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News Credits: 461 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:20 am

Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:23 am

An impressive looking Octane about time he got some love.

Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:12 am

Very interesting. Unique Toys sure is upping their game since Predaking. Hope this one is about the same size as Hastak Blitzwing.

Will certainly be keeping an eye on this one.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

TFSource has it for preorder already(I guess they don't sleep).

21cm or 8.2 inches is the est height

News Credits: 4 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:26 am

Mkall wrote:TFSource has it for preorder already(I guess they don't sleep).

21cm or 8.2 inches is the est height

RobotKingdom and other sources below are also listing this toy as Masterpiece scale.

RobotKingdom facebook page wrote:Unique Toys Y-01 Provider(Masterpiece Size). Preorder Started!
By Robotkingdom · Updated 3 hours ago
Unique Toys Y-01 Provider(Masterpiece Size).
Preorder.
USD89.9
Available in May 2015.
http://www.robotkingdom.com/utdx9y01.html

Robotkingdom wrote:Product Description:
Preorder. Available in May 2015.

242m Tall in Robot Mode.

mm to inches site conversion wrote: 242mm = 9.5276in

TFW forum Member source info wrote:21 cm or 8.2" tall... that's about generations Blitzwing size.

Unique Toys - Y01 - Provider

Some info sources are saying this will be a 8.2 inches tall robot. While other sources like Robotkingdom are saying this will be 9.5 inches tall in robot height.

Either way I'm pleased with either heights as there big enough. At 8.2 inches tall this will be in perfect MP Seeker robot height. At MP 9.5 inches tall robot this will be in perfect MP-10 robot height. Think any MP Triple changer needs to be a head or Two taller than a HasTak MP Seeker. As the original cartoon showed Blitzwing and Astrotrain as taller than average and taller than the seekers.

Hoping all of these MM, CM and inches measurements that were provided by sources can now prevent the pages upon pages of toy scale speculations.

Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:47 am

Looks beautiful but over 8 inches is way too big. I wish 3rd parties would stop making adult collectibles on kiddie sizes. I dont have hands the size of a 7 year old that need to be accomodated with bigger toys. I would rather stick to thew classics scale and have my fugures scale together in cartoon accurate harmony while saving space at the same time.

News Credits: 461 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:27 am

Rated X wrote:Looks beautiful but over 8 inches is way too big. I wish 3rd parties would stop making adult collectibles on kiddie sizes. I dont have hands the size of a 7 year old that need to be accomodated with bigger toys. I would rather stick to thew classics scale and have my fugures scale together in cartoon accurate harmony while saving space at the same time.

Well the entire 3rd party fandom seems to disagree with you with what they want. Everyone wants MP style and size now.. Classics is pretty much dead to 3rd parties. I doubt we'll see a lot of new classics stuff reveals this year. It's either going to be all masterpiece style or something right in the middle that they want the fans to think they can put in either a classics shelf or a MP shelf.

Get ready to start shoehorning these things into your collection X

Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:55 am

8 inches?

Hmm . . . :-?

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:50 am

if it is about the same as Blitzwing, I'm in.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:53 am

Seems like this is one of those weird Classics / MP crossovers. The vehicle mode seems like it'd be in scale with Classics and the robot mode looks like it's Blitzwing size. But I guess we'll see.

News Credits: 33 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:04 pm

Nice ! all looks good apart from those wings #-o

I would like to see those fold in half , it's gonna be a pain to pose on the shelf .

Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:11 pm

rpetras wrote:if it is about the same as Blitzwing, I'm in.

Same, but damn I like how this one looks.

News Credits: 33 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:40 pm

mooncake623 wrote:
Rated X wrote:Looks beautiful but over 8 inches is way too big. I wish 3rd parties would stop making adult collectibles on kiddie sizes. I dont have hands the size of a 7 year old that need to be accomodated with bigger toys. I would rather stick to thew classics scale and have my fugures scale together in cartoon accurate harmony while saving space at the same time.

Well the entire 3rd party fandom seems to disagree with you with what they want. Everyone wants MP style and size now.. Classics is pretty much dead to 3rd parties. I doubt we'll see a lot of new classics stuff reveals this year. It's either going to be all masterpiece style or something right in the middle that they want the fans to think they can put in either a classics shelf or a MP shelf.

Get ready to start shoehorning these things into your collection X

Got to agree with moon on this 3rdp classics are getting a little thin these days .

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 2:45 pm

Autobot Genocide wrote:Nice ! all looks good apart from those wings

I would like to see those fold in half , it's gonna be a pain to pose on the shelf .

True, but it is very reminiscent to his G1 transform, so it works for me.

Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:50 pm

Unique Toys has done a masterful job of blending of all 3 modes. I can't wait to have a shelf with all 3 triple changers. I'm for Masterpiece all the way. Although I'm impressed with the distance and design of Classics, Masterpiece to me are works of art.

Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:08 pm

Not really a fan of this one at all. Maybe color pics will change my mind, but right now it doesn't interest me in the slightest.

Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:49 pm

mooncake623 wrote:
Rated X wrote:Looks beautiful but over 8 inches is way too big. I wish 3rd parties would stop making adult collectibles on kiddie sizes. I dont have hands the size of a 7 year old that need to be accomodated with bigger toys. I would rather stick to thew classics scale and have my fugures scale together in cartoon accurate harmony while saving space at the same time.

Well the entire 3rd party fandom seems to disagree with you with what they want. Everyone wants MP style and size now.. Classics is pretty much dead to 3rd parties. I doubt we'll see a lot of new classics stuff reveals this year. It's either going to be all masterpiece style or something right in the middle that they want the fans to think they can put in either a classics shelf or a MP shelf.

Get ready to start shoehorning these things into your collection X

I think the word "entire" is a little bit exaggerated. Several posters here have admitted they dont collect MP figures. Personally Im so over seasons 1-2 main characters. Im more into obscure characters and characters from the headmaster era and beyond. Plus the big size just flat out sucks in my opinion. Granted, theres not many characters that havent gotten a classics scale figure, but theres still plenty of leftovers. Fansproject and Maketoys seem to be very loyal to the classics fanbase. TFC as well even though I havent liked their latest offerings. Plus a few smaller companies are doing cool classics stuff. We just got an awesome transforming alpha trion and autobot clones. And MMC still seams to be gearing towards more classics scale figures. So I dont fear the invasion of the robot barbie dolls. I still stand by my comment that they could do the same MP style engineering but in classics scale. Faith Leader proved that ages ago. Not to mention the FP function x line. The upsizing is just an excuse to raise the price.

News Credits: 10 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:10 pm

NOS wrote:8 inches?

Hmm . . .

....

I'm not touching that one....

Wait, what? :oops:

While this one looks great, I think I'll stick with my Hasbro version. I don't really like the mas-shifting/scale issues with Broadside and Octane as characters... I do like how FP handled Broadside. If someone took a neo approach to Octane to do something better, I might bite.

But I do have to reiterate that this thing looks really good and would be awesome for a MP collection, I think...

Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:01 pm

Those wings are huge in robot mode, and the tank in tanker mode is much too small compared to the truck cab.

News Credits: 293 · Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:23 pm

looks pretty rockin. but just dipping my toes into the 3P MP pool, i dont know if i care enough.

News Credits: 122 · Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:30 am

Rated X wrote:I still stand by my comment that they could do the same MP style engineering but in classics scale. Faith Leader proved that ages ago.

Using the very first MP figure as an example doesn't really prove anything. Besides, Faith Leader was a flimsy piece of scrap. I liked him OK, but was very aware that way too many pieces of plastic were way too thin for me to feel safe with him.

If what you're saying is true, I'm surprised we never got a downsized MP Seeker mold that would fit into voyager class.

Rated X wrote:The upsizing is just an excuse to raise the price.

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

I got him on Preorder. I'm hopeful he'll be Voyager/Ultra sized, but I guess we'll see.

EDIT: Someone on TFW is claiming that he got UT's statement that it is 21cm in height. FOr comparison, Blitzwing is 19cm

Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:07 am

megatronus wrote:
Rated X wrote:I still stand by my comment that they could do the same MP style engineering but in classics scale. Faith Leader proved that ages ago.

Using the very first MP figure as an example doesn't really prove anything. Besides, Faith Leader was a flimsy piece of scrap. I liked him OK, but was very aware that way too many pieces of plastic were way too thin for me to feel safe with him.

If what you're saying is true, I'm surprised we never got a downsized MP Seeker mold that would fit into voyager class.

Igear was going to downsize MP Megatron but they decided to get out of the KO game. Still all and all you cant prove MP style engineering cant exist in classics scale figures any more than I can. But in my opinion the FP Function X series is at the same caliber as MP style engineering. (minus the hands) But they dont sell for over $100 a pop do they ? I wonder why ? Ya think maybe because they are smaller ? I think so...

Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:39 am

Agamemnon wrote:
NOS wrote:8 inches?

Hmm . . .

....

I'm not touching that one....

Wait, what?

Agamemnon wrote:While this one looks great, I think I'll stick with my Hasbro version. I don't really like the mas-shifting/scale issues with Broadside and Octane as characters... I do like how FP handled Broadside. If someone took a neo approach to Octane to do something better, I might bite.

But I do have to reiterate that this thing looks really good and would be awesome for a MP collection, I think...

I'll have to wait and see how this one turns out, but Octane being taller than Blitzwing just won't work for my collection. Grats to the MP collectors who're excited for this one, but . . . I'm a bit let down by the size scale.