Some surprising Masterpiece news thanks to board member General Tekno who has found an cell phone image of a page from Figure King on Twitter. The image shows off an upcoming Masterpiece Red Bumblebee! He looks to be a straight-up repaint of MP-21 Bumblebee in homage to the G1 toy. Of course he is not to be confused with the entirely separate character, Cliffjumper. Unfortunately this means we must continue to wait for a Masterpiece Cliffjumper, but this is excellent news for Mini-Bot collectors! More info on the original repaint can be found in our Resources!
MP-21R will include 2 face plates, spare tire, laser gun, and a chromed front bumper in car mode. This release is scheduled in December for 5940 yen. We’re unsure on details concerning other accompanying accessory piece (like Spike in the original release and the jetpack in the G2 version) , but stay tuned for more news on this figure as it develops as well as other upcoming Masterpieces, and be sure to share your speculations in our Masterpiece Speculation thread!
vespagym
How about now? I feel like I'm seeing some box differences in eBay listings, but I don't know if it's due to lighting.
Type-R
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MENGOTRON
Awesome, thanks! I agree with you, the Red might be my favorite version of this little guy. Definitely need to swap on the battle mask face though. I'm actually thinking the gold crest of the mask that comes with 21-G might look cool on him.
Maz
No bootleg yet.
All the best
Maz
MENGOTRON
Has this been knocked off yet? I've got one coming and want to make sure I'm not getting a knock off. The listing states it's a Takara original and it comes with the coin.
allew
I got the red battlemask from froggy124 who's here on the tfw boards, a while ago – it's just what he needed for that old school toy accurate look!
Maz
Oh I'm gonna toot from the rooftops about Arnhide if I like him that much because I said last year I had a feeling he was going to be an excellent toy, and possibly this year's Magnus!
I'd really like a blue Bumblebee that isn't Glyph.
All the best
Maz
ambitron
I'd love to see a custom of Bumblebee with rust, come to think of it. But they are two of my favourites, too (I still have a soft spot for Sideswipe as well). I look forward to your review of Ironhide, as I think he is up there with Magnus and Bumblebee, which I never expected at all.
Maz
Thank you mate and no trouble at all, I am hugely hugely impressed by the vehicle mode on this mould. It is so vintage and looks properly aged, I almost expect it to creak and I can totally hear the signature engine note when I gaze upon it. Thank you for the kind appreciation. Bumble truly presses Magnus for the best Masterpiece of all.
All the best
Maz
ambitron
Heh heh, no need, I really was being *very* petty, but thank you!
What's amazing to me is how pictures look yours can really bring out how good the Beetle mode looks. This one, for instance (I hope you don't mind me re-posting it here from your blog post):
In-hand, the alt mode can look a little long, thin and flat, but pictures like this really show off how good it actually is. I suspect that the apparent "off-ness" of the Beetle mode is actually just caused by a trick of perspective because he's so small. Photos like the one above that replicate the perspective of how a Beetle looks in real life when you're standing in front of it give me a whole new appreciation for the figure. I absolutely love this photo. (There was another great one you posted the other day of MP-21 and MP-21R in alt mode together.)
Maz
Cheers, I have added your name to the post accordingly
Leave it yellow, mohawk ftw!
All the best
Maz
ambitron
Beautiful pictures and review, Maz! I love the one of MP-21 and MP-21G sniggering at "Red Boby". If I were to be *really* petty, however, I would point out that the screen cap of red Bumblebee from the cartoon was actually taken by me and originally posted here:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans…mp-red-bumblebee-revealed-7.html#post12867694
(Unless someone else took a shot of exactly the same frame, which is possible because it's only there for a few frames.)
Then I might go on to grumble about how no one seemed to appreciate my "hilarious" joke about red Bumblebee being in the cartoon at the time, but now all the cool kids are using it.
I still need to paint the crest of a spare MP-21 battle mask red, come to think of it – Dryl recommended some paint that I bought, so I must get around to it, as he does look great with the mask.
Maz
Cheers man, much appreciated! Yes, inexplicable really unless they were going all out to reduce extra accessories to offer it at as low a price as possible at the Cybertron Satellite event?
All the best
Maz
DukeFett
Some awesome pics Maz, really shows the glaring omission of the battle mask. I mean who is making decisions at Takara? It's probably a 3 cent part that would've made a big difference.
Maz
Square One: Masterpiece MP-21R Bumble – Red Body
Another little article, with some info on why we have a red Bumblebee
All the best
Maz
Vagabond Elf
"Bluestreak" is a new name. the regular MP-18's name is just "Streak." (Although if you tell me it's the same character according to his bio, I'll believe you – I can't remember.)
Red Bee looks so nice, but not having the toy face… I suppose it's just as well, I'm living on student loans and need to exercise some discipline, right?
kollekxon
i bought from bobobo?? i cant remember the rest of name. (chinese seller) I've bought from him before and just got a tracking number for it.
Exodus
Dang love those pics!!!
Sixo
ChromeMagnus
I'll pass. We know TT likes to milk existing molds. I already have their yellow and gold versions. I'd rather wait to see if they (or a 3rd party) actually do MP Cliffjumper instead.