Takara Tomy 30th Anniversary Masterpiece Fan Poll Announcement Details

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TT would like to announce that they will soon be making an announcement about some hints they will soon begin dropping regarding an upcoming announcement. Stay tuned!

I'm putting my money on Powermaster Optimus Prime (Masterforce Super Ginrai). It's the only one in the list that's an Optimus Prime that looks like a traditional Optimus Prime and could make for an item that truly represents, at least to me, what a 30th Anniversary Transformers product should be.

Fort Max would be too big and too expensive. It's a nice fantasy idea to get a 5 foot tall Fort Max but it's just not in the cards. This is the choice that makes me think this whole list is BS because there's no way this one would happen.

Beast Convoy seems like an obvious choice at some point with the natural progression of the line, especially if Beast Megatron accompanies him. While it seems like an obvious choice, I don't think Beast Convoy is a good 30th Anniversary figure.

While I'd love to see Masterpiece versions of Star Saber and Dai Atlas, I think I'd like to see their G1 toys reissued first. I also don't think either of those characters are recognizable enough to the general public to be good choices.

I'm not sure how Lio Convoy and Big Convoy got on this list. I love those guys but they would be way down the list of figures that need the Masterpiece treatment. Plus you can't do Lio Convoy or Big Convoy before you do Beast Convoy. Two more choices on this list that I think were there just to pad out the list.

As for Car Robots Fire Convoy, this could be a really, really nice toy if they did a super realistic fire truck. I think this would be the 2nd choice I'd put money on. Give me a Masterpiece God Magnus that can actually combine with Fire Convoy and I think many of us would be super excited about this. However, the size comes into mind again because of how large the originals were, so that makes me skeptical about this possibility.

Micron Legends, Superlink and Galaxy Force Convoys are way too recent of figures/characters to get a Masterpiece treatment. I'd be really disappointed if Superlink Grand Convoy got the treatment, because, well, it's not the greatest toy or concept for Transformers. If I wanted toys like that, I'd be into Voltron (which I'm not into). Galaxy Convoy is the only one of these 3 that I'd be interested in seeing a Masterpiece treatment of, but again, the toy is too recent and the original one is a pretty awesome toy to begin with. And like the Car Robots Fire Convoy, I'd be concerned about the size of this toy if it's truly a Masterpiece.

Super God Ginrai / Powermaster Optimus Prime is the only one of these that I can truly get behind for a 30th Anniversary product.

I'm hoping for Star Saber, though Galaxy Force Convoy wouldn't be so bad...

> Run a pole for the next masterpiece figure.

>> So much potential to be any number of characters from the Transformers universe, no MP Cyclonus or Scourge or maybe even Kup.

>>> 99% are Optimus Prime

Seriously, are Transformers fans autistic?

a masterpiece fortress maximus... yeah. right. like THAT would happen...

most of the list is BS and I sure hope it won't be a beastformer.

So I'd put my money on Car Robot Fire Convoy or Armada Prime...

but of course, no Jazz yet

Gorechyld wrote:Seriously, are Transformers fans autistic?

Hey, I do take offense to that as I have autism myself. And the poll only had those (Japanese) Leader types as options, we did not have a hand in that. Leader types sell, you know?

Personally, I'd have picked Star Saber or Galaxy Convoy / Cybertron Optimus Prime, simply because they look the best, plus have the best ways of combining with future figures (Victory Leo *hint hint*)

I wouldn't rule any of them out. I don't think that size is a factor here at all, although I've no idea what they'd do with Fort Max. But for the others, I could easily see them doing any one of them.

I think this is just Takara's bone that they're throwing to the long time fans from all generations of Transformers who are still around, regardless of what their favorite series is, providing them with the opportunity to select the MP leader of their choice, and whoever has the most votes wins. I don't think for a second that any of these choices are there just to "pad out the list". You guys are thinking about this way too deeply. It is a 30th anniversary fans' choice and may the character/series with the most fans win!

The winning figure/character *could* (and should IMO) play a role in what Takara decides to do later with the MP line, particularly once they're either done with G1 or decide to expand the line to go beyond it.

Fort Max in scale with the masterpiece line? Good luck trying to afford that!

I can see most of the Primes being done, but Fort max would cost more than most of us are willing to part with.

Ah. This poll is great, but I know darn well that everyone will pick Fortress Maximus. Besides, the likes of Car Robots Fire Convoy and Galaxy Force Galaxy Convoy are already total Masterpieces in their own right.

In case anyone forgot, what we were told back in July was that Star Saber is in the lead, followed by Micron Densetsu Convoy (Armada Optimus Prime) and Dai Atlas.

Personally hoping Armada Optimus gets MP treatment, as that figure needs it badly. The combined mode is a complete brick, outside of shoulder, elbows, and head articulation. But I'd love to see Star Saber get it too, because I like the design and concept of his Brainmaster-ception gimmick. Dai Atlas just seems too obscure in my opinion. Zone only had what, one episode on television and a small collection of manga?

Can't see them doing Fortress Maximus, even if he was as big as a Leader figure.

Beast Wars Optimus Primal, I also wouldn't mind, but not necessary. Same to the two Japanese Beast Era ones.

Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime doesn't really need it, he's good already.

Meh to Energon and Cybertron. Energon because... well, he's a meh design. Cybertron, like Robots in Disguise, is fine just as is.

Seibertron wrote:While I'd love to see Masterpiece versions of Star Saber and Dai Atlas, I think I'd like to see their G1 toys reissued first. I also don't think either of those characters are recognizable enough to the general public to be good choices.

You underestimate Star Saber's high popularity over in Japan.

And last we heard, Star Saber was in first place in this poll, And Dai Atlas was in third (Micron Densetsu Convoy was in second).

Seibertron wrote:I'm not sure how Lio Convoy and Big Convoy got on this list.

Simple. This poll was to give every single Cybertron/Autobot Supreme Commander from 1985 to 2005 a fair shot at this, and since they count as their respective series' Supreme Commanders, they qualify.

Seibertron wrote:Micron Legends, Superlink and Galaxy Force Convoys are way too recent of figures/characters to get a Masterpiece treatment. I'd be really disappointed if Superlink Grand Convoy got the treatment, because, well, it's not the greatest toy or concept for Transformers. If I wanted toys like that, I'd be into Voltron (which I'm not into). Galaxy Convoy is the only one of these 3 that I'd be interested in seeing a Masterpiece treatment of, but again, the toy is too recent and the original one is a pretty awesome toy to begin with. And like the Car Robots Fire Convoy, I'd be concerned about the size of this toy if it's truly a Masterpiece.

Micron Densetsu Convoy the one that would need this treatment the most due to how the original Super Base toy was so limited in its articulation. The original Galaxy Convoy is so good a toy that it doesn't really need an MP, and Super Link Grand Convoy, while not perfect, was also decent enough to not really warrant an MP.

Seibertron wrote:Super God Ginrai

That name! Ya cut me deep, Ryan. Ya cut me really deep.

Mindmaster wrote:Dai Atlas just seems too obscure in my opinion. Zone only had what, one episode on television and a small collection of manga?

Technically it was one OVA episode on VHS (and on DVD years later), one manga chapter, and just as many story pages as its predecessors and successors.

It would not be hard to add articulations to any one of those figures. Fort Max could just be another Titan class figure. Super Ginrai could present a design challenge if Takara want to put Super Ginrai's head inside Ginrai's cab body (as depicted in the cartoon).

I would definitely be disappointed if it were Energon or Galaxy Force Prime. Just about everything else is okay with me. I would really love a Masterpiece Optimus Primal. Though a Masterpiece Mammoth..... WOULD BE AMAZING!

The ones of this lineup I feel could use an MP update the most would be Suepr Ginrai, Star Saber, Dai Atlas, and Micron Densetsu Convoy. The rest are either too big (in Fort Max's case) or are already good/great enough toys in their own right.

Sabrblade wrote:The ones of this lineup I feel could use an MP update the most would be Suepr Ginrai, Star Saber, Dai Atlas, and Micron Densetsu Convoy. The rest are either too big (in Fort Max's case) or are already good/great enough toys in their own right.

Agreed.

Please be Armada Optimus Prime, please be Armada Optimus Prime, please be Armada Optimus Prime...

While I would love to see BWII Lio Convoy get it (I love my Lio figure and would be THRILLED to have an MP size version) I have to agree with our esteemed leader that PM Prime is the only truly logical choice to get the MP treatment. I also have to agree that this was a stacked poll from the start. The choices weren't really choices at all. All you have to do is take a look at previous figure and you'd know that there was only choice Takara would go for. Everything else was just there to make the fans feel like they were actually a part of something big and, to me anyways, that seems like a shi**y thing to do to the fans. Just treats us like we are all morons. I could understand it if it were Hasbro doing this but I expected more of Takara.

Still... I'll be curious to see the final outcome and I won't bitch if I'm wrong in my assessment. I'd actually be quite pleased if I were wrong.

I personally think that figure will be Powermaster Optimus Prime, or Masterforce Super Ginrai as we already have seen preorders pop up for a masterpiece ultra magnus with a trailer, which I am guessing is a retooled MP-10 Prime, which means that some of those parts can be reused in "super" mode for Ginrai. As takara should have a lot of the R&D done on this figure as some can take a long time to get to production, so a completely 100% figure I think is out.

I hope one of the G1 characters wins.

To me, that would be in line with what Masterpiece is all about - a faithful reincarnation of G1 concepts with modern engineering and a streamlined (or reasonable) scale.

I find the opinion that certain choices on this last don't need/deserve the MP treatment to sound extensively unfair, as I can see any single one of the things on this list needing major improvements. With that said I can't really say I'd be apposed to anything on this list becoming an MP, though my top choices would be Lio Convoy and Star Saber and my bottom picks would be Grand Convoy and Ginrai.

Last time Takara updated the poll about results the leader was Starsaber, followed by Aramada Prime.

Considering this is a list of Japanese leader/Supreme class, its odd there is no Star Convoy.

I think it's so obvious that Star Saber is gonna win this thing, what with just how ridiculously popular the guy is with the Japanese fandom.

Neurie wrote:Considering this is a list of Japanese leader/Supreme class, its odd there is no Star Convoy.

There's also no G-2 Convoy, G-2 Battle Convoy, BW Metals Convoy, BW Metals Powered Convoy, or BWR Convoy.

My guess as to why this is that they don't want multiples of the same character, but the year-based formula of the Micron Trilogy gave them no choice but to include all three of those in this if they still wanted some leaders mainstream enough to represent 2004 and 2005.

I'd be okay with Dai Atlas or Star Saber, but I really really REALLY hope it's NOT Powermaster Optimus.

Given the other releases from the 30th anniversary line, my money is on Optimus Primal, or Armada Optimus. Those two make the most sense to me.

The one I want the most is RiD Optimus, though.

Sabrblade wrote:I think it's so obvious that Star Saber is gonna win this thing, what with just how ridiculously popular the guy is with the Japanese fandom.

I'd be 100% OK with that

Double Post!

Also, Star Saber's TF wiki page is somewhat hilarious. I also appreciate how he has a passing resemblance to Superion.

Sabrblade wrote:I think it's so obvious that Star Saber is gonna win this thing, what with just how ridiculously popular the guy is with the Japanese fandom.

What is this statement based on? It seems like conjecture. I've never heard that Star Saber was "ridiculously popular" with the Japanese fandom before. He's one of my favorites, but he hasn't received a lot of love in the past 25 years since his introduction other than a Robot Masters figure, a Mega SCF figure, an SCF figure, and a Kabaya figure.

Seibertron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I think it's so obvious that Star Saber is gonna win this thing, what with just how ridiculously popular the guy is with the Japanese fandom.

What is this statement based on? It seems like conjecture. I've never heard that Star Saber was "ridiculously popular" with the Japanese fandom before. He's one of my favorites, but he hasn't received a lot of love in the past 25 years since his introduction other than a Robot Masters figure, a Mega SCF figure, an SCF figure, and a Kabaya figure.

Well, he is supposedly leading the poll. Couldn't that lead be from his popularity? Different tastes from both sides of the Pacific. Look at Hotrod, a lot of non Japanese fans hate him and that bugger gets like tons of versions.

Planet-cybering Headmaster Fortress Maximus is my 1st & 2nd choice!!! After that would be god-jinrai (Powermaster Prime), a good candidate but still a distant 3rd.

However, why is there no Ultra Magnus based on MP-10?

Tronus_Rex wrote:Planet-cybering Headmaster Fortress Maximus is my 1st & 2nd choice!!! After that would be god-jinrai (Powermaster Prime), a good candidate but still a distant 3rd.

However, why is there no Ultra Magnus based on MP-10?

Well I have some good news for you, [I may be totaly wrong as it's unusual to know so many of the up and coming MP figures, usualy we know one, 2 if we are lucky and usualy that's a repaint] you have overlooked, that there are several up andcoming new releases, aswell as several repaints, there is Wheeljack, Bumblebee, and yes Ultra Magnus. SO far no prototype figures have surfaced to give us a glimpse, but aparently these are all confirmed furure releases andare already up for pre order.

Back to your choice on 1st and 2nd. I hope you and anyone who actualy votes and has a real influence on what is released will reconsider Fortress Maximus as a contender. I think it would make a great release, but there are other figures that should come before, and in the list he should be the last out of the G1 figures. My reason being is that the MP line is a chance for characters that never met there potential first time round. Also let sface it, FOrtress Maximus doesn't need the MP treatment to transform, as his alt modes are totaly fanatasy. Yeah victory leo is a robotic cat, but there are still proportion restrictions etc.
Fortress Maximus also doesn't have the best robot mode, IMO, and Your next choice of God Ginrai aka Powermaster Prime, had an awful toy robot mode, and we know from the artwork that if he was done right could have an amzing robot form. The recent release of Gnerations Metroplex has MP posability and has the scale, so until the characters the are more deserving of the MP treatment, surelt Metroplex can fill the space for MP Maximus.
There are some on the List such as Galaxy Force Prime, which is a nice figure but Powermaster Prime is the inspiration for that figure and Galaxy Force Prime has no right to get the MP treatment before PM Prime. ANd there are some figures that even with the MP treatment will still be rubbish such as Armada prime, how could they make an MP figure of him before even Galavtron. We need a JetFire and a SKyFiire, as there are definently 2 moulds there, and a shockwave, as this would sort out the mould rights problems, if they have there own official version and they could base the designon the anime and comic stylings to create and overcome any similarity design issues.

Needs more cow bell OPTIMUS!

Seriously, I get why this list is what it is (thank you, Sabr! ), but I will KILL someone if another Optimus variation gets made into an MP! We already have had how many MP Optimi made??? Shouldn't they start on BB and his myriad of clones? I'm hoping for a chocolate swirl BB with nuts.
But seriously, I'm saying we should prevent a tragedy and NOT do another Optimus variation. It's not to say those aren't some good choices (well, the ones where he's NOT a truck), but come on...

It's pretty obvious it's going to be Star Saber, and I.... ehhh, don't care. I'd like to see Fort Max, just for the inevitable disappointment: some peoples ASSUMES he'd be in scale, but my money is on the opposite: he'd be shrunken down to Optimus height, just to get an affordable price on him (as others have mentioned/alluded).


SXS Not-Blurr looks/sounds better to me.

This announcement of an impending announcement? Just reminds me of how slow MP development and production is in general, and is that really the best idea, Takara? To remind fans of how long they have to wait? I understand quality takes time... when you have 5 employees working on it. Seriously hire a couple more guys and get this stuff organized!

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I think it's so obvious that Star Saber is gonna win this thing, what with just how ridiculously popular the guy is with the Japanese fandom.

I'd be 100% OK with that

me too

I really like all of these options, but if I had to vote for one figure only to be a masterpiece,,,, I would be torn between Star Saber, Dai Atlas and Fortress Maximus.

If they choose Fortress Maximus I wonder how big this figure would be , considering the 'regular' version of him is almost 2 feet tall, lol, anything bigger than that seems like a long shot, but who knows?

Less than 24 hours to go before the announcement! I'm excited.

Sabrblade wrote:Less than 24 hours to go before the announcement! I'm excited.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it not so much an announcement, as it is just a strong hint?

Honestly, I don't see why Galaxy Prime would even need an MP figure. He's 100% show accurate, has excellent articulation, a simple yet elegant transform, and is one of the best Prime figures in the past 20 years.

Tronus_Rex wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Less than 24 hours to go before the announcement! I'm excited.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it not so much an announcement, as it is just a strong hint?

Tomorrow between 8-9pm Japan Time (which will be 6-7am Eastern Time), TakaraTomy is going to announce the name of which character won the Masterpiece Fans Choice poll to be given his own Masterpiece toy. The toy itself mostly likely won't be revealed, but the winning character's identity will.

Fan's Choice Results:

11th Fortress Maximus
10th Grand Convoy
9th Raio(Leo) Convoy
8th Big Convoy
7th Galaxy Convoy
6th Beast Wars Convoy (Optimus Primal)
5th Super Fire Convoy
4th Dai Atlas
3rd Super Ginrai
2nd Micron Convoy


The officlal winner of the fan poll is Star Saber

Some highlights from the stream:
- Twitter Q&A
- Interview with the designer of Star Saber, he talked about differences between the US and Japanese shows, showed original design drawings and some animation cells.
- Transformers Cloud announcement
- Transformers Go! figures

Wished they hadn't kept overlaying the loud music when they talked ><

It's time! The Takara Tomy Transformers 30th Anniversary Masterpiece Fan Poll has closed and the results are in, ready to be revealed to all Transformers fans. The full ceremony can be viewed through the video below, from the official TakaraTomy YouTube channel. For everyone else, here are the exciting results ...


...and here are the results in order from the least votes to the most votes:

11th Fortress Maximus
10th Grand Convoy
9th Raio (Leo) Convoy
8th Big Convoy
7th Galaxy Convoy
6th Beast Wars Convoy (Optimus Primal)

5. Super Fire Convoy


4. Transformers Zone Dai Atlas


3. Super Ginrai


2. Micron Densetsu Convoy


And the winner is..

1. Star Saber!

Also shown were a couple of Star Saber's character models from the Victory series. It is highly possible that this is the look that Takara Tomy wants to achieve with this Masterpiece figure. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for further details as they become available.

What? Why!? WHY waste time making this piece of junk from the waning days of G1 when there are so many characters from the 1984 cast they have yet to put in MP form? The current pace of the their MP releases has been beyond lazy and yet they have time to jerk around with Star Saber???

Called it.

84forever wrote:What? Why!? WHY waste time making this piece of junk from the waning days of G1 when there are so many characters from the 1984 cast they have yet to put in MP form? The current pace of the their MP releases has been beyond lazy and yet they have time to jerk around with Star Saber???

As Saberblade called it......he's insanely popular in Japan. American opinions don't amount to cr@p over the domestic (Japanese) views.

Hopefully this is translated into reality (but then if Saber is made then Victory Leo can"t be far behind?), this may mark a ground breaking trend for a Masterpiece power up fig for the latter.

I guess you could say Star Saber just nabbed himself a sweet... *puts on sunglasses* ...victory.

...Right, I'll escort myself out.

84forever wrote:What? Why!? WHY waste time making this piece of junk from the waning days of G1 when there are so many characters from the 1984 cast they have yet to put in MP form? The current pace of the their MP releases has been beyond lazy and yet they have time to jerk around with Star Saber???

1. The poll is based on the Autobot Commanders from Headmasters to Cybertron. There would've been no way to vote for other characters. Besides, why celebrate the Transformers' 30th anniversary with a character that could get MP treatment later on when it could be celebrated by making an MP of a Convoy?

2. Star Saber is insanely popular in Japan. It was virtually no contest, he's that popular. And I don't blame them. He has an awesome, streamlined design, in my opinion.

Also, "This video is private". Boo.

84forever wrote:What? Why!? WHY waste time making this piece of junk from the waning days of G1 when there are so many characters from the 1984 cast they have yet to put in MP form? The current pace of the their MP releases has been beyond lazy and yet they have time to jerk around with Star Saber???

I agree with you
I agree with you ...

Sweet! Can't wait to see the Super Mode. Do you think they'll keep the Brainmaster gimmick?

I'm excited to see how they pull him off!

Okay so a Masterpiece of an alt mode that does not exist. Got ya.