Initial thoughts on MP BW Megatron from HK...

[positivelyken]

Well, my MP-43 was just delivered from Amazon Japan... fastest shipping I've ever gotten for a Japanese preorder! I'm looking forward to shattering poor Megs to pieces tonight.

[alternatorfan]

Now 2 are good
Seems this thread is pointless other than some people having issues.
Be careful is all.

[predahank]

Nothing wrong with sharing info.
I definitely would like to know if I need to pay more attention to a sensitive part and/or transformation step

[Darkroar]

Mine came this evening (amazon japan). I have transformed him and everything seems OK. The outer shell does feel cheap/thin, but the main parts like the legs feel pretty solid. This gives a duality to the figure - some parts you don't want to pull too hard where as some parts (near the waist) required a lot of force to get moving. I took things slow and it was OK.

Anyway, I'm happy with the figure overall. The credit card charge was $350 CDN pre-ordered on amazon.jp with shipping & import fees. It's still a lot, but it's a lot less than it would have been buying off an importer.

Anyway, I'm a Beast Wars fan and a fan of BW Megatron in particular so this was a must have figure.

[xueyue2]

2nd and 3rd guy reported issue of breakage in the crotch area in this post: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/6087231570



(if you check this post, the 1st guy also have breakage in the same area. http://tieba.baidu.com/p/6084269160 )

I wonder why it's all in crotch area, some design issue?

[ssjgoku22]

Originally Posted by xueyue2

2nd and 3rd guy reported issue of breakage in the crotch area in this post: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/6087231570



(if you check this post, the 1st guy also have breakage in the same area. http://tieba.baidu.com/p/6084269160 )

I wonder why it's all in crotch area, some design issue?

Oh boy, that doesn't look good. That's a fairly important area to have breakage too (the legs could loosen up as a result). My figure just got delivered to a DHL pickup location, so I'll go get it tomorrow. I guess we'll just have to see. Amazon has a really good return policy if something like this happens.

[Darkroar]

The crotch has a bit of a swirl pattern to it. I wonder if this is a new form of gps (gold plastic syndrome) where the plastic will eventually randomly break because of how they mixed the plastic and colour together.

I was messing around with mine a bit more and I've found the default face slides on and off easily, but the two additional faces are very hard to get on all the way. I wonder if anyone else has this problem.

[MapleMegatron]

Originally Posted by wervenom

No to be honest I wouldn't. It popped up in my facebook feed and thought it worthy of sharing. I don't know MapleMegatron but fair warning seems like fair warning given how much this particular figure is going for.

There is more than one report. Here is another from Goldimus Prime over at TFW:



Plus, the stress marks are a confirmed common issue on some joints. I have no clue why anyone would rather not share warnings of a 300$ figure.

[Pascal]

Originally Posted by xueyue2

2nd and 3rd guy reported issue of breakage in the crotch area in this post

3 reports out of how many units sold?

You guys are awesome at blowing things out of proportions. Maybe I should have reported that my MP-10 originally came with a rear light missing and made a news of out it. "WARNING!!!! REPORTS OF MISSING PIECES ON MP-10!!"

[ssjgoku22]

Originally Posted by Pascal

3 reports out of how many units sold?

You guys are awesome at blowing things out of proportions. Maybe I should have reported that my MP-10 originally came with a rear light missing and made a news of out it. "WARNING!!!! REPORTS OF MISSING PIECES ON MP-10!!"

I really don't think it's been blown out of proportion. If we're careful when handling our copy of the figure, we can hopefully prevent a similar issue from happening. The figure has only really been released for about 2 days now, so if it's a widespread issue, we'll know in the next couple weeks.