On one hand, non-retail budget makes a Haslab toy the best it could be (in this economy). On the other hand, the limited time window was the biggest exclusive FOMO. Maybe Haslab can do second made-to-order runs of past successful toys.
Especially since so many were lost/destroyed when the shipment for china/taiwan got litteraly sunk in a bad storm. So the original numbers that were suposed to be out there are quite a bit less thanks to that A second run would probably make those people happy too.
But it also brings an opportunity for the other Japanese characters that haven't yet gotten representation here in the west yet , both haslab have shown there is a market for these type of characters and its fruits have already been seen within legacy .
Not-So-Fun Fact: Victory Leo’s flight mode was not originally part of his design. It was made up for the Victory anime by the production staff fiddling with the toy. The same way they came up with Sixshot’s Wingwolf mode, Overlord’s Super Jet mode and Black Zarak’s Hydra mode.
No matter how people view the haslab Victory Saber and Deathsaurus good or bad there no denying that these two haslab were very successful and they have shown to big wings at Hasbro that the Japanese characters do have a market here in the west and it's fruits have already shown with the characters we gotten in 2022 and are getting soon in 2023 and I definitely do believe this is not the last time we're going to see Star Saber and Deathsaurus here in the west .
I genuinely believe getting Boater and Pipo as a bonus on Deathsaurus is Hasbro's way of saying "thanks for showing us there IS a market for these characters that are relatively unknown in the west."
I fortunately got a set without much QC issues. Other than the micromasters and that's from being molded so many times (the two that come with Deathsaurer thankfully will be new molds). Since I have Tricranius I had no shortage of blast effects to fill the guns and cannon.
30:48 (Horror theme playing in the background) Star and Leo; Get them off of us! GET THEM OFF OF US! That's a great start for this year's robot review, Balt! They really look great in their battleship mode! Happy New Year!
Nice. Until today, I’ve always had a terrible time trying to get Star Saber to hold his sword without collapsing the handle back in to the jet part. Never realized it had a final clicking point to help lock it in to place. You’re the first person I’ve seen mention that bit. Also, I just checked and the knees on mine aren’t floppy like yours. You might want to contact Hasbro and see if they can do something.
OMG The VS that I opened has wobbly knees as well. I was going to do some surgery on it or see if the other one was better. I'm not going to bother now. I did order the dk parts even thought I shouldn't have too. I also feel like I have 2 out of 3 good figures. Vic Leo seems like it was an after thought (hey we just need it to transformer into platforms, they won't complain about the brick ship mode lol). I hope they took notes for Deathsaurus from these videos. Other than that I'm happy with my platform boot wearing bot. 🙂 Great Vid! Happy New Year Everyone!
Hmm, not sure I remember well, but was it not at the end of headmasters that when the transtector got it's own spark and left Ginrai behind, that it actually was Convoy who took over the body?
If I had a nickel for every time Balt put out a warning for Star Saber knees, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice
While the figure does seem pretty high quality, I'd actually prefer if some company finally did a bit of revisioning on Victory Saber. There's nostalgia for some in screen accuracy, sure, but imagine what the figure could be today if Victory Leo had a more proper jet mode and the combined mode had better leg proportions. Those shins are massively derpy in all honesty.
Definitely one of the top transformers toy for 2022!! I hope Hasbro stops making hollow molds for transformers but otherwise, I'm sure Deathsaurus will be fantastic as well.. looking forward to my VS and Deathsaurus!!👍
34:41 Balt you mixed up your goof, you're supposed to fold those back panels down over Star Saber black arm bits, especially since there are tab slots on those arms and tabs on the cannon's back panels.
Sorry to say Balt but you might want to look at the hip transformation joints on your Victory Leo, the reason they don't hold might be because the plastic is marred and there's nothing for the tab to hold on to. Happened with mine and a few others.
I knew about planet-X's star saber, but I didn't realize they made victory leo too. I'm going to have to look up what they called him when I go for them myself later.
@@razorshark6790 [TALKS IN STUFFED NOSE POINTDEXTER VOICE] Um actually... Its a super powered weapon platform hyper generator pack. (weeze) And a pair of ultra mega deluxe stabilizing earth shattering feet. ...snickers Lmao! I don't think I could say that either with a straight face or burst without bursting into laughter for very long. I know that's suposed to emulate the super sentai combining mecha power ups that Japan loves using. But why only a backpack and feet? You would have thought there would be other combining parts like chest head, arms, etc. Grant it this would make the other modes for Victory Leo very difficult if not impossible. Or for modern engineering would reduce it to super sentai posibility, or a super high priced master collectors figure past masterpiece budget.
At the 11 minute mark you mention the imbalance of the flight stand. I had the same issue until I turned it 180 degrees to distribute the weight better. The arm is still too floppy in my opinion, but at least the base was more stable.
my saber has a bad shoulder joint that keeps popping off and the red button dosent work quite as good as it should. The lower leg panel never wants to stay in place and getting the wrist to connect to the knee when transforming the star section is a pain along with the wrists. in addition i have all the same issues you do. do i think they ripped us off with this? YES! ive gotten better stuff out of $10 easter baskets at walmart. to all who paid for this my sympathies.
Mine is plagued with paint issues, it just looks ugly. Not to mention a few other QC issues. I've got it back into storage and am truly considering selling it off.
Woke up with a massive headache and I see this. To be honest Balt, I have to say that I do love watching your reviews, but I am really not in the mood, so my apologies beforehand. You know, I read in another comment section that the Police Car Micromaster is misassembled, the hips are apparently backwards? If that is the case, then why does no one unscrew the figure and flip the part around? I know it's stupid that on a figure this expensive, there should be better quality control, but if it is that easy to fix, why hasn't anyone done it? Unless the hip component is attached in another way that I am unaware of. Not like I'm going to waste the money and find out. I find that I really don't care for Saber's base form. Like, I get it, he's like a super robot from Brave, but why can't he just be Star Saber the entire time? I love the Gundam aesthetic, and I've really grown tired of the friendly little robot turning into the badass robot once an episode for two minutes trope. Imagine how bad it would be if Big O did that. Maybe the shield would peg in if you took off the handle. It looks like that is pushing it up in other images I've seen. Wait, do you not know that the sword stores in the side of the leg? There's literally a slot for it on either leg. I hate Victory Leo, I hate him as much as I hated Ginrai. Fucking Convoy wannabe. Maybe I just hate the person who turned into Ginrai, I don't know. Could have been a girl, then maybe I would've liked the character, but no. Can't have a Magical Girl with Optimus Armor in a Japanese show for boys. Oh the humanity! I don't know where that came from, sorry for rambling. I just know that this figure is bad. Victory Leo's wings are actually supposed to be folded up for every mode except the Victory Saber combination, but to be honest, I'd leave them out too. Since when did clips and slots both become "Connector Ports"? I really don't like how adding the boots throws off the proportions of Star Saber. And I'm someone who can forgive when a Transformer doesn't have human proportions. Probably made more sense in animation, but as a physical toy that just doesn't look right. Giving me really bad Sentai Mecha flashbacks. "Look, I know I've been kicking your ass up and down this city for the last six episodes, but now that I'm a good guy can I combine my mecha with yours?" "Boots only." Honestly, I'd prefer Deathsaurus, and I know he'd be just as bad as this. Just give me Armada Optimus already so I can be on my way Hasbro.
Why are people so obsessed with star Sabre? Is it one of those things where you have to watch the whole show to appreciate him? I mean, Sabre himself just looks like Jazz's head from the marvel comics slapped on a different body. And Star Sabre's kind of...Bland? In contrast to deathsaurus.
The one I got was complete garbage. Same low quality as what they sell at the store. Floppy, loose, bad paint. The only part of this overpriced toy that was nice was the packaging. Couldn’t get rid of mine fast enough!!
"you can't really call a giant flying brick a plane mode"
Meanwhile the IRL spaceshuttle being nicknamed flying brick
On one hand, non-retail budget makes a Haslab toy the best it could be (in this economy). On the other hand, the limited time window was the biggest exclusive FOMO. Maybe Haslab can do second made-to-order runs of past successful toys.
Especially since so many were lost/destroyed when the shipment for china/taiwan got litteraly sunk in a bad storm. So the original numbers that were suposed to be out there are quite a bit less thanks to that A second run would probably make those people happy too.
Yeah, I missed out on Unicron and I want it sooo badly.
@@apophis2226 I got it, but sadly it got stolen with most of my stuff a few months back.
But it also brings an opportunity for the other Japanese characters that haven't yet gotten representation here in the west yet , both haslab have shown there is a market for these type of characters and its fruits have already been seen within legacy .
You're better off getting a third party made Victory Saber. I wish I had done that.
Not-So-Fun Fact: Victory Leo’s flight mode was not originally part of his design. It was made up for the Victory anime by the production staff fiddling with the toy. The same way they came up with Sixshot’s Wingwolf mode, Overlord’s Super Jet mode and Black Zarak’s Hydra mode.
22:11 the blade can be stored in that empty hole where that tab is on the top of his shin
@10:20 the blade sheathes into the leg. There is a little slot next to where the arm clips into the leg
Found these guys at a comic book shop while going camping and bought them looking forward to unboxing them
Happy new year!
No matter how people view the haslab Victory Saber and Deathsaurus good or bad there no denying that these two haslab were very successful and they have shown to big wings at Hasbro that the Japanese characters do have a market here in the west and it's fruits have already shown with the characters we gotten in 2022 and are getting soon in 2023 and I definitely do believe this is not the last time we're going to see Star Saber and Deathsaurus here in the west .
I genuinely believe getting Boater and Pipo as a bonus on Deathsaurus is Hasbro's way of saying "thanks for showing us there IS a market for these characters that are relatively unknown in the west."
This price is ridiculous cmon Hasbro not every child is rich when they see this and they want it don't make it impossible for them to own
I fortunately got a set without much QC issues. Other than the micromasters and that's from being molded so many times (the two that come with Deathsaurer thankfully will be new molds). Since I have Tricranius I had no shortage of blast effects to fill the guns and cannon.
30:48 (Horror theme playing in the background) Star and Leo; Get them off of us! GET THEM OFF OF US!
That's a great start for this year's robot review, Balt! They really look great in their battleship mode!
Happy New Year!
another great review. this looks like really fun to transform but overpricy for my budget
I feel proud to be part of backing victory saber, because is feels like an exclusive club. And I’m so glad be of backed deathsaurus too
Balt the sword does store in the vstar. It goes in either leg of star saber. You cant miss the slots on the side of the leg
Fantastic review! So glad I jumped on this pre-order. Never thought I would own a Victory Saber of my very own. Here's hoping we get a new God Ginrai.
Nice. Until today, I’ve always had a terrible time trying to get Star Saber to hold his sword without collapsing the handle back in to the jet part. Never realized it had a final clicking point to help lock it in to place. You’re the first person I’ve seen mention that bit.
Also, I just checked and the knees on mine aren’t floppy like yours. You might want to contact Hasbro and see if they can do something.
OMG The VS that I opened has wobbly knees as well. I was going to do some surgery on it or see if the other one was better. I'm not going to bother now. I did order the dk parts even thought I shouldn't have too.
I also feel like I have 2 out of 3 good figures. Vic Leo seems like it was an after thought (hey we just need it to transformer into platforms, they won't complain about the brick ship mode lol).
I hope they took notes for Deathsaurus from these videos.
Other than that I'm happy with my platform boot wearing bot. 🙂
Great Vid! Happy New Year Everyone!
Just got my hands on the set myself, and may I just say it was worth EVERY PENNY.
Hmm, not sure I remember well, but was it not at the end of headmasters that when the transtector got it's own spark and left Ginrai behind, that it actually was Convoy who took over the body?
If I had a nickel for every time Balt put out a warning for Star Saber knees, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice
I wish this toy was a mass retail release.
While the figure does seem pretty high quality, I'd actually prefer if some company finally did a bit of revisioning on Victory Saber. There's nostalgia for some in screen accuracy, sure, but imagine what the figure could be today if Victory Leo had a more proper jet mode and the combined mode had better leg proportions. Those shins are massively derpy in all honesty.
Definitely one of the top transformers toy for 2022!! I hope Hasbro stops making hollow molds for transformers but otherwise, I'm sure Deathsaurus will be fantastic as well.. looking forward to my VS and Deathsaurus!!👍
I will definitely be revisiting this video when I get mine.
I shall now dub the knock off at the end of the video: Win Scalpel. Have fun with that lol
I find it funny that the combination is victori leo turning into shoes and a backpack to star saber😆
uh the blade of the sword stores into a slot in the side of what forms Star Saber's shins on his legs in robot mode.
34:41 Balt you mixed up your goof, you're supposed to fold those back panels down over Star Saber black arm bits, especially since there are tab slots on those arms and tabs on the cannon's back panels.
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It is nice to see that is Hotrod is called out as a deluxe as that is what he is and not a voyager.
"Enough of these guys, let's get rid of them" *yeet*
Also, cool figures 👍
happy new years
Sorry to say Balt but you might want to look at the hip transformation joints on your Victory Leo, the reason they don't hold might be because the plastic is marred and there's nothing for the tab to hold on to. Happened with mine and a few others.
I might still get the planet X figures. These are great but I just can't get past the fact that Leo just becomes a backpack and oversized shoes.
I knew about planet-X's star saber, but I didn't realize they made victory leo too. I'm going to have to look up what they called him when I go for them myself later.
Its not the figures it's how the design was in the original show because like you said Victory Leo just becomes a backpack and shoes
@@razorshark6790 [TALKS IN STUFFED NOSE POINTDEXTER VOICE]
Um actually... Its a super powered weapon platform hyper generator pack. (weeze) And a pair of ultra mega deluxe stabilizing earth shattering feet.
...snickers
Lmao! I don't think I could say that either with a straight face or burst without bursting into laughter for very long. I know that's suposed to emulate the super sentai combining mecha power ups that Japan loves using. But why only a backpack and feet? You would have thought there would be other combining parts like chest head, arms, etc. Grant it this would make the other modes for Victory Leo very difficult if not impossible. Or for modern engineering would reduce it to super sentai posibility, or a super high priced master collectors figure past masterpiece budget.
@@ZedMazaus480 I'll help you with that. Nemeios is the figures name.
At the 11 minute mark you mention the imbalance of the flight stand. I had the same issue until I turned it 180 degrees to distribute the weight better. The arm is still too floppy in my opinion, but at least the base was more stable.
Hey balt been watching your vids for years and wondering if you knew any AUS websites that I can use to buy transformers
Where can I find this set it’s so awesome and I really need a model of star saber.
Hasbro needs to release Star Saber and Victory Leo on them only for Star Saber a Commander Class figure and Victory Leo a Leader Class figure
Pray that we get a commander class Star Saber
How well does your shield plug into his back flap?
Did anyone else get the jobby the Hong reference with the beautiful spread
my saber has a bad shoulder joint that keeps popping off and the red button dosent work quite as good as it should. The lower leg panel never wants to stay in place and getting the wrist to connect to the knee when transforming the star section is a pain along with the wrists. in addition i have all the same issues you do. do i think they ripped us off with this? YES! ive gotten better stuff out of $10 easter baskets at walmart. to all who paid for this my sympathies.
Baltmatrix i need to know is this set worth the money.
Isn’t star saber your favorite Japanese g1 character?
Where is this character from? Which Transformers series is it?
Mine is plagued with paint issues, it just looks ugly. Not to mention a few other QC issues. I've got it back into storage and am truly considering selling it off.
How much is it
Aliexpress has the leg filler kit.
I'm getting Gundam vibes from this
I have Shadowstrip!!!!!!
He said SUS
Not... one... phrase!😠
@FOC Grimlock
Is this out? Because he's my favorite Autobot.
It is but it's a haslab figure so the only way you'll find it is by ebay
@@razorshark6790 ok, and that's like what, 200 300 dollars?
Currently going for between $300 and $400 on ebay.
@@baltmatrix of course.
@@baltmatrix you did a good job as i thought so, Balmatrix
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Balt i collect minicons if you wanna sell me your two from this set I will buy them. Pls let me know.
Woke up with a massive headache and I see this.
To be honest Balt, I have to say that I do love watching your reviews, but I am really not in the mood, so my apologies beforehand.
You know, I read in another comment section that the Police Car Micromaster is misassembled, the hips are apparently backwards?
If that is the case, then why does no one unscrew the figure and flip the part around?
I know it's stupid that on a figure this expensive, there should be better quality control, but if it is that easy to fix, why hasn't anyone done it?
Unless the hip component is attached in another way that I am unaware of.
Not like I'm going to waste the money and find out.
I find that I really don't care for Saber's base form.
Like, I get it, he's like a super robot from Brave, but why can't he just be Star Saber the entire time?
I love the Gundam aesthetic, and I've really grown tired of the friendly little robot turning into the badass robot once an episode for two minutes trope.
Imagine how bad it would be if Big O did that.
Maybe the shield would peg in if you took off the handle.
It looks like that is pushing it up in other images I've seen.
Wait, do you not know that the sword stores in the side of the leg?
There's literally a slot for it on either leg.
I hate Victory Leo, I hate him as much as I hated Ginrai.
Fucking Convoy wannabe.
Maybe I just hate the person who turned into Ginrai, I don't know.
Could have been a girl, then maybe I would've liked the character, but no.
Can't have a Magical Girl with Optimus Armor in a Japanese show for boys.
Oh the humanity!
I don't know where that came from, sorry for rambling.
I just know that this figure is bad.
Victory Leo's wings are actually supposed to be folded up for every mode except the Victory Saber combination, but to be honest, I'd leave them out too.
Since when did clips and slots both become "Connector Ports"?
I really don't like how adding the boots throws off the proportions of Star Saber.
And I'm someone who can forgive when a Transformer doesn't have human proportions.
Probably made more sense in animation, but as a physical toy that just doesn't look right.
Giving me really bad Sentai Mecha flashbacks.
"Look, I know I've been kicking your ass up and down this city for the last six episodes, but now that I'm a good guy can I combine my mecha with yours?"
"Boots only."
Honestly, I'd prefer Deathsaurus, and I know he'd be just as bad as this.
Just give me Armada Optimus already so I can be on my way Hasbro.
That’s loooooooong!😂
I don’t care I just want a longer sword
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Why are people so obsessed with star Sabre? Is it one of those things where you have to watch the whole show to appreciate him? I mean, Sabre himself just looks like Jazz's head from the marvel comics slapped on a different body. And Star Sabre's kind of...Bland? In contrast to deathsaurus.
My Fire and Holy are just fine.
Sorry you have the worst luck with all your figures.
The one I got was complete garbage. Same low quality as what they sell at the store. Floppy, loose, bad paint. The only part of this overpriced toy that was nice was the packaging. Couldn’t get rid of mine fast enough!!
This Figure should be good, but it stinks
This review of Victory Saber was awesome and Happy New Year To you and your family @baltmatrix
Que horrible está y por ese precio se manchan ni lucecitas tiene