MP Star Saber Topping Japanese Sales Charts

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  1. RMStunticon

    RMStunticon Dan Kuroto Fan

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    The MP-V series would be a great thing to have running parallel to the normal MP line.
     
  2. Ejector369

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    Well, Transformers Victory is part of Generation 1, but it's Japanese-exclusive. I'd like to see more Victory characters like the other three Brainmasters (Blacker, Laster, and Braver) and Deathsaurus.
     
  3. SPLIT LIP

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    Oh man oh man I hope this means Victory Leo.
     
  4. maxxzander

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    is tis part mistransformed? the vent suppose to be dark color right?
     

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    Yup it's supposed to be dark color. The pix somehow missed that particular transformation step.
     
  6. mizuki088

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    I can't remember God Ginrai or Victory Saber is higher (because both have high heel boots and both have parts-formers.)
     
  7. Decepticon89087

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    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.
     
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    There are Decepticon Dark Star Saber and Victory Leo in Robot master line....
     
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    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.
     
  10. BenjaminXavier

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    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?
     
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    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.

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  12. Mobb One

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    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.
     
  13. Dean ML

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    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!
     
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    I already thought Saber was too small at car bot size, but Ginrai is as well?


    That's really a downer.
     
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    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 :lol  I can easily see that happening.
     
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    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.
     
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    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
     
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    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.)
     
  19. pegasusprime

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    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
     
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    God Bomber was a drone bot.
     
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