Comparison Images of Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Baldigus / Ruination

I am oddly disappointed by the lack of proper camo on them. I kinda hoped they'd get more camouflagey details on them ala the original toys. Still, they look good, and if my Megaempress turns out to be a solid product I MIGHT get him.

I think I mainly miss it on the tank.

ahhh. The paint colors and camo are cartoon accurate. Just had a look. Makes more sense now.

Actually, looks really good. Planning to pick this up.

Really never liked this colour scheme. Always reminds me of some really foul tasting vegatable soup/puke.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Really never liked this colour scheme. Always reminds me of some really foul tasting vegatable soup/puke.

I've thought this too, although it doesn't bother me so much. He IS many shades of vomit.

Wow! These look amazing in this color scheme. Kudos to Takara from bringing this set out. Can't wait to add this to my collection.

so looks like that blast off mold has a different look not using the nose of the shuttle for a chest
i think that this looks way better

Ultra Markus wrote:so looks like that blast off mold has a different look not using the nose of the shuttle for a chest
i think that this looks way better

The orientation was used for the retool UW Strafe. As a consequence though, the arms are switched.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:so looks like that blast off mold has a different look not using the nose of the shuttle for a chest
i think that this looks way better

The orientation was used for the retool UW Strafe. As a consequence though, the arms are switched.

His chest is this way because their cartoon models were MUCH more toy-based than the Combaticons, and Takara had focused on making their Unite Warriors/Combiner Wars molds more cartoon accurate. Hasbro was more about G1 Toy accurate decos for the most part.

reasons for me to get this over UW or hasbro bruticus is that this guy has the blast off mould (beats out the hasbro one, even though even as a kid I saw it odd that a shuttle formed part of the team in spite of starscream's explanation bout having his own shuttle like megs had astrotrain.) And the reason he beats out the UW version is that this guy is using the tilted ankles. That's something I don't have on my other CW figures and I think will help with his overall stability. I'm not super keen on the colours, preferring the original combaticons scheme, and I have no connection with this guy, so he'll be my combaticon team after being affected by some bad spray job swindle got on the cheap. He'd have looked better if the shuttle matched the chopper colour scheme - symmetrical / matching colour schemes definitely help the gestalts overall look I feel - e.g. devastator and victorian

It's really amazing just how far toy companies have come in terms of being able to make characters pretty much show accurate. Love the look of these guys.

Bounti76 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:so looks like that blast off mold has a different look not using the nose of the shuttle for a chest
i think that this looks way better

The orientation was used for the retool UW Strafe. As a consequence though, the arms are switched.

His chest is this way because their cartoon models were MUCH more toy-based than the Combaticons, and Takara had focused on making their Unite Warriors/Combiner Wars molds more cartoon accurate. Hasbro was more about G1 Toy accurate decos for the most part.

it still looks better though,
if only hasbro would release that mold of blastoff and use that orientation with toy accurate colors

I'm giving Takara one more chance, mainly because Megaempress and her entourage are just too adorable to pass up. Hopefully they should be here very soon.

Idk how all of you see it as puke. Looks like camo colors to me.

Y'know, looking at Baldigus like this; I wish my Bruticus had those hands/feet, Scattershot's guns and the Constructicon guns. It's amazing how perfectly they work.

Kurona wrote:Y'know, looking at Baldigus like this; I wish my Bruticus had those hands/feet, Scattershot's guns and the Constructicon guns. It's amazing how perfectly they work.

I know, right? I'd replace the hands and feet with PE offerings myself (because hollow feet and inarticulate lump hands suck) but the extra weapons totally complete them. If Megatronia is a win I might- MIGHT- get them.

Regarding the colours, I quite like them myself- they look properly military-ish. I do wish we'd get a Hasbro toy colour version later down the line though, as I prefer the sand blue Armourhide and the grey combiner bits. A Wal-Mart Urban Camo version would be nice too, but unlikely. Maybe for a future con exclusive?

Baldigus is out...Good Thing at least for the time it appears BBTS has plenty of Baldigus and Megatronia in stock as I probably wont be able to afford them for some time, also trying to plug a couple of the more expensive holes in my collection.

The Baldigus installment of Unite Warriors Offshot:



The six Combatrons (and Gelshark) are chillin' at a public onsen (basically a spa or a bath house with natural hot springs) at a point set after they left Cybertron in the last Unite Warriors comic (the one that had them and all the other combiners fighting Unicron). Judging by that picture of Devil Gigatron, it looks like they still aim to free him from jail, but apparently have the time to enjoy this onsen along the way. Junko's in the background yelling at them (whom Gelshark, Shuttler, and Hepter have noticed and blush at for her seeing them bathing in the nude - irony! ), and it looks like they have their own Destronger version of Ai who also looks to be scolding them as well. Oh, and Greejeeber's enjoying some coffee milk.

Sabrblade wrote:The Baldigus installment of Unite Warriors Offshot:



The six Combatrons (and Gelshark) are chillin' at a public onsen (basically a spa or a bath house with natural hot springs) at a point set after they left Cybertron in the last Unite Warriors comic (the one that had them and all the other combiners fighting Unicron). Judging by that picture of Devil Gigatron, it looks like they still aim to free him from jail, but apparently have the time to enjoy this onsen along the way. Junko's in the background yelling at them (whom Gelshark, Shuttler, and Hepter have noticed and blush at for her seeing them bathing in the nude - irony! ), and it looks like they have their own Destronger version of Ai who also looks to be scolding them as well. Oh, and Greejeeber's enjoying some coffee milk.

Heh, this dovetails quite nicely with the art for Megaempress and her fiendish femmes, who were also taking a bath in their art piece.

Also, would it be safe to suggest that the Destronger T-AI is another model of Navi-Ko?

The Computron feet and fists really does the set great. The obsession with getting rid of kibble resulted in having limitations in the poseability of the previous set. I got myself the official Computron fists/feet set separately which made the Takara Computicon, already great, into awesome!

I wouldn't necessarily say Junko/Kelly is yelling, rather she's shocked at running into Transformers yet again for the upteenth time. Such is her karma I suppose

Shuttler looks really good, it's a shame he's not sold separately (You could say that with a lot of Unite Warriors figures).

Still waiting for TFSource to get Baldigus in. I thought after they got Megatronia in so quickly they finally picked up the pace on these sets, but I guess not.

Emerje

Finally received my Unite Warriors Baldigus (A.K.A., Ruination) sets a few days ago from TFSource. Just got around to opening them up tonight. I knew what to expect, of course, already having Takara Tomy's Bruticus set, but this still felt fun and fresh. The decos and paint applications on these figures are fantastic, and using the new Hasbro Computron fists and feet is a nice touch too, not to mentioned the additional guns. A straight redeco with some new accessories maybe isn't the most exciting way to end a line usually, but it works in this case. Baldigus just oozes charm, and with his extensively different deco from Bruticus, along with putting him in "Land Mission" gestalt mode, makes him look fantastic posed with the rest of my Decepticon combiners, despite being Bruticus' body double.

Sounds like most fans agree Baldigus is a great toy. Thankfully the last 2 I need to complete my collection are the two most recent (Megatronia & Baldigus), and they have plenty in stock at BBTS, so I'm in no rush to get them while I let my finances recover a bit.

Well putting aside the fact he's a beloved character, Bruticus was already an incredible set with a lot of variety and variation; so a recolour of that with extra accessories and proper feet? Friggin' awesome.

Whelp! Anyone else have a breakage problem with Ghost Starscream? On mine, the hinge for one of the tail wings just cracked. Well, 1/2 of the hinge, and the other 1/2 has some fatigue.

Looks like he'll be staying in bot or arm mode for some time to leave the the wings folded up.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Whelp! Anyone else have a breakage problem with Ghost Starscream? On mine, the hinge for one of the tail wings just cracked. Well, 1/2 of the hinge, and the other 1/2 has some fatigue.

Looks like he'll be staying in bot or arm mode for some time to leave the the wings folded up.

That wings pop off all the time for me, but it hasnt broken.

ouch...always sad to hear about those instances, especially if its a club figure or UW that cannot be easily/inexpensively replaced by a CW stand-in. I've shown my son articles here and other sites about stress marks, and which figures to be extra careful with. Thankfully we have not had any breakages to date.

Damn. Temptation finally got the best of me. I'm now in the process of replacing my CW combiners with UW.

UW Defensor arrives tomorrow, and Superion next week. I'm still trying to decide between Bruticus and Baldicus. I've wanted Grand Galvatron for quite some time, but I'm afraid I missed the boat as I cannot find it at a price I'm willing to pay. I think I'll get the lady Megatron set as well. If Victorion sells that is.

Ironhidensh wrote: I've wanted Grand Galvatron for quite some time, but I'm afraid I missed the boat as I cannot find it at a price I'm willing to pay.

http://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/?page_i ... 1000054533

Your welcome

Just received baldigus... i held back on the CW combaticons in various guises. This guy will be my fill in for them - was even tempted to get a cheap onslaught as I wasn't too keen on the baldigus scheme when seen in pics. However, in hand he works much better. The combat icons were always my favourites - maybe the variety, maybe their origin stories? Think they were my first combiner set as a kid too. Also the only one bought piecemeal - had great difficulties acquiring vortex back then so it made it extra special. All my other teams were either gift sets or I had found them all in one shop.

The extra guns help too as for me bruticus should always have the double barrels on his back...

Unite Warriors Cyclonus, Legends Galvatron, and Legends Scourge look really good together!

Nik Hero wrote:Unite Warriors Cyclonus, Legends Galvatron, and Legends Cyclonus look really good together!

I'm assuming you meant Legends Scourge?

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Nik Hero wrote:Unite Warriors Cyclonus, Legends Galvatron, and Legends Cyclonus look really good together!

I'm assuming you meant Legends Scourge?

Yes, exactly. Not sure how that happened!

Nik Hero wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Nik Hero wrote:Unite Warriors Cyclonus, Legends Galvatron, and Legends Cyclonus look really good together!

I'm assuming you meant Legends Scourge?

Yes, exactly. Not sure how that happened!

They do all look great together, even if Scourge is a bit on the short side compared to Galvatron and Cyclonus. I've got a couple of Combiner Wars Cyclonus figures displayed with the Unite Warriors version as his "Armada." Legends Scourge has an entourage of three Titans Return Scourge figures from Hasbro as his Sweeps. They'll look even better once I get a trio of Sweep Headmasters from the three Legends Sharkticons I have on preorder. FYI, I'm using the Hasbro Titans Return Galvatron on my shelf, though initially I got the Legends version. I like Hasbro's dark purple better than Takara Tomy's weirdly pink-ish lavender. Since I had both, I did some minor parts swapping to enhance the Hasbro Galvatron (Headmaster for the painted face, arm cannon for the lack of red paint, and hip guards for the added red paint apps).

I have ordered megatronia, soon I will have
The swindling schemer Trickdiamond
The malicious medic Moonheart
The nightmare ninja Flowspade
The hyperactive hunter Lunaclub
and their leader, The villainous vixen herself, Megaempress

GalvatronG1 wrote:The malicious medic Moondiamond

Moonheart.

Sabrblade wrote:

GalvatronG1 wrote:The malicious medic Moondiamond

Moonheart.

Thanks now fix, should not post after 11pm, too sleepy for that, mistakes get made

also changed an alliteration from sinister seductress to villainous vixen, to make it better....and it sounds more campy that way, almost Adam West era batman,

Megaempress with TR megatron so people can see how they look together

GalvatronG1 wrote:
Megaempress with TR megatron so people can see how they look together

That's a nice looking couple!

GalvatronG1 wrote:
Megaempress with TR megatron so people can see how they look together

great catch with Megatronia. She's really a cool addition in a combiner collection, more than Victorion.

MadProject wrote:

GalvatronG1 wrote:
Megaempress with TR megatron so people can see how they look together

great catch with Megatronia. She's really a cool addition in a combiner collection, more than Victorion.

gonna try and see how ML soundwave looks with Moonheart, trickdiamond with swindle, and trying to figure out a good starscream for Lunaclub, could do RID screamer and FOC Shockwave with Flowspade

FOC and CW Shockwave with Flowspade

Trickdiamond and Swindle

ML Soundwave and Moonheart

Lunaclub CW Starscream and RID Starscream

RID Soundwave TR Soundwave and Moonheart

Megaempress, CW Megatron and RID Megatron...us

Blame Emgo316 for the last one, he made the joke and i found it amusing....actually blame me for liking it that much

GalvatronG1 wrote:

A FAMILY pitcha.

Sabrblade wrote:

GalvatronG1 wrote:

A FAMILY pitcha.

does lil shocky look more like mommy or daddy?


Mid combination
This set is just so much fun

I know it's probably way too early to speculate about that, but with the reveal that POTP deluxes have combiner ports, do you think Takara will continue Unite Warriors? Or will they release the figures under the Legends line?

Hmm. You might just be on to something there, but we'll have to wait and see if anything POTP does could be considered a set. I could certainly imagine Takara using some Aerialbot molds to create a Seeker set for Voyager Starscream, mind.

Well with all the reveals we can only hope that Takara decides to bring back the UW line, it would also give them a chance to expand on the previous story that seemed to be kind of open ended.

Also its just my own goofy thought, but if they did continue the line, I would hope that whatever one they started with would be UW-12, because designating each one "UW-EX" form this point on gets kind of redundant.

hey, i'm getting a Grand galvatron. is he any good?