New Images of MPM-5 Barricade Surface

Mpm5 instruction sheet thanks to daimchocs Facebook page  
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Prime135

Hey @SilverOptimus can we get someone with connections to address the lack of frenzy? As a member of the target audience for this line (someone who grew up with the movieverse and now has the disposable income for masterpiece figures), I find this to be the MOST glaring issue with this figure by far, and have multiple friends who don’t even collect transformers anymore that agree with me.

Your question is noted. Next time we get a chance to talk with Hasbro, we'll include your question too.  

Prime135

Frag…you know what I bet they’ll do? Release barricade and blackout on their own and then do a two pack of scorponock and frenzy.

I believe this is what @Seth Sunthay had been saying all along.

tonysandlin

Skorponok is actually pretty big, so I can see him getting his own MPM toy. Maybe be compatible with MPM Blackout.

Frag…you know what I bet they’ll do? Release barricade and blackout on their own and then do a two pack of scorponock and frenzy.

Devastator21

Mp-39 comes with chip chase why cant barry come with frenzy.

It’s not just that though. Frenzy was the ONLY accessory that came with the original figure. I would have expected him to be included even if the mace had to be omitted, but no, instead we get a giant mace, what looks to be a dumb opening mouth feature, but the most important accessory gets omitted. It’s like if they did an MPM blackout with no scorponock even though every blackout that’s ever been released (including the upcoming movie edition leader) has included one.

Hey @SilverOptimus can we get someone with connections to address the lack of frenzy? As a member of the target audience for this line (someone who grew up with the movieverse and now has the disposable income for masterpiece figures), I find this to be the MOST glaring issue with this figure by far, and have multiple friends who don’t even collect transformers anymore that agree with me.

Seth Sunthay

Still not an excuse to accept a figure with messed up QC, Hasbro totally cuts budget, but doesn't mean they'll have less or worse quality, see the MPM Bee from Hasbro, doesn't have the problems as the MPM Prime.

However, THERE IS NO actual proof to say Hasbro cut features or they limited the engeenering in Takara Tomy, some Japanese Primes still have the tabbing issues, yes, now more paint apps, but a brighter plastic, and now there were a tons of reports of missing thumb on these figures, neither of them it's perfect, but the japanese version, isn't much different than the hasbro/overseas one.

Bubbah

100% true man. I keep reading how the Takara version of Prime is so vastly superior to the Hasbro one, yet many still have the same tabbing issues as Hasbro's. Plus, out of the ones that do tab better (not denying there does seem a better number in favor of TT), there are a ton that have hands missing thumbs or completely manngled. It was an absolute crapshoot with Prime. Hell, neither of them even fixed the obvious roof panels. In all, its been a roll of the dice on whether someone would get a decent copy or not, regardless of the company.

While we may never get an official explanation of what happened, it's clear the ball was dropped by final production, whether by design error, factory workers, or both. Takara did retool some parts and improved tolerances so they were fortunately able to rectify some issues. The next Takara and Hasbro ones ought to be good, if they turn out the same as the 71 Hasbro run, something is very, very wrong.

However this is the MP Barricade thread and deviating from Barricade.

I suspect an intern did the colors for the MPM line because the colors for all 3 releases so far are not accurate. Barricade here has some paint apps that are too bright. Hope Takara goes way darker and dims out those bright paint apps.

Seth Sunthay

Still not an excuse to accept a figure with messed up QC, Hasbro totally cuts budget, but doesn't mean they'll have less or worse quality, see the MPM Bee from Hasbro, doesn't have the problems as the MPM Prime.

However, THERE IS NO actual proof to say Hasbro cut features or they limited the engeenering in Takara Tomy, some Japanese Primes still have the tabbing issues, yes, now more paint apps, but a brighter plastic, and now there were a tons of reports of missing thumb on these figures, neither of them it's perfect, but the japanese version, isn't much different than the hasbro/overseas one.

100% true man. I keep reading how the Takara version of Prime is so vastly superior to the Hasbro one, yet many still have the same tabbing issues as Hasbro's. Plus, out of the ones that do tab better (not denying there does seem a better number in favor of TT), there are a ton that have hands missing thumbs or completely manngled. It was an absolute crapshoot with Prime. Hell, neither of them even fixed the obvious roof panels. In all, its been a roll of the dice on whether someone would get a decent copy or not, regardless of the company.

dCon

Actually the original Ironhide doesn't remove his guns at all. Your thinking of the ROTF HFTD Voyager I'm pretty sure. I have the original I'll have to get it out to do a review on it soon. I.just got out Leader Ironhide to do him  

of you cant take them off of the original then the gimmick of a bigger gun that fires missiles would be pointless

Preorders up at TFsource with crappy hasbro pics

Masterpiece Movie Series – MPM-5 Barricade – Takara Tomy Version