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Masterpiece Star Saber Booklet Cover Unveiled

Posted by william-james88 Feb 4, 2015 at 5:35pm CST 21,437 views
Yesterday, we brought you news that an exclusive English bio was being made for a limited australasian distribution of Takara Masterpiece Star Saber by Hasbro. Now, the same person who wrote the bio, Goktimus Prime, has revealed the cover art for the instruction booklet along with the description of changes the exclusive english booklet will have:

here's what the front cover art of the booklet looks like. This is the original Japanese version, not the adapted version. The main difference with the adapted one is that "Cybertron Commander Starsaber" is replaced with "Autobot Enforcer Star Sabre." And naturally the Japanese text down the bottom is translated to English.


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Comment by fenrir72 Feb 4, 2015
Seems to be a trend. The manuals and the card no longer present a static engineer's pose but a morre artistic awesome depiction.
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Comment by Robogeek1973 Feb 4, 2015
Wow, that artwork is fantastic!
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Comment by Super Megatron Feb 4, 2015
"Autobot Enforcer"!?!?

Way to neuter a great Autobot leader, Takara Tomy. :roll:
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Comment by william-james88 Feb 4, 2015
Super Megatron wrote:"Autobot Enforcer"!?!?

Way to neuter a great Autobot leader, Takara Tomy. :roll:


Dont know if you read above, but the translation is handled by Hasbro.
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Comment by Desslok2201 Feb 4, 2015
william-james88 wrote:
Super Megatron wrote:"Autobot Enforcer"!?!?

Way to neuter a great Autobot leader, Takara Tomy. :roll:


Dont know if you read above, but the translation is handled by Hasbro.

Well, maybe wrong target, but I agree 100% with the sentiment
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Comment by Bumblevivisector Feb 4, 2015
Desslok2201 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Super Megatron wrote:"Autobot Enforcer"!?!?

Way to neuter a great Autobot leader, Takara Tomy. :roll:


Dont know if you read above, but the translation is handled by Hasbro.

Well, maybe wrong target, but I agree 100% with the sentiment
Though it is the logical, perhaps inevitable counterpart to downgrading great Decepticon Leaders to mad scientists. Preventing unstoppably-badass-leader-oversaturation is the minor downside to IDW G1 being awesome enough to include so very much and last so very long.
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Comment by Desslok2201 Feb 4, 2015
Bumblevivisector wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Super Megatron wrote:"Autobot Enforcer"!?!?

Way to neuter a great Autobot leader, Takara Tomy. :roll:


Dont know if you read above, but the translation is handled by Hasbro.

Well, maybe wrong target, but I agree 100% with the sentiment
Though it is the logical, perhaps inevitable counterpart to downgrading great Decepticon Leaders to mad scientists. Preventing unstoppably-badass-leader-oversaturation is the minor downside to IDW G1 being awesome enough to include so very much and last so very long.

If that's how you see it, great. I see it as a gross misuse of established and storied characters, stripping them down to something which is at best a parody of itself and at worst the removal of all interesting characteristics. Instead of destroying characters, how about making new ones? Expand the brand instead of destroying it's history. Furman made Xaaron, IDW made Rung, it can be done. Any character could have been created to become the 3rd rate religious zealot that Star Saber was turned into. The greatest swordsman in the universe with an adopted human child was not an Optimus Prime 'clone' as it was put, he was a real character, and a very interesting one. But I guess cannibalism is 'awesome'
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Comment by william-james88 Feb 4, 2015
Desslok2201 wrote: The greatest swordsman in the universe with an adopted human child was not an Optimus Prime 'clone' as it was put, he was a real character, and a very interesting one. I guess cannibalism is 'awesome'


Woah woah, what does Optimus have to do with Lone Wolf and Cub?

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Comment by Desslok2201 Feb 4, 2015
william-james88 wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote: The greatest swordsman in the universe with an adopted human child was not an Optimus Prime 'clone' as it was put, he was a real character, and a very interesting one. I guess cannibalism is 'awesome'


Woah woah, what does Optimus have to do with Lone Wolf and Cub?

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;)

Sorry, I totally forgot about Lone Wolf and Cub. Dammit.
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Comment by sol magnus Feb 5, 2015
The leaders on the G1 Japanese shows all seemed rather interchangable to me. Maybe that's what he meant by an "Optimus Prime clone".

Now, I'm not saying "go with the IDW version", but to say there's some great characterization for G1 Star Saber would require me to be fluent in Japanese...which I am not. He was just "leader guy with a sword" to me. :roll:

This is partly why I'm not getting him. If I were to pick this one up, it would be strictly in appreciation for the engineering that went into the toy...there is virtually no character for me to be "in touch with". At least with IDW's version, there is a character, even if I don't like the character. It's not enough for me to plunk down damn near 200 for him in any event.

On the other hand, if they made Masterpiece Overlord, I'd get him because of the IDW interpretation.
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Comment by SkyWarpt Feb 8, 2015
Okay, I'm sold. Preordered him and even though it's not a TF the Nightmare VF below in my tag pic last night. Is there a pic on how saber scales to rest of MPs?
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Comment by Sabrblade Feb 8, 2015
SkyWarpt wrote:Okay, I'm sold. Preordered him and even though it's not a TF the Nightmare VF below in my tag pic last night. Is there a pic on how saber scales to rest of MPs?
He's just a head taller than Ultra Magnus, so about the size of MP-1/MP-2/MP-4, Combiner Wars Superion, Armada Tidal Wave, etc.
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Comment by Va'al Feb 10, 2015
We have seen most of these previously! :D
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... age/31949/
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Comment by Arctorro Feb 10, 2015
Va'al wrote:We have seen most of these previously! :D
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... age/31949/
:lol:

I can't keep up with all the different pics he's posted! Linked em all just in case there were new ones there. Besides, its STAR freaken SABER!!! 8-}
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Comment by Sabrblade Feb 10, 2015
Va'al wrote:We have seen most of these previously! :D
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... age/31949/
Those aren't the same pics and are a month old. The ones posted above were Tweeted by Yuki-san very recently.
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Comment by Va'al Feb 10, 2015
Sabrblade wrote:
Va'al wrote:We have seen most of these previously! :D
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... age/31949/
Those aren't the same pics and are a month old. The ones posted above were Tweeted by Yuki-san very recently.


...of the same toy in similar poses from almost identical angles - the only difference being the red shoulder things hinging to reveal yellow panel.

I know how old they are, I linked to the article myself. Despite popular belief, I do possess basic reading skills.

This is really not news, just reiteration to fuel (justified) hype for the figure. ;)^
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Comment by fenrir72 Feb 10, 2015
Va'al wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Va'al wrote:We have seen most of these previously! :D
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... age/31949/
Those aren't the same pics and are a month old. The ones posted above were Tweeted by Yuki-san very recently.


..of the same toy in similar poses from almost identical angles - the only difference being the red shoulder things hinging to reveal yellow panel.

This is really not news, just reiteration to fuel (justified) hype for the figure. ;)


D**n TFYuki! Killing us softly! :lol:
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Comment by sol magnus Feb 10, 2015
I guess they really want this one to sell. The promotion is unprecedented from what I've seen, and I suppose there is a necessary quality to it - to get more poll figures like this, the sales would have to justify it for one thing.

Star Saber is not on my list, but damn if it isn't a spectacular toy! I've considered buying it a few times, but I have to stay true to collecting (and wallet) objectives. If not for that, this would be a buy just 'cause. I have no problem believing Takara will do well with it.
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Comment by shajaki Feb 20, 2015
TFyuki is back at it!

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