Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-44 Convoy/Optimus Prime Ver. 3

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  1. Jdk504

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    Hope they make this look closer to mp1 vs mp10. To me mp1 looked more like the cartoon. Mp10 looked like super heroish looking prime with broad shoulders and small head. Again just my opinion. I sold my mp10 and have mp1 and mp4 as my definitive prime. Very curios to see this. Also hope there won't be paint issues like we had with mp36.

    Please have cartoon colored white thighs and other areas
     
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  2. mx-01 archon

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    Comparing to MP-36: a metric shit-ton of articulation. MP-10's hips and knees only bend about 45 degrees in either direction. He only has a swivel waist, and his elbows only bend 90 degrees. MP-36 can bend his elbows and knees ~160 degrees, can obtain full kneeling poses, has an ab-crunch for more dynamic poses, and has something like four different shoulder joints (the usual swivel, plus in-and-out, but also another joint for shrugging, and another for "butterfly" motion).

    We're talking Olympic gymnast vs. arthritic septuagenarian here.

    More contentious would be the styling, but a new Optimus is guaranteed to be more faithfully 'toon accurate compared to MP-10. Bigger chest windows, no wheel boxes on his legs, less wedge-shaped feet, etc.
     
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  3. Optimus Dime

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    For me. The tires being fully hidden in bot mode. Better shaped feet. The Legs compacting more to look like the rear end of a truck in truck mode. The chest in bot mode having that slight angel. Better tabs where everything tabs in for a change in alt mode with no issues. Better hands. And more pose ability in all. Like double jointed Knees/Elbows to name a couple.

    Best Regards,
     
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  4. supervir2

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    Some obvious things are hiding the wheels on his legs better and making his arms more proportionate. More to the point of this release are toon coloration, more toon/movie accurate headsculpts, and improved articulation. MP-01 seemed definitive at the time since it seemed like a one off. MP-10 was always a heroic/athletic take on the MP-01 pattern. This version could be the definitive G1 toon Prime!
     
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  5. rapid_fire

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    I had a feeling toon accurate prime was coming
     
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    Imagine if he looked like this...

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  7. Shockwave81

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    That line art is pretty much exactly what I’m wanting to see - minus the deformed waist.
     
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  8. Kevin Iaquinto

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    I'm happy to get better arms and white thighs, anything else is icing on the cake
     
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  9. BIOMEC

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    Just put the same amount of ratchets as MP-36 and I will buy it!

    The truck mode has to look better than MP-10, especially back there...
     
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  10. Xaxis

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    When MP-10 came out I was perfectly happy with MP01 and saw no reason to buy another MP Prime. Eventually I changed my mind and had no regrets about buying the first Hasbro version of MP-10 when it was released.

    While I’m perfectly happy with MP-10 now, I’m certain a v3 will be worth adding to my collection.

    Time to start saving up!
     
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    Should be Freightliner, that's what the original Diaclone toy was. But with full cartoon accuracy, I don't know if they'll go licensed. Even MP10 wasn't.

    And anyway I see in the art that the smokestacks have the heat shields, so full animation accuracy is already blown. Good going, Kobayashi... *grumbles, begins wait for Optimus 4.0*
     
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    Speaking as someone who was never able to get an MP-10, this certainly has my attention.
     
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  13. Shin Densetsu

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    Maybe Takara hasn't made MP G2 Prime with jetpack and cannons of mass destruction because they were waiting to tool this 35th convoy 1st. Maybe this is why they've yet to repaint MP10 in cartoon colors too.

    If that's the case, WORTH THE WAIT
     
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    I sold off my MP 10 years ago with no regret.
     
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    So fuckin' ready.

    This will be my prime.
     
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    Wow hope this is for real!! I know it’ll make it pricey but I hope they go all in with a new trailer too. One because I hope the back end of the truck isn’t half as tall as the cab and therefore the trailer could be not so high off the ground and more realistic looking, and two because it needs to incorporate all the cool blink and you miss it nobody remembered it until pointed out stuff from the cartoon that @Dean ML and @Sam pointed out a while back. Need to find the posts...
     
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  17. BrutiKing

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    Nothing here should be “realistic looking”
     
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    I'm happy with MP-10, but I'm not entirely opposed to a new version of prime for those who are more preoccupied with cartoon accuracy. As long as they keep everything in scale with the current stuff and don't switch to some third new scale, I won't complain.
     
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    I’m just confused as to how this is any different from the supposed line art we saw for “MP Jazz”?? ... maybe I’m missing something ...
     
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  20. Kevin Iaquinto

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    I really hope this doesnt come with a trailer to keep costs down... but it will, and it will probably be $220-250
     
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