Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia

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Also updated on the TakaraTomyMall website is the listing for Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia, the Victorion repaint with a bizarre backstory and colour schemes, with slightly larger images and tweaked decos since the first time we saw the set. New addition is a sample look at the probably box art, all mirrored below for your viewing convenience - check it out!

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Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823411)
Posted by King Kuuga on September 10th, 2016 @ 2:45am CDT

Could we please stop misusing the word "repaint"? It's only a repaint if the injected plastics are all the same but the paint map is different (this is extraordinarily rare). This is a redeco.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823412)
Posted by Va'al on September 10th, 2016 @ 2:48am CDT

King Kuuga wrote:Could we please stop misusing the word "repaint"? It's only a repaint if the injected plastics are all the same but the paint map is different (this is extraordinarily rare). This is a redeco.

That is an incredibly specific detail, which I did not know about.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823418)
Posted by Va'al on September 10th, 2016 @ 2:55am CDT

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ece/36317/

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823419)
Posted by King Kuuga on September 10th, 2016 @ 2:58am CDT

It's one of my pet peeves in this fandom. A toy's deco refers to its entire coloration, the combination of plastic colors and paint applications. So if you change both of those, it's a redeco.
Unfortunately the misapplied term repaint gets substituted much more often and is the prevailing term among fans.
TO RECAP:
changed plastic colors + new paint apps=redeco
same plastic colors + new paint apps=repaint

NOW YOU KNOW!

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823423)
Posted by Va'al on September 10th, 2016 @ 3:32am CDT

King Kuuga wrote:It's one of my pet peeves in this fandom. A toy's deco refers to its entire coloration, the combination of plastic colors and paint applications. So if you change both of those, it's a redeco.
Unfortunately the misapplied term repaint gets substituted much more often and is the prevailing term among fans.
TO RECAP:
changed plastic colors + new paint apps=redeco
same plastic colors + new paint apps=repaint

NOW YOU KNOW!

I do!

But do I care..? :-P

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823438)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 10th, 2016 @ 7:15am CDT

Dr Va'al wrote:
King Kuuga wrote:It's one of my pet peeves in this fandom. A toy's deco refers to its entire coloration, the combination of plastic colors and paint applications. So if you change both of those, it's a redeco.
Unfortunately the misapplied term repaint gets substituted much more often and is the prevailing term among fans.
TO RECAP:
changed plastic colors + new paint apps=redeco
same plastic colors + new paint apps=repaint

NOW YOU KNOW!

I do!

But do I care..?

G.I. JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE!!!

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823448)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 10th, 2016 @ 8:07am CDT

King Kuuga wrote:It's one of my pet peeves in this fandom. A toy's deco refers to its entire coloration, the combination of plastic colors and paint applications. So if you change both of those, it's a redeco.
Unfortunately the misapplied term repaint gets substituted much more often and is the prevailing term among fans.
TO RECAP:
changed plastic colors + new paint apps=redeco
same plastic colors + new paint apps=repaint

NOW YOU KNOW!

And knowing is half the battle............. ;)^

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823480)
Posted by firefox91 on September 10th, 2016 @ 11:46am CDT

I have to say, these new colors are far better than the ugliness that is Victorion. I like how each bot has a unique stand out color. It reminds me of Voltron. But I still can't get over the head. It's really tall and skinny, it just looks disproportionate. Other than that, I really like it.

Regarding redeco vs repaint. I see the differences that are being stated but in the end I just don't think it is truly that important. Existing tooling, different colors. It's commonplace in toy collecting that is referred to as repaint. No, it's not dictionary level correct. But a lot in the English language where liberties are taken, but the point is still understood.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823493)
Posted by william-james88 on September 10th, 2016 @ 1:28pm CDT

firefox91 wrote: No, it's not dictionary level correct. But a lot in the English language where liberties are taken, but the point is still understood.

Yeah, like a lot of Americans use "Mad" to mean "Angry". Drives me mad

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823506)
Posted by jgilkinson on September 10th, 2016 @ 2:24pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
firefox91 wrote: No, it's not dictionary level correct. But a lot in the English language where liberties are taken, but the point is still understood.

Yeah, like a lot of Americans use "Mad" to mean "Angry". Drives me mad

Kind of like how "I'm sorry" and "My Bad" mean about the same thing... unless you're at a funeral

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823517)
Posted by Emerje on September 10th, 2016 @ 3:39pm CDT

In some cases saying "repaint" is actually more accurate than saying "redeco". When coming up with a new design for an existing mold they'll often take the former finished figure and repaint it by hand in new colors to test the design.

Takara Tomy does this on a regular basis, taking a pre-existing Hasbro retail figure and painting over it in their new colors, making calling them repaints a little more valid.

Emerje

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823558)
Posted by Terrsolpix on September 10th, 2016 @ 8:28pm CDT

I just got my Computron today and I'm lovin it TM. Glad I got to insatead of the Hasbro release. I'm having wheeljack combiner peg issues but it is much less severe than on my hasbro wheeljack which skips a whole click because looseness. Modular weapons is absolutely brilliant, this better be a reoccurring trend. It's my first unite warriors set and it might have pushed me over the edge of Kittyking and/or Voltorion

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823588)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 11th, 2016 @ 12:01am CDT

Terrsolpix wrote:I just got my Computron today and I'm lovin it TM. Glad I got to insatead of the Hasbro release. I'm having wheeljack combiner peg issues but it is much less severe than on my hasbro wheeljack which skips a whole click because looseness. Modular weapons is absolutely brilliant, this better be a reoccurring trend. It's my first unite warriors set and it might have pushed me over the edge of Kittyking and/or Voltorion

Another issue with Lightspeed's ratchet. Must be what JZGR said.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823593)
Posted by King Kuuga on September 11th, 2016 @ 1:03am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
firefox91 wrote: No, it's not dictionary level correct. But a lot in the English language where liberties are taken, but the point is still understood.

Yeah, like a lot of Americans use "Mad" to mean "Angry". Drives me mad

If you think i'm not going to use mad to mean mad, you're mad. And if it makes you mad that I say mad to mean mad but not to mean mad, then you're mad.

Emerje wrote:In some cases saying "repaint" is actually more accurate than saying "redeco". When coming up with a new design for an existing mold they'll often take the former finished figure and repaint it by hand in new colors to test the design.

Takara Tomy does this on a regular basis, taking a pre-existing Hasbro retail figure and painting over it in their new colors, making calling them repaints a little more valid.

Emerje

It is accurate in that specific context but not as a catch-all term.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823595)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 11th, 2016 @ 1:31am CDT

Repaint, Redeco, Remold, Retool, let's call the whole thing off. As long as the general intention of meaning is understood, there shouldn't be any problems. >:oP

Back to Megatronia, I find her title on the box a bit... surprising: "Woman Decepticon Warrior Combiner". What's more interesting is the Japanese title: ウーマンデストロン合体女兵士 (Ūmandesutoron gattai on'na heishi) or "Woman Destron Combined Woman Soldier". In other words, "Woman Decepticon/Destron" is the name of this particular sub-group.

It's a bit insulting, really...

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823598)
Posted by Bounti76 on September 11th, 2016 @ 3:37am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Repaint, Redeco, Remold, Retool, let's call the whole thing off. As long as the general intention of meaning is understood, there shouldn't be any problems.

Back to Megatronia, I find her title on the box a bit... surprising: "Woman Decepticon Warrior Combiner". What's more interesting is the Japanese title: ウーマンデストロン合体女兵士 (Ūmandesutoron gattai on'na heishi) or "Woman Destron Combined Woman Soldier". In other words, "Woman Decepticon/Destron" is the name of this particular sub-group.

It's a bit insulting, really...

Excuse me.....male privilege coming through.... >:oP

For real though, may I ask why you find it insulting? As I look at it, it's simply saying that they're Woman/Female Decepticons, and that they combine. It's like in the G1 cartoon, when the Female Autobots appear. Chromia, Moonracer, Lancer, Greenlight, Firestar, Elita One.....their team name is the Female Autobots (at least according to TFWiki).

Anyway, to me, the only reason that there would be a team called Female Decepticons, is that it's not only comparatively rare to have female characters in fiction, but a team of them? Almost unheard of. So they're not just another Decepticon team. The only thing that makes them different than any other combiner team is the fact that they're female, so that fact is pointed to in the team name,

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823614)
Posted by Wreckgar on September 11th, 2016 @ 5:28am CDT

Bounti76 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Repaint, Redeco, Remold, Retool, let's call the whole thing off. As long as the general intention of meaning is understood, there shouldn't be any problems.

Back to Megatronia, I find her title on the box a bit... surprising: "Woman Decepticon Warrior Combiner". What's more interesting is the Japanese title: ウーマンデストロン合体女兵士 (Ūmandesutoron gattai on'na heishi) or "Woman Destron Combined Woman Soldier". In other words, "Woman Decepticon/Destron" is the name of this particular sub-group.

It's a bit insulting, really...

Excuse me.....male privilege coming through....

For real though, may I ask why you find it insulting? As I look at it, it's simply saying that they're Woman/Female Decepticons, and that they combine. It's like in the G1 cartoon, when the Female Autobots appear. Chromia, Moonracer, Lancer, Greenlight, Firestar, Elita One.....their team name is the Female Autobots (at least according to TFWiki).

Anyway, to me, the only reason that there would be a team called Female Decepticons, is that it's not only comparatively rare to have female characters in fiction, but a team of them? Almost unheard of. So they're not just another Decepticon team. The only thing that makes them different than any other combiner team is the fact that they're female, so that fact is pointed to in the team name,

I think you may have just said it yourself. The Combaticons are all specialists in war. The Stunticons are all great drivers. The Constructicons are a team of builders and architects. This team name implies their gender is more noteworthy than any skills or abilities they may have.

Oh dear, I've just got involved in a discussion on feminism on the internet...

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823616)
Posted by Sjeng on September 11th, 2016 @ 5:32am CDT

Wreckgar wrote:I think you may have just said it yourself. The Combaticons are all specialists in war. The Stunticons are all great drivers. The Constructicons are a team of builders and architects. This team name implies their gender is more noteworthy than any skills or abilities they may have.

It's simple: unlike men, females can multitask. So they don't need a single specialization, they're female warriors, good at anything. ;)^

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823618)
Posted by Kurona on September 11th, 2016 @ 5:42am CDT

Wreckgar wrote:Oh dear, I've just got involved in a discussion on feminism on the internet...

Save yourself before it's too late

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823621)
Posted by Wreckgar on September 11th, 2016 @ 5:58am CDT

Kurona wrote:
Wreckgar wrote:Oh dear, I've just got involved in a discussion on feminism on the internet...

Save yourself before it's too late

It may already be too late - there's no hiding emoji

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823631)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 11th, 2016 @ 8:10am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Repaint, Redeco, Remold, Retool, let's call the whole thing off. As long as the general intention of meaning is understood, there shouldn't be any problems.

Back to Megatronia, I find her title on the box a bit... surprising: "Woman Decepticon Warrior Combiner". What's more interesting is the Japanese title: ウーマンデストロン合体女兵士 (Ūmandesutoron gattai on'na heishi) or "Woman Destron Combined Woman Soldier". In other words, "Woman Decepticon/Destron" is the name of this particular sub-group.

It's a bit insulting, really...

Their team name being "Woman Destrons" is a counterpart reference to how Elita One's group in "The Search for Alpha Trion" was called the "Woman Cybertrons" in the Japanese version of that episode.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823632)
Posted by SureShot18 on September 11th, 2016 @ 8:16am CDT

It could also be said the name is just boring. The other Decepticon teams aren't called "male Decepticon combat specialist combiner", "male Decepticon construction combiner", or "male Decepticon stunt car combiner". They're called the Combaticons, Constructicons, and Stunticons. Those are far and away better names. In any case the fandom could create a name for them.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823634)
Posted by Sjeng on September 11th, 2016 @ 8:24am CDT

fembots!

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823635)
Posted by Kurona on September 11th, 2016 @ 8:31am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Repaint, Redeco, Remold, Retool, let's call the whole thing off. As long as the general intention of meaning is understood, there shouldn't be any problems.

Back to Megatronia, I find her title on the box a bit... surprising: "Woman Decepticon Warrior Combiner". What's more interesting is the Japanese title: ウーマンデストロン合体女兵士 (Ūmandesutoron gattai on'na heishi) or "Woman Destron Combined Woman Soldier". In other words, "Woman Decepticon/Destron" is the name of this particular sub-group.

It's a bit insulting, really...
Their team name being "Woman Destrons" is a counterpart reference to how Elita One's group in "The Search for Alpha Trion" was called the "Woman Cybertrons" in the Japanese version of that episode.

Aaah, that makes a lot more sense.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823742)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 11th, 2016 @ 4:37pm CDT

Mebbe they should be called "gynoid" instead. I might be the intent of the creators but you know how one word/context in Japanese means a lot of things.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823745)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 11th, 2016 @ 5:07pm CDT

fenrir72 wrote:Mebbe they should be called "gynoid" instead. I might be the intent of the creators but you know how one word/context in Japanese means a lot of things.

The word "woman" in the translation is used twice for a reason:

- ウーマン (Ūman) is the English "woman", used as a proper noun, a name.
- 女 (on'na) is the Kanji meaning "woman", but often used more broadly for anything feminine or anyone female.

It's the first I have a bit of a problem with, doesn't have as big of a umpf.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823828)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 11th, 2016 @ 10:32pm CDT

Sowndwave76 wrote:I am starting to get impatient with TFSource...
Really thought I'd have UW Comp by now. Supposedly it's happening at the end of this month.

Sounds like this set is a big hit overall.

Not to mention, to save on shipping I'll be getting UW Brut in the same haul.

Yeah, my patience has been pushed too. But that's not a terrible thing, seeing as how it gives me time for a paycheck or 2 to come in and give me a little more wiggle room budget wise

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823840)
Posted by MaverickPrime on September 11th, 2016 @ 10:57pm CDT

As Thew once said, Transformers have always been pretty awkward with the male-female deal, say what you want about Gobots, but they took the best aproach to it: some of them are boys, some of them are girls. Simple.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823940)
Posted by o.supreme on September 12th, 2016 @ 9:21am CDT

nycPrime wrote:Preordered my UW Computron from BBTS and it hasn't hit my POL yet. Though to be honest, I have ordered so much stuff in the last couple of months, I don't mind waiting a bit longer to give my wallet a break.

I'm the same. Though to be fair I think BBTS had several rounds of pre-orders. Additionally I think mine was a cancellation that I just snatched up as I saw it was on pre-order long after it has been "out of stock" and I could only order one, so I may have literally gotten their last pre-order, unless someone else cancels.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823972)
Posted by nycPrime on September 12th, 2016 @ 11:08am CDT

o.supreme wrote:
nycPrime wrote:Preordered my UW Computron from BBTS and it hasn't hit my POL yet. Though to be honest, I have ordered so much stuff in the last couple of months, I don't mind waiting a bit longer to give my wallet a break.

I'm the same. Though to be fair I think BBTS had several rounds of pre-orders. Additionally I think mine was a cancellation that I just snatched up as I saw it was on pre-order long after it has been "out of stock" and I could only order one, so I may have literally gotten their last pre-order, unless someone else cancels.

Exactly how I got mine

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823975)
Posted by o.supreme on September 12th, 2016 @ 11:12am CDT

nycPrime wrote:Exactly how I got mine

Were you also the same person who snatched up that one UW Bruticus they got in stock last week? :-?

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1823986)
Posted by nycPrime on September 12th, 2016 @ 11:39am CDT

o.supreme wrote:
nycPrime wrote:Exactly how I got mine

Were you also the same person who snatched up that one UW Bruticus they got in stock last week?

Nope. Pretty happy with my CW Brut.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824243)
Posted by william-james88 on September 12th, 2016 @ 10:20pm CDT

Oh man that UW Computron is the best combiner wars/UW figure. Best torso, uses the Rook and Groove mold and its the only time that transforming the breakdown mold the right way actually looks like a nice block of colour rather than the underside of a car. If anyone is a fan of paint, they will love this set, it has paint by the gallons. Even 3/4 of the HFGs are painted.

And I found a col way to position the wheel in back of Afterburner so that it is exactly as it is in the cartoon and G1 toy:

Strafe has 4 ports in his forearm!

Dont know why he needs so many, 3 is already plenty

And the modular weapons are fun (and many are painted)

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824244)
Posted by Sowndwave76 on September 12th, 2016 @ 10:24pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Oh man that UW Computron is the best combiner wars/UW figure. Best torso, uses the Rook and Groove mold and its the only time that transforming the breakdown mold the right way actually looks like a nice block of colour rather than the underside of a car. If anyone is a fan of paint, they will love this set, it has paint by the gallons. Even 3/4 of the HFGs are painted.

And I found a col way to position the wheel in back of Afterburner so that it is exactly as it is in the cartoon and G1 toy:

Strafe has 4 ports in his forearm!

Dont know why he needs so many, 3 is already plenty

And the modular weapons are fun (and many are painted)

Love the look of Afterburner... That transformation looks spot-on... I will be using that myself!
Gahhh, I can't wait to get this set!!!

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824266)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 13th, 2016 @ 4:25am CDT

william-james88 wrote:Oh man that UW Computron is the best combiner wars/UW figure. Best torso, uses the Rook and Groove mold and its the only time that transforming the breakdown mold the right way actually looks like a nice block of colour rather than the underside of a car. If anyone is a fan of paint, they will love this set, it has paint by the gallons. Even 3/4 of the HFGs are painted.

And I found a col way to position the wheel in back of Afterburner so that it is exactly as it is in the cartoon and G1 toy:

Strafe has 4 ports in his forearm!

Dont know why he needs so many, 3 is already plenty

And the modular weapons are fun (and many are painted)

Pics of the wheels?

So worth the price of admission yes?

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824280)
Posted by william-james88 on September 13th, 2016 @ 6:49am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:Pics of the wheels?

So worth the price of admission yes?

Oh definitely I am not a fan of the plastic used for Scattershot's wings and the way Strafe's head is attached is a little wierd, plus I would have liked the excess alt mode panels on the rook mold to fold into the forearm but thats about it for flaws.

Here is how Afterburner looks on the side

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824284)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 13th, 2016 @ 7:49am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Pics of the wheels?

So worth the price of admission yes?

Oh definitely I am not a fan of the plastic used for Scattershot's wings and the way Strafe's head is attached is a little wierd, plus I would have liked the excess alt mode panels on the rook mold to fold into the forearm but thats about it for flaws.

Here is how Afterburner looks on the side

Yup. Takara scrimped off Scattershot's wings :BANG_HEAD:

the hollowness made it so gooey soft. Heck, even their guns are much much harder 8-}

well nobody's perfect :BANG_HEAD:

Should have been the most perfect of the gestalts.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824293)
Posted by william-james88 on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:23am CDT

fenrir72 wrote:well nobody's perfect Should have been the most perfect of the gestalts.

Its still the best one (although I have a soft spot for Hasbro Bruticus for some reason, I really like the deco on all its members). But wait does that mean that Hasbro's Scattershot has different plastic for the wings? I will ask in the combiner wars thread.

And just curious, are there any pics of the correct way that Strafe and Afterburner look like as legs? Because if not,I will take those pics tonight.

Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824294)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:25am CDT

No need, just ask me. How soft is the plastic on the wings?

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824296)
Posted by nycPrime on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:30am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:well nobody's perfect Should have been the most perfect of the gestalts.

Its still the best one (although I have a soft spot for Hasbro Bruticus for some reason, I really like the deco on all its members). But wait does that mean that Hasbro's Scattershot has different plastic for the wings? I will ask in the combiner wars thread.

And just curious, are there any pics of the correct way that Strafe and Afterburner look like as legs? Because if not,I will take those pics tonight.

Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

I haven't received UW Computron yet, so to me, CW Bruticus is the best combiner. Really liked it the second I had him combined.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824298)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:32am CDT

william-james88 wrote:Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

They can form little knives/stabbing weapons for Strafe to weild as well

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824303)
Posted by william-james88 on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:39am CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

They can form little knives/stabbing weapons for Strafe to weild as well

Are there pics? I thought of sticking them under his arms and beef them up a bit.

Sigma Magnus wrote:No need, just ask me. How soft is the plastic on the wings?

Isnt that my question? :???:

How soft is the plastic on the wings of Hasbro's Scattershot?

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824306)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:43am CDT

...I mean, how soft are they on the UW release? The Hasbro ones are soft plastic, but still fairly sturdy.

Re: Clearer Images and Box Art - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Megatronia (1824310)
Posted by william-james88 on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:47am CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:...I mean, how soft are they on the UW release? The Hasbro ones are soft plastic, but still fairly sturdy.

I can't bend it much (its not like RID Starcream's wings) but it feels very very light. It feels like the plastic they use on model kit sprues.

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Posted by Sigma Magnus on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:49am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:...I mean, how soft are they on the UW release? The Hasbro ones are soft plastic, but still fairly sturdy.

I can't bend it much (its not like RID Starcream's wings) but it feels very very light. It feels like the plastic they use on model kit sprues.

Yeah, sounds about the same.

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Posted by william-james88 on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:55am CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:...I mean, how soft are they on the UW release? The Hasbro ones are soft plastic, but still fairly sturdy.

I can't bend it much (its not like RID Starcream's wings) but it feels very very light. It feels like the plastic they use on model kit sprues.

Yeah, sounds about the same.

Ok thanks. Makes sense since both toys are made in the same factory and more than likely use very similar material.Still too bad though. The plastic on Cyclonus' wings was excellent.

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Posted by Sigma Magnus on September 13th, 2016 @ 8:58am CDT

It's probably soft because it's not a whole, single piece. The wings have holes and protrusions that could break.

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Posted by fenrir72 on September 13th, 2016 @ 9:18am CDT

nycPrime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:well nobody's perfect Should have been the most perfect of the gestalts.

Its still the best one (although I have a soft spot for Hasbro Bruticus for some reason, I really like the deco on all its members). But wait does that mean that Hasbro's Scattershot has different plastic for the wings? I will ask in the combiner wars thread.

And just curious, are there any pics of the correct way that Strafe and Afterburner look like as legs? Because if not,I will take those pics tonight.

Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

I haven't received UW Computron yet, so to me, CW Bruticus is the best combiner. Really liked it the second I had him combined.

Don't be discouraged by my rant. Computicon is worth the extra moolah. It's just the wings so soft because of the hollow panels (not the open hole. And a bit of a warning on Lightspeed's ratchet joints. It makes using him as a leg kind of annoying as it causes Computicon to wobble a bit. I used wipe and Shine to minimize the wobble.

Also noticed that since Scattershot's shoulder's serve as Computicon's "femur", some mold degradation must have occurred because the ratchets aren't as tight as Superion's. Maybe someone who owns Hb Computron can feedback if this is the same issue with the mold.

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 13th, 2016 @ 9:36am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Also, can anyone tell me the use of the detachable tail fins on Strafe?

They can form little knives/stabbing weapons for Strafe to weild as well

Are there pics? I thought of sticking them under his arms and beef them up a bit.

There are somewhere in one of our more recent Computron stories. I don't have the time to find it, but it was there

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Posted by SureShot18 on September 13th, 2016 @ 12:46pm CDT

That's a cool way to deal with Afterburner's bike kibble, Will. Looks pretty good...from the side at least. :-P

for mine I've been using the windshield as the little visor over his head.

I've never actually said what I think of Computron now that he is in hand and yeah he's great. I wanna say he's better than Bruticus but man he's great too.

Now that I own the Breakdown mold I'm actually surprised it's gotten so much hate. Once I got him in hand I actually liked him a good bit.

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