Bask in this animation accurate deco. I’m now at peace with my decision to skip that blue version Takara released. Look at te Jet mode after the jump.

TFW2005: Hasbro US version of Masterpiece Starscream First Look?

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A thread posted in the TFW2005 forums has an image posted of what appears to be a super low quality scan of a Japanese magazine. The very top line of the image says MP6 with some Japanese to the right of it. I happen to have a little bit of Japanese from college still left in me and I can tell you it says “Masterpiece Skywarp” next to the MP6. Trying to get any details out of the pictures is like watching scribble porn on old tv though, so no real details or confirmations on this yet. I would very much look forward to having Skywarp added to my Masterpiece collection.

Amusingly, the TFW2005 writeup of the article misspelled Masterpiece as Masterprice. I cannot think of a more appropriate typo.

I have mirrored the image below.

Powet’s own TheOrange grabbed the newly released Masterpiece Megatron figure yesterday. This was the last Megatron in stock.

I have to say he’s big. The robot mode is appropriately big enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the similar Masterpiece Convoy (released in the US as 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime). That gun mode though… the original Megatron was a little too small to be a real gun and this one quite a bit too big. Whatever you do though, don’t transform him in a moving car because giant hand guns frighten other motorists and attract law enforcement.

TFW2005 (via AcToys) has posted an image of an unpainted prototype of a G1 styled Megatron. I have attached the picture below. I don’t think much more needs to be said so look below and see for yourself.

By way of TFormers, Digital-Toys has come out and said that the next Masterpiece figure from TakaraTomy will be Megatron.

We’ve just received official word from Takara that the next entry in the Masterpiece line will be MP-05 Masterpiece Megatron to be released March 2007 for only $99.95 Pre-order yours today….
http://www.digital-toys.com/transformers.html

Also, Takara has officially DENIED the rumors that TFC 06 Megatron will be re-released in December.

Mike @ digital toys

www.digital-toys.com

It should be interesting to see how this turns out if this is true. Having only seen 2 Masterpiece figures so far and those two figures being so very different, Megatron is really going to be a crap shoot. The real question is, what will the alternate mode be?

Thanks to Blanktoe for the heads up!

[Update – Crazy: TFW2005 is reporting he will be released in March 2007. Their source was a different vendor than Digital-Toys so its looking like this is more legit than just a rumor.]

The long awaited convention video.

We travel to Botcon, accomplish nothing, leave satisfied.

Well, seeing as Zac, Caleb, Sean, Crazy, Sam and who knows who else have arrived at Botcon while I’m stuck at home behind a monitor, it’s my job to relay any information they pass on to me, as well as organizing all the information and links available throughout the net regarding this year’s Botcon and Transformers.

Here’s what we got so far.

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