New Image of Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW-EX Lunaclub and Moonspade

Kinda like the team better individually, but at the same time the colours are a bit... I dunno. A bit too pastel-y, a bit too light? If it was a darker shade of red and a darker shade of blue I'd be all over them. Dunno why they went for this shade.

Kurona wrote:Kinda like the team better individually, but at the same time the colours are a bit... I dunno. A bit too pastel-y, a bit too light? If it was a darker shade of red and a darker shade of blue I'd be all over them. Dunno why they went for this shade.

Because it's intended to homage Sentai(power rangers)? That's the entire reason. Brightly flashy colors.

so I finally purchased UW-04 Devastator, found one for a decent price in eBay ($160 MISB) free shipping.

What an amazing toy!. I love how solid it is for such a big toy, wish the other UW/CW toys were as sturdy in their combined modes. It is nice being so BIG, but my only regret is that it is not to scale with al the others, well that and the fact that the packaging was not window boxed, or that TT used Hasbro box art recolored instead of their own, but those are minor nitpicks. Kind of hard to play out "Starscream's Brigade" with Dev being 1/3 taller than Bruticus . But all that aside, it is a great toy. Looks like BBTS still has plenty of stock, though they lowered their price by $40 (From $220 down to $180), I foresee another price drop coming soon, they wont want to hand on to those forever, so anyone waiting, the holiday time might be a good time to pick up this giant, as the price goes down, the value for what you get definitely goes up.

o.supreme wrote:so I finally purchased UW-04 Devastator, found one for a decent price in eBay ($160 MISB) free shipping.

What an amazing toy!. I love how solid it is for such a big toy, wish the other UW/CW toys were as sturdy in their combined modes. It is nice being so BIG, but my only regret is that it is not to scale with al the others, well that and the fact that the packaging was not window boxed, or that TT used Hasbro box art recolored instead of their own, but those are minor nitpicks. Kind of hard to play out "Starscream's Brigade" with Dev being 1/3 taller than Bruticus . But all that aside, it is a great toy. Looks like BBTS still has plenty of stock, though they lowered their price by $40 (From $220 down to $180), I foresee another price drop coming soon, they wont want to hand on to those forever, so anyone waiting, the holiday time might be a good time to pick up this giant, as the price goes down, the value for what you get definitely goes up.

I only have the Hasbro version which fits my needs just fine. I don't mind his size because he started as the biggest and baddest but I wouldn't complain if that KO company WuJiang did a downsized version with his components being deluxe size to fit in with the others a little better.

News title says "Moonspade" but her name is "Moonheart".

Kurona wrote:Kinda like the team better individually, but at the same time the colours are a bit... I dunno. A bit too pastel-y, a bit too light? If it was a darker shade of red and a darker shade of blue I'd be all over them. Dunno why they went for this shade.

well you know they are female and they always dress pretty

Randomhero wrote:Because it's intended to homage Sentai(power rangers)? That's the entire reason. Brightly flashy colors.

I think it's a little more Mahou Shoujo/Magical Girl than Super Sentai.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Randomhero wrote:Because it's intended to homage Sentai(power rangers)? That's the entire reason. Brightly flashy colors.

I think it's a little more Mahou Shoujo/Magical Girl than Super Sentai.

Emerje

Yeah I am not seeing super sentai. Especially when the colours used arent primary.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Randomhero wrote:Because it's intended to homage Sentai(power rangers)? That's the entire reason. Brightly flashy colors.

I think it's a little more Mahou Shoujo/Magical Girl than Super Sentai.

Emerje

Yeah I am not seeing super sentai. Especially when the colours used arent primary.

There was one evil all-female Sentai team in Kakuranger (the series that was adapted into MMPR season 3 and MMAR) whose main colors were atypical of the usual Sentai color coding (i.e. - no red or yellow), and who also had black as their secondary color and silver as their tertiary color.

Likewise, these Woman Destrons each have a main color with black as their secondary color and silver as their tertiary color (though, in Megaempress's case, silver is her main color while red becomes her tertiary color).

Not calling this a direct homage to that. Just citing a Sentai example of an evil female Sentai team whose colors were just as abnormal as those of the Woman Destrons.

I remember that. Though I think the similarities to magical girls stretch a little further. For example Megaempress reminds me of all those secretly a princess team leaders that are hooked up on love. Even her Judge Pickel could be seen as a sort of magical girl rod/stick/scepter. There are other things as well and I'm sure we'll see others when the Baldigus set comes out.

Emerje

They all have powers which could be deemed magical, too - one could probably say the same thing for a lot of other transformer powers, but many of those tend to be more mechanical or technological in nature like sonic booms or holograms. Elemental powers are more magically-aligned.

Though, couldn't one argue that a fair number of those magical girl teams are themselves a bit Sentai-esque, being color-coordinated, themed, superhero teams consisting of 3, 5, or a similar number of members? After all, not every Sentai homage needs to specifically resemble the masked, spandex-suited hero look to qualify as such a homage.

Wow, are we going that direction now?

I'll have you know such powers are not unprecedented in Transformers lore. One quick look at a certain Transformers anime, called Choujin Masterforce reveals that the Godmasters have elemental powers as well:

Ginrai: Fire
Lightfoot: Water
Ranger: Earth
Road King: I guess his spinning attack classifies him as Wind?
Hydra: Wind
Buster: Lightning

Not saying the Magical Girl comparison is totally inaccurate, but there are more ways of looking at the Woman Destron than just that way.

Sure, but when it's an all female team it seems much less likely that the creator had sentai in mind.

Maybe we should have a proper sentai team in UW? Takara Tomy could do a repaint of CW Computron and make one of them a female character in pink.

Emerje

Better than making Captain Planet comparisons.

Sabrblade wrote:Better than making Captain Planet comparisons.

They do represent earth, wind, fire, water, and heart and their powers do combine...

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Better than making Captain Planet comparisons.

They do represent earth, wind, fire, water, and heart and their powers do combine...

Emerje

Can I borrow your avi pic for a second?

The Woman Destron are just a mix of influences. They're a transforming robotic magical girl sentai with a tarot motif, let's leave it at that

Just for fun, I decided to rank the UW sets thus far in terms of perceived popularity. I've looked at several websites, most of which sell out of these items fairly quickly due to limited quantities, but of the few that have some left, trying to judge between quantities, exclusivity etc... and here's what I've come up with in ascending orer, I've only done the first 8 because although Lynx Master is out, he is relatively new, and the others are still available for pre-order on most sites:

8. Devastator (price may be a factor here, but is the seemingly most easily available as of this date)
7. Defensor (same, the exclusive Groove may have been a draw for some, until Hasbro complied with the CW release, still many UW-03's out there in stock)
6. Menasor -After being out for a year, this one has finally started to sell out on most sites
5.Superion-almost the same as Menasor, but gets a higher ranking for being the only UW (that I am aware of) to have a second release, and is still sold out on most sites
4.Bruticus-Sold out fairly quickly after its release, exclusive Shuttle Blast-Off, and animation accurate colors for the rest, and 4 rotor Vortex no doubt contributed to this
3. Grand Convoy Prime -sold out even quicker, praised for having the "Right" Prime with limbs as opposed to Hasbro's pushing of the BC version with the series 1 Autobot car limbs
2.Grand Galvatron-Sold out very quickly, and is demanding higher prices every day on the secondary market for its exclusivity
1. Computron -For its uniqueness from the Hasbro version, also for being the only UW that was sold out in pre-order on most sites before the toy actually came out.

So...do you agree with the list? -Keep in mind my personal favorites aren't the same, this is just what I have observed based on what is available, prices in the secondary market etc...

o.supreme wrote:Just for fun, I decided to rank the UW sets thus far in terms of perceived popularity. I've looked at several websites, most of which sell out of these items fairly quickly due to limited quantities, but of the few that have some left, trying to judge between quantities, exclusivity etc... and here's what I've come up with in ascending orer, I've only done the first 8 because although Lynx Master is out, he is relatively new, and the others are still available for pre-order on most sites:

8. Devastator (price may be a factor here, but is the seemingly most easily available as of this date)

Apparently he is, and yes I think price is indeed a factor. I was pretty Lucky to get the Takara version secondhand with the complete PC set included for a reasonable price. He's a beast! I had expected this one to be unavailable to me, just maybe the Hasbro set, which, imo, isn't as nice.

o.supreme wrote:7. Defensor (same, the exclusive Groove may have been a draw for some, until Hasbro complied with the CW release, still many UW-03's out there in stock)

This is the ONLY combiner set that I prefer in the Hasbro version. HotSpot has better colours I think, I love the silver/red striping, and with Deluxe Groove available, there's nothing keeping people from buying Hasbro instead of Takara. And Hasbro's version is not hard to get in seperate TF's. (dunno about the box set).

o.supreme wrote:6. Menasor -After being out for a year, this one has finally started to sell out on most sites

Probably not the most favourite combiner if one had to choose.

o.supreme wrote:5.Superion-almost the same as Menasor, but gets a higher ranking for being the only UW (that I am aware of) to have a second release, and is still sold out on most sites

A pretty cool combiner, but less popular than Bruticus.

o.supreme wrote:4.Bruticus-Sold out fairly quickly after its release, exclusive Shuttle Blast-Off, and animation accurate colors for the rest, and 4 rotor Vortex no doubt contributed to this

IMO the coolest classic Combiner. (of the ones that were redone. Abominus may change that if he's ever redone).

o.supreme wrote:3. Grand Convoy Prime -sold out even quicker, praised for having the "Right" Prime with limbs as opposed to Hasbro's pushing of the BC version with the series 1 Autobot car limbs

Yup, I reckon that's exactly why plus the fact that this O/P has the fixed hip ratchets, and you just weren't sure of the Hasbro O/P (plus he's VERY hard to get!). I do like the BC O/P though, and am using him to make a new combiner with the "new" autobot limbs (Roller, being replaced by Dead End on GG; Rook; Smokescreen; Alpha Bravo. And I may also swap Roller and Smokescreen with Prowl and Ratchet on Lynxmaster to make a nice and WHITE combiner set).

o.supreme wrote:2.Grand Galvatron-Sold out very quickly, and is demanding higher prices every day on the secondary market for its exclusivity

Yup. Unique, limbs not available in Hasbro versions, only Cyclonus. Was bound to sell out fast.

o.supreme wrote:1. Computron -For its uniqueness from the Hasbro version, also for being the only UW that was sold out in pre-order on most sites before the toy actually came out.

I had expected him to be 2, and Galvatron 1. People seem to like Hasbro's as much as this one, what with Scrounge? (IIRC), well, the yellow UFO and tiny shuttle. But he is a very cool set of bots indeed.

Sjeng wrote:

o.supreme wrote:1. Computron -For its uniqueness from the Hasbro version, also for being the only UW that was sold out in pre-order on most sites before the toy actually came out.

I had expected him to be 2, and Galvatron 1. People seem to like Hasbro's as much as this one, what with Scrounge? (IIRC), well, the yellow UFO and tiny shuttle. But he is a very cool set of bots indeed.

Most people far prefer Takara's Computron and only want Hasbro's for Scrounge, the hands/feet and maybe Strafe and Afterburner. General consensus is that overall Takara's is better by an extremely wide margin; in terms of accuracy, playability and uniqueness.

With still around four months to go until release, TakaraTomy's website has updated their listing for the upcoming UW-EX Baldigus - RiD Ruination - with an image of the packaging he comes in. With this packaging, we also now know the full title of the figure - Evil Destronger Combiner Combatron Baldigus. Check out the boxart below and leave a comment in the energon pub!

That's some gorgeous freakin' art!

this will be mine. oh yaaash. will be my bruticus stand-in, the fact they're using the updated hands and feet tipped the scales in its favour

That is some really nice boxart. All of the UW sets have had great artwork

*Sobs Uncontrollably* Why Takara? Why do you make so many beautiful things that are so expensive? On a side note, do you guys think I should get this? I already have CW Bruticus, but I love the Decepticon Commandos..Any ideas?

I'm really tempted but it's so much money on molds I already have. I just got Liokeiser and I pre-ordered Megatronia so I'm pretty good on Decepticon combiners for now.

RiddlerJ wrote:I'm really tempted but it's so much money on molds I already have. I just got Liokeiser and I pre-ordered Megatronia so I'm pretty good on Decepticon combiners for now.

My thoughts exactly. I really think this set looks good, but I'm not too keen on buying it for the exact reasons you listed. I hope TT does more UW sets though as I'll certainly remain interested and will buy what I like, but coming after Computron and MP Thrust and Soundwave's reissue, and before Megatronia, I decided to sit Baldigus out for the cost.

Forgive me if this has already been addressed, but there hasn't been any info on the fiction for this set yet, right? So, we don't know any teaser info for who or what would possibly be coming next at this time, do we?

Dagon wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:So, we don't know any teaser info for who or what would possibly be coming next at this time, do we?

I for one am hoping and praying for a (properly done) UW Liokaiser....

nycPrime wrote:

Dagon wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:So, we don't know any teaser info for who or what would possibly be coming next at this time, do we?

I for one am hoping and praying for a (properly done) UW Liokaiser....

Me too, but I think that's asking for a whole lot, as it would require new molds. I know UW has produced new molds, and modified existant ones a whole lot, but this would be asking them to develop a two-deluxe torso, and that's a lot of design and development. I'd love to see it too, but I think it may be asking a little too much.

Dagon wrote:

nycPrime wrote:

Dagon wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:So, we don't know any teaser info for who or what would possibly be coming next at this time, do we?

I for one am hoping and praying for a (properly done) UW Liokaiser....

Me too, but I think that's asking for a whole lot, as it would require new molds. I know UW has produced new molds, and modified existant ones a whole lot, but this would be asking them to develop a two-deluxe torso, and that's a lot of design and development. I'd love to see it too, but I think it may be asking a little too much.

Yep I agree. To be honest, I'd even take a UW Liokaiser with Leozack as the torso in the Silverbolt mold. But a few folks here have theorized that TT would unlikely make that sort of move. I do find it ironic that it's Hasbro that would first release a character based on Japanese G1 material, and not TT. My only hope that TT will eventually do it.

nycPrime wrote: I do find it ironic that it's Hasbro that would first release a character based on Japanese G1 material, and not TT. My only hope that TT will eventually do it.

The irony goes both ways. Takara has been going all out on making some fo their toys as IDW specific as possible, like Legends Ultra Magnus and Skids, which is odd since the comics staring them arent even translated yet.

But I dont really think there is as much irony with Hasbro. They had the molds and wondered what other thing they could do to get the mileage out of them. And since Liokaiser had never been released by them (same with G2 Motormaster), they thought it would be a fun and easy way to repackage the molds.

Kurona wrote:With still around four months to go until release, TakaraTomy's website has updated their listing for the upcoming UW-EX Baldigus - RiD Ruination - with an image of the packaging he comes in. With this packaging, we also now know the full title of the figure - Evil Destronger Combiner Combatron Baldigus. Check out the boxart below and leave a comment in the energon pub!

A couple things I want to note:

1) The English title is... odd. But it does show he's independent of either Autobot or Decepticon. "Evil Destronger" refers to the original faction of Car Robots, which became the RiD Predacons, while "Combatron" is the proper sub-group, aka Commandos. While "Combatron" is the Japanese name for the Combaticons, the name was never used as in English, so there's no real overlap.
2) The English title is completely made up, as he retains his original title as "Combat Specialist" in Japanese.
3) The boxart shows an army base, a call back to the place of their birth in the Car Robots anime.

I wish I could walk into a TJ Maxx and find this for 40 bucks, but much as I want it, I'm not paying import prices for something I essentially already have.

I would've been happy if they just redecoed the Silverbolt mold as Leozack and added two ports to attach the Blackjack mold as Jallguar.

RiddlerJ wrote:I would've been happy if they just redecoed the Silverbolt mold as Leozack and added two ports to attach the Blackjack mold as Jallguar.

Actually I find this a much more likely possibility than Takara developing a 2 deluxe torso.

Dagon wrote:Forgive me if this has already been addressed, but there hasn't been any info on the fiction for this set yet, right? So, we don't know any teaser info for who or what would possibly be coming next at this time, do we?

All we know is the teaser we got at the end of the Megatronia comic. Apparently they're working for Unicron, I'm guessing to come collect Galvatron's debt for giving him yet another chance as a combiner.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Dagon wrote:Forgive me if this has already been addressed, but there hasn't been any info on the fiction for this set yet, right? So, we don't know any teaser info for who or what would possibly be coming next at this time, do we?

All we know is the teaser we got at the end of the Megatronia comic. Apparently they're working for Unicron, I'm guessing to come collect Galvatron's debt for giving him yet another chance as a combiner.

Emerje

I meant as in teases of whatever set would be coming next,not anything specific to these guys. I guess not though.

Dagon wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Dagon wrote:Forgive me if this has already been addressed, but there hasn't been any info on the fiction for this set yet, right? So, we don't know any teaser info for who or what would possibly be coming next at this time, do we?

All we know is the teaser we got at the end of the Megatronia comic. Apparently they're working for Unicron, I'm guessing to come collect Galvatron's debt for giving him yet another chance as a combiner.

Emerje

I meant as in teases of whatever set would be coming next,not anything specific to these guys. I guess not though.

The comic for Baldigus may provide teasers like Lynx Master's and Megatonia's have done.

Fellow Seibertronians Black Hat and Cyberpath have pointed us towards the Takara Tomy Mall website, where the new Unite Warriors comic has been posted - featuring the continuation of the Unite Warriors storyline, by Hayato Sakamoto, and the arrival of Baldigus! We've downloaded, exported and mirrored the comic as images below (though obviously still in Japanese), for your viewing convenience, check it out!

Unicron's really in the business of Combiners now, isn't he? First Grand Galvatron, then the Megascream combiner in Deviations, and now he's upgrading Baldigus. Didn't quite think it was his thing.

No silhouettes at the end or anything. Unless there's something in the text it looks like Baldigus might just be the last Unite Warriors release.

There is a "To be continued" there though. Who knows? The combiner train may not be at its final destination yet. Maybe we'll see Liokaiser yet?

Also, did anyone else notice the Autobots were about to execute the Commandos? Not a very Autobot-y thing to do!

I'd like to see this translated.

It looks like the whole RID/CR Scourge/Black Convoy and Grand Scourge thing got a lot more confusing

That was an action packed read that I couldn't actually read! I love those crazy comics

Love the giant combiner port on Unicron's head.

RiddlerJ wrote:Love the giant combiner port on Unicron's head.

I'm guessing the Takara Legends release of Unicron will also continue the comic?

I think Roller and Prime made up, somewhat.

Also, I think the "teaser" in this one was supposed to be Scourge showing up.

Man, I need a translation. That was intense

itscramtastic wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Love the giant combiner port on Unicron's head.

I'm guessing the Takara Legends release of Unicron will also continue the comic?

They are releasing Unicron?

But yeah that combiner port was my favourite part. It looked like it was made of raw energon. And plugging onto that planet reminds me of his look in that old G1 Unicron toy where he really is a head atop of a big planet ball.

It seems...
Black Convoy finally saw Baldigus Reformatted/Upgraded
Dolrailer has a unicron symbol, and that means....

Oh right, in the middle of the End of the pages there were Technobots appeared as a cameo