Six years ago I started this blog with the aim of reviewing my then-ever growing
Transformers collection. However thanks to a variety of circumstances (raised prices, difficulty finding the figures I wanted in the UK,
Hasbro’s increasing focus on the movie franchise) my collection diverted away from transforming robots and into the world of mecha and tokusatsu heroes. My love for the
Transformers franchise never went away though, and I continued the then-airing
Transformers Prime along with catching
Dark of the Moon and
Age of Extinction in cinemas (both of which I thought were awful, but that’s another topic altogether). I keep an eye on what’s going on with the toy line though, and right now it seems to be in a pretty great state. Almost makes me want to return to what was once one of my biggest fandoms, but I guess you can’t collect everything.
Masterpiece Star Saber however was a figure I could not pass up. The
Autobot (or
Cybertron in Japan) Supreme Commander from the 1989 series
Transformers Victory, Star Saber managed to receive the prestigious Masterpiece line treatment from TakaraTomy after winning the “Fan’s Choice” poll in 2013. The 24th figure in the line, he is the first in that does not hail from the main
Generation One cast (although Victory is technically part of G1, it just never aired in the West) – a fact that has proven quite divisive among Transformers fans. As one of my favourite characters, all I have to say is “Good job Japan!”
