Image of Final Product for Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Computron and More Show Pictures

Is it just me...or does it look almost like Computron is smiling? It is just an odd observation. Even if it were true, I would not let such a little thing ruin my opinion of such a well engineered toy. But its just odd...I'd never thought I'd see a combiner smile, but least of all, Computron.

o.supreme wrote:Is it just me...or does it look almost like Computron is smiling? It is just an odd observation. Even if it were true, I would not let such a little thing ruin my opinion of such a well engineered toy. But its just odd...I'd never thought I'd see a combiner smile, but least of all, Computron.

Yes he is smiling. But thats the problem with ransformers with Mouths. You dont want them to look too mad or grim so sometimes they simply end up with a slight smile.

He looked like that on the show sometimes too:

I don't think he's smiling, I think that's just his lower lip...

I still can't get past that red Afterburner. Along with Lightspeed, it makes me glad I'm getting the Hasbro version.



@WJ88 I hate to break it to you, but that's Abominus.

I really really really cannot wait for this guy. I want him so badly and he looks so awesome. This is Computron and I am excited!

william-james88 wrote:Yes he is smiling. But thats the problem with transformers with Mouths. You dont want them to look too mad or grim so sometimes they simply end up with a slight smile.

He looked like that on the show sometimes too:

1. I've been accustomed to TF's with stoic faces, so grim or scowling ones wouldn't really make me take notice and

2. that's Abominus, not Computron ...just sayin

Nah guys, that's just shattered glass computron

Autobot N wrote:I still can't get past that red Afterburner. Along with Lightspeed, it makes me glad I'm getting the Hasbro version.

@WJ88 I hate to break it to you, but that's Abominus.

Yes it is indeed, thanks fo the catch. One thing I am wondering is that if the colour on Afterburner is important (which it is), then how are you ok with the green on the Hasbro version? Is it not as big an issue?

Yeah, I'm gonna wind up getting both versions...Hasbro for the more orange Afterburner, the dedicated hands and feet, and the Cosmos repaint; Takara for the better Strafe, Nosecone and Lightspeed.

I'm delighted by these finalized samples of Unite Warriors Afterburner. The earlier solicitations and stock photos had no hint of orange in Afterburner's pallet, but now, he looks like a pretty perfect match/compromise for his G1 cartoon appearance(s). Afterburner looks a lot more red in robot mode, while he looks more orange-red in vehicle mode (sometimes) and in limb mode on Computron. Yes, the G1 toy is more of a solid orange, a la Strafe's guns, but this is Takara we're talking about, so adherence to cartoon accuracy shouldn't surprise anyone by now.

And yeah, the green and black on Hasbro's version of Afterburner do kind of disappoint me. It's one step forward with the orange, but two steps back with the two new colors. It makes Afterburner look like he's celebrating Halloween or something.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm delighted by these finalized samples of Unite Warriors Afterburner. The earlier solicitations and stock photos had no hint of orange in Afterburner's pallet, but now, he looks like a pretty perfect match/compromise for his G1 cartoon appearance(s). Afterburner looks a lot more red in robot mode, while he looks more orange-red in vehicle mode (sometimes) and in limb mode on Computron. Yes, the G1 toy is more of a solid orange, a la Strafe's guns, but this is Takara we're talking about, so adherence to cartoon accuracy shouldn't surprise anyone by now.

And yeah, the green and black on Hasbro's version of Afterburner do kind of disappoint me. It's one step forward with the orange, but two steps back with the two new colors. It makes Afterburner look like he's celebrating Halloween or something.

I feel like Afterburner is cursed to get a never-quite-right release. Even third-party versions of him end up missing the mark. Is it that hard to make a closed-canopy orange, white and silver motorbike with an extended front swingarm?

Diem wrote:Yeah, I'm gonna wind up getting both versions...Hasbro for the more orange Afterburner, the dedicated hands and feet, and the Cosmos repaint; Takara for the better Strafe, Nosecone and Lightspeed.

And the better Scattershot with the better Computron head and chest, right?

Kurona wrote:

Diem wrote:Yeah, I'm gonna wind up getting both versions...Hasbro for the more orange Afterburner, the dedicated hands and feet, and the Cosmos repaint; Takara for the better Strafe, Nosecone and Lightspeed.

And the better Scattershot with the better Computron head and chest, right?

I guess that's a plus, but I'm a lot less bothered by that than by the major differences in the individual bots.

o.supreme wrote:Is it just me...or does it look almost like Computron is smiling?

If I looked that awesome, I'd smile a lot too

Diem wrote:Yeah, I'm gonna wind up getting both versions...Hasbro for the more orange Afterburner, the dedicated hands and feet, and the Cosmos repaint; Takara for the better Strafe, Nosecone and Lightspeed.

One after my own heart

I'm getting both too, and I almost can't get past UW's awesomeness, but I still don't know what I'm doing with THE combiner shelf. I've said I'm tired of the mold reuse and Quantron would remain to represent Compy, but damn... I dunno. Quants might be goin on Kijiji sometime soon.

The Takara version of Computron looks amazing I'm really glad I preordered him. Can't wait to have him on my G1 season 3 shelf

Batfan007 wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:

Batfan007 wrote:
Can anyone here tell me as estimate of shipping for UW Superion from TFSource to Australia? Also, do they ship internationally. I already emailed them and they could not give me a straight answer.
Even just an esstimate, I mean $20, $50? What kind of ballpark are we talking about here.

I don't know what you think about import sites but AmiAmi still has him available for preorder cheaper than buying from an American site like TFsource. The shipping would also probably be cheaper. That's where I'm putting my preorder and they are a good site so there's not much to worry about. And yes I'm pretty sure TFsource ships internationally but you can't qualify for free shipping. $20 to $50 sounds about right for something of that size. Hope that helps.

I have not looked on that site in a long time. Like before the CW line of toys existed long.
I'll take a look thanks.

EDIT: Orders are "closed" does that mean he it out of stock? This is like HLJ.com all over again.

Oops yeah I had Computron on the brain sorry. Still AmiAmi and the other usual sites are still better than American sites especially if you live outside the US.

william-james88 wrote:

Batfan007 wrote:EDIT: Orders are "closed" does that mean he it out of stock? This is like HLJ.com all over again.

Yes it does mean out of stock. I think the person responding before was referring to Computron sicne that is what we were all talking about.

Your best bet is to check this site out once in a while since they get older stuff that they sell at fair market price for non exclusives: http://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/?page_i ... e+warriors. Its not avantageous to americans since the shipping is expensive and they are better off getting them locally. But for international buyers, this is like other japanese sites. Check it over once a week, Superion used to appear there pretty often. TFSource will cost you over 74$ USD to ship to australia.

Also, check nippon yassan (another japanese site) if they still have superion.

Thanks, I'll boomark those sites. I check both and nippon yasan had the best price on Superion $140 AU, but with postage it bumps up to around $200 AU, so as much or more than what I can buy it for on ebay. DOH!

I saw a UT Superion in stock at a toys r us local to me and they want $300 AU for it! Get outta town TRU, no way.
Thanks anyhow.

that computron will be the highlight of these new combiners its too bad hasbro didnt do better
sure for hasbro the hands and feet are something new but the colors are all wrong retooling skydive was nice, but everything else? come on hasbro
unite warriors Computron will have a place on my shelf

Hold up. Wasn't there talk about Computers not being available for pre-order anymore? I suggest shopping here.

Ultra Markus wrote:that computron will be the highlight of these new combiners its too bad hasbro didnt do better
sure for hasbro the hands and feet are something new but the colors are all wrong retooling skydive was nice, but everything else? come on hasbro
unite warriors Computron will have a place on my shelf

Totally agree... This is one that's not to be missed.
Like Menasor and Bruticus, I almost wish I was getting both versions of Comp.
But there is nothing in the Hasbro version that makes it worth it imo.

Question-- Are the details on Comp's chest plate going to be white-ish, or red-ish as they are in those convention photos??
I'm hoping for the white.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Question-- Are the details on Comp's chest plate going to be white-ish, or red-ish as they are in those convention photos??
I'm hoping for the white.

They might have a somewhat iridescent quality, meaning the color changes depending on how the light hits the paint details. That would be pretty cool to pull off on a figure.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Question-- Are the details on Comp's chest plate going to be white-ish, or red-ish as they are in those convention photos??
I'm hoping for the white.

They might have a somewhat iridescent quality, meaning the color changes depending on how the light hits the paint details. That would be pretty cool to pull off on a figure.

edit: I think you could be right... Which would be really freaking cool.

On a side note, I won't be keeping Afterburner's front wheel sticking up in combined mode. I get it kinda matches the height of Strafe's guns, but it just doesn't look right to me.

When comes the Abominus then?

fenrir72 wrote:When comes the Abominus then?

You don't want any of us to answer that, trust me

Is it just me, or are Lightspeed's head and the rest of his body (sans the maroon parts) two different shades of red?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:When comes the Abominus then?

You don't want any of us to answer that, trust me

Well there's two ways to answer that question.

Optimistic Answer: As soon as they figure out beast combiners so maybe within the next few years, along with predaking and piranhacon

Pessimistic Answer: How does the twelfth of never sound. Seriously prime Abominus or its transformers go! repaint are your lot.

Anyway, Nosecone is the highlight of this set for me, everything else I can comfortably go to hasbro for. Non-cartoon accurate colour schemes don't bother me at all but I do recognise an awesome remold when I see one

Bounti76 wrote:Is it just me, or are Lightspeed's head and the rest of his body (sans the maroon parts) two different shades of red?

They look the same to me.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Question-- Are the details on Comp's chest plate going to be white-ish, or red-ish as they are in those convention photos??
I'm hoping for the white.

They might have a somewhat iridescent quality, meaning the color changes depending on how the light hits the paint details. That would be pretty cool to pull off on a figure.

Yeah,it's reflective silver paint.

I placed my pre-order for Computron last night. I would love to go with the Hasbro option, but the straight Superion head repaint as well as lack of retooling on the combined mode torso hurt him. Scrounge, Afterburner and Strafe are nice on the Hasbro version, as are the dedicated hands and feet, but then Lightspeed and Nosecone were very disappointing considering they are straight repaints, and Brawl just doesn't fit Noescone individually to me. Plus I hate that tank mold.

UW Computron has the new head and retooled torso bits as well as Scattershot robot mode bits, making him look more like the Scattershot I'd like. Rook into Nosecone was a great choice and it is my favorite mold, and it has a massive drill, so I'm excited. Wheeljack into Lightspeed made more sense to me plus he had a new head and everyone has new weapons, which I like. And then with Strafe and Afterburner I am getting 2 new molds with this one, which is exciting considering, save Sky Lynx and Brawl, I haven't got a new mold since Rook/Hot spot/Groove back last September.

Overall, this is the definitive Computron to me. Hasbro is still good for those who want it, but I appreciate the whole extra mile of retooling that Takara took.

That Bot wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:Is it just me, or are Lightspeed's head and the rest of his body (sans the maroon parts) two different shades of red?

They look the same to me.

I'm seeing 3 different shades: one shade for the head, one for the hands and thighs, and another for the lower legs, body and arms.

william-james88 wrote: One thing I am wondering is that if the colour on Afterburner is important (which it is), then how are you ok with the green on the Hasbro version? Is it not as big an issue?

I appreciate the color diversity. In my opinion, this looks better than this

Autobot N wrote:

william-james88 wrote: One thing I am wondering is that if the colour on Afterburner is important (which it is), then how are you ok with the green on the Hasbro version? Is it not as big an issue?

I appreciate the color diversity. In my opinion, this

Afterburner.jpg

looks better than this

Takaraburner.jpg

But would it still look better if you flipped the wheel 180 in the back and had that nice blue add to the red and white colour pallet? Because I do agree with you that looking at them transformed differently, Hasbro's does look quite good.

william-james88 wrote: But would it still look better if you flipped the wheel 180 in the back and had that nice blue add to the red and white colour pallet?

I would still prefer the Hasbro version, because of the orange. I don't mind the look of the blue (or the green, for that matter), but I'm going with whichever one has the main color that I like better.

It really is just a matter of preference. The colors of Afterburner for Hasbro are more Original Transformer toy accurate, TT is more original animation accurate. However... I wonder why the colors of Blue & Green were chosen for the windshield? In both the case of the toy & animation, you think they would have went with clear as in the case of Deluxe Groove, I'll be getting both, and I admit both the blue and the green are appealing for differing reasons, I just wonder how/why that decision was made?

Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

Takarakaiser was never confirmed, but Hasbrokaiser will likely be shown at SDCC.

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

Yeah, coming later... for Hasbro

Takara has revealed 0 plans for him, victorion, and the G2 sets. They are all hasbro exclusive so far.

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

To add to that question, chances are he'll be a Platinum Edition instead of a Combiner Wars release, which could explain why TakaraTomy hasn't touched him yet (or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer).

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

To add to that question, chances are he'll be a Platinum Edition instead of a Combiner Wars release, which could explain why TakaraTomy hasn't touched him yet (or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer).

Imagine how many people would soil themselves if Liokaiser were re-released by takara

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

To add to that question, chances are he'll be a Platinum Edition instead of a Combiner Wars release, which could explain why TakaraTomy hasn't touched him yet (or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer).

Imagine how many people would soil themselves if Liokaiser were re-released by takara

Imagine how many people would fanrage if that were to happen. "You got the colors wrong " (referring to the black head)

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

To add to that question, chances are he'll be a Platinum Edition instead of a Combiner Wars release, which could explain why TakaraTomy hasn't touched him yet (or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer).

Imagine how many people would soil themselves if Liokaiser were re-released by takara

Imagine how many people would fanrage if that were to happen. "You got the colors wrong " (referring to the black head)

I honestly think the fanrage would come second to the "omg we can all buy this now for less than the price of a house", I honestly don't care if the head was black, I'd be so stoked to be able to buy that set...

Hellscream9999 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

To add to that question, chances are he'll be a Platinum Edition instead of a Combiner Wars release, which could explain why TakaraTomy hasn't touched him yet (or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer).

Imagine how many people would soil themselves if Liokaiser were re-released by takara

Imagine how many people would fanrage if that were to happen. "You got the colors wrong " (referring to the black head)

I honestly think the fanrage would come second to the "omg we can all buy this now for less than the price of a house", I honestly don't care if the head was black, I'd be so stoked to be able to buy that set...

Yeah, the price would be outrageous potentially, and all the people sacrificing childs college tuition money (or their own) to own one. And i would not care, I would own a Liokaiser. That is fact

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

To add to that question, chances are he'll be a Platinum Edition instead of a Combiner Wars release, which could explain why TakaraTomy hasn't touched him yet (or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer).

Imagine how many people would soil themselves if Liokaiser were re-released by takara

Imagine how many people would fanrage if that were to happen. "You got the colors wrong " (referring to the black head)

I honestly think the fanrage would come second to the "omg we can all buy this now for less than the price of a house", I honestly don't care if the head was black, I'd be so stoked to be able to buy that set...

Yeah, the price would be outrageous potentially, and all the people sacrificing childs college tuition money (or their own) to own one. And i would not care, I would own a Liokaiser. That is fact

I can imagine the fanrage that JelZe was referring to as coming from the Japanese fans due to their preference for cartoon-accuracy. In the case of Hasbro's Liokaiser, it is neither show- nor toy-accurate, so if Japan got it as a USA Edition, they might feel letdown that it didn't get Liokaiser's look as correct as it could have been.

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

To add to that question, chances are he'll be a Platinum Edition instead of a Combiner Wars release, which could explain why TakaraTomy hasn't touched him yet (or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer).

Imagine how many people would soil themselves if Liokaiser were re-released by takara

Imagine how many people would fanrage if that were to happen. "You got the colors wrong " (referring to the black head)

I honestly think the fanrage would come second to the "omg we can all buy this now for less than the price of a house", I honestly don't care if the head was black, I'd be so stoked to be able to buy that set...

Yeah, the price would be outrageous potentially, and all the people sacrificing childs college tuition money (or their own) to own one. And i would not care, I would own a Liokaiser. That is fact

I can imagine the fanrage that JelZe was referring to as coming from the Japanese fans due to their preference for cartoon-accuracy. In the case of Hasbro's Liokaiser, it is neither show- nor toy-accurate, so if Japan got it as a USA Edition, they might feel letdown that it didn't get Liokaiser's look as correct as it could have been.

If I'm understanding you correctly, I was talking about the original toy being re-released, not about the Hasbro thing that has been seen on the bottom of those platinum sets

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Whatever happened with Liokaiser? Is that still coming?

To add to that question, chances are he'll be a Platinum Edition instead of a Combiner Wars release, which could explain why TakaraTomy hasn't touched him yet (or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer).

Imagine how many people would soil themselves if Liokaiser were re-released by takara

Imagine how many people would fanrage if that were to happen. "You got the colors wrong " (referring to the black head)

I honestly think the fanrage would come second to the "omg we can all buy this now for less than the price of a house", I honestly don't care if the head was black, I'd be so stoked to be able to buy that set...

Yeah, the price would be outrageous potentially, and all the people sacrificing childs college tuition money (or their own) to own one. And i would not care, I would own a Liokaiser. That is fact

I can imagine the fanrage that JelZe was referring to as coming from the Japanese fans due to their preference for cartoon-accuracy. In the case of Hasbro's Liokaiser, it is neither show- nor toy-accurate, so if Japan got it as a USA Edition, they might feel letdown that it didn't get Liokaiser's look as correct as it could have been.

If I'm understanding you correctly, I was talking about the original toy being re-released, not about the Hasbro thing that has been seen on the bottom of those platinum sets

I guess JelZe and I both thought you meant the CW Liokaiser, since that was the only one being discussed at the time.

I was going off the comment "or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer"

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I was going off the comment "or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer"

And I was aiming at CW Liokaiser with that, not a G1 reissue. Platinum Editions seem be past the G1 reissue phase, so we can stop equating them now. Plus, remember that TT released Platinum Trypticon in Japan?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I was going off the comment "or ever will, aside from a straight re-release a la Platinum Trypticon/Dinosaurer"

And I was aiming at CW Liokaiser with that, not a G1 reissue. Platinum Editions seem be past the G1 reissue phase, so we can stop equating them now. Plus, remember that TT released Platinum Trypticon in Japan?

I was also referring to the idea of a G1 re-release, there would be much pant-soiling going on there.

Because these boxes are so Awesome and TFYuki is very excited for this pair. Yes, they were already posted, but never hurts to see 'em again

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Because these boxes are so Awesome and TFYuki is very excited for this pair. Yes, they were already posted, but never hurts to see 'em again

Somehow I don't think I had seen either of these... Maybe they were back in a page I missed when I was on vacation. Anyway, these do look awesome!!
Kinda funny, getting these in August (I'm waiting for Brut so I get free shipping from TFSource) makes getting Groove in Oct. seem just a little mehhh. Although I haven't opened my HotSpot yet, so that helps.

Which UW Combiner do you think will be your favorite??

I do have to admit... while Takara's colour schemes don't always do it for me and I sometimes like Hasbro's better, Takara always knocks it out of the park with their boxart and stock photography. These are just so badass, I honestly wouldn't mind using one of them for my laptop wallpaper.