Takara Tomy Masterpiece Star Saber Size Comparison Image
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Posted by mcfmullen on August 6th, 2014 @ 5:04pm CDT
Posted by Agamemnon on August 6th, 2014 @ 5:19pm CDT
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...
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on August 6th, 2014 @ 8:17pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on August 6th, 2014 @ 8:21pm CDT
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.
Posted by Convoy on August 6th, 2014 @ 8:52pm CDT
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.
Posted by fenrir72 on August 6th, 2014 @ 9:46pm CDT
Oh,pray to Primus that old elevator shoes/backpack power up mushroom Victory Leo will be also be released.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on August 6th, 2014 @ 10:58pm CDT
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.
Posted by Sabrblade on August 6th, 2014 @ 11:32pm CDT
Sadly, it looks like he won't be.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.
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:
Posted by guarayakha on August 7th, 2014 @ 12:37am CDT
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.
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 7th, 2014 @ 5:04am CDT
Posted by mcfmullen on August 7th, 2014 @ 9:05am CDT
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.
Posted by Sabrblade on August 7th, 2014 @ 9:34am CDT
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: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.
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.
Posted by Va'al on August 7th, 2014 @ 10:16am CDT
Posted by proximus on August 7th, 2014 @ 11:34am CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on August 7th, 2014 @ 12:14pm CDT
Posted by mcfmullen on August 7th, 2014 @ 1:35pm CDT
Posted by shajaki on August 7th, 2014 @ 6:14pm CDT
"you caaant seee meeeee"
Posted by Stormrider on August 7th, 2014 @ 8:20pm CDT
Posted by Agamemnon on August 7th, 2014 @ 8:33pm CDT
"I see dead botttttsssssssss......"
Posted by mcfmullen on August 7th, 2014 @ 8:45pm CDT
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on August 9th, 2014 @ 8:34am CDT
Posted by It Is Him on August 9th, 2014 @ 8:55am CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 9th, 2014 @ 9:17am CDT
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
Posted by Sabrblade on August 9th, 2014 @ 9:24am CDT
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on August 9th, 2014 @ 9:36am CDT
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
Posted by Sabrblade on August 9th, 2014 @ 9:44am CDT
Posted by jgilkinson on August 9th, 2014 @ 9:47am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 9th, 2014 @ 9:53am CDT
A Micro Change toy that wasn't used for Transformers.jgilkinson wrote:Anyone know who the oversized revolver is above the techno-colored devastator?
MC-11 Gun Robo S&W Magnum 44
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 9th, 2014 @ 9:56am CDT
jgilkinson wrote:Anyone know who the oversized revolver is above the techno-colored devastator? Also how long do you think we have to wait before we get a masterpiece diaclone Magnus repaint?
That's the third Microchange Gun Robo. Two of the Gn Robo, the Walther P38 and M1910 Browning, were turned into Megatron and Browning but the third, a S&W .44 Magnum Revolver, was Microman only.
And that "techno-color" Devastator? His first Diaclone deco
Posted by padfoo on August 9th, 2014 @ 10:49am CDT
Posted by Nemesis Destron on August 9th, 2014 @ 10:54am CDT
And of course the latest images of Star Saber make me want this MP more and more. It will be a part of the select few MP that I own.
Posted by User897 on August 9th, 2014 @ 11:08am CDT
Posted by zodconvoy on August 9th, 2014 @ 11:53am CDT
That Diaclone Hoist looks like a Rodimus that let himself go.
ARG! A Swindle I will never own!
welcometothedarksyde wrote:They said in the description that it's ... Detritus
Oh, okay then. Never mind.
Posted by griftimus prime on August 9th, 2014 @ 12:10pm CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 9th, 2014 @ 12:38pm CDT
Posted by shajaki on August 9th, 2014 @ 12:46pm CDT
zodconvoy wrote:That Diaclone Hoist looks like a Rodimus that let himself go.
it SO does.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 9th, 2014 @ 12:48pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Each pic of star saber just makes me want him more. That diaclone display is wonderful, I even spotted the trainbots who didn't get released (in Japan) till the Headmasters toyline, although who's the red bot just to the left of powered convoy Magnus? Did diaclone have any fiction at all to go with it?
Diaclone did get somewhat of a story during the later years, basically humans versus the insectoid Waruder race. That's right: the Insecticons were bad guy mecha
That red robot is Powered Buggy, you can consider it an upgraded transforming Roller. He was omitted from all Transformer releases.
Posted by MGrotusque on August 9th, 2014 @ 1:36pm CDT
I noticed a beast wars Soundwave in one of the pics. Is he a rarity or something?
Posted by noctorro on August 9th, 2014 @ 1:38pm CDT
I'll get him for sure.
And please, make that Unicron, you can never have enough Unicrons.
And figures I've never seen before, great pictures!
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 9th, 2014 @ 1:55pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Each pic of star saber just makes me want him more. That diaclone display is wonderful, I even spotted the trainbots who didn't get released (in Japan) till the Headmasters toyline, although who's the red bot just to the left of powered convoy Magnus? Did diaclone have any fiction at all to go with it?
Diaclone did get somewhat of a story during the later years, basically humans versus the insectoid Waruder race. That's right: the Insecticons were bad guy mecha
That red robot is Powered Buggy, you can consider it an upgraded transforming Roller. He was omitted from all Transformer releases.
Thanks I've always wondered about diaclone, never expected that the insecticons were the main bars Seems a bit unfair when you line them up against each other.
That unicron, as impressive as it is, why does everyone go crazy about it? People talk about the Armada mold having it's planet shell on its back, Neo Unicron has a whole half of a planet on his back. I know it's the 3rd prototype of a unicron toy (I think at least), the robot mode is nice if you ignore the kibble but I think the one we actually got is better...Why do I get the feeling I've just painted a target on my back...
Posted by kirbenvost on August 9th, 2014 @ 1:58pm CDT
Posted by Nisus on August 9th, 2014 @ 1:59pm CDT
Posted by xyl360 on August 9th, 2014 @ 2:06pm CDT
They also have a very interesting looking Spittor repaint, a Tarantulas (Blackarachnia?) and what looks to be a Beast Wars Mutants Soundwave.
Posted by xyl360 on August 9th, 2014 @ 2:14pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:...although who's the red bot just to the left of powered convoy Magnus? Did diaclone have any fiction at all to go with it?
That would be Super Buggy/Powered Buggy (depending on the region of release and how he was released):
It came with the Diaclone Powered Convoy as Powered Buggy, but when released individually by GiG it was called Super Buggy.
Posted by Evil Eye on August 9th, 2014 @ 3:19pm CDT
Posted by thedistinctroom on August 9th, 2014 @ 3:26pm CDT
Posted by DMSL on August 9th, 2014 @ 4:09pm CDT
Very happy to see the MP Ultra Magnus in these pictures has the blue lower inner legs, the red we have seen in some promo pics look hideous. That gives me hope that the final product will have cartoon accurate colours in botmode.
Posted by JaffleMaker on August 9th, 2014 @ 7:56pm CDT
Have these been seen before? I definitely have never seen that alternate Rodimus base.
Back on track love how this guy turned out. Hope he sells really well, well enough to warrant looking at a G1 re-issue.
I also wonder how Hasbro will market this guy if they also decide to release him.
Posted by WildclawPrime on August 10th, 2014 @ 12:08am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 10th, 2014 @ 4:48am CDT
We recently got Star Saber as a fascist religous zealot in the IDW comics:WildclawPrime wrote:Star Saber's looking very nice. So far so good. Too bad we American Transformers fans rarely got any exposure to him or any of the other Japanese characters when it came to the Takara series. God Ginrai was just a different character who had the body of Powermaster Prime. Well, at least we had Wing Saber in Energon who was an homage to Star Saber. As for some of the prototypes, that Porsche Jazz looks like it could've been an awesome figure 10 years ago.