TOY NEWS FOR 3/26/2014 - TAKARA/TOMY - TRANSFORMERS - MASTERPIECE - WHEELJACK, BUMBLEBEE and ULTRA MAGNUS UPDATES

Takara pushed back the release dates on both Masterpiece Wheeljack and Masterpiece Bumblebee and these new pics aren't making the long wait any easier.

A fully painted version of Wheeljack recently debuted in a Japanese magazine, and he looks even more amazing than I imagined he'd be.

Also shown was a silhouette of MP-22 Ultra Magnus. From what my eyes can tell, it does seem to be built off of the Optimus Prime (MP-10) just like the original. Hopefully we'll see some kind of prototype for him soon.

And finally, a few more pictures of Masterpiece Bumblebee were shown, including more pics of Spike in his Exo-Suit as well as our first look at a size comparison to the other Autobots.

And our final image also comes from a magazine and it shows us our first back view of Bumblebee in robot mode as well as a close up of the interchangeable face-plates, including the Amazon Japan exclusive G1 version.