Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber Additional Prototype Images

@ Saberblade

Brave module is included. Your fears averted.

Never understood the appeal of Star Saber. He's super cool don't get me wrong, and maybe I'll think differently when I see painted prototypes, but I never watched Masterforce so I don't feel any connection to the Saber character.

Hmmm doesn't appear to retain the brainmaster feature despite having Saber in the cockpit. That's a bummer... at least I have my original

fenrir72 wrote:@ Saberblade

Brave module is included. Your fears averted.

Sideshow Sideswipe wrote:Never understood the appeal of Star Saber. He's super cool don't get me wrong, and maybe I'll think differently when I see painted prototypes, but I never watched Masterforce so I don't feel any connection to the Saber character.

He was in Victory, not Masterforce.

Sideshow Sideswipe wrote:Never understood the appeal of Star Saber. He's super cool don't get me wrong, and maybe I'll think differently when I see painted prototypes, but I never watched Masterforce so I don't feel any connection to the Saber character.

The appeal to Star Saber is:

1. He's an asskicking no-nonsense swordsman and warrior.
2. He doesn't die every second episode.
3. Aesthetically, he's one of the coolest transformers ever made.
4. Heavily armed gunships is better than a Semi or Winnebago any day, especially in a war.


QED

fenrir72 wrote:@ Saberblade

Brave module is included. Your fears averted.

Like Powermaster Prime he is a 3-step:

1. Yuuki no Brain (Brain of Courage)
2. Saber
3. Star Saber

I see the Brain in the cockpit, but I can't tell if the gimmick is present.

Super Megatron wrote:

Sideshow Sideswipe wrote:Never understood the appeal of Star Saber. He's super cool don't get me wrong, and maybe I'll think differently when I see painted prototypes, but I never watched Masterforce so I don't feel any connection to the Saber character.

The appeal to Star Saber is:

1. He's an asskicking no-nonsense swordsman and warrior.
2. He doesn't die every second episode.
3. Aesthetically, he's one of the coolest transformers ever made.
4. Heavily armed gunships is better than a Semi or Winnebago any day, especially in a war.


QED

I too once asked about the appeal of Star Saber as a character:

I get that he looks cool and did some cool things, but what's the appeal of Star Saber, personality-wise? He just seems like an after-school role model who never makes mistakes (and therefore doesn't learn from them) and is practically perfect in every way. Not exactly a three-dimensional guy.

The ending theme even sings about how he never misbehaved as a child.

And got the following answers from folks who find him appealing:

He's the only Autobot who's somebody's dad, which is kind of interesting.

Adopted and raised a human child on his own is pretty unique really for an Autobot leader. It just hasn't been developed very deeply in anything I've read. Combine that with him being a tiny bot who expands several times to "Leader" size and there's a lot of potential for him to be cool there. If he showed up in a US book as a non-Villian he could rock.

For me the appeal is the design. A Masterpiece Star Saber (and especially Victory Saber) would really pop on a shelf.

uper bad@$$ best swordsman in the galaxy space hero robot is someone's dad! The first part is the selling point. The second is the texture that gives him some character.

He's a super robot heroic leader. They're not really about depth. You could say the same thing about most versions of Optimus Prime. This character-type gets texture more than depth in kids programming.

here his texture is adoptive father. It's something a least.

I guess the fatherhood aspect really is a big part of his character appeal. Though, this bit of Q&A occurred before he appeared in the IDW comics as a zealot.

..in which he is a twisted, religious fanatic, acting as hand for a genocidal maniac (and quite keen on Genocide himself).

So pick your traits, there's enough to please a good part of fandom.

Haven't even seen what it looks like in goddamn technicolor, and I want it so badly... what's his predicted release date, again?

This guy is going to be so epic.

Shut up and take my preorder!

Sabrblade wrote:I guess the fatherhood aspect really is a big part of his character appeal. Though, this bit of Q&A occurred before he appeared in the IDW comics as a zealot.

He has the coolest 1st ep intro in all 3 Japanese g1 cartoon, spaghetti western style


Also he drinks tea.


nuff' said.

guarayakha wrote:He has the coolest 1st ep intro in all 3 Japanese g1 cartoon, spaghetti western style

That clip was pretty cool... till the characters started talking, which killed it.

Sabrblade wrote:

guarayakha wrote:He has the coolest 1st ep intro in all 3 Japanese g1 cartoon, spaghetti western style

That clip was pretty cool... till the characters started talking, which killed it.

^ This.

Mindmaster wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

guarayakha wrote:He has the coolest 1st ep intro in all 3 Japanese g1 cartoon, spaghetti western style

That clip was pretty cool... till the characters started talking, which killed it.

^ This.

Hideyuki Tanaka FTW!

I like it, It is quite Gundam like in a way. Although I have never heard of this character until they announced it becoming a masterpiece. I really like the look of this beast. its looks intimidating, in such a way as to say "Do not dare even think of locking in hand to hand combat with me, you would have no chance to survive another day." I could be jumping the gun on that last part. still, I am more than ready for this piece to enter my home. only time will tell when we start seeing painted versions.

guarayakha wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I guess the fatherhood aspect really is a big part of his character appeal. Though, this bit of Q&A occurred before he appeared in the IDW comics as a zealot.

He has the coolest 1st ep intro in all 3 Japanese g1 cartoon, spaghetti western style


Also he drinks tea.


nuff' said.

That was amazing. Aside from the voice acting- I mean, I'd heard the Victory dub was bad, but not THAT bad..

Here are two other clips, this time with the right voices:

some hi-res scans, I got my copy in this afternoon.
http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/07 ... ial-guide/

Randy

thanks for the high res scans!

i may have previously said this figure was looking flat, lacking in detail. but those alt modes look model'esq actually. im quite impressed. i have yet to pass on an MP and i wont be starting with this one!

fenrir72 wrote:@ Saberblade Brave module is included. Your fears averted.

Sideshow Sideswipe wrote:Never understood the appeal of Star Saber... I never watched Masterforce so I don't feel any connection to the Saber character.

I love it. It reminds me of the time Kirk saved Darth Vader on the Serenity from Dr. Who with a generational Star Gate.

Sabrblade wrote:I too once asked about the appeal of Star Saber as a character.

Isn't that kind of like the Fusion Canon asking about the appeal of Megatron as a character, Sabrblade?


What other secrets will be revealed on the internet by this book?

Convoy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I too once asked about the appeal of Star Saber as a character.

Isn't that kind of like the Fusion Canon asking about the appeal of Megatron as a character, Sabrblade?

Ah, but my good Sōshireikan, you see, my name isn't spelled with two E's like the sword's name is.

Sabrblade wrote:

Convoy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I too once asked about the appeal of Star Saber as a character.

Isn't that kind of like the Fusion Canon asking about the appeal of Megatron as a character, Sabrblade?

Ah, but my good Sōshireikan, you see, my name isn't spelled with two E's like the sword's name is.

Hence my spelling of cannon in my quoted comment, my good sir.

Edit: No need to kowtow.

Convoy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Convoy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I too once asked about the appeal of Star Saber as a character.

Isn't that kind of like the Fusion Canon asking about the appeal of Megatron as a character, Sabrblade?

Ah, but my good Sōshireikan, you see, my name isn't spelled with two E's like the sword's name is.

Hence my spelling of cannon in my quoted comment, my good sir.

With how often people so commonly misspell cannon/canon, it's understandable.

Courtesy of the TFYuki Twitter account, we get another update on the upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece Star Saber, looking at where it stands - quite literally - compared to its predecessor! Check out the image below, and compare it to the Seibertron.com gallery for further reference.

The ultimate question though is: Is he in scale with the other MPs? They said he's a little taller than Ultra Magnus but is that accurate to the cartoon? I haven't been able to find any size references to confirm this.

mcfmullen wrote:The ultimate question though is: Is he in scale with the other MPs? They said he's a little taller than Ultra Magnus but is that accurate to the cartoon? I haven't been able to find any size references to confirm this.

It's hard to say. The best option from the toons is to compare Sixshot and Magnus from the Headmasters series, and then compare Star Saber and Greatshot, a recolor of Sixshot, from the Victory series.

Or just take some aspirin and lie down before thinking of scale again...

I just had a thought. Could there be a possibility of a Masterpiece Victory Leo? ¿Podría ser?

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:I just had a thought. Could there be a possibility of a Masterpiece Victory Leo? ¿Podría ser?

Star Saber is more of a one-off thing in celebration of the thirthieth anniversary. However, it's basically a given that if Takara is unwilling to give Victory Leo the Masterpiece treatment, then third party companies will step up to the challenge. There's also the possibility of backwards compatibility with the original Victory Victory Leo, but as several individuals have pointed out, combination with the twenty-year-old toy would probably be too great a risk.

Mindmaster wrote:There's also the possibility of backwards compatibility with the original Victory Victory Leo, but as several individuals have pointed out, combination with the twenty-year-old toy would probably be too great a risk.

I feel like I'm way more okay with the idea of a tail-end G1 figure combining with a Masterpiece homage than I should be. I admit it would be a pretty cool way to bridge the lines, especially for the Japanese 30th. Heck, it's been done with Skoponok and Cerebros. I'm even more okay with it if it results in both Victory Leo and Star Saber getting re-issues.

Let's say, go.

I wonder how the "brainmaster" face gimmick will be implemented here..........very curious and excited.

Oh,pray to Primus that old elevator shoes/backpack power up mushroom Victory Leo will be also be released.

fenrir72 wrote:I wonder how the "brainmaster" face gimmick will be implemented here..........very curious and excited.

Oh,pray to Primus that old elevator shoes/backpack power up mushroom Victory Leo will be also be released.

Don't forget it was a quad changer too.

mcfmullen wrote:The ultimate question though is: Is he in scale with the other MPs? They said he's a little taller than Ultra Magnus but is that accurate to the cartoon? I haven't been able to find any size references to confirm this.

Sadly, it looks like he won't be.

In the Victory cartoon, Star Saber was gestalt-sized, whereas this toy looks like it'll be slightly taller than MP Ultra Magnus, who will be about two heads taller than MP-10:



Thus, Star Saber likely, yet unfortunately, won't be as giant as he was in the cartoon:

mcfmullen wrote:The ultimate question though is: Is he in scale with the other MPs? They said he's a little taller than Ultra Magnus but is that accurate to the cartoon? I haven't been able to find any size references to confirm this.

Going by memory here:

StarSaber= Slightly larger than GodGinrai
Regular Ginrai= Approx/Same size as Optimus = Mp-10
GinraiSuperMode is at least twice as tall if scaled correctly.

So yeah, he's not in scale, but an impressive size nonetheless.

Can't wait till he's released, for me scale doesn't matter, especially since he's a special one off

Well if he is gestalt size, I wouldn't expect him to be in scale, but I would hope he is relatively close. For example, MP-08 Grimlock isn't "in scale" but is so close it might as well be considered as such. One head height isn't an end-all-be-all. Same with MP-09.

However, from the looks of the screenshots, wheeljack and sideswip are just a little taller than Star Saber's knees. Since both are about MP-10 waist height and Star Saber will be about 3 heads taller than optimus (one taller than magnus) I'd think the scale is close enough.

mcfmullen wrote:Well if he is gestalt size, I wouldn't expect him to be in scale, but I would hope he is relatively close. For example, MP-08 Grimlock isn't "in scale" but is so close it might as well be considered as such. One head height isn't an end-all-be-all. Same with MP-09.

However, from the looks of the screenshots, wheeljack and sideswip are just a little taller than Star Saber's knees. Since both are about MP-10 waist height and Star Saber will be about 3 heads taller than optimus (one taller than magnus) I'd think the scale is close enough.

Yeah, I starting to think that he might at least look close to show scale with the MP Autobot Cars, especiaaly after seeing this pic of Saber (not Star Saber, but his standard robot form Saber) standing next to MP Prowl:

https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/497306528089509888/


As Prowl was about the same height as Perceptor (according to the official G1 scale guide), who was about the same height as Saber.

After yesterday's size comparison shot of the upcoming Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber in its powered up mode, TFYuki has posted another image, this time showing off Saber, the smaller robot, compared to MP Prowl. Check out the image mirrored below, thanks to Seibertron.com member Sabrblade!

"He's standing behind me...isn't he?"

I can't wait to see final shots of Star Saber. I was never much into the japanese G1, but the toy itself looks pretty good just to pose on a shelf. That MP Magnus looks hideous, but that Prowl looks pretty good. I was on the fence about him, but I might just have to pick him up. G1 Prowl was my 1st ever TF toy, and I haz teh nostalgiks.

Magnus looks great! Prowl has been out for almost a year...

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What are the features on this figure? Will it have a headmaster and combat station mode?

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"I see dead botttttsssssssss......"

Read the news and your questions will be answered.

You wanted Masterpiece Star Saber in color? Now you have Masterpiece Star Saber in color. Thanks to Tag Hobby, we get some nice pics of Star Saber in color as well as some unreleased prototypes such as Beast Wars Neo Unicron, Binaltech Black Widow, Classics Glyph, Detritus and the Porsche version of Alternators Jazz. For you Diaclone fans, there is also an impressive Diaclone display. We also get another look at Masterpiece Ultra Magnus and BAPE MP-10 Convoy. These we all on display at the Japan Transformers Expo.

Blue bumblebee! Is this an official Takara display featuring some unused prototypes?

It Is Him wrote:Blue bumblebee! Is this an official Takara display featuring some unused prototypes?

Could very well be. Among the confirmed existing prototypes I see:

- BW Neo Unicron (named Neo Unicron)
- Binaltech/Alternator Jazz as a Porsche 986
- Binaltech Black Widow / Rumble? (ended up as BT Arcee)

I also spot:

- Blue Henkei Bumble
- A Swindle redeco of Universe Hound

Squidward: "IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!"

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

It Is Him wrote:Blue bumblebee! Is this an official Takara display featuring some unused prototypes?

Could very well be. Among the confirmed existing prototypes I see:

- BW Neo Unicron (named Neo Unicron)
- Binaltech/Alternator Jazz as a Porsche 986
- Binaltech Black Widow / Rumble? (ended up as BT Arcee)

I also spot:

- Blue Henkei Bumble
- A Swindle redeco of Universe Hound

They said in the description that it's Glyph and Detritus

Oh MAN! Guys, click the links over to Tag Hobby and you'll see many MORE images of displays from the Expo, in which we see so many other things including stuff that's rarely ever been seen before!