TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors Defensor Teaser with possible Deluxe Groove

I think that is just the legends version attached, but a deluxe motorcycle is OK in my book!

Takara, show me more.

Defenitely deluxe groove because honestly the leg is a little too thin to be the groove combined with rook leg mode

Well well, isn't that interesting. Looks like a new mold to me. I wonder if it will get the Wildrider/Slingshot treatment over here as well?

carytheone wrote:Well well, isn't that interesting. Looks like a new mold to me. I wonder if it will get the Wildrider/Slingshot treatment over here as well?

I certainly hope so (or at least that the Japanese version will be cheap). If not, it would still see use state-side (see my previous post).

mooncake623 wrote:Thanks to Hisashi Yuki via Twitter we get a TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors Defensor Teaser! What is interesting about this silhouette is that the right leg of Defensor is a Groove shaped limb! Check out the image we've mirrored below and let us know! Do you see Groove here? Is that the ever popular fan mode of Rook with legends groove attached?






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Beat you by a full 10 minutes.

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Randy

Powered Convoy wrote:

Beat you by a full 10 minutes.

takaratomy-unite-warriors-defensor-teaser-deluxe-groove-t104235.php

Randy

Dude, you got credited for it. Click on your news credits.

Well, I haven't yet ordered any of the Protectobots yet, and I wouldn't mind having a Deluxe Groove to keep Defensor traditional, so...

Still getting Rook regardless. I find the new members just as satisfying (if not more) than the OG gangsters, and Rook nails it.

Shuttershock wrote:Geez, at this rate ALL the new guys are going to end up on team Galvatronus.

LOL I was thinking the same thing

Seibertron wrote:I knew they'd pull this off right! While this practice is a little deceptive to consumers, I still think it's pretty brilliant. Kudos to them for doing this right.

In the case of the Aerialbots and Stunticons it may have been, even then I think it's more of Hasbro not wanting too much redundancy in their lineups and Takara wanting to recreate the original teams. So Hasbro went along with making them as a way for fans to recreate the original teams while also making the teams diverse enough on the shelves.

In this case, it's not a matter of lack of diversity but some weird adherence to scale (despite Rook being huge compared to his team mates if they were in scale). So Groove was developed as a Legend to keep him as part of the team.

I think that this Deluxe Groove is a TakaraTomy only initiative to have the original Protectobots with the same roles as the originals. Hence why Legends Groove is Adventure Override and now we have a Deluxe Groove coming.

mooncake623 wrote:

Powered Convoy wrote:
Beat you by a full 10 minutes.

takaratomy-unite-warriors-defensor-teaser-deluxe-groove-t104235.php

Randy

Indeed you did, but it actually took me 11 mins to do that write up

Lol JK thanks for letting us know rest assure you were given credit =D

Thanks!

Randy