New Galleries: Unite Warriors UW-06 Combiner Haunt Leader Grand Galvatron
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The set includes reuses of previous molds released under Combiner Wars or Unite Warriors, some with retooling, some with just redecos and feature: Tactician Cyclonus, from the Cyclonus mold with a more cartoon based shade of blurple and fully orange cannon for the gestalt; Ghost Starscream, a new headed clear plastic retool of Skydive; Curse Armada Thrust, homaging the Unicron trilogy seeker in green, with a new head on Air Raid; Zombie War Breakdown, straight from Transformers Prime, looking at the toy that never was in the US; Wandering Roller, a sideways homage to IDW Roller, adding some ominous orange to Rook. The Gestalt Galvatron lookalike, you ask? A reference to the Headmasters series, in which the big purple himself decides to take on the universe in a Unicron like body - and still does, in United Warriors fiction, even after his death the first time round. Check out the gallery below!
Transformers Unite Warriors Grand Galvatron
Transformers Unite Warriors Tactician Cyclonus
Transformers Unite Warriors Ghost Starscream
Transformers Unite Warriors Curse Armada Thrust
Transformers Unite Warriors Zombie War Breakdown
Transformers Unite Warriors Wandering Roller
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Posted by Optimizzy on May 8th, 2016 @ 3:04pm CDT
Posted by Mkall on May 8th, 2016 @ 3:16pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 8th, 2016 @ 3:18pm CDT
Optimizzy wrote:Do you get like kickbacks or something? Every damn time I think "oh I don't want that" you put out a gallery and I think "oh I HAVE to get this". I mean. Damn.
I see the sensors are still working fine. Excellent.
Posted by Optimum Supreme on May 8th, 2016 @ 4:58pm CDT
Mkall wrote:Roller wins this set.
For being a bizarre choice, sure. For being awesome and me wanty that goes to Breakdown. Dagnabbit, why do we never get that guy?
Thrust is pretty dang cool, too. Starscream looks real good, but that clear plastic is scary for longevity. Cyclonus, meh, no strong feeling.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 8th, 2016 @ 10:55pm CDT
Posted by Lucky Logician on May 9th, 2016 @ 10:51pm CDT
Mkall wrote:Roller wins this set.
He is the one figure from this that I really want. Time to start stalking around to see if I can find someone breaking up the set and selling him for a decent price.
Posted by no-one on May 10th, 2016 @ 8:32pm CDT
I think this is more of a "this set wins this set"Lucky Logician wrote:Mkall wrote:Roller wins this set.
He is the one figure from this that I really want. Time to start stalking around to see if I can find someone breaking up the set and selling him for a decent price.
So wacky, so crazy, so tasty (so I assume anyway)
Posted by Seibertron on May 10th, 2016 @ 8:42pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 10th, 2016 @ 10:26pm CDT
I like that it gives us some follow up on what happened to him after his going MIA in MTMTE #36 (if he didn't become Tarn, that is).Seibertron wrote:I'm not a fan of Wandering Roller but I give them an A for effort for coming up with a proper story for him.
Posted by Seibertron on May 10th, 2016 @ 10:28pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I like that it gives us some follow up on what happened to him after his going MIA in MTMTE #36 (if he didn't become Tarn, that is).Seibertron wrote:I'm not a fan of Wandering Roller but I give them an A for effort for coming up with a proper story for him.
Now that's a toy I really, really, really want. Tarn and Rung. Make it a gift pack and call it a day.
Posted by no-one on May 10th, 2016 @ 10:41pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I like that it gives us some follow up on what happened to him after his going MIA in MTMTE #36 (if he didn't become Tarn, that is).Seibertron wrote:I'm not a fan of Wandering Roller but I give them an A for effort for coming up with a proper story for him.
Now that's a toy I really, really, really want. Tarn and Rung. Make it a gift pack and call it a day.
Posted by Optimizzy on May 11th, 2016 @ 1:38am CDT
Seibertron wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I like that it gives us some follow up on what happened to him after his going MIA in MTMTE #36 (if he didn't become Tarn, that is).Seibertron wrote:I'm not a fan of Wandering Roller but I give them an A for effort for coming up with a proper story for him.
Now that's a toy I really, really, really want. Tarn and Rung. Make it a gift pack and call it a day.
"What he said, that's what I'm thinking" - Luke Wilson, X-Files.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 11th, 2016 @ 4:22pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I like that it gives us some follow up on what happened to him after his going MIA in MTMTE #36 (if he didn't become Tarn, that is).Seibertron wrote:I'm not a fan of Wandering Roller but I give them an A for effort for coming up with a proper story for him.
Now that's a toy I really, really, really want. Tarn and Rung. Make it a gift pack and call it a day.
If only Hasbro would make toys of an infamous killing clan. And better yet, let us know what Rung actually turns into so we can get his toy already!!!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 20th, 2016 @ 6:01pm CDT
Computron himself is comprised of 6 different bots, each from a different mold. The leader, Scattershot, is based on the Silverbolt mold with some new alt mode parts and a new robot mode head. Strafe is a retool of Air Raid, complete with all new jet mode retooling. Afterbreaker is a retool of Deluxe Groove with a new windscreen and robot mode head. Lightsteed is a straight redeco of Streetwise and Nosecone is a straight redeco of Brawl. Rounding out the team is new bot Scrounge and shuttle partner Cybaxx, who are a retool and a redeco, respectively, of Cosmos and Payload and are the first representations of the characters in plastic form.
You can check out some of our gallery images below, and you can go to the actual gallery by clicking any of the images below. Check it out, and let us know what you think in the comments section below, and as always stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries!
Generations Combiner Wars Computron (132 images) - Combiners, Technobots
Generations Combiner Wars Scattershot (108 images) - Combiners, Technobots, Voyager Class
Generations Combiner Wars Strafe (115 images) - Combiners, Deluxe Class, Technobots
Generations Combiner Wars Afterbreaker (91 images) - Combiners, Deluxe Class, Technobots
Generations Combiner Wars Nosecone (89 images) - Combiners, Deluxe Class, Technobots
Generations Combiner Wars Lightsteed (94 images) - Combiners, Deluxe Class, Technobots
Generations Combiner Wars Scrounge (145 images) - Combiners, Legends Class, Technobots
Generations Combiner Wars Cybaxx (72 images) - Legends Class, Targetmasters, Technobots
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 20th, 2016 @ 6:19pm CDT
Posted by Autobot N on September 20th, 2016 @ 6:58pm CDT
Pretty sure you can't cancel pre-orders with TFSource (I remember you saying that you had ordered him from there).D-Maximus_Primal wrote:In all honesty, I'm thinking of cancelling my pre-order for the UW version and get this one. It is looking better and the gallery is beautiful. Plus. he does look better combined than I previously saw and he's much cheaper and I want Scrounge
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 20th, 2016 @ 7:00pm CDT
Autobot N wrote:Pretty sure you can't cancel pre-orders with TFSource (I remember you saying that you had ordered him from there).D-Maximus_Primal wrote:In all honesty, I'm thinking of cancelling my pre-order for the UW version and get this one. It is looking better and the gallery is beautiful. Plus. he does look better combined than I previously saw and he's much cheaper and I want Scrounge
You can cancel a pre-order at any time. it's once it comes in stock you can't cancel. I feel bad for Roadbuster though since I'll need to ship him separately and overall he'll come to more than MSRP and he's been selling for like $6 on HTS
Posted by RiddlerJ on September 20th, 2016 @ 7:04pm CDT
Edit: Just saw the note. Though I can't help but wonder why they didn't make the guns removable like that in the first place.
Posted by Autobot N on September 20th, 2016 @ 7:06pm CDT
Huh. I had remembered reading somewhere that you couldn't cancel pre-orders.Autobot N wrote:Pretty sure you can't cancel pre-orders with TFSource (I remember you saying that you had ordered him from there).D-Maximus_Primal wrote:In all honesty, I'm thinking of cancelling my pre-order for the UW version and get this one. It is looking better and the gallery is beautiful. Plus. he does look better combined than I previously saw and he's much cheaper and I want Scrounge
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 20th, 2016 @ 7:19pm CDT
Autobot N wrote:Huh. I had remembered reading somewhere that you couldn't cancel pre-orders.Autobot N wrote:Pretty sure you can't cancel pre-orders with TFSource (I remember you saying that you had ordered him from there).D-Maximus_Primal wrote:In all honesty, I'm thinking of cancelling my pre-order for the UW version and get this one. It is looking better and the gallery is beautiful. Plus. he does look better combined than I previously saw and he's much cheaper and I want Scrounge
Most other places no. TFsource: you can.
I'm really considering it and I may cancel the pre-order tonight.
Posted by Autobot N on September 20th, 2016 @ 7:27pm CDT
He is an awesome figure. Only thing I don't like is Brawlcone.D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I'm really considering it and I may cancel the pre-order tonight.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 20th, 2016 @ 7:31pm CDT
Autobot N wrote:He is an awesome figure. Only thing I don't like is Brawlcone.D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I'm really considering it and I may cancel the pre-order tonight.
That's the one thing I hate about the set, but he'll be combined most of the time and I really want Scrounge more than ever. Plus, even with the Superion head the combined mode still looks good and I'm liking the color diversity more.
Arrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Posted by Autobot N on September 20th, 2016 @ 7:41pm CDT
My recommendation would be:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Autobot N wrote:He is an awesome figure. Only thing I don't like is Brawlcone.D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I'm really considering it and I may cancel the pre-order tonight.
That's the one thing I hate about the set, but he'll be combined most of the time and I really want Scrounge more than ever. Plus, even with the Superion head the combined mode still looks good and I'm liking the color diversity more.
Arrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Buy Hasbrotron
Scour eBay for a Takaracone.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 20th, 2016 @ 7:43pm CDT
Autobot N wrote:My recommendation would be:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Autobot N wrote:He is an awesome figure. Only thing I don't like is Brawlcone.D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I'm really considering it and I may cancel the pre-order tonight.
That's the one thing I hate about the set, but he'll be combined most of the time and I really want Scrounge more than ever. Plus, even with the Superion head the combined mode still looks good and I'm liking the color diversity more.
Arrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Buy Hasbrotron
Scour eBay for a Takaracone.
Might be my plan. cheaper at this point to find nosecone than scrounge
Posted by RiddlerJ on September 20th, 2016 @ 8:51pm CDT
Slightly off topic: I wonder what G2 Technobots would look like.
Posted by ebo716 on September 20th, 2016 @ 9:21pm CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:The thing is, if these were sold as separate figures, the one I'd be most interested in would be Lightspeed (well, after Scrounge). Just because he looks so unlike Lightspeed, I could make him be a different character entirely.
Slightly off topic: I wonder what G2 Technobots would look like.
Scattershot could be white and pink, nosecone could be purple, strafe could be yellow and green, afterburner could be white and blue, and light speed could be yellow and blue
Posted by Bumblevivisector on September 21st, 2016 @ 12:38am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:Slightly off topic: I wonder what G2 Technobots would look like.
Actually, we know what G2 Strafe would look like:
Meaning he could be a straight-up Air Raid redeco without any of that pesky retooling!
Posted by Giant Purple Griffin on September 21st, 2016 @ 11:22am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2016 @ 11:36am CDT
Giant Purple Griffin wrote:This set is to good in hand. I haven't seen so much paint slathered on a Hasbro release in a long time. These galleries really show how well he and his individual members actually do match up with their G1 counterparts. Even Lightsteed, especially in car mode, is closer to his counterpart than you might think at first glance.
I did see that but I also noticed that they dropped the ball on Strafe since the Takara one ends up being way more toy accurate. I have no clue why Hasbro chose to have the connector port be orange instead of white and all those extra colours on his chest come from nowhere. Like Combiner Wars Brawl, strafe ends up being an odd man out when it comes to toy accuracy.
Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Strafe Gallery
Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Strafe Gallery
Posted by Bumblebee21 on September 21st, 2016 @ 1:50pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2016 @ 2:08pm CDT
Bumblebee21 wrote:Is the second image on the news post a teaser for what's next
This one?
Posted by Bumblebee21 on September 21st, 2016 @ 2:11pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Bumblebee21 wrote:Is the second image on the news post a teaser for what's next
This one?
Yes
It has UW Computron's hands And feet
Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2016 @ 2:33pm CDT
Bumblebee21 wrote:Yes
It has UW Computron's hands And feet
Ooouuu, look at you and your eagle eyes. I hadnt noticed that. But yes, the UW gallery is being worked on
Posted by Bumblebee21 on September 21st, 2016 @ 3:00pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Bumblebee21 wrote:Yes
It has UW Computron's hands And feet
Ooouuu, look at you and your eagle eyes. I hadnt noticed that. But yes, the UW gallery is being worked on
Yay can't wait for it
Posted by Seibertron on September 21st, 2016 @ 3:00pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2016 @ 3:51pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:The Computron galleries took way longer than I had anticipated ... plus I've had the flu or really bad cold for the past week and managed to destroy one of my camera lenses during the process of photographing both Computron sets (thanks to me taking apart a lens to try to get rid of some dust that was causing the lens to not focus properly and then being unable to get it back together properly after 8 hours). UW-08 Computron set will be posted soon. Just finished the photos for MP-31 Delta Magnus!
Sorry to hear about all that Seibertron, I hope you are feeling better. Between the two Computron sets, which do you preffer?
Posted by Seibertron on September 21st, 2016 @ 4:26pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Sorry to hear about all that Seibertron, I hope you are feeling better. Between the two Computron sets, which do you preffer?
Thanks and I'll share my detailed thoughts about both sets once the galleries are posted for all of them.
Posted by Bumblebee21 on September 21st, 2016 @ 5:43pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on September 22nd, 2016 @ 12:00pm CDT
Enjoy the images below where we compare all the figures. Have you decided which one you are getting yet? If you have both, which do you prefer? Let us know in the discussion!
Transformers Unite Warriors Computron (140 images) - Combiners, Technobots
Transformers Unite Warriors Scattershot (119 images) - Technobots, Voyager Class
Transformers Unite Warriors Nosecone (102 images) - Deluxe Class, Technobots
Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe (117 images) - Deluxe Class, Technobots
Transformers Unite Warriors Afterburner (97 images) - Deluxe Class, Technobots
Transformers Unite Warriors Lightspeed (96 images) - Deluxe Class, Technobots
Posted by Seibertron on September 22nd, 2016 @ 12:09pm CDT
Hasbro's Combiner Wars Computron
Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Computron Gallery
- My biggest issue with this set is that while it attempts to homage the original toys, instead of the cartoon models, it fails to do that very thing since there were so many discrepancies and missed opportunities, which were brought more to the forefront than normal simply because the Takara Tomy set strove so hard to homage the cartoon version of the Technobots.
- The other big issues that I have with this set are the lack of the guns that came with the individual figures in the UW-08 set as well as the new heads and other remoldings.
- I feel like since many of us already bought Scattershot as a single packed Voyager Class figure, that not providing us with the Takara Tomy remoldings for both chests, the guns, and the Computron head is kind of a slap in the face. I feel like I've paid for those retoolings already because I have purchased so many different versions of this mold.
- Scrounge is awesome and it's nice to see a figure that is along the lines of a BotCon figure being released at retail. Obscure, but important, and nice to finally have after 30+ years.
- Lightsteed is good in vehicle mode, but does not look like Lightspeed in robot mode.
- Nosecone is probably the weakest of the bunch. At a minimum, he needed a new head. Brawl, in different colors, is still Brawl.
- Strafe is the most bewildering to me. The "nosecone" or whatever distinct front piece he has should be called, seems like it's a spot that will easily break as soon as a Computron tumbles off someone's display shelf. As it is, I now have two cracks in mine after knocking out the pin so that I could display him holding his "guns". It's dumbfounding that this piece wasn't designed as a pop-off piece so he could have a weapon accessory, and to help reduce it as a breakage point.
- Afterbreaker looks good and having Groove's accessories helps with the homage. However, unlike the UW-08 Afterburner, you can't attach the accessories to the peg hole on top of the cockpit. Mine cracked after attempting to do this while he was attached as Computron's arm.
- Computron is OK. A proper head would have gone a long ways toward selling me on this set. In fact, I feel like Hasbro really missed an opportunity to do something truly unique with this set. I wish they had just gone all out trying to match the G1 toys with the heads, accessories, and colors. While I like UW-08 Computron's head, that head is the Headmasters cartoon head. It is not the extremely distinct toy head, which would have been really cool to have seen Hasbro done that, not with just Computron, but with all of the heads. Just make the Hasbro set a true homage to the toys to contrast Takara Tomy's version being an homage of the cartoon models.
- The new hands and feet are nice. They are a very welcomed and long overdue addition to this line. However, it's a little too late. While it's nice on Computron, it's odd that he's the only one beside the Victorion set, that doesn't have the standard Combiner Wars hand-foot-gun accessory. I guess my biggest thing is that I'd just like to see the unique hands and feet used on Computron be offered as appropriately colored sets for the other Combiners such as Defensor, Menasor, Superion, etc.
Takara Tomy's Unite Warriors UW-08 Computron
Transformers Unite Warriors Computron Gallery
I really like this set. Let's get right into it ...
- Afterburner is nice, though I definitely prefer his toy colors. The Technobots were on-screen for such a small amount of time, that I've never considered his cartoon colors to be accurate and have always thought of any of the indiscrepancies with the colors of the Technobots to be an error in the cartoon. Another odd thing with Afterburner/Afterbreaker (and Groove as well), why in the world do these two figures have the light piping eyes? That's one of my favorite features on Transformers since the early 90s which I've been bummed to see going away recently, but it looks a little out of place on this mold when none of the other Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors figures have light piping. Love the new guns.
- Lightspeed is great, but something is off about the head. It looks better in person, and in my photos, than I saw in the video reviews I watched prior to working on these galleries, but something is just a little off about it.
- Nosecone is good, but again, something just seems off. While the new drill piece looks good, it's a little too big and it bugs me that the drill doesn't spin. It's a minor feature, but at this point with all of the remoldings and all of the money I have spent on this molds over the past 2 years, it seems like a minor feature that would have been nice to have. Something is off with his head as well. It's a little too wide or something compared to the cartoon model. I'm also not a fan of the Rook "hands", not sure why this opportunity wasn't taken to remold the hands finally to give him proper fists.
- Strafe is pretty good. I haven't photographed Blast Off yet so Strafe is pretty new to me still. I like how he's a reversed Blast Off. Very clever. I also like that the front orange gun pieces detach to become hand held accessories, even if that's unnecessary since he comes with his proper gun (which again, is very welcomed). I like the cartoon head, but for some reason the toy's head is more representative of Strafe to me (especially since his Marvel Comics model had the toy head).
- Scattershot is the most welcomed change other than Computron as a whole. Thank you for remolding Scattershot's chest, Computron's chest, providing new distinct guns, and doing a new head for Computron! Colors also look great. This is what I expect at this point after already purchasing so many different versions of this mold already. I didn't realize that the chests were remolded prior to working on the gallery so it was a very welcomed surprise!
- Computron is the Computron I wanted. I'm not a fan of the hands and feet, but at this point, I think it would have been very odd if Takara Tomy had released this set with the Hasbro version's hand and feet. They're not the greatest, but they work. I'm not quite sure what to make of the combined gun. Usually when this is done, ALL of the guns combine to form one BFG, not just some of the guns. The combined Scattershot guns seem like they would have sufficed to represent G1 Computron's gun. It looks cool, but just seems odd at the same time if that makes any sense.
With all of that said, Takara Tomy's set wins for me. It's got the correct weapon accessories, the correct heads (for the most part), and the colors are faithful to the version of Computron and the Technobots that Takara Tomy was trying to homage. Hasbro's version doesn't even get that right, doesn't have unique accessories, doesn't have the right heads and failed to deliver on any other additional remoldings that the Takara set offers. While Scrounge is a very welcomed addition to my collection, he's not enough on his own to offset all of the other issues I have with Hasbro's Computron set. Thank you, Takara Tomy, for going the extra mile. Hopefully our dollars speak volumes to the powers-that-be that we want more things like Takara Tomy's Computron set going forward.
Posted by Randomhero on September 22nd, 2016 @ 12:46pm CDT
I really enjoy the Unite set. It's my first and will be my only Takara Combiner team and I chose him not because i felt Takaras was superior to Hasbros, I just wanted to get at least one Takara set-originally it was going to be bruticus but I think the cartoon colors on it are dreadful and the QC issues with blast off made be change my mind- so I decided on computron. I have no childhood connection with the character, I just wanted to get at least one japan set. Glad I chose computron, he's a great figure and all the figures(except lighyspeed) are great.
Posted by DeathReviews on September 22nd, 2016 @ 2:28pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 22nd, 2016 @ 2:38pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:[*]Computron is OK. A proper head would have gone a long ways toward selling me on this set. In fact, I feel like Hasbro really missed an opportunity to do something truly unique with this set. I wish they had just gone all out trying to match the G1 toys with the heads, accessories, and colors.
Why would hasbro go all out for anything if they can't make a gross profit off of it
Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 22nd, 2016 @ 2:45pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:I'm also not a fan of the Rook "hands", not sure why this opportunity wasn't taken to remold the hands finally to give him proper fists.
That seems to be the one thing people seem to be having the most fun with though, which is weird. I don't like them from the stand point of display-ability, but the guns and drill were all designed to be hulk-handed with him, and it's fun putting different weapons into his hand-ports. If anything it would have been cool to remove the hand moldings and just use the ports as 'multi-tool hands' like cybertron red alert
Posted by RiddlerJ on September 22nd, 2016 @ 3:04pm CDT
Posted by Mr Skram on September 22nd, 2016 @ 3:49pm CDT
Posted by Bumblebee21 on September 22nd, 2016 @ 8:17pm CDT