How long did the Saiyans live peacefully with the Tuffles?

[Godo]

I don't like the 'Saiyans arrived at planet Tuffle on spaceships' because it adds a completely unnecessary layer to the backstory. It doesn't explain the Saiyan origin, it just moves it to some other planet with 10x Earth's gravity, and then it adds on more oddities in how the Saiyans even got ahold of a spaceship or knew how to fly it if they were still in the caveman era.

Maybe they were transported as slaves, and then revolted and killed the crew and got their freedom. Just an idea.

[Maphisto86]

I don't like the 'Saiyans arrived at planet Tuffle on spaceships' because it adds a completely unnecessary layer to the backstory. It doesn't explain the Saiyan origin, it just moves it to some other planet with 10x Earth's gravity, and then it adds on more oddities in how the Saiyans even got ahold of a spaceship or knew how to fly it if they were still in the caveman era.

Maybe they were transported as slaves, and then revolted and killed the crew and got their freedom. Just an idea.

It also opens up the possibility that there are still Saiyans elsewhere in the universe on their original homeworld. Of course I never took this idea seriously because as Rocketman said it adds an unecessary layer of backstory. Then again it could be an interesting plot device for fan fics and/or any future incarnations of Dragonball if done right. I wonder if this is also a plot point from Akira Toriyama himself or another writer of the Daizenshuu. Too bad Mr. Toriyama is not available for comments.