Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019 9:19AM CST
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How far do you MP completionists go? Hasbro had announced Takara Masterpiece releases, from MP 17+ Prowl and on, would get an automatic Hasbro release to be distributed in Hasbro's markets. The product would be the same, but there would be a slip cover in english. Masterpiece 17+ Prowl came out and since many simply bought him from Japan or from retailers getting their product from Japan, there were few posts showing what came of the Hasbro release, which was mainly ignored, until now.
What did that slip cover look like? Well, below you will see that it is a black box that goes over the Japanese box. On the box is big bold white writing stating that what you are purchasing is the same as what is sold in Japan. This black box has both the Takara and Hasbro logos, something that is now customary in this new age of brand unification.
This gives you a very good idea of what we are to see for Hasbro's distribution of the upcoming Beast Wars Megatron Masterpeice figure along with MP-44 Optimus Prime version 3. The images were found on collectors.com and svadercollectionnables.com.
What did that slip cover look like? Well, below you will see that it is a black box that goes over the Japanese box. On the box is big bold white writing stating that what you are purchasing is the same as what is sold in Japan. This black box has both the Takara and Hasbro logos, something that is now customary in this new age of brand unification.
This gives you a very good idea of what we are to see for Hasbro's distribution of the upcoming Beast Wars Megatron Masterpeice figure along with MP-44 Optimus Prime version 3. The images were found on collectors.com and svadercollectionnables.com.
Credit(s): collectors.com
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Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007434)
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 12:08pm CST
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 12:08pm CST
Kind of interesting to see. Curious if Hasbro will release prime and if they'll make Cullen the voice of the figure.
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007436)
Posted by william-james88 on January 30th, 2019 @ 12:22pm CST
Hasbro already told us they will release Prime this same way and that he will be speaking Japanese.
Posted by william-james88 on January 30th, 2019 @ 12:22pm CST
Prowl4 wrote:Kind of interesting to see. Curious if Hasbro will release prime and if they'll make Cullen the voice of the figure.
Hasbro already told us they will release Prime this same way and that he will be speaking Japanese.
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007438)
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 12:24pm CST
Baffling decision.
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 12:24pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Prowl4 wrote:Kind of interesting to see. Curious if Hasbro will release prime and if they'll make Cullen the voice of the figure.
Hasbro already told us they will release Prime this same way and that he will be speaking Japanese.
Baffling decision.
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007451)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on January 30th, 2019 @ 1:35pm CST
Indeed. If Peter Cullen voiced it, I would like it more, but eh. Now, my concern is the figure itself. If he doesn't have (at least) the same level of articulation and complexity as MP-36, I will be disappointed. Seriously, a figure of that price should be like that.
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on January 30th, 2019 @ 1:35pm CST
Prowl4 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Prowl4 wrote:Kind of interesting to see. Curious if Hasbro will release prime and if they'll make Cullen the voice of the figure.
Hasbro already told us they will release Prime this same way and that he will be speaking Japanese.
Baffling decision.
Indeed. If Peter Cullen voiced it, I would like it more, but eh. Now, my concern is the figure itself. If he doesn't have (at least) the same level of articulation and complexity as MP-36, I will be disappointed. Seriously, a figure of that price should be like that.
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007456)
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 1:58pm CST
Agreed. Kind of pisses me off now that there's a battery pack and cables in it for no reason at all for me.
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 1:58pm CST
Nathaniel Prime wrote:Prowl4 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Prowl4 wrote:Kind of interesting to see. Curious if Hasbro will release prime and if they'll make Cullen the voice of the figure.
Hasbro already told us they will release Prime this same way and that he will be speaking Japanese.
Baffling decision.
Indeed. If Peter Cullen voiced it, I would like it more, but eh. Now, my concern is the figure itself. If he doesn't have (at least) the same level of articulation and complexity as MP-36, I will be disappointed. Seriously, a figure of that price should be like that.
Agreed. Kind of pisses me off now that there's a battery pack and cables in it for no reason at all for me.
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007467)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 30th, 2019 @ 4:29pm CST
I wasn't going to get the original Prowl as I felt the cost did not equal to the size, but I had some extra money so I went for it. I loved it as I felt it walked right out of the cartoon. The more I see this + version I'm really contemplating dipping again.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 30th, 2019 @ 4:29pm CST
william-james88 wrote:How far do you MP completionists go? Hasbro had announced Takara Masterpiece releases, from MP 17+ Prowl and on, would get an automatic Hasbro release to be distributed in Hasbro's markets. The product would be the same, but there would be a slip cover in english. Masterpiece 17+ Prowl came out and since many simply bought him from Japan or from retailers getting their product from Japan, there were few posts showing what came of the Hasbro release, which was mainly ignored, until now.
What did that slip cover look like? Well, below you will see that it is a black box that goes over the Japanese box. On the box is big bold white writing stating that what you are purchasing is the same as what is sold in Japan. This black box has both the Takara and Hasbro logos, something that is now customary in this new age of brand unification.
This gives you a very good idea of what we are to see for Hasbro's distribution of the upcoming Beast Wars Megatron Masterpeice figure along with MP-44 Optimus Prime version 3. The images were found on collectors.com and svadercollectionnables.com.
I wasn't going to get the original Prowl as I felt the cost did not equal to the size, but I had some extra money so I went for it. I loved it as I felt it walked right out of the cartoon. The more I see this + version I'm really contemplating dipping again.
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007468)
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 4:33pm CST
This will be my third Prowl. Love the character but might sell one off.
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 4:33pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:How far do you MP completionists go? Hasbro had announced Takara Masterpiece releases, from MP 17+ Prowl and on, would get an automatic Hasbro release to be distributed in Hasbro's markets. The product would be the same, but there would be a slip cover in english. Masterpiece 17+ Prowl came out and since many simply bought him from Japan or from retailers getting their product from Japan, there were few posts showing what came of the Hasbro release, which was mainly ignored, until now.
What did that slip cover look like? Well, below you will see that it is a black box that goes over the Japanese box. On the box is big bold white writing stating that what you are purchasing is the same as what is sold in Japan. This black box has both the Takara and Hasbro logos, something that is now customary in this new age of brand unification.
This gives you a very good idea of what we are to see for Hasbro's distribution of the upcoming Beast Wars Megatron Masterpeice figure along with MP-44 Optimus Prime version 3. The images were found on collectors.com and svadercollectionnables.com.
I wasn't going to get the original Prowl as I felt the cost did not equal to the size, but I had some extra money so I went for it. I loved it as I felt it walked right out of the cartoon. The more I see this + version I'm really contemplating dipping again.
This will be my third Prowl. Love the character but might sell one off.
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007483)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on January 30th, 2019 @ 5:46pm CST
That is an absolutely idiotic decision on their part.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on January 30th, 2019 @ 5:46pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Prowl4 wrote:Kind of interesting to see. Curious if Hasbro will release prime and if they'll make Cullen the voice of the figure.
Hasbro already told us they will release Prime this same way and that he will be speaking Japanese.
That is an absolutely idiotic decision on their part.
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007485)
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 5:51pm CST
Absolutely. Wondering if there is a source or article to confirm this?
Posted by Prowl4 on January 30th, 2019 @ 5:51pm CST
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Prowl4 wrote:Kind of interesting to see. Curious if Hasbro will release prime and if they'll make Cullen the voice of the figure.
Hasbro already told us they will release Prime this same way and that he will be speaking Japanese.
That is an absolutely idiotic decision on their part.
Absolutely. Wondering if there is a source or article to confirm this?
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007495)
Posted by william-james88 on January 30th, 2019 @ 7:09pm CST
Yup, there is.
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ese/42640/
But that packaging newsed above further confirms it since it states the toys are the same as sold in Japan.
Posted by william-james88 on January 30th, 2019 @ 7:09pm CST
Prowl4 wrote:RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Prowl4 wrote:Kind of interesting to see. Curious if Hasbro will release prime and if they'll make Cullen the voice of the figure.
Hasbro already told us they will release Prime this same way and that he will be speaking Japanese.
That is an absolutely idiotic decision on their part.
Absolutely. Wondering if there is a source or article to confirm this?
Yup, there is.
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ese/42640/
But that packaging newsed above further confirms it since it states the toys are the same as sold in Japan.
Re: Images of Hasbro Slip Cover for their New Masterpiece Releases (2007679)
Posted by Emerje on January 31st, 2019 @ 11:27pm CST
Posted by Emerje on January 31st, 2019 @ 11:27pm CST
Unlike the Masterpiece Movie line which Hasbro works side by side with Takara on and thus we get some decent prices on, the rest of MP are purely Takara Tomy products. It would be nice if, say, they put a toggle switch on Prime to have him speak both Japanese and English, but from Takara Tomy's perspective there's no real reason for them to do a favor like that for Hasbro for no reason.
The slip cover isn't what I had in mind. I was thinking a band around the box.
Emerje
The slip cover isn't what I had in mind. I was thinking a band around the box.
Emerje
