Here is an interesting nugget of news we thought to share with you. Japanese retailer Toynes produces a weekly “top 5” of best selling items, and for the week of March 16 to March 22, the toy topping the charts is Masterpiece Star Saber – and considering that he only came out on 21 March unlike the rest of the chart, this is really impressive.
Of course, it is hard to judge if this surge was down to preorders, or whether this was purely in-store purchases, but in either case, it paints a very healthy picture for Masterpiece Star Saber’s sales, and – dare we say – portends well for other fan-favorites getting the Masterpiece treatment down the line.
RMStunticon
Didn't keep them from doing that Brave guy.
[Wing_Saber-X]
Re: ALL your ideas/ quotes above. YES, YES, and YES!
Raiyuki
God Bomber would transform and quite frankly he doesn't need a personality to be appealing. Just being an add on to Ginrai that also transforms already gives him appeal enough that they'd make him if they Ginrai ends up popular.
breaux man
I think my sentiments echos most people's here…doesn't need to be MP, but I DO NEED a Liokaiser and Road Caesar…make it happen!
pegasusprime
yeah just for it i believe i would come with ginrai i dont care about the robot mode of the apex bomber just give me armor and vehicle or kind of it and i am ok
Underwear
God Bomber was a drone bot.
pegasusprime
well god bomber is you know he doesnt got a good alternate mode, he didnt show any sign of intelligence so you know it is kind of risky
Raiyuki
I still don't feel that Takara would definately make Ginrai carbot sized. Ginrai is still a truck and as such a motor vehicle and motor vehicles tend to scale in alt mode in the MP line. And since Masterforce tended to have transformations that weren't as morphy as G1 (just like Victory did) it might even be possible to have Super Ginrai be around Magnus or Star Saber height. I mean I'm just speculating but I feel like they might base his size on his bot mode and not his alt mode (and fitting it all into an MP10 sized box would be just as easy since it'd be cab trailer combo.)
Prime135
They're indeed combiner size, but just the combiners in the Japanese series. The original combiners (ie Devastator, bruticus, etc.) had much larger components than their later Japanese counterparts. For example that chart also shows that the other brainmasters, and the seacon limbots were carbot sized. This results in a smaller combined mode than say six seeker sized (or close to it) constructicons).
Here's kind of what I'm thinking:
Liokaiser: 6 carbot sized components
Road Caeser: 3 carbot sized components
Landcross: 3 carbot sized components (6 bumblebee sized components)
King Poseidon: 4 carbot and one seekers sized component
Raiden: 6 Leader sized components (maybe bigger, haven't seen headmasters in a while)
Dinoking: 6 carbot sized components
Computron: 4 season three carbot and one seeker sized component
Abominus: same as Computron
Predaking: 5 leader sized components
Devastator: 6 components a head shorter than the seekers
Bruticus: 4 ironhide sized, and one seeker sized component
Superion: same as bruticus
Menasor: 4 carbot and one leader sized component
Defensor: same as menasor
Dean ML
Yes, Ginrai is definitely around carbot/Saber's size. The smaller characters are Headmaster Juniors, which is why Ginrai sometimes looks larger than he really is in bot mode.
Oh, man, I can see that happening. Kind of a bummer.
NegatronDave
I would love for him to come as God Ginrai. But I don't think so. Not at first anyway. I'm sure Godbomber would come after Super Ginrai forcing most people who bought Ginrai to then buy Godbomber, if they want God Ginrai.
It's like releasing Victory Leo after Star Saber. Then down the line release a Victory Saber box set with extra little accessories and stuff, to entice people to buy him all over again I can easily see that happening.
Robogeek28
I already thought Saber was too small at car bot size, but Ginrai is as well?
That's really a downer.
Dean ML
So aggravating. Like I said, fans can like it or not, but this is how it was in the Japanese seasons and that's what any MPs of those characters will be reproducing. Star Saber's sales will surely only embolden TT with this direction.
Btw, the blurred out character is Black Zarak, so it looks like an in-scale MP Black Zarak is feasible!
Mobb One
Thanks for that scan. I remember there was some board member who refused to believe that God ginrai and Overlord were combiner sized. Dude had no idea what he was talking about.
Dean ML
Yeah, surely this means Victory Leo is a given. Hope this bodes well for Deathsaurus, too. If we don't get anyone else from Victory, though, I'd be fine with that.
As far as Super/God Ginrai goes, I've no doubt TT will follow cartoon accuracy, including scale. I've attached the Headmaster/Victory scale chart here so you can see that Ginrai is carbot sized and God Ginrai is about Star Saber's height. Forget about TT using MP-10. Like it or not, to TT and the Japanese audience, Optimus and Ginrai are two different characters. I'm just wondering if TT would package Super Ginrai and Godbomber as separate MPs or throw God Ginrai together all in one glorious box.
BenjaminXavier
Did we ever figure out how the other MPs did on this same sales chart? I'd be curious how long MP10 topped it (if it did). It seems like it would have had to, right?
Darkstone
I'm gonna memorize your name, because with my experience in this fandom you will surely be among the first ones to write: "OMG yesssssssss I take two" once MP-24B is announced. Because a black Decepticon variant of him exists and is the obvious repaint to be released from this mold.
And have fun continuing your hate-parade by the way, if it makes you happy and if you don't have anything better to write about.
mizuki088
There are Decepticon Dark Star Saber and Victory Leo in Robot master line….
Decepticon89087
wow.
I'm not even tempted to own this thing. If I had a free one, I'd either sell it or give it away. Sure I'm only a Decepticon fan, but I'd even pass on a "nemesis" version of this thing if it existed.