In-Hand Images - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-01 Limbs

Rated X wrote:I still dont get why fireflight has a faceplate when he is supposed to have a mouth. But then hasbro has a chance to get Blast off right and use the fireflight head but instead the elect to give Blast off a mouth by using the slingshot head. Morons. Its not rocket science hasbro...

Rated X wrote:I still dont get why fireflight has a faceplate when he is supposed to have a mouth. But then hasbro has a chance to get Blast off right and use the fireflight head but instead the elect to give Blast off a mouth by using the slingshot head. Morons. Its not rocket science hasbro...

Superginraix wrote:

Rated X wrote:I still dont get why fireflight has a faceplate when he is supposed to have a mouth. But then hasbro has a chance to get Blast off right and use the fireflight head but instead the elect to give Blast off a mouth by using the slingshot head. Morons. Its not rocket science hasbro...

Transformers G1 1986 Fireflight (Firebolt) Gallery
It's based of the original toy mold. Which is a completely legitimate way to go.

Hellscream9999 wrote:I posted it in the CW thread, but nobody responded.

The detent ring on the interior of the left shoulder of the robot mode for the a/b model is off by a fraction of a degree. If you sit a/b of a flat surface on his shoulders with his head back (like for arm config.) the port actually doesn't make a 90 degree angle like every other cw limb. It sits at like 89.5 or 89 degree angle.

It's most noticeable when, as a limb, the leg isn't parallel with any other leg, or as an arm it points inwards towards the thigh when all the other arms point slightly away from the body. I noticed it when superion kept falling over when a/b was used as a leg, since the detent ring is off, the difference becomes more exaggerated the further back the knee is bent. I've noticed it in optibotimus' review of a/b and blades, and others.

Try it out for yourself, I can't fix it b/c of the pins holding the body together, but by extension both defensor and bruticus will have this problem

Rated X wrote:I still dont get why fireflight has a faceplate when he is supposed to have a mouth. But then hasbro has a chance to get Blast off right and use the fireflight head but instead the elect to give Blast off a mouth by using the slingshot head. Morons. Its not rocket science hasbro...

Sabrblade wrote:

Even Silverbolt's head in the last picture looks so much cooler with its closer adherence to Silverbolt's toy head.

Save the lousy box head for a MP, gimme the awesome toy-based face for this figure any day.

jay5 wrote:Nice photos!!

Does anyone have the overall height dimension of Superion in gestalt mode?

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

jay5 wrote:Nice photos!!

Does anyone have the overall height dimension of Superion in gestalt mode?

From antennae to toe, I'd say about 11-12 inches. I do not have a ruler with me, otherwise I'd give you an exact amount

shajaki wrote:Wow.... the whites are actually NOT uniform... that sincerely bums me out.

william-james88 wrote:Ok everyone, this is it, the moment you have all been waiting for: Unite Warriors 04 Devastator is now available at Bigbadtoystore.com for 224.99$. The eta is December 2015 as many predicted and the current placeholder images were taken from the reveal at Tokyo Toy Show.

Is this more than you expected? Or are you clicking that preorder button right after reading this?

YoungPrime wrote:80 bucks more for elbows and extra paints apps....?

Pass!

Mindmaster wrote:

YoungPrime wrote:80 bucks more for elbows and extra paints apps....?

Pass!

New combiner head that allows both toy- and cartoon-accuracy, new elbows for 2/3 of the team while the other third gets new knees, possibly more tooling on Scavenger and Bonecrusher to fill in Devastator's armpits, individual weapons, and improved paint job?

Maybe not eighty, but definitely worth extra dough.

So now I play the waiting game for good ol' TCP to get theirs up.

Rated X wrote:If it was the same size as the other CW combiners, I would gladly buy it at that price. Those improvements are worth every penny in my opinion. But because Im not into stand alone figures, ill be sticking with my Hercules and yellow Giant that scale properly. I still say mixmasters alt mode is a disgrace. Somebody needs to get fired for that decision.

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Rated X wrote:If it was the same size as the other CW combiners, I would gladly buy it at that price. Those improvements are worth every penny in my opinion. But because Im not into stand alone figures, ill be sticking with my Hercules and yellow Giant that scale properly. I still say mixmasters alt mode is a disgrace. Somebody needs to get fired for that decision.

So someone needs to lose their job and be unable to support their family for making a kid's toy a different kind of cement truck than one that they made 30 years ago?

• More show-accurate deco
• Brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
• Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
• Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
• Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
• Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
• Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
• Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
• Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees

william-james88 wrote:

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Rated X wrote:If it was the same size as the other CW combiners, I would gladly buy it at that price. Those improvements are worth every penny in my opinion. But because Im not into stand alone figures, ill be sticking with my Hercules and yellow Giant that scale properly. I still say mixmasters alt mode is a disgrace. Somebody needs to get fired for that decision.

So someone needs to lose their job and be unable to support their family for making a kid's toy a different kind of cement truck than one that they made 30 years ago?

Adding to your statement Sunstorm, Takara even added the paint to make the leg work as G1 accurate and for anyone to simply flip the truck around in alt mode if needed.

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Rated X wrote:If it was the same size as the other CW combiners, I would gladly buy it at that price. Those improvements are worth every penny in my opinion. But because Im not into stand alone figures, ill be sticking with my Hercules and yellow Giant that scale properly. I still say mixmasters alt mode is a disgrace. Somebody needs to get fired for that decision.

So someone needs to lose their job and be unable to support their family for making a kid's toy a different kind of cement truck than one that they made 30 years ago?

Adding to your statement Sunstorm, Takara even added the paint to make the leg work as G1 accurate and for anyone to simply flip the truck around in alt mode if needed.

Which makes this Devy even better! As for my stand on which to get, I would love to get this one over the Hasbro or SDCC versions, except I can't afford it. And besides, I'd be keeping him in combined mode (And I don't need the retooled head with the flip-up sunglasses because I don't like the eyes on the first place), so elbows wouldn't matter. And because of the fact that I don't like chrome (and the eyes thing), I'll pick the retail Devastator.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Rated X wrote:If it was the same size as the other CW combiners, I would gladly buy it at that price. Those improvements are worth every penny in my opinion. But because Im not into stand alone figures, ill be sticking with my Hercules and yellow Giant that scale properly. I still say mixmasters alt mode is a disgrace. Somebody needs to get fired for that decision.

So someone needs to lose their job and be unable to support their family for making a kid's toy a different kind of cement truck than one that they made 30 years ago?

Adding to your statement Sunstorm, Takara even added the paint to make the leg work as G1 accurate and for anyone to simply flip the truck around in alt mode if needed.

Which makes this Devy even better! As for my stand on which to get, I would love to get this one over the Hasbro or SDCC versions, except I can't afford it. And besides, I'd be keeping him in combined mode (And I don't need the retooled head with the flip-up sunglasses because I don't like the eyes on the first place), so elbows wouldn't matter. And because of the fact that I don't like chrome (and the eyes thing), I'll pick the retail Devastator.

Looking at the other page, there is a 3rd party add on that actually adds a cab that covers the foot, making Mix look much more convincing.

Sabrblade wrote:O hai, RobotKingdom with your $179.90 preorder price - http://www.robotkingdom.com/tuwuw04.html

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Looking at the other page, there is a 3rd party add on that actually adds a cab that covers the foot, making Mix look much more convincing.

Of course there is.

Sabrblade wrote:Re-posting from the Devastator thread.

All the known changes made to Takara Devastator compared to Hasbro's retail version:

• More show-accurate deco
• Brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
• Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
• Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
• Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
• Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
• Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
• Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
• Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees

william-james88 wrote:Ok everyone, this is it, the moment you have all been waiting for: Unite Warriors 04 Devastator is now available at Bigbadtoystore.com for 224.99$. The eta is December 2015 as many predicted and the current placeholder images were taken from the reveal at Tokyo Toy Show.

Is this more than you expected? Or are you clicking that preorder button right after reading this?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:O hai, RobotKingdom with your $179.90 preorder price - http://www.robotkingdom.com/tuwuw04.html

Ok, this gives me hope that it will be along those lines at the japanese online retailers.

Spanbauer wrote:Put in my pre-order at The Chosen Prime for $225 shipped. Of course I wish the price was lower ($175 would have been nice), but considering I was prepared to pay $300 to get the SDCC version off eBay if necessary, it's fine. Shame though that it'll likely be January before we get it; don't Takara releases always happen at the end of the month?

necr0blivion wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:O hai, RobotKingdom with your $179.90 preorder price - http://www.robotkingdom.com/tuwuw04.html

Ok, this gives me hope that it will be along those lines at the japanese online retailers.

RobotKingdom also lists this product as MSRP of 25,000 JPY. So it looks like they are offering it at about a 10% discount, which can be normal for other Japanese retailers. The problem with that (speaking specifically for myself and any other US customers) is the shipping for an item that large. RK quoted me $87, so I just went ahead and preordered from BBTS. While I sincerely doubt other Japanese retailers would quote me the same shipping price (even at EMS rates), it's still an important factor to consider.

Here's hoping you get the price you are looking for.

Rated X wrote:If it was the same size as the other CW combiners, I would gladly buy it at that price. Those improvements are worth every penny in my opinion. But because Im not into stand alone figures, ill be sticking with my Hercules and yellow Giant that scale properly. I still say mixmasters alt mode is a disgrace. Somebody needs to get fired for that decision.

fenrir72 wrote:

Rated X wrote:If it was the same size as the other CW combiners, I would gladly buy it at that price. Those improvements are worth every penny in my opinion. But because Im not into stand alone figures, ill be sticking with my Hercules and yellow Giant that scale properly. I still say mixmasters alt mode is a disgrace. Somebody needs to get fired for that decision.

Scale issues in a mytho that uses mass shifting as an all around excuse/explanation?

I thought Transformers or the Transformers lifeform is always "improving" or changing /transforming? Mixmaster, though no longer toy accurate is also based on an actual vehicle so no biggy an issue.

mooncake623 wrote:TFYUKI just tweeted out an in-package image of Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Menasor! This image shows that Unite Warriors Menasor's packaging will be in the same style of their Superion! Check out the image mirrored below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Robogeek1973 wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:TFYUKI just tweeted out an in-package image of Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Menasor! This image shows that Unite Warriors Menasor's packaging will be in the same style of their Superion! Check out the image mirrored below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Awesome, I can't wait for Menasor as well.

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Rated X wrote:If it was the same size as the other CW combiners, I would gladly buy it at that price. Those improvements are worth every penny in my opinion. But because Im not into stand alone figures, ill be sticking with my Hercules and yellow Giant that scale properly. I still say mixmasters alt mode is a disgrace. Somebody needs to get fired for that decision.

Scale issues in a mytho that uses mass shifting as an all around excuse/explanation?

I thought Transformers or the Transformers lifeform is always "improving" or changing /transforming? Mixmaster, though no longer toy accurate is also based on an actual vehicle so no biggy an issue.

That's all well and good. But X wanted to pose this devy along with the other CW combiners into a show accurate scale and replace his 3rd party toy. But since it turns out Hasbro went for a much bigger scale for devastator, he cant. This has nothing to do with what makes sense and doesnt make sense, its just about him wanting his toys to look good together on the shelf and since this Devastator is not in scale with the other CW combiners (and their 3rd party counterparts), he wont buy it. Simple as that. I dont get why we have to constantly debate this. everyone is free to have their own reasons as to why they will or wont buy something.