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Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 5:58 am
by MemphisR56
So it's all the bruticus molds with the Hasbro computron hands and feet robbed and thrown in. Along with guns from UW Computicon, and UW Devastar.

I now feel entirely robbed that these guns weren't included with the Vanilla UW bruticus. I'm stuck trying to track down one of the god damn Perfect Effect bruticus hands a feet sets. :BOOM:

Why couldn't the hands and feet have been included with Computron as well?

Did Hasbro throw their hand in and say 'You've gotta hold them back so our set actually has a chance to sell!' or something?

:BANG_HEAD:

On a related topic, if anyone can point me in the direction of the Perfect Effect hands and feet in Black for Defensor and Silver for Bruticus, I would greatly appreciate it. I've got the White, Purple and Red sets for Superion, Menasor and Computron and they tower over the other 2 by a noticeable margin.

It makes my shelves look really asymmetrical, I know it's a nitpick, but this is the kind of thing that really grinds my gears. [-(

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:11 am
by frogbat
I still didn't get bruticus to complete the 4 CW teams i wanted and this has piqued my interest - looks pretty good (maybe onslaught is a bit weird..) but yeah the fact he has the new feet and hands. Will see.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:34 am
by YoungPrime
william-james88 wrote:
YoungPrime wrote:I don't know a lot about "Ruination" but I like the way this set looks. Plus I wouldn't have to shell out another 30 bucks for the PE arms and feet.

So if this set isn't well North of $134.00 (UW Computron's price) on BBTS like that Megatronia set, then I may invest.


It will be the same price as megatromia. The listing already confirms thst he will be 160$ in Japan.


Okay....Thanks.

I still haven't bought Titan Class Fort Maxx yet and wouldn't pay that price for him. So count me out.

Now if they make a Liokaiser with 6 Con's at that price instead of the cheap crap Hasbro's doing then I'd be interested.

That or play the waiting game. Even UW Devastator is only 179.99 now (I think I only paid 189.99 a couple months ago). So there's that.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:05 am
by OptimalOptimus2
I told you all that Takara was going to release a Ruination! Totally saw that coming! :KREMZEEK:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:06 am
by Autobot N
Up for pre-order at BBTS. $160 at the time of writing.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:16 am
by Agamemnon
Autobot N wrote:Up for pre-order at BBTS. $160 at the time of writing.

Indeed, I added the link to your post, if that is all right, for those who want to preorder...

Every time I see the name Baldigus, I keep thinking of the Ballchinian from Men In Black 2. I don't know why...

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:27 am
by william-james88
Thats an excellent price all around. You ameicans get to have a ttmall exclusive for the exact same price it will cost those in Japan. I am guessing Hasbro Asia (which prices based on aticipated demand) thought it wouldnt hve as much demand as Megatronia. And that is an amazing price for Australia!

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:29 am
by Sabrblade
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I would like him, if only I had Grand Scourge to go with him.
Pretty sure LG-EX Black Convoy is the one more like meant to go with him, as Grand Scourge is a Unicron Trilogy character.


Or TFSS 1.0 Scourge. ;) But they're so small...
It still works. Dolrailer was taller than Black Convoy.

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Besides, the smaller size better enables one to replicate this. :P

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Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I would like him, if only I had Grand Scourge to go with him.
Pretty sure LG-EX Black Convoy is the one more like meant to go with him, as Grand Scourge is a Unicron Trilogy character.

But since Grand Scourge is a dimension hopper it doesn't really matter (even if it isn't the same character). Besides, LG and UW don't really share stories, but we have seen Grand Scourge interfere with UW.
In a story written by someone other than the author of the main Unite Warriors fiction, which Grand Scourge has not shown up in. And I don't know what Grand Scourge's being a dimension-hopper has to do with this since Baldigus himself isn't a dimension-hopper. Car Robots is part of the Japanese G1 cartoon continuity timeline.

Besides, when I had my big Japanese continuity talk with Hayato Sakamoto (the author/artist of both the main Unite Warriors fiction and the Legends fiction) at BotCon this year, I had asked him something about LG-EX Black Convoy's story, to which he refrained from answering because he was wanting to wait to continue that story with the release of a Unite Warriors Baldigus set (he didn't confirm this set's existence to me at the time, but rather said he was hoping for there to be one so that he could continue Black Convoy's story).

MagicDeath wrote:So... why exactly does the big guy have an upside-down G2 Autobot logo? (Not as in cartoon/toy accuracy, As in, why in the first place?)
The Combatrons are a subgroup of Destrongers made from Autobot protoforms that were turned evil. The Combatron :RENEGADE: symbol being an upside-down G2 Autobot symbol represents how their original nature was twisted and warped into the antithesis of the Autobot nature.

The idea originated from Takara's using the G2 Laser Optimus Prime mold for Black Convoy, which had G2 Autobot symbols molded onto its disc projectiles that Takara didn't opt to remold to have the symbols removed. So they worked the symbol into the toyline and cartoon in a meaningful way. But when Hasbro released their version of Black Convoy as Scourge, they went the extra mile that Takara didn't go by remolding the discs to remove the G2 Autobot (now Combatron) symbols since the Combatrons in the English version had been repurposed into being Decepticons.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:40 am
by TF-fan kev777
Emerje wrote:It just occurred to me the kind of firepower Dolrailer could be packing. Since his back canons are meant to be hand guns themselves you could really give him two double length guns, one for each hand. Likewise Baldigus could have a triple length gun by connecting his two new guns to one of his back guns. Crazy. Now I wish Onslaught came with extra guns, but then again, Baldigus doesn't have a Shockwave.

Can't wait to stick this guy up against Omega Prime.

Emerje

Why not go full bore crazy with a quadruple gun? Actually, I think that is the first thing I'm going to do with this set. Combine everyone's weapons together into a ridiculous monstrosity of a gun and have Dolrailer at the trigger with the other 4 helping him hold it up and aim.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:56 am
by Nemesis Maximo
OH MY GOSH, LOOK AT THAT TOY
OH MY GOSH, LOOK AT THAT TOY
OH MY GOSH, LOOK AT THAT TOY
LOOK AT, LOOK AT, LOOK AT, LOOK AT, THAT, THAT, THAT TOY

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:59 am
by Big Grim
Whoa, that looks pretty damn slick!

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:12 am
by o.supreme
I'll admit the UW Computron weapons do look pretty cool with Baldigus, but the fact that this is a straight up repaint just doesn't excite me. Also CW slip-n-slide feet, and hands also detract. I wont be pre-ordering this...unless perhaps 2 months from now TT announces another Autobot Combiner, because as of now me "perfect" CW/UW plan is even at 9 bots & 9 cons. This would upset the balance. I also still wish Lynx Master would have been UW-09 & Megatronia UW-10. Baldigus being an "EX" makes more sense to me.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:40 am
by fenrir72
I wonder the possibilities of a Battle gear version?

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:03 am
by Sabrblade
fenrir72 wrote:I wonder the possibilities of a Battle gear version?
Why do you keep calling him that? ガイアー means "Gaia" (Gaiā), not "Gear" (ギヤ Giya or ギア Gia).

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:06 am
by Insurgent
Who is Battle Gear/Gaia and why do people want him?

Collector Coin Images - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Lynxmaster

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:14 am
by Va'al
Another Takara Tomy Transformers Unite Warriors exclusive set has a couple of updates too: via site sponsor RobotKingdom and Twitter account TF_pr, we have images of the Sky Lynx - or rather Autobot Special Savior Combiner Lynxmaster - set shipping out soon, including a look at the collector coin that accompanies the release. Check it out below!

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Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:20 am
by Sabrblade
Insurgent wrote:Who is Battle Gear/Gaia and why do people want him?
Battle Gaia was a redeco of G1 Bruticus released by Takara in 1992 during the Operation Combination line of the Japanese G1 era. He, like his Autobot counterpart Guard City (a redeco of G1 Defensor) is desirable for how obscure and rare he is, having never been reissued nor having appeared in much fiction beyond the original Operation Combination fiction and some minor fanwanky Japanese fiction of recent years. And because his deco looks cool.

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Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:22 am
by o.supreme
Insurgent wrote:Who is Battle Gear/Gaia and why do people want him?


Battle Gaia & Guard City were the first ever "repaints" if you will of Bruticus and Defensor respectively for the Japanese Manga Operation Combination @ 1992. I think its only one person that's asking, and doubtful these two versions will ever be remade. however I'm thinking that (at least with Battle Gaia), being the first Combiner repainted may have had some small part in making Bruticus the most often reproduced combiner to date.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:26 am
by Robogeek1973
That Baldigus set is gorgeous!

It's an instabuy for sure.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:34 am
by o.supreme
anyone know of any clean close-up pics of the Lynx Master Box Art Yet?

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:44 am
by Insurgent
Huh. Cool. I knew about Guard City (Red Hotspot, right?) but never knew about the Bruticus repaint either.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:54 am
by william-james88
o.supreme wrote:anyone know of any clean close-up pics of the Lynx Master Box Art Yet?

sorry, that pic is all we have online at the moment.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:02 am
by Flashwave
EI'll be getting Baldigus...

I must say though, I know the baby puke tan is accurate to the Takara version of the character, and I wouldnt expect Takara to do anything less. But blech. I do not like it. Nope.

Still, looking forward to my TFSS Scourge having some actually accurate Commandos, and not the Energon guys.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:32 am
by fenrir72
Sabrblade wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:I wonder the possibilities of a Battle gear version?
Why do you keep calling him that? ガイアー means "Gaia" (Gaiā), not "Gear" (ギヤ Giya or ギア Gia).


That's just the OT JP way of calling him "GeAR".

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Discussion Thread

PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2016 10:34 am
by fenrir72
Sabrblade wrote:
Insurgent wrote:Who is Battle Gear/Gaia and why do people want him?
Battle Gaia was a redeco of G1 Bruticus released by Takara in 1992 during the Operation Combination line of the Japanese G1 era. He, like his Autobot counterpart Guard City (a redeco of G1 Defensor) is desirable for how obscure and rare he is, having never been reissued nor having appeared in much fiction beyond the original Operation Combination fiction and some minor fanwanky Japanese fiction of recent years. And because his deco looks cool.

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Cool x Infinity! :michaelbay: