Attention Masterpiece collectors! Via Amazon.jp we have new HQ stock images of the new Transformers Masterpiece Starscream 2.0 for your viewing pleasure!
We have a clear look at a colored sample and the plethora of accessories that will be included with this release. This new mold brings us a very cartoon-accurate representation of the Decepticons Air Commander with an impressive posability and a beautiful F-15 fighter mode. We can finally confirm all the extra parts: 5 interchangeable faces, a pair of Null-ray cannons, Stand, Stand adapter, 5 blast effects, Megatron gun, plus the drill seen in “The core” episode and the claw and rock from “Cosmic Rust”.
Update: More stock images here.
See all the images after the jump and then sound off on the 2005 Board!
Trailbreaker77
I've thought about designing a set but I could never sell enough to recoup my design / concept testing costs. Especially because there is already an official set available.
SkyfireAU
Try a striptease store?
FAILWISH
Anyone here make some 3d printed fans or decals cut, that looks similar to this on toyhax page.. i dont wanna buy a whole kit for the chest fans… Needing like 6of themView attachment 29376479
FAILWISH
Anyone here 3d print a coronation set for this version of starscream?
Grimmjow
We still haven't even gotten an MP-44 re-issue…an MP-52 re-issue is gonna be quite some time I think.
bigcee66
Well it is.WE outnumber those that, if you pay attention, only come to these boards to post negatively then disappear. That small handful is just,as with all things in life, louder than everyone else. Especially loud to those that come to these boards to be negative. I mean 14 pages out of 640? That’s the textbook definition of exaggeration lol.
Memph99Q4Ev
Right. Honestly, this was a good release IMHO.. I feel that some ppl go out of their way to find something wrong nowadays (like modern "movie critics"; bleh!). One person reports a broken peice, and then it's "seeee, told ya!". Doesn't matter if the issue isn't wide spread, or nothing worth mentioning, as long as it's something imperfect.
Not to say some problems don't exist. But, nothing's perfect.
NoiseMaker
Hopefully not tooo quickly, got to catch up with a few other recent releases first. Think that if there is any re-releases it'll be starscream
Shin Densetsu
Yes but when is the question.
NoiseMaker
Anyone think tha5 Starscream may be reissued at some point? Still waiting on Thundercracker, (i have mp6 skywarp and Mp11 starscream) to complete the trio, but… after seeing the three together. Dammit i want them all now
Max Rawhide
True. Simply stating that the existence of a Flaw Tracking Thread and the size of it being any indication, is incorrect. Other things most be taken into account and the amount of figures sold and the number of complaints in comparison to this, is a major factor.
TFW is just one forum and not even the biggest: we're only a sample of a sample. However, despite not everybody who's an active member having bought MP-52 Starscream, the complaints are not few. Let's again say it's a 100 people who posted complaints here, but if only 200 TFW members bought the figure…then that's fifty percent…one in every two figures. That would be a high percentage of flaws and one that likely would not be limited to TFW.
Also, to what extend people consider the reported problems problematic is very personal, as shown by Emgo's review: his figure can only stand due to loose ankles by putting the legs in a specific pose, but he has no issue with this. Others would call this a flaw, he doesn't.
I do think two things are telling. One, the same topic about Thundercracker is much, much shorter and mostly mentions minor paint blemishes. This could be because people consider the flaws a given and thus not mention it, but more likely based on other posts TC (and SW) suffer far less. Two, quite a number of reviewers on YouTube, even those who like the figure, mention cracks developing and issues with the ankles and knees.
In the end, MP-52 is amazing design, very intricate, but perhaps just beyond what TT can do at this scale.
DinoSnarl
No it's not an exaggeration. It's well known that MP-52 has QC issues. Stop sticking your head in the sand and trying to deny it.
Arie
Yes, it's an exaggeration. Fourteen pages doesn't say anything. How many people with issues in those fourteen pages? How serious are the issues? How many total copies sold? Without these numbers, you can't make absolute statements about the true amount of issues.
Say it's 100 people, that sounds like a lot, but if there are 100000 copies sold for example, then it's a very small percentage. And of those 100 hypothetical people, how many people have serious issues? The answer to that would lower the percentage even more.
SkyfireAU
This is my feeling too with MP-52. Depending on how much you paid and your quality lottery, you could be really happy or really frustrated. I have a feeling the improvement in, and yet still some instances of, loose joints with Thundercracker and Skywarp are due to paint thickness rather than something that was deliberately changed at the factory to improve the joints. So, perhaps the pretty firm ankles of my Skywarp will become loose one day.
The best thing about Skywarp and Thundercracker was that they were cheaper than Starscream. When I saw cracks at the tailfins of my Screamer, I thought "OK, Thundercracker will be fine I hope." When I saw the crack around the tailfin of Thundercracker, I thought "OK, Skywarp will be fine I hope." When I saw the crack at the tailfin of my Skywarp I thought "This is BS. I'm glad I paid a low price." And in terms of cosmetic issues, my Thundercracker and Skywarp were a bit worse than my Screamer. Even the duplicate/missing faces issue still persisted in some copies of the second two.
DinoSnarl
Umm…yeah….14 pages in the MP-52 flaw tracking thread. That's a real exaggeration lol.
Optimus Prime23
The point is he’s dead, and the Matrix died with him!
Sorry, got carried away.
Shin Densetsu
For MP-52 if you didn’t preorder from a Japanese e-tailer you likely missed out on some savings. There doesn’t need to be an argument about order/retailer preferences. Since 2018 you can’t really count on MPs to be rereleased soon after their initial release(the expectation is that they will be eventually but that seems to be taking longer than before). Who knows when MP-52 Starscream will be rereleased. I’ve seen some on the secondary market for close to or about MSRP.
If it ever comes up for rerelease again, best to lock in preorder at a Japanese etailer before the preorders sell out. Qc can be a gamble but given that the mold has been used for at least 3 releases(Starscream, Thundercracker then Skywarp) at this point(with less reported issues per subsequent release), if and when Starscream is ever rereleased, qc ought to be good and I think it will be.
Cyclonus79
I was gonna say …..let’s not make A mountain …..but … meh … deaf ears …
bigcee66
You exaggerate…
Arie
What is many? No one knows and the buyers with issues are normally more verbal too.
There are more cheap shops than Amazon Japan, but exchanging with those is harder in almost all cases unfortunately. But many people can order from Amazon Japan, it's only a selection that can't.