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[D-Maximal_Primal]

Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much

Why? My figures have to actually look nice, that includes a well laid out deco, something TT has not done well for their last 4/5 combiners

My spidey sense is telling me that the deco on this one will be pretty awesome layout wise. I'm feeling some hard, good efforts to round out unite warriors here

[Hellscream9999]

Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much

Why? My figures have to actually look nice, that includes a well laid out deco, something TT has not done well for their last 4/5 combiners

My spidey sense is telling me that the deco on this one will be pretty awesome layout wise. I'm feeling some hard, good efforts to round out unite warriors here

I'll believe it when I see it, but based on his show appearance, my expectations are staggeringly low

[Crosscheck]

Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much

Why? My figures have to actually look nice, that includes a well laid out deco, something TT has not done well for their last 4/5 combiners

Considering that Computron is largely just a red and orange blob, I am not overly concerned.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much

Why? My figures have to actually look nice, that includes a well laid out deco, something TT has not done well for their last 4/5 combiners

My spidey sense is telling me that the deco on this one will be pretty awesome layout wise. I'm feeling some hard, good efforts to round out unite warriors here

I'll believe it when I see it, but based on his show appearance, my expectations are staggeringly low

Have some faith Mi Amigo. We shall see soon enough what techno-awesome we have to deal with.

[Alpha Dominus]

This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

[X3ROhour]

[D-Maximal_Primal]

This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

See, that's a thing here. I do not have this mold, and the way they did it from Blastoff is incredible and very well pulled off. While I thought Air Raid was the best choice, and we shall see when hasbro actually shows off their technobots individually (hopefully this weekend), I really do like the ingenuity and the engineering behind it.

[megatronus]

Strafe looks better than Blast Off! I wonder who was (truly) the remold of whom...

[Deadput]

This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

Yeah this time it's a lazy Blast Off retool amazing right?


I mean wow the whole Takara Computron is just a bunch of retools but must be so much better then Hasblow's even if we have not seen it am I right guys?

[Wolfman Jake]

Will this be Takara's last hurrah for the Unite Warriors line, or do they still have some more left in the tank? Hasbro is allegedly attempting Leo Kaiser. I would hope Takara would be up to the challenge to do it RIGHT with six team members instead of Hasbro's awkward five component version.

[megatronus]

This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

Yeah this time it's a lazy Blast Off retool amazing right?

What's lazy about it?

[Hellscream9999]

This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

Because we've seen so many aeriabot retools...?

[Deadput]

What's lazy about it?

I don't know how is an Aerialbot retool more lazy then a Space shuttle retool?

[Deadput]

Will this be Takara's last hurrah for the Unite Warriors line, or do they still have some more left in the tank? Hasbro is allegedly attempting Leo Kaiser. I would hope Takara would be up to the challenge to do it RIGHT with six team members instead of Hasbro's awkward five component version.

Despite then fact that they have not done six members which can't be possible in the combiner wars format unless one of them is a legends figure which Takara does not pack with their combiners.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Strafe looks better than Blast Off! I wonder who was (truly) the remold of whom...

I think both work equally as well as each other. Blastoff looked a bit funky but this looks amazing and sleek and right. Kinda hard to tell, really is...

What's lazy about it?

I don't know how is an Aerialbot retool more lazy then a Space shuttle retool?

If defense here, the Aerialbots were used several times. The Firefly mold was used 3 times (Fire, sling, Blast) and this mold has only been used once. and this is a complete reshell, not just a change of head. That makes this very unique, like Nosecone being an extensive retool of Rook. Both pull it off and are using lesser used versions of molds (the jeep descendants of Rook are very different from him and now Nosecone)

[Deadput]

If defense here, the Aerialbots were used several times. The Firefly mold was used 3 times (Fire, sling, Blast) and this mold has only been used once. and this is a complete reshell, not just a change of head. That makes this very unique, like Nosecone being an extensive retool of Rook. Both pull it off and are using lesser used versions of molds (the jeep descendants of Rook are very different from him and now Nosecone)

It's a retool no matter how you spin it who cares how many times it has been used that is not the point.

I will never understand people's disdain over them nor the content boot licking Takara receives I don't hate Takara I hate the comparing between it and Hasbro and the poor reasoning of why Hasbro is always crap because it always is I mean when they try something new (Alpha Bravo) they get called a greedy uncaring company who just want your cash.

Yeah Takara has better paint or might get something done better but it does not mean that Hasbro is lazy.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

If defense here, the Aerialbots were used several times. The Firefly mold was used 3 times (Fire, sling, Blast) and this mold has only been used once. and this is a complete reshell, not just a change of head. That makes this very unique, like Nosecone being an extensive retool of Rook. Both pull it off and are using lesser used versions of molds (the jeep descendants of Rook are very different from him and now Nosecone)

It's a retool no matter how you spin it who cares how many times it has been used that is not the point.

I will never understand people's disdain over them nor the content boot licking Takara receives I don't hate Takara I hate the comparing between it and Hasbro and the poor reasoning of why Hasbro is always crap because it always is I mean when they try something new (Alpha Bravo) they get called a greedy uncaring company.

Yeah Takara has better paint or might get something done better but it does not mean that Hasbro is lazy.

Yes, it is a retool, but it is a retool of a mold used far less frequently. You should know I'm not one of the hard takara guys as I only own 2 takara things and have said before that Hasbro has done better paint wise with several of their combiners. And a reshell is usually much more exciting than a simple new head.

And while Hasbro has done some new stuff and also cut down on price, Takara has done some amazing things. Groove, Blastoff, Strafe, all guys that are new molds that we never got (save now we seem to be getting Groove) and that is exciting. mold fatigue took over us at the end of CW, and there was potential for more stuff to be done to multiple combiners (Devastator for instance) that hasbro just didn't do, which is disappointing. This is just showing it with how far Takara is going the extra mile. To me, this combiner has 2 brand new molds and all 6 have new heads and (save Lightspeed) brand new tooling too to make them more unique. There was potential, and while the hasbro offerings have been no where near bad, speaking from having all of them save Sky Lynx to date, it's just there is proof of the extra mile not taken

[Nemesis Maximo]

Mother of God, he's beautiful. It looks like a **** spaceship!!! And I love it sooooooooo much!!!

Cheese and whiskers, he's Blast Off backwards!

Off Blast?
Ffo Tsalb?
Muffle On?

No man, it's ffO tsalB.

Sabr, when you said that, I did a double take and started checking the altmode for how it all works out. When an couldnt figure out where his feet were in spaceship mode, Imlooked at his robot mode to get a better idea of how his feet look; that's when I realized he doesn't have a DD bust size.

Seriously, he is unrecognizeable as a Blast Off reshell.

[Wolfman Jake]

Will this be Takara's last hurrah for the Unite Warriors line, or do they still have some more left in the tank? Hasbro is allegedly attempting Leo Kaiser. I would hope Takara would be up to the challenge to do it RIGHT with six team members instead of Hasbro's awkward five component version.

Despite then fact that they have not done six members which can't be possible in the combiner wars format unless one of them is a legends figure which Takara does not pack with their combiners.

They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

[Bounti76]

Will this be Takara's last hurrah for the Unite Warriors line, or do they still have some more left in the tank? Hasbro is allegedly attempting Leo Kaiser. I would hope Takara would be up to the challenge to do it RIGHT with six team members instead of Hasbro's awkward five component version.

Despite then fact that they have not done six members which can't be possible in the combiner wars format unless one of them is a legends figure which Takara does not pack with their combiners.

They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

True, but they don't go all out to that degree. They take what they can, rework it to be show accurate, but they don't completely change the structure of the combiner.

[Deadput]

They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

And this will never happen thier not going to create a whole new gimmick for one box set.

[Rainmaker]

I want Strafe, NAOW.

[Hellscream9999]

They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

And this will never happen thier not going to create a whole new gimmick for one box set.

I'd say it's possible, but improbable. I'm not sure what the structure of their budget looks like, but as they just release the hasbro figures (for the most part) they may have built this into their budget

[D-Maximal_Primal]

They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

And this will never happen thier not going to create a whole new gimmick for one box set.

Never say never. There is a 3rd part Liokaiser being made right now, and Takara takes great pride in Liokaiser. I would not put it past them to create a new modern version. They do make takara-exclusive molds and combiners

[Bounti76]

They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

And this will never happen thier not going to create a whole new gimmick for one box set.

Never say never. There is a 3rd part Liokaiser being made right now, and Takara takes great pride in Liokaiser. I would not put it past them to create a new modern version. They do make takara-exclusive molds and combiners

Genuine question......since G1 ended in Japan in the early 90s, has Takara made any exclusive molds and/or combiners? Aside from Blast Off/Strafe, I genuinely can't think of any.