Actually I was asked to use the 1987 Decepticon characters in order to stay "on topic" with the "Headmasters" articles in the book itself -- not to promote future Encore releases, since I did chose them randomly. But it would be great if TakaraTomy will actually reissue any of these guys, personally I love the 1987 stuff!
I introduce Mr.MASAKATSU SAITO(斎藤 まさかつ）. He supported TRANSFORMERS as a mechanic designer. He was in charge of the sketch of the packages such as SIXSHOT at first. Mr.SAITO will deal with a mechanic design from about 1988. He dealt with Star Saber and Overlord with the reader of G1. He laid a design of much PRETENDER and almost all ACTION MASTER. Blood,Dauros,Gilmer Roadblock Mr.SAITO had relations in all of items which it released in Europe of 1992 and 1993. ACTION MASTER ARCEE Design sketch Mr.SAITO dealt with the THUNDER HEAD of the DOTM(2011) item. However, Mr.SAITO will retire for a disease. He did big contribution in TRANSFORMERS.
Though Mr.Guido let a thread enter, I was surprised,,,, Thank you for a splendid work. 2011 is a memorable year for "TRANSFORMERS HEADMASTERS". I looked and met it, and there was the contest with ARGETMASTERS and UNITED KUP.I like designs of SIXSHOT.In addition, I wish a work of Mr.Guido is placed in the Japanese book.
I wonder if this will ever be released in English. The first volume was great for images. This one seems a little bit more verbal.
Design sketching of Huffer of the MP class was placed in the book. Enthusiasm in the MP series of Mr.HASUI is handed down from sketching. Could Huffer be next in the Masterpiece series? O.O
Oh boy, Misfire. Criminally underused character. He's comedy gold if played straight! (Unfortunately, most writers would ignore the essence of the character and simply use him as a generic Decepticon grunt.)
Overly enthusiastic indeed... Huffer wasn't exactly the most popular G1 figure. For him of all bots to get a Masterpiece would be... amusing, to say the least. That said, that's a very nice sketch... Also wouldn't mind seeing a Classics update to him. PCC Huffer is ok for a CHUG version, but honestly seemed like the mold fits the Marvel Comics rendition of his G1 retool known as Pipes.
I gotta say I nearly keeled over when I seen that pic of MP Huffer,why in the hell did we not get him in the MP Line I would pay $200 easy for him.I really hope Takara revisits the idea to do Huffer he would Rock 10000x over.Come on Takara and make this happen.
I've always loved this Unicron concept. And as much as other people complain about shellformers, I always loved shellformers too. The Neo toys were incredible. The Car Robots brothers were great. I've never had a shellformer I didn't like. And frankly, if you want a true planet mode Unicron, shellformer is probably the best way to go to get there. Too bad we'll never see it because the Armadacron mold has become the standard for Unicron. Not that it's horrible, it just doesn't strike me as a planet. Also, BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG lulz at Masterpiece Huffer. My word the fan rage that would induce from the "so many more important characters" crowd. They'd have to release him with a giant trollface on the box.
Besides the many more important characters out there, I would say that Huffer does not have a particularly difficult transformation. The entire cab just stays on his back, not even utilized in the process. So many more interesting transformation to take into the MP realm than him Never seen that first version of Unicron. Looks like a very early prototype/mockup of the one Hasbro keeps....
It would be really interesting to get encore reissues from that era of G1. With the big targetmasters like misfire and you can't have to much Sixshot. Oh Thunderwing. ploting to infiltrate japanese continuity. If huffer was a masterpiece figure. Then it would be the result of a different direction in the Masterpiece series. Smaller more affordable masterpieces following in the more recent bandai soul of chogokin offerings. Or even from takara with alternity, as a smaller form binaltech. It could easily be a new figure for Generations as well.
