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[Sabrblade]

Lucky Australians.

[william-james88]

Here's more from GOKTIMUS PRIME.

TakaraTOMY writes their MP bios from a Japanese continuity POV for their market (e.g. MP22's bio makes references to Scramble City), so I felt that for Hasbro's release, I'd like to go in the other direction and write it from an Anglophone continuity perspective for Hasbro's markets -- hence why I removed all mention of Scramble City from MP22's bio, but I did name his weapon the "Ambus Class laser gun." But small continuity discrepancies aside, Ultra Magnus is essentially the same character in both Japanese and Western continuities. This isn't the case with Star Sabre, so adapting his bio for Hasbro presented me with the opportunity to be a lot more creative and complete reinvent his bio based on his appearances in the IDW comics. I've also made references to the G1 Motorvators (the Hasbro versions of the Brainmasters; although Star Sabre was the only Brainmaster never released by Hasbro as a Motorvator during G1 ).

[fenrir72]

It seems Masterpiece Star Sabre is going to get a limited english language release through Hasbro's distribution. Hasbro Australia's employee GOKTIMUS PRIME (self chosen pseudonym) revealed today, on Talk Transformers facebook fan page, that he has translated the Star Sabre bio for Hasbro, and has also made it entirely different from the japanese bio. The full quote is below. It should be noted that this release is most probably limited to the Australian market where Hasbro also helped distribute Takara's recent Ultra Magnus and Bumblebee, which showed up in Australian Toysrus stores.

I can now reveal that MP Star Sabre was the third translation/adaptation job that I was doing for Hasbro. However, the English bio is completely different and unrelated to the Japanese one. The Japanese bio is based on Star Sabre's appearance in Transformers Victory, where he was -- character-wise -- basically a clone of Optimus Prime (re: flawless heroic saviour archetype). The English bio is based on IDW Star Sabre, where Star Sabre is an incredibly dark character.
In the Japanese booklet, Star Sabre's function is "Autobot Supreme Commander." For the Hasbro version, his function has been changed to 'Duly Appointed Enforcer of the Tyrest Accord' (at times abbreviated to 'Tyrest Accord Enforcer' or just "Autobot Enforcer" in different parts of the booklet). Japanese G1 tech specs don't have mottos, and I only had access to the booklet and not the tech specs card (so I have no idea if TakaraTOMY have newly created a motto for him), but the motto I created for the Hasbro version is "Quidquid facio sancitur divinitus.", which is Latin for "Everything I do is divinely sanctioned." -- and yes, I have written the motto in both Latin and English (as I did for Stinger ).
More reveals to come.

BURN is gonna love this!

[fatbot]

just a small correction to the article, he's not an employee, more like a contractor, doing these translations.

And trust me, if you knew him, there are many times you'd relize that you aren't lucky

[Burn]

BURN is gonna love this!

nah, old news to me and it's cheaper to import from Japan than buy from TRU. Arctorro and I already worked that out with Bumblebee and Magnus.

WHERE'S YOUR MAGNUS ARCTORRO?

[fenrir72]

BURN is gonna love this!

nah, old news to me and it's cheaper to import from Japan than buy from TRU. Arctorro and I already worked that out with Bumblebee and Magnus.

WHERE'S YOUR MAGNUS ARCTORRO?

Oh.....the pricing is murder at TRU.

[william-james88]

just a small correction to the article, he's not an employee, more like a contractor, doing these translations.

And trust me, if you knew him, there are many times you'd relize that you aren't lucky

Why? He's not a fun guy to get to know?

[Arctorro]

Lucky Australians.

Might want to wait on the price before making statements like that seeing as...

nah, old news to me and it's cheaper to import from Japan than buy from TRU. Arctorro and I already worked that out with Bumblebee and Magnus.

An Australian release may be more of a kick in the gentleman veg if past prices are anything to go by.

WHERE'S YOUR MAGNUS ARCTORRO?

You evil bastard!!!

By the way, how is Whirl? How are your hands?

[Burn]

By the way, how is Whirl? How are your hands?

I'll let you know when I get them around your neck.

[sol magnus]

Why would he need an "Anglo" bio just for Austrailian audiences? Aren't Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus in normal Takara packaging in Austrailian TRUs?

[fenrir72]

just a small correction to the article, he's not an employee, more like a contractor, doing these translations.

And trust me, if you knew him, there are many times you'd relize that you aren't lucky

Seems like you have a past issue with him for a first post.

[Desslok2201]

It's like someone's taken a Picasso, or a Rembrandt, and wiped a turd on it. Can't blame Hasbro for this one, we have a name this time

[Arctorro]

By the way, how is Whirl? How are your hands?

I'll let you know when I get them around your neck.

If the smell is still lingering I'd probably be unconscious before they made contact. No Legends BlackJack for Burn

[Ultra Markus]

So... The Enforcer he"s called he must be the Dirty Harry of Cybertron then

[Bounti76]

SO in Australia.....he's essentially Masterpiece IDW Star Saber.

[Arctorro]

SO in Australia.....he's essentially Masterpiece IDW Star Saber.

And he will cost

[leokearon]

SO in Australia.....he's essentially Masterpiece IDW Star Saber.

Yeah he is by the sounds of it. I wonder if Hasbro now what they are doing

[fenrir72]

SO in Australia.....he's essentially Masterpiece IDW Star Saber.

Yeah he is by the sounds of it. I wonder if Hasbro now what they are doing

Turning him into a religious zealot.........Australia......."Lindt"........ring a bell........have they (Hasbro )no shame? Or sensitivity?

[sol magnus]

Why would he need an "Anglo" bio just for Austrailian audiences? Aren't Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus in normal Takara packaging in Austrailian TRUs?

Again, why would this be limited to the Austrailian release if all they do is ship Takara versions to TRU? Is the instruction booklet different? If so, maybe I'd want an Austrailian Magnus...

[william-james88]

Why would he need an "Anglo" bio just for Austrailian audiences? Aren't Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus in normal Takara packaging in Austrailian TRUs?

Again, why would this be limited to the Austrailian release if all they do is ship Takara versions to TRU? Is the instruction booklet different? If so, maybe I'd want an Austrailian Magnus...

Yes, I am assuming thats what it is. It may also be available in Hong Kong and Singapore since it would be Hasbro's asia pacific division that would distribute as a whole, and both those amrkets carry the english language products.

[Sabrblade]

Ultra Magnus got new packaging for Australia.

[sol magnus]

Ultra Magnus got new packaging for Australia.

Any pictures?

[Sabrblade]

Ultra Magnus got new packaging for Australia.

Any pictures?

[ScottyP]

Pretty cool to do that. Not the biggest fan of Religious Zealot Star Saber, but still a neat touch. This also reminded me I need to get my Private Warehouse at HLJ turned back on with this and a bunch of Build Fighters Try kits coming out next month.

[Ginrai Minor]

IDW Star Saber......is this the point when I try to shoehorn a MP figure into my classics collection. If they did the IDW paint job....my oh my how nice that would be.