Raiden's arch enemy is apparently gravity. If MPG is the future of Takara I am definitely worried. Great review and thanks for the mini vs. with Moon studios.
Great review yeah comparing this to Moon Studios is no comparison. The only thing that looks great with the official Raiden is the realistic train modes. That’s for taking the time doing this video. 👍🏽
Good video. The bot is a colossal piece of shit, but I enjoyed your video as always. I’ve heard calls for Takara to make a Devastator. If this is their attempt at a “masterpiece” combiner people should be thankful there are other options on the way. I commend you for not adding negative numbers when giving this thing a score
Honestly, this just makes me sad. Takara started at the top & used to be the guys everyone else copied, surprising us with innovative ideas & clever engineering solutions with each new release (MP-Inferno's ladder-magic being the classic example). They've been going off the rails with some questionable design choices with many of their MP releases since roughly MP-44, but this hideous monstrosity is in a class of its own. What an embarrassment. Thanks for warning us about this expensive trainwreck. If this is what we can expect from Takara's new consolidated MPG line, I honestly don't see how the line will survive. The 3rd party MP market is already excelling in areas where Takara have been twiddling their thumbs for years. Sad & unfortunate.
I think if 6 high speed trains collided head on (ok, that's a weird railroad track design...lol) it would have a better chance looking like Raiden than the mpg. Which I'm convinced is masterpiece chug scale. The Moon Studio is absolutely a superior offering. Brave man ending the video without the stand, even with the wall supporting it.
Shocked Takara could make such a horrible combiner for the MP line, i mean someone should have played with some previous 3rd party combiners and get some ideas but it seems they just played with some Combiner wars figures instead. And its a expensive combination as well. Trains look great though. Such a shame.
@@TMReviews I saw a picture the other day of someone who had connected all the tracks and then managed to set each stand at a different height and made it look like the entire train was launching into the air at about a 45 degree angle while connected. I thought that looked pretty neat and it is what I'll probably end up doing.
The anxiety I felt watching you handle that piece of trash without disassembling was enormous, I made the best decision to stop after buying Shouki, I would have thrown him against the wall in frustration.
While I enjoy the individual bots, I wish Kaen could've been as tall as the others, and the combined mode's instability partly due to the massive backpacks really kills the combined mode. Glad to see your Yukikaze's ankle has the same issue with wanting to collapse as mine does lol At least with the flight stands he can get some halfway decent poses, but in no world should that be required for it to stay upright. I'll argue the individual bots are mp scale, but that combiner is definitely not, it's the same size as legacy menasor without the dna upgrade kit
Even a railway buff like me can say that this went off the rails in terms of the robots and combine modes. The Moon Studio locos are good in their own right but their more squashed to combat with the engineering to get then to transform to and fro. One of my mates even told me when one of the figures were available and even then I thought "I'm good with what I got."
Great review, sadly I just bult mine all up and was wondering where you got the large clear plastic piece that you attached to the rusted stand. I cant seem to find it. Thanks in advanced!
The individual bots standing together just looks like a bunch of CHUG figures. They seem like they were designed by the Transformers HasLab team instead of the MP team. The combined mode makes the combiner war figures seem amazing. Seeing it next to the Moon Studios version, wow, there isn't any comparison. It doesn't even really scale with CHUG. It doesn't make me excited for the upcoming powermaster Prime, if it is of this quality. Odd that the alt mode was the focus, and they still don't actually work with a real train set.
Probably a requirement to use the train licences. And I can imagine some Takara manager telling the designers 'The trains must look good. Figure out the rest, that's YOUR job'
When it was first announced they were doing Raiden, I was excited. Then when the first bot came out and I saw the scale I backed out of the pre order. Glad I went the moon studios route. So much better than this hot mess.
Videos like this one is why I subscribe to your channel as a Transformers collector. I love the honesty in this review: I was thinking about getting Raiden, but I’ll pass after watching this video.
Thing that absolutely concerns the hell of of me is that they're merging the MP and MPG lines together starting with Ginrai... Sure the MP stuff has been fairly reliably on point, but I mean MPG is quite literally 0/1 with this clusterf*ck of a combiner...
Thank you for the informative review. One word to sum up and describe this little fiasco by TT and H DISAPPOINTING The Train modes is all it has. The only positive it has got. You are paying $900 for this Collection of (Expletive). For a Combiner that does NOT go with anything really. Compare that to MOON STUDIO's creation. As I understand it, TT and H are moving away from MP Scale and going to this MPG scale. Not a fan at all. This is SHRINKFLATION. Not to mention it might as well be CHUG scale. PASS. So TT and H are going to charge you, the consumer a MAXIMUM PREMIUM PRICE for subpar product that doesn't fit in with the scale you have chosen. Long Live 3P. Love em, H. 8. em. But at least they give you what you want at a reasonable price point.
I think the individual bots scale well to the animation, with the exception of MPG-06. I'm keeping them but I need Moon Studios as a combined mode. I'm not sure what to do with this giant box though. I regret it so much, used a freight forwarder and they sent it to me in a box I could fit in and it cost over $100 CND to ship it.
Yeah I actually like shouki overall, I’d get him just to have since he’s very accurate. This was just as comical and painful as I thought. Incredible. The arms don’t go out to the side at all?!
This thing is so bad, it's like a hyper-expensive Combiner Wars figure - it's a disgrace. The Moon set absolutely schooled this thing. It's an embarrassment how inferior it is. Fraction of the size, fraction of the aesthets, 5x the price. Is these were both third party, Takara would be out of business after this joke. Their complete lack of combiner experience at MP level shows badly.
Honestly i'd forgive some of the visual issues if it were a lesser 3p company for 60/70 bucks a figure or even a hasbro mainline toy But nothing forgives the stability issues imo
This set looks pretty terrible, but honestly I'm not concerned about the MPG Super Ginrai set. Compared to what the Trainbots tried to do it looks much less complicated. But it is sad that Takara made a combiner which can't even stand on its own.
I think it'll be interesting to see these next to the upcoming MPG Ginrai. Everyone seems to think the Ginrai looks shorter than the Masterpiece scale. I'm wondering if the core bot will be the same size as these guys, then have the MPG line with a new scale entirely. That's not going to stop me from picking up the Super Ginrai, just because Powermaster Optimus Prime was my childhood Prime toy, but it'll probably be the last TT figure I get.
I'm not going to get into the debate about whether it's on a masterpiece scale or not (for me it's not, but everyone has their opinion) yes, the combined mode is rubbish, I have the ko nbk of the devastator from generation toys, and it doesn't have even a quarter of the problems that this one has, the combiner is ridiculous, the trains do look very good, I can't deny that, but with the robots the problems begin. I have no idea what the designers were thinking when they created this thing.
What is the purpose of even buying masterpiece,when third party companies absolutely demolish them. Masterpiece needs to make kids toys and leave the collectibles to companies who are also fans. The last masterpiece I purchased was sunstreaker.😅
it's look lame and ugly, too short for "masterpiece" line, poor engineering and it's expensive af. takara mp transformers line really fell off hard in terms quality. dear god
Wow this is awful I owned shouki but as soon as I saw the combined mode I got rid of that thing fast, I am a fan of transformers having very detailed and accurate alt modes and these are cool for that there more of a novelty however. These never should have been finalized especially in the masterpiece line
@@T80091 Wrong scale, sculpted details (abs, legs, arms) look 100% like a chug not MP, zero cartoon accuracy, alt mode with arms still showing, super simple G1 transformation makes him more suited to missing link. It's a disgrace of a figure.
@@themanaiacalgamer8451 well I don’t know where you got your information from because it is MP scale and looks pretty cartoon accurate, you also have to take into account that the 80’s animation was all over the place
Decade old technology. It looks horrible and one leg always looks shorter. This engineer needs to be fired. Whoever gave the ok for production needs to be fired Its not even up to par with Combiner wars Combiners and that’s sad😅
I'm sorry, but this set is straight trash to me... Kibbletastic to the max, clunky, out of scale with eveything, and expensive. This product is simply subpar for Takara in general... Thanks, no thanks! P.S.: Moon Studios Radiatron FTW!
I think that overall, Takara's mp's have been great, but this thing is pretty indefensible. I don't know why they green lighted this thing, but I'm just hoping it doesn't indicate a standard
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Yeh, at this point, Takara should just pay Fans toys, or Zeta to make it for them
Takara should’ve tried to buy the FansToys company or Try to contact and hire their engineers.
Raiden's arch enemy is apparently gravity. If MPG is the future of Takara I am definitely worried. Great review and thanks for the mini vs. with Moon studios.
Thanks
Great review yeah comparing this to Moon Studios is no comparison. The only thing that looks great with the official Raiden is the realistic train modes. That’s for taking the time doing this video. 👍🏽
Thanks for watching 😊
I feel sorry for the suckers that bought this goofy set . over $1K for these. Yikes
Good video. The bot is a colossal piece of shit, but I enjoyed your video as always. I’ve heard calls for Takara to make a Devastator. If this is their attempt at a “masterpiece” combiner people should be thankful there are other options on the way. I commend you for not adding negative numbers when giving this thing a score
Honestly, this just makes me sad. Takara started at the top & used to be the guys everyone else copied, surprising us with innovative ideas & clever engineering solutions with each new release (MP-Inferno's ladder-magic being the classic example). They've been going off the rails with some questionable design choices with many of their MP releases since roughly MP-44, but this hideous monstrosity is in a class of its own. What an embarrassment. Thanks for warning us about this expensive trainwreck. If this is what we can expect from Takara's new consolidated MPG line, I honestly don't see how the line will survive. The 3rd party MP market is already excelling in areas where Takara have been twiddling their thumbs for years. Sad & unfortunate.
I think if 6 high speed trains collided head on (ok, that's a weird railroad track design...lol) it would have a better chance looking like Raiden than the mpg. Which I'm convinced is masterpiece chug scale. The Moon Studio is absolutely a superior offering. Brave man ending the video without the stand, even with the wall supporting it.
Yep 😂
I've seen enough reviews on this to know I'm not wasting money to get it. It's junk. Great review. Thanks for the awesome content.
Shocked Takara could make such a horrible combiner for the MP line, i mean someone should have played with some previous 3rd party combiners and get some ideas but it seems they just played with some Combiner wars figures instead. And its a expensive combination as well. Trains look great though. Such a shame.
Fanstoys forever
Thx for letting me take this off your hand.. wonder what I'm going to do with this lol.. ill have to wait to get them in hand. Great Review ✨️😊
Display in train mode on the stands, it looks good and is cartoon accurate
@@TMReviews I saw a picture the other day of someone who had connected all the tracks and then managed to set each stand at a different height and made it look like the entire train was launching into the air at about a 45 degree angle while connected. I thought that looked pretty neat and it is what I'll probably end up doing.
The anxiety I felt watching you handle that piece of trash without disassembling was enormous, I made the best decision to stop after buying Shouki, I would have thrown him against the wall in frustration.
I have footage of me getting frustrated, will go into my bloopers for members
When I first saw these I thought the set looked like it was going to be a mess, unfortunately...
It's disturbing that TT doesn't have the MP combining engineering mastered. This is a trainwreck like no other.
While I enjoy the individual bots, I wish Kaen could've been as tall as the others, and the combined mode's instability partly due to the massive backpacks really kills the combined mode.
Glad to see your Yukikaze's ankle has the same issue with wanting to collapse as mine does lol At least with the flight stands he can get some halfway decent poses, but in no world should that be required for it to stay upright.
I'll argue the individual bots are mp scale, but that combiner is definitely not, it's the same size as legacy menasor without the dna upgrade kit
I'm so glad they decided to get rid of the MP brand, and offer everything under the MPG brand after Ginrai... /sarcasm
Even a railway buff like me can say that this went off the rails in terms of the robots and combine modes. The Moon Studio locos are good in their own right but their more squashed to combat with the engineering to get then to transform to and fro. One of my mates even told me when one of the figures were available and even then I thought "I'm good with what I got."
😂
Great review, sadly I just bult mine all up and was wondering where you got the large clear plastic piece that you attached to the rusted stand. I cant seem to find it. Thanks in advanced!
They should be ashamed of themselves
This thing is so bad it makes me angry just watching you mess with it. Great googley moogley! Shame on Takara for this.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Cant wait to hear my man Tman do a review on this.
Not sure he will
@@TMReviews wud hav been fun to hear his opinion tho.
The individual bots standing together just looks like a bunch of CHUG figures. They seem like they were designed by the Transformers HasLab team instead of the MP team. The combined mode makes the combiner war figures seem amazing. Seeing it next to the Moon Studios version, wow, there isn't any comparison. It doesn't even really scale with CHUG. It doesn't make me excited for the upcoming powermaster Prime, if it is of this quality. Odd that the alt mode was the focus, and they still don't actually work with a real train set.
It seems like the combined mode was a after thought & Takara was focusing more on the trains.
Probably a requirement to use the train licences. And I can imagine some Takara manager telling the designers 'The trains must look good. Figure out the rest, that's YOUR job'
When it was first announced they were doing Raiden, I was excited. Then when the first bot came out and I saw the scale I backed out of the pre order. Glad I went the moon studios route. So much better than this hot mess.
Videos like this one is why I subscribe to your channel as a Transformers collector. I love the honesty in this review: I was thinking about getting Raiden, but I’ll pass after watching this video.
Thanks, glad i could help
Thing that absolutely concerns the hell of of me is that they're merging the MP and MPG lines together starting with Ginrai... Sure the MP stuff has been fairly reliably on point, but I mean MPG is quite literally 0/1 with this clusterf*ck of a combiner...
GREAT video!!! For a complete pile of shit! lmaooooo Thanks for going through all of that for us.
Thank you for the informative review.
One word to sum up and describe this little fiasco by TT and H DISAPPOINTING
The Train modes is all it has. The only positive it has got.
You are paying $900 for this Collection of (Expletive). For a Combiner that does NOT go with anything really.
Compare that to MOON STUDIO's creation.
As I understand it, TT and H are moving away from MP Scale and going to this MPG scale. Not a fan at all. This is SHRINKFLATION.
Not to mention it might as well be CHUG scale. PASS.
So TT and H are going to charge you, the consumer a MAXIMUM PREMIUM PRICE for subpar product that doesn't fit in with the scale you have chosen.
Long Live 3P. Love em, H. 8. em. But at least they give you what you want at a reasonable price point.
loving the Raiden figure, now give us Devastator Takara! /s (edit: forgot sarcasm tag)
The 3rd party one still destroys this official version and they're a lot cheaper per bot.
I think I’m just going to stick with 3rd party for masterpiece from now on. Takara/ Hasbro have definitely kept up with the times.
Did you sustain that finger injury whilst handling this absolute mess?
Great vid. Terrible bot(s).
Yes unfortunately, thanks for watching
and after watching this and knowing the cost of each one... i have NO desire to touch this with a 20 foot barge pole.
I think the individual bots scale well to the animation, with the exception of MPG-06. I'm keeping them but I need Moon Studios as a combined mode. I'm not sure what to do with this giant box though. I regret it so much, used a freight forwarder and they sent it to me in a box I could fit in and it cost over $100 CND to ship it.
So sad that this typical for them now. At least it's cheap!😅 Thanks for checking this out.
Cheap?
@@keyboardt8276 hence the😅
everything wrong with mpg Raiden turned out to be true. I am glad I stuck with moon studios.
This is how they start their new mp line. MPG is not off to an exciting start.
Worst “Masterpiece” ever!!! Worst combiner ever, worst toy ever, what else?!!!
Yeah I actually like shouki overall, I’d get him just to have since he’s very accurate. This was just as comical and painful as I thought. Incredible. The arms don’t go out to the side at all?!
This thing is so bad, it's like a hyper-expensive Combiner Wars figure - it's a disgrace. The Moon set absolutely schooled this thing. It's an embarrassment how inferior it is. Fraction of the size, fraction of the aesthets, 5x the price. Is these were both third party, Takara would be out of business after this joke. Their complete lack of combiner experience at MP level shows badly.
To be fair it's only 1.5X the price, not 5X
Can you compare the size with Hasbro menasor? This things might be chug size.
Honestly i'd forgive some of the visual issues if it were a lesser 3p company for 60/70 bucks a figure or even a hasbro mainline toy
But nothing forgives the stability issues imo
Thanks for the review, gosh that thing is just a mess.
Masterpiece includes six figures?
This set looks pretty terrible, but honestly I'm not concerned about the MPG Super Ginrai set. Compared to what the Trainbots tried to do it looks much less complicated. But it is sad that Takara made a combiner which can't even stand on its own.
this is bullsh1t. Takara should've outsourced this line to 3rd party. What a disaster. it will never thrive
I think it'll be interesting to see these next to the upcoming MPG Ginrai. Everyone seems to think the Ginrai looks shorter than the Masterpiece scale. I'm wondering if the core bot will be the same size as these guys, then have the MPG line with a new scale entirely. That's not going to stop me from picking up the Super Ginrai, just because Powermaster Optimus Prime was my childhood Prime toy, but it'll probably be the last TT figure I get.
I would be furious if I paid $1000 dollars and got this pile of failure.
MP Ginrai looks more stable
I still want them, just can’t afford them
I think you'll just have to wait for a few months, and they'll go on major sale.
Takara really thought this was MP worthy. Yikes.
Was definitely odd to see MP scaled bots with a chug scaled combined mode. Feels like they tried too hard to appease HO scale train fans with this.
This is a big fail from Takara 🤦🏻♂️ Thanks to TMReviews for going through that whole ordeal for us lol
I glad They learned mistake for Masterpiece Super Ginrai
I'm not going to get into the debate about whether it's on a masterpiece scale or not (for me it's not, but everyone has their opinion) yes, the combined mode is rubbish, I have the ko nbk of the devastator from generation toys, and it doesn't have even a quarter of the problems that this one has, the combiner is ridiculous, the trains do look very good, I can't deny that, but with the robots the problems begin. I have no idea what the designers were thinking when they created this thing.
these are chugs at mp price
God, what a train wreak of a toy. I applaud your patience with that monstrosity.
Wow! It looks terrible! It can’t stand on its own. Body does not look proportional. Hands look small. I think I will stick with zeta on this one
Yep
What is the purpose of even buying masterpiece,when third party companies absolutely demolish them. Masterpiece needs to make kids toys and leave the collectibles to companies who are also fans. The last masterpiece I purchased was sunstreaker.😅
In all honesty, with all that kibble, I can't even tell if things are transformed correctly. But I can definitely tell that that's an overpriced CHUG.
Sadly this is the transformation, it just sucks
it's look lame and ugly, too short for "masterpiece" line, poor engineering and it's expensive af. takara mp transformers line really fell off hard in terms quality. dear god
ARE they REALLY cartoon ACCURATE?
That's a personal opinion I suppose, I think they are pretty good but for me the kibble ruins it
They really look bad in combine mode..only the train mode looks good..plus they look fragile playing with.
I’m gonna say it…what a train wreck, I checked out after the first 2 this is just absurdly overpriced
You should watch Wotafa's review or Animetal's
Had a quick look at Wotafa, it looks like he glued things in place haha
Did he really? I'll go watch
@@TMReviews Must be some trickery involved, there's no way his copy is so solid.
Great video bro. This set is definitely a pass for me.
Thanks man
I was getting frustrated with this bot just watching you struggle with it. Do you think this is the nail in the coffin for Takara MP?
No. I think they will just need to change how they approach combiners
Did this guy cost a total of 800$+??
Wow this is awful I owned shouki but as soon as I saw the combined mode I got rid of that thing fast, I am a fan of transformers having very detailed and accurate alt modes and these are cool for that there more of a novelty however. These never should have been finalized especially in the masterpiece line
Looks worse than CW Combiners
Yeah it's hot garbage, is this your first 1 rating?
I have to go back and check but its probably one of a no more than a few
Terrible figure, not as HORRIBLE as Ginrai but still a terrible figure.
Ginrai hasn’t even come out yet, so how do you even know it’s bad?????The pictures don’t make it look bad, so where do u assume it’s bad??
@@T80091 Wrong scale, sculpted details (abs, legs, arms) look 100% like a chug not MP, zero cartoon accuracy, alt mode with arms still showing, super simple G1 transformation makes him more suited to missing link. It's a disgrace of a figure.
@@themanaiacalgamer8451 well I don’t know where you got your information from because it is MP scale and looks pretty cartoon accurate, you also have to take into account that the 80’s animation was all over the place
Decade old technology. It looks horrible and one leg always looks shorter. This engineer needs to be fired. Whoever gave the ok for production needs to be fired Its not even up to par with Combiner wars Combiners and that’s sad😅
Oof. This does not bode well for Ginrai.
What did Luke skywalker say in a new hope..what a hunk of junk..😂😂
I'm sorry, but this set is straight trash to me... Kibbletastic to the max, clunky, out of scale with eveything, and expensive. This product is simply subpar for Takara in general... Thanks, no thanks!
P.S.: Moon Studios Radiatron FTW!
Y don' t like 👎
trash
Here is the real question: do we thumbs up the video because we appreciate its quality, or do we thumbs down the video because the figure is trash?😅
😂😂😭
Got sold a dud smh. 😂
That's always Possible, maybe got a bad copy on those ratchet joints
I think that overall, Takara's mp's have been great, but this thing is pretty indefensible. I don't know why they green lighted this thing, but I'm just hoping it doesn't indicate a standard