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Star Saber (1998)
Released in the Victory portion of Takara‘s Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers toyline, Star Saber transforms into a red, blue, and white Cybertronic spacecraft with numerous features and modes.
The forward section of the spacecraft, “Saber”, can detach from the larger spacecraft body (known by itself as the “V-Star”) to form a smaller red fighter jet, the cockpit of which houses the small Brainmaster figure, the “Brain of Courage”. When Saber transforms into robot mode, the Brain of Courage is placed within his chest; when the chest is closed, the figure rises up to become Saber’s face. The jet nosecone mounts on Saber’s shoulder as a shield, and he can wield the “Saber Laser” rifle.
In grand Autobot leader tradition, the V-Star ship transforms into the “Fire Base” (ファイヤーベース) battle station which Saber can man, and then into a larger body with which Saber can combine, forming “Star Saber”. Saber slots into the empty chest area of the V-Star body, with his normal robot head forming Star Saber’s ordinary, unmasked head, which is the appearance he commonly employs in fiction when he is not in battle. His battle helmet, featuring an Optimus Prime-style mouthplate, is connected to the V-Star, and can swing up to fit over Saber’s head.
In Star Saber mode, Saber’s nosecone/shield becomes a sword hilt. The chromed “Saber Blade” of the sword stores in a slot in Star Saber’s back, and is drawn by inserting the hilt into the slot and withdrawing it, an action which brings the blade with it, and which is regularly used to dramatic effect in the Victory animated series. He can also wield the Saber Laser.
Star Saber was available in two different types of packaging: horizontal-style (“long”) and vertical-style (“tall”), with the horizontal-style box being the first release. Besides having different package art (and accompanying layouts), the two releases of the toy are fundamentally the same. However, they have one key difference: the gold on Star Saber’s chest-plate is shiny stickers on the first release, but gold chrome on the second release.
Star Saber can further combine with Victory Leo to form Victory Saber in both vehicle and super robot modes.
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