Takara Tomy has updated their website with official pages for MP-17 Prowl and MP-18 Bluestreak. The images are mostly ones we’ve seen before, but there may be a few new ones littered in. You can check out the images after the break.
Takara Tomy Website Updates with MP 17 Prowl & MP 18 Bluestreak
Takara Tomy Website Updates with MP 17 Prowl & MP 18 Bluestreak - Additional Images
shadowfall1976
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Sorry yours has an issue, This is mine, not sure why yours has that problem. I dont have to fuss to get mine tabbed in.
My issues are a loose knee, inability to hold his gun if his hand isnt completely closed it falls out just like my Sideswipe and Red Alert.
shadowfall1976
Still at its best IMO.
plastic therapy
Lol. Still waiting. 5 yrs later
Mormolyce
I don't know if this is going to come out so well in images but here's the back of my TT Smokescreen versus KO Prowl, just before the final step of plugging the windscreen into the rear tabs. In both cases the chests are fully plugged in.
Prowl's goes in fairly easily but you can see there's quite a difference on Smokescreen. I can plug his in if I unplug the chest and tilt it back, but then when I go to push the chest back in it just pops right out – the rear section puts quite a bit of torque on it.
ChromeMagnus
This was when the Takara MP line was at its best!
shadowfall1976
None of my Datsunss have issues tabbing anywhere. The only transformation headache i have is folding the front fender wells into the chest while flipping the hood down, i always feel like the mirrors will pop off or ill scratch the paint. But once the mirrors are folded away those chests lock in tight by the ab panel, theyre not just popping out on their own by moving that roof section into place.
The only real QC issues thwy have are with the hands holding the guns, but Smokescreen is the only one who cant hold his at all by the tab slotting in, it pops out no matter what i do.
Sam
Yup. Personally I find pushing that slot in one of the most satisfying parts of any TF transformation. I also like plugging in guitar jacks or phone chargers, so I'm a bit weird like that.
TylerB
It's especially hair raising trying to undo Smokescreen's chest for me due to the modified lower air dam. Scared it's just gojbg to snap each time. The other two don't bother me at all.
Chiller
+1 – I had this problem on Prowl. The first few times you have to press hard enough that you think the whole figure will break.
Sam
Not so controversial, the legs were people's only real complaint when these guys arrived. I think they look awesome, but I agree that transformation can be a little tricky. You can avoid wriggling them by doing things in the right order, though.
Mormolyce are you sure you've tabbed in Smokescreen's chest properly? If you're having difficulty attaching the roof/backpack it sounds like your hood/bonnet isn't tabbed in all the way into the abdomen/chest flap.
Mormolyce
It's a totally personal thing of course, but it bugs me.
Also I think this is a QC issue, but my TT Smokescreen can't tab the windscreen into the two pegs on the shoulders to form the "backpack" in robot mode, it's like a few millimeters short so if I force the tabs into the slots it puts enough downward pressure on the back to make the whole chest pop up.
Ironically my KO Prowl has no issues with it.
Chiller
I dislike the legs too, but for totally different reason. The gaps are fine by me, I'll never see them. It's the transformation of them I hate. Always feels like I'm going to break them when wiggling them open to bot. Then when going to alt mode always forget to put the knees away first, then have to redo the entire leg section again.
shadowfall1976
Doesn't bug me, i hardly ever look at them from the back and when i do the only one that really stands out is Prowl. Im more bothered by the blue panels on the tops of Smokescreens feet that stands out so much to me amidst all the red. Those panels should have been Red too.
Yeah, i was always scratching my head on how those side windows just hung out on back of the feet though, still doesnt hinder my enjoyment of them.
Mormolyce
This may be a controversial opinion but… I really hate the legs on this mould. The vehicle mode is excellent, the top half of the robot mode and transformation are great, but… I can't stand those massive gaps in the backs of the legs and feet. So many other carbots, TT or 3P, found solutions for this.
Also the way those side windows just kind of hang off the back of the feet as if they're supposed to be something. The whole thing looks awful from that angle.
kaszal
Still waiting for my missile upgrade kit…
Guilty G-07 Punishment Upgrade Kit for Transformers Masterpiece MP-17 18 New
I won't need the missiles for Prowl… worth selling separately on eBay?
koonfasa
I still need Prowl.
kaszal
I went for the Guilty missile kit. Harder to find but they are on eCrater and YaHobby.
MpCollector81
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kaszal
Zombie-thread-prejudice, man…
Is there another more recent thread for the Datsuns?
Robogeek28
Kind of an old thread to bring back.