Prime Saber's Transformers: Victory Page

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Updates:

1/20/01:
Thanks to Dave Schiber for scans of the picture/info card for Black Shadow. Added an entry for him and the other Crossformer, Blue Bacchus, and added pictures of them from the show.

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Transformers: Victory

Links to my scans of the catalogs and the mail-order form for figures in this series can be found at the bottom of the page, along with a scan of the battle scene found on the back of the boxes for the figures.

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Black Shadow and Blue Bacchus LATEST!
Brainmaster cars and Road Caesar
Breastforce and Liokaiser
Destron space fortress
Deszaras
Dinoforce and Dinoking
Multiforce and Landcross
Saber, Star Saber, God Ginrai/Victory Leo, and Victory Saber;
Perceptor, Wheeljack, and Minerva

Black Shadow and Blue Bacchus LATEST!

A pair of Destron Crossformers (Transformers with transformable outer Pretender shells), Black Shadow and Blue Bacchus showed up in only one episode of Victory. Their reign of terror on planet Micro was stopped by the Cybertron six-changer Greatshot, who destroyed their shells and severely injured them as they fled off into space with their collaborator, Hellbat.

The Black Shadow and Blue Bacchus toy figures were actually based on the molds for their American Hasbro counterparts Thunderwing and Crossblades, respectively. The American versions' organic aspects were removed to create the more robotic Japanese versions.

Here are scans of the card for Black Shadow, thanks to Dave Schiber ([email protected], http://www.geocities.com/~gothamm1/tfindex.html):

Black Shadow's card, front side (60K, figure, 1/20/01). This has a picture of him also used for his box art.
Black Shadow's card, back side (39K, figure, 1/20/01). This contains information similar to other Victory Transformers' info cards.

Here are some of my pictures of the two Crossformers from the episode:

Black Shadow's jet mode (46K, series, 1/20/01).
Black Shadow's robot mode (69K, series, 1/20/01). His Japanese name accompanies his first appearance.
Blue Bacchus' robot mode (40K, series, 1/20/01). His Japanese name accompanies his first appearance.
Blue Bacchus firing his artillery (51K, series, 1/20/01).
The two causing mayhem with their wanton destruction (78K, series, 1/20/01).
Black Shadow firing his guns (68K, series, 1/20/01).
Black Shadow in a fighting mood (69K, series, 1/20/01).
Black Shadow firing in jet mode, front top view (57K, series, 1/20/01).
Both readying their guns (65K, series, 1/20/01). They were preparing to fight Greatshot.
Both with Greatshot's inflicted sword wounds (66K, series, 1/20/01).
Both retreating (49K, series, 1/20/01). Their shells destroyed by Greatshot, they beat a hasty retreat in their smaller robot forms' jet modes.

Brainmaster cars and Road Caesar

The three Cybertron Brainmaster cars are like the Three Musketeers of lore. Like Star Saber, a fellow Brainmaster but not part of this combining group, their primary weapons are their swords, from which they can fire energy beams to shock the Destrons as well as cut them. Also like Star Saber, their faces are formed when their respective drivers are inserted into opened slots in their chests and then closed. They form the brains too, which explains their Brainmaster group name. They shout "Transform!" to transform their vehicles, and "Brain set!" when going into the chests.

The three are Blacker, Braver, and Laster. They can combine into a single robot, Road Caesar, whose usual opponent is Liokaiser in the series.

Below are pictures of the three Brainmaster Cybertrons and Road Caesar. They are all mine except for the ones designated as not.

Blacker

Blacker is the leader of the group of three. He transforms into a black dune buggy.

Front of his own box, Japanese version (70K, figure, 5/15/00). This picture was found on eBay. The glowing light around his face is an indication of his Brainmaster power.
Front of his own box, Chinese version (43K, figure, 5/15/00). This is also from eBay. The Takara company printed this version for the Chinese market, but the toys from this and the Japanese version are identical.
Front of his own box, imported European version (41K, figure, 5/15/00). This picture is also from eBay. This particular version was imported by Takara from Europe, since it has the Asian sticker on the front. In Europe his name is Gripper, and the group name is Motorvator. The toy doesn't have the blue combining parts of the Japanese version, and has orange parts where the Japanese version is red, and a blue windshield instead of an orange one. The box art was modified to include the changes, though Gripper is holding his sword at a different angle than Blacker does. Under the sticker is a note that the Brainmaster is an energon mini-figure.
Scan of the dune buggy (143K, figure, 5/15/00). The blue combining parts on him are removable. You can probably see the driver through the windshield. The silver part on the front of his hood is chromed diecast metal; most of the other silver parts are stickers. The wheels are rubber. He carries both the Road Caesar shield/chest plate and the Road Caesar head, whose antennae are gun barrels in this form.
Above front left snapshot of the dune buggy (59K, figure, 5/15/00). The upper central part of the chest plate is chromed diecast metal, too. You can see the driver's face through the windshield.
Left side snapshot of dune buggy (38K, figure, 5/15/00). There are more chromed metal parts under the back of the chest plate.
Front left snapshot of dune buggy (41K, figure, 5/15/00). It is just a little bigger than, say, Chromedome.
Inside the driver compartment (57K, figure, 5/15/00). The driver is now visible.
Left front snapshot of robot (31K, figure, 5/15/00). The head/gun can stay on the chest plate/shield or fit into his fist through a peg that in combined robot form fits into the hole in Blacker's forehead. The shield has two pegs which fit into the two holes on his chest when in combined form. Because of the struts on which his arms are attached, he can turn his arms all the way around or swing them inwards or outwards. His sword, which can fit on one of two holes on each dune buggy side, is finally seen here.
Close view of his upper body (60K, figure, 5/15/00). He has a really nice set of blue eyes. The face is chrome silver. There are Blackers with yellow eyes instead, though.
One step during the "Brain set" process (56K, figure, 5/15/00). As the chest cover swings open, the face disappears back into the little Brainmaster's body, revealing its own head.
Another step of the process (56K, figure, 5/15/00). The Brainmaster driver is now free to leave!

The following are scans of Blacker's own individual box which are contributed by Brandon ([email protected]:

Back of box (160K, figure, 10/28/00).
Bottom of box (138K, figure, 10/28/00). This has the largest version of his portrait.
Front of box (141K, figure, 10/28/00).
Left side of box (137K, figure, 10/28/00). It has the figure's dune buggy mode with Brainmaster, and his robot mode.
Right side of box (149K, figure, 10/28/00). This side adds Road Caesar. Brandon apologizes for the sun-faded look of this side. :}

Braver

Braver is the technical genius of the group. He transforms into a red Ferrari F-40 race car.

Front of his own box, Japanese version (45K, figure, 5/15/00). This picture is from eBay. The glowing light around his face is an indication of his Brainmaster power.
Front of his own box, Chinese version (56K, figure, 5/15/00). This picture is also from eBay. The two versions have the same toy.
Front of his own box, imported European version (39K, figure, 5/15/00). This picture is also from eBay. This particular version was imported by Takara from Europe, since it has the Asian sticker on the front. In Europe his name is Lightspeed, and the group name is Motorvator. The toy doesn't include the shield/leg cover and fist for Road Caesar, unlike the Japanese version. The European version has yellow where his Japanese version is silver on the windows, adding red highlights. It also has white parts on the front and side stickers changed to red and the original red switched to yellow. The dark blue on Braver is lighter on Lightspeed. The box art was modified to include the changes, though Lightspeed is holding his sword at a different angle than Braver does. Under the sticker is a note that the Brainmaster is an energon mini-figure.
Front of his own box, original European version (37K, figure, 5/15/00). This picture is also from eBay. The sticker sheet is also included. Note that it includes some stickers for the missing leg cover. ^_^;
Scan of car (92K, figure, 5/15/00). The wheels are rubber and have star hubcaps outlined in silver chrome. He carries the folded-up leg cover for Road Caesar on top of him, with the fist mounted on top of that. Unlike Laster or Blacker, he can't carry his own blue sword on himself, though it still can fit on Blacker's white sword in all modes.
Above front left snapshot of car (45K, figure, 5/15/00). You should be able to see the Brainmaster driver through the windshield.
Left side snapshot of car (44K, figure, 5/15/00).
Front left snapshot of car (58K, figure, 5/15/00).
Inside the driver compartment (58K, figure, 5/15/00). The driver is visible!
Front left snapshot of robot (23K, figure, 5/15/00). The Road Caesar fist could be left on the leg cover or on the other side of him as well as in his own fist. He has diecast metal for the inside surfaces of his lower legs.
Close view of upper body (62K, figure, 5/15/00). He has a really nice blue visor. The face is chrome silver. There are other Bravers with red visors, though.
One step during the "Brain set" process (57K, figure, 5/15/00). As the chest cover swings open, the face disappears back into the little Brainmaster's body, revealing its own head and chromed face.
Another step of the process (54K, figure, 5/15/00). The Brainmaster driver is now free to go!

The following are scans of Braver's own individual box which are contributed by Brandon ([email protected]:

Back of box (216K, figure, 10/28/00).
Bottom of box (157K, figure, 10/28/00). This has the largest version of his portrait.
Front of box (197K, figure, 10/28/00).
Left side of box (154K, figure, 10/28/00). It has the figure's Ferrari mode with Brainmaster, and his robot mode.
Right side of box (175K, figure, 10/28/00). This side adds Road Caesar.

Laster

Laster seems to be the caretaker of the group, and the youngest. He transforms into a yellow Countach car.

Front of his own box, Japanese version (41K, figure, 5/15/00). This picture is from eBay. The glowing light around his face is an indication of his Brainmaster power.
Front of his own box, Chinese version (74K, figure, 5/15/00). This picture is also from eBay. The two versions have the same toy.
Front of his own box, imported European version (40K, figure, 5/15/00). This picture is also from eBay. This particular version was imported by Takara from Europe, since it has the Asian sticker on the front. In Europe his name is Flame (obviously inspired by the flames on his sides and hood), and the group name is Motorvator. The toy doesn't include the shield/leg cover and fist for Road Caesar, unlike the Japanese version. The European version has red parts where Laster was black. The box art was modified to include the changes, though Flame is holding his sword at a different angle than Laster does and still has part of his now non-existent shield/leg cover. Under the sticker is a note that the Brainmaster is an energon mini-figure.
Scan of Countach car (87K, figure, 5/15/00). The wheels are rubber and have star hubcaps outlined in silver chrome. He carries the folded-up leg cover for Road Caesar on top of him, with the fist mounted on top of that. Unlike Laster, he can carry his own black sword on himself, either as shown on his Road Caesar fist or on either side of his car.
Above front left snapshot of car (54K, figure, 5/15/00). You should be able to see the Brainmaster driver through the blue windshield.
Left side snapshot of car (46K, figure, 5/15/00).
Front left snapshot of car (51K, figure, 5/15/00).
Inside the driver compartment (59K, figure, 5/15/00). The driver is visible!
Front left snapshot of robot (21K, figure, 5/15/00). The Road Caesar fist could be left on the leg cover or on the other side of him as well as in his own fist. He has diecast metal for the inside surfaces of his lower legs, like Braver does.
Close view of upper body (60K, figure, 5/15/00). He has really nice blue eyes. The face is chrome silver.
One step during the "Brain set" process (63K, figure, 5/15/00). As the chest cover swings open, the face disappears back into the little Brainmaster's body, revealing its own head and chromed face.
Another step of the process (58K, figure, 5/15/00). The Brainmaster driver is now free to leave!

The following are scans of Laster's own individual box which are contributed by Brandon ([email protected]:

Back of box (221K, figure, 10/28/00). Notice that Laster shares the same tech specs readings as his commander Blacker. ^_^
Bottom of box (151K, figure, 10/28/00). This has the largest version of his portrait, which gave him two separate eyes instead of the single visor that he has on the Victory show.
Front of box (209K, figure, 10/28/00).
Left side of box (152K, figure, 10/28/00). It has the figure's Countach mode with Brainmaster, and his robot mode.
Right side of box (164K, figure, 10/28/00). This side adds Road Caesar.

The following are some of my group pictures involving the above three.

Scans of the three little Brainmaster drivers (45K, figure, 5/15/00). From left to right are Blacker, Braver, and Laster. Each contains the robot mode's face within. You can switch a Brainmaster from one car to another to give the robot a new face with the same head. ^_^ They look like miniature versions of their larger robot forms.
The three cars (17K, figure, 5/15/00). Blacker at the bottom is the largest car, followed by Laster and Braver.
The three robots (31K, figure, 5/15/00). Laster and Braver at the ends have the same height and are the tallest, oddly making their leader Blacker the shortest one by about half a head. Blacker is the largest robot of the group on the show.

Road Caesar

The combined might of the three Brainmaster cars is enough to take on the Destron Dinoforce combiner Dinoking but not enough to stop Liokaiser by himself on the show.

Unlike those two Destron combiners', the toy figures for Road Caesar and the three Brainmaster Cybertrons largely match their show appearances.

Their swords can combine into one, the Road Blade, which can fire a combined beam at enemies. There are gun barrels on the swords which can be arranged so that they form a circle around the blades. Blacker's white sword is always the central one. Laster's black sword and Braver's slightly longer blue sword fit into pegs on Blacker's sword, while Braver's sword pegs into Laster's near the base. Braver's sword handle is the one that fits onto either of Road Caesar's fists.

Forming Road Caesar wasn't difficult. They start from robot modes. Blacker spreads apart his legs and swings up his arms, flipping out panels to make their appear wider. Meanwhile, Laster and Braver swing in their legs as if returning to car modes and peg their respective leg covers and feet to the new front sides. Their big heads plug into Blacker's hollow legs, and their Road Caesar fists peg into the bottom of Blacker's inverted upper arms. Blacker's shield pegs into the central two holes to become Road Caesar's wide chestplate. The head/gun swings its barrels apart and down to the sides to become antennae, and like for the Cybertron Headmasters, the blue visor and forehead swings into view. Once the new head pegs into the hole in the top of Blacker's forehead, and the new sword pegs into a fist, Road Caesar is done.

Standing about 9.5 inches (24 cm) tall, the Road Caesar figure is about as tall as Powermaster Optimus Prime / Super Ginrai. Though the instructions say to swing his fists' gun barrels back, I prefer leaving them facing forward.

Here are my scans and snapshots involving Road Caesar:

Scan of the box art (362K, figure, 5/15/00). It has Road Caesar and Blacker, Braver, and Laster at the bottom. I think it looks really great! ^_^ Oddly it has Braver's fists visible in Road Caesar form when they aren't seen on his toy. Road Caesar's actual legs have non-existent heel supports, yet his art shows one, like Overlord's does.
Scan of the right side of giftset box (199K, figure, 5/15/00). The Brainmaster feature is demonstrated for each member. The other side of the box is basically the same, missing the demonstrations.

Specs card from the back of the box (77K, figure, 5/15/00). This has some information about Road Caesar. Here is an English translation by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

C-323  Brainmaster  Roadcaesar
Transformation: 3-robot combination
Abilities: Contains the three symbols of good, the Brains of Strength,
Skill and Intelligence.  The exceptional abilities of these three are
combined into one, resulting in mobile power equal to Star Saber's.
Weapon: Road Blade
Function: Three-Musketeer Gestalt
(Actually, it's "Sanjuu-gattai-kishi," which translates more literally
 as "Three-Gun Gestalt Knight."  Since "Sanjuushi" is the term for the
 Three Musketeers, I thought my less literal translation sounded better,
 but take your pick.)
Final Attack: The Brain Wheel Shocker, in which he launches super energy
rings from all his tires.  Even the Destron's Liocaesar is no match for this.

Road Caesar's tech specs bar graph (126K, figure, 5/15/00). His specs are: Strength 10, Intelligence 10, Speed 9, Endurance 9, Rank 9, Courage 8, Firepower 8, Skill 10.
Picture card (109K, figure, 5/15/00). This is found on an inside box flap on the right side. It's part of his box art with the phrase "Transforms from car mode to super robot and back again!" underneath his group name "Brainmaster" and his name "Roadcaesar".

Info card (95K, figure, 5/15/00). This is found on the other inside box flap on the right side. It has a different sketch of him and some more information about him. Here is a translation of it by Doug Dlin:

Codename: Roadcaesar
Code No.: C-323  Level: 73
Origin: Planet V
Profile: As one might expect from a combination of the three warriors
Blacker, Laster and Braver, he is a giant hero full of indomitable
fighting spirit.  If Star Saber is king of the skies, then one could
easily call Roadcaesar king of the land.  With these two kings teaming
up, there's no need to fear the Destrons.

Front left snapshot of Road Caesar (28K, figure, 5/15/00). As noted, his arms are quite posable, though they are rather skinny...
Left side snapshot (19K, figure, 5/15/00). ...compared to his thick legs. ^_^;
Back right snapshot (30K, figure, 5/15/00). Here you can really see Blacker's diecast chrome engine halves on his legs. Since Road Caesar's head only pegs into the front of Blacker's own head, part of Blacker's red head is still visible as seen.
Close view of Road Caesar's head (56K, figure, 5/15/00). The antennae are formed from the gun barrels when the head was a gun for Blacker. The blue visor is actually on a closer plane than the rest of his face, making him look like he has telescopic vision. ^_^
Front snapshot of Road Caesar (25K, figure, 5/15/00).
Size comparison with Black Zarak and Powermaster Optimus Prime (37K, figure, 5/15/00). The Road Caesar figure has the same height as Powermaster Optimus Prime. I haven't placed the extra stickers on my Black Zarak yet. ^_^
The same group from a left front above perspective (31K, figure, 5/15/00).

My scans of the instruction sheet for the three Brainmaster cars and their combined form Road Caesar can be found here.

More pictures of the Brainmaster cars and Road Caesar can also be found in the Victory catalogs, which are in their own section below.

Breastforce and Liokaiser

The Breastforce group consists of Deszaras and at least six other Destrons who transform into various land and air vehicles. Their group's name comes from the fact that they have chest plates which can detach to become a deadly animal (somewhat reminiscent of Soundwave and his cassettes) or a lethal weapon. Only six of them, Leozack, Guyhawk, Hellbat, Jargua, Drillhorn, and Killbison, actually merge to form the dangerous Destron gestalt named Liokaiser. He is also known as Leocaesar and Liocaesar (which is the official spelling according to his box, by the way), but his name is pronounced as Liokaiser in the Victory series, which sounds distinct from the name of a Cybertron gestalt, Road Caesar, his purported equal but an easily overwhelmed opponent.

The Breastforce, their partners, and gestalt form can be found in the following two pictures I found:

Front of giftset (112K, figure, 9/4/98). This has a great drawing of Liokaiser.
In various modes with their animal partners (47K, figure, 9/4/98).
Jargua's box (48K, figure, 5/29/99). This picture is courtesy of Valente ([email protected]). The individual members' boxes are the only way to get each one's individual box art, tech specs, and more. I find it amusing that his vehicle form is named as "baggy" instead of the correct "buggy" as in "dune buggy". ^_^

Each robot head, including Liokaiser's, has the features of his corresponding animal partner molded into it. The figures for their animal partners don't look too impressive in their weapon mode, but look pretty nice in their animal modes. Unlike other TF partners like the Headmasters, Targetmasters, and so on, all of the animal partner figures have Decepticon symbols on them.

The six Breastforce members showed up gradually over the series, with their leader Leozack appearing first, followed by Hellbat, Drillhorn, Killbison, and Jargua. They were often seen collecting Earth's energy into energon cubes. The five had to locate and then free Guyhawk from a prison on a Micromaster homeworld around the middle of the series. In an episode after that, Leozack wanted to contact another Breastforce Destron named Deathcobra to replace the devious Hellbat. To prevent that, Hellbat visited the Destron first but ended up in a shooting match with the green helicopter Transformer and his cobra partner. Hellbat accidentally killed Deathcobra while (comically) shooting back at him from behind a boulder. He blamed Deathcobra's death on the Cybertrons Holi, Holi's girlfriend Clipper, and his human friend Jan, who all happened to witness it and were still there when Hellbat came back with the rest of his group.

When Star Saber showed up to aid the three, the six Breastforce members merged into Liokaiser for the first time. Powered in part by a desire for revenge, the gestalt inflicted serious injuries on the Cybertron leader with his combined weapons and would have killed him if God Ginrai had not intervened.

As a gestalt, Liokaiser can use any of the individual Breastforce member's weapons in various deadly combinations. He can generate a seemingly solid pike from thin air which can bend like a nunchuk. Using it like a rope, he can bind opponents, generate a spiked ring which can return and hit an enemy if first avoided, and once produced a spiked ring which fired its spikes as it spun. He also has the ability to turn himself invisible, which he used several times. In one such time he lured Star Saber into a trap with Deszaras which eventually left God Ginrai with a death blow. He was unquestionably the most dangerous Destron combiner ever.

Near the end of the series Liokaiser was fighting to guard Deszaras' huge space cannon/fortress, for which the Breastforce had been collecting energy to revitalize it and to free it from a dark void where Star Saber and his Cybertrons had trapped it long ago. Liokaiser met his end when he was knocked by the reincarnated God Ginrai, Victory Leo, into the fortress' highly-charged shield. He was last seen turning grey from the energy overload and floating away in space.

The following are my own pictures of my Breastforce collection, with comments about each member, his partner, and Liokaiser.

Leozack

Leozack, also known as Leozak, is the leader of the six. He transforms into a torquoise and grey F-14 jet and comes with a lion partner.

Front view of robot mode (24K, figure, 1/26/99). Here he is holding his lion partner in weapon mode.
Left front view of robot mode (27K, figure, 1/26/99).
With chest plate (21K, figure, 1/26/99).
Very close view of his head (18K, figure, 1/26/99). Notice the lion head molded into his head.
Front left view of jet mode (20K, figure, 1/26/99). Leozack can still wear his chest plate in this mode. Like a real F-14 jet, his wings can swing around from front to back.
Front left view of jet mode with partner (21K, figure, 1/26/99). The hole in the rear end of the jet happens to be the right size for his lion partner in weapon mode, so Leozack is practically a Targetmaster. I left off the Decepticon symbol from his nosecone.
Upper front view of jet mode with partner (16K, figure, 1/26/99).
Leozack's partner in lion mode (20K, figure, 1/26/99).
Leozack's partner in weapon mode (21K, figure, 1/26/99).

Below is an English translation of Leozack's specs card (from the back of his box) and his tech specs bar graph card (from the back of his box), respectively, by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

LEOZACK          Breastforce
Function: Assistant Assault Commander
Transformation: F-14 Jet Fighter
Abilities: Subcommander of the Destron forces, he has a symbol of evil
           built into him.  Commanding Gaihawk and Hellbat, he attacks
           from the skies.
Weapon(s): Leo Cannon
Final Attack: The "Jet Attack"--Unleashing a hail of ammunition
              groundward while flying in at supersonic speed, he then
              leaves a laser-beam contrail in his wake.

Str   Int   Spd   End   Rnk   Crg   Frp   Skl
 8     8     9     8     9     8     8     8

Hellbat

Hellbat, who transforms into a dark blue and grey Dassault Rafale jet with a bat partner, is similar to the Headmaster Mindwipe in that he can play havoc with the minds of those nearby.

Front view of robot mode (26K, figure, 1/26/99). Here he is holding his bat partner in weapon mode.
Left front view of robot mode (27K, figure, 1/26/99).
With chest plate (17K, figure, 1/26/99). Unlike the others, the partner's animal mode is still very visible in its chest plate mode.
Very close view of his head (20K, figure, 1/26/99). Notice the bat wings sculpted into his head.
Front left view of jet mode (24K, figure, 1/26/99). Hellbat can still wear his chest plate in this mode, but unlike Leozack's, his partner can't be used as the jet's weapon. His feet and the little struts on his arms serve as supports.
Upper front view of jet mode (20K, figure, 1/26/99).
Hellbat's partner in bat mode (18K, figure, 1/26/99).
Hellbat's partner in weapon mode (18K, figure, 1/26/99). Unfortunately the weapon doesn't look as menacing as in the Victory series.

Guyhawk

Guyhawk, the suave Destron also called Gaihawk, transforms into a pinkish-red and grey MIG-29 Fulcrum jet with a hawk partner.

Front view of robot mode (19K, figure, 1/26/99). Here he is holding his hawk partner in weapon mode.
Left front view of robot mode (26K, figure, 1/26/99).
With chest plate (16K, figure, 1/26/99).
Very close view of his head (20K, figure, 1/26/99). Notice the hawk's features molded into the head.
Front left view of jet mode (17K, figure, 1/26/99). Guyhawk can still wear his chest plate in this mode, but there is no other place for his partner otherwise. Like Hellbat's, his feet and the little struts on his arms are the supports in this mode.
Another front left view of jet mode (25K, figure, 1/26/99).
Upper front view of jet mode (19K, figure, 1/26/99).
Right front view of Guyhawk's partner in hawk mode (21K, figure, 1/26/99). The two pegs used to attach the hawk to Guyhawk in its chest plate mode unfortunately make it the least impressive-looking animal of the Breastforce.
Right rear view of Guyhawk's partner in hawk mode (21K, figure, 1/26/99). The rest of the animal partner looks really detailed and nice.
Guyhawk's partner in weapon mode (20K, figure, 1/26/99). Like for the other partners, the cannon barrels in its tail could have been much wider or longer.

Jargua

Also known as Jaguar, Jaugar, or Jarguar, Jargua transforms into a black and grey dune buggy with a jaguar partner and plenty of ammunition in vehicle mode.

Front view of robot mode (22K, figure, 1/26/99). He is holding his jaguar partner in its weapon mode.
Left front view of above (23K, figure, 1/26/99). He has two pairs of ammunitions at his lower feet.
With chest plate (21K, figure, 1/26/99). Jargua's is the only one besides Deszaras' whose own spring-loaded chest can be pushed back to insert the partner in chest plate mode.
Very close view of his head (20K, figure, 1/26/99). Notice that he has a jaguar head sculpted into his head. The manufacturer obviously messed up somewhere during the painting of his face. :P
Left front view of dune buggy mode (17K, figure, 1/26/99). The red ammunition parts are moved from the white pegs into the holes at the bottom of his feet in this mode.
Jargua's partner in jaguar mode (20K, figure, 1/26/99).
Jargua's partner in weapon mode (20K, figure, 1/26/99).

The following is an English translation of Jargua's specs card (from the back of his box), his bio info card (from inside the box), and his tech specs bar graph card (from the back of the box), respectively, by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

JARGUA          Breastforce
Function: Cyberneticist
Transformation: Missile Buggy
Abilities: Has a symbol of evil, the "Jaguar Breast," built into him.
           Even enemies who go to ground to escape Leozack and his
           fellow aerial forces don't stand a chance if caught by
           Jargua.
Weapon(s): Jaguar Cannon
Final Attack: The "Spiral Attack"--Cornering an enemy he has pursued
              to the verge of destruction, he fires off a volley of
              computerized missiles.  These strike while circling in
              toward's the prey's weak points, creating the attack on
              which he prides himself!

Card Info:
Codename: Jargua          Code No.: D-332
Level: 64                 Origin: Death Zone
Profile: Serious of demeanor, with solid 8's on his tech spec file,
         he has average marks in any and all fields.  An exemplary
         Breast Force member, he readily obeys Deathsaurus' orders,
         but this also means a flaw: He lacks autonomy, so that he
         will come to a standstill when confronted with a problem.

Str   Int   Spd   End   Rnk   Crg   Frp   Skl
 8     8     8     8     8     8     8     8

Drillhorn

Drillhorn is a Destron technician who transforms into a purple and grey drill tank with a rhinoceros partner.

Front view of robot mode (19K, figure, 1/26/99). He has a large hole in his chest to attach his partner.
Left front view of above (26K, figure, 1/26/99). His fists are flipped out in this mode from his drill tank mode.
With chest plate (21K, figure, 1/26/99).
Very close view of his head (20K, figure, 1/26/99). His head has rhinoceros features in it.
Left side of drill tank mode (19K, figure, 1/26/99).
Drillhorn's partner in rhinoceros mode (19K, figure, 1/26/99).
Drillhorn's partner in weapon mode (20K, figure, 1/26/99).

Below is an English translation of Drillhorn's specs card (from the back of his box), his bio info card (from inside his box), and his tech specs bar graph card (from the back of his box), respectively, by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

DRILLHORN          Breastforce
Function: Strategist
Transformation: Drill Tank
Abilities: Has a symbol of evil, the "Rhino Breast," built into him.
           Can push his way in any direction underground from the
           surface.  His breast weapon fires an X-ray beam that works
           just as well underground.
Weapon(s): Horn Cannon
Final Attack: The "Magma Bomber"--Burrowing rapidly through the
              ground, he channels fiery magma to bodily strike the
              enemy.  Thanks to the tough armor of which he's so
              proud, he remains unharmed.

Card Info:
Codename: Drillhorn       Code No.: D-332
Level: 63                 Origin: Death Zone
Profile: A persistent sort, once he gets an idea into his head, he
         single-mindedly refuses to listen to anyone else.  He's a
         veteran strategist, never neglecting to check all points of
         the battlefield.  However, he also commits major errors by
         adhering too much to past battles and experience.

Str   Int   Spd   End   Rnk   Crg   Frp   Skl
 9     9     6    10     8     7     7     7

Killbison

Killbison transforms into a brown and grey twin-barrel tank with a bison partner.

Front view of robot mode (21K, figure, 1/26/99).
Left front view of above (22K, figure, 1/26/99).
With chest plate (23K, figure, 1/26/99). Killbison's chest plate is the largest of the group of six and even has a pair of bull horns embedded.
Very close view of his head (21K, figure, 1/26/99). He has bison features etched into his head.
Left front view of tank mode (17K, figure, 1/26/99). Part of the tank turret can be removed and combined with the red ammunition pairs from Jargua to form Liokaiser's main weapon.
Killbison's partner in bison mode (20K, figure, 1/26/99).
Killbison's partner in weapon mode (20K, figure, 1/26/99).

Liokaiser

Last are my pictures of the Liokaiser figure. He has several characteristics not found in most other Transformer gestalts. His individual units store all of the gestalt's extra parts except for the head, but the grey mouth plate part of Liokaiser's head is actually the back of Leozack's head as well. The chest plates can't stay attached to the individual members when they are part of Liokaiser, so they must be detached and used as Liokaiser's partners. ^_^

Liokaiser's transformation sequence is also unique. Unlike most other gestalts like Menasor and Computron, his components can't be swapped around at all. The grey upper legs swing out from his lower leg units Killbison and Drillhorn to attach to Jargua. Leozack literally sits flatly on top of Jargua, attached to him in two places. The two arm units Guyhawk and Hellbat can attach to each other and/or to Leozack at the holes on his lower legs, not at his arms as you would expect for other gestalts. The fists slide out of the arms while the feet (though pretty narrow and tiny for him) swing out from the lower legs. After attaching the upper head piece to Leozack's head to form Liokaiser's head, his weapons are formed by combining both Killbison's and Jargua's.

For posability he can bend his elbows and swing his lower arms outward to the sides, which is very exceptional for gestalts at the time. However, he can do more. For more posability possibilities, you can rotate one arm up and down a little at the shoulder if you first remove it and attach it only to the other arm to allow that kind of movement. An arm can also be bent down at the shoulders if you pull that arm away from the body while still keeping it attached to it, as if it were attached to the torso like the Aerialbots and other Scramble City combiners would. To allow Liokaiser to bend down his upper body at the waist, you can remove his upper body and then attach it only to the pair of clips at the front of the lower body.

Here are my scans from the Liokaiser giftset box:

Large scan of Liokaiser and the Breastforce (119K, figure, 4/21/99). This comes from the front of the giftset box. Looks really keen. ^_^ Liokaiser is at the top, while the individual Breastforce members are arrayed at the bottom.
Another scan of Liokaiser (52K, figure, 4/21/99). This is from the back of the box. This time his art is almost totally unobscured by anything else.
A scan of the Liokaiser figure (45K, figure, 4/21/99). This is from the back of the box.
Breastforce members in various modes (65K, figure, 4/21/99). It contains their robot and vehicle modes, and their animal partners' beast and chest plate modes (though not their weapon modes). Liokaiser is at the bottom.

Liokaiser's specs card from back of box (42K, figure, 5/21/99). Here is an English translation by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

LIOCAESAR/LIOKAISER          Breast Force
Function: Heavy Mobile Gestalt Warrior
Transformation: 6-Robot Gestalt
Abilities: Concentrating the Breast Power of all Breast Force warriors
           save Deathsaurus, the combat strength of his attacks
           surpasses even that of the Cybertron's Roadcaesar!
Weapon(s): Strike Missile Gun
Final Attack: The "Battle Explosion"--Using this battle technique, he
              appears temporarily to self-destruct, but in fact he
              splits up to attack his enemy from above, below and all
              sides.

Liokaiser's tech specs bar graph (43K, figure, 5/21/99). This is also from the back of his giftset box. His specs are: Strength 10, Intelligence 9, Speed 10, Endurance 10, Rank 9, Courage 9, Firepower 9, Skill 9.
Liokaiser's picture card (56K, figure, added 5/20/99 and enlarged 5/21/99). I think the manufacturer, Takara, meant to say, "Transforms from vehicles to super robot and back again!" Note that the spelling "Brestforce" was used instead of "Breastforce", and that the spelling "Liocaesar" was used.

Liokaiser's info card (46K, figure, 5/20/99 and enlarged 5/21/99). It contains a decent illustration of him, better than that of the other Destrons in my opinion. The following is an English translation of the information by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

Codename: Liocaesar       Code No.: C-335
Level: 75                 Origin: Death Zone
Profile: As might be expected from the assembly of three air and three
         land warriors, he is known as a Super Gestalt Transformer who
         can counter all manner of battle patterns.  However, due at
         least in part to the inability of his six components to get
         along, he cannot move well when they must suddenly try to act
         as one and fight.

From the series itself, however, Liokaiser doesn't seem to have the problem mentioned in the info card.

Here are my pictures of the figure itself:

Very close view of head (30K, figure, 1/26/99).
Upper left front view (34K, figure, 1/26/99).
Close view of upper body (31K, figure, 1/26/99).
With left arm raised (38K, figure, 1/26/99). This demonstrates what could be done with one of his arms. It can be bent at the elbows, shoulders, and swung out to the sides.
Left front view of entire gestalt (46K, figure, 6/23/99). His handheld weapon is made by combining Killbison's detached tank turret with Jargua's red cluster bombs.
View of above from the top (47K, figure, 6/23/99).
Right front view of entire gestalt (42K, figure, 6/23/99).
Above right back view of entire gestalt (52K, figure, 6/23/99). Notice that the TFs who form the arms can also connect to each other and/or to the central torso below where they can connect.

I made some large scans of the Breastforce and Liokaiser's transformation instruction sheet. They can be found on this page here.

My large scan of the Breastforce's sticker sheet can be found on my inserts page here.

More pictures of the Breastforce and Liokaiser can also be found in the Victory catalogs, which I scanned in and placed in their own section below.

Destron space fortress

Trapped within a dark void in space by Star Saber and his Cybertrons some time before the series began, the fortress was the most powerful weapon of the Destron leader Deszaras. The Destrons spent most of the series collecting massive amounts of energy to revive it, and succeeded in doing this near the very end. After bombarding Earth with several powerful energy blasts and asteroids, the fortress was transformed into a cannon by Deszaras preparing to deliver a shattering blow. However, the fortress was sabotaged by the human boy Jan with the help of Dinoforce leader Goryu before he could fire. In the very end, after the defeat of Deszaras in a pitched battle, the fortress/cannon was destroyed by Victory Saber.

Here are some pictures of the mighty fortress from the series:

In space heading toward Earth near the end of the Victory series (44K, series, 9/24/99).
From Deszaras' flashback (66K, series, 9/24/99).
From flashback as the camera pulls backwards (63K, series, 9/24/99).
Full view from flashback (63K, series, 9/24/99). Yes, it is very huge and massive even when compared to nearby celestial objects.

Deszaras

Deszaras (also known as Deathsaurus, Deaths R' Us, Death Czar, Death Czaras, Death Czarus, etc.) is the Destron leader during the Victory series. He is similar to Galvatron from the original Transformers series, with his maniacal laughter and his abusive behavior toward the other Destrons and Breastforce member Leozack in particular.

However, unlike Galvatron, Deszaras is also a very cunning and rational leader like the original Megatron. In the first half of the series he hardly ventured outside the Destrons' space cruiser base Thunder Arrow (Skystalker). In the very first episode he escaped from the dark void or dimension in which his space cannon/fortress was trapped by Star Saber and his Cybertrons some time ago. Throughout the series his fellow Destrons were preoccupied with collecting energy needed to free the fortress while he concocted schemes against the Cybertrons.

Deszaras also has considerable strength demonstrated in various battles. His arsenal was originally limited to his two animal partners, a tiger (who can become a bow) and an eagle (who can become a shield), and his dragon mode. However, in his fight against Star Saber around the middle of the series, Deszaras for the first time used his huge powerful rifle, into which he can channel his own energy through various conduits. It did serious damage to Star Saber. Deszaras was prevented from complete victory because of lack of energy for his rifle and the fact that the Dinoforce was having trouble with the other Cybertrons.

Despite being thwarted, Deszaras later conceived of a trap in which the Breastforce gestalt Liokaiser would lure out and then beat up Star Saber with the aid of several exploding Asian Indian statues. Even though Deszaras' huge and powerful rifle blast, meant for Star Saber, was taken by God Ginrai, the Destron succeeded in killing the intervening Cybertron.

Later Deszaras came up with a plan to allow his Destrons to gather energy without interference from the Cybertrons by using a small missile platform in space to threaten Earth. Unfortunately, the plan didn't last long when Victory Saber, the combination of Star Saber and Victory Leo (God Ginrai's new body), showed up for the first time, defeated him, and destroyed the platform.

Nevertheless, at the end of the series Deszaras succeeded in reviving his space fortress with energy from Atlantis, and began bombarding Earth with asteroids and high-energy blasts. He took out Victory Saber temporarily with a glancing blow from one blast and transformed the fortress into a large cannon. However, Deszaras was stopped from bombarding Earth any further when the human boy Jan damaged the fortress' power source using information from the Dinoforce abandoned on Earth. Deszaras ultimately died after losing an eye and being stabbed in the chest by Star Saber in their final battle, but not before locking Star Saber inside the fortress and escaping from it into the void as his lifeforce ebbed away.

Here (88K, figure, 9/4/98) is a picture I found of the front of Deszaras' box, with a good drawing of the Destron leader. Notice that he has part of the Decepticon logo symbol on the top of his robot head.

The following are my own scans from Deszaras' box:

My own large scan of Deszaras (123K, figure, 4/21/99). This comes from the front of his box. I think it looks really cool. ^_^

Deszaras' specs card from back of box (54K, figure, 5/21/99). Below is an English translation by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

DEATHSAURUS          Breast Force
Function: Emperor of Destruction
Transformation: Dragon
Abilities: Leader of the Destron forces.  The greatest evil in the
           universe, this mightiest warrior of the Breast Force
           contains within him the symbols of evil known as the "Tiger
           Breast" and "Eagle Breast."
Weapon(s): Death Tailer
Final Attack: The "Death Wing"--Using the Wing Cutters on his back, he
              converts sunlight into dark energy and sends it plunging
              into his enemy.  This attack will corrode any type of
              metal.

Deszaras' tech specs bar graph (66K, figure, 5/21/99). His specs are: Strength 10, Intelligence 10, Speed 10, Endurance 10, Rank 10, Courage 9, Firepower 10, Skill 10. The graph is from the back of his box.
Deszaras' picture card (58K, figure, 5/20/99 and enlarged 5/21/99). This comes from one of the side flaps inside his box on its right side. Note that the spelling "Brestforce" was used instead of "Breastforce". I find it amusing that his alternate mode was called "bigbird" instead of a dragon. ^_^
Deszaras' info card and robot points (64K, figure, 5/20/99). This comes from the other side flap inside his box on its right side. It contains his description and a picture of him, though it doesn't look as good as his box art or his portrayal in the series. Below the biography are his robot points.
Here is Doug Dlin's English translation of the info card:
```
Codename: Deathsaurus     Code No.: D-336
Level: 79                 Origin: Death Zone
Profile: Succeeded Overlord as the fifth Destron Leader.  Together
         with Leozack and company, he formed the Breast Force, and has
         been ravaging through the universe for eons.  Savage and
         cruel, he despises humans, yet has a soft spot for children.
    
```

The following are my own pictures of the Deszaras figure and his animal partners:

Front view of robot mode (19K, figure, 4/21/99). This picture is the only one of him _without_ his stickers. The blue object he is holding in his right hand is a gun combined with a spiked ball, while the right arm supports his tail/shield.
Front view of robot mode (42K, figure, 6/23/99). Basically the same as above, but with stickers this time.
Front left view of robot mode (48K, figure, 6/23/99).
Front right view of robot mode (40K, figure, 6/23/99). The gray object on his right arm is his tail/shield. His blue gun also has a peg on its end that allows him to hold it as a stick with the attached spiked ball. Unfortunately, the gun doesn't look anything like the one he has in the series, and he doesn't come with his sword from the series either.
Left side view of robot mode (53K, figure, 6/23/99). His dragon wings can't swing to the sides as seen in the series, but they still are large and impressive.
Without the outer chest plate (60K, figure, 6/23/99). The outer chest plate has detached to become a winged tiger, leaving Deszaras with the inner chest plate.
Deszaras holding both animal partners in their weapon modes (50K, figure, 6/23/99). The tiger becomes his cannon, while the eagle becomes his twin-barrel blaster. His chest no longer has them both as his chest plates. His blue gun can be inserted into a hole on each upper arm.
Left front view of head (29K, figure, 4/21/99). The beak serves as his visor, while the golden crest on his helmet is an abbreviation of the Destron symbol.
Left side view of head (26K, figure, 4/21/99). From most angles his eyes usually are concealed from view by the translucent beak on his helmet.
Deszaras' dragon mode from left side (54K, figure, 6/23/99). The dragon head and neck is diecast metal, and so are the gold-color feet, the black metal supports for his upper dragon legs, and the gold-color arches from his Breastforce tiger partner on his back.
Dragon mode from above right back (29K, figure, 6/23/99). Yes, he does have very large wings. ^_^
Deszaras' outer chest plate (17K, figure, 6/23/99). This is what it looks like when it is not inserted into Deszaras' chest.
Deszaras' tiger partner (31K, figure, 6/23/99). I prefer to leave the wings down to the sides myself. The white parts were used as cannons in the series.
Deszaras' tiger partner with wings up (31K, figure, 6/23/99). In the series and the toy boxes and instructions, his wings are always up.
Deszaras' inner chest plate (16K, figure, 6/23/99). It looks innocent, but it is actually...
Deszaras' eagle partner (18K, figure, 6/23/99). The wings can be swung as far as out to the sides, while the tail can be swung around in three-fourths of an circle.
Same as above, but with weapons (20K, figure, 6/23/99). Hidden inside are two gun barrels, which must be pulled off their pegs, turned around, and then reinserted onto those pegs.
Different angle of above (17K, figure, 6/23/99).
Deszaras, Beast Wars II Galvatron, and Transmetal 2 Megatron in dragon modes (21K, figure, 9/24/99).
Deszaras and Victory Saber (61K, figure, 9/24/99).

My large scans of Deszaras' transformation instruction sheet can be found here.

My scan of Deszaras' sticker sheet, done at 400 dpi and reduced to 25%, can be found on my inserts page here.

Here are my pictures of Deszaras from the series itself:

Deszaras' flashback (66K, series, 9/24/99). His space fortress is in the background.
Pulling back on his arrow (58K, series, 9/24/99). His tiger can transform into a crossbow in the series, though the figure can't.
Clashing swords with Star Saber (76K, series, 9/24/99).
With sword and a chain (66K, series, 9/24/99). Here he has just snared Star Saber's sword-wielding hand with his spiked chain-ball.
Chopping through Star Saber (66K, series, 9/24/99). He swung his sword several times, too. ;)
Holding out his sword (64K, series, 9/24/99). This is right after Star Saber had escaped from the chain, transformed, and tried to ram Deszaras.
Grinning maniacally (56K, figure, 9/24/99). Unfortunately for Star Saber, Deszaras had dealt him another large deadly slash.
In dragon mode firing his Gun-From-Hell (62K, series, 9/24/99). Not its real name, but the weapon does look like one judging from its enormous energy output. ^_^
His Gun-From-Hell (60K, series, 9/24/99). Nasty-looking large weapon indeed. ^_^ Here you can see some wires popping out from it to connect into him directly as its source of energy.
Readying his Gun-From-Hell in robot mode (67K, series, 9/24/99).
Close view of robot head (56K, series, 9/24/99). Here he was about to savor killing Star Saber with a final blow from his weapon.
Firing the deadly weapon (65K, series, 9/24/99). He was actually firing at Galaxy Shuttle, whom the Cybertrons inside are trying to rush to Star Saber's aid after dealing with the Dinoforce and Thunder Arrow.
The moment of truth (56K, series, 9/24/99). After giving Galaxy Shuttle a glancing but still incapacitating blow, Deszaras turned his weapon back toward Star Saber as the scene turns blue right before he pulled the trigger. Unfortunately for him, he had used up his surplus energy in his previous blasts. :D

Pictures of Deszaras can also be found in the Victory catalogs, which I scanned in and placed in their own section below.

Dinoforce and Dinoking

The Dinoforce consists of six Destron Pretenders with cyborg dinosaur shells. They often serve as comic relief, with the bickering Goryu and Kakuryu as the two members who gets most of the attention. ^_^ However, in battle they are a formidable group, especially when they merge into Dinoking. Goryu's weapon can create energy rings, similar to but not as powerful as the Devil Thunder Rings once generated by Black Zarak in the Masterforce series.

The inner robots for those Pretenders are actually recolors of the inner robots of the Decepticon Monster Pretenders outside Japan who form Monstructor. Goryu (Icepick) the tyrannosaurus rex is the leader of the Dinoforce. The others are Kakuryu (Slog) the triceratops, Gairyu (Bristleback) the ankylosaurus, Doryu (Scowl) the stegosaurus, Yokuryu (Wildfly) the pteranodon, and Rairyu (Birdbrain) the apatosaurus. The gestalt pieces for Dinoking can be stored with the individual members on their pretender shells when they are separated. Unlike the Pretenders in the Masterforce series, the Dinoforce's shells would remain even when the inner robots emerge, so they can effectively double their forces. The inner robots never transformed in the series.

Throughout the series the Dinoforce caused general mayhem and collected energy to revitalize and free the Destrons' space fortress/cannon from a dark void in which Star Saber and his Cybertrons trapped it long ago. However, when they were abandoned near the end of the series on Earth while the fortress bombarded it, their leader Goryu revealed the fortress' weak point, which the human boy Jan damaged to immobilize it and give Star Saber and Victory Leo the edge. At the end of the series Kakuryu was last seen splashing around in a water fountain with some kids, while Goryu was overseeing construction work. ^_^

Here are some pictures I found of the Dinoforce figures:

In various modes (55K, figure, 11/24/98).
Dinoking giftset (49K, figure, 11/24/98). It has a great drawing of Dinoking.
The Dinoforce members in separate boxes (102K, figure, 10/31/99). Thanks to V-Saber ([email protected], web page) for this picture of the six. The individual Dinoforce members' boxes are the only way to get each one's individual box art, tech specs, and more.
Gairyu's box (37K, figure, 5/29/99). This picture is courtesy of Valente ([email protected]).

The following are my own pictures of my Dinoforce collection, with some comments about each member and their gestalt Dinoking.

Goryu

T-Rex Pretender shell (26K, figure, 4/21/99). Note his handgun and a Dinoking footpad attached to its back. Goryu often is seen riding around on his shell while giving commands to his Dinoforce.
Inner robot in robot mode (16K, figure, 4/21/99). Goryu forms Dinoking's left leg, but could form the right leg as well. That is why he comes with a Dinoking footpad.
Close view of front of robot (22K, figure, 4/21/99).
Inner robot's alternate mode (16K, figure, 4/21/99). This was never seen in the series, by the way.

Kakuryu

Triceratops Pretender shell (31K, figure, 4/21/99). Dinoking's rifle and head can be seen mounted to his shell. Kakuryu's own gun is mounted on the other side of the rifle.
Inner robot in robot mode (13K, figure, 4/21/99). Kakuryu forms Dinoking's chest, with the large head and large rifle coming from his shell to complete Dinoking.
Close view of front of robot (27K, figure, 4/21/99).
Inner robot's alternate mode (19K, figure, 4/21/99). This mode never appeared in the series.

Rairyu

Apatosaurus Pretender shell (32K, figure, 4/21/99). Dinoking's pelvis is mounted on the top, with Rairyu's own gun placed in front of it. When forming Dinoking, the leg components hook onto the pelvis, with Rairyu inserted into the piece itself.
Inner robot in robot mode (17K, figure, 4/21/99). Rairyu has the largest individual gun of the Dinoforce. He forms Dinoking's lower torso.
Close view of front of robot (17K, figure, 4/21/99).
Inner robot's alternate mode (16K, figure, 4/21/99). It never appeared in the series.

Doryu

Stegosaurus Pretender shell (28K, figure, 4/21/99). A Dinoking footpad is mounted to its left side, with Doryu's gun placed on the other side beside the plates.
Inner robot in robot mode (15K, figure, 4/21/99). Doryu forms Dinoking's right leg, but can form the left leg as well when swapped with Goryu. It is the reason why his shell carries a Dinoking footpad.
Close view of front of robot (20K, figure, 4/21/99).
Inner robot's alternate mode (15K, figure, 4/21/99). It was never seen in the series.

Gairyu

Ankylosaurus Pretender shell Gairyu's gun is placed in the front while one of Dinoking's fists is mounted behind it. The manufacturer apparently was a bit sloppy with the painting of his spikes. :P
Inner robot in robot mode (15K, figure, 4/21/99). Gairyu forms Dinoking's left arm, but can form the right arm instead. His shell carries a Dinoking fist for this reason.
Close view of front of robot (24K, figure, 4/21/99). The hole in his lower torso is for the connection to Kakuryu when forming Dinoking.
Inner robot's alternate mode (11K, figure, 4/21/99). This mode never appeared in the series.

Yokuryu

Front view of pteranodon Pretender shell (22K, figure, 4/21/99). Unlike the other Dinoforce Pretender shells, Yokuryu's shell has some posability. The head can be swiveled around, and his wings can be moved a little bit.
Front side view of Pretender shell (18K, figure, 4/21/99).
Back view of Pretender shell (21K, figure, 4/21/99). Yokuryu's gun is mounted on the left side, while one of Dinoking's fists is mounted on the right side.
Inner robot in robot mode (17K, figure, 4/21/99). Yokuryu forms Dinoking's right arm, but can become the left arm when swapped with Gairyu. His shell carries a Dinoking fist because of this.
Close view of front of robot (23K, figure, 4/21/99). The hole just below the alternate mode's head is for the connection to Kakuryu when forming Dinoking.
Inner robot's alternate mode (13K, figure, 4/21/99). It never appeared in the series.

Here (18K, figure, 9/24/99) is my group picture of their fully-armed Pretender shells. They do make a formidable fighting force.

Dinoking

The final set of my pictures here are of the Dinoforce gestalt Dinoking. His figure is among the smallest of all combiners, even though his size in the series is comparable to the other gestalts'. The shells probably accounted for most of the mass and size.

Unlike most Japanese Transformers, the Dinoking giftset figures come in a white plastic tray, not styrofoam. The dinosaur shells are arranged on the left side and are visible through the plastic windows on the box, while the inner robots are stored underneath the box art in robot modes.

Dinoking is pretty neat. Unlike most combiners, his upper legs are formed by the leg components themselves, not by the central component. This gives him bendable knees. The arm components hook onto cubical pegs (not holes) on Kakuryu's arms, so swinging the arms actually means swinging Kakuryu's arms unless you change how the arm components are pegged. Like Devastator and Liokaiser, for examples, the torso for Dinoking is formed from two separate Transformers. Rairyu inserts himself into the pelvis piece. Then Kakuryu swings his golden shell back out over his head to plant the shell over Rairyu's head. After plugging Dinoking's head onto Kakuryu's head and connecting all the limb components, Dinoking is complete. All of the individuals' guns can be attached to him as well to make him bristle with weapons.

Here are my own scans from the Dinoking giftset box:

Very large scan of Dinoking and the dinosaur pretender shells (159K, figure, 4/21/99). It comes from the front of his box. Looks very impressive. ^_^

Dinoking's specs card from back of box (77K, figure, 5/21/99). Below is an English translation by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

DINOKING          Dinoforce
Transformation: Six-Robot Gestalt
Function: Dinosaur Gestalt Warrior
Abilities: A combination of the six robots of the Dinoforce.  Transforms
           into a super-destructive robot that revs up the abilities of
           his six components to their fullest.  He displays superlative
           strength, enough to crush a battleship with one hand.
Weapon(s): Dinoblaster
Final Attack: The "Dino Crusher Energy"--Concentrating all his power
              into the core of his body and unleashing it, this attack
              has the ability to alter a planet, and can reduce even a
              great metropolis back to the Stone Age.

Dinoking's tech specs bar graph (66K, figure, 5/21/99). His specs are: Strength 9, Intelligence 7, Speed 7, Endurance 9, Rank 7, Courage 9, Firepower 9, Skill 8.
Dinoking's picture card (50K, figure, 5/20/99 and enlarged 5/21/99). I think the manufacturer, Takara, meant to say, "The six monsters jump out of their shells and combine to super robot and back again!!"

Dinoking's info card (44K, figure, 5/20/99 and enlarged 5/21/99). Somehow I think the artist for this picture was a bit sloppy here. Dinoking's portrayal in the series looks better. The following is an English translation of the information by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

Code Name: Dinoking       Code No.: D-328
Level: 65                 Origin: Charr
Profile: As one might expect of a Transformer combining the entire
         Dinoforce, he's the top Destron when it comes to being violent.
         His rival is Landcross, the Cybertrons' Multiforce gestalt.
         He's pushing to become Emperor of Destruction, and if left
         alone, he won't stop what he's doing 'til he drops dead.

In contrast, in the Victory show itself Dinoking shows no obvious signs of plotting to replace Deszaras as Destron leader.

Dinoforce members in all of their modes (77K, figure, 4/21/99). This is from one side of the giftset box.
Formation of Dinoking (79K, figure, 4/21/99). This has the six Dinoforce inner robots at the top, and a view of how all the pieces join together to form Dinoking.

Here are my own pictures of the Dinoking figure himself:

Standard formation, front left view (25K, figure, 4/21/99).
Same as above but armed with all of the individual components' guns (24K, figure, 4/21/99). I think this makes him look even more wicked. ^_^ In the Victory series Dinoking somehow can attach all of the guns to his rifle, but his figure can't do the same. So, this is the closest his figure can come to that. I attached the guns to the fist holes for all of the individuals except for Rairyu and Gairyu, who can't hold any guns while part of Dinoking.
Upper left side view of above (21K, figure, 4/21/99).

My scan of the Dinoforce and Dinoking's transformation instruction sheet can be found on this page here.

My scan of the Dinoforce's sticker sheet at 200 dpi can be found on my inserts page here.

Here are some pictures of the Dinoforce and Dinoking from the series itself:

Goryu in a really bad mood (62K, series, 9/24/99). The Micromaster Rescue Patrol had just beaten them, with Fire (Red Hot) blasting them back to their ship Thunder Arrow with a flood of water.
Kakuryu and Goryu after another setback (62K, series, 9/24/99). Goryu is even wearing a little bandage criss-crossed over his head. ^_^
Yokuryu (62K, series, 9/24/99). Here he was entering Deszaras' throne room aboard Thunder Arrow to report that Star Saber was nearby.

Pictures of the Dinoforce and Dinoking can also be found in the Victory catalogs, which I scanned in and placed in their own section below.

Multiforce and Landcross

The Multiforce consists of six individual members. They each have a robot mode, but they also can combine with each other to form 30 possible robot pairings, or all together to form the gestalt robot Landcross. This leads to a grand total of 37 possible robot forms.

The six individuals are Wing (grey and red jet), Waver (red and white hydrofoil), Dash (red car), Tacker (green and grey halftrack truck), Mach (white and blue space shuttle), and Tackle, who is also known as Attack (red and blue truck).

The 30 possible robot pairings are made by making any one individual the top of the combination robot above the waist while any other individual becomes the bottom. The pairing can be switched from top to bottom and vice versa. The name of a pair comes from joining the top individual's name to the bottom individual's name.

As seen in the series and for the figures, the usual pairs are Wing and Waver to form Wingwaver (the leader of the Multiforce), Dash and Tacker to form Dashtacker, and Mach and Tackle to form Machtackle. In one episode Machtackle demonstrates the Multiforce's abilities, splitting up into two separate robots, and reversing the pair to form Tacklemach. However, that is the only time in which this is shown. Usually the pair simply split up into separate vehicles for transport and then recombine, either into the usual pair arrangement or into Landcross with everyone else. The only individual robots seen in the series were Wing, Mach, and Tackle, if I remember correctly.

When combining to form Landcross, Wingwaver forms his torso and upper legs, while Mach becomes his left shoulder and arm, Tackle becomes his left leg, Dash becomes his right shoulder and arm, and Tacker becomes his right leg. Mach's space shuttle wing piece becomes his chest plate, while all six individual guns can join together to form a single large gun. His head, fists, feet, and pelvis plate are extra pieces of accessories. Except for the feet, none of those pieces really fit anywhere when Landcross is separated, unlike the pieces for the other gestalts in the Victory series like Road Caesar, Liokaiser, and his usual opponent, Dinoking.

Here are some pictures I found of the Multiforce and Landcross figures and boxes. This set is courtesy of J.B Wong of the J.B Collection Shop ([email protected]):

Front of Landcross' box (58K, figure, 5/29/99). There is no box art for each of the six individuals, but there are box arts for Landcross and the three pairs often found in the Victory series. There are some Chinese stickers on it from when it was imported from Japan.
The top row contains Wing and Waver, who combine to form the robot Wingwaver seen in between them.
The middle row contains Dash and Tacker, who combine to form the robot Dashtacker seen in between them.
The bottom row contains Mach and Tackle, who combine to form the robot Machtackle seen in between them.
Inside Landcross' box (43K, figure, 5/29/99). This shows the inside of the package, with the figures on the left side and the weapons and gestalt parts for Landcross on the right side. Part of Landcross' instruction sheet can be seen near the top.
Back of Landcross' box (54K, figure, 5/29/99). The upper right contains all of the 37 possible combinations you can make from the individuals, with the central part containing a picture of the Landcross figure as one of the 37. Below them are part of the specs card and the tech specs bar graph for Landcross.

This picture is courtesy of Valente ([email protected]):

Dashtacker's box (47K, figure, 5/29/99). This set contains both Dash and Tacker, who join together to form Dashtacker.

The following will be my scans and snapshots of the members:

Mach and Tackle

Mach and Tackle in vehicle modes (54K, figure, 5/12/00). Tackle's own gun can't fit on him, so I left it out of the picture.

Dash and Tacker

Dash and Tacker in vehicle modes (80K, figure, 5/12/00). They are carrying their individual weapons on their respective combiner parts. Dash has Landcross' right fist, and Tacker has one of Landcross' feet.
Left side view of above (74K, figure, 5/12/00).

Wing and Waver

Wing and Waver in vehicle modes, left side above view (76K, figure, 5/12/00).
Wing and Waver in vehicle modes, right front above view (37K, figure, 5/12/00). Waver could peg his own gun to Landcross' fist on him, but then the gun could only point up at an angle, so I left it out here.
Wing and Waver in robot modes (49K, figure, 5/12/00).
Left front view of Wingwaver (41K, figure, 5/12/00). He really doesn't have any fists. The guns just peg into the same holes on the bottom of his arms used for Landcross' head.
Close view of Wingwaver's upper body (40K, figure, 5/12/00).
Left side view of Wingwaver (30K, figure, 5/12/00). The Landcross fist on his left leg's back doesn't have to be there, but I figure it's better there than all by itself.
Left front above view of Waverwing (38K, figure, 5/12/00). He actually has fists molded into his arms, unlike Wingwaver.
Close view of Waverwing's upper body (37K, figure, 5/12/00). Takara seemed to have a little problem painting his face blue. ^_^;
Left side view of Waverwing (30K, figure, 5/12/00).

Landcross

Here are my scans from the Landcross giftset box:

Landcross's box art (176K, figure, 5/12/00). This is from the front of his box. Looks neat! ^_^
The six Multiforce robots (238K, figure, 5/12/00). The box arts for the pairs also sold in separate two-packs are included here. The bright line around their mid-sections is a demonstration of the combining feature.
Left side of box (106K, figure, 5/12/00). This has ten of the possible robot forms.
Landcross' picture card (76K, figure, 5/12/00). It resembles his box art, but note that he is pointing his gun farther to the right than in the art on the front. This card is on an inside box flap.
More of the 2nd box art (120K, figure, 5/12/00). This is from the bottom of the box and a little of the adjoining inside box flap.

Landcross' specs card from the back of his box (65K, figure, 5/12/00). Below is an English translation by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

LANDCROSS          Multiforce
Function: Multi Gestalt Warrior
Transformation: 6-Robot (3-Group) Gestalt
Abilities: The assembled form of the six Multiforce warriors: Wing,
           Waver, Dash, Tacker, Mach and Tackle.  Best suited for
           battle on Earth.
Weapon(s): Hybrid Gun (combination of the 6 warriors' weapons)
Final Attack: The "Multi Hybrid Thunder"--This torpedo technique
              explodes with a combination of the forces that are the
              energies of his six components: wind, water, sun, fire,
              moon and earth.

Landcross' tech specs bar graph (95K, figure, 5/12/00). His specs are: Strength 9, Intelligence 8, Speed 8, Endurance 9, Rank 7, Courage 9, Firepower 9, Skill 8.

Landcross' info card (84K, figure, 5/12/00). This is from another inside side box flap. It contains a sketch of Landcross which is better than that of most Transformers in this series, even though he has a visor here. :) Below is Doug Dlin's English translation of the information:

Codename: Landcross       Code No.: C-319
Level: 67                 Origin: Planet V
Profile: The Multiforce, the new warriors at Cybertron headquarters on
         planet V, are currently the most highly anticipated group of
         young space fighters.  As might be expected of the assembled
         form of these six, Landcross's fiery young power is enough to
         scare even his superiors, the Brainmasters.

Pictures of the Multiforce and Landcross can also be found in the Victory catalogs, which I scanned in and placed in their own section below.

Saber, Star Saber, God Ginrai/Victory Leo, and Victory Saber;
Perceptor, Wheeljack, and Minerva

God Ginrai transferred command at the beginning of the series to Star Saber, a Brainmaster formed from a combination of a jet and its boosters.

Saber

As a Brainmaster, Saber shouts "Transform, brain set!" when he emerges from the cockpit of his jet and transform it into a robot, into whose chest he goes to form a face which then slides up into the head of the robot (49K, series, 9/4/98).

Saber is somewhat like Ultra Magnus. Thoughtful and serious, he is also known as the greatest swordsmaster. The jet's nosecone, which normally serves as Saber's shield in a way vaguely similar to the one used by Overlord, can latch onto a blade hidden away in his booster to form a long sword, known as the Saber blade.

Star Saber

Saber can use the booster as a battle platform, as seen here (51K, series, 9/4/98), or combine with his booster to form the larger Star Saber jet (51K, series, 9/4/98) or robot (57K, series, 9/4/98). He has a rifle, but he never really used it in the Victory series. He obviously preferred swinging energy from his sword against the Destrons and clashing his sword against their own swords, pikes, and more.

God Ginrai/Victory Leo and Perceptor, Wheeljack, and Minerva

The Destrons eventually retaliated, of course. God Ginrai had to intervene to aid Star Saber the first time against a new Destron gestalt, Liokaiser. The Destron leader Deszaras came close to finishing Star Saber off, only to be thwarted by lack of energy for his huge powerful rifle's final shot.

The second time God Ginrai intervened to save Star Saber, he jumped into the path of a death blow by Deszaras. His normally regenerative Godmaster armor failed to repair the damage from it, bringing Perceptor, Wheeljack, and Minerva (though they weren't actually named) to Earth to try to save him.

Here are my pictures of God Ginrai's final days, Star Saber, Jan, Perceptor, Wheeljack, and Minerva in sequential order:

God Ginrai keeling over to Star Saber at last from his injuries (63K, series, 2/1/00).
God Ginrai talking to Star Saber (61K, series, 2/1/00). Here you can see part of a large hole in God Ginrai's left side.
God Ginrai nodding off (62K, series, 2/1/00).
The title scene for the episode (58K, series, 2/1/00). This practically gave away the ending of the episode. ^_^;
Perceptor, Minerva, and Wheeljack working to find a way to save God Ginrai (59K, series, 2/1/00).
Minerva crying while Wheeljack bowed his head (75K, series, 2/1/00). Wheeljack's shoulder weapon was miscolored red in this one scene. ^_^; It's white in its other appearances though.
A close view of God Ginrai's head as he pondered his situation (51K, series, 2/1/00).
Perceptor talking to God Ginrai on his biobed (48K, series, 2/1/00).
Perceptor in front of schematics of God Ginrai showing the damage (69K, series, 2/1/00).
Minerva, Perceptor, and Wheeljack discussing the options among themselves (56K, series, 2/1/00).
Flanked by Minerva and Wheeljack, Perceptor telling God Ginrai there's nothing they could do (57K, series, 2/1/00).
Wheeljack coming into view and telling Perceptor that he has an idea they should try (57K, series, 2/1/00).
With Perceptor and Minerva behind him, Wheeljack explained his idea to God Ginrai (63K, series, 2/1/00). Perceptor apparently thought Wheeljack's idea of taking out God Ginrai's consciousness while they rebuilt his body was too dangerous.
A schematic of Victory Leo's lion mode (84K, series, 2/1/00). This is the first in a series of schematics that he showed Star Saber and the others for his selected new body design.
A schematic of Victory Leo's jet mode (82K, series, 2/1/00). Although this mode is on the show, it wasn't actually seriously implemented for the toy figure.
A schematic of Victory Leo's robot mode (83K, series, 2/1/00). His large rifle and two cannons weren't shown at this point. They were later pulled by Victory Leo from out of the air.
Star Saber trying to tell God Ginrai to change his mind (55K, series, 2/1/00). The schematics replayed on a screen in front of and above God Ginrai, who was trying to reassure Star Saber. Being at a disadvantage to the Destron might, the Cybertrons needed all the strong warriors they can get.
Jan fearing the worst of this consciousness transfer (48K, series, 2/1/00). Even if the operation was a success, this would mean the end of God Ginrai as the Cybertrons knew him.
Wheeljack, telling Star Saber that they were ready to begin the operation on God Ginrai (64K, series, 2/1/00).
Minerva, Wheeljack, and Perceptor starting the machinery (58K, series, 2/1/00).
The three manning the controls as an intense yellow light emanated from the chamber in the floor with God Ginrai in it (63K, series, 2/1/00).
Wheeljack and Perceptor at the controls as electric strands appear from the chamber (75K, series, 2/1/00).
Perceptor about to give orders to the other two (38K, series, 2/1/00).
Perceptor, Minerva, and Wheeljack mourning the passing of God Ginrai (61K, series, 2/1/00).
Jan on the bubble over God Ginrai's chamber and crying (49K, series, 2/1/00). God Ginrai's body had turned grey.

In the next episode God Ginrai was given a new body, Victory Leo, a winged lion and jet Transformer. He has an enormous grey rifle (the V-lock rifle) and two long thin grey cannons (the V-lock cannons). Although he is shown in the series to be able to transform into a jet, his figure looks awkward in that form, looking more like a gun with huge wings. However, his lion mode looks great and has posable legs.

Victory Saber

Victory Leo can become Star Saber's power-up armor into Victory Saber (85K, figure, 9/4/98). Basically Victory Leo's wing backpack slides off and attaches to Star Saber's back, and the rest of him splits in half, with each half folding to form the black boots for Victory Saber. Although the instructions says to put his cannons between his head and arms, I prefer to rotate Victory Leo's black arms upwards and put the cannons there. This increases his overall height a bit and gives Victory Saber a greater shooting range.

Visually Victory Saber looks like a Gundam mecha, for those who have seen the anime series. The huge grey gun, sword, and enormous wings contribute greatly to this perception, and so does the head with its mouth plate and long antennae. The Victory Saber figure in robot mode is 14 inches tall from the top of his head (not including the long antennae) down to his feet. Only Fortress Maximus, Grand Maximus, Brave Maximus (at about 23 inches tall each), and the Supreme-size Cheetor are taller in their robot modes. In his super jet mode the figure is even longer at 18 inches.

At the end of the series Star Saber and Victory Leo confronted Deszaras' space fortress/cannon, which had been trapped in a dark void long ago by Star Saber and his Cybertrons. Victory Leo knocked Liokaiser into the fortress' highly-charged shield, effectively killing him, while Star Saber traveled inside with Victory Leo's huge gun to deal with Deszaras. After a pitched battle in which they traded several blows, Deszaras fell down after his chest was penetrated by Star Saber's sword. However, before he left the fortress and die, the Destron leader locked up the corridors to trap Star Saber, who had left to find Jan, his adopted human boy who destroyed the fortress' energy source. Victory Leo, who had already made sure Jan was safe outside, transformed into his lion mode and slashed his way into the fortress' bridge section where Star Saber was. They combined into Victory Saber's jet mode to blast their way out with virtually all of their explosives, and then transformed to Victory Saber's robot mode and slammed into the fortress to destroy it for good in an enormous blaze.

Here are my scans from the boxes for Star Saber and Victory Leo:

Front of Star Saber's box (142K, figure, 5/20/99). I scanned it as two separate parts and then joined them together.
Left side of Star Saber's box (107K, figure, 5/20/99). Note that Star Saber has a battlestation mode as shown in the left middle part. This never appears in the Victory series, though. The bottom shows the Brainmaster process of forming the face of the robot.

Star Saber's specs card from back of box (65K, figure, 5/21/99). Below is an English translation of it by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

STAR SABER          Brainmaster
Function: Supreme Commander
Transformation: Large Jet (Saber, V-Star)
Abilities: Leader of the Cybertron forces.  The best swordsman in the
           universe, this mightiest of the Brainmaster warriors
           contains within him the symbol of good known as the
           "Courage Brain."
Weapon(s): Saber Blade, Saber Laser
Final Attack: The "Planetary Impulse Sword"--Gathering the entire
              energy of a planet into his Saber Blade, this invincible
              final attack can destroy just about anything.

Star Saber's tech specs bar graph from back of box (56K, figure, 5/21/99). His specs are: Strength 9, Intelligence 9, Speed 10, Endurance 10, Rank 10, Courage 10, Firepower 10, Skill 9.
Star Saber's picture card (60K, figure, 5/20/99 and enlarged 5/21/99).

Star Saber's info card (52K, figure, 5/20/99 and enlarged 5/21/99). His info card, unlike the ones for Deszaras and Dinoking but like the one for Liokaiser, looks close to his portrayal in the series. Here is an English translation of it by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

Codename: Star Saber      Code No.: C-324
Level: 77                 Origin: Planet V
Profile: Took God Jinrai's place as the fifth Cybertron Leader.
         Together with Blacker and company, this veteran Brainmaster
         has traveled about the universe for eons.  He is a universal
         hero, who would carry through for Good even if it meant
         exhausting his life force.  Normally he is very gentle and
         quiet.

Victory Leo's box art (194K, figure, 5/20/99). I think it looks pretty impressive. ^_^
Front of Victory Leo's box (100K, figure, 5/21/99). This was scanned in two parts and then joined together.
Right side of Victory Leo's box (123K, figure, 5/20/99). From top to bottom are Star Saber, Victory Leo, and their gestalt, Victory Saber, along with their alternate modes.

Victory Leo's specs card from back of box (49K, figure, 5/21/99). Below is an English translation of the card by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

VICTORY LEO          V-Former
Transformation: Lion, Jet Booster
Abilities: A new warrior born from the science of Planet V.  Possessing
           the Grunium super-energy, he performs the Victory Combination
           with Star Saber to become Victory Saber.
Weapon(s): V-Lock Rifle, V-Lock Cannon
Function: Armored Knight
Final Attack: The "Leo Gran-Burst"--Simultaneously fires the V-Lock
              Rifle, V-Lock Cannon, and the V-Lock Vulcans attached at
              his waist.

Victory Leo's tech specs bar graph (65K, figure, 5/21/99). It is also from the back of his box. His specs are: Strength 10, Intelligence 9, Speed 9, Endurance 10, Rank 8, Courage 9, Firepower 10, Skill 10.
Victory Leo's picture card and robot points (69K, figure, 5/20/99 and enlarged 5/21/99). Note that his function is given as "V former", which goes along with his usual role as a combiner to Star Saber.

Victory Leo's info card (51K, figure, 5/20/99 and enlarged 5/21/99). Unlike the pictures for many others' info cards, Victory Leo's picture here is from his box art, not from an illustration. Here is an English translation of the information by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

Code Name: Victory Leo         Code No.: C-327
Level: 75                      Origin: Planet V
Profile: The reincarnation of God Jinrai, the previous Cybertron Supreme
         Commander.  Born of the Victory Plan thanks to a proposal from 
         the scientist Perceptor.  His personality is exactly the same as
         God Jinrai's was, but in an unguarded moment during the
         reconstructive surgery, he temporarily lost his memory and
         turned violent.

Here are my pictures involving the Star Saber and Victory Leo figures:

Victory Leo and Star Saber (14K, figure, 9/4/98). Victory Leo is in lion mode and Saber is in three parts (Brainmaster, jet, and booster).
The Brainmaster inside the cockpit of Saber in jet mode, with the cockpit window opened (22K, figure, 1/26/99).
The Brainmaster and Saber in jet mode (24K, figure, 1/26/99). The actual Brainmaster figure has totally white arms and legs, and a totally red chest. I simply decided to add paint to bring out the details. Like the other Brainmasters, he looks like a miniature version of the larger Star Saber form.
A close view of the Brainmaster (14K, figure, 1/26/99).
The Brainmaster placed inside the opened chest compartment (32K, figure, 1/26/99). This is part of the process of forming the head for the larger Saber robot.
Forming the head (33K, figure, 1/26/99). As the chest is closed, the yellow platform on which the Brainmaster stands rises to push his legs upward and reveal the face hidden inside the Brainmaster's body.
Close view of Saber's head (34K, figure, 1/26/99). When the chest door is fully closed, the face is finally in place.
Front view of Saber in robot mode (21K, figure, 1/26/99).
Both in robot modes (16K, figure, 9/4/98).
Both in jet modes, top view (19K, figure, 9/4/98).
Close view of Star Saber's head (17K, figure, 9/14/98). Notice that he has a pair of vertical notches on each side of his mouth plate, similar to the triplet of vertical notches on the original Optimus Prime's mouth plate. I put on only the yellow sticker on his head because he never has the other head stickers in the series. The other head stickers are a blue square on the front of the topmost part of his helmet, and the white tech-pattern stickers on the sides just above the face.
Victory Leo in lion mode in a stalking pose (20K, figure, 9/14/98).
Victory Leo in lion mode outside (35K, figure, 9/24/99).
Victory Leo in robot mode (13K, figure, 9/14/98).
Close view of Victory Leo's head, with silver chrome face, and the golden "V" insignia on his chest (12K, figure, 9/14/98). Both Star Saber and Victory Leo have the golden "V" insignia, and are the only Cybertrons who have them.

The following set of pictures is from the Victory Saber giftset box and courtesy of Jaremy Pyle ([email protected]):

Front side (36K, figure, 5/29/99).
Close view of the box art on the front (48K, figure, 5/29/99). Part of the top side can be seen here.
Back side (36K, figure, 5/29/99).
Left side (18K, figure, 5/29/99).
Right side (19K, figure, 5/29/99).
Inside the giftset (16K, figure, 5/29/99). Yes, the three cadmium yellow missiles are for the large rifle. ^_^

The following are some of my pictures of Victory Saber in his super combined jet mode:

Side view from above right (23K, figure, 9/4/98).
View from above right (16K, figure, 9/4/98).
Pointing upwards like a space shuttle (20K, figure, 9/4/98).

Here are my pictures of Victory Saber in his huge super robot mode:

My model of God Ginrai (preliminary version) and Victory Saber (12K, figure, 9/4/98).
Large left front view (55K, figure, 11/2/98).
Large rear view (54K, figure, 11/2/98). Note Victory Leo's lion head looking out as if guarding the back. Technically the robot arms for Victory Leo could be lowered and positioned to make Victory Saber look like two robots with their backs to each other.
Deszaras and Victory Saber (61K, figure, 9/24/99).
Victory Saber by himself (32K, figure, 9/24/99).

The following is an English translation of Victory Saber's specs card (from the back of the giftset box), his bio info card (from an inside box flap), and his tech specs bar graph card (from the back of the giftset box), respectively, by Doug Dlin ([email protected]):

VICTORY SABER          Brainmaster
Function: Ultimate Supreme Commander
Transformation: Super-large Jet
Abilities: The result of the Victory Combination of Victory Leo, split
           up by the V-Lock, and Star Saber.  His entire body
           strengthened by the V-Lock and Grunium energy, he explodes
           with ultimate power.
Weapon(s): V-Lock Rifle, V-Lock Cannon
Final Attack: The "Victory Burn"--Collects the energy emitted from the
              V-Lock Skies in his wings and V-Lock Grounds in his feet
              into his Saber Blade.

Card Info:
Codename: Victory Saber   Code No.: C-328
Level: 80                 Origin: Planet V
Profile: Placed in dire straits by the Destrons' tremendous assault,
         Star Saber powers up with Victory Leo's strength.  Far
         stronger of mind and body than he was before, in many ways he
         can be called the best one of Cybertron's successive Supreme
         Commanders.

Str   Int   Spd   End   Rnk   Crg   Frp   Skl
10    10    10    10    10    10    10    10

My scans of the transformation instruction sheet for Star Saber can be found on this page here.

Scans by Heli ([email protected]) of Star Saber's sticker sheet can be found on my inserts page here. It should be noted that all Star Saber stickers don't stick very well to their surfaces, but applying a glue stick to them will fix that problem very well.

My scans of the transformation instruction sheet for Victory Leo and their gestalt Victory Saber can be found on this page here.

Here are some of my pictures involving Star Saber from the series itself:

Being chopped up by Deszaras (66K, series, 9/24/99). The Destron swung his sword several times, too. ;)
Clashing swords with Deszaras (76K, series, 9/24/99).
At Deszaras' non-existent mercy (61K, series, 9/24/99). Star Saber had just received a large deadly slash across his chest and a large bombardment from Deszaras' mighty gun. This is a close view of his head after Deszaras had transformed to his robot mode to connect directly into his gun, and to fire once again with another massive energy blast.
The moment of truth (56K, series, 9/24/99). Deszaras turned his weapon toward Star Saber as the scene turns blue right before he pulled the trigger.
Saved by lack of energy (65K, series, 9/24/99). Fortunately for Star Saber, Deszaras had used up his surplus energy in his previous blasts. :D Here you can see the slash across Star Saber's chest.

More pictures of Star Saber, Victory Leo, and Victory Saber can also be found in the Victory catalogs, which I scanned in and placed in their own section just down below.

CATALOGS:

Victory Catalog #1

This catalog came with my Landcross giftset, with figures for characters in the Masterforce series. The front side contains sketches and pictures of figures for the characters in the upcoming Victory series, while the back side contains figures for the characters in the Masterforce series still being sold at that time.

Victory Catalog #2

This catalog came with my Dinoforce giftset. The front side contains sketches and pictures of figures for the characters in the Victory series, while the back side contains figures for the characters in the earlier Masterforce series still being sold at that time.

Victory Catalog #3

This catalog came with my Star Saber and Victory Leo and was scanned into four parts. The front side contains pictures of the figures, while the back side contains drawings of the characters in the series. Unlike the other catalogs, this one is the Victory catalog, with only figures for the Victory characters.

For more catalogs, check out my inserts page or check out The Ark Archives.

MAIL-ORDER FORM:

Like elsewhere, Japan also has some mail-order offers of its own.

BATTLE SCENE:

The back of the boxes for the figures in the Victory series features a great battle scene (107K, figure, 4/21/99).

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