Ummmm... hello? Does anybody but me ever even visit this thread anymore, let alone post in it? Meh, no matter. ANYway, A special package from the Land of the Rising Sun arrived the other day.
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Holy crap, what could possibly be in there???
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Introducing...
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...TransFormers Masterpiece MP-44 Optimus Prime 3.0, the most G1 cartoon-accurate transforming Optie yet!
And now, it's time for everybody's favorite moment: the unboxing.
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Wow, look at all those gewgaws & tchochkes, many of which are callbacks to several episodes from the G1 series. But before we get to that, take a gander at the tractor-trailer mode in all its glory:
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Time for a little side-by-side with the MP-10 Optie:
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And MP-44's robot mode is noticeably slimmer, sleeker, and less blocky than his MP-10 predecessor:
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All right, let's get a closer look at those accessories... let's fire this up!
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Playing with this little fellow is a... heady experience.
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Along with the trading card, this bad boy comes with the two obligatory Masterpiece Optie accessories: the enegon axe-hand from that one episode...
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...and the matrix from the movie.
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Also included is the jetpack from that other episode...
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And the Starscream-disguised-as-Optimus-Prime from that other other episode.
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Oh, and let's not forget the trailer and stuff:
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...aaaand that's about it for now. Thank you for your attention!
- 'Late