New Images of all Components from the Transformers Victory Saber Set

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'm getting more and more exited by the day!
I'm looking forward the colored shots and to know what the other tiers are.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'm getting more and more exited by the day!
I'm looking forward the colored shots and to know what the other tiers are.

Lol, other tiers? Its been stuck at below 5500 for a few days, I'd start getting worried instead, as it seems to have stalled

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'm getting more and more exited by the day!
I'm looking forward the colored shots and to know what the other tiers are.

Lol, other tiers? Its been stuck at below 5500 for a few days, I'd start getting worried instead, as it seems to have stalled

That's only the orders from Pulse and Pulse UK and there's still over a month to go so I don't see any reason to be concerned at all yet. A lot of people are going to wait for colored renders or painted prototypes before they commit. We'll see massive jump towards the end once the international and third party shops get tallied in.

Emerje

Autobot N wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'm getting more and more exited by the day!
I'm looking forward the colored shots and to know what the other tiers are.

Lol, other tiers? Its been stuck at below 5500 for a few days, I'd start getting worried instead, as it seems to have stalled

That's only the orders from Pulse and Pulse UK and there's still over a month to go so I don't see any reason to be concerned at all yet. A lot of people are going to wait for colored renders or painted prototypes before they commit. We'll see massive jump towards the end once the international and third party shops get tallied in.

Emerje

Yeah, I'm not worried atm. If we've already basically hit 5500 from 3 countries (didn't forget you this time WJ88) that Star Saber has no exposure in, then we'll doubtless get a huge boost once the international numbers come in, especially from Japan.

Autobot N wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'm getting more and more exited by the day!
I'm looking forward the colored shots and to know what the other tiers are.

Lol, other tiers? Its been stuck at below 5500 for a few days, I'd start getting worried instead, as it seems to have stalled

That's only the orders from Pulse and Pulse UK and there's still over a month to go so I don't see any reason to be concerned at all yet. A lot of people are going to wait for colored renders or painted prototypes before they commit. We'll see massive jump towards the end once the international and third party shops get tallied in.

Emerje

Yeah, I'm not worried atm. If we've already basically hit 5500 from 3 countries (didn't forget you this time WJ88) that Star Saber has no exposure in, then we'll doubtless get a huge boost once the international numbers come in, especially from Japan.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'm getting more and more exited by the day!
I'm looking forward the colored shots and to know what the other tiers are.

Lol, other tiers? Its been stuck at below 5500 for a few days, I'd start getting worried instead, as it seems to have stalled

That's only the orders from Pulse and Pulse UK and there's still over a month to go so I don't see any reason to be concerned at all yet. A lot of people are going to wait for colored renders or painted prototypes before they commit. We'll see massive jump towards the end once the international and third party shops get tallied in.

Emerje

Yeah, I'm not worried atm. If we've already basically hit 5500 from 3 countries (didn't forget you this time WJ88) that Star Saber has no exposure in, then we'll doubtless get a huge boost once the international numbers come in, especially from Japan.

Also, when I checked last night it wasn't even at 5500 yet, so no way it could have been stuck there for days.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Out of curiosity, is anyone who is planning on backing but hasn't yet waiting to try to time it and be number 11000?

o.supreme wrote:Also just an odd observation; I was watching it for probably the last 30 or so minutes before it got to 5500. At one point the number actually went down by a little bit, indicating , I guess you can cancel your order...

First-Aid wrote:How big are these figures going to be? Any details? Those pics make it look fairly hefty.

Sabrblade wrote:Size comparison from TFW:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do we know if the V-lock cannon can attach to the hip of Victory Leo like on the original toy?

First-Aid wrote:How big are these figures going to be? Any details? Those pics make it look fairly hefty.

william-james88 wrote:Fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade has alerted us of some fun new images of the prototypes being showcased at the Boston Fan Expo by Hasbro as part of the Haslab Victory Saber project. The images come from TFs on Vacation who posed them on the TFW boards.

o.supreme wrote:While all Selects until now, and even Unicron had a plain brown packaging, we've seen a bit of upscale in the Galactic Odyssey series having more details on the inner package. I am curious to see what the Golden Disk series looks like as well as Black Zarak, the first Titan Selects. I'm hoping for a more detailed package, so we shall see when it comes time for Victory Saber.

Also, Galactus' estimated shipping date is fall 2022. I imagine that Victory Saber will be about the same time. There are 3 Haslabs (Razorcrest, Sentinel, and Heroquest) that are all supposed to ship before end of this year.

griftimus prime wrote:looks like the legs are on stilts i cant get passed it. they really blew it with that. thats why i wont get it. maybe a painted prototype could change my mind. but not likely

griftimus prime wrote:looks like the legs are on stilts i cant get passed it. they really blew it with that. thats why i wont get it. maybe a painted prototype could change my mind. but not likely

Sabrblade wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:looks like the legs are on stilts i cant get passed it. they really blew it with that. thats why i wont get it. maybe a painted prototype could change my mind. but not likely

They're boots.

Emerje wrote:

First-Aid wrote:How big are these figures going to be? Any details? Those pics make it look fairly hefty.

1-inch Brain of Courage Brainmaster figure
5-inch Autobot Saber figure
8.5-inch V-Star jet
7.5-inch Victory Leo figure

If V-Star is 8.5 then Star Saber should be closer to 10" which seems about right when looking at Star Saber and Leo together. Combined they might be closer to 12".



Those display shots make the posing look a lot more appealing, that's for sure. And I like the work around they came up with for Leo's visible hands in VS mode, simple but very effective.

Emerje

BotsNotPlots wrote:I feel like the US price ($180) for this is definitely worth backing, but the UK price (£180) makes it a tough choice. This makes it out to be about £50/$70 difference, and I'd very much like to know where the extra cash is going.

BotsNotPlots wrote:I feel like the US price ($180) for this is definitely worth backing, but the UK price (£180) makes it a tough choice. This makes it out to be about £50/$70 difference, and I'd very much like to know where the extra cash is going.

o.supreme wrote:I think there are some countries covered by Takara or Hasbro in Asia that actually have the lowest prices overall. Possibly because they are physically closer to where the toys are actually manufactured? Robot Kingdom often charges less initially than most retailers. It's just that shipping is so expensive that usually prevents me from using them.

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I think there are some countries covered by Takara or Hasbro in Asia that actually have the lowest prices overall. Possibly because they are physically closer to where the toys are actually manufactured? Robot Kingdom often charges less initially than most retailers. It's just that shipping is so expensive that usually prevents me from using them.

In my experience, there have been times where RobotKingdom's lower price was low enough to offset the shipping cost, as the total cost altogether still ended up being cheaper than BBTS's price.

BotsNotPlots wrote:I feel like the US price ($180) for this is definitely worth backing, but the UK price (£180) makes it a tough choice. This makes it out to be about £50/$70 difference, and I'd very much like to know where the extra cash is going.

BotsNotPlots wrote:I feel like the US price ($180) for this is definitely worth backing, but the UK price (£180) makes it a tough choice. This makes it out to be about £50/$70 difference, and I'd very much like to know where the extra cash is going.

william-james88 wrote:

Moonshot wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Moonshot wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I read the IDW comics and loved them and the only time I remember black shadow is from the Megatron origin story and even then I am told that wasn't black shadow. Couldn't even say when he was in a badass scene as one of Megatron's top guys. So I really don't know him from there then at all. I just picked up the TR toy because it looked great. Still love him.

In MTMTE he was a Phase Sixer that beat up Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus at the same time. Killed hundreds of Autobots that day.

What issue? Optimus Prime is not even in MTMTE since MTMTE happens after "the death of Optimus Prime".
Sounds like Black Shadow was only a mentioned in flashback then, and never part of the main story.

Anyways, Hasbro said there would be more partner sites for Victory Sabre coming out this week. Have any of you seen them? I'd like to write an article linking to all the different campaigns so that anyone in the world can know where to get one, all in one article.

Also, while I do think we'll get that first Tier, that canon is definitely key to the toy. Would be a huge shame for it not to be made. I would have rather it just be included and not have tiers, but I guess tiers are part of the deal with crowd funded things.

DW Optimus Prime didnt actually die in "Death of Optimus Prime". He just started going by Orion Pax again and went into semi-exile. He was in MTMtE in flashbacks and current time.

When did I say he did?

It sure seemed to me u were eluding to that here(also bold above); "Optimus Prime is not even in MTMTE since MTMTE happens after "the death of Optimus Prime"."

However, I never said u did say he died. Just in case u or someone reading it took what u said the same as I did, I thought I would clear it up. What did u mean then if not Optimus had died and that was why he wasnt in MTMtE?

That he is recedes ro the background and no longer goes by Optimus, which is what happens in the story that I put in quotations.

So yeah, Dark Shadow's role in the Roberts comics was beyond minimal.

whacko wrote:I backed this thing, but I am thinking about backing out.

The more I see of this figure the more it does not look like $180 worth of toy. It is basically a Commander Class toy selling at an inflated Titan Class price. It even looks like it is recycling blast effects from past Commander Class toys.

$100-120 seems like a fairer price for what they're offering. $180 seem a little bit high. Especially since $180 is $20 more than MP-24 Starsaber sold for and this toy isn't going to have Masterpiece levels of plastic, paint and sculpt quality.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

whacko wrote:I backed this thing, but I am thinking about backing out.

The more I see of this figure the more it does not look like $180 worth of toy. It is basically a Commander Class toy selling at an inflated Titan Class price. It even looks like it is recycling blast effects from past Commander Class toys.

$100-120 seems like a fairer price for what they're offering. $180 seem a little bit high. Especially since $180 is $20 more than MP-24 Starsaber sold for and this toy isn't going to have Masterpiece levels of plastic, paint and sculpt quality.

I don't completely disagree, but I think you are overlooking 2 main points. First comparing the price to MP Starsaber's original price is just an unfair comparison no matter how you look at it. MP Starsaber was made 6 years ago before the MP line changed their pricing format and before the regular generations line did the same. If MP Starsaber was released within the last year, we would at least have a current comparable price (my guess would be around $200-$250 if released today). Generations deluxes could still be gotten for $10 on sale back in 2015 versus $10 for a core class now. Does that mean that core figures should be the size of deluxes because this is what their price point was 6 years ago?

Second is that there really isn't a great standard definition of what makes a Commander Class figure. So far, we just have Jetfire, Sky Lynx and Rodimus Prime to go by. Jetfire was the biggest and simplest, Rodimus was the smallest and by far the most complex, and Sky Lynx is somewhere in the middle. Comparing what we've seen so far, Victory Saber is definitely more materials and more complex than Rodimus Prime so the price going beyond the normal commander price point in into Titan range makes sense.

I have all 3 Commanders so far, and what they have shown for Victory Saber is definitely beyond what any of the 3 commander releases have covered.

Edit: tldr: If you are using prices from 6 years ago as your basis on whether something is worth it to you, the answer will almost always be no.

whacko wrote:I backed this thing, but I am thinking about backing out.

The more I see of this figure the more it does not look like $180 worth of toy. It is basically a Commander Class toy selling at an inflated Titan Class price. It even looks like it is recycling blast effects from past Commander Class toys.

$100-120 seems like a fairer price for what they're offering. $180 seem a little bit high. Especially since $180 is $20 more than MP-24 Starsaber sold for and this toy isn't going to have Masterpiece levels of plastic, paint and sculpt quality.