We sadly report that Tokyo Toy Show & Wonderfest 2020 conventions in Japan have been officially cancelled.
This should not be much of a surprise considering that many other important upcoming conventions have been cancelled like San Diego Comic Con 2020 due to the coronavirus alert over the world.
While Tokyo Toy Show has been cancelled with no further information, Wonderfest announced that they will be doing Autumn Wonderfest on November 1st this year instead.
We will sure miss the possible reveals at Tokyo Toy Show, but stay tuned with TFW2005 for more updates on the upcoming Wonderfest. Stay home, wash your hands and be careful.
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Seth Sunthay
What was the list of characters for each line anyway?. Sorry to disturb you.
[Wing_Saber-X]
EXACTLY! Hasbro has ZERO involvement in the Masterpiece line. Why some people blatantly states so I will never understand. Sigh. Recalcitrant.
[Wing_Saber-X]
But we already have Flame Toys diecast metal, $300 -400 high quality offerings.
lord ginrai
Cheers. So it's the same link as on all their (MP) products. Did you have to fill out the customer ID and JAN code to get to the survey? If so, which product did you use?
jamarmiller
really want a NON MP Minerva and Blue Bacchus to start with.
RodimusZero
One thing I got from the survey was that Takara Tomy seems to be trying to do "their own thing" again, as they had a bunch of questions about collaborations, and working with licensed car companies, and how much we'd be willing to pay, so I think they're fixing to make more Japan-oriented lines. They also had a question about what other toy lines we collect with things like Soul of Chogokin and Metal Build/Metal Structure on there, so it could be that their trying to test the waters for the really expensive $500+ stuff.
RodimusZero
I was actually e-mailed the survey for "being a fan of Transformers products" but you can go here https://www.takaratomyfans.com/ and see if the survey shows up upon registering.
lord ginrai
No need to worry about that as the Masterpiece line is a TakaraTomy solo venture. Hasbro has nothing to do with it
ilovebw
fantastic! It's good to know they made more Japan Origin characters chosenable. But a little worried about will Hasbro "allow" this to happen lol.
lord ginrai
Yeah I'd be keen on filling it out as well. I've got a TT Mall account.
Seth Sunthay
@RodimusZero
Got a link for they survey? Great find!
kaijuguy19
With them already giving us a definitive and accurate take on regular G1 Optimus I think it's a given that they're wanting to give the same treatment for Powermaster Optimus Prime which means we'll also see him have a transforming cab that merges with his trailer unlike the TR version. It can also be a good way to get an Earth mode Ultra Magnus from him too when you think about it.
lord ginrai
Agreed. It would be terrific if they took another stab at the character and incorporated the Powermaster gimmick.
kaijuguy19
Oh. Well that's interesting too as well as awesome. All the same I can see WFC3 wanting to do a more definitive take on Powermaster Optimus Prime with his legacy gimmicks retained.
lord ginrai
While it's certainly possible that we see another iteration of Powermaster Convoy in next year's WFC line, these poll questions were specifically talking about the Masterpiece line.
kaijuguy19
I wonder if the Powermaster Convoy is actually a potential WFC3 Powermaster Optimus/Ginrai revealed early? I mean since WFC3 will likely one or two more Optimus Primes one of them will likely be the former.
lord ginrai
Thanks for the additional info!
Interesting that they make the distinction between "Powermaster Convoy" and God Ginrai, including the former under G1, and considering Masterforce to not fall under that banner. I think this is the first time I've seen TT state that G1 refers to season 1-3 only.
Perhaps a hypothetical Powermaster MP would be based on the OG toy and perhaps Marvel character design? The Masterforce cartoon character model for Super Ginrai does look quite different after all.
Although, having said that, I can't see them releasing both a Powermaster Optimus and God Ginrai Masterpiece.
RodimusZero
So I know it's in Japanese, and only shows things I picked, but for example, for Q09, it shows that for the MP series, what other characters would you like to see besides G1 and BW? So I picked God Ginrai, Metalhawk, Convoy (Micro Densetsu), and Galaxy Convoy.
Then for Q10 is Studio Series, and I picked Crosshairs, Galvatron (AOE), and Hot Rod (TLK).
For Q11, it's MPM, and I picked Bonecrusher, Crosshairs, Drift (AOE), Shatter (BEE) and Dropkick (BEE).
As I mentioned in a previous post, for G1, it was mostly the remaining options from Season 1, namely Trailbreaker, Hoist, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Jazz, Mirage, Cliffjumper, along with Galvatron, and the most interesting was "Powermaster Convoy" which should be Super Ginrai, I don't know what they meant in specific by that.
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ilovebw
thanks man, really happy to know takara is making some move right now. I'm curious about what exactly characters they listed for MP and MPM, like, did they list other G1 characters for MP-G1? And about MP-BW, did they list all the other 8 remainder of the Season 1 cast? Could there be any "missing" characters like MPM Ratchet… You know what I mean lol.
And the last, speaking of MPM line, could you remember any other guys? cuz I'm really shocked when I see hot rod and sideways…
it's quite a lot of questions but still hope you could reply a little. thanks again!