Transformers: Masterpiece Movie Series
Transformers: Masterpiece Movie Series (トランスフォーマー マスターピースムービーシリーズ Toransufōmā Masutāpīsu Mūbī Shirīzu) is a spin-off line of The Transformers: Masterpiece focusing on the live-action film series, with toys designated MPM-##. This line originally consisted of just two detailed redecoes of Leader-sized toys from the 2010 Transformers toyline for TakaraTomy's market. It was later revived in 2017 for the 10th Anniversary of the first movie, this time featuring all-new molds. The revived line was released in conjunction with Hasbro, with the toys co-branded "Hasbro" and "TakaraTomy" on their packaging.
Following the (near) completion of the first film's cast in 2024 with the release of Brawl, there was consideration of ending the line. TakaraTomy would take over the toyline without Hasbro, relaunching it at the end of 2025 as Masterpiece Movie Series Next, designated with MPMN-##.<ref name=MPMN01Interview>MPMN-01 Sideswipe interview with Planning and Marketing Manager Takahiko Shirai, Hobby Watch, 2026/02/02. Translation provided on TFW2005</ref>
Toys
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[edit]The initial two MPM releases were meant for the Japanese market. As the revived line was done in collaboration with Hasbro, the other MPM releases were made available as retailer exclusives as was done with Hasbro's Masterpiece releases. In the United States, Masterpiece Movie Series was initially exclusive to Toys"R"Us, moving to Amazon in 2018 following the former's bankruptcy, before becoming exclusive to Target in 2020 until the line's end.
The redeco figures of Starscream, Ratchet, and Nemesis Prime were TakaraTomy exclusives, lacking a Hasbro logo on the box. These were sold via Hasbro Pulse and other online retailers as with other TakaraTomy exclusives.
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The Masterpiece Movie Series Next line would be announced in 2025 as a replacement for the standard Masterpiece Movie Series, in a similar fashion to how the The Transformers: MPG toyline would replace the standard Masterpiece toyline in 2024. However, whereas MPG featured some changes in the design direction of Masterpiece by going from the cartoon-accurate look of later figures to the more hybridized designs of earlier releases, the Masterpiece Movie Series Next toyline appears to be more or less just a straightforward continuation of the older MPM series under a new name, so... That's that.
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Design
[edit]TakaraTomy Planning and Marketing Manager Takahiko Shirai was involved in the creation of Masterpiece Movie Series.<ref name=MPMN01Interview/> Below are known toy designers who have worked on the line. Mike Booth also worked on the line in an unspecified capacity.<ref>{{#if: I’ve been working on the brand for 4 years on a bunch of different segments such as Studio Series, Cyberverse, and Movie Masterpiece. |"I’ve been working on the brand for 4 years on a bunch of different segments such as Studio Series, Cyberverse, and Movie Masterpiece."—|}}{{#if: https://web.archive.org/web/20201021221621/https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/behindthedesign-transformers-devastator |Mike Booth|Mike Booth}}{{#if: Hasbro Pulse Unboxed |, Hasbro Pulse Unboxed|}}{{#if: Behind-the-Design: Transformers Devastator |, "Behind-the-Design: Transformers Devastator"|}}{{#if: 2020 |, 2020{{#if: 10 |/{{#switch:{{#len:10}}|1=010|10}}{{#if: 15|/{{#switch:{{#len:15}}|1=015|15}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://web.archive.org/web/20201021221621/https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/behindthedesign-transformers-devastator ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://web.archive.org/web/20201021221621/https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/behindthedesign-transformers-devastator%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://web.archive.org/web/20201021221621/https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/behindthedesign-transformers-devastator%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://web.archive.org/web/20201021221621/https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/behindthedesign-transformers-devastator%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://web.archive.org/web/20201021221621/https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/behindthedesign-transformers-devastator%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>