Takara Tomy Announces MP-44S Optimus Prime and MP-56+ Riggorus

Completely out of nowhere Takara Tomy has revealed two new figures for the Transformers Masterpiece line. MP-44S Optimus Prime is, in fact, being sold as Optimus Prime rather than Convoy for the first time in Japan. According to Takara Tomy the name change comes in honor of the live action movie series, basically catching up with the name changes that have taken place elsewhere in the franchise for over a decade now. The new release is based on the “Ver. 3” figure minus the electronics, trailer … View the full news story on Seibertron.com by clicking here.
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