Takara's Masterpiece Line direction taking a dive?

[Jeepmanhastj]

Check out this rumour!



>Transformers Masterpiece line is reborn! Cybertron Leader spotlight!
>[Masterpiece Convoy] series starting June 2013
>"People love Convoy, he is the most sought-after figure in a lot of lines and the Masterpiece line is no exception that is why we think it is time to transform the Masterpiece line concept into something people will love even more" says TakaraTomy Marketing Team Producer Noriaki Maeda. "People want more Convoy and we want to offer the best products" those are the words describing the new Masterpiece line direction. Get ready for the ultimate Convoy figures with better looks and a wide variety of gimmicks. When asked about the other characters, Noriaki says "We plan to release 3 to 4 Convoy figures a year, each time with new gimmicks, new sizes, different iterations of the Generation 1 design, we know some fans would feel disappointed knowing they will never get a new Masterpiece Megatron or Meister but in all honesty, they won't have much time to think about that thanks to a completely new Convoy figure getting released every 3 to 4 months". With this being said, let's make an appointment for June 2013 to discover the first [Masterpiece Convoy] release.
http://boards.4chan.org/toy/res/3139721

[ryceball89]

whoa what!? do we need that many primes...

[pulsedragon20]

^ apparently so

... considering the only MP OP I have was the first MP from Hasbro

[Matrix_Holder]

I really don't blame Takaratomy for going in this direction...
it worked really well with Hasbro for their Bumblebee strategy.

[rego00123]

the next thing you know prime will suddenly lose the ability to speak and have to beep commands to everyone...

[Nguyennh]

we know our fans want megatron and jazz but we have no time to think about that during our 3-4 primes a year...wait...WHAT O_O you know we want it yet you pump out something else? who is doing their marketing strategy =_= i won't even be entertained by this if it's just g1 prime.

[justprime]

"Who"s doing the marketing"...... the same people working at Hasbro, Ignore the fans wishes/wants......as A fan of Op even I think this is a poor venue to take.

[razin]

That has BS written all over it. Not true.

[Goaliebot]

I'd wager that's a troll "translation" or even an entirely faked screenshot. Reads like something out of The Onion.

[Pascal]

So fake (but I wish it was real, I collect Primes).