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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:43 pm

Japanese toy blogger Alfes 2010 has posted a gallery of the newly released UN-29 Ark Unicron. The images include comparison shots with the original Cybertron version of the figure as well. As you can see the United version comes in subdued shade of orange and sports a lot blue. We've mirrored a few below, the full gallery can be found here.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:51 pm

wasn't all that interested in it the first time around. now that the grey is more blue, my opinion has not changed. unless the original was really difficult to find, I wouldn't even consider getting this, if I suddenly got a hankering for mino-Unicron.

by **RiddlerJ** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:55 pm

Why is he called "Ark Unicron"? Is he supposed to be transforming into the Autobot ship, or is there a different Ark I don't know about?

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:04 pm

It never dawned on me... but yeah. That's TOTALLY the ark design, ignoring the pincers on the front. Ha.

Wish we could have gotten an animated Omega Supreme ark. That would have been amazing.

That said, I loved this design and toy. The notion of a defeated Unicron slowly returning to power makes for a great story, and a fun toy.

Now, if we could talk them into a Bludgeon repaint. Hasbro? Takara? Anyone?

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:17 pm

I like that dark blue; it gives it a kind of sinister look. I really don't need it though.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:18 pm

OK, so 2010 Unicron went for cartoon colors (mostly), while United Ark Unicron goes for Marvel comic colors. As I already have Cybertron Unicron from regular retail it's a pass for me. I just need to figure out what shelf to put him on...

by **budmaloney** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:37 pm

Dat Ass!

couldn't help myself,

cool fig tho, not too fond of shrunk Unicron.

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:38 pm

After 20 years begging for an official Unicron toy! Now we have a handful of them, but nobody's buying. :shock:

I'm getting him. Gonna display right under the Marvel painted full size version. It's gonna be GLORIOUS, I tell you! [-(

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:42 pm

gothsaurus wrote:After 20 years begging for an official Unicron toy! Now we have a handful of them, but nobody's buying.

I'm getting him. Gonna display right under the Marvel painted full size version. It's gonna be GLORIOUS, I tell you!

People were begging for Unicron in 2004 and 2005. Not so much since he went on clearance shortly there after...

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:51 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:After 20 years begging for an official Unicron toy! Now we have a handful of them, but nobody's buying.

I'm getting him. Gonna display right under the Marvel painted full size version. It's gonna be GLORIOUS, I tell you!

People were begging for Unicron in 2004 and 2005. Not so much since he went on clearance shortly there after...

And the Amazon Unicron is still high in price... Bugger.

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:55 pm

Come on... it's lil' Orson Welles!

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:56 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:After 20 years begging for an official Unicron toy! Now we have a handful of them, but nobody's buying.

I'm getting him. Gonna display right under the Marvel painted full size version. It's gonna be GLORIOUS, I tell you!

People were begging for Unicron in 2004 and 2005. Not so much since he went on clearance shortly there after...

And the Amazon Unicron is still high in price... Bugger.

$80-$90 for a huge Amazon Unicron seems more reasonable than the $50 they want for United deluxe Ark Unicron. Limited quantities or not, deluxe Unicron is not worth fifty bucks.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:14 pm

Hmm. I like the darker orange, but not so much the blue. Oh well, now I can feel happy about savig fifty bucks!

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:41 pm

$50? wow, does it come with a free padded cushion to sit on?

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:16 pm

So.... is he a tank, or a spaceship? Or both?

I never got this guy when Cybertron was out, so I'm not familiar with him.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:22 pm

Mindmaster wrote:So.... is he a tank, or a spaceship? Or both?

I never got this guy when Cybertron was out, so I'm not familiar with him.

A tank, though knowing Unicron he can fly in this form like RotF Megatron. I did read in a review that he's supposedly based on a Scarab, which in Egyptian mythology is tied to Khepri, the god of resurrection and transformation. It was in this form that Unicron was reborn into in the Cybertron comics.

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:26 pm

A Scarab.... INSECTICON REPAINT!!!

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:26 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So.... is he a tank, or a spaceship? Or both?

I never got this guy when Cybertron was out, so I'm not familiar with him.

A tank, though knowing Unicron he can fly in this form like RotF Megatron. I did read in a review that he's supposedly based on a Scarab, which in Egyptian mythology is tied to Khepri, the god of resurrection and transformation. It was in this form that Unicron was reborn into in the Cybertron comics.

Oh, really? Interesting! :grin:

I love me some mythological references! :grin:

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:30 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So.... is he a tank, or a spaceship? Or both?

I never got this guy when Cybertron was out, so I'm not familiar with him.

A tank, though knowing Unicron he can fly in this form like RotF Megatron. I did read in a review that he's supposedly based on a Scarab, which in Egyptian mythology is tied to Khepri, the god of resurrection and transformation. It was in this form that Unicron was reborn into in the Cybertron comics.

Oh, really? Interesting! I love me some mythological references!

Well, here's the wiki page:

Khepri on Wikipedia

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:33 pm

Couldn't resist....

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:48 pm

surely any Unicron figure is going to be a mythological reference?

Website · by **Flux Convoy** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:55 am

Not an improvement, meh. Glad I skipped it.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:33 am

gothsaurus wrote:Couldn't resist....

insect.jpg

insect2.jpg

It looks like the Insecticons got together and formed a combiner!

I really took interest in this figure when i first heard about and then i read some posts and this mold had be reused for a different line before and for the life of me i couldn't which line Unicron came from and now i know and my final verdict is i kinda like and kinda dont. When i think of Unicron, i think of a massive, planet eating robot, not a tank or some type of aircraft.

by **gothsaurus** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:52 am

Yeah, I think displaying this guy on a shelf with other Unicrons will be nice... but alone, he DOES lose that epic sense.

He does make me think of the disciples of Unicron in that old Marvel comic. :BOWDOWN: