For those who don't know, Takara, the company that handles Transformers in Japan, has a toy line called "Masterpiece", which is focused on recreating popular Generation 1 Transformers characters with modern toy technology, resulting in excellent quality toys with detailed alternate modes and impressive articulation. So far, they have produced Optimus Prime, Starscream, and a Megatron that turns into an accurate Walther p-38 pistol like he used to. The US has only seen Masterpiece Optimus Prime, marketed as "20th anniversary Edition". Megatron will never come to the states for obvious reasons, but we're finally getting MP Starscream! It will be a Wal*Mart exclusive, and presented in G1 colors as opposed to the greenish gray of the Japanese release.
Japan release
http://seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?i鈥?/a>
US Release
http://images2.wikia.com/transformers/im鈥?/a>
It's $60 as compared to roughly $150-200 at various toy sites and eBay. What are your thoughts on this toy?Thoughts on US Masterpiece Starscream transformer?
I like it. I'm not a fan of Hasbro and that's why I've only bought Masterpiece and Binaltech figures made by Takara via BigBadToyStore.com. However, I may purchase the Wal-Mart exclusive Masterpiece Starscream from Hasbro. I like that it mimics the color scheme of the G1 figure. By the way, your second link doesn't work, but I didn't need it anyway. I know what the Hasbro Starscream looks like, having seen it on the news section of Seibertron.com. BigBadToyStore.com will apparently carry this figure too.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/produ鈥?/a>
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