The Energon Pub

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Hey guys... the UW Devastator has ratcheted shoulders!!!!

Ok, so barring the slight deco differences, here is the main differences in the molding (gotten from Gepard on TFW):


-New elbows/lower arms on Scrapper, Mixmaser, Long Haul, and Hook.
-New combiner head.
-New knees/thighs on Bonecrusher and Scavenger.
-New waist joints on Bonecrusher and Scavenger for combiner mode shoulder ratchets.
-New G1 accurate guns for each robot.

That sounds amazing. I think I made the right choice waiting for this version instead of going for the Hasbro version. It's been a major test of patience but the wait is nearly over.

Same here!!! =D

[william-james88]

That sounds amazing. I think I made the right choice waiting for this version instead of going for the Hasbro version. It's been a major test of patience but the wait is nearly over.

Me too. I would have never bought Hasbro Devastator at his full price, it didn't seem worth it when takara's was the same price and I would only have to pay the shipping. But when Hasbro's started getting good sales, it became really hard. 150$ for Takara makes sense, but so did 100$ for Hasbro (plus shipping/taxes for either). So I was really torn on that. However part of me knows that I would have never felt happy with Hasbro's Scrapper knowing there was a much better one out there.

[RAR]

150$ for Takara makes sense, but so did 100$ for Hasbro (plus shipping/taxes for either). So I was really torn on that. However part of me knows that I would have never felt happy with Hasbro's Scrapper knowing there was a much better one out there.

I guess there is some decent enough Upgrades for the Hasbro set but you are not likely to get the guns with that and - you might still want to consider some repro-labels to add the missing details - if you are the kind of person who like chevrons on their Constructicons (I do).

So if there is much chance of you wanting to keep the Constructicon in individual mode then I would guess that the Takara one makes a lot more sense - for simple display the Hasbro or SDCC one is fine I guess.

To be honest I've more or less discounted the Hasbro one for the time being short of a heavy sale as I'm not really feeling Longhaul's design much compared to the others - and I have some concerns about stability and build quality on the set. I'd likely go in on another 3rd party set sometime.

I think Hasbro's Devastator is perhaps a little to big when combined and I'm not a fan of the skinny looking tiny head either.

That said the individual robots look OK in some cases and as a cheap and dirty purchase I'd consider them... even though there is clearly 100 things I can spend my money on that offer greater personal satisfaction.

Satisfaction wise I'd put Devastator not much off par with your average Constructbot - as like them you pay to much for them - you feel well ripped-off - However if you get them super cheap they are kinda delightful.

[Nemesis Maximo]

Guys, I finally preordered mine while the preordering was good. Words cannot describe...I'm more excited for this guy than I am for Star Wars, and that's saying a lot.

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Just to let you guys know, someone posted a video of them showing off UW Devastator with some classical music playing in the background.

[Autobot N]

For those of us who couldn't bring ourselves to watch Felzbug's review of UW-03 (I certainly couldn't), here is a review of just Groove (and the rest of Guardian at the end) by Peaugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0xJjcHZ-NA

[Agamemnon]

For those of us who couldn't bring ourselves to watch Felzbug's review of UW-03 (I certainly couldn't), here is a review of just Groove (and the rest of Guardian at the end) by Peaugh.

Thanks! I thought I'd embed it for convenience sake. (Quote me so you can see how I did it, if you want. )

[william-james88]

Dear William M,

this is the confirmation email that the following item/s

Transformers Unite Warriors UW-04 Devastator
has been shipped for you!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Don't kill me or anything but: Hasbro Defensor is still better to me. I do not like the robot mode on the Groove and It looks too skinny as a leg. The legends Groove looks so much better to me.

Now, this mold makes a good looking arm, and if Computron comes, AFterburner would be an arm, so he would work there, but to me he just doesn't work as good as he could

[Autobot Roadburn]

Don't kill me or anything but: Hasbro Defensor is still better to me. I do not like the robot mode on the Groove and It looks too skinny as a leg. The legends Groove looks so much better to me.

Now, this mold makes a good looking arm, and if Computron comes, AFterburner would be an arm, so he would work there, but to me he just doesn't work as good as he could

I agree, especially since I got half his limbs cheap on Cyber Monday and I'm super picky about scale. Not that every other limb vehicle scales well, but I prefer small motorcycles.

[Hellscream9999]

Don't kill me or anything but: Hasbro Defensor is still better to me. I do not like the robot mode on the Groove and It looks too skinny as a leg. The legends Groove looks so much better to me.

Now, this mold makes a good looking arm, and if Computron comes, AFterburner would be an arm, so he would work there, but to me he just doesn't work as good as he could

I agree, especially since I got half his limbs cheap on Cyber Monday and I'm super picky about scale. Not that every other limb vehicle scales well, but I prefer small motorcycles.

Plus all that gorgeous molded detail gets glossed over in the uw verison

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Don't kill me or anything but: Hasbro Defensor is still better to me. I do not like the robot mode on the Groove and It looks too skinny as a leg. The legends Groove looks so much better to me.

Now, this mold makes a good looking arm, and if Computron comes, AFterburner would be an arm, so he would work there, but to me he just doesn't work as good as he could

I agree, especially since I got half his limbs cheap on Cyber Monday and I'm super picky about scale. Not that every other limb vehicle scales well, but I prefer small motorcycles.

Plus all that gorgeous molded detail gets glossed over in the uw verison

Yeah, this is a case where Takara was not better to me

[Autobot Roadburn]

Don't kill me or anything but: Hasbro Defensor is still better to me. I do not like the robot mode on the Groove and It looks too skinny as a leg. The legends Groove looks so much better to me.

Now, this mold makes a good looking arm, and if Computron comes, AFterburner would be an arm, so he would work there, but to me he just doesn't work as good as he could

I agree, especially since I got half his limbs cheap on Cyber Monday and I'm super picky about scale. Not that every other limb vehicle scales well, but I prefer small motorcycles.

Plus all that gorgeous molded detail gets glossed over in the uw verison

That too. I like the blue on the Takara Hot Spot and I like the blue on Defensor's chest to break up all the black, but the lack of detail hurts it and the tiny Groove helps break up the chest a lot better than I would have thought.

[fenrir72]

Dear William M,

this is the confirmation email that the following item/s

Transformers Unite Warriors UW-04 Devastator
has been shipped for you!

Izzat Jim Parsons? Bad thing about the season, delivery unless FedEx or otherwise will be slow and the customs are all hot on the tax.

[King Kuuga]

I'm still waiting to see UW Groove on Hasbro Defensor, with or without Legends Groove as a chestplate, and of course, the all Groove versions of both. Groove as all four limbs and a chestplate.

[Hellscream9999]

Don't kill me or anything but: Hasbro Defensor is still better to me. I do not like the robot mode on the Groove and It looks too skinny as a leg. The legends Groove looks so much better to me.

Now, this mold makes a good looking arm, and if Computron comes, AFterburner would be an arm, so he would work there, but to me he just doesn't work as good as he could

I agree, especially since I got half his limbs cheap on Cyber Monday and I'm super picky about scale. Not that every other limb vehicle scales well, but I prefer small motorcycles.

Plus all that gorgeous molded detail gets glossed over in the uw verison

That too. I like the blue on the Takara Hot Spot and I like the blue on Defensor's chest to break up all the black, but the lack of detail hurts it and the tiny Groove helps break up the chest a lot better than I would have thought.

You know what really gets me? It's that hasbro went out of their way to paint defensor's chest detail, when they wanted you to buy groove to cover it all up, while UW defensor is left completely unpainted/detailed since you (are supposed to) leave him bare-chested. Hasbro's defensor, by all rights, should have been the one to have an all black chest, but they didn't, they went out of their way to give it layered detail (layered once groove is attached); perhaps that's why none of the members have painted rims

[william-james88]

Izzat Jim Parsons? Bad thing about the season, delivery unless FedEx or otherwise will be slow and the customs are all hot on the tax.

I only had EMS as an option so it shouldnt be too long. And I went with a site that could lower the claimed value for customs so that it doesnt raise to much attention.

[mooncake623]

Thanks to Site Sponsor Robotkingdom, we get a first look at the Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-04 Devastator's Asian Exclusive Coin! Check it out below, and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

[Agamemnon]

I'm still waiting to see UW Groove on Hasbro Defensor, with or without Legends Groove as a chestplate, and of course, the all Groove versions of both. Groove as all four limbs and a chestplate.

If no one does it first, I'll post a pic of leg Groove with Chest Groove on Hasbro Defensor. However, sorry, but my accountant will rip out something important in my chassis if I bought 4 UW Defensors...

[kurthy]

Anyone know how long it typically takes BBTS to get theirritated stock in? I'm getting antsy and if I could order through Robot Kingdom or another exporter and have it here before Christmas, that sounds better than playing the waiting game through BBTS. I've never done a preorder before for a Takara release.

[King Kuuga]

I'm still waiting to see UW Groove on Hasbro Defensor, with or without Legends Groove as a chestplate, and of course, the all Groove versions of both. Groove as all four limbs and a chestplate.

If no one does it first, I'll post a pic of leg Groove with Chest Groove on Hasbro Defensor. However, sorry, but my accountant will rip out something important in my chassis if I bought 4 UW Defensors...

Haha, totally understandable. I don't really expect anybody here to actually get four UW Defensors, especially for that purpose. At best, it's going to take some photoshop trickery.

[mooncake623]

Anyone know how long it typically takes BBTS to get theirritated stock in? I'm getting antsy and if I could order through Robot Kingdom or another exporter and have it here before Christmas, that sounds better than playing the waiting game through BBTS. I've never done a preorder before for a Takara release.

Get it from here if you want it before Christmas. Use EMS and it'll be here in a week. combined with EMS shipping it'll still be slightly cheaper then BBTS depending on the exchange rate.

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-012326&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Ddevastar%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

[Hellscream9999]

I'm still waiting to see UW Groove on Hasbro Defensor, with or without Legends Groove as a chestplate, and of course, the all Groove versions of both. Groove as all four limbs and a chestplate.

If no one does it first, I'll post a pic of leg Groove with Chest Groove on Hasbro Defensor. However, sorry, but my accountant will rip out something important in my chassis if I bought 4 UW Defensors...

You could just photoshop the pic yuki posted of uw defensor with 4 bigrooves attached...

[william-james88]

Photoshping wouldnt be too tough, we do have this to start us off:




And this was already done:

[Sabrblade]

I'm still waiting to see UW Groove on Hasbro Defensor, with or without Legends Groove as a chestplate, and of course, the all Groove versions of both. Groove as all four limbs and a chestplate.

If no one does it first, I'll post a pic of leg Groove with Chest Groove on Hasbro Defensor. However, sorry, but my accountant will rip out something important in my chassis if I bought 4 UW Defensors...

Haha, totally understandable. I don't really expect anybody here to actually get four UW Defensors, especially for that purpose. At best, it's going to take some photoshop trickery.

There's one such pic that was posted several times in this thread previously: