Via the official Takara Tomy Twitter we have our first official look at the Transformers Masterpiece MPG Raiden’s Combiner Raiden torso mode.
The images show a close up of Raiden’s head included with Masterpiece Trainbot Yukikaze which is a separate piece similar to the original G1 toy. We have a closer at Raiden’s body (formed by Masterpiece Trainbot Shouki) which looks very bulky and compact.
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Onilink
Can i ask your help in the topic of "repair your paint chipped masterpiece" i want to open?
Unfortunately the only color match i know is the tamiya lemon yellow for BB.
For wheeljack, i intend the painted wings on the anime color + version.
OCDChad
LOL, what the fuck? I've seen some bad paint before but never just completely missing that large of an area.
crazee928
i would suggest it’d take more effort to match and paint that section than to just return and repurchase. it’s just a trip to the post office and a few clicks to reorder compared to the alternative.
C16
I think the better option is picking a color that's close enough and painting both sides so they match.
Purple Heart
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I’ve used this before. It’s about as close aa you will get. You can find it at Hobby Lobby.
Mike Lundberg
Of course the choice is up to you, but it will take your time to identify the correct paint, buy it, paint it, and then hope you're satisfied with the results…which is also a gamble. I would hold Takara accountable and return it–it's not like it's a hard-to-find figure. IMHO people let companies off the hook way too easy. I always return defective products if it in any way impacts my satisfaction…but that's just me.
mx-01 archon
My best guess is that it's only there as stress break.
As a contiguous thin panel, it might have risked getting warped/bent through careless handling of the actual intended hinge. Now, if too much force is applied, the other hinge can just collapse instead.
Onilink
The grey one actually bended. It has no use, tbf.
sikkusushotto
Which hinge exactly? There are almost a dozen visible here.
jackisking
Kind of odd as people have been able to get replacement parts lately.
Scyla
The store I bought it from has no more stock and Takara Tomy is not providing any replacement parts. So I could send it back and buy it elsewhere but that will take time out of my day and it is such a gamble with TT Masterpieces so the replacement piece could be worse so… eh…
I’m also super lazy…
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Mike Lundberg
Why not send it back for a replacement? It's not your responsibility to fix it.
David Hingtgen
I am happy to offer Tamiya-color-matching advice, but I don't own Raiden, nor an MP Prime any more. (I even just recently bought several new shades of grey to try)
It matches MP Wheeljack? What part? His plastic is mostly "almost black super-dark grey".
Idea—-instead of matching the factory color, would my suggestion for "pantograph bases of Japanese locos" work? I do own some Jp model trains, and assuming they're accurate, I could try to match them.
Thus, repaint the already-painted area too.
Onilink
Should be the same grey for Optimum Prime and Wheeljack, i'm very interested for a MP manteinance project
Scyla
Got my Getsuei this week and sure enough it has a missing paint app:
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@David Hingtgen do you know what Tamiya spray paint would match that gray?
Since this is on the panels that swing around onto the lower legs I wonder if I could replace that with a piece from a junker. Does anyone know if the piece holding the panel in place is on a real rivet or a screw with a flat top?
TedimusPrime
Might be a dumb question, but anyone know what this hinge is for? It doesn’t seem to get used for robot or vehicle mode?
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darwin
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GPTF01
just ignore him he is coming over from the victory saber thread as people stopped giving him attention there
geekatron prime
California Highway Patrol is trademarked and I didn't want to use it without permission.
Dammit!!!!