Third party company Shockwave Lab, via their Weibo account, have shared images of their new upgrade kit for MPM-12 Optimus Prime: SL-112 The Metal Exhaust – Upgrade kit.
This is a simple kit for the new Masterpiece Movie MPM-12 Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime. It consists of:
- Die-cast exhaust pipes x 2 – Easy to install.
- Wrist articulation tighteners – Require to disassemble the arm.
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bearytrek
yeah that would be the first thing I would think people would want fixed
TF Hot Rod
Basically by the time you replace everything they'll be rereleasing this figure retooled to look like he will in ROTB next year (which is the main reason I'm holding off buying MPM prime and the upgrade kits or any of the 3p BB Primes and Threezero just in case I like that look more).
Wh33ls
I was not aware of the other upgrade kits. In any case, my problems was fixed, so I didn't need to look any further into it.
rego0012
just make the ears spring loaded and you can leave the chest as it is.
VVa
They're gonna have to produce an upgrade chest cavity so the more accurate head can fit for transformation.
Illiterate Scholar
Hoping for a few more upgrades while we're at it. Surprised there's no head upgrade yet.
Nova Maximus
You're ignoring the fact MPM-12 has another 2 or 3 upgrade kits coming out as well besides this one.
Wh33ls
Umm… no… It's just replacing a couple things, it's not replacing like the whole body or transformation engineering.
Sweet!
You see, Hasbro?! Was that so hard now was it?! Stupid Hasbro and their cost saving, corner cutting, lazy bullshit.
Illiterate Scholar
Hell, by the time you replace everything, is it even still the same figure, or did you just end up buying a completely different figure in multiple parts?
SegaGenesis
Nice, I'm so ordering that. I was ready to take an Xacto to him. It's really not thaaaat bad of a figure, though. He looks nice towing the mp44 trailer, even. It's just a few misteps here and there really add up. He's on my coffee table rn next to the other mp prime cabs and he looks the most cartoony of all, ironically, thanks to the poorly done weathering on the white stripe…
VVa
You're gonna have to spend $200+ dollars to make this figure desirable. Figure + Upgrade Kits.
DanC
"Theseus Prime" is sitting right there, do better everyone
Rob
All I want are new hands and to lock the wrist of said hands into place, thats it. All these upgrades while nice are overkill for me.
NexMix
MPM Prime of Theseus
SGMan
theres at least one upgrade kit coming that addresses the cat ears.
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Toker
Ship of Theseus.
Nova Maximus
Yesh at this point MPM-12 is getting to the point of "if you replace every part of a car overtime is it still the same car" territory.
SegaGenesis
Damn, I was hoping for something to get rid of the Ms. Pac-Man look in trukmode…
It's a really nice figure, but it has cat ears.
Wh33ls
This… actually thicking ups the pipes and makes the figure look much, much better. My beef with this figure was both the thin pipes and truck mode cat ears. This eliminates one of problems with it, but I'm not sure it's still enough for me to warrant a purchase.