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News Credits: 122 · Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:58 am

Sabrblade wrote:I think it's so obvious that Star Saber is gonna win this thing, what with just how ridiculously popular the guy is with the Japanese fandom.

I'd be 100% OK with that

News Credits: 122 · Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:01 am

Double Post!

Also, Star Saber's TF wiki page is somewhat hilarious. I also appreciate how he has a passing resemblance to Superion.

News Credits: 3646 · Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:28 am

Sabrblade wrote:I think it's so obvious that Star Saber is gonna win this thing, what with just how ridiculously popular the guy is with the Japanese fandom.

What is this statement based on? It seems like conjecture. I've never heard that Star Saber was "ridiculously popular" with the Japanese fandom before. He's one of my favorites, but he hasn't received a lot of love in the past 25 years since his introduction other than a Robot Masters figure, a Mega SCF figure, an SCF figure, and a Kabaya figure.

News Credits: 60 · Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:56 am

Seibertron wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:I think it's so obvious that Star Saber is gonna win this thing, what with just how ridiculously popular the guy is with the Japanese fandom.

What is this statement based on? It seems like conjecture. I've never heard that Star Saber was "ridiculously popular" with the Japanese fandom before. He's one of my favorites, but he hasn't received a lot of love in the past 25 years since his introduction other than a Robot Masters figure, a Mega SCF figure, an SCF figure, and a Kabaya figure.

Well, he is supposedly leading the poll. Couldn't that lead be from his popularity? Different tastes from both sides of the Pacific. Look at Hotrod, a lot of non Japanese fans hate him and that bugger gets like tons of versions.

Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:59 pm

Planet-cybering Headmaster Fortress Maximus is my 1st & 2nd choice!!! After that would be god-jinrai (Powermaster Prime), a good candidate but still a distant 3rd.

However, why is there no Ultra Magnus based on MP-10?

Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:33 pm

Tronus_Rex wrote:Planet-cybering Headmaster Fortress Maximus is my 1st & 2nd choice!!! After that would be god-jinrai (Powermaster Prime), a good candidate but still a distant 3rd.

However, why is there no Ultra Magnus based on MP-10?

Well I have some good news for you, [I may be totaly wrong as it's unusual to know so many of the up and coming MP figures, usualy we know one, 2 if we are lucky and usualy that's a repaint] you have overlooked, that there are several up andcoming new releases, aswell as several repaints, there is Wheeljack, Bumblebee, and yes Ultra Magnus. SO far no prototype figures have surfaced to give us a glimpse, but aparently these are all confirmed furure releases andare already up for pre order.

Back to your choice on 1st and 2nd. I hope you and anyone who actualy votes and has a real influence on what is released will reconsider Fortress Maximus as a contender. I think it would make a great release, but there are other figures that should come before, and in the list he should be the last out of the G1 figures. My reason being is that the MP line is a chance for characters that never met there potential first time round. Also let sface it, FOrtress Maximus doesn't need the MP treatment to transform, as his alt modes are totaly fanatasy. Yeah victory leo is a robotic cat, but there are still proportion restrictions etc.
Fortress Maximus also doesn't have the best robot mode, IMO, and Your next choice of God Ginrai aka Powermaster Prime, had an awful toy robot mode, and we know from the artwork that if he was done right could have an amzing robot form. The recent release of Gnerations Metroplex has MP posability and has the scale, so until the characters the are more deserving of the MP treatment, surelt Metroplex can fill the space for MP Maximus.
There are some on the List such as Galaxy Force Prime, which is a nice figure but Powermaster Prime is the inspiration for that figure and Galaxy Force Prime has no right to get the MP treatment before PM Prime. ANd there are some figures that even with the MP treatment will still be rubbish such as Armada prime, how could they make an MP figure of him before even Galavtron. We need a JetFire and a SKyFiire, as there are definently 2 moulds there, and a shockwave, as this would sort out the mould rights problems, if they have there own official version and they could base the designon the anime and comic stylings to create and overcome any similarity design issues.

Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:18 pm

Needs more cow bell OPTIMUS!

Seriously, I get why this list is what it is (thank you, Sabr! :BOWDOWN:

), but I will KILL someone if another Optimus variation gets made into an MP! :BOOM:

We already have had how many MP Optimi made??? Shouldn't they start on BB and his myriad of clones? I'm hoping for a chocolate swirl BB with nuts. 8-}

But seriously, I'm saying we should prevent a tragedy and NOT do another Optimus variation. It's not to say those aren't some good choices (well, the ones where he's NOT a truck), but come on... :PRAY:

It's pretty obvious it's going to be Star Saber, and I.... ehhh, don't care. >:oP

I'd like to see Fort Max, just for the inevitable disappointment: some peoples ASSUMES he'd be in scale, but my money is on the opposite: he'd be shrunken down to Optimus height, just to get an affordable price on him (as others have mentioned/alluded).

SXS Not-Blurr looks/sounds better to me.

This announcement of an impending announcement? I-)

Just reminds me of how slow MP development and production is in general, and is that really the best idea, Takara? To remind fans of how long they have to wait? :HEADHURTS:

I understand quality takes time... when you have 5 employees working on it. :BANG_HEAD:

Seriously hire a couple more guys and get this stuff organized!

Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:32 am

megatronus wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:I think it's so obvious that Star Saber is gonna win this thing, what with just how ridiculously popular the guy is with the Japanese fandom.

I'd be 100% OK with that

me too

Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:39 am

I really like all of these options, but if I had to vote for one figure only to be a masterpiece,,,, >:oP

I would be torn between Star Saber, Dai Atlas and Fortress Maximus.

If they choose Fortress Maximus I wonder how big this figure would be :-?

, considering the 'regular' version of him is almost 2 feet tall, lol, anything bigger than that seems like a long shot, but who knows?

:BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 462 · Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:50 pm

Less than 24 hours to go before the announcement! I'm excited.

Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:09 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Less than 24 hours to go before the announcement! I'm excited.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it not so much an announcement, as it is just a strong hint?

Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:37 pm

Honestly, I don't see why Galaxy Prime would even need an MP figure. He's 100% show accurate, has excellent articulation, a simple yet elegant transform, and is one of the best Prime figures in the past 20 years.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:14 pm

Tronus_Rex wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Less than 24 hours to go before the announcement! I'm excited.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it not so much an announcement, as it is just a strong hint?

Tomorrow between 8-9pm Japan Time (which will be 6-7am Eastern Time), TakaraTomy is going to announce the name of which character won the Masterpiece Fans Choice poll to be given his own Masterpiece toy. The toy itself mostly likely won't be revealed, but the winning character's identity will.

facebook · Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:33 am

Fan's Choice Results:

11th Fortress Maximus
10th Grand Convoy
9th Raio(Leo) Convoy
8th Big Convoy
7th Galaxy Convoy
6th Beast Wars Convoy (Optimus Primal)
5th Super Fire Convoy
4th Dai Atlas
3rd Super Ginrai
2nd Micron Convoy

The officlal winner of the fan poll is Star Saber

facebook · Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:00 am

Some highlights from the stream:
- Twitter Q&A
- Interview with the designer of Star Saber, he talked about differences between the US and Japanese shows, showed original design drawings and some animation cells.
- Transformers Cloud announcement
- Transformers Go! figures

Wished they hadn't kept overlaying the loud music when they talked ><

News Credits: 6188 · Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:54 am

It's time! The Takara Tomy Transformers 30th Anniversary Masterpiece Fan Poll has closed and the results are in, ready to be revealed to all Transformers fans. The full ceremony can be viewed through the video below, from the official TakaraTomy YouTube channel. For everyone else, here are the exciting results ...

...and here are the results in order from the least votes to the most votes:

11th Fortress Maximus
10th Grand Convoy
9th Raio (Leo) Convoy
8th Big Convoy
7th Galaxy Convoy
6th Beast Wars Convoy (Optimus Primal)

5. Super Fire Convoy

4. Transformers Zone Dai Atlas

3. Super Ginrai

2. Micron Densetsu Convoy

And the winner is..

1. Star Saber!

Also shown were a couple of Star Saber's character models from the Victory series. It is highly possible that this is the look that Takara Tomy wants to achieve with this Masterpiece figure. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for further details as they become available.

Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:10 am

What? Why!? WHY waste time making this piece of junk from the waning days of G1 when there are so many characters from the 1984 cast they have yet to put in MP form? The current pace of the their MP releases has been beyond lazy and yet they have time to jerk around with Star Saber??? :BOOM:

News Credits: 462 · Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:23 am

Called it.

News Credits: 60 · Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:30 am

84forever wrote:What? Why!? WHY waste time making this piece of junk from the waning days of G1 when there are so many characters from the 1984 cast they have yet to put in MP form? The current pace of the their MP releases has been beyond lazy and yet they have time to jerk around with Star Saber???

As Saberblade called it......he's insanely popular in Japan. American opinions don't amount to cr@p over the domestic (Japanese) views.

:APPLAUSE:

Hopefully this is translated into reality (but then if Saber is made then Victory Leo can"t be far behind?), this may mark a ground breaking trend for a Masterpiece power up fig for the latter.

News Credits: 251 · Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:32 am

I guess you could say Star Saber just nabbed himself a sweet... *puts on sunglasses* ...victory.

...Right, I'll escort myself out.

84forever wrote:What? Why!? WHY waste time making this piece of junk from the waning days of G1 when there are so many characters from the 1984 cast they have yet to put in MP form? The current pace of the their MP releases has been beyond lazy and yet they have time to jerk around with Star Saber???

1. The poll is based on the Autobot Commanders from Headmasters to Cybertron. There would've been no way to vote for other characters. Besides, why celebrate the Transformers' 30th anniversary with a character that could get MP treatment later on when it could be celebrated by making an MP of a Convoy?

2. Star Saber is insanely popular in Japan. It was virtually no contest, he's that popular. And I don't blame them. He has an awesome, streamlined design, in my opinion.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:01 am

Also, "This video is private". Boo.

Tue Nov 19, 2013 9:13 am

84forever wrote:What? Why!? WHY waste time making this piece of junk from the waning days of G1 when there are so many characters from the 1984 cast they have yet to put in MP form? The current pace of the their MP releases has been beyond lazy and yet they have time to jerk around with Star Saber???

I agree with you
I agree with you ...
:BOOM: