TakaraTomy's MP Starscream USA Edition - Images

Your links take me to "This image has been stolen from HLJ.com

I really think those pics are of a slightly cleaned up WM SS. The dark missile tips, nose and stickers applied to the wings seems suspicious to me.

Oh you bad boy, you shouldn't steel from HLJ!

He looks better then Hasbros version and will be cheaper to get for me, cool.

brillant picture really high quality

what is this on their site

1/350 Space Battleship Yamato

well i mean what was it used for? i think it would make a good home for my minicons hehe

Because the links don't work

Meverix wrote:Because the links don't work

Nanan, you should not steal from HLJ!

I know this is probably blasphemy but...that's the oddest colored jet I've ever seen. I'm actually glad that Takara did their version now...much more realistic. It's definitely the Starscream we all knew and loved, but the colors are just dopey.

First-Aid wrote:I know this is probably blasphemy but...that's the oddest colored jet I've ever seen. I'm actually glad that Takara did their version now...much more realistic. It's definitely the Starscream we all knew and loved, but the colors are just dopey.

You think so ?

Are they fighters or show planes?

Sooooo the only difference that we get is that the nose cone is black, the scoring marks on the back of the jet are gone... but everything else is pretty much the same...

and you have to pay double for it??

I'm sticking to the Wal-Mart version, which with a little patience I know will soon show up...

skywarp-2 wrote:Sooooo the only difference that we get is that the nose cone is black, the scoring marks on the back of the jet are gone... but everything else is pretty much the same...

and you have to pay double for it??

I'm sticking to the Wal-Mart version, which with a little patience I know will soon show up...

I agree. I may try to get it cheaper from my friend in HK. Double the price for so few differences is not worth it IMHO.

Who dares steal from Hobby Link Japan!?!

For them there shall be great burning of flesh and gnashing of teeth in a land that light hath abandoned.

Liege Evilmus wrote:For them there shall be great burning of flesh and gnashing of teeth in a land that light hath abandoned.

The South East of England?

Call me a purist (I rather not use the "F" word typically attached to and that rhymes with TransFans:P ) but I just LOVE this version. For the price they're asking for it, I expect a detailed, show accurate and mega-sophisticated figure!

This the link?:

http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT78874?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

That one has some shots of the MP Starscream.

This isn't the "clean" version a lot of people were expecting, there is still some 'scoring' and i'm not sure the dark nosecone is the way to go (blue baby, blue).

I can see a lot of collectors (who might have been waiting for the Takara version) jumping on the wal-mart version now, considering the price and marginal color difference.

The one thing i wanted them to fix was the black wing-flap joints - wasn't. poo.

Looks exactly the same as my Hasbro version. The only difference is that the nose cone is black. (which the Hasbro version is actually blue under all that weathering)

I was hoping to see a new gallery of this here on seibs...

User stole image crap eh?

Looks like HLJ doesn't like FREE ADVERTISING....

looks like the only difference is the black nose cone :^T

Dead Metal wrote:

Meverix wrote:Because the links don't work

Nanan, you should not steal from HLJ!

+1 on that

That's incredibly hilarious.

All these people complaining about the US version and scrambling to get the Japanese version...ridiculous.

Other than the nosecone, the Decepticon symbol on the nose, and the body weathering removed...there's no reason to spend that kind of dough on something that's sitting at your local Wal-Mart (or soon will be) for $48.88 compared to $99.99+

I'm sorry, but that's friggin' ridiculous and a bad joke.

1.) You can remove the weathering with rubbing alcohol and a paper towel.

2.) You can paint the nosecone black, if you must.

3.) You can put a Decepticon symbol on the nosecone via Reprolabels.

So, let's add that up for a second...

Rubbing Alcohol: $.75 (max)
Black Paint: $1.75 (Wal-Mart, might even be less)
Reprolabels: $5-7.00 shipped
Masterpiece Starscream: $48.88
Total: $58.38

Or...you can pay Takara to do all of it and they'll charge you a cool $99.99

Yeah...that makes a lot, lot, lot of sense.

Hasbro's love of weathering and battle damage makes this figure look worse.

This version looks much much better.

First-Aid wrote:I know this is probably blasphemy but...that's the oddest colored jet I've ever seen. I'm actually glad that Takara did their version now...much more realistic. It's definitely the Starscream we all knew and loved, but the colors are just dopey.

Well, It IS Starscream. And the colors are just fine with me.
It is a robot that turns into an F-15, it is allowed to be oddly colored.

These look like the same pics from F2F.

skywarp-2 wrote:Sooooo the only difference that we get is that the nose cone is black, the scoring marks on the back of the jet are gone... but everything else is pretty much the same...

and you have to pay double for it??

I'm sticking to the Wal-Mart version, which with a little patience I know will soon show up...

I agree. I don't like the markings either. The null rays have an airbrushed tip along with the exhausts.

Awesome.. definitely waiting for this version... not a fan of the weathering-look Hasbro is so keen on

Darn it.. I've been holding out for news for this one that I didn't look close enough at the difference... I'm with the majority now.. the price isn't worth the subtle changes... Hope I didn't miss out on him at wal-mart.. looks like I know what My Saturday plans are

Autobot032 wrote:That's incredibly hilarious.

All these people complaining about the US version and scrambling to get the Japanese version...ridiculous.

Other than the nosecone, the Decepticon symbol on the nose, and the body weathering removed...there's no reason to spend that kind of dough on something that's sitting at your local Wal-Mart (or soon will be) for $48.88 compared to $99.99+

I'm sorry, but that's friggin' ridiculous and a bad joke.

1.) You can remove the weathering with rubbing alcohol and a paper towel.

2.) You can paint the nosecone black, if you must.

3.) You can put a Decepticon symbol on the nosecone via Reprolabels.

So, let's add that up for a second...

Rubbing Alcohol: $.75 (max)
Black Paint: $1.75 (Wal-Mart, might even be less)
Reprolabels: $5-7.00 shipped
Masterpiece Starscream: $48.88
Total: $58.38

Or...you can pay Takara to do all of it and they'll charge you a cool $99.99

Yeah...that makes a lot, lot, lot of sense.

Now that was well put, Im going to have to agree with this!.. granted I have the money to buy two of each version that doesnt mean I would want to waste my money on a few things I could do at home for pretty close to free!

skywarp-2 wrote:Sooooo the only difference that we get is that the nose cone is black, the scoring marks on the back of the jet are gone... but everything else is pretty much the same...

and you have to pay double for it??

I'm sticking to the Wal-Mart version, which with a little patience I know will soon show up...

Yeah, what he said.

I'll wait til February then. I hate the weathering Hasbro does to all their figures, it kinda ruins them to me. However, the Hasbro price is a major difference, so I'll settle w/the weathering for now...

Oh and one more thing folks...

There's no guarantee that he'll have different packaging just because he's being released in the Japanese market.

1.) Armada Red Thrust (US packaging, Toys Dream sticker slapped on)

2.) Movie figures (US packaging, Japanese TF logo sticker applied somewhere. Only difference are the F.A.B.s they have their own packaging that differs from the rest.)

So, you'll most likely end up with the same packaging, and the same figure, minus some paint changes.

Again, I ask...why spend more when you can do it all at home, for a little over half of what this one will cost you?

And you can have it now! Not next year, but now!

I wouldn't jump the gun and start bashing the Japanese release just yet, as we have yet to confirm that HLJ is showing the final product of the Japanese release Starscream. If it does look exactly how those pics indicated, then yes, it kind of sucks and doesn't warrant the 10000yen price tag. But its still a bit early to tell without official pics, especailly when the release date got pushed back to Feb.

I'll get the Walmart version at retail price right now (it is a very good deal afterall, with some minor flaws). But if the Japanese release proof to be quite superior later on, I might get that one too.

Autobot032 wrote:Oh and one more thing folks...

There's no guarantee that he'll have different packaging just because he's being released in the Japanese market.

1.) Armada Red Thrust (US packaging, Toys Dream sticker slapped on)

2.) Movie figures (US packaging, Japanese TF logo sticker applied somewhere. Only difference are the F.A.B.s they have their own packaging that differs from the rest.)

So, you'll most likely end up with the same packaging, and the same figure, minus some paint changes.

Again, I ask...why spend more when you can do it all at home, for a little over half of what this one will cost you?

And you can have it now! Not next year, but now!

Yup, you are right, the Hasbro packaging has been confirmed.

I have already preordered him, but I will be happy if Takara released their own version with the correct colors painted on like they did with Skywarp. Takara's paint and finish is much more appealing than Hasbro's colored plastic parts.