TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors - UW-07 Bruticus On Display

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's a shame Takara didn't whip up a couple of new guns for Onslaught and Bruticus. To keep their G1 silhouettes, you need to keep the guns attached to Onsalught's and Bruticus' backs. That leaves the team leader and the gestalt form without any firearms. I guess fisticuffs will have to suffice?

Optimizzy wrote:Blast Off would be better if he had a darker brown in my opinion. Still looks a little odd to me. Good looking set on everyone else though.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Blast Off would be better if he had a darker brown in my opinion. Still looks a little odd to me. Good looking set on everyone else though.

Agreed, though you do see some of the "proper" dark brown coloring peppered about his robot mode and alt mode, it's just that it's more of a highlight color instead of the main color, which is that light brown. If they had swapped those browns around, I think it would have worked out quite nicely, with light brown highlights to help break up the dark pallet of the original toy and show model a bit. C'est la vie.

Mr Skram wrote:I might yet sell my hasbro Brut so I xan get the UW version.

Sabrblade wrote:You know, all previous images of UW Blast Off made his brown look like copper, but the lighting in these pics makes it look downright orange.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, all previous images of UW Blast Off made his brown look like copper, but the lighting in these pics makes it look downright orange.

lol, called it 'orange-off', well, it looks like natural light, so, unless it's a painted prototype, he's gonna be orange

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, all previous images of UW Blast Off made his brown look like copper, but the lighting in these pics makes it look downright orange.

lol, called it 'orange-off', well, it looks like natural light, so, unless it's a painted prototype, he's gonna be orange

Mr. Positivity!
HA

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, all previous images of UW Blast Off made his brown look like copper, but the lighting in these pics makes it look downright orange.

lol, called it 'orange-off', well, it looks like natural light, so, unless it's a painted prototype, he's gonna be orange

Mr. Positivity!
HA

Hey, I honestly don't care, but everyone crapped on me for saying that he would be orange, and yet here we are. I would buy an orange (TT) blast-off, if hasbro released it for May mayhem, it would help set him apart from -off, so, I couldn't care less personally.

That said, I do think this is a misstep for TT, as it really doesn't match up with the show (where they are clearly drawing the deco from)

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:You know, all previous images of UW Blast Off made his brown look like copper, but the lighting in these pics makes it look downright orange.

lol, called it 'orange-off', well, it looks like natural light, so, unless it's a painted prototype, he's gonna be orange

Mr. Positivity!
HA

Hey, I honestly don't care, but everyone crapped on me for saying that he would be orange, and yet here we are. I would buy an orange (TT) blast-off, if hasbro released it for May mayhem, it would help set him apart from -off, so, I couldn't care less personally.

That said, I do think this is a misstep for TT, as it really doesn't match up with the show (where they are clearly drawing the deco from)

Well, either way, I agree it looks orange. Maybe burnt orange, but orange none the less.
It is a little weird for TT, but oh well... I'm still excited for the set.

Prowl4 wrote:Looking forward to bruticus. Looks perfect to me and I hope blast off will be a takara only release.

Soundwave76 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Well, either way, I agree it looks orange. Maybe burnt orange, but orange none the less.
It is a little weird for TT, but oh well... I'm still excited for the set.

Either way, whether it's orange or brown, I don't think it matters all that much since this isn't Blast Off's cartoon body anyway. It's an upgraded version of it from after the era of G2.

Insurgent wrote:I would say superion is the same but Hasbro defensor is better. The takara one just looks way to bland, the Hasbro one has more pop to him. Not counting the room/groove swapout of course.

Insurgent wrote:Depends how g1 you want him. Groove is still part of defensor. And there is a way you can stick the legend groove onto the top of rook in leg mode to recreate the bike knee cap. I can see how it would be a deal breaker for many, but he wasn't for me. Likewise, off road and alpha bravo weren't deal breakers. I still got the missing members but it wasn't a deal breaker.

Insurgent wrote:Indeed. Though I always scale their on screen robot modes if possible, rather than realistic alt mode. And if the junkions get to be massive motorbikes then why should groove miss out?

Insurgent wrote:I would say superion is the same but Hasbro defensor is better. The takara one just looks way to bland, the Hasbro one has more pop to him. Not counting the room/groove swapout of course.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:I would say superion is the same but Hasbro defensor is better. The takara one just looks way to bland, the Hasbro one has more pop to him. Not counting the room/groove swapout of course.

Funny you say this, because out of all of them I went with Hasbro's Defensor.
Well, I have both versions of Menasor, and Hasbro's Devastator; which from what I can tell I like just as much as the TT version.
But the others including Computron I'm going UW.
I just didn't see that much difference between the two versions, and tbh, I'm not a huge fan of Streetwise in the gray. Which is strange for me, because I'm a big fan of cartoon accuracy.
Originally I was going to skip him and only bought HotSpot and First Aid.
Hellscream kinda talked me into getting Streetwise and Blades, and now that we can get Groove at the end of the month, it's just kinda worked out.
I'm one of the few that doesn't like the look of Rook, so I'll still get a version of Defensor that I'm more than happy with.
Just wish PE would come out with an updated set of hands/feet.

Kurona wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:I would say superion is the same but Hasbro defensor is better. The takara one just looks way to bland, the Hasbro one has more pop to him. Not counting the room/groove swapout of course.

Funny you say this, because out of all of them I went with Hasbro's Defensor.
Well, I have both versions of Menasor, and Hasbro's Devastator; which from what I can tell I like just as much as the TT version.
But the others including Computron I'm going UW.
I just didn't see that much difference between the two versions, and tbh, I'm not a huge fan of Streetwise in the gray. Which is strange for me, because I'm a big fan of cartoon accuracy.
Originally I was going to skip him and only bought HotSpot and First Aid.
Hellscream kinda talked me into getting Streetwise and Blades, and now that we can get Groove at the end of the month, it's just kinda worked out.
I'm one of the few that doesn't like the look of Rook, so I'll still get a version of Defensor that I'm more than happy with.
Just wish PE would come out with an updated set of hands/feet.

Do you mean like, you wish PE would do the Bruticus/Computron Hands/Feet in Black, White and Purple? I've heard a few complaints about the pre-Bruticus PE Hands/Feet, but only that the hands can look a bit skeletal... what are your problems? Just curious because I've only ordered the Bruticus kits, all the other hands/feet are sold out so it'd be nice to get some opinions on them before they stock up again.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:I would say superion is the same but Hasbro defensor is better. The takara one just looks way to bland, the Hasbro one has more pop to him. Not counting the room/groove swapout of course.

Funny you say this, because out of all of them I went with Hasbro's Defensor.
Well, I have both versions of Menasor, and Hasbro's Devastator; which from what I can tell I like just as much as the TT version.
But the others including Computron I'm going UW.
I just didn't see that much difference between the two versions, and tbh, I'm not a huge fan of Streetwise in the gray. Which is strange for me, because I'm a big fan of cartoon accuracy.
Originally I was going to skip him and only bought HotSpot and First Aid.
Hellscream kinda talked me into getting Streetwise and Blades, and now that we can get Groove at the end of the month, it's just kinda worked out.
I'm one of the few that doesn't like the look of Rook, so I'll still get a version of Defensor that I'm more than happy with.
Just wish PE would come out with an updated set of hands/feet.

Do you mean like, you wish PE would do the Bruticus/Computron Hands/Feet in Black, White and Purple? I've heard a few complaints about the pre-Bruticus PE Hands/Feet, but only that the hands can look a bit skeletal... what are your problems? Just curious because I've only ordered the Bruticus kits, all the other hands/feet are sold out so it'd be nice to get some opinions on them before they stock up again.

Yeah, that's what I mean. I have the first type in purple and white already.
I don't mind them myself, but from what I've seen the new set for Bruticus is an improvement.
If I have to get the older set in black for Defensor I will. Imo the feet alone are almost worth it just for the little bit of added height-- helps with the proportions and making the arms look a little less "too-long".
IF PE came out with this second version in all of the colors, I'd be tempted to bite, and who knows... Right now I'm not sure I'll be getting much from the TR line.
So what about you. How many UW combiners do you have?

Kurona wrote:I was able to get ahold of Alpha Bravo, who is currently standing in as my Vortex with the ever so crafty backstory of Blast Off painting him like Slingshot in his sleep because Blast Off's a dick.

Kurona wrote:I have an impressive grand total of 0 UW combiners.
I know, I know; you're all jealous. But yeah, like, I'm a uni student and currently unemployed so my collection currently consists of whatever deals I could scrape off the back end of Amazon, Kapow and TRU. If UW sold stuff separately I'd definitely pick up a Vortex, but they don't, and spending £100 all at once is a bit too intimidating for my current budget. So I've got four combaticons, two protectobots and despite Va'al I was able to get ahold of Alpha Bravo, who is currently standing in as my Vortex with the ever so crafty backstory of Blast Off painting him like Slingshot in his sleep because Blast Off's a dick.
I'm mostly following this thread because I guess it's kind of interesting what the Takara decos are like even if I do prefer Hasbro's (aside from Optimus Maximus; TT nailed that one). Also the fact that Grand Galvatron is the stupidest most beautiful thing I've ever seen; UW has that going for it too.

But yeah, like; the PE sets I admittedly almost purely want for the feet. The HFG I can deal with as a hand but as a foot it's just way too small. PE's feet correct proportions and add a bit of height which is so wonderful and makes them more intimidating alongside deluxes. Looking forward to Bruticus' new hands though, his whole shtick among the combiners is that he's the strongest one physically so I like the idea of him having beefier hands than the rest and not even bothering to put guns on them.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Kurona wrote:I have an impressive grand total of 0 UW combiners.
I know, I know; you're all jealous. But yeah, like, I'm a uni student and currently unemployed so my collection currently consists of whatever deals I could scrape off the back end of Amazon, Kapow and TRU. If UW sold stuff separately I'd definitely pick up a Vortex, but they don't, and spending £100 all at once is a bit too intimidating for my current budget. So I've got four combaticons, two protectobots and despite Va'al I was able to get ahold of Alpha Bravo, who is currently standing in as my Vortex with the ever so crafty backstory of Blast Off painting him like Slingshot in his sleep because Blast Off's a dick.
I'm mostly following this thread because I guess it's kind of interesting what the Takara decos are like even if I do prefer Hasbro's (aside from Optimus Maximus; TT nailed that one). Also the fact that Grand Galvatron is the stupidest most beautiful thing I've ever seen; UW has that going for it too.

But yeah, like; the PE sets I admittedly almost purely want for the feet. The HFG I can deal with as a hand but as a foot it's just way too small. PE's feet correct proportions and add a bit of height which is so wonderful and makes them more intimidating alongside deluxes. Looking forward to Bruticus' new hands though, his whole shtick among the combiners is that he's the strongest one physically so I like the idea of him having beefier hands than the rest and not even bothering to put guns on them.

Ehh, it's all good. I have to be selective with my purchases... Afterall, these are toys. Not to mention, I'm a big fan of quality (and most of the time, expensive) beer. But that's another topic! But yeah, $135 per set isn't super cheap.
Like I said in another topic, I can remember when a deluxe figure was $8!!
I've really only bought as much as I have with this line because I haven't bought much of anything since the Generations line. And even then, it was only G1 characters that I like.
Looks like that may be the case again once TR comes out.
I just think it's unlikely that we'll get these combiners again any time soon.
I could see it easily being over 5 years, and maybe closer to 10. That's about how long we've waited for these!

A lot of people don't like the PE hands, but I think they work well enough.
And I dig your thought about Brut getting the new beefier set. Makes sense, and I'm betting it's going to look on point.

One word of advice though-- I'd figure out the 2 maybe 3 combiners you like best (even the Hasbro versions), and try to make it happen. Not sure how long it will be before they're difficult to get, but it'll probably be a real pain once that happens.

Kurona wrote:Aye, that makes sense - referring to your last paragraph. Having four combaticons and two protectobots is no mistake; Bruticus is my favourite 'con combiner and favourite combiner overall, while Defensor is my favourite 'bot combiner and third favourite combiner overall. Second favourite is Predaking and, uh... well. I cry every time.
Choosing a third one'd be difficult, but I think if I had to choose I'd go with Sky Reign because Sky Reign is wonderful. Plus, I do like how CW Prowl, Smokescreen, Ironhide and Mirage look compared to their other CHUG toys so I'd already have a full crack autobot team picked out for this monstrosity.
Talking of which... I wonder what Takara are gonna do for Sky Lynx, if anything at all. I'd bet money on them releasing him singularly like Grand Scourge. That said, if they do release him and he comes with certain repaints I'd like of CW figures ie Bluestreak, then I may just have the first UW release I will definitely want to pick up at some point.

itscramtastic wrote:

Seibertron wrote:And here's the "original" Combiner Haunt team

Reminds me of that panel in MTMTE when the characters turned into their G1 toys

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

Seibertron wrote:And here's the "original" Combiner Haunt team

Reminds me of that panel in MTMTE when the characters turned into their G1 toys

*looks at post, finds comic, reads the page, looks back*

Insurgent wrote:Would that not be Trailbreaker? And Smokescreen being the left arm?

steals_your_goats wrote:

Insurgent wrote:Would that not be Trailbreaker? And Smokescreen being the left arm?

Right arm is hound
Left arm is Wheeljack
Right leg is the first aid mold
Left leg is Trailbreaker

Kurona wrote:"I really wish I could get _____ without getting the whole set" has been my motto for this entire line ;;

Sabrblade wrote:You know, all previous images of UW Blast Off made his brown look like copper, but the lighting in these pics makes it look downright orange.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just my opinion, but TT wins with all the combiners in this line;
Hasbro's Defensor and Superion are good, but I wouldn't say they're better than TT's versions.