New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 12:01AM CDT

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Four new Takara Transformers United entries have been added to the ever expanding Seibertron.com Gallery. Below you will find full high quality galleries for United Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Straxus, and Thunderwing complete with comparisons to their Hasbro counterparts. Click any of the images or links below for the full galleries.

Transformers United Jazz

Transformers United Laser Optimus Prime

Transformers United Straxus

Transformers United Thunderwing

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Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1394284)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on June 26th, 2012 @ 10:41am CDT

United Jazz is awesome!

Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1394288)
Posted by njb902 on June 26th, 2012 @ 10:51am CDT

I like both the jazz and thunderwing paint jobs. don't care for the other two toys.

Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1394300)
Posted by Sodan-1 on June 26th, 2012 @ 11:15am CDT

I say United wins Jazz and Optimus by miles. Thunderwing to, but only just. Straxus is a draw. Didn't he have both colour schemes in the comics?

Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1394303)
Posted by Va'al on June 26th, 2012 @ 11:18am CDT

The Optimus gallery has confirmed what I suspected: my figure has a shabby paint job.

The front grill isn't completely covered, and it's not paint chipping as it came out of its package like that. Oh well. When I get back to Italy I'll repaint it.

Nice work as always, Ryan! :APPLAUSE:

Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1394321)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 26th, 2012 @ 12:01pm CDT

Sodan-1 wrote:I say United wins Jazz and Optimus by miles. Thunderwing to, but only just. Straxus is a draw. Didn't he have both colour schemes in the comics?

The Generations deco is a mixture of all the colors he's appeared in. The United deco is more specific, namely his second appearance in the Marvel comics, "The Bridge to Nowhere"

Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1394836)
Posted by Blurrz on June 27th, 2012 @ 2:36pm CDT

Wow, didn't realize Straxus had Allspark Battles Teal on him

Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1394841)
Posted by REMINATOR on June 27th, 2012 @ 2:50pm CDT

Wow, I'm not sure which impress me more, the toys or the quality of the photos/ the background composition! Even with my Canon T3i DSLR, I can't even shoot like that :BOWDOWN:

Somebody gotta tell me the trick, hehe

Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1395007)
Posted by alldarker on June 28th, 2012 @ 3:16am CDT

Excellent pictures as always!

I wasn't too keen on Hasbro Straxus, or even the Straxus mold, but I had no idea United Straxus looked so good! I might just be tempted to get him after all.

I still have UN Jazz and UN Optimus MOSC. I actually also have Hasbro Jazz (and Hasbro Tracks) MOSC, but mosty because I can't bring myself to open them considering how bad they are compared to their UN counterparts, and I want to sell them somewhere down the line.

Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1395057)
Posted by GuyIncognito on June 28th, 2012 @ 8:42am CDT

For Jazz and OP I like the Takara versions better. Jazz benefits from the silver paint, and OP looks better with clear windshield, darker gray body and blue sword.

But I prefer Hasbro's blue and gray Straxus to the blue and blue United version.

For Thunderwing I'm 50/50. I like Hasbro's purple better than Takara's lavender, but I like the torso colors better on the Takara version.

Re: New United galleries: Jazz, Laser Optimus Prime, Thunderwing, and Straxus (1395083)
Posted by kirbenvost on June 28th, 2012 @ 10:26am CDT

I'm so glad I got UN Jazz. Laser Prime looks better too but I don't care about the figure enough to care that much. IMO the Hasbro versions of the others look best. Excellent galleries as usual!