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Masterpiece Riggorus is yellow MP-56 Trailbreaker redeco with a retooled head, inspired by the Diaclone No.5 Car Robot Hilux 4WD yellow variant. We have clear images of packaging and robot mode.
The packaging information states that Riggorus is a Decepticon medic. It comes with a force field effect and a double-missile accessory, but he doesn’t have any Decepticon insignia on it or additional sticker.
See the images after the jump and then share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
The Crazy Collector
I, uh… Well…
But yeah, you caught me… In my defense, I think it was relevant to the conversation and I added the repaints of the Trailbreaker and Hoist molds to the list. Anyway, I know I’m not the first to make the same post in more than one thread.
Ikkstakk
Did… did you just copy/paste this post from the MP speculation thread from January?
ckhtiger
I had no idea MP Trailbreaker and Hoist were so different.
chockey88
Riggorus' design is 95% the same as Hoist, not Trailbreaker. There are only some minor unique changes for the rear canopy and shoulder launchers.
Currywurst
I want all of these, Takara
The Crazy Collector
I was thinking the same thing…
I imagine I'm in the minority, but man oh man do I hope TT gives us Deep Cover out of the MP-12 mold before it gets retired… Personally, I still love the mold and, even with the pin-head, I think it looks great on my shelf with the newer bots. It'd bother me tremendously if they made a new Lambor mold without getting Deep Cover released first. Maybe they could do Deep Cover as a final use of the mold, kinda like they did with MP-1L??
And black MP-27 Ironhide seems like a no-brainer, but speculation says we might be getting this one soon in the newly unified MPG line?
Lift Ticket and “blue Hoist” (who I don’t think has an official name?) are both on the table now.
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As is Breaker.
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And to add to the list, I’d take a blue MP-21 Bumblebee mold as Glyph (sorry, I don't care for the MP-45 mold so I'd prefer Glyph to be the MP-21 mold).
And green and white MP-51 Arcee mold as a Paradron medic (aka Lifeline) while we’re at it.
And the final version of the MP-53 Skids mold in red with a red head?
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And of course MP-47 Hound re-released with better plastic and recolored into Detritus?
Sorry this kinda turned into a wish-list post, but it seems like there's some great re-colors that could easily fill in some release gaps!
Sy-Rein
Riggorus uses 95% of Hoist’s mold. Just a new head, canopy and door windows w/roof bits. There are no Trailbreaker parts at all in the figure, other than those already shared with Hoist, of course.
Currywurst
Same here. Well… I do collect some other MP's but am mainly in it for the Diaclone carbot variants.
jackisking
Some of its a character/mold that's not really popular outside of people who really collect Transformers and the other is price, while price overall has stayed the same because of the Dollar conversion they're a lot more expensive in Japan. People that do buy this stuff will pick and choose, which release to get versus going Pokemon and getting them all.
Thundershot
Sad to see this discounted already… I hope they don’t see this as a sign that people don’t want Diaclone MP characters… That’s (almost) the ONLY MPs I get, and I still want DeepCover, Guard, Lift-Ticket, Breaker, new character Blue Hoist, and a new character red Skids out of the currently available molds….
betsuni
Yeah, I figured that a US sale wouldn't get cheaper than this. Watch as they discount it to $85.
I think he uses the same legs and arms as Hoist.
ckhtiger
Yeah, I'm kinda thinking that since I was going to wait for a sale on this, I probably shouldn't hesitate with it already being $105.
Wait, hold on. Does Riggorus use different legs than MP Trailbreaker?
Fafnir72
Agreed! Arcee and Nightbird at least had some on their feet. Wished this was done for these molds. To give them a bit of an oomph weigh them down.
betsuni
Amazon Japan lowered him to 48% off now, ¥12,512.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/aw/d/B0C9ZB7Z6V/
Came out to around $105 shipped with DHL for me. Couldn't resist at this price.
chockey88
Quick short of Riggorus
https://youtube.com/shorts/yIjnEHmvPmU?feature=share
jackisking
I wonder how much serious discusdson they had about putting Diecast in these. Because they compress do much from Bot mode to alt, they end up feeling light in bot mode. Normally there's some " stuff" in the torso of a bot, but in this case, they are quite hollow, with only the doors.
chockey88
Here are my thougts on MP Riggorus.
chockey88
Love the colours!
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BombSquad
Bizarre that Riggorus can only turn his head about 45 degrees. I'm warming up to him, but I'm not sure if I'll put the stickers on.
Onilink
No prob.