Takara-Tomy have updated their site with some more official images, this time showcasing the next two Masterpiece series releases – MP-13 Masterpiece Soundwave and MP-14 Masterpiece (Red) Alert. As well as some nice quality images showcasing the robots and their various modes, the pages also have a montage showing off the various features of the two Masterpieces, including their boxes.
Additionally new pages have been added for the Capbots, Captimus Prime and Capticon. These pages again have some nice clear photos of the two robots, including a demonstration of how they transform and their packging.
Open the links above to check out the new pages, or read on for our mirror of the new images.
grymg
Kind of like the Nike Frees. Niche market. Definitely BBTS clearance fodder.
anubis20
Im wondering if the lights can come off the roof from RA.
Doug
I can't wait for Soundwave. But I'm waiting for BBTS to have both MP Sideswipe and Red Alert in stock.
TigerBlade
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PoweredConvoy
It's two releases thus far, it's not probably going to matter how well they sell or not.
Randy
Stepper
Is Capformers going to be a flop?? We shall see.
graymer
So pumped for these guys!
Squeee!
Stepper
Those Lambor displaying beside MP10 in vehicle mode,it just look so in scale.
General Tekno
Soundwave's G1 toy DOES have two blues though. The stickers are a separate blue tint, and that's what they're replicating on this toy.
Never mind unlike guys like Rodimus, Soundwave's pretty hard to mess up. That, and Sideswipe's main problems are with the red paint apps – the detail paint apps are pretty solid on mine even though the red isn't the greatest. I imagine Soundwave won't share that issue given a) he isn't red, which is a hard color to do right and b) odds are the blue will be the plastic color, not paint.
JackJJW
Oh, OK! Sold! Thanks for correcting me. Seeing that makes me wish the masterpieces had the heat icons!
I'll wait for the reviews to come in for the paint though, I can't deal with that palava again. I wonder if we'll get a second run of Sideswipe after Red Alert has been made.
deathsheadII
why's that when thats what red alert was originally ????
Lazerwave
Cool box Design on Soundwave.
JackJJW
Hmm, Soundwave actually looks less amazing to me each time I see him. His head is definitely as flat as a pancake and I'm not a fan of the two blues either. I'm still a bit skeptical about the quality of the first batches now. That said, those are extremely minor gripes when he's still up there as mega-amazing. Glad I preordered too.
I would buy Red Alert but I'll wait for the paint check from everyone else… If it's another Sideswipe shambles I won't bother. Not massively keen that it uses the Lamborghini mold either. Still… I want them all
adambman
Yeah it is to their credit that I can still think about them when they're put up alongside photos of one or two highly anticipated Masterpieces.
PoweredConvoy
They're just clear add-on pieces. Nothing lights up. There is no way they could fit a light in that head.
Randy
Stepper
But the picture shown seems like Red Alert's "cleared pieces" are coloured red instead of translucent or transparent.
The Barracuda
I kinda wish for rubber tires as well, especially at the price we're paying. While I'm not a fan of the fake tires on the shoulders, at least they re-tooled it a little to keep it from being a straight repaint. A little thought put into it is never a bad thing. But on saying that, they added the two hood tabs which carried over into his cartoon model and always annoyed me. Those served no purpose except outside of his toy.
I always thought his red head looked better and set him apart from being a total Sideswipe clone. As for the red thighs, meh, I could go either way.
OMEGAPRIME1983
You know its just additional clear pieces that attach to his head, not actual light up features, right?? Just making sure you know what you're getting into.
Stepper
Am looking forward to Red Alert because of the light up function for it's head.
Esteban
This will be mine!