TakaraTomy Transformer Unite Warriors Devastator Teased to be Revealed at Tokyo Toy Show 2015

mooncake623 wrote:

RhA wrote:Either release a picture or don't Takara. Don't pull that 3rd party cr*p on us.

They've done that with everyone of them. What's the problem? they even tell you they will reveal him on 6/20. Third Party will do something like this and reveal him one part at a time 6 months later. It's not exactly the same thing.

I love news like this. Everything in the news game is such a random crap shoot, its nice to be told "this is happening here on this day". Gives you something to look forward to

RhA wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

RhA wrote:Either release a picture or don't Takara. Don't pull that 3rd party cr*p on us.

They've done that with everyone of them. What's the problem? they even tell you they will reveal him on 6/20. Third Party will do something like this and reveal him one part at a time 6 months later. It's not exactly the same thing.

It's this half-butted slow-reveal stuff this is a huge pet peeve for me. We know just about everything about this guy as far as the interwebs can tell us and still you get a 'tease'. At least Superion and the others had some new thing about them. This is just a photocopy monstrocity.

It's only a week away! This is actually pretty good news that they will reveal their Devastator before SDCC this way you can decide which one you'll want.

mooncake623 wrote:

RhA wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

RhA wrote:Either release a picture or don't Takara. Don't pull that 3rd party cr*p on us.

They've done that with everyone of them. What's the problem? they even tell you they will reveal him on 6/20. Third Party will do something like this and reveal him one part at a time 6 months later. It's not exactly the same thing.

It's this half-butted slow-reveal stuff this is a huge pet peeve for me. We know just about everything about this guy as far as the interwebs can tell us and still you get a 'tease'. At least Superion and the others had some new thing about them. This is just a photocopy monstrocity.

It's only a week away! This is actually pretty good news that they will reveal their Devastator before SDCC this way you can decide which one you'll want.

Yeah, thats great news! Do you guys know if they usually reveal the retail price as well?

RhA wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

RhA wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

RhA wrote:Either release a picture or don't Takara. Don't pull that 3rd party cr*p on us.

They've done that with everyone of them. What's the problem? they even tell you they will reveal him on 6/20. Third Party will do something like this and reveal him one part at a time 6 months later. It's not exactly the same thing.

It's this half-butted slow-reveal stuff this is a huge pet peeve for me. We know just about everything about this guy as far as the interwebs can tell us and still you get a 'tease'. At least Superion and the others had some new thing about them. This is just a photocopy monstrocity.

It's only a week away! This is actually pretty good news that they will reveal their Devastator before SDCC this way you can decide which one you'll want.

True enough, yet my mighty nerdrage continues. The SDCC version won't be on my shopping list. It's going to be either Takara or Hasbro, depending on price and motivation. I'm HEAVILY purging my collection in favor of Japanese bricks, so new stuff has to be priced right.

going after get hasbro version for people want detail its hasbro or takara not many people sdcc its visor or no visor visor or no visor make people want sdcc details are nice visor less not fan and chrome not chance of it

As individuals, Hasbro's bots win. Combined Takara wins. Tough call.

mooncake623 wrote:"teaser pic of Takara's Devastator"

Hahaha, what a cruel teaser pic. It hides everything that we want to see. It also looks like a newspaper clipping reprinted from microfiche at the local library. Well play Takara, well played. jerks

mooncake623 wrote:It's only a week away! This is actually pretty good news that they will reveal their Devastator before SDCC this way you can decide which one you'll want.

Exactly, my friend! Soon I'll know which version of Devastator I'll be investing in. Even though I'll still have to wait a while to get ANY of the upcoming releases, at least I'll have the peace of mind knowing what the goal is, in terms of time and money, to get this awesome beast in my collection.

Spanbauer wrote:Really, really, really hope that teaser picture isn't actually Takara Tomy's Devastator, because if it is it'll have more in common with the Hasbro retail version than the SDCC version (obviously the photo is very silhouetted, but you can tell there are no additional decals on Scavenger's vehicle mode, no purple waist on Devastator, no black treads on Bonecrusher, no extra decal on Devastator's waist). So hopefully they just grabbed a photo of the Hasbro retail version for this silhouette teaser and this isn't actually their version.

On the other paw, if that IS a photoshop of the legit Takara version, looks like the shades are IN for their release. That makes me quite happy.

From TF YUKI's Twitter:

So, we've got G1-style guns for the whole crew, which is awesome. This is also our first look at the shades of green and purple Takara Tomy are using, and both look perfect in my book.

Regarding differences, Hook has silver on the front of his legs and a purple ankle joint. Bonecrusher actually has LESS paint apps, missing the silver on his arms and just leaving them green. Can't tell if Mixmaster has the painted headlights like the SDCC version; doesn't look like it but they're indented so could be the angle.

Bonecrusher's plain arms makes me think they're going with a literal G1 cartoon approach, stripping away paint apps ala Dragstrip instead of finding a balance between the original toy and cartoon.

Ooh! Wonder how much Takara's option is gonna be, as the addition of these guns makes it a viable option at this point. On the flipside, I'm likely gonna have this guy combined most of the time, so then again, Hasbro retail might be the way to go for value.

Guess that takes care of this discussion and complaint.

Seibertron wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Seibertron wrote:My biggest gripe with Devastator is that the individual Constructicons don't have their guns. Seems like for $150 we could have gotten 6 guns to make this a complete set.

True, veru true. But is it possible they did not include them for fear of being unable to store them well?

Yeah they use the combiner pieces as weapons.

I think he means individual rifles, like how the deluxes come with a weapon and the combiner piece

I know, but if they had rifles, where would the combiner pieces go?

if they had individual weapons they would attach somewhere in vehicle mode like the original constructicons but when combined i would say they get put aside. why would there weapons need to go anywhere on devastator? he has a big ass gun!

Well I'll be damned. Thanks Takara and WTH Hasbro!?!?