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News Credits: 60 · Mon Sep 08, 2014 10:42 pm

Desslok2201 wrote:I really don't understand the hate for this, it's GORGEOUS!!!,

Me too!

News Credits: 332 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:46 am

Here are my two concerns:

1) Can't hold the sword edge forward in one hand

2) Where's the laser rifle for Saber?

Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:17 am

Oh Man, this is the absolute best MP yet. Complete cartoon accurate G1 Transformers Victory/Zone awesomeness. If you can't get the original this
will fill that gap for sure in my honest opinion

Must have!!! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 60 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:35 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Here are my two concerns:

1) Can't hold the sword edge forward in one hand

2) Where's the laser rifle for Saber?

Sharp eye chuckdawg! Yeah, what about the rifle Tomy? No pics of it yet. I hope it won't fall to the same fate as Grimlock's Galaxial launcher.

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:38 am

Thanks to the official Takara Tomy website, we have more news regarding the Transformers Masterpiece MP24 Star Saber figure, in the form of a lenghty interview with its designer team, including Hisashi Yuki. The interview, found here, is in Japanese, but we can summarily report that it mentions decisions about size, stability, poseability, reference material and accuracy - and includes a nice good number of images, mirrored below for your enjoyment!

Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:09 am

"we have more news regarding the Transformers Masterpiece MP24 Star Saber figure"
Yeah!

"in the form of a lenghty interview with its designer team, including Hisashi Yuki"
Cool, very cool!

"The interview, found here"
YEAH, YEAH!!!

"is in Japanese"
:-(

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:32 am

Autobot Dash wrote:"we have more news regarding the Transformers Masterpiece MP24 Star Saber figure"
Yeah!

"in the form of a lenghty interview with its designer team, including Hisashi Yuki"
Cool, very cool!

"The interview, found here"
YEAH, YEAH!!!

"is in Japanese"

Ha!

Yeah, I know, but I have little time to humanise the machine translation today, and don't feel comfortable posting Google Translate version as-is. You're welcome to use it though!

Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:46 am

Va'al wrote:
Autobot Dash wrote:"we have more news regarding the Transformers Masterpiece MP24 Star Saber figure"
Yeah!

"in the form of a lenghty interview with its designer team, including Hisashi Yuki"
Cool, very cool!

"The interview, found here"
YEAH, YEAH!!!

"is in Japanese"

Ha!

Yeah, I know, but I have little time to humanise the machine translation today, and don't feel comfortable posting Google Translate version as-is. You're welcome to use it though!

I tried it, but the result is not very satisfatory... :-(

News Credits: 15 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:46 am

I don't hate this, I just have little interest in it. Star Sabre was never on my radar as a kid so he has no place on my Masterpiece shelf today.

Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:16 am

So far, so good Takara. Still waiting for you to make a Victory Leo.

News Credits: 12 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:16 am

I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:16 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:2) Where's the laser rifle for Saber?

Left hand side of this pic:

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:25 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.

It was the result of a fan poll, so you'd hope so!

Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:17 pm

Its great to get a little insight into the design of these figures... I wished that some of that design process translated into something that came with the figure and into the box. I would love to have the rough sketches and pictures of various prototypes to be included as a book with each MP. A good example was the franky shogun figure from soul of chogokin earlier this year.

Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:01 pm

Hisashi Yuki is my hero. I read that he only had 12 days to design MP Megatron. Wow.

:KREMZEEK:

Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:45 pm

thedistinctroom wrote:Hisashi Yuki is my hero. I read that he only had 12 days to design MP Megatron. Wow.

So he was drunk for 12 days straight, huh?

:roll:

News Credits: 60 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:53 pm

DMSL wrote:
thedistinctroom wrote:Hisashi Yuki is my hero. I read that he only had 12 days to design MP Megatron. Wow.

So he was drunk for 12 days straight, huh?

I don't get it. Do you mean the fragile, easily break off parts of Megs? I don't think Yuki would have had much say on materials would have been used or if that is the case, then the suits at Tomy must have opted for cheaper materials ( for one after hearing the horror stories on MP-05 fragility never transformed him).

Design wise, given the base alternate mode of Megs, for it's time, that was state of the art. Hopefully a more buff and sturdier version and in scale to MP-10 will be released.

But if true, the 12 day deadline to release such an intricate and complicated fig is amazing.

News Credits: 293 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:58 pm

Va'al wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.
It was the result of a fan poll, so you'd hope so!

does anyone think that... japanese TF fans resent us? pretty much everything hastak releases is geared toward us. even when MP SS was announced, and number of our fandom were upset that an obscure(ish) character we never even had over here was getting the MP treatment. anyone think they feel that way about us? and MP1-23?

News Credits: 462 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:01 pm

shajaki wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.
It was the result of a fan poll, so you'd hope so!
does anyone think that... japanese TF fans resent us? pretty much everything hastak releases is geared toward us. even when MP SS was announced, and number of our fandom were upset that an obscure(ish) character we never even had over here was getting the MP treatment. anyone think they feel that way about us? and MP1-23?

The Japanese got the same shows and characters we got.

Also, more tweeted pics:

News Credits: 293 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:09 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
shajaki wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.
It was the result of a fan poll, so you'd hope so!
does anyone think that... japanese TF fans resent us? pretty much everything hastak releases is geared toward us. even when MP SS was announced, and number of our fandom were upset that an obscure(ish) character we never even had over here was getting the MP treatment. anyone think they feel that way about us? and MP1-23?
The Japanese got the same shows and characters we got.

youre right. but thats not to say that headmasters and on havent been widely ignored.

News Credits: 5 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:42 pm

Sabrblade wrote:

Star can hold his Saber Blade the right way in one hand. I might just be able to sleep tonight. Thanks Sabrblade.
I noticed for the first time, in the pic with the guy holding the figure, that it actually has rocking hip articulation. (pun fully intended.)

This one:

News Credits: 60 · Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:52 pm

Something just hit me. Sure his battle helmet reminds me of the RX-78 Mobile Suit. I just realized, after looking at him closely, the V-star reminds me of the Core fighter attached to the G-booster. Nearly the same red, white and blue motif.

Kind of like Starship Maximus reminds me of Pegasus Whitebase.

News Credits: 332 · Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:11 am

fenrir72 wrote:Something just hit me. Sure his battle helmet reminds me of the RX-78 Mobile Suit. I just realized, after looking at him closely, the V-star reminds me of the Core fighter attached to the G-booster. Nearly the same red, white and blue motif.

Kind of like Starship Maximus reminds me of Pegasus Whitebase.

Not surprising since Gundam was huge at the time and Star Saber was heavily based on the RXYZ, especially in the feet.

Rifle and can hold the sword right YES!