I'm kinda surprised they where able to get VW's blessing on making the MP Bumblebee. Is he going to be exclusive to Japan or do you guys think he'll make it to the states?
If Bee's re-issues from the Collection and Encore lines are anything to go by, import only.
The lack of rubber tyres (and to a lesser extent, die-cast metal) on these newer MP figures really irks me.
I could care less what the wheels are made of as long as they
roll.
That's been my biggest grip with the Universe/Generations toys with aircraft alt-modes; particularly the seekers.
As for die-cast metal; to quote Optimus Primal; "It's a lost art."
The reason they started doing them smaller is so that they can all be in scale with each other (at least as much as they can pull off), which will pretty much be a first for a Transformers line.
The Transformers Animated toyline did that as well, though there were some exceptions.
Lugnut and Blackout were the most obvious out of scale toys in the line.
Forget to mention I saw a year of the horse MP Optimus at tru the other day when I picked Generatios Scoop and some games. A image for you Optimus completists.
Released to celebrate Chinese New Year, Platinum Edition "Year of the Horse" Optimus Prime is a redeco of MP-10 Convoy, featuring darker reds and gold-chromed parts, among other deco changes. He lacks Roller and the Spike Witwicky figurine.
Also, Star Saber from the Victory series is getting a MP sometime down the road.
And as always, the Cons get the short end of the stick as far as new toys go.
