The Takara Encore line has been good not only for Generation One reissues, but also for improvements to the figures themselves. Skywarp and Thundercracker have tampoed Decepticon symbols, Omega Supreme has a face under his visor, and the Minibots had added paint applications, just to name a few.
The upcoming Encore 12 Metroplex will also have something that has never been part of a mass release: an added tab on the turret piece of Slammer, the tank drone of the Autobot city, first seen in Snakas’ Wonderfest report seen here. This will allow the turret piece to attach into Metroplex’s fist hole, forming an additional tower in city mode. (And if you like fanmodes, it should also look fine as a replacement for one of his fists in robot mode, if you want to do a Shockwave/Grapple/Trailbreaker-type look!)
thygriever
i want that skyline!! soo nice
rizuan76
Looks fine to me anyway can't wait for this one to come out. Finally having my own Metroplex after all these yrs (one of my childhood grail).
DoubleClouder
Here are pics of the prototype barrel. Also the prototype tank is white instead of light gray
Eric
All three have my attention.
Coolhand
Man, I want MP-7 and the GT-R so badly after seeing these pics. Thundcracker was a given anyway but the GT-R…I wasn't sure. Now I am. It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine…
Grimlock_13
Cool feature on Encore Metroplex. My G1 version is in decent shape so I don't see the need to buy the Enbcore just for the peg on Slammer though.
Alternity Convoy does look very nice. Super detailed…but unless it's released stateside or I find it online for dirt cheap, I'm passing.
Thundercracker looks great, a definite buy for me.
BlitzFire
what happesn to the GTR logo? if you look on the car mode…it looks like it could be there…but its nowhere to be seen on robot mode
GTR badge is a must!!!!!! lolz
DoubleClouder
I'll put some pics up of the prototype to show the differences later tonight
Black Sideswipe
I have. *Thinks back to the Metroplex from my childhood that I used to have to play with in halves.*
Railguard
Wow, there seem to be lot of problems with these. Not good.
PoweredConvoy
These MP-7 Pictures have been reported on this site twice already (once when Ironhide & Galvatron pictures first went up and again a day or two later).
Randy
Backscatter
Never noticed these, er, flaws on my original Metroplex. Anyway, new bits aren't enough to make me want the re-issue. My Slammer doesn't need to combine.
Takara_destron
Alternity Convoy is love.
Cradok
Waist joint, of course. The launcher in his chest is notoriously fragile too. The peg on his back can easily break through and come out. The catch retractable shoulder antenna wears out. Scamper's arms break both at the peg on the arms and in the hole on the body.
[Wing_Saber-X]
care to divulge some details about the flaws?
Cradok
I hope they bothered to fix all of Metroplex's design issues before fiddling around and adding new bits…
LightningZERO
As usual, Alternity Convoy is awesome!
AutoCon2076
Uhm first off, the tank is Slammer, not Scamper. Scamper was the black car, Slammer is the tank, and Sixgun is Metroplex's weapons/tower-thing combined. I hope admin fixes the main page to fix the typo. Anyways, I always displayed the turret on Metroplex's black launcher tab. It adds a rather believable roof turret. As for the black guns he looks badass with one in the right arm tower and the other attached into the hole on the side of the heliport.
I'll post some pics later on if anyone cares to see em.
~Z
marshall dusty
bigbadtoystore.com and tfsource.com are reliable sources i've ordered from.
they have the preorders.
Isa0
How do you guys get to preorder the Alternity Prime? I just tried on Amazon.jp, but it says it can't ship to my address in California. Is there any other place to get it?
edit: nvm, just found a place called etoysjapan.com, but I never heard about them before…