TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display

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It seems E-Hobby Grand Scourge was on a showy display this weekend at Super Festival 68, where gikogakodo, SiuGui Mok, and Autobase Aichi snagged some pictures from! The figure is the evil take on Hasbro's Combiner Wars Voyager Oprimus Prime, and specifically a homage to Superlink Grand Scourge (Energon Optimus Prime) who was actually only available as a model kit (Pla-Kit Collection in 2004). Keep scrolling to see the pics, and keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News, Galleries, and discussion!

Credit(s): gikogakodo, SiuGui Mok, Autobase Aichi

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Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679519)
Posted by william-james88 on April 26th, 2015 @ 11:07am CDT

Gotta admit it, that toy may be an expense I cant handle and should pass on but the deco is absolutely amazing! He seems worth the price of admission.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679524)
Posted by Moosey on April 26th, 2015 @ 11:29am CDT

Sugoi!!! The paint job is amazing, and I dig that deep red on the sword.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679529)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 26th, 2015 @ 12:16pm CDT

Further proof of this being the best-looking version of the CW Optimus mold.

Wonder what else was on display at Super Festival 68. :-?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679576)
Posted by Mkall on April 26th, 2015 @ 2:33pm CDT

I'm not typically a fan of Black Primes, but I do like this one.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679590)
Posted by megatronus on April 26th, 2015 @ 3:22pm CDT

Looks like we have an opaque red sword rather than a translucent one... I hadn't noticed that before. Interesting.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679608)
Posted by shajaki on April 26th, 2015 @ 4:10pm CDT

megatronus wrote:Looks like we have an opaque red sword rather than a translucent one... I hadn't noticed that before. Interesting.

Interesting good, or interesting bad? I can't remember if you previously said you were down for this figure or not.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679618)
Posted by Seibertron on April 26th, 2015 @ 4:25pm CDT

I'm looking forward to it. Would live to see the real grand convoy done as grand scourge instead of the little pla kit.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679627)
Posted by megatronus on April 26th, 2015 @ 4:37pm CDT

shajaki wrote:
megatronus wrote:Looks like we have an opaque red sword rather than a translucent one... I hadn't noticed that before. Interesting.
Interesting good, or interesting bad? I can't remember if you previously said you were down for this figure or not.

Not good or bad, just is.

I'm down for this figure, and have a preorder with HLJ. The gold bothers me in the context of traditional Scourge/Nemesis decos, but not enough to motivate me to pass.

Also, Motormaster is one of my favorite molds from Combiner Wars. So I'm happy to own a black Prime version (still haven't gotten regular Prime yet).

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679636)
Posted by shajaki on April 26th, 2015 @ 5:02pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:I'm looking forward to it. Would live to see the real grand convoy done as grand scourge instead of the little pla kit.

I know. Not Black Convoy'ing up the actual Energon/Superlink Prime was such a wasted opportunity. #-o

megatronus wrote:So I'm happy to own a black Prime version (still haven't gotten regular Prime yet).

Good. Don't.
I have no issues with the mold (flaws and all) but the lack of paint apps and laaaazzzy Autobot stickers on the shoulders (Y U NO TAMPO?) left a pretty bad taste in my mouth. Though Reprolabels did a pretty good job of remedying his issues.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679644)
Posted by Rated X on April 26th, 2015 @ 5:14pm CDT

Sorry, that red sword looks really stupid. It's bigger than him. And the way it's shaped, it looks more like a small flag or banner on a pole than as sword.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679651)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 26th, 2015 @ 5:38pm CDT

Rated X wrote:Sorry, that red sword looks really stupid. It's bigger than him. And the way it's shaped, it looks more like a small flag or banner on a pole than as sword.

Of course it's bigger than him, it was originally made for a bigger figure:

Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Beast Hunter Optimus Prime Gallery

Even the smaller version ended up for a bigger-than-Voyager figure:

Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Beast Tracker Optimus Prime Gallery

And in case you were wondering, it does resemble an actual shape of knife: a meat cleaver.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679653)
Posted by Seibertron on April 26th, 2015 @ 5:45pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And in case you were wondering, it does resemble an actual shape of knife: a meat cleaver.

Which is why this toy is just so damn awesome. I love when weapons/accessories get swapped from different molds. I wish they did more of that to help differentiate mold usage.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679654)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 26th, 2015 @ 5:53pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And in case you were wondering, it does resemble an actual shape of knife: a meat cleaver.

Which is why this toy is just so damn awesome. I love when weapons/accessories get swapped from different molds. I wish they did more of that to help differentiate mold usage.

That actually make me wonder: are the molds for the weapons completely separate from the main figure? In other words: when the weapons are cast, are there any other parts cast with it? Seems counterproductive, yet for exchanging it's perfect. I mean, look at:

- The MechTech weapons
- The Simplified Beast Hunter weapons being used for Movie Advanced
- The Weapon Giveaway promotions

With that, TakaraTomy is more able to do so for some reason... :-?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679658)
Posted by william-james88 on April 26th, 2015 @ 6:05pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:And in case you were wondering, it does resemble an actual shape of knife: a meat cleaver.

Which is why this toy is just so damn awesome. I love when weapons/accessories get swapped from different molds. I wish they did more of that to help differentiate mold usage.

That actually make me wonder: are the molds for the weapons completely separate from the main figure? In other words: when the weapons are cast, are there any other parts cast with it? Seems counterproductive, yet for exchanging it's perfect. I mean, look at:

- The MechTech weapons
- The Simplified Beast Hunter weapons being used for Movie Advanced
- The Weapon Giveaway promotions

With that, TakaraTomy is more able to do so for some reason...

That is interesting. My favourite example was when Hasbro's Predaking got Optimus' Star Sabre. And I assumed he got it because he was being manufactured at a similar time as the one for Voyager BH Optimus.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679661)
Posted by Zeedust on April 26th, 2015 @ 6:09pm CDT

I really shouldn't be thinking of dropping the kind of money this will cost, but it gets prettier every time I see it.

Any word yet on names for the combined form or the guns?

I like the red Matrix Breaker sword, it reminds me of RiD Scourge's sword of fury, only as a ginormous meat cleaver.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679663)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 26th, 2015 @ 6:13pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:Any word yet on names for the combined form or the guns?

The guns are just called "Scourge Guns". The combined mode is yet to be named, however if they're gonna follow the names from the original kit, it'll most likely be called "Grand Scourge Hyper Mode", mirroring "Grand Convoy Super Mode".

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679665)
Posted by Zeedust on April 26th, 2015 @ 6:30pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Any word yet on names for the combined form or the guns?

The guns are just called "Scourge Guns". The combined mode is yet to be named, however if they're gonna follow the names from the original kit, it'll most likely be called "Grand Scourge Hyper Mode", mirroring "Grand Convoy Super Mode".

Thanks.

...Well, that's boring.

If they go with that, I'm gonna pretend Grand Scourge is the combined mode and the individual robot is just Scourge.

(I was considering "Nemesis Maximus", but it's way too much of a stretch.)

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1679703)
Posted by shajaki on April 26th, 2015 @ 8:30pm CDT

I don't care what molds they are, but I really hope that this guy gets limbs that look like they belong to him (deco-wise). Either matching his deco, or homaging the actual Grand Scourge components.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1680067)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2015 @ 9:01pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:I'm looking forward to it. Would live to see the real grand convoy done as grand scourge instead of the little pla kit.

I don't disagree.

But what I wanna see is the CW Optimus mold redecoed in Grand Convoy colors, like this (ignore the limb-bots, the Optimus digibash is the main focus):

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1680077)
Posted by shajaki on April 27th, 2015 @ 9:35pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:I'm looking forward to it. Would live to see the real grand convoy done as grand scourge instead of the little pla kit.
I don't disagree.

But what I wanna see is the CW Optimus mold redecoed in Grand Convoy colors, like this (ignore the limb-bots, the Optimus digibash is the main focus):

*just got tingles*

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1680102)
Posted by william-james88 on April 27th, 2015 @ 10:48pm CDT

While I am loving the positivity, I am wondering if your enthusiasm is felt by others. I like Energon Optimus too but only got him for cheap because the market price on that toy is low due to the low demand. Has this toy become more liked as time goes on?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1680107)
Posted by shajaki on April 27th, 2015 @ 10:57pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:While I am loving the positivity, I am wondering if your enthusiasm is felt by others. I like Energon Optimus too but only got him for cheap because the market price on that toy is low due to the low demand. Has this toy become more liked as time goes on?

I honestly couldn't tell ya. I've always loved that Prime, it was like a posable Megazord! And people might be excited about this, cause there were lots of "wow that's Energon'y" type comments and they didn't seem like complaints.

I'm hoping that when Takara drops this mold as Prime (and not as an evil one) that he actually gets deco'd as that, rather than just a nicer version of Hasbro's.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1680109)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2015 @ 11:03pm CDT

I always liked the Energon Prime mold. It just had some odd torso proportions for its standard robot mode.

Though, it was the mouthed Hasbro version I had gotten and that mouth always bugged me because it wasn't show-accurate. I was always jealous of the Takara version's mouthplate (and much nicer deco to boot). I waited for the mouthplated Hasbro version to come out, but it took forever for it to come to stores that I grew too impatient to wait for it any longer, and didn't see it in stores until long after having gotten my mouthed version.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1680163)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 28th, 2015 @ 8:58am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Seibertron wrote:I'm looking forward to it. Would live to see the real grand convoy done as grand scourge instead of the little pla kit.
I don't disagree.

But what I wanna see is the CW Optimus mold redecoed in Grand Convoy colors, like this (ignore the limb-bots, the Optimus digibash is the main focus):

Replace the jet with Nosecone, use the First Aid shell, and find a suitable replacement for the submarine, and you'll have my attention

I have the Energon Prime mold, the very first version but the paint is scratched off something fierce (probably during transport). I may get a new core body (with mouthplate) and take a hand in restoring/repainting the original.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1680289)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on April 28th, 2015 @ 6:28pm CDT

For what it's worth I've heard rumors that if we get the Technobots, we might see the drill tank recolored along with other suitable limbs for Grand Scourge.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1680320)
Posted by Zeedust on April 28th, 2015 @ 8:42pm CDT

shajaki wrote:I don't care what molds they are, but I really hope that this guy gets limbs that look like they belong to him (deco-wise). Either matching his deco, or homaging the actual Grand Scourge components.

You could probably make something work with the Stunticons, Offroad and Wildrider/Brake-Neck seem like they'd match well, though admittedly that's Combiner Wars rather than Unite Warriors I'm looking at. Then again, Unite Warriors only has four Stunticon limbs anyhow.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1680428)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 29th, 2015 @ 8:06am CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:For what it's worth I've heard rumors that if we get the Technobots, we might see the drill tank recolored along with other suitable limbs for Grand Scourge.

... which leaves the submarine. Any contenders?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681119)
Posted by Cyberpath on May 1st, 2015 @ 5:33am CDT

New pic from @TFYUKI:

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681128)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 1st, 2015 @ 7:55am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:New pic from @TFYUKI:

The different canon configurations for G1 Superion are giving me a headache:

G1 Instructions: Slingshot & Fireflight as Legs, Air Raid & Skydive as Arms
G1 Box Art. Cartoon and Comics: Air Raid & Skydive as Legs, Slingshot & Fireflightas Arms

Combiner Wars: Air Raid and Skydive as Arms, Alpha Bravo/Quickslinger and Firefly as Legs
Combiner Wars Diagram: Air Raid and Firefly as Arms, Alpha Bravo and Skydive as Legs

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681129)
Posted by william-james88 on May 1st, 2015 @ 8:02am CDT

That's what Scramble City is all about

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681163)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 1st, 2015 @ 9:50am CDT

william-james88 wrote:That's what Scramble City is all about

Ya put your right arm in,
Ya put your right arm out,
Ya put your right arm in,
And ya shake it all about...

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681165)
Posted by Moosey on May 1st, 2015 @ 9:54am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:That's what Scramble City is all about
Ya put your right arm in,
Ya put your right arm out,
Ya put your right arm in,
And ya shake it all about...

You switch limbs with your buddy and flip them all around, that's what it's all about!!

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681168)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 1st, 2015 @ 9:55am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:That's what Scramble City is all about
Ya put your right arm in,
Ya put your right arm out,
Ya put your right arm in,
And ya shake it all about...

In and out of... where? :shock:

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681280)
Posted by Robogeek1973 on May 1st, 2015 @ 3:46pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:That's what Scramble City is all about
Ya put your right arm in,
Ya put your right arm out,
Ya put your right arm in,
And ya shake it all about...

In and out of... where?

The same place Prime's trailer goes.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681291)
Posted by Moosey on May 1st, 2015 @ 4:00pm CDT

Robogeek1973 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:That's what Scramble City is all about
Ya put your right arm in,
Ya put your right arm out,
Ya put your right arm in,
And ya shake it all about...

In and out of... where?

The same place Prime's trailer goes.

Sooooooo........ A pocket dimension?

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681346)
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on May 1st, 2015 @ 7:37pm CDT

Moosey wrote:
Robogeek1973 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:That's what Scramble City is all about
Ya put your right arm in,
Ya put your right arm out,
Ya put your right arm in,
And ya shake it all about...

In and out of... where?

The same place Prime's trailer goes.

Sooooooo........ A pocket dimension?

lol

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681406)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on May 2nd, 2015 @ 1:28am CDT

If I get this song stuck in my head, I will come for each of you, as long as you're smaller than me.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681408)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 2nd, 2015 @ 1:29am CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:If I get this song stuck in my head, I will come for each of you, as long as you're smaller than me.

That's what it's all about.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681427)
Posted by mooncake623 on May 2nd, 2015 @ 2:14am CDT

Thanks to Hisashi Yuki via Twitter we get a new image of Transformers Unite Warriors UW-01 Superion! This image really gives us a clear look at the Takara Tomy's version of Superion which you can compare to the Hasbro version in our Seibertron.com Galleries! Check out the Hisashi Yuki's image below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681433)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 2nd, 2015 @ 2:36am CDT

Beautiful! I'm glad to see that some of the "French's Mustard" yellow is actually a nice metallic golden color, a la the color Takara has been using for their Bumblebee repaints of late. Can't wait to have this guy in my collection!

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681437)
Posted by frogbat on May 2nd, 2015 @ 3:16am CDT

i got the hasbro version cos well basically i couldn't wait

This guy does look better and I would've got him instead as the white feet/hands look more in line with the original. And tho i don't mind alpha bravo would have preferred slingshot + the price diff was not that much of an issue with this guy, think would've cost me less than what I paid for the others.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681452)
Posted by Tigertrack on May 2nd, 2015 @ 5:11am CDT

I think the white backdrop with the white hands and feet and all the other white bits really help to sell the overall look. Fills it out a bit more. Still looks nice. I'll be glad to own it.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681456)
Posted by Nemesis Destron on May 2nd, 2015 @ 6:00am CDT

Just capital Takara! :APPLAUSE:

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681457)
Posted by RhA on May 2nd, 2015 @ 6:09am CDT

Absolutely sweet. I might keep Defensor off to see what Takara does with it.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681478)
Posted by Yotsuyasan on May 2nd, 2015 @ 7:31am CDT

Six thousand years of recorded history, a history that includes remarkable composers, astonishing symphonies! But what is the one song that half of them sing to their children generation after generation?

Moosey wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Ya put your right arm in,
Ya put your right arm out,
Ya put your right arm in,
And ya shake it all about...

You switch limbs with your buddy and flip them all around, that's what it's all about!!

It doesn't mean anything! I have been studying it for seven days! I had the computer analyze it! I swear to you...

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681531)
Posted by megatronus on May 2nd, 2015 @ 10:58am CDT

He's looking a lot better than the initial reveals.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681538)
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 2nd, 2015 @ 11:18am CDT

i wish we were able to get some white hands and feet for the hasbro version

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681625)
Posted by Cyberpath on May 2nd, 2015 @ 3:14pm CDT

Ultra Markus wrote:i wish we were able to get some white hands and feet for the hasbro version

You could still spray-paint them white, just make sure you use a quality brand.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681626)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on May 2nd, 2015 @ 3:14pm CDT

7.8 Too much white.

Re: TakaraTomy Transformers Unite Warriors:E-Hobby Grand Scourge On Display (1681634)
Posted by Ultra Markus on May 2nd, 2015 @ 3:37pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:i wish we were able to get some white hands and feet for the hasbro version
You could still spray-paint them white, just make sure you use a quality brand.

i don't know about that, painting white over black doesn't always come out good
maybe ill save the trouble and get the perfect effect upgrade they would look better anyway

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