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Cheesinator wrote:Definitely agreed that this is more of a display piece than a toy though. Can't imagine recommending this to someone who's planning to play with it a lot.

For those, I'd recommend the old Fast Action Battler. Transformation is simple, he looks the part, and he's solid fun!

For those who want him, MPM-13 Blackout's preorder are now open at Amazon.jp for 16797JPY as I write this.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Transform ... B0B5SRY2JD

For Canada, here's the total cost:

Order Summary
Item(s) Subtotal:￥ 16,797
Shipping & Handling:￥ 4,041
Total:￥ 20,838
Import Fees Deposit￥ 2,478
Grand Total:￥ 23,316

If the yen remains weak, that will be the best price even with the shipping fee.

We have quite a bit of MPM Blackout news for you today. Firstly, this toy is up at Amazon Japan for preorders, and we thank Kanrabat for letting us know.

-Kanrabat- wrote:For those who want him, MPM-13 Blackout's preorder are now open at Amazon.jp for 16797JPY as I write this.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Transform ... B0B5SRY2JD

Here's the total cost shipped to Canada:

Order Summary
Item(s) Subtotal:￥ 16,797
Shipping & Handling:￥ 4,041
Total:￥ 20,838
Import Fees Deposit￥ 2,478
Grand Total:￥ 23,316

But if you are in the US, you might just find him in stores RIGHT NOW. Zuckuss found him at at a Target in New Jersey. That was first reported here.

Lemme guess.
Target sell Blackout for 29$ on clearance.

My target has gotten all the mom figures, and sold almost all of them before other stores started clearancing them. I've passed on all of them though. This one however, I'm super tempted to get

Anyone know the Target price?

Emerje

Man, I checked my target tonight and nothing. Hope I see him soon, I want him badly

Emerje wrote:Anyone know the Target price?

Emerje

$157.99

Immortal Starscream wrote:My target has gotten all the mom figures

NICE

whacko wrote:

Emerje wrote:Anyone know the Target price?

Emerje

$157.99

Thanks, that's pretty close to the current Amazon Japan price for me.

What to do.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

whacko wrote:

Emerje wrote:Anyone know the Target price?

Emerje

$157.99

Thanks, that's pretty close to the current Amazon Japan price for me.

What to do.

Emerje

Yeah, when you add the taxes, they both come out to the same price.

MPM Blackout is now available to order from target.com, I ordered mine!

https://www.target.com/p/transformers-m ... nk=sametab

EDIT: He is now sold out for the time being

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:MPM Blackout is now available to order from target.com, I ordered mine!

https://www.target.com/p/transformers-m ... nk=sametab

EDIT: He is now sold out for the time being

He's back in stock, thanks!

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:MPM Blackout is now available to order from target.com, I ordered mine!

https://www.target.com/p/transformers-m ... nk=sametab

EDIT: He is now sold out for the time being

He's back in stock, thanks!

Emerje

Grr, missed him, and now I am playing the same in-stock-out-of-stock game I did with Rexy where i ultimately got her at BBTS.

I bought MPM Blackout on Amazon Japan. It will be a long wait. My deposit was 2000 more than you Kanrabat, but there is a chance that they pay me back a portion.

Now that I’ve had Blackout for a little bit, here’s my thoughts on him!

Overall, this figure is spectacular!

Bot mode is very well articulated, even including a waist swivel (which I think is a first for Blackout figures), and gets Blackout’s proportions down great, especially with the chest. The lower set of windows actually fold away during transformation, which is awesome! I also found that, hidden under the outer panels on the arm, there’s folded up Gatling guns molded into the arms, which you can see in the movie when Blackout reaches for the Military servers to hack them!


Alt mode is enormous and tabs in super securely, it feels so much nicer than the SS one. The clean underside is also really impressive, and the hatch even opens! Definitely a contender for my favorite alt mode on a Transformer.


Blackout is also loaded with accessories - two Gatling guns that can store in alt mode, on his arms, or on his legs, two huge blast effects that plug into the Gatling guns or the chest gun, his rotor weapon (which actually is a part of the whole rotor in alt mode, an awesome part of transformation and the first time a Blackout figure has had an accurate rotor weapon!), and Scorponok! Scorponok has a metal core body and is very well articulated, he’s not quite in scale for MPMs but I think he scales fairly alright with Studio Series.



Even the paint work on Blackout is pretty impressive - there’s a lot of silver drybrushing on the dark gunmetal parts throughout the figure, with some silver and gold accents. They even picked out the small yellow bits above his eyebrows! This detail carries over to alt mode too, where they picked out all the small text and warnings, even the pilots’ names!


The only issue with Blackout that I have (and it seems that this isn’t an issue for most people), is that the swivel joints to move the arms inward and outward are just loose enough that they often don’t support the weight of the arms, especially when they’re holding some of the weapons. Like I said though, I haven’t seen anyone else have that with theirs, and it’s a pretty easily fixed issue.

Besides that one issue though, I have no complaints about Blackout! I think I might be using him in bot mode as SS Grindor from time to time too xD

That looks really good, and your review makes me super excited for when mine comes!

I got Blackout, and he is an impressive piece. He has some serious weight to him, and some great joints. I appreciate how much effort went into getting the arms to pose as well as they do, and the transformation is very smart. They did really good with him. As far as I'm concerned, con wise, they have not missed yet.

Now, bring on my favorite: Bonecrusher

Blackout is looking seriously fine, about time he had his day in the sun. Also, is that Mythbusters you're watching?

ZeroWolf wrote:Blackout is looking seriously fine, about time he had his day in the sun. Also, is that Mythbusters you're watching?

He is getting a glorious day in the sun!

And yes it is

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Blackout is looking seriously fine, about time he had his day in the sun. Also, is that Mythbusters you're watching?

He is getting a glorious day in the sun!

And yes it is

Thought so

Only 3 more cons to go to complete the TF07 cast now in this range (or did they do barricade already?)

ZeroWolf wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Blackout is looking seriously fine, about time he had his day in the sun. Also, is that Mythbusters you're watching?

He is getting a glorious day in the sun!

And yes it is

Thought so

Only 3 more cons to go to complete the TF07 cast now in this range (or did they do barricade already?)

Barricade was first, they only need to do Bonecrusher, Brawl, and Frenzy.

I hope they do Bonecrusher, he is my absolute favorite

In case you wanted to see how big Blackout is, here he is with some other stuff

I've never been too proud to admit when I am wrong, and I seemingly have been about MPM Blackout. I'm not sure what it has, that MPM Starscream and Ratchet didn't have 2 years ago. But while those went on clearance relatively quickly at Target, Blackout has been selling relatively well from what I've seen. Its not in my wheelhouse of collecting, but if fans are happy with it, enough to pay full price and keep them restocking at retail, I am happy for anyone who has this and is enjoying it.

o.supreme wrote:I've never been too proud to admit when I am wrong, and I seemingly have been about MPM Blackout. I'm not sure what it has, that MPM Starscream and Ratchet didn't have 2 years ago. But while those went on clearance relatively quickly at Target, Blackout has been selling relatively well from what I've seen. Its not in my wheelhouse of collecting, but if fans are happy with it, enough to pay full price and keep them restocking at retail, I am happy for anyone who has this and is enjoying it.

Starscream and Ratchet were victims of Target's screwed up computer system. They were both clearanced the week after release with no real chance to sell due to the computers thinking they had been out longer.

Add to that the fact that Blackout is probably the most iconic Decepticon in the films thanks to the opening of the 2007 movie, and you have a good case for why he is doing better/not suffering thanks to Target