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MP-12+ Lambor (Sideswipe)

Started by Powered Convoy, May 30 2017 06:59 AM

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#61 DocChloroplast

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Posted 05 June 2017 - 09:19 AM

Never cared much for the character but I love Sideswipe's altmode, and his robot mode is pretty cool looking. If I can find the original version at a decent price, I'd like to pick it up, but otherwise MP12+ is fine.

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Posted 22 June 2017 - 07:26 AM

360 turnaround of MP-12+ Sideswipe, plus I think our first good look at the car mode: http://tf.takaratomy...tf_mp/mp-12plus

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Posted 22 June 2017 - 08:09 AM

Good look at the rear of the car via the 360.

The back actually looks better than I was expecting, as I was expecting to look overall wrong because they were painting the rear to match his shins. But it looks good to me.

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Posted 22 June 2017 - 08:49 AM

I'm still surprised they didn't give him a new face. That'd go a long way to bridging the aesthetics gap between him and Sunstreaker.

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Posted 22 November 2017 - 09:10 AM

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Posted 22 November 2017 - 09:13 AM

Are the face and rims metallic or some sort of glossy gray?

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Posted 22 November 2017 - 09:21 AM

Are the face and rims metallic or some sort of glossy gray?

I'm guessing the face is probably that sparkly off white they've used for Inferno, + Alert, and Grapple.

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Posted 22 November 2017 - 09:25 AM

Looks like the same metallic silver as the first release to me.

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Posted 22 November 2017 - 11:46 AM

I shouldn't want Lambor a smuch as I do. I already own the first version.

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Posted 22 November 2017 - 11:52 AM

Looks like the same metallic silver as the first release to me.

It does look like it there. But in the exhibit images it was different. We'll have to see once people have him in hand.

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Posted 23 November 2017 - 08:45 AM

New pic of Sideswipe: https://mobile.twitt...0086016/photo/2

Here you can see the different shades of white on his arms and thighs, as well as his metallic white face.

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Posted 23 November 2017 - 11:07 AM

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Posted 24 November 2017 - 07:59 AM

Hasbro Asia coin. Shows the other Sideswipe coins from earlier releases. This is the first one to refer to him as Lambor: http://snakas.blog95...entry-6249.html

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Posted 24 November 2017 - 05:38 PM

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Posted 25 November 2017 - 08:01 AM

Couple comparison shots. Note the different whites on the + version.

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Posted 26 November 2017 - 08:03 AM

The difference between the white used on Sideswipe's arms and feet versus his thighs and stomach is very apparent in these photos: https://twitter.com/...656828880777216

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Posted 27 November 2017 - 01:14 PM

I wonder if they were making Sideswipe for the first time today, if they'd find a way to shrink his chest a bit for bot mode.

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Posted 27 November 2017 - 02:02 PM

They definitely would, which makes this release even more disappointing because it means in all likelihood that there are zero plans to make a 2.0 version.

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Posted 27 November 2017 - 03:59 PM

Conversely, we know they love to re-release figures one last time before introducing updated versions (Optimus, Megatron, Seekers), to get one last hurrah out of the old molds.

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