I agree. If we hit 14000 before Japan adds in, I suspect its a done deal for all levels. I would expect a surge in Haslab backers toward the end as well.

 

Absolutely, people keep forgetting about all the third party and Japanese orders that have yet to be added to the total. I’m 100% confident we’re hitting all of the tiers. I also believe Hasbro knows this as well. Think about it from a behind the scenes standpoint. They probably have at least a rough idea of how the orders are going before the numbers are added to the public total. That’s all the number on the website is, just a total for the general public. Takara and Hasbro know before we do

 

Tier 1 uses Jetfire blast effects, this means it must be a remold of Jetfire1!1!!

 

No actually because tier one uses Jetfire’s Bakst effects it means the secret fourth tier they haven’t told us about it is actually a Jetfire redeco.

 

Seems like the shoulders can move out but the arms looks like it is what it is. The arms doesn't move outwards and the shoulder has a connection that just pops to let you have more butterfly movement and that's about it. I hope they prove me wrong by showing more articulation.

 

Honest question, what makes you say they are two Commanders? Starsaber, I can maybe see as a small Commander class toy, but Victory Leo is the size of a small Leader and isn't extraordinarily complex.

 

as scale pictures have shown, victory leo is roughly the same size as Seigedom magnus if not slightly taller

 

That's just Star Saber's design. The MP barely has more articulation, and that's only because the shoulder pylons there have the ability to tip an extra 10-15 degrees inwards. Otherwise, the lower shoulder joint on that toy is just as restrictive. Suppose they could've added a hinged panel on the outside of the shoulder for more unrestricted movement, but I suppose they opted not to for aesthetic reasons.

 

On top of scale, we need to look at part count, complexity of transformation and that Victory Leo has three forms ontop of becoming armor for Star Saber

 

You know what? I'm glad the toy actually has a neck for once. I've been wanting proper necks for ages. Why are so many people satisfied with robots that have heads just emerging from their torsos without a neck? People moan endlessly about other body parts being out of proportion, or, the most recent such farce, how the shoulders are too high or too low; why does nobody care about necks?

 

ya hopefuly 3rd party can fix this. If people just enjoy the way it is. I can see you can kinda pull some posses to give that illusion of having the arms spread outwards like MP Ultramagnus kinda.. Oh wells, it is what it is.

 

Apparently, the next version of the mold is meant to include a new slot for the sword to give the blade a different placement, I hope it also adds holes to Star Saber's hips to use the post on the sword hilt to store it in robot mode.

 

ya the original mold looks ugly..

 

Good thing they're changing it then  

 

As far as we know, they're just changing the slot for the blade to a + slot so the blade can be positioned horizontally or vertically. They're not redesigning the whole thing.

 

better at least

 

I'm hoping it's at the top of the hilt, rather than behind it like it is now, so that it looks less awkward. Plus, again, even if that doesn't happen there will likely be a 3P hilt.

 

Damn he\'s got a fat neck there.  :|

 

s'gotta fit over Saber's head somehow, y'know

 

If I have one critique it's that Victory Leo is too short compared to Star Saber. The two shld be of near-equal height: