The name series can be broken down as followed: * Master put forward the fact that this line is handled by sculptors with great expertise, * Stars is meant to indicate that this line is only about well known characters, * Piece designs the figures themselves as the final products. Obviously, the name is a pun on the word masterpiece to emphasize on the quality intended for this figure series. On advertisements, Banpresto breaks the word Master further down as being the acronym for Maximum, Absolute, Supremacy, Throne, Enthusiasm and Raptly.