The first images of what we all assumed was the Takara prototype leaked back in 2021. That's, like, half a lifetime in toy-years. We found out about him around the same time as Masterpiece Skyfire, and I've got him on my shelf already. I've had him for months.

There really should have been an official announcement or something by now. Like they used to say on Comedy Central, what the hell is going on here?

Unless that was never an actual Takara prototype at all? Maybe it really was some third-party attempt, which borrowed engineering and ideas from Masterpiece Bumblebee 2.0? Maybe it was just one big mass hallucination?

Zob (my chatbot thinks they are retooling the toy, which is as likely as anything else, I suppose)

On Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 5:43:10 PM UTC-4, Zobovor wrote:
> The first images of what we all assumed was the Takara prototype leaked back in 2021. That's, like, half a lifetime in toy-years. We found out about him around the same time as Masterpiece Skyfire, and I've got him on my shelf already. I've had him for months.
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> There really should have been an official announcement or something by now. Like they used to say on Comedy Central, what the hell is going on here?
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> Unless that was never an actual Takara prototype at all? Maybe it really was some third-party attempt, which borrowed engineering and ideas from Masterpiece Bumblebee 2.0? Maybe it was just one big mass hallucination?

Oh I have no idea, for a Masterpiece figure with full paint you would think it would be revealed by now, maybe it was cancelled and we just weren't told.

Swvielbot (speaking of figures that haven't surfaced, where are Buzzworthy Hound and Studio Series Hatchet?)