed. Used to be right on (final, since my orders often have multiple items) release date I'd get the invoice. But for about all this year, they've taken sometimes up to a week to invoice.

Strangely adding another in-stock item seems to get them to speed it up and invoice right away. But nothing else I really want right now to do that with lol.

 

I doubt ever shown in cartoon - it's a feature of the real jet, the radar equipment to be precise. It was included in MP-3 along with other realistic features like the air brake panel, engine details and optional realistic missiles. We seem to have lost most of those features now, but this radar array remains.

 

Half assed beats no assed lol. Thanks!

 

Thanks buddy, but I gotta say I'm dissapointed at the range.   Fail koba... oh no, Ono, oh no.

 

I got my shipping notices from amiami and DHL this morning. MP-52 should be at my door by Friday. 

 

Mine is out for delivery!! I paid for it on Friday from HLJ. Damn that’s fast!!

 

mine's going to be here in a few hours, as i kind of expected when i paid $212 for it...

on friday lmao. amazon japan stay winning if it wasn't for you i'd never buy big MPs.

 

I see him popping up everywhere. No word on ShowZ yet. Anyone got a payment due mail yet?

 

Hmmm, I'd not really paid much attention to this figure as I have no desire to start collecting yet another set of MP seekers. But this looks absolutely effing brilliant. He's very grey and I'm clinging onto that to try and talk me out of it, but I'm not sure it's working...

 

Oh man!!! Mine made it from Japan to Cincinnati in a day, then has sat in released from customs status since early Sunday morning... How funny is it that it will take DHL longer to get it to me from a center an hour away than it took to go across the Pacific and to the US! Anyway, cannot wait to get this guy! And so glad I already have the other two preordered! Anyone want any garbage quality KBB MP-11 KOs for ultra cheap?

 

Decepticons ATTACK

 

It\'s... ok. I still have a lot of issues with it, some of it\'s probably just personal preference, but I want to point out my two biggest concerns.
1. The type pf pegs they used for the guns. I don\'t know the technical name for them, but I call them bad luck. Those things always get super loose, pop out, or just break. Good luck fixing them if they do. I think it would\'ve been better if they had just gone for regular old pegs. Hard to break, easy to fix.
2. With all the little hinges and origami stuff going on, it seems like something is destined to get stress marks or plain break. And I see a lot of potential for that in a lot of areas. Seems like it\'ll last through a few transformations, then it\'ll just crumble apart.
This is all just my opinion, but it looks like a hand grenade. If you like it, if you buy/bought it, good luck to you. I just hope you actually like it, and you\'re not buying it just because it\'s Takara. I have to admit though, those inner wing details are pretty rad.