TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors UW-07 Bruticus Comparisons

Kurona wrote:Ooooh dear, Vortex does not carry that extra back kibble well.

Also, haha; joke's on you, Shajaki - I don't have a mouse wheel to be in good shape. I use a trackpad and prefer a trackpad because I'm an abomination.

Another trackpad user! I'm not alone! My friend still thinks it's weird I use a trackpad to play Minecraft!

Anyway, on topic, I really like this guy. These guys. Whatever. Vortex's blades do look pretty awkward and I'm still a bit iffy on how big Blastoff's chest is, but overall I'm glad I'll have them. This is the only Unite Warriors set I'm likely to get, and I have the Hasbro version too - Bruticus is my favorite combiner. Looks like it'll be a good one!

Personally I prefer the darker more muted colors on hasbros.

In some ways I am more excited about this set than Computron...
Partly because I always liked this character so much.

Some new (or somewhat new) observations:

I really do like UW Blast Off. LOVE the headsculpt.
I can totally deal with the burnt orange color, however, I do wish his arms were the dark brown so the arms didn't stand out so much in the alt mode.

The darker gray on Brawl helps him look even more badass. The show-accurate colors of the head & face are beautiful.

Onslaught may be my new favorite of the group now...
The two grays of the "backpack" canons look great. Of course having the silver rims of the wheels is nice.
I really like the blue color, and the paint apps on the forearms, wrists and fists...
BEAUTIFUL!!!
I don't like seeing Blast Off's colors in the canon/backpack area, but not a huge deal imo.

Hasbro's Swindle tan-ish orange color is fine, but I like UW's better. That and the silver is a nice change.
I actually don' like the purple hood. I know it's from the show, but I think with this mold it doesn't work real well. I don't mind it. Just kinda mehh for me.

LOVE the look of Vortex's head with those colors. It will be interesting to see if the blades are an issue in bot mode or not.

It is going to be really difficult to wait until August to have this set.
I already have Shockwave and the PE hands and feet waiting!

...dammit, I want 'em both!

Brawl's HFG's colour looks pretty damn good on his vehicle mode, although the recolour suits Swindle a bit less. Blast Off looks a bit blocky for my tastes, but I can respect the importance of nostalgia for some (happy we have both options!).

Don't know how, don't know why, but I'm bacccckkkk! I love that they changed the rotor on Vortex, remember in the cartoon that was a weapon for Bruticus. I like how the other members look, but I am disappointed they didn't change the cannon back pack, what is Bruticus supposed to use a weapon?

You know whats interesting? While I can never say that Takara didnt do well here, they did a lot right, I think Hasbro's effort is comendable. When it comes to individual modes, most are as good to me:

Brawl is kinds the same. Sure Takara has some extra colour on the face but its nothing to write home about, though I do wish Hasbro's was a mroe toy accurate green to be more distinctive.

I preffer Hasbro's Swindle. The vehicle mode works much better to me and I like his chest better too with the nice colours and the coloured peg.

For Vortex its a trade off, both are ok. I like the extra blades but they are as much a burden as a blessing. Same for the colours, the blue on Takara's looks as off as the Yellow on Hasbro's. And I commend Takara on their show accuracy as mucha s I commend Hasbro on their toy accuracy. I guess for the fun of the chest colour, I preffer Hasbro's, I mean look at those colours!

Both Blastoffs are off. Sure, one is an actual shuttle, but I really dislike the arms just being there and the not forming the nose. Plus that protruding chest is bad comedy and those colours arent great. I love the look of Hasbro's in robot mode. The colours are great, but of course its just a redeco of a jet

And finally for Onslought, I always loved that Hasbro deco. It works really well for me, and I see him better in muted colours than in bright colours. And the vehicle mode's colours are better. But that combined torso on takara's looks great, so I guess its a toss up with a personal preference going to Hasbro.

In the end, both are fine and I am ok just sticking with Hasbro's. I dont feel as compelled to get this guy as I do Takara's computron which has a serious edge against Hasbro's.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:but I am disappointed they didn't change the cannon back pack, what is Bruticus supposed to use a weapon?

The blasters on his knuckles?

Or the raw power of tearing his enemies apart with his bare hands.

Or, one could buy a version of Legends class Shockwave for him to use.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Alpha Dominus wrote:Even with the mismatched ballerina feet it stills rocks harder than the Hasbro version. Love that Vortex too. Much preferred over the G2 lookin Hasbro one.

You... might actually have eye damage if you're equating the muted colors of hasbro's retail release (and not actually the g2 version, it's hard to tell) with a neon g2 transformer, when the TT one is objectively brighter than the hasbro release in all cases...

Yeah, I'm just talking about Vortex. If you think blue,black and gray is more garish than teal green, red, yellow, purple and gray than we obviously have different definitions of "muted colors".