Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber Full Colour Images - Saber, V-Star, Star Saber

Best. Masterpiece! EVER!

I am cautiously going to agree with you there, Sabrblade. This thing looks ridiculously impressive.

dang thats sexy.

im one of the people who'll buy this (cause its awesome) but have no real knowledge or connection to the character. so what do the true SS fans think? did they nail it (in your eyes)?

It's occasions like this that make me regret my decision NOT to collect Masterpiece figures.

He looks stunning.

shajaki wrote:dang thats sexy.

im one of the people who'll buy this (cause its awesome) but have no real knowledge or connection to the character. so what do the true SS fans think? did they nail it (in your eyes)?

Indeed they did!

hlj.com now also has him up for preorder at $137

Best Transformers Masterpiece ever for the best Autobot leader ever.

Mkall wrote:It's occasions like this that make me regret my decision NOT to collect Masterpiece figures.

He looks stunning.

It's ok, I'll get yours.


I have little attachment to the animated series character, but I do like the concept, and IDW's MTMTE has given a spin different enough to the character that it can easily face off with Optimus and G2 Lambor on my shelf. And EVA-01.

I want to be stoked for this, but I guess I just don't like the character design...

I mean, it's spot on and everything, I'm just not feeling it...

wilcosu35 wrote:hlj.com now also has him up for preorder at $137

Thanks for that. I've been checking the big three exporters (AmiAmi, HLJ, and Hobby Search) every day for over a week, but HLJ snuck it up there after I had already checked this morning. Got him and Exhaust, but I still want to see if AmiAmi goes even lower.

Emerje

Honestly, this is a step backwards for the successful masterpiece line. It is little more than a reproduction of the original toy with better articulation. The vehicle mode lacks the sleek appearance of previous masterpiece figures (because the original is not really based on an Earthbound mold) and the robot mode fails to fill any big hole in one's collection (unless one does not already have this toy and feels their collection is incomplete without it). It looks like little more than an up-sized version of the Robot Masters release.

fairplaythings wrote:Honestly, this is a step backwards for the successful masterpiece line. It is little more than a reproduction of the original toy with better articulation. The vehicle mode lacks the sleek appearance of previous masterpiece figures (because the original is not really based on an Earthbound mold) and the robot mode fails to fill any big hole in one's collection (unless one does not already have this toy and feels their collection is incomplete without it). It looks like little more than an up-sized version of the Robot Masters release.

With amazing articulation, and all the features(ish) of the original. That'll do for me!

fairplaythings wrote:Honestly, this is a step backwards for the successful masterpiece line. It is little more than a reproduction of the original toy with better articulation. The vehicle mode lacks the sleek appearance of previous masterpiece figures (because the original is not really based on an Earthbound mold) and the robot mode fails to fill any big hole in one's collection (unless one does not already have this toy and feels their collection is incomplete without it). It looks like little more than an up-sized version of the Robot Masters release.

Grimlock was basically the same thing and nobody complained (much)

I would say that the masterpiece line has continued to go forward since MP 10, Star Saber follows that tradition. The masterpiece line has taken oys from the original lines and remade them with the engineering of today. So what if it's not an earth mold with sleek lines. It's pretty much toon accurate and for a release like this, isn't that a great thing? As for a gap in people's collections there's already been a fair few people here who want this, and considering the original poll was for Japanese fans, I can't see them complaining about this

Mkall wrote:It's occasions like this that make me regret my decision NOT to collect Masterpiece figures.

He looks stunning.

But star saber was huge so this actually scales best with classics figures by cartoon standards. Thats the reason im buying it. It will go right on my classics shelf. Hexatron was also supposed to be MP scale, but because of his size in tbe comic classics collectors all bought him. Give in to your inner temptations and pre order. I did.

Rated X wrote:Hexatron was also supposed to be MP scale

Son of a $%&*(^

Rated X wrote:

Mkall wrote:It's occasions like this that make me regret my decision NOT to collect Masterpiece figures.

He looks stunning.

But star saber was huge so this actually scales best with classics figures by cartoon standards. Thats the reason im buying it. It will go right on my classics shelf. Hexatron was also supposed to be MP scale, but because of his size in tbe comic classics collectors all bought him. Give in to your inner temptations and pre order. I did.

Not to mention that Mkall is missing out on the hands-down best line of Transformers toys quite possibly ever.

HNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG

I know they're just blown-up, slightly more HD images of the first color images of Star Saber, but my God, does he look stunning! Six months is going to go pretty slowly...

My only worry now is not seeing Saber surfing on the V-Star yet.


I found this:

Now, how about Victory Leo.....

I really don't understand the hate for this, it's GORGEOUS!!!,

Desslok2201 wrote:I really don't understand the hate for this, it's GORGEOUS!!!,

Me too!

Here are my two concerns:

1) Can't hold the sword edge forward in one hand

2) Where's the laser rifle for Saber?

Oh Man, this is the absolute best MP yet. Complete cartoon accurate G1 Transformers Victory/Zone awesomeness. If you can't get the original this
will fill that gap for sure in my honest opinion

Must have!!!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Here are my two concerns:

1) Can't hold the sword edge forward in one hand

2) Where's the laser rifle for Saber?

Sharp eye chuckdawg! Yeah, what about the rifle Tomy? No pics of it yet. I hope it won't fall to the same fate as Grimlock's Galaxial launcher.

Thanks to the official Takara Tomy website, we have more news regarding the Transformers Masterpiece MP24 Star Saber figure, in the form of a lenghty interview with its designer team, including Hisashi Yuki. The interview, found here, is in Japanese, but we can summarily report that it mentions decisions about size, stability, poseability, reference material and accuracy - and includes a nice good number of images, mirrored below for your enjoyment!

"we have more news regarding the Transformers Masterpiece MP24 Star Saber figure"
Yeah!

"in the form of a lenghty interview with its designer team, including Hisashi Yuki"
Cool, very cool!

"The interview, found here"
YEAH, YEAH!!!

"is in Japanese"

Autobot Dash wrote:"we have more news regarding the Transformers Masterpiece MP24 Star Saber figure"
Yeah!

"in the form of a lenghty interview with its designer team, including Hisashi Yuki"
Cool, very cool!

"The interview, found here"
YEAH, YEAH!!!

"is in Japanese"

Ha!

Yeah, I know, but I have little time to humanise the machine translation today, and don't feel comfortable posting Google Translate version as-is. You're welcome to use it though!

Va'al wrote:

Autobot Dash wrote:"we have more news regarding the Transformers Masterpiece MP24 Star Saber figure"
Yeah!

"in the form of a lenghty interview with its designer team, including Hisashi Yuki"
Cool, very cool!

"The interview, found here"
YEAH, YEAH!!!

"is in Japanese"

Ha!

Yeah, I know, but I have little time to humanise the machine translation today, and don't feel comfortable posting Google Translate version as-is. You're welcome to use it though!

I tried it, but the result is not very satisfatory...

I don't hate this, I just have little interest in it. Star Sabre was never on my radar as a kid so he has no place on my Masterpiece shelf today.

So far, so good Takara. Still waiting for you to make a Victory Leo.

I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:2) Where's the laser rifle for Saber?

Left hand side of this pic:

Delta Magnus wrote:I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.

It was the result of a fan poll, so you'd hope so!

Its great to get a little insight into the design of these figures... I wished that some of that design process translated into something that came with the figure and into the box. I would love to have the rough sketches and pictures of various prototypes to be included as a book with each MP. A good example was the franky shogun figure from soul of chogokin earlier this year.

Hisashi Yuki is my hero. I read that he only had 12 days to design MP Megatron. Wow.

thedistinctroom wrote:Hisashi Yuki is my hero. I read that he only had 12 days to design MP Megatron. Wow.

So he was drunk for 12 days straight, huh?

DMSL wrote:

thedistinctroom wrote:Hisashi Yuki is my hero. I read that he only had 12 days to design MP Megatron. Wow.

So he was drunk for 12 days straight, huh?

I don't get it. Do you mean the fragile, easily break off parts of Megs? I don't think Yuki would have had much say on materials would have been used or if that is the case, then the suits at Tomy must have opted for cheaper materials ( for one after hearing the horror stories on MP-05 fragility never transformed him).

Design wise, given the base alternate mode of Megs, for it's time, that was state of the art. Hopefully a more buff and sturdier version and in scale to MP-10 will be released.

But if true, the 12 day deadline to release such an intricate and complicated fig is amazing.

Va'al wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.

It was the result of a fan poll, so you'd hope so!

does anyone think that... japanese TF fans resent us? pretty much everything hastak releases is geared toward us. even when MP SS was announced, and number of our fandom were upset that an obscure(ish) character we never even had over here was getting the MP treatment. anyone think they feel that way about us? and MP1-23?

shajaki wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.

It was the result of a fan poll, so you'd hope so!

does anyone think that... japanese TF fans resent us? pretty much everything hastak releases is geared toward us. even when MP SS was announced, and number of our fandom were upset that an obscure(ish) character we never even had over here was getting the MP treatment. anyone think they feel that way about us? and MP1-23?

The Japanese got the same shows and characters we got.

Also, more tweeted pics:

Sabrblade wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:I've never seen any of the Japanese-exclusive G1 series (like Zone, Victory, The Headmasters etc) so I don't really have any attachment to the character. Regardless that is an amazing looking toy- they seem to have completely nailed it. IIRC, Star Sabre is one of the most beloved Transformers ever in Japan, and they look to have done him justice. I'll bet there's some very happy fans over there right now.

It was the result of a fan poll, so you'd hope so!

does anyone think that... japanese TF fans resent us? pretty much everything hastak releases is geared toward us. even when MP SS was announced, and number of our fandom were upset that an obscure(ish) character we never even had over here was getting the MP treatment. anyone think they feel that way about us? and MP1-23?

The Japanese got the same shows and characters we got.

youre right. but thats not to say that headmasters and on havent been widely ignored.

Sabrblade wrote:

Star can hold his Saber Blade the right way in one hand. I might just be able to sleep tonight. Thanks Sabrblade.
I noticed for the first time, in the pic with the guy holding the figure, that it actually has rocking hip articulation. (pun fully intended.)

This one:

Something just hit me. Sure his battle helmet reminds me of the RX-78 Mobile Suit. I just realized, after looking at him closely, the V-star reminds me of the Core fighter attached to the G-booster. Nearly the same red, white and blue motif.

Kind of like Starship Maximus reminds me of Pegasus Whitebase.

fenrir72 wrote:Something just hit me. Sure his battle helmet reminds me of the RX-78 Mobile Suit. I just realized, after looking at him closely, the V-star reminds me of the Core fighter attached to the G-booster. Nearly the same red, white and blue motif.

Kind of like Starship Maximus reminds me of Pegasus Whitebase.

Not surprising since Gundam was huge at the time and Star Saber was heavily based on the RXYZ, especially in the feet.

Rifle and can hold the sword right YES!

Up and sold out already


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Mid March 2015

Roughly $ 124.00 not including shipping based on the current exchange rate.

Okay, Yuki-san is totally spoiling us:

Drooling here, but that's my love for sword bots talking. What would make it perfect is a combo shot with Convoy, Star Saber and ... Dare I say it... King Exkizer.

fenrir72 wrote:https://twitter.com/TFYUKI

In the words of Lt. Lieutenant Murtaugh, "You look beautiful, babe!"

ahem, Star Saber, that is.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:https://twitter.com/TFYUKI

In the words of Lt. Lieutenant Murtaugh, "You look beautiful, babe!"

ahem, Star Saber, that is.

April 2015 is sooooooooooooooo far away.