In-Hand Images - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW06 Grand Galvatron

Even into the late 2030s, Dr. Arkeville still lives!

an absolute beautiful set.

Dr Va'al wrote: featuring the continuities mix-and-match afternoon special Combiner Haunt Grand Galvatron!

You kids say the darnedest things.

It will be a special afternoon when I unbox this demon spawned hodge podge of horror!

that ghost arm just bugs the hell outta me. I would have bought it if it wasnt clear.

That Grand Galvatron is actually awesome!

Looks great. I have no attachment to Armada in general but that Thrust is beautiful. I want four!

I don't mind the ghost arm, actually think it's kinda goofy and fun.

Roller sipping his juicebox is the energon bath is awesome!

Mr Skram wrote:Roller sipping his juicebox is the energon bath is awesome!

Plasma bath. The juice itself is energon.

Sabrblade wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:Roller sipping his juicebox is the energon bath is awesome!

Plasma bath. The juice itself is energon.

I knew that didn't sound right, I couldn't remember what they relax in.

Mr Skram wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:Roller sipping his juicebox is the energon bath is awesome!

Plasma bath. The juice itself is energon.

I knew that didn't sound right, I couldn't remember what they relax in.

I'm surprised they're even relaxing in it considering the damage it did to Galvatron made him insane.

I prefer the Hasbro Cyclonus (i love that purple) but the new decepticon limbs are more than welcome. I wish they were sold separately..

Sabrblade wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:Roller sipping his juicebox is the energon bath is awesome!

Plasma bath. The juice itself is energon.

I knew that didn't sound right, I couldn't remember what they relax in.

I'm surprised they're even relaxing in it considering the damage it did to Galvatron made him insane.

Well...since they are basically becoming Galvatron, they have to follow suit with the boss' heh...

Also the fat "Grand Galvatron" holo from Headmasters is a nice touch. Every time I see that, I have to wonder about the theory that even though TF:TM wasn't released in Japan until 1989, they (Toei) must have known about it since their own studio animated it, and since TF 2010 (US season 3) had references & appearances by Unicron.

I think the appearances of dead bots in the early episodes of Headmasters is more just a lazy error and lack of communication more than flat out "not knowing" what happened in TF:TM.

That Grand Galvitron is confusingly, strangely beautiful. A bit out of my price range and not really fitting into my Sunbow/generations/IDW G1 collection so I wont be buying. But it looks awesome. That Breakdown is super sweet and Starscream's ghost was a great idea/mould use.

I really hope someone out there will make casts of Starscream's head though, I love the look of it. If anyone does make casts I will buy 3 for my FoC Seekers. As long as they fit correctly.

Dr Va'al wrote:afternoon special

You are a silly man who says silly things.

Sabrblade wrote:Even into the late 2030s, Dr. Arkeville still lives!

Well he was more machine than man last time we seen him after Starscream's "upgrades". You wouldnt think getting shocked would warrant all that lol, cold-blooded Starscream.

That image of the plasma bath is so awesome. I love it!

I was just thinking about it, and I have to admit I'm really happy that, between Takara and the Club, we're getting a couple combiners composed of bots from different factions.

"Combiner Haunt Leader" is a pretty loose interpretation of his Japanese title 怨靈破壞大帝 (onryo hakai taitei), too loose as "Combiner" isn't mentioned anywhere. It actually translates to this: "Wraith Emperor of Destruction", another variation to the classic standard.

Not a huge fan of Grand Galvs.
I like the UW Cyclonus, but that's about it.
The UW combined version's colors almost make him look like he could be an Autobot.

o.supreme wrote:Not trying to be a downer but just a couple of things of note...

1. TT would be releasing him as Baldigus/Valdigus not Ruination.

Yeah, thats in the article:

Sakamoto said that he’s waiting for a Unite Warriors Baldigus release before saying any more about that.

2. TT would have nothing to celebrate this year (2016) as last year (2015) would have been the 15th anniversary of "Car Robots", they would have no reason to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Hasbro's RiD line.

The Tweet said happy birthday. And plus Takara is currently celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hasbro's BW line and not waiting till next year which would be the correct anniversary for them (they celebrated the 10th anniversary in 2007)

william-james88 wrote:The Tweet said happy birthday.

Maybe it has to do with the specific date the Tweet was posted. What was its date?

Dr Va'al wrote:Thanks to usual suspect blacklai, over on their own blog, we have a pictorial showcase of the latest release in the Takara Tomy Unite Warriors line, featuring the continuities mix-and-match afternoon special Combiner Haunt Grand Galvatron! Included in the set are a lighter shade of Cyclonus, a clear plastic Starscream, Wandering Roller from the Rook figure, a bile green Thrust and a sorta TF Prime Breakdown - check them out below and here!

Is it just me or is Grand Galvatron/Cyclonus sporting a new groin? It looks different from that of the Hb Cyclonus in G Galvatron mode.

It's the same groin just painted to highlight the detail.

fenrir72 wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:Thanks to usual suspect blacklai, over on their own blog, we have a pictorial showcase of the latest release in the Takara Tomy Unite Warriors line, featuring the continuities mix-and-match afternoon special Combiner Haunt Grand Galvatron! Included in the set are a lighter shade of Cyclonus, a clear plastic Starscream, Wandering Roller from the Rook figure, a bile green Thrust and a sorta TF Prime Breakdown - check them out below and here!

<Snip Pic>

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Cyclonus Gallery

Is it just me or is Grand Galvatron/Cyclonus sporting a new groin? It looks different from that of the Hb Cyclonus in G Galvatron mode.

steals_your_goats wrote:It's the same groin just painted to highlight the detail.

That's what I was going to say too.

Then I realized that I have been staring at and studying robot groin...

[Edited to add Seibertron Gallery Picture next to picture in quote...]

Bought!! Really Cool I like how they did this!!

So, is anyone else planning to make Unite Warriors Cyclonus their new "definitive" Cyclonus for their displays, standing along the upcoming Titans Return (or Legends, if you prefer) release of Galvatron and an army of Scourges?

Courtesy of TFYuki

Thanks once again to Takara Tomy toy designer Hisashi Yuki, we get a new picture of the Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Combaticons! This picture shows off a group picture of Blast Off, Swindle, Vortex, Onslaught and Brawl posed in their robot modes. Check out the picture mirrored below below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

This may be my opinion, but the only two that look fantastic in my eyes are Vortex and Blast off.

Brawl, Swindle and Onslaught are an eyesore that needs gotten rid of

Autobot tap out wrote:This may be my opinion, but the only two that look fantastic in my eyes are Vortex and Blast off.

Brawl, Swindle and Onslaught are an eyesore that needs gotten rid of

The molds generally, or the decos?

Agree, in this regard, I prefer the Hasbro version... even with their version of Blast Off being a jet.

This time, Hasbro FTW (mainly because it saved me lots of dough for not going Takara)!

Maybe it's just the picture but that Blastoff head looks really, really bad.

steals_your_goats wrote:Maybe it's just the picture but that Blastoff head looks really, really bad.

Much as I prefer a jet blast off and not being sure about the Shuttle mode; the head actually looks pretty good.

The only quibble I have with Unite Warriors Bruticus is Blast Off's lighter brown coloring.

How is this:



remotely close to this:



or even this?

The way I see it Takara got the head and alt mode "right" while Hasbro got the colors and eyes right.

Burn wrote:Courtesy of TFYuki

Only two more months to go.

Deadput wrote:The way I see it Takara got the head and alt mode "right" while Hasbro got the colors and eyes right.

Except Blast Off didn't have a visor (he did have a shiny purple forehead, though):







The 1986 toy may have tried to have a visor by painting a streak of purple paint across his face, but it physically still had two individual eyes, separated by a nose, molded into the face:



The Encore toy makes this detail more noticeable:

megatronus wrote:

Autobot tap out wrote:This may be my opinion, but the only two that look fantastic in my eyes are Vortex and Blast off.

Brawl, Swindle and Onslaught are an eyesore that needs gotten rid of

The molds generally, or the decos?

For me its both. It is probably mold fatigue but for some reason I dont feel anticipation for either Bruticus and I have yet to get any. When it was hinted that Takara would have a shuttle Blastoff I just ignored whatever Hasbro did and waited for Takara and I cant say I am really impressed. I am definitely dissapointed that it doesnt match the artwork teased to us and that Takara opted not to have the arms be the front of the shuttle. I mean its a new mold, they can do whatever they want. Instead the arms are just on the side all visible. Plus I dont think the colour is right at all, it looks weird and I dislike how the front is so extended. I much preffer how this mold looks like as Strafe, especially due to the chest area. So yeah, not a big fan of that Blast Off mold and deco for Blastoff.

As for the others, I am not really excited for the Brawl mold and both Hasbro and Takara's decos look as good/bland. So thats another mold and deco I dont care for.

A third would be Onslought, he just looks so different from what I want in an onslaught figure. I know he didnt look super G1 but taht Universe Onslaught is the bomb. He looks imposing and meaty. Not this one. The Hot Spot torso is my least favourite of the torsos due to how short and stocky it is and how it blocks arm articulation. Thats aside from having Hotspot's inverted feet with ratchets that are too far apart from oneanother to be useful (dont know if he will feel as cheap as the Hasbro hotspot, I didnt handle Hasbro's CW Onslsught either). And I find it really too bad how Takara didnt remove the emergency lightbars from his knees. Now as for the deco, I totally get where its coming from but I am not a fan of it. I actually like the Hasbro colours better.

Love that Votex and Swindle though, Takara knocked those out of the park. Oh and one other thing, though I did and will always ague that Takara is in their right mind for having the feet colour coded... I dont really care for it. Is it wrong? No. But it doesnt feel right either in the grand scheme of this line's theme as toys.

Its just personal preference and I dont feel like this is the best onslaught we could get (unlike, say what I felt about Superion or what I feel about Computron)

I'm still split on that Grand Galvatron set. I like Screamer, Thrust and Breakdown, but don't care for that Cyclonus or Roller. If anyone's up for splitting the set, let me know.

Hm, the combaticons set is more G1 accurate, I like Vortex and Onslaught more but the others look worse...

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'm still split on that Grand Galvatron set. I like Screamer, Thrust and Breakdown, but don't care for that Cyclonus or Roller. If anyone's up for splitting the set, let me know.

the man with the Rodpod as his sig doesn't like the 2 guys who are MTMTE centered in the set?

But seriously though, why don't those 2 work for you? is it the colors or something?

william-james88 wrote:For me its both. It is probably mold fatigue but for some reason I dont feel anticipation for either Bruticus and I have yet to get any. When it was hinted that Takara would have a shuttle Blastoff I just ignored whatever Hasbro did and waited for Takara and I cant say I am really impressed. I am definitely dissapointed that it doesnt match the artwork teased to us and that Takara opted not to have the arms be the front of the shuttle. I mean its a new mold, they can do whatever they want. Instead the arms are just on the side all visible. Plus I dont think the colour is right at all, it looks weird and I dislike how the front is so extended. I much preffer how this mold looks like as Strafe, especially due to the chest area. So yeah, not a big fan of that Blast Off mold and deco for Blastoff.

As for the others, I am not really excited for the Brawl mold and both Hasbro and Takara's decos look as good/bland. So thats another mold and deco I dont care for.

A third would be Onslought, he just looks so different from what I want in an onslaught figure. I know he didnt look super G1 but taht Universe Onslaught is the bomb. He looks imposing and meaty. Not this one. The Hot Spot torso is my least favourite of the torsos due to how short and stocky it is and how it blocks arm articulation. Thats aside from having Hotspot's inverted feet with ratchets that are too far apart from oneanother to be useful (dont know if he will feel as cheap as the Hasbro hotspot, I didnt handle Hasbro's CW Onslsught either). And I find it really too bad how Takara didnt remove the emergency lightbars from his knees. Now as for the deco, I totally get where its coming from but I am not a fan of it. I actually like the Hasbro colours better.

Love that Votex and Swindle though, Takara knocked those out of the park. Oh and one other thing, though I did and will always ague that Takara is in their right mind for having the feet colour coded... I dont really care for it. Is it wrong? No. But it doesnt feel right either in the grand scheme of this line's theme as toys.

Its just personal preference and I dont feel like this is the best onslaught we could get (unlike, say what I felt about Superion or what I feel about Computron)

And see Will? I was initially leading the charge against the CW/UW mold reuses. But after seeing the finished UW Bruti I was totally turned around. The mold differences and breathtaking paint apps sold me on this guy.

And while I still feel that neither Computron will be replacing my Quantron, the UW one IS looking pretty slick.

Nice group buddy pic of the Combaticons!

I would definitely agree that there are a few issues with the UW Combaticons...
I don't have any problem with the Blast Off mold; glad we're getting the shuttle.
But the color does look very off from both the show and G1 toy, which seems pretty odd for TT.
As I've looked at that group shot more, my opinion is that Swindle actually has too much detail...
Especially on the front of the lower leg; it's got a weird textural quality that's not... Quality.
I don't think there's much to complain about past that.
Well, Onslaught's blue looks a little too saturated. Should be more on the side of tone or Slate Blue imo. Hasbro wins that one for me.
Thankfully I have the Hasbro version of him i the haul from TFSource that'll be here in August. Although, the downside to that imo is the darker colored Brut head.
It's going to be interesting to see which torso I like better in combined form.
Anyway, strangely enough, I think Vortex may be the best looking out of the team.
All the head sculpts look on point, and for me that's a big pull.

I know I'm almost alone with this view, but I really dig Menasor (with the PE add-on kits),
so it'll also be interesting to see who I like better between him and Bruticus.

shajaki wrote:And while I still feel that neither Computron will be replacing my Quantron, the UW one IS looking pretty slick.

Won't be surprised if this ends up being the best set of the entire line.
Difficult for me to find fault in any aspect of it.

Sowndwave76 wrote:I know I'm almost alone with this view, but I really dig Menasor (with the PE add-on kits),
so it'll also be interesting to see who I like better between him and Bruticus.

I dig him too, he's fine. And I am very comfortable saying that Motormaster looks better than either of the Onslaughts.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

shajaki wrote:And while I still feel that neither Computron will be replacing my Quantron, the UW one IS looking pretty slick.

Won't be surprised if this ends up being the best set of the entire line.
Difficult for me to find fault in any aspect of it.

Same here, I really think he will be the true winner of CW/UW when all is said and done. Albeit, he does have the breakdown/wheeljack mold

william-james88 wrote:Same here, I really think he will be the true winner of CW/UW when all is said and done. Albeit, he does have the breakdown/wheeljack mold

What's so bad about it? I've had it and several other CW molds in hand, it doesn't seem to deserve all the hate.

Sigma Magnus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Same here, I really think he will be the true winner of CW/UW when all is said and done. Albeit, he does have the breakdown/wheeljack mold

What's so bad about it? I've had it and several other CW molds in hand, it doesn't seem to deserve all the hate.

It looks just bad. It doesnt have any decent shape to it, its just a block. Torso is a block, the arms are just blocks (literally, they are practically straight rectangular prisms) and the les are just split kibble. Plus his crotch is done so that moving one leg to pose moves the other. Plus, he has the further back of all the limbs.

So yeah, of all the limbs I own, he is the one I find to be the worst.

Sigma Magnus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Same here, I really think he will be the true winner of CW/UW when all is said and done. Albeit, he does have the breakdown/wheeljack mold

What's so bad about it? I've had it and several other CW molds in hand, it doesn't seem to deserve all the hate.

I like CW Breakdown well enough, not my favorite but it's alright. Sunstreaker was worse somehow, and Wheeljack is just horrible. He doesn't tab together in some places and the plastic seems soft.

I think most people don't like the flap feet, skinny arms/big legs combo, and that weird hip thing that never seems to stay in place properly.

To be fair though I haven't held a UW version of the mold, so I'm not sure if they've been able to improve it at all.