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Their team name being "Woman Destrons" is a counterpart reference to how Elita One's group in "The Search for Alpha Trion" was called the "Woman Cybertrons" in the Japanese version of that episode.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Repaint, Redeco, Remold, Retool, let's call the whole thing off. As long as the general intention of meaning is understood, there shouldn't be any problems.
Back to Megatronia, I find her title on the box a bit... surprising: "Woman Decepticon Warrior Combiner". What's more interesting is the Japanese title: ウーマンデストロン合体女兵士 (Ūmandesutoron gattai on'na heishi) or "Woman Destron Combined Woman Soldier". In other words, "Woman Decepticon/Destron" is the name of this particular sub-group.
It's a bit insulting, really...
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Their team name being "Woman Destrons" is a counterpart reference to how Elita One's group in "The Search for Alpha Trion" was called the "Woman Cybertrons" in the Japanese version of that episode.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Repaint, Redeco, Remold, Retool, let's call the whole thing off. As long as the general intention of meaning is understood, there shouldn't be any problems.
Back to Megatronia, I find her title on the box a bit... surprising: "Woman Decepticon Warrior Combiner". What's more interesting is the Japanese title: ウーマンデストロン合体女兵士 (Ūmandesutoron gattai on'na heishi) or "Woman Destron Combined Woman Soldier". In other words, "Woman Decepticon/Destron" is the name of this particular sub-group.
It's a bit insulting, really...
fenrir72 wrote:Mebbe they should be called "gynoid" instead. I might be the intent of the creators but you know how one word/context in Japanese means a lot of things.
Sowndwave76 wrote:I am starting to get impatient with TFSource...
Really thought I'd have UW Comp by now. Supposedly it's happening at the end of this month.
Sounds like this set is a big hit overall.
Not to mention, to save on shipping I'll be getting UW Brut in the same haul.
nycPrime wrote:Preordered my UW Computron from BBTS and it hasn't hit my POL yet. Though to be honest, I have ordered so much stuff in the last couple of months, I don't mind waiting a bit longer to give my wallet a break.
o.supreme wrote:nycPrime wrote:Preordered my UW Computron from BBTS and it hasn't hit my POL yet. Though to be honest, I have ordered so much stuff in the last couple of months, I don't mind waiting a bit longer to give my wallet a break.
I'm the same. Though to be fair I think BBTS had several rounds of pre-orders. Additionally I think mine was a cancellation that I just snatched up as I saw it was on pre-order long after it has been "out of stock" and I could only order one, so I may have literally gotten their last pre-order, unless someone else cancels.
nycPrime wrote:Exactly how I got mine
o.supreme wrote:nycPrime wrote:Exactly how I got mine
Were you also the same person who snatched up that one UW Bruticus they got in stock last week?
william-james88 wrote:Oh man that UW Computron is the best combiner wars/UW figure. Best torso, uses the Rook and Groove mold and its the only time that transforming the breakdown mold the right way actually looks like a nice block of colour rather than the underside of a car. If anyone is a fan of paint, they will love this set, it has paint by the gallons. Even 3/4 of the HFGs are painted.
And I found a col way to position the wheel in back of Afterburner so that it is exactly as it is in the cartoon and G1 toy:
Strafe has 4 ports in his forearm!
Dont know why he needs so many, 3 is already plenty
And the modular weapons are fun (and many are painted)
william-james88 wrote:Oh man that UW Computron is the best combiner wars/UW figure. Best torso, uses the Rook and Groove mold and its the only time that transforming the breakdown mold the right way actually looks like a nice block of colour rather than the underside of a car. If anyone is a fan of paint, they will love this set, it has paint by the gallons. Even 3/4 of the HFGs are painted.
And I found a col way to position the wheel in back of Afterburner so that it is exactly as it is in the cartoon and G1 toy:
Strafe has 4 ports in his forearm!
Dont know why he needs so many, 3 is already plenty
And the modular weapons are fun (and many are painted)
fenrir72 wrote:Pics of the wheels?
So worth the price of admission yes?
william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Pics of the wheels?
So worth the price of admission yes?
Oh definitely I am not a fan of the plastic used for Scattershot's wings and the way Strafe's head is attached is a little wierd, plus I would have liked the excess alt mode panels on the rook mold to fold into the forearm but thats about it for flaws.
Here is how Afterburner looks on the side
fenrir72 wrote:well nobody's perfectShould have been the most perfect of the gestalts.
william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:well nobody's perfectShould have been the most perfect of the gestalts.
Its still the best one (although I have a soft spot for Hasbro Bruticus for some reason, I really like the deco on all its members). But wait does that mean that Hasbro's Scattershot has different plastic for the wings? I will ask in the combiner wars thread.
And just curious, are there any pics of the correct way that Strafe and Afterburner look like as legs? Because if not,I will take those pics tonight.
Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?
william-james88 wrote:Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?
They can form little knives/stabbing weapons for Strafe to weild as well
Sigma Magnus wrote:No need, just ask me. How soft is the plastic on the wings?
Sigma Magnus wrote:...I mean, how soft are they on the UW release? The Hasbro ones are soft plastic, but still fairly sturdy.
william-james88 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:...I mean, how soft are they on the UW release? The Hasbro ones are soft plastic, but still fairly sturdy.
I can't bend it much (its not like RID Starcream's wings) but it feels very very light. It feels like the plastic they use on model kit sprues.
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