First Look at Transformers / Neon Genesis Evangelion MP-10 EVA Opimus Prime

They're really milking this mold in really unique ways! pretty awesome.

Gotta wonder who the Spike redeco is supposed to be. Shinji?

I do not know what is fuglier...this or the Bape version. Totally Horrid!!

~Reluctantyouth~

As even just a casual Evangelion fan, this is fantastic. I wonder how many Reis his trailer can hold?

reluctantyouth wrote:I do not know what is fuglier...this or the Bape version. Totally Horrid!!

~Reluctantyouth~

It's colored to look like this thing's deco:

Sabrblade wrote:Gotta wonder who the Spike redeco is supposed to be. Shinji?

Doesn't look like Shinji to me... I don't get the new deco on Spike. It seems to make no sense. You'd think Shinji would be an easy recolor. Spike even already has an open shirt. Give him black hair, color the shirt white, make his pants dark. Maybe if they want to go the extra mile, a splash of dark color above the open collar to simulate the undershirt Shinji wears.

But this thing? What is it? Doesn't look like Shinji. Doesn't look like a NERV uniform, so it isn't a random NERV mook. It is like someone took a Spike, randomly painted it up, and said, "Hey, I think this looks cool! Any new MP-10 decos coming up we can throw this in?"

meh, with the hair color of the little figure I'll just call it Toji and move on.

Time to crush Shinji's self-esteem and Roll out

I know nothing about the Evangelion stuff, so I have to confess a moment of ignorance and admit that Purple Optimus Prime is forever ingrained as SG... Sorry guys.

Cool deco though, and I love Army Jeep Roller.

I just recalled that Microman released a in their Microman Lady line Asuka and Rei a few years back. So Eva getting the Tomy treatment again.....

A dream come true...

I don't need a Joker-fied Optimus Prime that could pass as Shattered Glass Optimus Prime, I don't need a Joker-fied Optimus Prime that could pass as Shattered Glass Optimus Prime, I don't need a Joker-fied Optimus Prime that could pass as Shattered Glass Optimus Prime...

Seriously though, the attention to detail on this guy is bangin'. I wonder if they might do other characters...

MP-11 Starscream as another Evangelion character, please?!

looks kind of cool and ugly at the same time. ill buy it just because I have every version of the mold so far. im very happy that they are doing different things than just a straight up repaint...

Mindmaster wrote:
MP-11 Starscream as another Evangelion character, please?!

An EVA-02 themed seeker with a tiny Asuka as a pilot is something I'd buy three of.

I am a big fan of Evangelion but this redeco has no place in my heart nor collection. A remold of the Prime's head and painting Spike to look like Shinji should have been the bare minimum.

Adding Evangelion weapons would have been good, along with stickers to add inside Prime's trailer to make it look more like NERV.

And giving Prime a tether that attached to the trailer would have enhanced the figure.

El Duque wrote:From concept to reality! The Transformers/Neon Genesis Evangelion Crossover redeco of MP-10 Optimus Prime is happening, and have our first images of the actual toy courtesy of hobby magazine scans from the TAGHobby page. As you can see in the images mirrored below MP-10 dons the EVA unit 01 purple and green color scheme and comes complete with trailer and repainted Spike mini-figure.

guarayakha wrote:MAGNUS: Shinji, you better listen to your father and get inside that giant f**king robot, because I can't deal with it right now!

Lol. I love that!!

they've got a lot of nerv making ridiculous repaints like this. Though I wouldn't mind them making nice with Bandai just long enough to give us a MSG recolor of prime I can cart around an MG gundam in...

Yotsuyasan wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Gotta wonder who the Spike redeco is supposed to be. Shinji?

Doesn't look like Shinji to me... I don't get the new deco on Spike. It seems to make no sense. You'd think Shinji would be an easy recolor. Spike even already has an open shirt. Give him black hair, color the shirt white, make his pants dark. Maybe if they want to go the extra mile, a splash of dark color above the open collar to simulate the undershirt Shinji wears.

But this thing? What is it? Doesn't look like Shinji. Doesn't look like a NERV uniform, so it isn't a random NERV mook. It is like someone took a Spike, randomly painted it up, and said, "Hey, I think this looks cool! Any new MP-10 decos coming up we can throw this in?"

It is a random NERV guy; it's just one of the technicians that put the railgun together or maintain the Evas. It's an approximation of the jackets worn by that division.

Hello, Crayola Convoy

What makes this crossover anything other than a really bad idea?

love and want. someone put up preorders already!

Nemesis Primal wrote:What makes this crossover anything other than a really bad idea?

The fact that it's awesome?

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:What makes this crossover anything other than a really bad idea?

The fact that it's awesome?

You and I have very different ideas about what is and is not awesome.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:What makes this crossover anything other than a really bad idea?

The fact that it's awesome?

You and I have very different ideas about what is and is not awesome.

To be fair, I should have explained that I don't see this as "legitimately awesome" but more like "so insanely crazy and mind-bogglingly out of left field that these two series would ever intertwine with each other to the point that it becomes so zany fun that it's crazy-awesome."

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:What makes this crossover anything other than a really bad idea?

The fact that it's awesome?

You and I have very different ideas about what is and is not awesome.

To be fair, I should have explained that I don't see this as "legitimately awesome" but more like "so insanely crazy and mind-bogglingly out of left field that these two series would ever intertwine with each other to the point that it becomes so zany fun that it's crazy-awesome."

Whereas I can't imagine myself using "Evangelion" and "fun" in the same sentence. I remember trying to watch it. I got to about a few episodes after Asuka showed up before I just got tired of the whole thing.

Unless, they name it something else, you could pretend it's Shinji, in a suit similar to Spike and Daniels in
The Movie, Season3, ReBirth, Headmasters.

That being said....Optimus Prime has some Gundam looking feet now, and they look sexy. "Lemme get them shoes Prime!"

That actually looks pretty cool. Now we just need someone to release a Prime-coloured Unit 01 figure.

Also, I wonder if the little paintable figures that come with Bandai's old 1997 Eva model kits would be to scale with this guy?

datguy86 wrote:It is a random NERV guy; it's just one of the technicians that put the railgun together or maintain the Evas. It's an approximation of the jackets worn by that division.

Really? I don't think it looks anything like it.



Nor does it look like the uniforms worn by other non-major-character NERV personnel.



I really couldn't even charitably call this Spike repaint an approximation of either of those. Or was there some other NERV uniform I was not remembering?

(And anyway, as I previously pointed out, the clothing on the sculpt, repainted, could have easily been made into Shinji's normal clothing... which would make sense for a figure that pilots this Prime! Really a dropped ball...)

Yotsuyasan wrote:

datguy86 wrote:It is a random NERV guy; it's just one of the technicians that put the railgun together or maintain the Evas. It's an approximation of the jackets worn by that division.

Really? I don't think it looks anything like it.



Nor does it look like the uniforms worn by other non-major-character NERV personnel.



I really couldn't even charitably call this Spike repaint an approximation of either of those. Or was there some other NERV uniform I was not remembering?

(And anyway, as I previously pointed out, the clothing on the sculpt, repainted, could have easily been made into Shinji's normal clothing... which would make sense for a figure that pilots this Prime! Really a dropped ball...)

It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11
Bottom left.

guarayakha wrote:It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11

Ah... Okay. Been a while since I popped that disc in.

Anyway... Wow, talk about an obscure and pointless choice of redeco for Spike. Ah well.

Yotsuyasan wrote:

guarayakha wrote:It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11

Ah... Okay. Been a while since I popped that disc in.

Anyway... Wow, talk about an obscure and pointless choice of redeco for Spike. Ah well.

Obscure is never pointless!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Yotsuyasan wrote:

guarayakha wrote:It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11

Ah... Okay. Been a while since I popped that disc in.

Anyway... Wow, talk about an obscure and pointless choice of redeco for Spike. Ah well.

Obscure is never pointless!

You're implying correlation between the two. It is obscure and it is pointless, but the former is not the cause of the later.

I quite agree that often the obscure can be an enjoyable thing. This is, alas, not one of these times.

Toy availability info - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/index.html

Toy specifications - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/product.html

The first text story (which seems to be very similar to yet slightly different from the brief plot synopsis we've seen before) - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/story.html

I really want to like this, but the colour scheme actually doesn't do wonders on that mold, for some reason. The head looks odd with the lighter external parts, and there seems to be confusion as to whether the windshield is yellow or red.

I do like hoe the Matrix is made to replicate the red core of the EVA though.

Sabrblade wrote:Toy availability info - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/index.html

Toy specifications - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/product.html

The first text story (which seems to be very similar to yet slightly different from the brief plot synopsis we've seen before) - http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfeva/story.html

The price isn't insane!

Fellow Seibertron.com member Sabrblade has kept an eye on the Takara Tomy Transformers/ Evangelion crossover Masterpiece Convoy, that we've reported on already, and we have more news about availability, prices (currently 25000 yen/250$ approx) and the fiction behind the concept! The website for the product has been updated to show off the figure, its features and accessories including a full 360° rotation image, in both robot and vehicle mode. Check some of them out below, including an unsettling rendition of Starscream as an Angel threat, below.

Seeker Angels?!!!!

Sabrblade wrote:Seeker Angels?!!!!

If we don't get Seekers, we riot.

Also, limited to a mere 1000 pieces, this thing is gonna be hard to get for those who want it.

Do we know if this will be available anywhere else besides TakaraTomy Mall?

Also, it says preorders start June 12th @ 1:00pm. What time zone, and what does that mean for the East Coast?

megatronus wrote:Do we know if this will be available anywhere else besides TakaraTomy Mall?

Also, it says preorders start June 12th @ 1:00pm. What time zone, and what does that mean for the East Coast?

That'd be Japanese time zone. Which I believe is 13 hours ahead of the East Coast.

Randy

SachielScream?

Count. Me. In.

MP Cliffjumper on the right?

MP Cliffjumper on the right?

Yotsuyasan wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Yotsuyasan wrote:

guarayakha wrote:It's technician #29345 from Renewal's 1.11

Ah... Okay. Been a while since I popped that disc in.

Anyway... Wow, talk about an obscure and pointless choice of redeco for Spike. Ah well.

Obscure is never pointless!

You're implying correlation between the two. It is obscure and it is pointless, but the former is not the cause of the later.

I quite agree that often the obscure can be an enjoyable thing. This is, alas, not one of these times.

Actually, I believe more of the techs wear that jacket during the Operation Yashima scenes. I think the End of Eva movies may show a few dead ones in the hallways. But yeah, I referenced the 1.11 movie for the jacket.

Love how it uses the MP versions of Sideswipe, Wheeljack, and Bumblebee.

Very appropriate...and awesome.

So the Decepticons have been coopted by the "Angels"? Btw, Convoy's colors are barfstacular!

Likov Stas wrote:MP Cliffjumper on the right?

That's Bumblebee.