New Images - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors UW07 Bruticus

Honestly, the only one I really like is Vortex. He looks very nice. But thenrest of the new decoes aren't enough for me to spring for it. And Brawl just looks kinda dumb.

Not too crazy about how Blastoff looks. But I especially hate the Fireflight/Slingshot figure. First world problems - I just can't win with Blastoff!

This is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!

The blue on vortex on this first photo looks fine.

The jeep front chest on Swindle is great

Blastof is definitely more brown thatn orange and the brown on the Buticus chest is a good tone too.

I especially love how it doesnt at all hurt the vehiclemode for onslaught sicne the guns are covering it.

The matching feet actually work well. For once the fact that CW feet are small give an advantage to making the illusion that they are part of the limb figures and not feet on their own.

I still find the colours clash on Blastoff's shuttle mode and I ont like the arms. That's my main negative point about all this. Still a great set!

Looking forward to getting it on nippon yassan.

One question though.

How does the tail-fin for Blast-off end up on his back, if it starts on the back of the legs?

It seems it's gotta scooch right up the torso and flip around to the other side on the way, presumably becoming part of a completely different parts assembly.

Does it just un-peg and plug back in elsewhere?

Oh yeah... And Blast off is ok in my book!

Well Brawls waist wasn't modified.

MemphisR56 wrote:


One question though.

How does the tail-fin for Blast-off end up on his back, if it starts on the back of the legs?

It seems it's gotta scooch right up the torso and flip around to the other side on the way, presumably becoming part of a completely different parts assembly.

Does it just un-peg and plug back in elsewhere?

Yeah, I think it's a partsforming bit, unpegging...

And I think I'll keep my preorder....how many Brutici must I have *rolls eyes at himself*

It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine.

Wow, Blast Off looks surprisingly crummy, and Swindle's vehicle mode suffers from forcing a purple hood where it isn't conducive. Really is a mixed bag to simulate a color pattern that was created entirely in the animation cheats/liberties of the show.

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Why do Brawl and Swindle have colour matching limbs pieces?

Still I like

leokearon wrote:Why do Brawl and Swindle have colour matching limbs pieces?

Still I like

Because the animation model of Bruticus had feet that colour matched the the limb. Takara is toon accurate, so they did them that way.

Well...... I like the Swindle. And Onslaught's colors in alt mode. Otherwise, I'm not too keen on this. Blast Off shuttle looks better than our Blast Off... But doesn't really look like it fits the aesthetic of the rest of Combiner Wars. In my opinion.

Orange-off looks pretty crummy, shame TT couldn't get his colors to match the show, they went out of their way to force the deco onto the rest of bruticus

Halloween Blast Off and Night Strike Alpha Bravo!

Well... I kind of want it just for a four-rotor Vortex...

I like Blast Off, but the rest are pretty meh to my eyes, I'm not liking those decos. I'm glad I went with Hasbro versions. If they end up releasing the shuttle mold, I'll buy it.

Looks Amazing! Other than Blast Off I hadn't realized there would be so many differences between UW-07 & CW Bruticus.

Someone did some comparisons to Hasbro but they are small:

Now why couldn't takara just put the hasbro colours on to their shuttle mould, it would look a lot better than what they went with which doesn't look cartoon arcuate at all.

ZeroWolf wrote:Now why couldn't takara just put the hasbro colours on to their shuttle mould, it would look a lot better than what they went with which doesn't look cartoon arcuate at all.

Not even sure why someone did the comparison between orange-off and blast-off they're entirely different molds, it'd be like comparing rook to bigroove, seems like a real d|ck move on their part

It looks a lot better in those pictures. I do really like some of the colors. Brawl's head is so cool and 4 rotors are nice. Still good with my hasbro one, but I can appreciate what takara has done (Even to me if the Blastoff mold is a bit funky)

Hellscream9999 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Now why couldn't takara just put the hasbro colours on to their shuttle mould, it would look a lot better than what they went with which doesn't look cartoon arcuate at all.

Not even sure why someone did the comparison between orange-off and blast-off they're entirely different molds, it'd be like comparing rook to bigroove, seems like a real d|ck move on their part

Its for the colours

Great now I'm tempted to get another Bruticus. He does look pretty nice though.

Here are all the comparisons!

After seeing the comparisons I'm firmly giving Takara the win for this one. Blastoff aside the decos are much nicer on the unite warriors version. Hasbro isn't bad by any means but Takara just looks nicer.

Just pre-ordered him and turns out that it'll be about 20 bucks less than the Hasbro one, including shipping!

xMXUx wrote:JUst pre-ordered him and turns out that it'll be about 20 bucks less including shipping!

wow thats awesome, give us the details! Where did you order, and 20$ less than what? And where are you situated?

Thanks for those WJ.

DAMN do I ever like TT's Onslaught.

Aww man now I want it!

william-james88 wrote:Here are all the comparisons!

Another round goes to Takara.

at least they got rid of those hideous purple lights on Onslaught

shajaki wrote:Thanks for those WJ.

DAMN do I ever like TT's Onslaught.

Me too! I especially love how the vehicle mode doesnt suffer in any way from the differently coloured bruticus chest. His blue head is perfect too. I already have the Universe Onslaught for an update with the black head and all that, and TT said they wont be doing MP combiners, so this is a perfect way to have this toon accurate rendition of onslaught.

I also love the jeep front on Swindle. And while I dont like how more obvious his exposed hands look in jeep mode, they look good in robot mode.

I have no feelings on Brawl. I almost preffer Hasbro simply because I like the uniform chest look even though it isnt toon accurate (but then again, neither is what Takara did with the top of his head).

I think the colours work well with Blastoff's robot mode.

But who I love most is Vortex. The blue is ok and he looks awesome with the 4 rotors folded in the back. If I chose to go the takara route for this guy too, then I would end up with only Blades and Vortex as versions of this nice mold and thats perfect!

Oh one thing though, Takara is tricky in their photography in 2 places.

1. Blastoff's chest is far more protruding than that image alludes to.
2. The outer parts of Onslaughts legs are silver but the image only shows the inner legs, which are blue. It might look a bit odd in the end.

Also, here are reprolabels if anyone cares to give a takara spin on their Hasbro Bruticus. One thing though, they dont do as good a job as Takara in hiding the hotspot lightbars.

http://toyhax.com/for-classics/1899-lab ... ticus.html

Sorry if this question seems obvious. But it appears the chest piece from UW is from Blastoffs wing. What did they use to make the chest piece for Hasbro's? Or was it just an extra piece like the foot/hand pieces?

o.supreme wrote:Sorry if this question seems obvious. But it appears the chest piece from UW is from Blastoffs wing. What did they use to make the chest piece for Hasbro's? Or was it just an extra piece like the foot/hand pieces?

The chest piece is integrated into Onslaught's transformation. It's actually a piece that makes up part of his vehicle, so no it is not part of Blast-off.

A lot of this comes from personal opinion and what you want for your collection, and if I'm truly honest with myself, I want both. They are bot excellent for their own reasons and both have different flaws, scrambling them together would create the best bruticus. But I day this as someone who doesn't care if it's toon accurate or toy accurate, hence why I embraced alpha bravo, rook and offroad. I think hasbro should be applauded for that approach, while takara have played to their market strengths and there's a far bigger collectors marker in Japan so this makes sense for takara to aim at with these releases. So, takara should also be applauded for their savvy skills.

End of the day, we all get the toys we want (well as long as we can afford them but thats another issue altogether)

Hmmm... I think it's fair to point out that those comparison images you guys posted use stock photos for UW, but in-hand images for CW. I'm not convinced that the Takara paint will look as quite as bold in comparison when we have in-hand images of them as well.

Whatever the case, and I know this is just me, but I think Reprolabels actually has the best deco this time around...

Randomus wrote:Hmmm... I think it's fair to point out that those comparison images you guys posted use stock photos for UW, but in-hand images for CW. I'm not convinced that the Takara paint will look as quite as bold in comparison when we have in-hand images of them as well.

Whatever the case, and I know this is just me, but I think Reprolabels actually has the best deco this time around...

I would have agreed but then I looked at the reprolabels Vortex again and it just doesnt work for me.

After all these comparison photos, I still,really only love Takara's Vortex. The rest arent different enough to me, and in the case of Blastoff, I was really on board with the idea of him being a jet. I may just end up doing a custom someday. But if anyone ever wants to sell me their Takara Vortex, lemme know!

william-james88 wrote:

Randomus wrote:Hmmm... I think it's fair to point out that those comparison images you guys posted use stock photos for UW, but in-hand images for CW. I'm not convinced that the Takara paint will look as quite as bold in comparison when we have in-hand images of them as well.

Whatever the case, and I know this is just me, but I think Reprolabels actually has the best deco this time around...

I would have agreed but then I looked at the reprolabels Vortex again and it just doesnt work for me.

And I can't disagree if that's how you see it.

With or without labels, Vortex's Hasbro deco is definitely one you either love or hate.

Randomus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Randomus wrote:Hmmm... I think it's fair to point out that those comparison images you guys posted use stock photos for UW, but in-hand images for CW. I'm not convinced that the Takara paint will look as quite as bold in comparison when we have in-hand images of them as well.

Whatever the case, and I know this is just me, but I think Reprolabels actually has the best deco this time around...

I would have agreed but then I looked at the reprolabels Vortex again and it just doesnt work for me.

And I can't disagree if that's how you see it.

With or without labels, Vortex's Hasbro deco is definitely one you either love or hate.

I like the yellow missiles, they add a nice touch in every mode except arm mode, I guess they look nice from any angle except directly from the side

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Randomus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Randomus wrote:Hmmm... I think it's fair to point out that those comparison images you guys posted use stock photos for UW, but in-hand images for CW. I'm not convinced that the Takara paint will look as quite as bold in comparison when we have in-hand images of them as well.

Whatever the case, and I know this is just me, but I think Reprolabels actually has the best deco this time around...

I would have agreed but then I looked at the reprolabels Vortex again and it just doesnt work for me.

And I can't disagree if that's how you see it.

With or without labels, Vortex's Hasbro deco is definitely one you either love or hate.

I like the yellow

I HATE YOU.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Randomus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Randomus wrote:Hmmm... I think it's fair to point out that those comparison images you guys posted use stock photos for UW, but in-hand images for CW. I'm not convinced that the Takara paint will look as quite as bold in comparison when we have in-hand images of them as well.

Whatever the case, and I know this is just me, but I think Reprolabels actually has the best deco this time around...

I would have agreed but then I looked at the reprolabels Vortex again and it just doesnt work for me.

And I can't disagree if that's how you see it.

With or without labels, Vortex's Hasbro deco is definitely one you either love or hate.

I like the yellow

I HATE YOU.

That's nice, I hate G1

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Randomus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Randomus wrote:Hmmm... I think it's fair to point out that those comparison images you guys posted use stock photos for UW, but in-hand images for CW. I'm not convinced that the Takara paint will look as quite as bold in comparison when we have in-hand images of them as well.

Whatever the case, and I know this is just me, but I think Reprolabels actually has the best deco this time around...

I would have agreed but then I looked at the reprolabels Vortex again and it just doesnt work for me.

And I can't disagree if that's how you see it.

With or without labels, Vortex's Hasbro deco is definitely one you either love or hate.

I like the yellow

I HATE YOU.

Rich golden yellow is pretty.

Cyberpath wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Here are all the comparisons!

Another round goes to Takara.

uw07_vs_cwB.jpg

Zing!!!!

I like them, but I'm perfectly happy with what I got with the Hasbro release. Something about Blast Off just doesn't sit right with me, no sir.

Oh, and that reminds me; I should put a lick of silver paint on Swindle's face. That'll certainly help him out!

HLJ (finally) have their pre-order up.

http://hlj.com/product/tkt86205?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

Burn wrote:HLJ (finally) have their pre-order up.

http://hlj.com/product/tkt86205?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

And so does Nippon Yassan

https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/15 ... ticus.html

Even cheaper than Anime Export!

I just don't dig the Takara one this time. I think Superion is the only one I've liked overall better than Hasbro's, and then I still got all the Hasbro aerialbots (well, minus Quickslinger). The colors aren't doing it for me, the evocation of vehicle parts that aren't actually there, the weird colors on Blast Off, Vortex's deco...... honestly Hasbro gets this one from me. Get some good hands and feet, some 3P cannons, and a different head on Blast Off and it works.

william-james88 wrote:

xMXUx wrote:Just pre-ordered him and turns out that it'll be about 20 bucks less including shipping!

wow thats awesome, give us the details! Where did you order, and 20$ less than what? And where are you situated?

I ordered from Anime Express. And he'll be 20$ less tha the Hasbro countrepart.
I live in Switzerland, so getting anything from retail isn't really an option since there is almost no stock ever...
And I still haven't seen anything past wave 1 of CW.

So I'm stuck with importing either way. And the cheapest option for Hasbro products I've found is Kapow Toys.
But because of shipping costs and exchange rates, a full Hasbro combiner costs me about 150$ while the Takara one should only cost 120-130$.

william-james88 wrote:

Burn wrote:HLJ (finally) have their pre-order up.

http://hlj.com/product/tkt86205?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

And so does Nippon Yassan

https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/15 ... ticus.html

Even cheaper than Anime Export!

Just tried this, after shipping however, it comes to about the same price as any other place foreign or domestic