Courtesy of TFW2005 member and Ozformers administrator griffin-of-oz, we can post some clarification to our earlier report of Masterpiece Ultra Magnus’ release in Australia next year:
- Kelvin Chan is not the artist for this project, but rather wrote the English language bio of the instruction booklet.
- Masterpiece Ultra Magnus is getting a limited Australian release of just 400 pieces. This release is 400 pieces of the Hong Kong / Hasbro Asia release of the Japanese Masterpiece Ultra Magnus, in a similar style to previous releases of other Masterpieces in Australia – such as the original Masterpiece MP-2 Ultra Magnus release.
- Masterpiece Ultra Magnus will arrive in Australia in early February, will be released in two batches (250 in February 2015 and 150 on 4 April 2015), and will retail for AU$299.99. He’ll be available through Toys R Us Australia.
- It should go without saying as this is an import of the Japanese toy, but this does not relate to a US release.
It should also be noted this is not a rumor – this is confirmed, via a listing in Toys R Us Australia’s computers relayed via Ozformers member Sinnertwin.
A big thanks to Griffin for the clarification!
MpCollector81
Where is the MP-22 KO!? Its so long overdue.
shadowfall1976
Me too, I don't need any stickers especially that above sheet, that still looks like crap to me, way too busy.
2003 Megatron
I still love my Mp Magnus with no stickers.
Mormolyce
Aside from faction stickers I'm normally not a big fan of stickers on modern Masterpiece bots, but I do kind of like them on some of the car bots, particularly the race/rally cars. They look pretty appropriate because they're stickers in real life
Decepticon13
Picked up MP-22 recently. Has anyone ever tried to mod the SXS head for KFC Citizen Stack to work on Magnus? I'm not a huge fan of his squished face…
Autovolt 127
For some weird reason, I love that colour scheme.
EightiesKid
Hmm, can someone make an add on white gun for Magnus? I am really missing the G1 toy accurate weapon.
Also, I am loving that exo-suit toy. I know many kids in the 80's who dreamed of having an exosuit like that so that they could participate in Transformers adventures. I think I would have preferred an exo-suit rather than becoming engineered to be a Head/Target/Power master.
malware5
Erm….wow…you just saved me $20, that thing looks MEH all stickered up!
darkedgex
This is very tempting, but I expect the price to shoot up eventually… I asked the seller how many he knew to be in existence (since the seller may not know everything about how these prototypes were produced, it's possible there's more that they're unaware of), and got this response:
So if true, there's six of these total. To put the potential rarity in perspective.
Prime135
Exactly what I was thinking.
Dean ML
Yeah, Hasbro's decos are usually lacking or not show accurate, though. Only thing I'd change about the exo-suit is that the sides of the helmet really need to be white.
Prime135
I don't know, my hasbro soundwave needed one, and exo suit spike could use a couple. But otherwise I'd have to agree.
Dean ML
Yeah, no stickers for my MPs, thanks.
dapro
MP-22 is growing on me. He looks good with a little bigger figures.
REMINATOR
Believe me, I'll gladly bust out that credit card if I were single. Right now just can't do it, only one job and wifey is not working. Man, I'll gladly trade my original unused MIB D69 Bruticus and MIB G1 Shockwave for that MP22 Prototype, if the seller want it lol.
Zambot
Exactly why I don't like Reprolabels. Stickers on a low detail 80's toy are kitsch and serve a purpose.
But superficial detail stickers on a modern figure, that is refined with nicely sculpted detail just looks tacky and redundant.
One or two accent stickers, maybe, but that's just too much.
chrisr291
You better bust out that credit card! You'll never see this again!
EightiesKid
Wow, love that prototype gun. Wish we were getting a white gun!
That stickered Magnus looks impressive. I personally tend to prefer my figures without stickers, I was never good at putting those on, and I tend to favor a more simple look.
stprime
Buy it just for the gun!
REMINATOR
Wish I have the money, MP-22 Prototype listed on Ebay starting bid at $899.99:
Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP22 Ultra Magnus Prototype 100 Complete | eBay