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New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber

Posted by El Duque Jul 21, 2014 at 11:56pm CDT 26,278 views
Courtesy of the fine folks over on the Planet Iacon Facebook page we have an image from one of the Japanese hobby magazines featuring new images of the Masterpiece Star Saber prototype. The images give us our first look at Saber and the vehicles modes. We also get a look at MP-22 Ultra Magnus, the Movie Advance G1 style Deluxe Wheeljack, and the massive non-transforming Scorponok figure from Gigantic Action.

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Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Jul 22, 2014
SABER!!!!!

Please have the Yuuki no Brain as well! Please have the Yuuki no Brain as well! :PRAY: :PRAY: :PRAY:
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by LOST Cybertronian Jul 22, 2014
Sabrblade wrote:SABER!!!!!

Please have the Yuuki no Brain as well! Please have the Yuuki no Brain as well! :PRAY: :PRAY: :PRAY:


Then it will truly be the best MP evah!!
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Comment by ZeroWolf Jul 22, 2014
I want this...Wonder if the sword sheaths the same way as in victory. Still would like to know if there's a victory Leo on the way.
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by Va'al Jul 22, 2014
All the fuzzy feelings inside. :x
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Jul 22, 2014
ZeroWolf wrote:I want this...Wonder if the sword sheaths the same way as in victory. Still would like to know if there's a victory Leo on the way.


We'll know for sure once we see connectors attached to Saber's feet and back ;)
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by guarayakha Jul 22, 2014
Even if there's no MP V-Leo I'll be happy if it's even compatible with the original V-Leo.
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Jul 22, 2014
guarayakha wrote:Even if there's no MP V-Leo I'll be happy if it's even compatible with the original V-Leo.
Some people are speculating that it might very well be backwards-compatible with the G1 Victory Leo toy.
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Comment by Xephon0930 Jul 22, 2014
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:I want this...Wonder if the sword sheaths the same way as in victory. Still would like to know if there's a victory Leo on the way.


We'll know for sure once we see connectors attached to Saber's feet and back ;)



Considering that all Victory Leo has to do to combine with Star Saber is to be giant platform shoes and a jetpack, it isn't that far off from the realm of possibility.
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by Evil Eye Jul 22, 2014
Not at all familiar with the Japanese-exclusive cartoons (Headmasters, Zone, Victory etc) but that looks pretty sweet.

I know Takara does Masterpiece Brave toys as well...I need to watch GaoGaiGar so I have an excuse to buy them. I can imagine they'd go very well together with this guy (heck, the "symmetrical docking" twins like HyoRyu and EnRyu look transformer-y anyway).
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by ZeroWolf Jul 22, 2014
Delta Magnus wrote:Not at all familiar with the Japanese-exclusive cartoons (Headmasters, Zone, Victory etc) but that looks pretty sweet.

I know Takara does Masterpiece Brave toys as well...I need to watch GaoGaiGar so I have an excuse to buy them. I can imagine they'd go very well together with this guy (heck, the "symmetrical docking" twins like HyoRyu and EnRyu look transformer-y anyway).

I did not know this...I wonder if they have made a MP Genesic GaoGaiGar or a King J-Der J Phoenix accessory...Takara will own my soul at this rate. :lol:
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by shajaki Jul 22, 2014
im not blown away. probably because im not invested in the character. but hey, small blurry grey prototype pics wouldnt have blown me away anyways. looking forward to the real deal.
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by Xephon0930 Jul 22, 2014
Delta Magnus wrote:Not at all familiar with the Japanese-exclusive cartoons (Headmasters, Zone, Victory etc) but that looks pretty sweet.

I know Takara does Masterpiece Brave toys as well...I need to watch GaoGaiGar so I have an excuse to buy them. I can imagine they'd go very well together with this guy (heck, the "symmetrical docking" twins like HyoRyu and EnRyu look transformer-y anyway).



Takara did have a Masterpiece line for the Braves. But it only lasted long enough to get King Exkaiser and Dragon Kaiser.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Jul 22, 2014
ZeroWolf wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:Not at all familiar with the Japanese-exclusive cartoons (Headmasters, Zone, Victory etc) but that looks pretty sweet.

I know Takara does Masterpiece Brave toys as well...I need to watch GaoGaiGar so I have an excuse to buy them. I can imagine they'd go very well together with this guy (heck, the "symmetrical docking" twins like HyoRyu and EnRyu look transformer-y anyway).

I did not know this...I wonder if they have made a MP Genesic GaoGaiGar or a King J-Der J Phoenix accessory...Takara will own my soul at this rate. :lol:


You'll have to look in Bandai's direction as they own the Brave anime designs (thanks to Sunrise belonging to Bandai now), and the options are quite a few. Right now, the non-transforming Super Robot Chogokin series has a good part of the GGG line-up, including Genesic GaoGaiGar, as well as some other Brave series robots. As for transforming figures, the Brave Gokin series has GaoGaiGar (I'd suggest looking for v2 as it fixes some faults of the original), Genesic and GaoFighGar, but those are slightly older figures and more finnicky, not really Soul of Chogokin material.
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by Evil Eye Jul 22, 2014
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:Not at all familiar with the Japanese-exclusive cartoons (Headmasters, Zone, Victory etc) but that looks pretty sweet.

I know Takara does Masterpiece Brave toys as well...I need to watch GaoGaiGar so I have an excuse to buy them. I can imagine they'd go very well together with this guy (heck, the "symmetrical docking" twins like HyoRyu and EnRyu look transformer-y anyway).

I did not know this...I wonder if they have made a MP Genesic GaoGaiGar or a King J-Der J Phoenix accessory...Takara will own my soul at this rate. :lol:


You'll have to look in Bandai's direction as they own the Brave anime designs (thanks to Sunrise belonging to Bandai now), and the options are quite a few. Right now, the non-transforming Super Robot Chogokin series has a good part of the GGG line-up, including Genesic GaoGaiGar, as well as some other Brave series robots. As for transforming figures, the Brave Gokin series has GaoGaiGar (I'd suggest looking for v2 as it fixes some faults of the original), Genesic and GaoFighGar, but those are slightly older figures and more finnicky, not really Soul of Chogokin material.


Don't Takara have any ownership over the material? They created it after all.

Sigh, and there was me hoping we'd get updated, super-articulated and fully transforming versions of the Symmetrical Docking teams. I can dream...

(Although for 90s toys, the original Takara figures are actually incredible from what I've seen. Unfortunately they're also very rare.)
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Jul 22, 2014
Delta Magnus wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:Not at all familiar with the Japanese-exclusive cartoons (Headmasters, Zone, Victory etc) but that looks pretty sweet.

I know Takara does Masterpiece Brave toys as well...I need to watch GaoGaiGar so I have an excuse to buy them. I can imagine they'd go very well together with this guy (heck, the "symmetrical docking" twins like HyoRyu and EnRyu look transformer-y anyway).

I did not know this...I wonder if they have made a MP Genesic GaoGaiGar or a King J-Der J Phoenix accessory...Takara will own my soul at this rate. :lol:


You'll have to look in Bandai's direction as they own the Brave anime designs (thanks to Sunrise belonging to Bandai now), and the options are quite a few. Right now, the non-transforming Super Robot Chogokin series has a good part of the GGG line-up, including Genesic GaoGaiGar, as well as some other Brave series robots. As for transforming figures, the Brave Gokin series has GaoGaiGar (I'd suggest looking for v2 as it fixes some faults of the original), Genesic and GaoFighGar, but those are slightly older figures and more finnicky, not really Soul of Chogokin material.


Don't Takara have any ownership over the material? They created it after all.


If anything, only the original Brave series molds. The animation and original character design was done by Sunrise, and well, Bandai owns those now. Hope you're not against playing for the other team if need be.
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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Jul 22, 2014
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:I want this...Wonder if the sword sheaths the same way as in victory. Still would like to know if there's a victory Leo on the way.


We'll know for sure once we see connectors attached to Saber's feet and back ;)


It's been awhile since I've played with mine so don't hold me to this but I think Star Saber didn't have any visual connection points on it since Lio clipped on using existing pegs and holes and such.
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Comment by Stormrider Jul 22, 2014
Scroponok is almost $500. Yikes!! I might as well buy a 3P Scorpy that transforms for that price. ;)
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by Mindmaster Jul 22, 2014
Yeah... just gimme a release date and price, and I'll start saving. Star Saber is definitely among my top three Autobots and probably part of the top ten Transformers in general, so I'm very pleased to see that he seems to be turning out very well. ;)^

I wouldn't mind there being backwards-compatibility with the original Victory Victory Leo, but it's not something I desperately need for it to have. Though I would consider a third party Victory Leo of equal size, stature, and quality.
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Comment by ZeroWolf Jul 23, 2014
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:Not at all familiar with the Japanese-exclusive cartoons (Headmasters, Zone, Victory etc) but that looks pretty sweet.

I know Takara does Masterpiece Brave toys as well...I need to watch GaoGaiGar so I have an excuse to buy them. I can imagine they'd go very well together with this guy (heck, the "symmetrical docking" twins like HyoRyu and EnRyu look transformer-y anyway).

I did not know this...I wonder if they have made a MP Genesic GaoGaiGar or a King J-Der J Phoenix accessory...Takara will own my soul at this rate. :lol:


You'll have to look in Bandai's direction as they own the Brave anime designs (thanks to Sunrise belonging to Bandai now), and the options are quite a few. Right now, the non-transforming Super Robot Chogokin series has a good part of the GGG line-up, including Genesic GaoGaiGar, as well as some other Brave series robots. As for transforming figures, the Brave Gokin series has GaoGaiGar (I'd suggest looking for v2 as it fixes some faults of the original), Genesic and GaoFighGar, but those are slightly older figures and more finnicky, not really Soul of Chogokin material.


Don't Takara have any ownership over the material? They created it after all.


If anything, only the original Brave series molds. The animation and original character design was done by Sunrise, and well, Bandai owns those now. Hope you're not against playing for the other team if need be.

I go where the toys are, I think it was the brave chokin line I was looking at before. Though the Soul of Chogokin line is also nice though far more expensive to complete GGG's arsenal (the key to victory sets)
Re: New Prototype Images of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber (view post)
Comment by chuckdawg1999 Jul 23, 2014
Bandai is doing a SOC GGG due sometime this fall
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