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News Credits: 1646 · Sun May 10, 2020 9:46 pm

That was the best update ever. The cat, the fishing pole, that was great! I loved it!

More like this please

Mon May 11, 2020 1:07 pm

I can't wait for this Chaos bringer to come out. Unicron will be my ultimate weapon.

News Credits: 1350 · Mon May 25, 2020 6:04 am

Greetings Seibertronians! While his release is still some ways off, we do have some new pictures to share with you of the forthcoming HasLab release of the chaos bringer himself: Unicron!

These pictures were uploaded by Facebook page From the Vault - TF Showcase. The images themselves were taken from the Transformers Generations 35th Anniversary book that was published by HeroX in Japan. The pictures show a plethora of details molded into the chaos bringer and how his various gimmicks work. We also get to see the scale relating to the included mini figures and the Autobot Shuttle (despite that not taking part in the battle against Unicron). We see a close up of Unicron's detached head, with two broken eye pieces, allowing you to use his head as a prop from the very end of the movie or as seen in Season 3 of the original cartoon.

There's also a breakdown of how he transforms and several shots showing off his planet mode, including one showing him coming up to Cybertron Primus in planet mode!

Thats not all, there's also several pictures showing behind the scenes look at his design, including his planet mode standing next to Titans Returns Titan Class Fortress Maximus.

Have a look through the pictures below and then feel free to share your thoughts in the Energon Pub!

Stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Mon May 25, 2020 6:44 am

Couldn't afford the space for him... wouldn’t mind if they release just the head on a stand and the little accessories...

Mon May 25, 2020 7:34 am

really scared that i have to transform it. wish it came in bot mode.

Mon May 25, 2020 8:49 am

Yeah, I'm not sure where I can put him. I hope the artwork on the box he's in has the G1 look.

News Credits: 462 · Mon May 25, 2020 10:52 am

skywarp408 wrote:I hope the artwork on the box he's in has the G1 look.

This is the packaging:

Anything prettier would have only added to the already-expensive $600 price.

News Credits: 6 · Mon May 25, 2020 12:12 pm

City Mode is interesting at least.

News Credits: 1350 · Mon May 25, 2020 12:21 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:City Mode is interesting at least.

If I remember correctly, City mode only got as far as that image and the finished toy can't do it. I'm sure we reported on this aspect before.

News Credits: 462 · Mon May 25, 2020 12:28 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:City Mode is interesting at least.

If I remember correctly, City mode only got as far as that T image abd the finished toy can't do it. I'm sure we reported on this aspect before.

Correct on both accounts.

News Credits: 6 · Mon May 25, 2020 12:36 pm

Well that's disappointing. For the price tag, they should be adding as much extra value and functionality as possible. I wonder if someone will find it is still possible to actually achieve in the final product. Much like the alternate leg placement for Fort Max in City Mode.

News Credits: 462 · Mon May 25, 2020 12:39 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Well that's disappointing. For the price tag, they should be adding as much extra value and functionality as possible.

The abundance of features and extras they're already poured into this thing isn't enough?

They tried to put in the city mode and couldn't make it work without further compromising the rest of the figure.

News Credits: 2 · Mon May 25, 2020 4:35 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Well that's disappointing. For the price tag, they should be adding as much extra value and functionality as possible.
The abundance of features and extras they're already poured into this thing isn't enough?

They tried to put in the city mode and couldn't make it work without further compromising the rest of the figure.

The sad thing about the lack of City mode in this case, It actually looks like the best city mode we've seen designed for a large scale transformer.

The feature I wish they would have included was a quintasan ship that could be placed in one of his eyes like it was flying out like in the animated movie.

News Credits: 22 · Mon May 25, 2020 5:46 pm

Why does Unicron need a city mode in the first place? Did he have one in any continuity? I would rather he be just a robot and a planet and cost $100 less.

News Credits: 1 · Mon May 25, 2020 5:52 pm

The city mode was shown before. Still don't miss it. I'm not buying Unicron to be a city I'll never, ever use.

News Credits: 22 · Mon May 25, 2020 5:54 pm

Gauntlet101010 wrote:The city mode was shown before. Still don't miss it. I'm not buying Unicron to be a city I'll never, ever use.

Exactly.

News Credits: 462 · Mon May 25, 2020 6:19 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:Why does Unicron need a city mode in the first place? Did he have one in any continuity? I would rather he be just a robot and a planet and cost $100 less.

At best, one could pretend that it represents some kind of hellish landscape found inside of his planet mode, but otherwise, yeah, he's not a citybot.

The idea was just to give his giant toy some more play value as a playset in addition to its already being a giant action figure (much like the case with all of the Titan class Citybots being both giant action figures and playsets).

If anything, I'm betting this mode was conceived as a way to further appeal to potential retailers so that they would be more inclined to carry this gigantic Transformers product since the figure on its own wouldn't have been enough in the eyes of the retailers since its planet mode alone wouldn't be marketable enough to most retailers due to its just being a giant ball on a stick that couldn't be played with like how a normal ball could be played with.

But, as we know, the city mode didn't happen and retailers didn't pick it up, so it instead went to HasLab as a crowdfunding product, where it wouldn't have to worry about the needs of mass market appeal to get made.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon May 25, 2020 8:41 pm

He still looks really impressive, I am excited to see him, that planet mode is huge!

News Credits: 22 · Mon May 25, 2020 10:13 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Why does Unicron need a city mode in the first place? Did he have one in any continuity? I would rather he be just a robot and a planet and cost $100 less.
At best, one could pretend that it represents some kind of hellish landscape found inside of his planet mode, but otherwise, yeah, he's not a citybot.

The idea was just to give his giant toy some more play value as a playset in addition to its already being a giant action figure (much like the case with all of the Titan class Citybots being both giant action figures and playsets).

If anything, I'm betting this mode was conceived as a way to further appeal to potential retailers so that they would be more inclined to carry this gigantic Transformers product since the figure on its own wouldn't have been enough in the eyes of the retailers since its planet mode alone wouldn't be marketable enough to most retailers due to its just being a giant ball on a stick that couldn't be played with like how a normal ball could be played with.

But, as we know, the city mode didn't happen and retailers didn't pick it up, so it instead went to HasLab as a crowdfunding product, where it wouldn't have to worry about the needs of mass market appeal to get made.

I have nothing against the concept of him having a city mode, and I understand the reasoning. My problem is that his featured modes (planet and robot) would suffer because if it. If they could have pulled it off without messing with those, then fine. By the looks of it, seems like they were trying to do the same thing they did to Cybertron Primus, except on a larger scale. Just because he's a large figure and has a big price tag, doesn't mean he has to have excessive and unnecessary features, especially ones that have no basis in his origins. If you want a city mode, buy a city bot. There are plenty. Unicron is Unicron.

News Credits: 462 · Mon May 25, 2020 10:19 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Why does Unicron need a city mode in the first place? Did he have one in any continuity? I would rather he be just a robot and a planet and cost $100 less.
At best, one could pretend that it represents some kind of hellish landscape found inside of his planet mode, but otherwise, yeah, he's not a citybot.

The idea was just to give his giant toy some more play value as a playset in addition to its already being a giant action figure (much like the case with all of the Titan class Citybots being both giant action figures and playsets).

If anything, I'm betting this mode was conceived as a way to further appeal to potential retailers so that they would be more inclined to carry this gigantic Transformers product since the figure on its own wouldn't have been enough in the eyes of the retailers since its planet mode alone wouldn't be marketable enough to most retailers due to its just being a giant ball on a stick that couldn't be played with like how a normal ball could be played with.

But, as we know, the city mode didn't happen and retailers didn't pick it up, so it instead went to HasLab as a crowdfunding product, where it wouldn't have to worry about the needs of mass market appeal to get made.
I have nothing against the concept of him having a city mode, and I understand the reasoning. My problem is that his featured modes (planet and robot) would suffer because if it. If they could have pulled it off without messing with those, then fine. By the looks of it, seems like they were trying to do the same thing they did to Cybertron Primus, except on a larger scale. Just because he's a large figure and has a big price tag, doesn't mean he has to have excessive and unnecessary features, especially ones that have no basis in his origins. If you want a city mode, buy a city bot. There are plenty. Unicron is Unicron.

Prezactly.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Mon May 25, 2020 11:20 pm

Sabrblade wrote:At best, one could pretend that it represents some kind of hellish landscape found inside of his planet mode, but otherwise, yeah, he's not a citybot.

This was my interpretation as well, more of an inside Unicron play set than a city. The monitor cluster is even there in the back.

I really don't understand the articulated eyes that you can't actually see through the eye lenses.

Also...

Unimed.JPG

Still can't unsee it.

Emerje

News Credits: 2 · Mon May 25, 2020 11:23 pm

Unicron is only looking better and better. I so wish I had haved or have the cash to afford him. So fecking awesome. If they can add a half-assed base mode it will be cool but not necessary. Congrats to all who backed this, I was so, so close but couldnt come up with the money even though I knew it was super sweet. He is looking so good with every update that comes out.

News Credits: 462 · Mon May 25, 2020 11:25 pm

Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:At best, one could pretend that it represents some kind of hellish landscape found inside of his planet mode, but otherwise, yeah, he's not a citybot.

This was my interpretation as well, more of an inside Unicron play set than a city. The monitor cluster is even there in the back.

The planet mode maw pointed upward in the center is also reminiscent of The Pit that was inside Unicron in the 3H Universe comics.

News Credits: 6 · Tue May 26, 2020 10:19 am

Considering he is just laying down (variation on the theme shared by all city bots) in the concept art, I doubt it would have compromised any other mode. That's just another excuse. What they could have done, since some think only four cities should exist within Transformers figures, was (as mentioned above) show off the acid vat, tentacle tunnel and monitor cluster. Make his "third mode" a Unicron playset. That would have made sense over pointlessly moving but hidden eyes and mismatched tiny figures.

News Credits: 462 · Tue May 26, 2020 10:26 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Considering he is just laying down (variation on the theme shared by all city bots) in the concept art, I doubt it would have compromised any other mode.

The structural integrity would have been compromised based on how much the torso and legs would have had to open up and break apart as they appear to do in that artwork. The figure needed to be solid enough to support its own weight when not using its display stand.