Ok, so what I'm thinking is this: all the hardcore collectors seem to hate Ultimate Bumblebee as it's [apparently, despite it's ludicrously complex transformation - in fact, what child today could manage/have the patience to transform anything beyond the FastAction Battlers or deluxe figures, especially with instructions that often aren't worth the paper they're printed on - but I digress...] aimed at the younger end of the collecting spectrum.

 

Therefore, would there be a market for TakaraTomy produced movie Masterpiece figures - less gimmicky, more accurate and at the usual £50 price point? Discuss.

The more effort goes in to a figure, the more people will whine about it. Especially if Takaratomy makes the figure.

No. It'd be a bad idea since not everyone in the movie is worthy of an MP figure. In fact, it'd be too difficult to do the movie designs in MP style. Most of them have hands that convert to weapons, and some of those weapons would be too hard to do right. Besides, most people wouldn't be able to afford that.

The cars in the movie could use the BT/Alternator treatment, but anything beyond that seems to difficult. It would be hell to design a Masterpiece Megatron.

Considering the existing MP line are already expensive as they already are, making the movie MP line maybe too much of a risk. The movie figures are a new breed and the existing MP are the original G1 cats like us. A hundred dollar a pop for the MP line is not everyone's price range. The UBB is pricy as it is and i think it's considered an MP for the movie line. I hope they release other Ultimate characters from the movie. That should be interesting to see.

The cars in the movie could use the BT/Alternator treatment, but anything beyond that seems to difficult. It would be hell to design a Masterpiece Megatron.

Megatron has the simplest design of any of the movie bots, actually.

 

Which makes him an excellent candidate. :D

The cars in the movie could use the BT/Alternator treatment, but anything beyond that seems to difficult. It would be hell to design a Masterpiece Megatron.

Megatron has the simplest design of any of the movie bots, actually.

 

Which makes him an excellent candidate. :D

 

 

How so? If that were the case, I'd still have the Leader class toy that ended up returning.

The cars in the movie could use the BT/Alternator treatment, but anything beyond that seems to difficult. It would be hell to design a Masterpiece Megatron.

Megatron has the simplest design of any of the movie bots, actually.

 

Which makes him an excellent candidate. :D

I second the motion.

TF 30th anniversary will be movie prime, count on it.

I would absolutely LOVE a Masterpiece Movie Prime. I think for the next anniversary, they should break one of those out. If it were made with the perfection of Original Prime, I would worship Takara.