https://x.com/preterniadotcom/status/1877215544962584942

I wish I had any details! Not much has been announced or clarified about the change.

That said, I really really dig this one. I had the old Leader Class Brawl back in the day and quite liked it, but this one is, of course, just a lot more well made and cool-looking. I love that they started including some blast effects and damaged parts with the last few figures; really adds some dynamism to the display. Feels really good to finally have the complete 07 roster (minus Frenzy- I'm bummed they never got around to him, especially since I could never track down the DNA upgrade kit one)

I'm not up to date with Transformers news, but I do hope there's plans to continue into the other movies. I know we got ROTF Starscream and DOTM Ratchet, both of whom I still need to try and track down, but man are they pricey. I'd love a Sideswipe, at the very least. Say what you will about the Bay movies (I certainly do- I grew up with them, so they hold a special place in my heart as guilty pleasures but I recognize that they just get progressively messier), but man, the robot designs are so cool and intricate, and the fact that they finally managed to capture them all so well in figure form is just so cool.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/first-images-of-masterpiece-mp60-ginrai-and-mpg09-super-ginrai/48104/

The official Masterpiece Hoist is far less of a puzzle. He feels strangely light, for a package that felt hefty and a character that's depicted as portly. He's mostly hollow in the torso, which I guess I didn't pay attention to when I got MP Trailbreaker. He has some other mold differences, most noticeablely the legs and backpack. Aside from that, his transformation in general seemed very simple. I guess I didn't notice that either on Trailbreaker. Definitely not challenging, certainly instinctual.

One of the first things I noticed was in his vehicle mode in the package. He seemed incomplete, the door windows and part of the roof seems to be missing/incomplete. Like he's a pickup truck with T-tops. I thought, strange choice, but maybe they're separate pieces in the box? Nope. I checked the photography on the package, and lo and behold, this is what they intended. And I don't know why. I did a most basic image search, and at least one animation model depicts this omission as accurate. I'd have to look up stills or something to really confirm. Or defer to one of you experts, maybe sepster, though I know animation models isn't his bag.

He comes with a decent number of accessories, including an alternate face plate, an extra right fist (he has the gun barrel in place directly from factory) some kind of mallet extension for that same arm, an alternate grill with flat gray instead of chrome, a claw similar to the one Grapple comes with, a wrench, a blast effect, and for the first time I can remember with an official release, the alien face mask from the Autobots' time as movie extras. (Did Sunstreaker come with one? Oops, yes he did. Strike the last comment from the record.)

I guess the most satisfying aspect to Hoist is that he completes the season 2 Autobot "deluxe class" cars. He looks great with Grapple, and fills out the roster of Inferno, Red Alert, Smokescreen, Tracks, and Skids. Just Mirage and Jazz to go for the season 1 guys. I appreciated the complexity of MMC Hoist a little more than the basic conversion of MP Hoist, but the quality of MMC leaves enough to be desired that I still consider this one an upgrade.

it should be here next week