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[Hellscream9999]

All so awesome looking, yet so hollow! Shame!

What's hollow, I can assure you both combiners are quite dense

[Sowndwave76]

Wouldn't it be wild if Hasbro did eventually release the space shuttle version of Blast Off, perhaps for next year's "May Mayhem" event, and it had a much more cartoon accurate (read: darker brown) paint job than Takara's?

Yes. Yes it would.

And yes, yes I would buy it!!!!

[Cyberpath]

http://takaratomymall.jp/img/goods/4904810862536/comic.pdf

[Kurona]

Courtesy of fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath, we now have the full pack-in comic for Unite Warriors Lynx Master, by Hayato Sakamoto. While not yet translated it tells the story of how Sky Lynx and his team came to be a combiner while involving past Unite Warriors releases. It also hints at a possible Unite Warriors Victorion in the future.

In addition, fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade has written up a rather comprehensive synopsis to give some clarity for non-Japanese-reading viewers.

Let's see, Cybertron gets blown up in the year 2011 during The Headmasters cartoon. Sky Lynx and the other four Autobots (with Ratchet somehow not dead, Wheeljack already got an explanation for his being alive) arriving to find the planet destroyed, much to their horror. They find Sunstreaker and Ironhide (who's also somehow alive again) in bad shape, as well as the shambled remains of Vector Sigma, who upgrades Sky Lynx and the other four who came with him into their UW bodies.

Ten years later, 2021, Cybertron's back in business but attacked by the recently-created Grand Galvatron. Marissa Faireborn and her daughter Sue bear witness to this alongside UW Ironhide. Trailbreaker puts up some resistance with his force field, which, from the looks of it, manages to detach Grand Galvatron's arms from his torso. Wheeljack uses the "Immobilizer V2" to disable Ghost Starscream. And Hound uses his holograms to trick Zombie War Breakdown into thinking Curse Armada Thrust is Medic Knock Out.

Down below, in the Oracle chamber first seen in Beast Machines, Ratchet works on either the dead Convoy or a new body for him (can't tell which) in front of the Oracle, within which lies Vector Sigma in its new Bw Eggbot redeco body that would have come with the Million Publishing Alpha Trion redeco of the Generations Scourge toy had that gotten released. Wandering Roller bursts in aiming to destroy Convoy, but Sky Lynx subdues him. The rest of Grand Galvatron's components burst in and are met by Sky Lynx's team.

Grand Galvatron and Lynx Master are formed and duke it out in the chamber. Lynx Master uses Hound's hologram fist to make multiples of himself, but Grand Galvatron overcomes this trick and blasts the real Lynx Master. As the battered Lynx Master lies on the ground at Grand Galvatron's mercy, he uses his Ratchet foot to heal his injuries and bites back at Grand Galvatron.

Elsewhere, five Decepticons stand in the shadow, all appearing to be the Victorion molds minus Rust Dust. According to this, their leader, the one based on Pyra Magna's mold, muses the following of the situation to the others: "As the wife of the Lord of Destruction, this cannot be ignored."

[Sabrblade]

Let's see, Cybertron gets blown up in the year 2011 during The Headmasters cartoon. Sky Lynx and the other four Autobots (with Ratchet somehow not dead, Wheeljack already got an explanation for his being alive) arriving to find the planet destroyed, much to their horror. They find Sunstreaker and Ironhide (who's also somehow alive again) in bad shape, as well as the shambled remains of Vector Sigma, who upgrades Sky Lynx and the other four who came with him into their UW bodies.

Ten years later, 2021, Cybertron's back in business but attacked by the recently-created Grand Galvatron. Marissa Faireborn and her daughter Sue bear witness to this alongside UW Ironhide. Trailbreaker puts up some resistance with his force field, which, from the looks of it, manages to detach Grand Galvatron's arms from his torso. Wheeljack uses the "Immobilizer V2" to disable Ghost Starscream. And Hound uses his holograms to trick Zombie War Breakdown into thinking Curse Armada Thrust is Medic Knock Out.

Down below, in the Oracle chamber first seen in Beast Machines, Ratchet works on either the dead Convoy or a new body for him (can't tell which) in front of the Oracle, within which lies Vector Sigma in its new Bw Eggbot redeco body that would have come with the Million Publishing Alpha Trion redeco of the Generations Scourge toy had that gotten released. Wandering Roller bursts in aiming to destroy Convoy, but Sky Lynx subdues him. The rest of Grand Galvatron's components burst in and are met by Sky Lynx's team.

Grand Galvatron and Lynx Master are formed and duke it out in the chamber. Lynx Master uses Hound's hologram fist to make multiples of himself, but Grand Galvatron overcomes this trick and blasts the real Lynx Master. As the battered Lynx Master lies on the ground at Grand Galvatron's mercy, he uses his Ratchet foot to heal his injuries and bites back at Grand Galvatron.

Elsewhere, five Decepticons stand in the shadow, all appearing to be the Victorion molds minus Rust Dust. According to this, their leader, the one based on Pyra Magna's mold, muses the following of the situation to the others: "Oh my, my... as the Emperor of Destruction's wife... I can't ignore this. Let them have a taste of the force of the 5 of us."

[xMXUx]

five Decepticons stand in the shadow, all appearing to be the Victorion molds minus Rust Dust

Now that's rather interesting. If TT releases an evil Victorion, I might have to pick her up.

[o.supreme]

five Decepticons stand in the shadow, all appearing to be the Victorion molds minus Rust Dust

Now that's rather interesting. If TT releases an evil Victorion, I might have to pick her up.

=HOPE this will get released

Vector Sigma in its new Bw Eggbot redeco body that would have come with the Million Publishing Alpha Trion redeco of the Generations Scourge toy had that gotten released.

=SKEPTICISM it might not

So I am left neutral if/until we see another silhouette from TF Yuki hopefully not long after Bruticus comes out

[steals_your_goats]

I'll take one evil Victorion in black, purple and teal(maybe yellow? What's a good third evil color?) please.

[o.supreme]

What's a good third evil color

Silver or Gray typically goes well with Black & Purple. But conversely, I'd also like to see Black/Red/Gold (think Black Zarak) if they could somehow avoid GPS.

But that would be interesting to see five Decepticon females, as opposed to the several already established female Autobots.

[Sigma Magnus]

Wow, now that they have the 'standard' combiners out of the way, they're really going nuts with this.
And I like it.

[Kurona]

What's a good third evil color

Silver or Gray typically goes well with Black & Purple. But conversely, I'd also like to see Black/Red/Gold (think Black Zarak) if they could somehow avoid GPS.

But that would be interesting to see five Decepticon females, as opposed to the several already established female Autobots.

They've been able to avoid GPS for like, 15 years straight now

[Fireback]

First off- Shajaki & Co. etc. did A WONDERFUL JOB putting this together..


- Now looking at the comparison's My man SWINDLE- Purple Hood is more G1 blah, blah, outside of that; Which I Never Liked anyway, Hasbro killed it here. Not that Takara version is bad, the figure period is EXCELLENT! I'll argue SWINDLE Hasbro is BEST Deluxe Bot/figure Ever. Its Solid, Award needed!

Plus SWINDLE is the Best part of UTILITARIAN regardless.

- BLASTOFF definitely goes to Takara it looks so much better in Gestalt (Where he will stay).

- VORTEX is A Toss-up because in bot mode Takara win's easily, but in Alt. mode definitely goes to Hasbro; thus It looks better in Gestalt. So Hasbro wins 2 out of 3, but still 50/50.

- BRAWL is another SOLID Deluxe figure, an as much as like the Black legs- That Takara Head is to much! Thus, winner here is Hasbro.

- ONSLAUGHT is another tough one. Although Hasbro is more G1 Accurate something about them color's make him look cheap in bot mode. And although Takara's also look's better in Gestalt; I can't forgive how stupid the Takara Alt. mode looks! Winner again goes too Hasbro.

So as much as I Love Bruticus and Hasbro as of late (even though I still have yet to see VORTEX in any phucking store// I live in A major Metropolitan area); I think the Make Toys version from almost A decade back is more of A proper, contemporary UTILITARIAN. That version gives BRUTICUS his UTILITARIAN moniker/nickname with gusto. If ya want to do that with the Combiner Wars model(s) you need to mix & match. And IMO it's still alittle.

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That's my bottom line besides THE FACT that The 1987 G1 FEET LOOK BETTER than this standard CW sht!!! Ya know, WtF who said "Yea, Yea, Let's go with these as Feet/shoes they can be double purposed as Particle Quad-cannon's. PHUCKING SO STUPID! You have to buy the upgrade kit, otherwise they All Look just trashy! In 2016 that's very Disappointing!

[TF-fan kev777]

Wow, a 5 female Decepticon combiner is very intriguing. Takara can use all 5 new heads, and likely get a better color scheme. I WANT!!! The only potential drawback for me is actually the comic. It seems like the new combiner comic would be extension of the sky lynx one as opposed to those hilarious ones that come with the Legends line, that would be the icing on the cake for me.

[SG Roadbuster]

"As the wife of the Lord of Destruction, this cannot be ignored."
Calling it now, "Pyra Magna" is gonna be Esmeral, wife of Deathsaurus
and if Dustup doesn't become Nightbird i'll eat my hat.
i could see the helicopter twins being turned into Airachnid, Bayonette, or Swift
Jumpstream could become Nightracer, Crash Test, or Shadow Striker

[Gearslide]

Well, if it's 5 Decepticon ladies, chances are that Dustup's gonna be redecoed into Nightbird. The head mold almost seems pre-tooled for it. The other four, I couldn't fathom a guess.

[Kurona]

Weird thing is, the other car's head is a dead ringer for Arcee, so... that's gonna be an even weirder one.

[o.supreme]

Blackarachnia & Airachnid as the twin Helicopters? Just a random thought...

[dragons]

five Decepticons stand in the shadow, all appearing to be the Victorion molds minus Rust Dust

Now that's rather interesting. If TT releases an evil Victorion, I might have to pick her up.

they are nice figures but colors of figures in combined mode should be intersting to see

[shajaki]

First off- Shajaki & Co. etc. did A WONDERFUL JOB putting this together..

Thanks!
What'd I do?

Anyways, this is super exciting. I mean, we've already seen Victorion in the worst colors so we can only go up from here right?

[william-james88]

Anyways, this is super exciting. I mean, we've already seen Victorion in the worst colors so we can only go up from here right?

[Gearslide]

Blackarachnia & Airachnid as the twin Helicopters? Just a random thought...

Hmm. That could work, in a way? Go with that I would predict:

Pyra Magna = Esmeral (Are there any color images of Esmeral?)
Stormclash/Skyburst = Blackarachnia/Airachnid
Dustup = Nightbird
Jumpstream = Evil Arcee or maybe Flamewar? Does Flamewar have ANY presence in the Japanese TF Fandom?

And all of those would have a deep violet color to unify the color sceme pretty well.

[Evil Eye]

...Potential Decepticon Victorion retool? Now you have my attention. If that does come out I might get it and just never combine them. I'll have to see how they've been retooled though.

[steals_your_goats]

...Potential Decepticon Victorion retool? Now you have my attention. If that does come out I might get it and just never combine them. I'll have to see how they've been retooled though.

They won't be retooled at all judging from the comic. Best thing is they'll have a new deco but that's it.

[Kurona]

So on the speculation of this being Esmeral...



Can't say I see the resemblance. Like, at all.
I mean it'd be cool if instead of generic teary-eyed waif they made her a burly built badass, but I'm not entirely confident that's gonna be the case.

[william-james88]

...Potential Decepticon Victorion retool? Now you have my attention. If that does come out I might get it and just never combine them. I'll have to see how they've been retooled though.

They won't be retooled at all judging from the comic. Best thing is they'll have a new deco but that's it.

Yeah I second that. The whole idea is that Takara would be using the already existing tooling to release it in japan.