Official Pictures of CM's Brave Gokin 21 Combat Caliber
In a way, this is an unofficial Masterpiece Transformer. The Brave Gokin 21 Combat Caliber comes from the 1983 show "Special Armored Battalion Dorvack".
That being said, most US fans will know this design as "Roadbuster" from the original G1 Transformers line.
Combat Caliber is a fully-transfoming diecast robot. Includes pilot and armored suit figures.
18 cm tall, due 12/08 for 24,990 from CM's Corp
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3 comments postedDear JoshB & Co.:
you said that it's an unofficial Masterpiece G1 Roadbuster. If that's the case, do you and Atom also consider the Yamato 1/48 VF-1S Valkyrie and its countless variants unofficially as Masterpiece G1 Jetfire as well?
Speaking of unofficial, do you also consider the 'Yuusha Brave' Series as unofficial spinoffs of G1 TFs?
-R78
That's a good question.
I don't think of the 1/48 as "masterpiece" because there was never jetfire colors. I do think Brave series toys are the logical successor to G1 transformers, and had they been brought to the stats would probably have been marketed as such.
Don't read too much into the masterpiece thing, its just an opinion / observation.
Josh
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What you said about The Brave Series makes perfect sense. Would Hasbro had brought them here in the US as part of TFs? Who knows...perhaps they would've put Kenner were in charge of it's distribution in the US, they would've marketed Brave as BEAST WARS.That would make sense...I guess.
I see where you're coming from about this thing but you got to admit...the 1/48 VF-1S DYRL version came close to a "Masterpiece Jetfire" than anything else. I mean the color schemes just sums it all up. They're just flipped inside out (from 'black/red' to 'red/black') just like CMs Dorvack Calibur came close to Masterpiece Roadbuster.
I know...I know...it's not really a masterpiece from Takara like the upcoming Brave Caliber...legal technicalities, etc. got it. I'm enthusiastic about Japanese TFs. G1's unique history has led me to many, many Japanese mecha shows that I've never seen before. What I knew about G1 then I took for granted. What I know about G1 now, has reinforced my appreciation for mecha even more. You've brought up a very interesting observation. I couldn't help but ask you about the off the record 'tie-ins'.
-R78