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.

XiaoMi/Hasbro Transformers..

Ummmm tablet? Was this necessary? I thought April Fools day was over :p now, if it actually FUNCTIONED as a tablet i would be super impressed! ;)

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! :(

Combiner Wars Brawl!

Looks like this wave of figures is out here in Sg? Saw the rest of the combaticons plus a few of the large figures like Sky Lynx and Scattershot. :)

Transformers Titan Wars Fortress Maximus!

Interesting i guess? I miss the simple lines and contours of the old designs. At least we still have the Masterpiece series for that haha. Fort Max looks a bit... busy haha. Also, looks like everyones back to being a headmaster again. :p

*pic from TOYARK

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!

Titan Wars!

So the next line from Hasbro looks to be Titan Wars? Think this was announced some time ago, so old news haha. They'll be making a Fortress Maximus figure using the Generations Metroplex mold... gonna be crazy big again.

Also, Hasbro had a poll recently, asking fans whether they wanted a Titan class Omega Supreme, Trypticon or Scorponok.

Looks like the Dino won. :)

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

Maketoys NOT-Chromedome/Cupola

Weird choice of name, but then again, its to avoid getting sued i guess! Picked this up at the usual place and was pretty much looking forward to opening it up!

It's Masterpiece scaled, so it looks quite nice beside the others. There's been other headmasters from Fansproject, but this looks the better of the two in my opinion, as it looks closer to the animated version and lineart.

The quality and build are very good; the plastic doesn't have that cheap look 3P products tend to have, and the fit and joints are good. Paint apps are spot on and the details on the figure like vents and panel lines are screaming to be markered up haha.

Transformation is moderately easy; the parts have to line up, but will slot nicely into place most of the time. The chest has the headmaster stat gimmick printed on... Too bad they couldn't do the actual one like the classic toy. The headmaster figure is nicely detailed too with some basic articulation.

One minor complaint might be the poseability of the figure; due to the way the thighs are connected to the hip, plus the wheels there, the figure can't really raise his legs a full ninety degrees. Plus the fact that they used ratcheted joints means you can't really do fine adjustments, although that means the figure is pretty stable.

Still, the figure does look good overall and i look forward to future releases in this range! :)