And the next “Masterpiece Plus” edition is finally out. We have some great in-hand images of the Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-17+ Prowl and his Collectible Coin for your viewing pleasure.
The “Masterpiece Plus” editions bring you animation color decos of some previous Masterpiece molds like: Alert (Red Alert), Lambor (Sideswipe) and Laserwave (Shockwave). Now, it’s Prowl’s turn to receive his respective new deco for fans looking for cartoon-accurate toys. In Prowl’s case this mainly means bright blue windows and the deletion of the “Highway Patrol” text on the doors.
The images come courtesy of Alfes2010 on Twitter, showing both modes and revealing different shades of white plastic. Some of our user noticed the Autobot insignia looks more like the movie design rather than the classic cartoon style. To top it all, we also have images of the collectible coin included for this release, thanks to げんもん Photo Vault on Facebook.
A nice repaint for fans looking for cartoon-accurate colors and a great opportunity to grab this mold if you missed it before. You can check our our sponsors below to order yours if you are interested. Click on the bar to see the mirrored gallery and join to the ongoing discussion on the 2005 Boards!
GodParticle
Late to picking this guy up and definitely a crappy QC job. Sloppy paint all over. Even his headlight on one side appears silver instead of blue even though it's behind the blue plastic, which is weird
Digger
Yeah they’re already onto it.
jackisking
already have, Smokescreen got released last month, Bluestreak last July
Saberblade
Since we got MP-17 Anime, are they going to release Smokescreen and Bluestreak?
ChromeMagnus
Now available in 3 colors:
Silver
Black
Brass
Note: For MP-19/MP-19+ Smokescreen, the Gatling guns are not compatible but the hand pistols still are.
Ships from the USA.
Thanks @collectorcrafts!
Rainax
These + Prowls kinda sucked in QCs, mine came with sloppy black paint near the side mirrors (visible brush marks also for quick touchup), sloppy white paint on the rifle, and the red fins on the head has a shallow dented area. Even the blue eyes' paint were abit rough. Price hike doesnt mean QC controls are better..
Digger
hah. Possibly. I always thought Prowl + was more the toy style + than toon. We’ll see what happens. And heck maybe I’ll just 3D print my own head.
chchchch
TT employee reading this: "Huh, what Bay insignia? Oh..OH…OMG this Sam guy just gave us the perfect excuse!"
Sam
I don’t know about that. I think Prowl’s unpainted barrel is a tell that they were at least going to give him blaster effects parts.
Tin-foil-hat time: they gave 17+ a Bay movie insignia so they could give 17++ the cartoon accurate one!
Digger
I wouldn’t say lazy. More a case of, “we didn’t know we could do this”. It’s a bit annoying. I’d be totally down if they made an upgrade kit issue with another figure or some 3P made one you could swap out.
smkspy
Prowl being my favorite character, I really really wanted him, but after seeing what TT did for BS and SS, I feel like Prowl's toon+ was just plain laziness. Hard to support that, maybe the inevitable version 2.
CURAMEN
Anyone want to sell me the black mailer box that MP-17+ Prowl came with?
Digger
Fascinating. I guess he just scanned an old car lol.
Hah that totally makes sense!
Oh I thought he was talking about actual Prowl, but your name is actually Scowly Prowl. Heh.
mx-01 archon
Goddammit. Despite this thread being here for ages, somehow my eyes glanced over it and my brain saw "Masterpiece Animated Prowl" and I went "!!!" before I had to reality-check myself.
Scowly Prowl
I first typed "adorbs" to annoy my daughter, then thought better of it. Glad it made you laugh.
Sam
Well sure but these MP cars are all from the 80s, what do you expect
Kranix_OZ
Good find, although I think you may find the blue windows are the tint having faded over time. The older tints used to go bluey/ purpley as they aged. Modern tint doesn't do this I believe.
Digger
It’d be great if Prowl’s light bar was removable like Alert’s.
BrutiKing
Scowly prowl said cute. Heh. Dunno. Just found that funny. Carry on.
Scowly Prowl
The light on top is extraordinarily cute. Prowl should have come with it.