Masterpiece Inferno!

Another nice piece here, Proportions are not too bad, Grapple's a given then. I still miss the designs of Shogo Hasui tho, hopefully he'll come back to design again at some future point.

MP NT-11 Thrust

Hmmm.. don't understand why it has to be an exclusive, Ramjet is already priced ridiculously. Hopefully Takatomy will have a regular retail release one day.

Transformers Masterpiece Inferno

Wow, what a day for reveals. First Battlefield 1, then the GTX 1080/1070, now, Masterpiece Inferno!

Next TF Masterpiece?

Looks like Takatomy is teasing the next Masterpiece figure! Inferno woohoo! Grapple is bound to be next since the mold is similar and they love to maximise the use of the design (much like ratchet and ironhide). :) Can't wait to see how it turns out compared to the 3P ones.

Masterpiece 14+ Red Alert (Anime Color Edition)

Whoa, mold milking! They're killing the line! Sthaaapppppp....!

So Red Alert will now be in off-white color. There you go. TakaTomy mall exclusive.

Masterpiece Laser(Shock)wave!

This was out everywhere at csc last week; not too shabby! More plastic than metal though sighs. I wish the previous designer of the MP series would come back :( Upcoming releases are so-so. And those in demand are being released as limited editions.... Way to go takatomy. Lots of masterpiece dumping going on too, way cheap at csc!

Transformers Masterpiece MP-31 Diaclone Ultra Magnus

Ehhhhh... repaint time! But with some additional accessories. C'mon, bring on Jazz, Hound and Mirage already! :(

Masterpiece Ironhide!

Finally opened up this piece, poor guy was languishing in the box far too long haha! Gotta say, its a pretty impressive piece! Way better than the G1 original release haha.

I was a bit concerned about the look actually; i found the torso kinda longish, and the kibble that sticks out at the hips could have been hidden away better (although there's a way to remove it manually). Would have been nice to have a double jointed elbow tho!

Still, a pretty solid build, the transformation is interesting and everything fits together nice n tight. :) Ironhide is also taller than the usual Masterpiece figure, but shorter than prime. Can't wait for Ratchet :D

Monkeybot!

Looks like the mags have a pic of the prototype Masterpiece Optimus Primal... never was a big fan of the Beast Wars series (I still prefer my bots as vehicles haha), but the storyline was well-written and the toyline had some pretty amazing figures admittedly. :)

Haul for the day!

Didn't expect these all to come out at the same time in dec; kinda surprised they made the shipment month actually. Red Bee and "Crampdown" are supposedly exclusives whereas Road Rage is under a regular release... The first 2 are just repainta tho, man they're milking the molds for all they're worth! At least rage has some unique parts!

MP-30 Ratchet

So it's coming out after all haha :p Nice! Again, not unexpected. :)

Transformers Masterpiece MP-28 Hot Rod new pics!

Colored pics for Hot Rod! Ummm.. strange decision since the Rodimus prime figure could also change to Hot Rod... but then again, the Rodimus figure wasn't received too well and had issues with the legs. Still this version of Hot Rod, looks.. a bit misproportioned? Chest seems way too big, although the color is correct. As some people are saying, they're probably releasing this for the Movie Anniversary next year. :)

Transformers Masterpiece MP-29 Shockwave - New Pics!

Cool, so they have the colored prototype out, not bad! Purple could be a bit darker tho. Otherwise, wow, they've never reissued the original shockwave, even as an encore figure (i wonder why?), so this is very welcome. :) Looks like it has light up features too like the original.

Upcoming Transformers Masterpiece toys!

Holee! Didn't expect them to make this, but other than a new Hot Rod, looks like Takatomy is going to make a Shockwave MP figure! Awesome. :)

MP-21R Red Bumblebee!

Hmmm... guess they'll milk the mold for all it's worth? Haha, wish they'd make a proper cliffjumper now. :P

MP-21G Bumblebee G2 ver

Got a chance to open this, first impressions are that the gold coloring ain't too bad! I was expecting it to be more garish somehow but it turned out quite pleasant looking!

Transformation is simple; well thought out like the first bee... It is the same thing anyway :p

There's a flight pack included with this release, and two other faces to swap with the supplied face. My only complaint  would be the logo on the chest... Its a sticker darnnit. You'd think they can at least print that on the toy. They do include a sticker sheet with 4 different logos so i guess they're giving us a 'choice'...

TF Masterpiece 28?

Take with a pinch of salt... but rumored to be hound? Guess we'll find out in the next few days?

Masterpiece Ironhide!

Hot damn! Gonna be a good year for TF fans! Ironhide looks good! Finally, a decent toy for him! :D

MP-23 Exhaust

So got my mitts on this guy, a repaint of wheeljack. But it was surrounded with contraversy cos of the Marlboro pattern which attracted the attention of some lawyers. Even after the change of the design slightly, it still never reached American shores and ended up being released only in Japan.

Makes one wonder why there was no such issue when the original diaclone version was released in this color way back :p

I like the colors, sharp and really stands out. His back story is apparently a poke at a certain cig company; exhaust is a heavy chain smoker or something haha!

MP-12 Reissue reissue

So like, this is the 2nd or 3rd time it's been reissued? Lost count already haha, well, good chance for those who've missed out on the past few releases! This one seems to be Asia only though.. maybe they are just unsold ones haha. It'll have a special accessory though. :p