Official Images of Takara-Tomy United Wave 3

Posted by El Duque Jan 17, 2011 at 5:48pm CST 50,741 views

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Need some help deciding between the domestic releases of Blurr, Kup, Perceptor, and Wreck-Gar and their United counterparts? Amazon.co.jp has updated their listing for United Wave 3 with official images of UN-15 Perceptor, UN-16 Blurr, UN-17 Kup, and UN-18 Wreck-Gar.

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Comment by Rated X Jan 17, 2011

Kup is metallic. Cant tell the difference with the rest at quick glance.

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Comment by Pr1meSuspect Jan 17, 2011

Kup looks the best but for all 4 of these figures I prefer their Hasbro counterparts.

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Comment by El Duque Jan 17, 2011

I updated the news story with bigger better pics.

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Comment by Lapse Of Reason Jan 17, 2011

Nothing stands out enough for me to justify paying 3x as much.

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Comment by MINDVVIPE Jan 17, 2011

Pr1meSuspect wrote:Kup looks the best but for all 4 of these figures I prefer their Hasbro counterparts.

Yeap.

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Comment by --B-- Jan 17, 2011

Wow. These pictures just saved me a lot of money. Perceptor is a darker maroon, but not enough to warrant the extra to import, IMHO.

The only United tempting me is Jazz and possibly Scourge, depending on the paint job.

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Comment by chrisc4 Jan 17, 2011

so hasbro has chrome but takara doesnt? #-o

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Comment by Slip?Stream Jan 17, 2011

Lapse Of Reason wrote:Nothing stands out enough for me to justify paying 3x as much.

Same here, the only united figures I'm getting this time are Jazz, Tracks and Scourge, still waiting on pictures of Laser Prime and Wheeljack.

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Comment by Galvatrondestroyer Jan 17, 2011

chrisc4 wrote:so hasbro has chrome but takara doesnt?

That toke me by surprise too. Blurr's alt mode looks the same but his robot mode looks...oh idk...SUPER BLUE than before?

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Comment by Razorclaw0000 Jan 17, 2011

All four are significantly different.

Perceptor is missing the orange transparent plastic, is a different shade of red, and is missing the chrome on the knobs.
Wreck-Gar is bright red/yellow instead of Hasbro's dark red/brown.
Blurr is darker and more heavily saturated. The grill is different, the shoulders are different. The white is light blue. The guns look black, not brownish-gray.
Kup is metallic.

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Comment by jamiko Jan 17, 2011

Hasbro will do just fine

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Comment by Vicalliose Jan 17, 2011

It looks like the Japanese version has painted eyes as opposed to actual translucent, or it looks that way. I'm completely on the fence about this. Has anyone ever removed the paint from Hasbro Perceptors eyes? I'd like to know if it's any good, or if they put it there for a reason.

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Comment by Optimutt Jan 17, 2011

Could someone post some Hasbro/Takara comparison pictures so we could see the differences?

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Comment by El Duque Jan 17, 2011

TT Wreck-Gar has a silver face, doesn't the Hasbro version use kind of a flesh tone?

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Comment by ShardFenix Jan 17, 2011

the only difference i see that matters to me is the bumper colors on perceptor. I like the silver trim. But i can add that to a hasbro model for far cheaper than the takara one costs.

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Comment by IDILICO Jan 17, 2011

No, no, No... Perceptor should be a Microscope/Telescope !!! not a Caterpillar snow remover Truck or whatever that is.

The Robot mode is Nice Though!

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Comment by IceWilly Jan 17, 2011

It's amazing how far a few paint apps can go. Here is my RTS after a few minor additions. I think my fav is the light blue visor, so much easier to tell his eyes now.

-visor
-wheels
-tail lights
-back window
-front red lip
-chrome grill

Would have put martini water slide decals on the doors if i could figure out how to apply them well enough without them ripping

I plan to do this to all the toys, and I think in the case of perceptor it will go a long way

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Comment by ShardFenix Jan 17, 2011

IDILICO wrote:No, no, No... Perceptor should be a Microscope/Telescope !!! not a Caterpillar snow remover Truck or whatever that is.

The Robot mode is Nice Though!

yes because little kids will all see a microscope on the shelf and pick it other a motorcycle or a jet. If you want a microscope buy the G1 toy.

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Comment by El Duque Jan 18, 2011