In-Hand Images - Takara Tomy Masterpiece MP-24 Star Saber

Meh. Still does nothing for me. I understand that this figure is catered to a different market, but I can't help but feel it is a complete waste of a spot in the masterpiece line.

I so need this!

yeah I see your point, but I wish we had a cool IDW Star Saber. I'd go for a religio-facist to add to my collection.

No. A real waste of an MP slot is the many repaints and remold I see from Hasbro and Takara now making up most of the Masterpiece line.

I would much rather get a new mold entirely than another repaint or slight retool.

Optimizzy wrote:yeah I see your point, but I wish we had a cool IDW Star Saber. I'd go for a religio-facist to add to my collection.

If you want IDW Star Saber so bad just pay twice as much for the Australian release.

Just when my wallet was getting heavier again... Darn you, Takara!

Lets play i spy with my little eye...
...I spy with my little PORTS FOR A POSSIBLE FUTURE MP VICTORY LEO MOLD

Ironhidensh wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Convoy wrote:My Primax fanon ends after KISS Players, Trigger and The Battle of the Star Gate.

Meaning... it ends before season 3 begins?

fenrir72 wrote:

SkyWarpt wrote:

Convoy wrote:I can't stop gushing over this figure. By only poring over all the great images I imagine I'll be transforming this guy a lot.
The ONLY THING that could make him better is if TakaraTomy planned for Victory Leo.
If Victory Saber happened my heart might stop. (I just hope Victory Leo isn't exclusive as only a boxed set for Victory Saber with Star Saber.)

Maybe a 3rd party will jump on Victory Leo

Speculation but I believe Tomy will have to build one.

I fear that some 3rd party is already planning a Victory Leo to go with this, knowing that since Takara won't be doing a Victory Leo soon enough people will be all over the third party one and jump on it before Takara even gets theirs off the ground.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I may have asked this before but what's up with the short sword blade? I assume it's for Saber but did saber ever use the sword in the show? I also just noticed something, are there two nosecones? I see a size difference between the nosecone used as a hilt, and the one Saber has as a shield and in jet mode.

The smaller sword blade and smaller nosecone are indeed meant to be the blade and hilt for a smaller sword for Saber to wield, while the bigger blade and bigger nosecone are the blade and hilt for the Saber Blade wielded by Star Saber in his "Battle Up!" form.

Ironhidensh wrote:I'm kinda sad. First Masterpiece I have no desire to get (that isn't a repaint). Makes my wallet happy I guess. Probally because I known thing of this character and have no attachment whatsoever.

I'd like to see the results of a Hasbro MP fan poll.

Wouldn't happen since Masterpiece is Takara's baby. Hasbro doesn't make MPs. Only time they did was with the Masterpiece Offshoot Targetmaster that came with Hasbro's Rodimus, but that figure only vaguely resembled Firebolt at all, much less how he looked in the cartoon.

Well, the fans better make sure to get Starsaber sold out else there's no incentive to make one (V Leo)for Tomy.

This btw is addressed to all fans out there.........support the 1st party first fellas. Sure a few years wait would kill us but in the end, an official upgrade is better over a 3rd.

Supply and demand. Demand is for the 3rd party product. Hasbro/Takara have made clear they are not interested in producing figures of that detail level. Why should the consumer not support they 3rd party that is actually givng them what they want?

This is for the Starsaber mold to ensure that there is an incentive for Tomy to make one. In the end, it's still the bottom line.........profit for the company which in turn makes us FANS happy. I thought you would have noticed my point in the last sentence.

And again, like in another thread in the United Warrior line, Tomy don't care what the gaijin market says hence they ditched AB. Star Saber in your opinion would be a waste of MP slot but he was born out of the "demand" of Japanese fans who actually buy stuff no matter how absurdly expensive.

There's the demand and Tomy answered with the "supply". Also, in this regard, this is a big risk for Tomy but the poll results would more or less offset the concerns of the investors.

Xephon0930 wrote:No. A real waste of an MP slot is the many repaints and remold I see from Hasbro and Takara now making up most of the Masterpiece line.

I would much rather get a new mold entirely than another repaint or slight retool.

The repaints fund the ability to get new molds, and most of the repaints (barring some of the Op stuff) have been taken directly from the original fiction, so I'm 100% OK with them.

I feel this is a must have for just about every Transformers collector. It's just such an iconic looking design. It begs to be on my shelf!

Starsaber468 wrote:Lets play i spy with my little eye...
...I spy with my little PORTS FOR A POSSIBLE FUTURE MP VICTORY LEO MOLD

When the article came out the other day with Hisashi Yuki, he did say that he couldn't proceed with Victory Leo until TT said so, but he never said anything about not being able to make Star Saber compatible for that down the road....
I'm so psyched for this- I've already sold my G1 version to make room, and I'm counting the days. Now if I just knew what the fate of Exhaust will be, and if my existing preorder will be cancelled or not... March is going to be a nail biter.

Ironhidensh wrote:Meh. Still does nothing for me. I understand that this figure is catered to a different market, but I can't help but feel it is a complete waste of a spot in the masterpiece line.

I agree differnt with other people but I be more wooried how to handle him with antnne looking fragile and flimsy as they are on his head cat walk knock him off shelf they may break off upon impact plastic or metal makes differnce comapred to mp megatron who breaks he falls,.

If I had space buy formers he be pass for I know nothing of him never saw series had watch review with starsaber released takara should release victory leo to combine with

When this character won the "next MP release" contest, were the fans given a list of obscure characters to choose from ? Or did they really pick this character ? I cant see this character beating out Galvatron, Megatron, Shockwave, Arcee, Springer, or any of the other Dinobots...

Rated X wrote:When this character won the "next MP release" contest, were the fans given a list of obscure characters to choose from ? Or did they really pick this character ? I cant see this character beating out Galvatron, Megatron, Shockwave, Arcee, Springer, or any of the other Dinobots...

If I remember correctly, it was a listing of Autobot leaders from Fortress Maximus to present, excluding original Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime, as they've been done, and he's hardly obscure, as he's insanely popular in Japan. And he's awesome.

Rated X wrote:When this character won the "next MP release" contest, were the fans given a list of obscure characters to choose from ? Or did they really pick this character ? I cant see this character beating out Galvatron, Megatron, Shockwave, Arcee, Springer, or any of the other Dinobots...

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/takara-tomy-30th-anniversary-masterpiece-fans-choice-poll-update-current-leaders-star-saber-micron-densetsu-convoy-and-dai-atlas/27971/

You're welcome.

Meh....easy pass for me. I was on the fence but now i'm sure i don't need or want it.

Rated X wrote:When this character won the "next MP release" contest, were the fans given a list of obscure characters to choose from ? Or did they really pick this character ? I cant see this character beating out Galvatron, Megatron, Shockwave, Arcee, Springer, or any of the other Dinobots...

Not the hanging "chads" again

Contrary to your singular belief that the world revolves around you, there are others who think otherwise. Especially the Japanese as seen in how they aced off A-B in theier Unite Warriors line.

Even the anime Headmasters onwards to Return of Convoy, the Japanese did it their way.

I cant really tell much from the oriental coke bottle, but i do see a set of keys to scale him on...one of our amazing brianiacs can jump in at any moment now...

Also, I would like to note, I will not be following up any negativity regarding this figure as the fans voted and company responded. Standing ovation!

Starsaber468 wrote:Lets play i spy with my little eye...
...I spy with my little PORTS FOR A POSSIBLE FUTURE MP VICTORY LEO MOLD

I didn't even know who Victory Leo was but I'm on board.

SkyWarpt wrote:

Starsaber468 wrote:Lets play i spy with my little eye...
...I spy with my little PORTS FOR A POSSIBLE FUTURE MP VICTORY LEO MOLD

I didn't even know who Victory Leo was but I'm on board.

Star Saber's Magic Mushroom. See also: Armada Overload, but Leo becomes leg armor (Okay, lets be honest, be turns into shoes) and a wing pack.

Can I ask a dumb question? Why is this still getting newsed? Haven't we documented every screw hole and bit of flash already? Not that I'm not excited for SS, but the only "In Hand" I want to see now is MINE.

Flashwave wrote:

SkyWarpt wrote:

Starsaber468 wrote:Lets play i spy with my little eye...
...I spy with my little PORTS FOR A POSSIBLE FUTURE MP VICTORY LEO MOLD

I didn't even know who Victory Leo was but I'm on board.

Star Saber's Magic Mushroom. See also: Armada Overload, but Leo becomes leg armor (Okay, lets be honest, be turns into shoes) and a wing pack.

Can I ask a dumb question? Why is this still getting newsed? Haven't we documented every screw hole and bit of flash already? Not that I'm not excited for SS, but the only "In Hand" I want to see now is MINE.

Because it is an event, like Windblade should have been...and the event should be appreciated.

I almost wish they went with more painted surfaces, but I understand the reasoning and it's looking good. And accurate. Really excited for this one, it's a cool-looking figure with some really fun gimmicks, and I never got to play with G1 Star Saber. My preorder with Nippon-Yasan is already paid, I can't wait!

fenrir72 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Convoy wrote:My Primax fanon ends after KISS Players, Trigger and The Battle of the Star Gate.

Meaning... it ends before season 3 begins?

fenrir72 wrote:

SkyWarpt wrote:

Convoy wrote:I can't stop gushing over this figure. By only poring over all the great images I imagine I'll be transforming this guy a lot.
The ONLY THING that could make him better is if TakaraTomy planned for Victory Leo.
If Victory Saber happened my heart might stop. (I just hope Victory Leo isn't exclusive as only a boxed set for Victory Saber with Star Saber.)

Maybe a 3rd party will jump on Victory Leo

Speculation but I believe Tomy will have to build one.

I fear that some 3rd party is already planning a Victory Leo to go with this, knowing that since Takara won't be doing a Victory Leo soon enough people will be all over the third party one and jump on it before Takara even gets theirs off the ground.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I may have asked this before but what's up with the short sword blade? I assume it's for Saber but did saber ever use the sword in the show? I also just noticed something, are there two nosecones? I see a size difference between the nosecone used as a hilt, and the one Saber has as a shield and in jet mode.

The smaller sword blade and smaller nosecone are indeed meant to be the blade and hilt for a smaller sword for Saber to wield, while the bigger blade and bigger nosecone are the blade and hilt for the Saber Blade wielded by Star Saber in his "Battle Up!" form.

Ironhidensh wrote:I'm kinda sad. First Masterpiece I have no desire to get (that isn't a repaint). Makes my wallet happy I guess. Probally because I known thing of this character and have no attachment whatsoever.

I'd like to see the results of a Hasbro MP fan poll.

Wouldn't happen since Masterpiece is Takara's baby. Hasbro doesn't make MPs. Only time they did was with the Masterpiece Offshoot Targetmaster that came with Hasbro's Rodimus, but that figure only vaguely resembled Firebolt at all, much less how he looked in the cartoon.

Well, the fans better make sure to get Starsaber sold out else there's no incentive to make one (V Leo)for Tomy.

This btw is addressed to all fans out there.........support the 1st party first fellas. Sure a few years wait would kill us but in the end, an official upgrade is better over a 3rd.

Supply and demand. Demand is for the 3rd party product. Hasbro/Takara have made clear they are not interested in producing figures of that detail level. Why should the consumer not support they 3rd party that is actually givng them what they want?

This is for the Starsaber mold to ensure that there is an incentive for Tomy to make one. In the end, it's still the bottom line.........profit for the company which in turn makes us FANS happy. I thought you would have noticed my point in the last sentence.

And again, like in another thread in the United Warrior line, Tomy don't care what the gaijin market says hence they ditched AB. Star Saber in your opinion would be a waste of MP slot but he was born out of the "demand" of Japanese fans who actually buy stuff no matter how absurdly expensive.

There's the demand and Tomy answered with the "supply". Also, in this regard, this is a big risk for Tomy but the poll results would more or less offset the concerns of the investors.

I was speaking on the third party business in general, not just this figure. They are putting out figures that Hasbro/Takara have no intention of, so why wait?

As for this figure, I've stated several times that I understand Starsaber is big in Japan. I get that. My complaint is that Hasbro won't put the same time and effort into the masterpiece line. We won't get a fan poll in America. It's a problem in all big American corporations. Focusing only on what will sell the most to the most and cost the least to make, ignoring everything else and never taking a chance.

Ironhidensh wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Convoy wrote:My Primax fanon ends after KISS Players, Trigger and The Battle of the Star Gate.

Meaning... it ends before season 3 begins?

fenrir72 wrote:

SkyWarpt wrote:

Convoy wrote:I can't stop gushing over this figure. By only poring over all the great images I imagine I'll be transforming this guy a lot.
The ONLY THING that could make him better is if TakaraTomy planned for Victory Leo.
If Victory Saber happened my heart might stop. (I just hope Victory Leo isn't exclusive as only a boxed set for Victory Saber with Star Saber.)

Maybe a 3rd party will jump on Victory Leo

Speculation but I believe Tomy will have to build one.

I fear that some 3rd party is already planning a Victory Leo to go with this, knowing that since Takara won't be doing a Victory Leo soon enough people will be all over the third party one and jump on it before Takara even gets theirs off the ground.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I may have asked this before but what's up with the short sword blade? I assume it's for Saber but did saber ever use the sword in the show? I also just noticed something, are there two nosecones? I see a size difference between the nosecone used as a hilt, and the one Saber has as a shield and in jet mode.

The smaller sword blade and smaller nosecone are indeed meant to be the blade and hilt for a smaller sword for Saber to wield, while the bigger blade and bigger nosecone are the blade and hilt for the Saber Blade wielded by Star Saber in his "Battle Up!" form.

Ironhidensh wrote:I'm kinda sad. First Masterpiece I have no desire to get (that isn't a repaint). Makes my wallet happy I guess. Probally because I known thing of this character and have no attachment whatsoever.

I'd like to see the results of a Hasbro MP fan poll.

Wouldn't happen since Masterpiece is Takara's baby. Hasbro doesn't make MPs. Only time they did was with the Masterpiece Offshoot Targetmaster that came with Hasbro's Rodimus, but that figure only vaguely resembled Firebolt at all, much less how he looked in the cartoon.

Well, the fans better make sure to get Starsaber sold out else there's no incentive to make one (V Leo)for Tomy.

This btw is addressed to all fans out there.........support the 1st party first fellas. Sure a few years wait would kill us but in the end, an official upgrade is better over a 3rd.

Supply and demand. Demand is for the 3rd party product. Hasbro/Takara have made clear they are not interested in producing figures of that detail level. Why should the consumer not support they 3rd party that is actually givng them what they want?

This is for the Starsaber mold to ensure that there is an incentive for Tomy to make one. In the end, it's still the bottom line.........profit for the company which in turn makes us FANS happy. I thought you would have noticed my point in the last sentence.

And again, like in another thread in the United Warrior line, Tomy don't care what the gaijin market says hence they ditched AB. Star Saber in your opinion would be a waste of MP slot but he was born out of the "demand" of Japanese fans who actually buy stuff no matter how absurdly expensive.

There's the demand and Tomy answered with the "supply". Also, in this regard, this is a big risk for Tomy but the poll results would more or less offset the concerns of the investors.

I was speaking on the third party business in general, not just this figure. They are putting out figures that Hasbro/Takara have no intention of, so why wait?

As for this figure, I've stated several times that I understand Starsaber is big in Japan. I get that. My complaint is that Hasbro won't put the same time and effort into the masterpiece line. We won't get a fan poll in America. It's a problem in all big American corporations. Focusing only on what will sell the most to the most and cost the least to make, ignoring everything else and never taking a chance.

And I was talking about Star Saber. Since this is about SS. No argument there. As for the industry in general, give the first party incentive then the products will come. If they release sh#tty products like MP Rodimus Convoy/Hotrodimus, by all means reject 'em.

I am not against 3rd party products but that discussion should be in another thread.

fenrir72 wrote:

Rated X wrote:When this character won the "next MP release" contest, were the fans given a list of obscure characters to choose from ? Or did they really pick this character ? I cant see this character beating out Galvatron, Megatron, Shockwave, Arcee, Springer, or any of the other Dinobots...

Not the hanging "chads" again

Contrary to your singular belief that the world revolves around you, there are others who think otherwise. Especially the Japanese as seen in how they aced off A-B in theier Unite Warriors line.

Even the anime Headmasters onwards to Return of Convoy, the Japanese did it their way.

So because I ask a question, the world revolves around me ? Dude wipe your mouth cause youre talking s**t.

Im sorry to never have ventured into the world of subtitles and voice actors that all sound the same. That list of characters might be a list of gods in Japan, but where Im from its obscure, pointblank. And yeah Takara axed Alpha Bravo, I said that. Im not sure how thats relevant to my question, but yeah it does show they got a lot of G1 love out there in Japan. Which makes me wonder if the Japanese fans would have prefered one of the characters I named rather than some character that came out when G1 was coming to an end.

Here's a pro-tip: (learn to) use the search function, if not on Google, at least in the News section of this site. We covered the fan poll from beginning to end.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ils/28763/

The obscurity of characters is relative to the reception of the series with different audiences. I ask you AGAIN to stop insulting other users when you're being called out on limited, restrained mindsets.

I ask everyone to avoid insulting each other, as stated by the rules, the admins, the mods and basic tenets of civil discussion. If you cannot do that, we will start handing out warnings.

Rated X wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Rated X wrote:When this character won the "next MP release" contest, were the fans given a list of obscure characters to choose from ? Or did they really pick this character ? I cant see this character beating out Galvatron, Megatron, Shockwave, Arcee, Springer, or any of the other Dinobots...

Not the hanging "chads" again

Contrary to your singular belief that the world revolves around you, there are others who think otherwise. Especially the Japanese as seen in how they aced off A-B in theier Unite Warriors line.

Even the anime Headmasters onwards to Return of Convoy, the Japanese did it their way.

So because I ask a question, the world revolves around me ? Dude wipe your mouth cause youre talking s**t.

Im sorry to never have ventured into the world of subtitles and voice actors that all sound the same. That list of characters might be a list of gods in Japan, but where Im from its obscure, pointblank. And yeah Takara axed Alpha Bravo, I said that. Im not sure how thats relevant to my question, but yeah it does show they got a lot of G1 love out there in Japan. Which makes me wonder if the Japanese fans would have prefered one of the characters I named rather than some character that came out when G1 was coming to an end.

You are missing the point that G1 carried on for quite a few more seasons in Japan. Over there, Starsaber and those other characters listed are as G1 as Prime, Ironhide, and Jazz are here.

Va'al wrote:Here's a pro-tip: (learn to) use the search function, if not on Google, at least in the News section of this site. We covered the fan poll from beginning to end.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ils/28763/

The obscurity of characters is relative to the reception of the series with different audiences. I ask you AGAIN to stop insulting other users when you're being called out on limited, restrained mindsets.

I ask everyone to avoid insulting each other, as stated by the rules, the admins, the mods and basic tenets of civil discussion. If you cannot do that, we will start handing out warnings.

When Fenrir72 said this:

"Contrary to your singular belief that the world revolves around you, there are others who think otherwise."

That's about as blatant an insult as it can get. Wheres is his reminder not to insult people ?

Ironhidensh wrote:

Rated X wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Rated X wrote:When this character won the "next MP release" contest, were the fans given a list of obscure characters to choose from ? Or did they really pick this character ? I cant see this character beating out Galvatron, Megatron, Shockwave, Arcee, Springer, or any of the other Dinobots...

Not the hanging "chads" again

Contrary to your singular belief that the world revolves around you, there are others who think otherwise. Especially the Japanese as seen in how they aced off A-B in theier Unite Warriors line.

Even the anime Headmasters onwards to Return of Convoy, the Japanese did it their way.

So because I ask a question, the world revolves around me ? Dude wipe your mouth cause youre talking s**t.

Im sorry to never have ventured into the world of subtitles and voice actors that all sound the same. That list of characters might be a list of gods in Japan, but where Im from its obscure, pointblank. And yeah Takara axed Alpha Bravo, I said that. Im not sure how thats relevant to my question, but yeah it does show they got a lot of G1 love out there in Japan. Which makes me wonder if the Japanese fans would have prefered one of the characters I named rather than some character that came out when G1 was coming to an end.

You are missing the point that G1 carried on for quite a few more seasons in Japan. Over there, Starsaber and those other characters listed are as G1 as Prime, Ironhide, and Jazz are here.

That I know. But there’s a reason those "G1" episodes never succeeded in the West. Even when voice dubbed like they did for the Headmasters, watching those cartoons is a total culture shock. Plagued with voice actors that all sound the same, annoying voltron like recycled transformation clips, and horrible storylines like "Grand Galvatron". So to many westerners, the Japanese episodes were the final nail in the coffin for G1. Im not speaking for everyone, but surely many people from the US like myself have downloaded them out of pure curiosity, and were not impressed.

Rated X wrote:

Va'al wrote:Here's a pro-tip: (learn to) use the search function, if not on Google, at least in the News section of this site. We covered the fan poll from beginning to end.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ils/28763/

The obscurity of characters is relative to the reception of the series with different audiences. I ask you AGAIN to stop insulting other users when you're being called out on limited, restrained mindsets.

I ask everyone to avoid insulting each other, as stated by the rules, the admins, the mods and basic tenets of civil discussion. If you cannot do that, we will start handing out warnings.

When Fenrir72 said this:

"Contrary to your singular belief that the world revolves around you, there are others who think otherwise."

That's about as blatant an insult as it can get. Wheres is his reminder not to insult people ?

Right in the bold highlight of my post you just quoted. I highlighted the 'Everyone' too.

Va'al wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Va'al wrote:Here's a pro-tip: (learn to) use the search function, if not on Google, at least in the News section of this site. We covered the fan poll from beginning to end.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ils/28763/

The obscurity of characters is relative to the reception of the series with different audiences. I ask you AGAIN to stop insulting other users when you're being called out on limited, restrained mindsets.

I ask everyone to avoid insulting each other, as stated by the rules, the admins, the mods and basic tenets of civil discussion. If you cannot do that, we will start handing out warnings.

When Fenrir72 said this:

"Contrary to your singular belief that the world revolves around you, there are others who think otherwise."

That's about as blatant an insult as it can get. Wheres is his reminder not to insult people ?

Right in the bold highlight of my post you just quoted. I highlighted the 'Everyone' too.

Well when you quoted me, it came off as you were only talking to me, even if that wasnt how you meant it. Alleging others are calling me out on a "limited" or "restrained" mindset could be percieved as an insult in its own right I reckon. Id rather classify it as calling me out on a different opinion if you dont mind.

I do mind.



Thread back on track now, thank you.

I hope hasbro makes a release of this but...
...it was a Japanese exclusive but its still part of transformers g1 even it was only in japan but i love that they made a masterpiece figure for him

Rated X wrote:That I know. But there’s a reason those "G1" episodes never succeeded in the West.

It's not that they didn't "succeed" in the West. It's simply that they never aired on TV in the West at all. Hasbro at the time had no interest in bringing over the Japanese shows after the American G1 cartoon itself had already died. The Rebirth ended with just its three episodes since networks were no longer interested in the Transformers cartoon. Had the American show been able to continue, it would have. And had the American show continued, Japan wouldn't have had to create its own cartoons. But since the American show died off, Japan wanted more and so went and created their own shows. But we in the West didn't get what they made because Transformers was dead as far as American television was concerned. It would have been too costly for Hasbro to import, redub, and air the Japanese cartoons since they'd lose more money from those shows than they would have earned.

Thankfully, the G1 comics were still going strong at the time, but I digress.

As for the list of choices to vote on that Star Saber won against, 7 of those 11 characters are mainstream American characters since one of those seven is Fortress freakin' Maximus, one of them is Powermaster Optimus Prime's Japanese counterpart (who basically looks just like Prime), and the other five are all the Optimuses from Beast Wars, Robots in Disguise (2001), Armada, Energon, and Cybertron; all of which were successful mainstream cartoons that aired on American television from 1996-2006. Only the remaining four of the choices can really be considered obscure characters, as far as casual fans are concerned.

And hey, if Star Saber hadn't won, the winner would have been the non-G1 Transformers: Armada Optimus Prime, who came in second place. So those who want the MP line to stay G1-only, be glad that the winner was a G1 dude.

Flashwave wrote:Can I ask a dumb question? Why is this still getting newsed? Haven't we documented every screw hole and bit of flash already? Not that I'm not excited for SS, but the only "In Hand" I want to see now is MINE.

It's not just you. We're aware os Starsabers over exposure, but hey news is news. And these are the first actual in-hand shots.

It sure is a testament to our times though isn't it? Not only is this kind of promotion unprecedented, but when you think about it why wouldn't they? It's not like TF Yuki is paying for add space every time he dropped new pics on Twitter. They'd be silly not to take advantage of such free media outlets.

Masterpiece Star Saber Boxed picture c/o Yuki on Twitter https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/57344 ... 07/photo/1

Pretty.

As it happens to be a day of the week ending in -y, Takara Tomy designer Hisashi Yuki has shared on Twitter yet another look at the upcoming Masterpiece MP-24 Star Saber figure - though this time we finally get to see its box! Check it out below, thanks to a tip from fellow Seibertronian Primeultimus.

This may be an unfair statement, given Star Sabre's development may have been on the cards a lot longer etc, but am I the only one wishing MP Magnus had been given the same love and care as this figure? I know SS is a result of Yuki's love and passion of the character, so again maybe that gives him an advantage, but Magnus just seems to be missing that extra zing.

Yuki has gone to great lengths to think of the arm articulation regardless of the awkward high shoulders, the thigh area looks (from what we've seen) to have more than enough clearance for dynamic posing and the overall playability of the whole toy is what you'd want from this size and price point. He also follows the anime proportions to a T.

Magnus is just...missing something.
Sure, the transformation is quite clever with the cab and all but once you get over the initial amazement of the cab going origami style...he kinda just stands there......am I the only who feels he is too static and no fun?

Soon I will own this amazing looking figure!

hinomars19 wrote:This may be an unfair statement, given Star Sabre's development may have been on the cards a lot longer etc, but am I the only one wishing MP Magnus had been given the same love and care as this figure? I know SS is a result of Yuki's love and passion of the character, so again maybe that gives him an advantage, but Magnus just seems to be missing that extra zing.

Yuki has gone to great lengths to think of the arm articulation regardless of the awkward high shoulders, the thigh area looks (from what we've seen) to have more than enough clearance for dynamic posing and the overall playability of the whole toy is what you'd want from this size and price point. He also follows the anime proportions to a T.

Magnus is just...missing something.
Sure, the transformation is quite clever with the cab and all but once you get over the initial amazement of the cab going origami style...he kinda just stands there......am I the only who feels he is too static and no fun?

I'm really sorry you feel that way. I think Magnus was an out of the park home run. I love his heft, and how sturdy he is. I think it goes very well with the stoic nature of his character.
In reference to the pic, that should put to rest any question of who MP-24 will be.

hinomars19 wrote:This may be an unfair statement, given Star Sabre's development may have been on the cards a lot longer etc, but am I the only one wishing MP Magnus had been given the same love and care as this figure? I know SS is a result of Yuki's love and passion of the character, so again maybe that gives him an advantage, but Magnus just seems to be missing that extra zing.

Yuki has gone to great lengths to think of the arm articulation regardless of the awkward high shoulders, the thigh area looks (from what we've seen) to have more than enough clearance for dynamic posing and the overall playability of the whole toy is what you'd want from this size and price point. He also follows the anime proportions to a T.

Magnus is just...missing something.
Sure, the transformation is quite clever with the cab and all but once you get over the initial amazement of the cab going origami style...he kinda just stands there......am I the only who feels he is too static and no fun?

Hip swivel? Given the design that would have been hard to implement.

Wow, he big... Too tall to fit in that box in robot mode. I really prefer when they come packaged in robot mode and not the alternate mode....

Small mold MPs are ok in alternate mode, I kinda prefer the small boxes for those, saves storage room, but a full size MP ought to come packaged ready in its most glorious form and a big beautiful box!

Anyway...

And I can't wait to see its coin... I hope is some sort of three dimensional package like sunstorms awesome pyramid fiery thing.... Best coin package if you ask me. Prettiest coin, I think its rodimus shiny gold medal like coin... Hoping for the best coin and package yet!

Desslok2201 wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:This may be an unfair statement, given Star Sabre's development may have been on the cards a lot longer etc, but am I the only one wishing MP Magnus had been given the same love and care as this figure? I know SS is a result of Yuki's love and passion of the character, so again maybe that gives him an advantage, but Magnus just seems to be missing that extra zing.

Yuki has gone to great lengths to think of the arm articulation regardless of the awkward high shoulders, the thigh area looks (from what we've seen) to have more than enough clearance for dynamic posing and the overall playability of the whole toy is what you'd want from this size and price point. He also follows the anime proportions to a T.

Magnus is just...missing something.
Sure, the transformation is quite clever with the cab and all but once you get over the initial amazement of the cab going origami style...he kinda just stands there......am I the only who feels he is too static and no fun?

I'm really sorry you feel that way. I think Magnus was an out of the park home run. I love his heft, and how sturdy he is. I think it goes very well with the stoic nature of his character.
In reference to the pic, that should put to rest any question of who MP-24 will be.

Agreed. I love my Ultra Magnus. He stands heroically amongst my MP Autobots...the way it should be. The only thing he "lacks" is hip-swivel, and that is very easy to overlook.

I think Star Saber is an awesome figure, but since I have no real connection to the character, so I'm (still) not getting one. It's tough, though.

Ugh, I need this thing in my life.

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Desslok2201 wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:Lots of stuff I said about MP Ultra Magnus

I'm really sorry you feel that way. I think Magnus was an out of the park home run. I love his heft, and how sturdy he is. I think it goes very well with the stoic nature of his character.
In reference to the pic, that should put to rest any question of who MP-24 will be.

Agreed. I love my Ultra Magnus. He stands heroically amongst my MP Autobots...the way it should be. The only thing he "lacks" is hip-swivel, and that is very easy to overlook.

I think Star Saber is an awesome figure, but since I have no real connection to the character, so I'm (still) not getting one. It's tough, though.

Haha, I thought I'd be alone on this. No worries folks. Magnus isn't a bad figure, I guess I just see potential wasted. A few extra pushes or that little extra time on the drawing board would have made such a difference. To stay on topic, that's what I see in Star Sabre; a figure that was, design wise, pushed to it's limit leaving no stone un-turned. I suppose what SS has in his favour of course is how the original toy was no different to his animation model, so I guess Yuki had the advantage of updating existing engineering, leaving more room for refinement.

My own opinion of course, but Star Sabre has that play-ability I like, it justifies that price point and the giant package it comes in. My bank Balance hates me but I am truly looking forward to him. I'm just not prepared for the hit right now and he has crept up on me real fast.

cramoptimus maximus wrote:Wow, he big... Too tall to fit in that box in robot mode. I really prefer when they come packaged in robot mode and not the alternate mode....

Small mold MPs are ok in alternate mode, I kinda prefer the small boxes for those, saves storage room, but a full size MP ought to come packaged ready in its most glorious form and a big beautiful box!

Anyway...

Normally I'd agree but I think Star Saber is a special exception since its full robot mode is a combination of several gimmicks that should be experienced first.

The more I think about it, the more I realize that Star Saber of all bots being the 30th Anniversary figure is just following Takara's tradition of making MPs of an Autobot leader for special commemorative celebrations.

For the 20th Anniversary, Takara made MP-1 Convoy (20th Anniversary Optimus Prime)

For the "Welcome to Transformers 2010" promotion that honored the 1986 movie and the G1 cartoon's third season (which was dubbed in Japanese as "Transformers 2010"), Takara made MP-9 Rodimus Convoy (Rodimus Prime).

For the 25th Anniversary, one could suggest MP-8 Grimlock as possible candidate for celebrating that year, since he was an Autobot leader in the Marvel comics and Takara even made that MP-8X King Grimlock figure based on Marvel Grimlock.

So with Optimus and Rodimus, and even Grimlock, already done, that takes care of the first two Autobot leaders of the 1980s in both the cartoon and comics, so Takara kinda had to go with a later Autobot leader for the 30th Anniversary. And I'd say leaving it to the fans to vote on it was a nice move.