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NuclearConvoy wrote:Does anyone have experience with Anime-Export that is positive or negative?
And, maybe an odd question, but does HLJ usually have better prices than these guys? I've had good business with them.

The price diference sometimes varies by 500 to 800 Yen. Depending on the store.

I'm really tempted to buy this now, but there is something I feel inherently troublling in a seller who requires payment on preorder right away. Maybe that once was normal, but I have never had to deal with it from a vendor before. Is that weird?

NuclearConvoy wrote:I'm really tempted to buy this now, but there is something I feel inherently troublling in a seller who requires payment on preorder right away. Maybe that once was normal, but I have never had to deal with it from a vendor before. Is that weird?

Patience friend. Though I had to fork over cash for Guardian as it it an exclusive. Devs is not so either you try BigInJapan (no cash needed yet) or wait for the other big hitters like amiami, hobbysearch or hlj.

NuclearConvoy wrote:Does anyone have experience with Anime-Export that is positive or negative?
And, maybe an odd question, but does HLJ usually have better prices than these guys? I've had good business with them.

HLJ is usually pricier since their discount is 20% not 30%. Anime Export is the cheapest but they require payment right away. That's how they can offer the best discounts, their company has perfect cash flow and they know they will always order as much as they can sell.


Ok, so I got my Superion and while I much preffer Hasbro Menasor as a team of toys (since they are all different), there is no denying that the Superion combined form is far suerior to any combining robot Hasbro and Takara ever made. He is as solid and balanced as a non combining supreme class toy. His center of balance has no equal. And since I will keep him in combined form (since I find the individual figures a but lackluster), I am glad I got the takara version. I love how the yellow gets replaced by gold, it's perfect.

Also, I much preffer the skydive and ar raid mold for arms since they have pegs for the robot arms to stick perfectly to. The others dont seem to have that and I dont like having extra bits be all loosey goosey. SO this is my preferred combination:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:I give Hasbro a ton of credit...
From what I've seen and heard, the CW line is already a success.
I'm sure lots of people here can remember years ago when panel members mentioned at Botcon (back in '07 or '08)
that combiners were on hold "until they could do them right".

G1 show accurate paint apps are pretty important for me personally, but if Hasbro's versions were the only options, I still wouldn't complain.
I mean, almost all of the new head sculpts are incredible...

In fact, I have no issues with having preordered the Hasbro Devastator.
I'm not even sure I'll get the PE arms add-on set...
The more I've thought about it, the more I think that set will be combined most of the time.
For now I'll only be getting the other add-on set for the hands and vehicle attachments.

Best post I heard regarding UW. If only all were like you.

Heheh...
Please believe I'm not the "everything's-great-don't-bother-thinking" type.
But thanks.
I just haven't been this excited about Hasbro TF figures for a long, long time.
And they are pretty ding-dang awesome.

By your post, you seem like an open minded guy. Sure not everyone would be happy but some posts are ike Huffer's bio. To paraphrase the Marvel Transformers Universe almanac....Huffer sees the world through sludge tinge optics.

Either one of the 3 is great for whosoever acquires one. It's the "no I'm not getting 'em because it's this is this that is that".....

Please stop raining on our day of nerdgasm. If you hate the mold, maybe avoid the subject like the plague.

fenrir72 wrote:By your post, you seem like an open minded guy. Sure not everyone would be happy but some posts are ike Huffer's bio. To paraphrase the Marvel Transformers Universe almanac....Huffer sees the world through sludge tinge optics.

Either one of the 3 is great for whosoever acquires one. It's the "no I'm not getting 'em because it's this is this that is that".....

Please stop raining on our day of nerdgasm. If you hate the mold, maybe avoid the subject like the plague.

Honestly, I haven't giggled like a child before or ever again, since assembling a half-complete superion that I hunted for all day. I love combiners, the more combiner-y the better, these guys F@#KING ROCK I cannot wait to complete the line next year.

Hey guys, I have a question to those who got their UW Superions. I just got mine and it didnt come with the coin. Did all of yours come with it?

Also, that picture of the aerialbots having some energon for bbq is not a litograph, it is he backof the instruction booklet.

william-james88 wrote:arms be all loosey goosey.

they actually do have pegs to lock in. if you rotate the shoulders up, and fold the arms straight down their back, the cutout in their forearms will match the shape of the canopy kibble, and on their back are 2 little tabs they can grab with their fist holes. granted they dont grab the tabs fantastically securely, but it was very obviously designed for that configuration.

I dont have any pics on hand, but it looks pretty solid.

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, I have a question to those who got their UW Superions. I just got mine and it didnt come with the coin. Did all of yours come with it?

Also, that picture of the aerialbots having some energon for bbq is not a litograph, it is he backof the instruction booklet.

No coin I'm afraid wj88. Mine's from amiami as well. Btw, you can also try this combo:

1. Fireflight and Slingshot arms
2. Skydive and Air Raid legs.

ala Scramble City of old Studio Ox.

MemphisR56 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:arms be all loosey goosey.

they actually do have pegs to lock in. if you rotate the shoulders up, and fold the arms straight down their back, the cutout in their forearms will match the shape of the canopy kibble, and on their back are 2 little tabs they can grab with their fist holes. granted they dont grab the tabs fantastically securely, but it was very obviously designed for that configuration.

I dont have any pics on hand, but it looks pretty solid.

I see, thanks! The reason it didnt hit me was because those tabs didnt seem to be made for the hands but it works. That's great becasuse while I preffer the other 1 for the cool shoulders, I do preffer Slingshot and Firefly for the sleeves.

Just made a trip to the post office to pick up a box from HLJ.

Then came back to work.

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, I have a question to those who got their UW Superions. I just got mine and it didnt come with the coin. Did all of yours come with it?

Also, that picture of the aerialbots having some energon for bbq is not a litograph, it is he backof the instruction booklet.

I got UW Superions via TFSource, and they didn't come with coins either.

By the way, Billy-J, how are you liking the "whites" on your UW Superion? Looks like all the hands and feet were molded from the same white plastic as Silverbolt, which itself is a whiter (less creamy/off white) shade that the Hasbro version. All the other limbs seem to share the same shade of white, so while you don't have the uniformity you wanted, at least the hands and feet match the torso, so there is some symmetry to the layout, which is pleasing to me.

The ONE gripe I have is that they didn't make Sky Dive's blaster WHITE. Air Raid has the same blaster, and it's white. Fireflight's and Slingshot's guns are both white. Why this one difference? It's the same problem with the Hasbro version too, though instead, Air Raid is the odd one out, as Fireglight and Quickslinger/Alpha Bravo have black guns matching Sky Dive's. It's not so much of a problem, except that you're supposed to store the blasters (the double-barreled ones, at least) on Superion's thighs, but it creates a color mismatch. Odd choice, Takara.

fenrir72 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, I have a question to those who got their UW Superions. I just got mine and it didnt come with the coin. Did all of yours come with it?

Also, that picture of the aerialbots having some energon for bbq is not a litograph, it is he backof the instruction booklet.

No coin I'm afraid wj88. Mine's from amiami as well. Btw, you can also try this combo:

1. Fireflight and Slingshot arms
2. Skydive and Air Raid legs.

ala Scramble City of old Studio Ox.

These figures from Japan will never come with a coin. Hasbro Asia distributes the figures with coins (under TakaraTomy's name typically). So you'd either have to go to a non-Japan based retailer to get the coin (that is if they offer it).

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, I have a question to those who got their UW Superions. I just got mine and it didnt come with the coin. Did all of yours come with it?

Also, that picture of the aerialbots having some energon for bbq is not a litograph, it is he backof the instruction booklet.

I got UW Superions via TFSource, and they didn't come with coins either.

By the way, Billy-J, how are you liking the "whites" on your UW Superion? Looks like all the hands and feet were molded from the same white plastic as Silverbolt, which itself is a whiter (less creamy/off white) shade that the Hasbro version. All the other limbs seem to share the same shade of white, so while you don't have the uniformity you wanted, at least the hands and feet match the torso, so there is some symmetry to the layout, which is pleasing to me.

The ONE gripe I have is that they didn't make Sky Dive's blaster WHITE. Air Raid has the same blaster, and it's white. Fireflight's and Slingshot's guns are both white. Why this one difference? It's the same problem with the Hasbro version too, though instead, Air Raid is the odd one out, as Fireglight and Quickslinger/Alpha Bravo have black guns matching Sky Dive's. It's not so much of a problem, except that you're supposed to store the blasters (the double-barreled ones, at least) on Superion's thighs, but it creates a color mismatch. Odd choice, Takara.

The gun is tied to the plastic on the figure. That's why Air Raid's is always white and Skydive's is always black. Air Raid's is likely tied to either his legs or his chest center, same goes for Skydive. As they share those parts between them and they match the respective figure's weapon.

Air Raid's gun is also not the same color as Slingshot's and Fireflight's, because it's tied to the white on the figure and not the white on the hand (which is the same white as Silverbolt and not the same white used on the smaller figure's bodies).

Randy

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, I have a question to those who got their UW Superions. I just got mine and it didnt come with the coin. Did all of yours come with it?

Also, that picture of the aerialbots having some energon for bbq is not a litograph, it is he backof the instruction booklet.

I got UW Superions via TFSource, and they didn't come with coins either.

By the way, Billy-J, how are you liking the "whites" on your UW Superion? Looks like all the hands and feet were molded from the same white plastic as Silverbolt, which itself is a whiter (less creamy/off white) shade that the Hasbro version. All the other limbs seem to share the same shade of white, so while you don't have the uniformity you wanted, at least the hands and feet match the torso, so there is some symmetry to the layout, which is pleasing to me.

The ONE gripe I have is that they didn't make Sky Dive's blaster WHITE. Air Raid has the same blaster, and it's white. Fireflight's and Slingshot's guns are both white. Why this one difference? It's the same problem with the Hasbro version too, though instead, Air Raid is the odd one out, as Fireglight and Quickslinger/Alpha Bravo have black guns matching Sky Dive's. It's not so much of a problem, except that you're supposed to store the blasters (the double-barreled ones, at least) on Superion's thighs, but it creates a color mismatch. Odd choice, Takara.

I actually like the cream white since it highlights the sculpting better than a "pure white" would, which surprised me. So yes there is a nice symmetry to him. To the point where he is better than the sum of his parts. He looks so glorious and the white everywhere helps. I didnt know about placing the guns on the hips, I might try that out. Maybe keep skydive as a leg and put the black gun on the opposite hip to make an interesting contrast.

william-james88 wrote:
Also, I much preffer the skydive and air raid mold for arms since they have pegs for the robot arms to stick perfectly to. The others dont seem to have that and I dont like having extra bits be all loosey goosey. SO this is my preferred combination:

I have the Hasbro version and I prefer that configuration too. Plus the wings look a little less ridiculous. As legs, Skydive and Air Raid have very protrusive wing bits where the others do not

Powered Convoy wrote:The gun is tied to the plastic on the figure. That's why Air Raid's is always white and Skydive's is always black. Air Raid's is likely tied to either his legs or his chest center, same goes for Skydive. As they share those parts between them and they match the respective figure's weapon.

Air Raid's gun is also not the same color as Slingshot's and Fireflight's, because it's tied to the white on the figure and not the white on the hand (which is the same white as Silverbolt and not the same white used on the smaller figure's bodies).

Randy

I don't understand where you're saying the colors don't match on Slinghot's, Fireflight's, and Air Raid's guns. None of them are the same cream white color as Silverbolt or the combiner hands and feet. They're all the same shade of white, even if from different sprues, because the same white plastic was used for the limb bots. I can understand why Sky Dive is the odd man out because of this. He has no white plastic in his figure. However, Takara has gone the extra mile to rectify this before. Also consider, how are the combiner fists and feet gang-molded? From the Takara version, it looks like they're on the same sprue as Silverbolt, BUT the Hasbro version contradicts this. Where would all the black plastic come from otherwise? Are the hands and feet their own separate mold altogether? Weirder still, if you own the Hasbro version of Menasor, you'll know the purple of the hands and feet don't all match. I'm expecting that to be mysteriously rectified with Takara's version due out in August.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, I have a question to those who got their UW Superions. I just got mine and it didnt come with the coin. Did all of yours come with it?

Also, that picture of the aerialbots having some energon for bbq is not a litograph, it is he backof the instruction booklet.

I got UW Superions via TFSource, and they didn't come with coins either.

This is the first I'm hearing about coins. I thought only MP figures have coins.

jay5 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, I have a question to those who got their UW Superions. I just got mine and it didnt come with the coin. Did all of yours come with it?

Also, that picture of the aerialbots having some energon for bbq is not a litograph, it is he backof the instruction booklet.

I got UW Superions via TFSource, and they didn't come with coins either.

This is the first I'm hearing about coins. I thought only MP figures have coins.

This guy got one too but only for asia retail outside japan : http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/takara-transformers-unite-warriors-superion-collector-coin/33143/

Wolfman Jake wrote: Weirder still, if you own the Hasbro version of Menasor, you'll know the purple of the hands and feet don't all match. I'm expecting that to be mysteriously rectified with Takara's version due out in August.

Wait what? I own those hands and feet and didnt catch that. Are they a different shade?

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote: Weirder still, if you own the Hasbro version of Menasor, you'll know the purple of the hands and feet don't all match. I'm expecting that to be mysteriously rectified with Takara's version due out in August.

Wait what? I own those hands and feet and didnt catch that. Are they a different shade?

Technically he's right, breakdowns hand/foot thing is painted black plastic, you can tell something is up because it's color doesn't match the thumb section at all, or any others.

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote: Weirder still, if you own the Hasbro version of Menasor, you'll know the purple of the hands and feet don't all match. I'm expecting that to be mysteriously rectified with Takara's version due out in August.

Wait what? I own those hands and feet and didnt catch that. Are they a different shade?

It's mainly evident on Breakdown's weapon. The main part looks like it's painted on instead of being molded in.

fenrir72 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:I give Hasbro a ton of credit...
From what I've seen and heard, the CW line is already a success.
I'm sure lots of people here can remember years ago when panel members mentioned at Botcon (back in '07 or '08)
that combiners were on hold "until they could do them right".

G1 show accurate paint apps are pretty important for me personally, but if Hasbro's versions were the only options, I still wouldn't complain.
I mean, almost all of the new head sculpts are incredible...

In fact, I have no issues with having preordered the Hasbro Devastator.
I'm not even sure I'll get the PE arms add-on set...
The more I've thought about it, the more I think that set will be combined most of the time.
For now I'll only be getting the other add-on set for the hands and vehicle attachments.

Best post I heard regarding UW. If only all were like you.

Heheh...
Please believe I'm not the "everything's-great-don't-bother-thinking" type.
But thanks.
I just haven't been this excited about Hasbro TF figures for a long, long time.
And they are pretty ding-dang awesome.

By your post, you seem like an open minded guy. Sure not everyone would be happy but some posts are ike Huffer's bio. To paraphrase the Marvel Transformers Universe almanac....Huffer sees the world through sludge tinge optics.

Either one of the 3 is great for whosoever acquires one. It's the "no I'm not getting 'em because it's this is this that is that".....

Please stop raining on our day of nerdgasm. If you hate the mold, maybe avoid the subject like the plague.

Well thanks, I try to stay open-minded about most stuff.
And overall, I'm pretty laid-back. Ask my wife; she'll say I'm too laid back sometimes!

I think part of the issue is when people voice their opinions like it's law, or disputable truth.
That, and as you're saying, basically complaining to complain.
No, I don't like everything that's in the CW line.
But me thinking others want to hear/read that is pretty silly.
Let alone if I go out of my way to bash on someone's opinion, preference, or purchase.

More on topic, my Motormaster and Hotspot showed up today!!!!
First Aid is scheduled to get here tomorrow (and was still part of that free shipment from HTS).

Within the next two weeks I'll be ordering the TT Superion.
Last night I went ahead and ordered the PE hand/foot sets for both him and Menasor,
and caved and bought both PE sets for Devastator.

After Supe, I'm going to pump the brakes quite a bit with my purchases... Maybe even until we hear about the TT Bruticus.
If I can resist Apollyn!!!!!!!!!!

Sowndwave76 wrote:Within the next two weeks I'll be ordering the TT Superion.

Here's a little something to wet your whistle, a stop-motion animation showing him off:

Did anyone post this pic before? I had heard of the functionality but I had never seen it. Here is where you can place the individual weapons on Unite Warriors Devastator when he is in combined mode:

Can one of the fans with a much better understanding of the Japanese language (JelZe, Sabr?) answer this one for me? I can see the United Warriors Superion box calls out the original Hasbro names in the English/Latin script, but does the accompanying Japanese script follow the recent pattern of using the original Japanese names? E.g., is "Slingshot" also identified as simply "Sling" in Japanese, etc.?