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[william-james88]

Also, it's true that distribution improved a lot.

Our distribution is kicking ass right now, check how your local tru was doing today:

[shajaki]

Also, it's true that distribution improved a lot.

Our distribution is kicking ass right now, check how your local tru was doing today:

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Yours Truly has found some new images of the Unite Warriors Bruticus! These new images were found on TagHobby.com, are a bit clearer, lack the logos overtop the colored images, and even include some gray models of Blastoff, Vortex, and Bruticus combined himself! What do you make of these new images? Let us know in the comments section and stay tuned for all the Transformers news you could even want and need!

*Update: We have even more gray scale model images to share!

[Agamemnon]

Is it just me, or does it look like Vortex's chopper nose has been remolded? I may just keep my preorder...

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Is it just me, or does it look like Vortex's chopper nose has been remolded? I may just keep my preorder...

It kinda does, and it looks like all his rotors still fold up nice and neat

[DedicatedGhostArt]

How come this uncolored prototype looks better to me than the colored version? Maybe it's the cohesive color? Kinda reminds me of a Bay-verse transformer for some reason...

[steals_your_goats]

Is it just me, or does it look like Vortex's chopper nose has been remolded? I may just keep my preorder...

It kinda does, and it looks like all his rotors still fold up nice and neat

I'm fairly certain that the rotor is one solid piece. The blades can move just like the original but that's it. Also the front of vortex is the same, there's no remolding

[Crosscheck]

Things are not looking good for Orange Off not being orange. He looks more orange-brown now, but still not even remotely close to the correct color. It is a pity that they couldn't get the colors right, because the mold itself looks top shelf. I like the additional purple on Swindle. The quad-rotor on Vortex looks really nice. I think it is just the angle that is making people think that the nose section is remolded, but I could be wrong. The bright blue on Vortex is not very good. Should be more of a darker gray-blue.

The chest still looks awful on Bruticus. It will make Onslaught look bad as well, especially in vehicle mode. Onslaught looks pretty good otherwise. Brawl is about equal. The bright orange eyes are nice for show-accuracy.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Is it just me, or does it look like Vortex's chopper nose has been remolded? I may just keep my preorder...

It kinda does, and it looks like all his rotors still fold up nice and neat

I'm fairly certain that the rotor is one solid piece. The blades can move just like the original but that's it. Also the front of vortex is the same, there's no remolding

the rotors do still look like a solid piece, but the picture show the rotors still stow away nice and neat and don't obnoxiously stick out

[DeathReviews]

Death is impressed... Though as I guessed, the addition of rotors to Vortex results in some.... awkwardness near his diodes...

[william-james88]

Death is impressed... Though as I guessed, the addition of rotors to Vortex results in some.... awkwardness near his diodes...

You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs.

[Agamemnon]

Is it just me, or does it look like Vortex's chopper nose has been remolded? I may just keep my preorder...

It kinda does, and it looks like all his rotors still fold up nice and neat

I'm fairly certain that the rotor is one solid piece. The blades can move just like the original but that's it. Also the front of vortex is the same, there's no remolding

Yeah, with the close-up pics of the grey prototypes (which were not there when I initially commented) they chopper nose looks like the same as on Alpha Bravo. And now that I look at that color pic, it looks like it is smooshed vertically, making the nose look longer and sharper than I bet it really is.

[bvzxa]

...and it's still better than Hasbro offering.

[Sabrblade]

Wait a sec, guys. There's something very peculiar about what we see in these pics. Why are all of the Combaticons in these pics, instead of just the Blast Off figures, still in the gray prototype stage at this point? Four of them should all be done by this point since they're all just straight redecos of finished molds (though, Vorter's/Vortex's rotor is a retool, but you get the picture).

Back when we first saw pics of UW Guardian (Defensor), all four of his completed molds were fully colored, either in Hasbro colors as placeholders or hand-painted samples in the finalized Takara decos, while the Groove mold was still a gray prototype.

It doesn't really make sense for these UW versions of Onslaught, Brawl, Swindle, and Vorter/Vortex to all be gray prototypes like Blast Off since those four toys are all preexisting finished molds. They ought to be either the Hasbro versions as placeholders or Takara-deco-painted samples.

I can't think of any real reason for those four to still be incomplete... unless... unless Takara's doing some tooling changes to all of those molds for their UW release, rather than just simply redecoing them (I know it's not likely, yeah, but nor is it impossible).

[Deadput]

...and it's still better than Hasbro offering.

Maybe for Blastoff but the rest are hardly different or have worse choices.


The blue and the rotor on Vortex look bad the rotor is cool on Bruticus but it's not going to look good in bot mode for Vortex and I think Vortex looks a lot like movie Incinerator more so then G1 Vortex.



Brawl and Swindle are probably the same as Hasbro outside of some arguably fancier paint.


Onslaught looks pretty bad with the really bright cartoon colors and that brown Bruticus colors on him in bot mode and truck mode in other words he is too blue and the brown is executed awfully.




The best choice would be a mix between Hasbro and Takara with Hasbro Onslaught and Vortex with the rest using Takara versions although Brawl and Swindle wont suffer from using Hasbro's colors.

[bvzxa]

...and it's still better than Hasbro offering.

Maybe for Blastoff but the rest are hardly different or have worse choices.


The blue and the rotor on Vortex look bad the rotor is cool on Bruticus but it's not going to look good in bot mode for Vortex and I think Vortex looks a lot like movie Incinerator more so then G1 Vortex.



Brawl and Swindle are probably the same as Hasbro outside of some arguably fancier paint.


Onslaught looks pretty bad with the really bright cartoon colors and that brown Bruticus colors on him in bot mode and truck mode in other words he is too blue and the brown is executed awfully.




The best choice would be a mix between Hasbro and Takara with Hasbro Onslaught and Vortex with the rest using Takara versions although Brawl and Swindle wont suffer from using Hasbro's colors.

...and...all of this is YOUR opinion.

[fenrir72]

Wait a sec, guys. There's something very peculiar about what we see in these pics. Why are all of the Combaticons in these pics, instead of just the Blast Off figures, still in the gray prototype stage at this point? Four of them should all be done by this point since they're all just straight redecos of finished molds (though, Vorter's/Vortex's rotor is a retool, but you get the picture).

Back when we first saw pics of UW Guardian (Defensor), all four of his completed molds were fully colored, either in Hasbro colors as placeholders or hand-painted samples in the finalized Takara decos, while the Groove mold was still a gray prototype.

It doesn't really make sense for these UW versions of Onslaught, Brawl, Swindle, and Vorter/Vortex to all be gray prototypes like Blast Off since those four toys are all preexisting finished molds. They ought to be either the Hasbro versions as placeholders or Takara-deco-painted samples.

I can't think of any real reason for those four to still be incomplete... unless... unless Takara's doing some tooling changes to all of those molds for their UW release, rather than just simply redecoing them (I know it's not likely, yeah, but nor is it impossible).

Maybe some retooling to be announced like the UW Devstar?

[Hero Alpha]

It does look like Swindle's rims/wheels are remolded and painted. That or the paint makes a huge difference.

[Deadput]

...and...all of this is YOUR opinion.

So?


Saying "It's your opinion" isn't saying anything new nor is it a good argument.



All I'm saying is that bright 80's cartoon colors is not always the best choice and can turn out bad sometimes.

[Deadput]

Wait a sec, guys. There's something very peculiar about what we see in these pics. Why are all of the Combaticons in these pics, instead of just the Blast Off figures, still in the gray prototype stage at this point? Four of them should all be done by this point since they're all just straight redecos of finished molds (though, Vorter's/Vortex's rotor is a retool, but you get the picture).

Back when we first saw pics of UW Guardian (Defensor), all four of his completed molds were fully colored, either in Hasbro colors as placeholders or hand-painted samples in the finalized Takara decos, while the Groove mold was still a gray prototype.

It doesn't really make sense for these UW versions of Onslaught, Brawl, Swindle, and Vorter/Vortex to all be gray prototypes like Blast Off since those four toys are all preexisting finished molds. They ought to be either the Hasbro versions as placeholders or Takara-deco-painted samples.

I can't think of any real reason for those four to still be incomplete... unless... unless Takara's doing some tooling changes to all of those molds for their UW release, rather than just simply redecoing them (I know it's not likely, yeah, but nor is it impossible).

Maybe it's to uniformly go alongside Blast Off or something like that or it's a business thing.

[ZeroWolf]

Is It me or do vortex's rotor blades look longer now?

I agree that a mix of hasbro and takara would result in the best brutuicus (not the most accurate but most pleasing to the eye)

There's no reason to bash the hasbro one, I mean we all have a choice between two great toys, so no reason to be overly negative

[Deadput]

Is It me or do vortex's rotor blades look longer now?

Do you mean are the new 4 bladed rotors shorter or are you confusing it for Vortex having shorter 2 rotor blades?

[fenrir72]

...and...all of this is YOUR opinion.

So?


Saying "It's your opinion" isn't saying anything new nor is it a good argument.



All I'm saying is that bright 80's cartoon colors is not always the best choice and can turn out bad sometimes.

There never will be the "perfect" version. Same with UW Guardian and Hb Defensor. TT seems to be going for the cartoon motiff. So if got deep pockets, get both and mix and match.

[Evil Eye]

HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE

These all look fantastic. And if they ARE retooling all the figures...Brawl's turret might actually rotate!

[Deadput]

HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE

These all look fantastic. And if they ARE retooling all the figures...Brawl's turret might actually rotate!

I don't think the turret will rotate if it was something that could of been done normally it would of been in the Hasbro version it's not like different paint or completely new molding like the Vortex rotors and the new Groove and Blastoff molds.