fenrir72 wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:As fantastic as those Unite Warriors boxes look, I'm more excited by the ones not (yet) pictured. I'll be happy if we at LEAST get UW Bruticus next year, but if we get a UW Computron as well, I'll be over the moon.
I expect Bruticus more or less June 2016
It only makes sense. Superion was released at that time last year so being consistent with the schedule, it would come out at that very same time since Bruticus is appearing at us retail at the same time Superion was last year. Pretty much if the pattern for releases s the same, then UW Bruticus will be coming out in June.
Wolfman Jake wrote: The paint isn't lacking compared to the retail Hasbro release. Again, it's more of a "remix" for screen accuracy, especially in combined mode.
I would argue that there are better paint apps on Takara's since while the individual robot modes are remixed as you put it, Takara has added more paint in the other modes. Firstly, it has a whole bunch more paint on Mixmaster's alt mode, making him face any direction and giving him that G1 edge for root mode, Bonecrisher has paint on his tracks (making up for the lack of silver on his robot mode), all the rims are painted a beautiful silver which makes a HUGE difference (you these are construction vehicles so the rims are pretty big), the missile pods have the individual missiles painted red, and the arms have silver on them. Add that to the purple hands and there is a way better mix of colours found on Takara's combined Devastator than Hasbro's. Also, it doesnt have Hasbro's stupid mistake of having the decepticon symbol upside down on the knee. And of course, this is just discussing the deco as an aside from all the bonuses. Also, speaking of deco, the green is better. It is more green than Hasbro's more yellowish tint.
o.supreme wrote:I've been on the fence with this for the whole time, wanting to commit to one or the other. So basically there is no "win-win". With CW you get a toy that aesthetically looks better, with UW you get a toy of better quality. Would that be an accurate statement?
No way, Takara has Hasbro beaten pretty hard on all the UW releases I have. I have Devastator, which I described in depth above. But if you are curious here is the rundown on why UW Superion is faaaaaaaar superior than Hasbro's in deco (the plastic quality is the same, so the deco and members is the real big difference here).
While the deco is better, (just look at Silverbolt's shoulders for instance) the big part of the deco that gets me giddy is the superion chest. Let me explain.
The character model has Silverbolt's chest transform into Superion's chest and they are very different color wise. Silverbolt's chest in the G1 cartoon is red but seperated by white while Superion is red all across (except for a small patch).
Due to the engineering of back then, the G1 toy could not do that so the chest was a full red for both Superion and Silverbolt since it didnt really transform.
However, the new updated Combiner Wars toys have the engineering so that whatever chest Silverbolt has, Superion doesnt necessarily have to share it. And indeed, the transformation into a torso is quite involved and the same chest peices are not reused. And yet, Hasbro's lazy paint job doesnt showcase that at all since you still end up with a full red chest for both Silverbolt and Superion.
However, Takara does make the most of this great tnrasformation by showcasing how the torso has morphed and is far from just being Silverbolt's chest. And for once, the color change on the chest is very visible. This may look small, but it is a big deal for me since it highlights the evolution in engineering of these wonderful toys.
Now add to that the fact that Takara adds paint to extend the wingspan of the wings for the jets. Check out how beautiful they come out compared to Hasbro's.
Look at the wing on Takara below:
Now look where the pain on the wing ends with Hasbro's
Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Firefly GalleryYou see what I am talking about o.supreme? It is all WIN if you stick with UW. At least for Devastator and Superion.
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Do you think Takara will also do their own version of Sky Reign too, or do you think they'll just go "one and done" with a Liokaiser redeco/retool?
Yeah I think it will be one and done. Wouldnt be the first time. Rook, Alpha Bravo, Off Road and possibly jet slingshot will never be released there either.
I am pretty sure they will use some of those new Victorion heads for their individual members too (probably for some of Liokaiser's components) though I dont think they will outright release victorion.
. I'm guessing here:
Maybe January or February. My point was that the only UW set I'm intrested in is Devastator, and that's because he's an IMPROVEMENT from CW Devastator, but the other UW sets are either just recolors or recolors with a new limb mold.
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(no hard feelings.)
) which can't be dicerned using them high end pixel digicams. You must see it to believe it.
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