![Getsuei MPG-02 - Takara Tomy (Transformers Masterpiece) action figure collectible [Barcode 4904810140481] - Main Image 1](https://www.icollecteverything.com/images/actionfigure/main/18/185877_1.jpg)
![Getsuei MPG-02 - Takara Tomy (Transformers Masterpiece) action figure collectible [Barcode 4904810140481] - Main Image 2](https://www.icollecteverything.com/images/actionfigure/main/18/185877_2.jpg)
![Getsuei MPG-02 - Takara Tomy (Transformers Masterpiece) action figure collectible [Barcode 4904810140481] - Main Image 3](https://www.icollecteverything.com/images/actionfigure/main/18/185877_3.jpg)
![Getsuei MPG-02 - Takara Tomy (Transformers Masterpiece) action figure collectible [Barcode 4904810140481] - Main Image 4](https://www.icollecteverything.com/images/actionfigure/main/18/185877_4.jpg)
Title:
Getsuei MPG-02
Description:
Trainbot Getsuei (September 24, 2022)
ID number: MPG-02
Accessories: Night Laser gun, 2 pantographs, rail A, rail B, joint part
Known designers: Kōjin Ōno (TakaraTomy)
Previously teased on the ”A Railway Story In The Sky” exhibition on December 3, 2019 and later confirmed in a magazine interview with designer Kōjin Ōno in the March 2021 issue of Figure Ō, Getsuei is the second release in the Masterpiece G Series. Produced in collaboration with TOMIX, the train department of TakaraTomy’s scale model oriented subsidiary Tomytec, the figure converts into a fully HO scale compatible incarnation of his classic EF65-1000 train mode. Getsuei’s third mode forms the right leg of the historic first Masterpiece combiner in the form of a new incarnation of Raiden.
In a significant vehicle accuracy upgrade, Getsuei is packed with two pantograph parts for train mode to simulate the electric locomotive’s connection to an overhead power line. The figure includes two modular railway sections slated to combine with segments included with the other Trainbots a la the team’s original Diaclone plastic tracks. This track can be converted into a base for a stand armature (sold separately), and an adapter is included for a ”flying train”, a staple of the Headmasters cartoon.
Though it is a little tricky to tell the true meaning of Getsuei’s name since it is ”spelled” in phonetic katakana rather than kanji, the most likely translation to English is ”Moonlight” (月影).
Getsuei had the preliminary name of ”Night” (ナイト),[3] which was likely taken from the occasional identification of the Diaclone toy as ”Nightliner” (ナイトライナー Naitorainā). This was later used for the Return of Convoy character Night, who transforms into the similar EF66-series electric locomotive.
The Trainbots are all originally Diaclone toys, which came in two different color schemes. However, there are several mold differences between the Diaclone and Transformers versions, though Getsuei really doesn’t change much at all. The Transformers releases also lost the Diaclone pilots (of course) and the little plastic tracks for the trains to ride on.
Getsuei appears as part of the Trainbots’ combined train form in the title sequence of the Super-God Masterforce anime, but not in the series itself. The series creators seem to have intended to use the Robot Train to travel back and forth to Athenia, more closely tying Super-God Masterforce to previous Transformers series, but the idea was quietly dropped. They did, however, appear for that purpose in the manga.
ID number: MPG-02
Accessories: Night Laser gun, 2 pantographs, rail A, rail B, joint part
Known designers: Kōjin Ōno (TakaraTomy)
Previously teased on the ”A Railway Story In The Sky” exhibition on December 3, 2019 and later confirmed in a magazine interview with designer Kōjin Ōno in the March 2021 issue of Figure Ō, Getsuei is the second release in the Masterpiece G Series. Produced in collaboration with TOMIX, the train department of TakaraTomy’s scale model oriented subsidiary Tomytec, the figure converts into a fully HO scale compatible incarnation of his classic EF65-1000 train mode. Getsuei’s third mode forms the right leg of the historic first Masterpiece combiner in the form of a new incarnation of Raiden.
In a significant vehicle accuracy upgrade, Getsuei is packed with two pantograph parts for train mode to simulate the electric locomotive’s connection to an overhead power line. The figure includes two modular railway sections slated to combine with segments included with the other Trainbots a la the team’s original Diaclone plastic tracks. This track can be converted into a base for a stand armature (sold separately), and an adapter is included for a ”flying train”, a staple of the Headmasters cartoon.
Though it is a little tricky to tell the true meaning of Getsuei’s name since it is ”spelled” in phonetic katakana rather than kanji, the most likely translation to English is ”Moonlight” (月影).
Getsuei had the preliminary name of ”Night” (ナイト),[3] which was likely taken from the occasional identification of the Diaclone toy as ”Nightliner” (ナイトライナー Naitorainā). This was later used for the Return of Convoy character Night, who transforms into the similar EF66-series electric locomotive.
The Trainbots are all originally Diaclone toys, which came in two different color schemes. However, there are several mold differences between the Diaclone and Transformers versions, though Getsuei really doesn’t change much at all. The Transformers releases also lost the Diaclone pilots (of course) and the little plastic tracks for the trains to ride on.
Getsuei appears as part of the Trainbots’ combined train form in the title sequence of the Super-God Masterforce anime, but not in the series itself. The series creators seem to have intended to use the Robot Train to travel back and forth to Athenia, more closely tying Super-God Masterforce to previous Transformers series, but the idea was quietly dropped. They did, however, appear for that purpose in the manga.
Theme:
Transformers Masterpiece
Manufacturer:
Takara Tomy
Barcode:
4904810140481
Year:
2022
Country:
Luxembourg
Release Date:
2022-09-24
Size:
12 in
Series:
Transformers Masterpiece
Model Number:
MPG-02
Date Added:
2022-10-30 17:10:49
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$172.18
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-08-11
Date Added:
2022-10-30 17:10:49
