Masterpiece commercial

With the release of MP-22 Ultra Magnus, TakaraTomy also released a commercial for the Masterpiece line. Mainly focusing on Magnus, but also showing all the previous released Masterpiece cars. Actually all, but one. Because Red Alert is the only Autobot car that is absent in the video.

New details Ultra Magnus

Next in line is MP-22 Ultra Magnus. Just like Masterpiece Bumblebee, a couple weeks before its official release more information about the final toy is leaked. Today the Facebook page of RobotKingdom posted pictures of the final box and the collectors coin. If there will be an Amzon exclusive item, is not known up to now. But the chances are slim. The official release date for Ultra Magnus is the 27th of December.

Bumblebee extra's revealed

MP-21 Bumble’s (the Japanese name for Bumblebee) box, collectors coin and exclusive battle mask package are finally revealed. Within two days MP-21 will be shipped. So it is fairly late that those are leaked. The pictures are from the Facebook page of RobotKingdom.

Everything is now set for the official release on 29th of November. Next stop is Ultra Magnus.
 

Rumour MP-25?

With the approach of MP-21 Bumble and MP-22 Ultra Magnus and the releases of MP-23 Exhaust and MP-24 Star Saber. It paved the way for the announcement of MP-25.

A couple a days ago the interwebs went crazy because of the rumour that MP-25 will most likely be a new version of Megatron. Scaled within the new Masterpiece line. These are still just speculations and nothing is confirmed. But all signs are pointing in this direction.
 

Ratbat KO

I’m not a big fan of knock-offs (KO’s), but once in a while there is something you just can't let pass by. That's the thing with Masterpiece Ratbat. Ratbat was officially released on march the 23^rd of 2013 with MP-13B Soundblaster. Just like Laserbeak accompanied Masterpiece Soundwave. 

The Key to Vector Sigma

With the release of the Asian reissue of the Hasbro Masterpiece Optimus Prime, a special premium item was announced to come with it.

The Optimus Prime figure was supposed to come out on the 15th of October. But as of now it is known that it is delayed untill November, although Transformers Asia says the new date is the 24th of October. With that, just recently the special premium item has been revealed. It is Vector Sigma, and its key. From the cartoon episode "the Key to Vector Sigma" part 1 and 2. This is where the Stunticons and Aerialbots get their life sparks.

How its exactly going to look, and how big it will be, for that we have to wait untill the release of Masterpiece Optimus Prime. For now we have to do it with the picture of Vector Sigma. 

Transformers Masterpiece MP-18 Streak

Nowadays there are so many Transformers lines to choose from, so many characters to collect. But up until the Masterpiece line, I was not interested in other lines besides the original G1. Those were the toys and characters I grew up with. The Masterpiece toys changed that for me, and made me want to collect these new High-end Transformers toys. Since the start of The Masterpiece line in 2003, it is known for its engineering, show accuracy and (dis)playability. Something that I always wanted in the original G1 toys.

A small introduction

Welcome to my Gone (or G1) Above and Beyond Blog, people who are familiar with Transformers already should have an idea what I mean with that. This Blog will be about my youth, and then especially the cartoons of my youth. I’m a product of the 80’s, so I grew up with all the amazing cartoons from that era. Transformers, He-Man Masters of the Universe and many more. Thanks to those cartoons, science fiction and fantasy are the genres that trigger and inspire me the most. The worlds that are created, the characters that are shown. They say that the impressions you get at a young age will have the biggest impact on your life and stay with you. They shape your life. So it was a natural step for me to write about it someday.

In the 80’s the only way of getting information about the things you liked was through television, catalogues and what you heard from others. Nowadays thanks to the internet the source of information is almost infinite. What I hope to achieve with this Blog, is to make a selection of the things I like. I want to write about, news, collecting, observations, facts, trivia, mythos, interviews, images, video, audio, and pretty much anything else that comes to mind.

I hope that with my Blog I could reach out to others in time, that would be great. Feel free to visit and comment. I will try to update my Blog on a regular basis.