MP03 Starscream Prototype revealed!

by FakeTrout, filed in Toys on May.24, 2006

We’ve seen sketches and speculation, but a scan from a Japanese toy magazine gives us the first look of an actual Starscream prototype.
He’s uncolored, but looks every bit as detailed as Optimus Prime. A dead-on likeness for the animation and comics. One question: Where is his smirk?
Link: TFW2005
UPDATE!
Here’s a new picture from “Figure Oh!” magazine via Fan2Fan
Some translated text also gives us some new details. The figure will retail for 10290 yen (roughly $91 US) and will be 22cm tall in robot mode and 32cm long in plane mode. This make Starscream a bit shorter than Optimus Prime, but still a good deal taller than any Alternator figure. The base shown holding the plane will be included as well, and though its slated for a September release, the designs we see are not final.

Still no official word from Hasbro about a US release, but with the summer convention season and the unveling of Transformers Classics and the movie line still to come, they’ll have plenty of oppurtunities to announce it.

Tags: Masterpiece, Transformers

Phil Bond

Engineering-gasm!
http://phil_bond.livejournal.com Phil Bond

Engineering-gasm!
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

That looks astoundingly better than I had pictured.
http://www.fightingreality.com/blog Crazy

That looks astoundingly better than I had pictured.
http://www.thatsorange.com/ TheOrange

I’m really curious to see the underside of that jet mode — where do those big, beefy arms go (I suspect maybe where the cockpit sits)?

For some reason I’m terribly impressed with the flaps on the wings.

~Sean
http://www.thatsorange.com TheOrange

I’m really curious to see the underside of that jet mode — where do those big, beefy arms go (I suspect maybe where the cockpit sits)?

For some reason I’m terribly impressed with the flaps on the wings.

~Sean
Phil Bond

The sketches didn’t look this good to me, and I thought they looked pretty good.

My remaining concern is with what are, on the G1 toy, missiles. There were two sets. His weapons are supposed to have more blunted tips in jet mode.

Other than that, I am hugely impressed and impatient to have that thing. They need to dream up and release these things with the frequency of Perfect Grade model kits from Bandai. The magnitude of the undertaking seems very similar. On the other hand, I suppose there isn’t much comparison between the japanese market for Transformers versus the one for Gundam.
http://phil_bond.livejournal.com Phil Bond

The sketches didn’t look this good to me, and I thought they looked pretty good.

My remaining concern is with what are, on the G1 toy, missiles. There were two sets. His weapons are supposed to have more blunted tips in jet mode.

Other than that, I am hugely impressed and impatient to have that thing. They need to dream up and release these things with the frequency of Perfect Grade model kits from Bandai. The magnitude of the undertaking seems very similar. On the other hand, I suppose there isn’t much comparison between the japanese market for Transformers versus the one for Gundam.
http://powet.tv/ Zac Shipley

the global market for transformers is a tad bigger than gundam, though. If they don’t drop the ball and wait 2 years to release Starscream in Europe, Masterpiece figures could take off.
http://powet.tv Zac Shipley

the global market for transformers is a tad bigger than gundam, though. If they don’t drop the ball and wait 2 years to release Starscream in Europe, Masterpiece figures could take off.
Dru

I think the update needs a close on its bold tag…
Dru

I think the update needs a close on its bold tag…

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