And now for our second “Good news, everyone!” Masterpiece update – our very first look at the next Masterpiece from Takara-Tomy! Next up is Masterpiece MP-19 Smokescreen, and as promised, he is an extensive remold of the Prowl / Bluestreak model. This Masterpiece Smokescreen features a new front end on the car, new shoulders with the wheels on top, and animation styled shoulder launchers in addition to that cool red white and blue rally car look which defined Generation 1 Smokescreen. Check out the first image of Smokescreen, courtesy of Cybergundam Blog, attached to this story. Masterpiece Smokescreen’s release date is currently set for December 14, 2013.
REMINATOR
After reviewing ambitron image and agreed with him, I'm not so sure Smokescreen would come with the regular launcher. To quote ambitron, "instead of the fold-away launchers on Prowl and Bluestreak, he has fold-away latches that come up to hold his separate rocket launchers in place"
Stepper
Got mine pre order for this.
Star Saber
If you looked at the other thread, you'd see that they are removable, and the regular launchers are presumably there because he's a Prowl/Bluestreak retool
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/928988-new-mp-smokescreen-pics.html
grymg
I ended up ordering from AE, they charged 4550 yen vs. 5200 yen at HLJ.
deltagod
Thank you for this btw…. can't believe I'd never seen them before.
Hellion42
Agreed. That's why I bookmark any search that I find useful… and then hope that new items get categorized properly.
donxavier
Just got mine on pre-order! Thanks for posting the above link. Love HLJ but it can be almost impossible to find things are their site sometimes.
x BlackMagnus x
Yup yup.
MP-13 Soundwave by Takara Tomy | HobbyLink Japan
General Tekno
HLJ has the Soundwave reissue up for preorder too, FYI.
Ceerad
Ditto
HTFan
Got my preorder in for HLJ as well. I have all three ordered from HLJ now. Prowl and Streak will go to my private warehouse. Smokescreen is set to ship when available.
mapatel
Got mine done at HLJ too. First day of preorder so hopefully its a get. I have them all on preorder with HLJ as separate orders so heres hoping.
Quantum
Alright! Got my pre-order in with HLJ!
Now the waiting really begins in earnest.
REMINATOR
I'm just curious and assuming that his head/shoulder launchers are removable just like the Amazon launcher for Prowl/Bluesteak. In addition, he should have the normal transformable launcher that can be hidden at his back(?) just like Prowl/Bluestreak.
Lbsammills51
Yay, thanks for the heads up, put my preorder in. Cool, now I have all three on tap from HLJ (with BBTS as backup). If the price is unusually different at AmiAmi whenever it goes up I might be tempted by that option, but I'll probably stick with HLJ for importing it in this scenario.
stormshadow0621
Missed the AE preorder but got the one at HLJ.
MP19 Smoke Screen by Takara Tomy | HobbyLink Japan
Stepper
This MP line is just going to keep on getting more fantastic,yipee.
RichP
HLJ is up for pre-order.
Stepper
The front spoiler for his car mode sure look neat.
Star Saber
I'm glad the Smokescreen toy didn't stick too close to the animated design. I always found that design strange – the way he came with those two lasers stuck to his head