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Sunday, January 19, 2014

How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Money.....And Just Buy Masterpieces

I really should stop blaming the purchase of these pieces on Maz.....even though I do it jokingly.  In reality, I have no one to blame but myself.  It's taken me some time to come to terms with buying these guys.  I was certainly given enough time to think on this since I had to wait for Smokescreen to finally come in, that as well as with these items being preordered together.

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In the end, I really had to decide whether or not I was ever going to grab what I thought
were the nicest figures (to me), because they certainly were not going to get any cheaper in the future.....that and with all of the knock-offs being made, I wanted to know for certain that what I was receiving was legit.

I have also decided that I will probably never get all the Masterpieces out there, for reasons such as cost; MP-1 Convoy, or frailty/oversized; MP-5 Megatron, or over-duplication of certain molds.

I do still have on preorder from TF Source MP-12G G2 Sideswipe, MP-13B Soundblaster w/ Ratbat, MP-20 Wheeljack, MP-21 Bumblebee, MP-08 Grimlock & MP-22 Ultra Magnus.............*sigh*.

Since three of these figures; Lambor, Tigertrack and Bluestreak have already been out for a bit, and there have been so many people who have done reviews and photos of them I thought I would just save myself the time and refer anyone who hasn't seen these guys, for some reason, to Maz's reviews on them.



Click HERE for MP-12 - Masterpiece Sideswipe - Lambor







Click HERE for MP-19 - Masterpiece Smokescreen






Click HERE for MP-12T - Masterpiece Tigertrack







Click HERE for MP-18 - Masterpiece Bluestreak











I have to admit that Takara is doing a really great job with these Masterpiece figures with a lot of thought going into not only the figures themselves but the packaging is what I believe to be the best in quite some time.

No regrets whatsoever in acquiring these MP cars.



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4 comments:

  1. Optimal OmegaJanuary 20, 2014 at 3:11 PM

    Are you keeping these MISB? They're just awesome to pose. Are you going to get the Seekers as well?

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  2. acdecepticonJanuary 24, 2014 at 8:01 AM

    Nice to hear from you Optimal.

    I think for the time being I will be keeping them MISB. I never really buy TF's with the hopes of making a profit on them since I mainly buy for me and not to sell. I guess with that thinking I could probably open them eventually, but I really like to keep my things as mint as possible which definitely means that I loose out on REALLY enjoying them as much as I could……that, or I spend more and buy some loose ones.

    I've always been like this, even as a kid, though I don't consider this a bad thing.

    Another reason for not opening them now is that I don't have anything on display since we are expecting our second child very soon, so I gave up my office so my son could have a new room and so we could use his nursery for the new arrival. We still have another spare bedroom but I didn't want to take that over as my office for when we have people sleep over. I have a look computer nook where my desk is now but it is beside a big window and I never display my figures near sunlight so all my stuff is stored away all over my house currently…..I've probably forgotten where I hid a few figures as well.

    The only Seekers I have in Masterpiece are the latest Takara Starscream, and the Hasbro Thundercracker and Acid Storm.

    Thanks for checking the blog out.

    Cheers,
    Joe

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  3. flywheelsJanuary 24, 2014 at 1:13 PM

    I keep going back and forth over whether to buy Tigertrack or not. Hmm...

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    1. Heroic DecepticonFebruary 17, 2014 at 2:07 AM

      I bought Tigertrack for the stupidest reason imaginable - because the KO was going to be released, so if I don't get it, I'd have to sift through a sea of shit to find the genuine one should i decide to buy it later.

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