Takara Transformers Unite Warriors 02 Menasor now shipping, and new in-package images

william-james88 wrote:This lets us know that orders from other websites should be shipping out soon as well.

Well fenrir72 and I have already said we received our payment requests from AmiAmi and HLJ and they could ship straight away ...

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:This lets us know that orders from other websites should be shipping out soon as well.

Well fenrir72 and I have already said we received our payment requests from AmiAmi and HLJ and they could ship straight away ...

Perfect, so I was right after all, all orders are shipping out now or soon

william-james88 wrote:

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:This lets us know that orders from other websites should be shipping out soon as well.

Well fenrir72 and I have already said we received our payment requests from AmiAmi and HLJ and they could ship straight away ...

Perfect, so I was right after all, all orders are shipping out now or soon

Way to turn that around on them

If anybody's interested, I put together a short video showing 360 degree turnarounds of the five Stunticons in vehicle, robot, and combined mode.

There's also a 3D version, if you've got a 3D monitor (or the new version of the 3DS, via the web browser).

unite-warriors-02-menasor-3d-compatible--p1719881.php#p1719881

Pretty nice set, all around. A few loose bits here and there (especially on Wild Rider) and some others that are almost too tight. TakTom's paint scheme appeals to me more than the Hasbo version, but that's just personal preference. Still prefer Superion, but I don't regret ordering this. Menasor is a bit more top-heavy than his predecessor, and can't hold such dynamic poses without assistance.

If Superion was a 4.5 out of 5, Menasor's a solid 4. Maybe 4.25.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:This lets us know that orders from other websites should be shipping out soon as well.

Well fenrir72 and I have already said we received our payment requests from AmiAmi and HLJ and they could ship straight away ...

Perfect, so I was right after all, all orders are shipping out now or soon

Way to turn that around on them

Keep the evidence coming. Just because you're from another continent does not mean a Mod can't get Moderated too. I kinda enjoy being the pinata for now before I see someone doing a reverse a little earlier that they think. Eating foot and the like.

Btw, I already posted this a few slots back that the set was already ready for shipping.
takara-transformers-unite-warriors-discussion-thread-t102999s2025.php#p1719432

Here's mine

Paid and waiting for HLj to ship it. A bit excited, I am!

fenrir72 wrote:Keep the evidence coming. Just because you're from another continent does not mean a Mod can't get Moderated too. I kinda enjoy being the pinata for now before I see someone doing a reverse a little earlier that they think. Eating foot and the like.

Haha! But its all good. The reason the other post was used was because it had the pretty box pictures.

What a respectable looking Motormaster alone, thanks Takara! I can't wait til this one arrives.

Nemesis Destron wrote:What a respectable looking Motormaster alone, thanks Takara! I can't wait til this one arrives.

The winner of this set is MM. The others don't really do it for me, but that MM is really awesome

I agree. The motor master is the best looking of the group. If they were sold separately id pick him up.

It's really only just Breakdown and Wildrider who looked underdetailed to me. I'm fine with Drag Stripe being yellow and orange instead of yellow and purple, but something about Breakdown's shade of off-white and Wildrider's light gray chest don't look right to me (which for the latter is also odd since Break-Neck had a light gray chest too and I think it looks fine on him).

Sabrblade wrote:I'm fine with Drag Stripe being yellow and orange instead of yellow and purple,

I'm wondering if anyone that opted for Hasbro Drag Strip for Takara Menasor plan on staying that course or a change of mind perhaps. I too planed on using Hasbro Drag Strip but I'm on the fence til more pics get posted and perhaps someone do a comparison of the two.

Sabrblade wrote:It's really only just Breakdown and Wildrider who looked underdetailed to me. I'm fine with Drag Stripe being yellow and orange instead of yellow and purple, but something about Breakdown's shade of off-white and Wildrider's light gray chest don't look right to me (which for the latter is also odd since Break-Neck had a light gray chest too and I think it looks fine on him).

That would've been cool if they went with that name with this colour version of him!

DRAG STRIPE

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's really only just Breakdown and Wildrider who looked underdetailed to me. I'm fine with Drag Stripe being yellow and orange instead of yellow and purple, but something about Breakdown's shade of off-white and Wildrider's light gray chest don't look right to me (which for the latter is also odd since Break-Neck had a light gray chest too and I think it looks fine on him).

That would've been cool if they went with that name with this colour version of him!

DRAG STRIPE

Well, that is his Japanese name. The others all kept their Hasbro names for Japan.

Takara Tomy designer Hisashi Yuki just tweeted, via his infamous TFYUKI twitter account, a teaser image for Takara Tomy's version of Optimus Maximus! The Unite Warriors Optimus Maximus appears to feature the same 4 molds of Sunstreaker, Ironhide, Prowl, and Mirage that was featured in Hasbro's version with CW Optimus Prime. Check out the image we've mirrored below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

mooncake623 wrote:Takara Tomy designer Hisashi Yuki just tweeted, via his infamous TFYUKI twitter account, a teaser image for Takara Tomy's version of Optimus Maximus! The Unite Warriors Optimus Maximus appears to feature the same 4 molds of Sunstreaker, Ironhide, Prowl, and Mirage that was featured in Hasbro's version with CW Optimus Prime. Check out the image we've mirrored below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

ETA February 2016?

This had better be a homerun full differing paint deco with chrome for TT to convince me to get this.

The cool thing about Takara's version of Ultra Prime/Optimus Maximus that we can tell from this teaser is that its limbs will not only be arranged in a different configuration from Hasbro's official configuration, but that Takara's configuration pays homage to Energon Optimus's Super Mode by placing each limb of a certain color where Energon Optimus's limbs of the same color were placed.

Right arm (orange/red) - Fire-1 - Ironhide
Left arm (white) - Copter-2 - Prowl
Right leg (yellow) - Digger-3 - Sunstreaker
Left leg (blue) - Submarine-4 - Ligier (Mirage)

This makes me real interested in what kind of deco the Optimus torso figure will have, and which standard robot mode headsculpt (regular or Battle Core) it will have.

Sabrblade wrote:The cool thing about Takara's version of Ultra Prime/Optimus Maximus that we can tell from this teaser is that its limbs will not only be arranged in a different configuration from Hasbro's official configuration, but that Takara's configuration pays homage to Energon Optimus's Super Mode by placing each limb of a certain color where Energon Optimus's limbs of the same color were placed.

Right arm (orange/red) - Fire-1 - Ironhide
Left arm (white) - Copter-2 - Prowl
Right leg (yellow) - Digger-3 - Sunstreaker
Left leg (blue) - Submarine-4 - Ligier (Mirage)

This makes me real interested in what kind of deco the Optimus torso figure will have, and which standard robot mode headsculpt (regular or Battle Core) it will have.

And Prime with the chest chrome?

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The cool thing about Takara's version of Ultra Prime/Optimus Maximus that we can tell from this teaser is that its limbs will not only be arranged in a different configuration from Hasbro's official configuration, but that Takara's configuration pays homage to Energon Optimus's Super Mode by placing each limb of a certain color where Energon Optimus's limbs of the same color were placed.

Right arm (orange/red) - Fire-1 - Ironhide
Left arm (white) - Copter-2 - Prowl
Right leg (yellow) - Digger-3 - Sunstreaker
Left leg (blue) - Submarine-4 - Ligier (Mirage)

This makes me real interested in what kind of deco the Optimus torso figure will have, and which standard robot mode headsculpt (regular or Battle Core) it will have.

And Prime with the chest chrome?

Yeah, thats what I was thinking. No more unpainted chest.

So is this officially UW-05? or will another combiner be released in Japan before this one?

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The cool thing about Takara's version of Ultra Prime/Optimus Maximus that we can tell from this teaser is that its limbs will not only be arranged in a different configuration from Hasbro's official configuration, but that Takara's configuration pays homage to Energon Optimus's Super Mode by placing each limb of a certain color where Energon Optimus's limbs of the same color were placed.

Right arm (orange/red) - Fire-1 - Ironhide
Left arm (white) - Copter-2 - Prowl
Right leg (yellow) - Digger-3 - Sunstreaker
Left leg (blue) - Submarine-4 - Ligier (Mirage)

This makes me real interested in what kind of deco the Optimus torso figure will have, and which standard robot mode headsculpt (regular or Battle Core) it will have.

And Prime with the chest chrome?

Yeah, thats what I was thinking. No more unpainted chest.

I'm glad they (seem) to be doing something special with the prime set, if they are going to deco them up like the super link prime set; it would really give it a reason to exist, and nicely set it apart from the hasbro version.

From the gaps in the silhouette, it looks like Ironhide will have G1-style pale grey underpants.

This intrigues me, as it notches the still-extremely-unlikely possibility of a good G1 Ironhide a little closer to reality.

From the gaps in the silhouette, it looks like Ironhide will have G1-style pale grey underpants.

This intrigues me, as it notches the still-extremely-unlikely possibility of a good G1 Ironhide a little closer to reality.

Easy Tiger wrote:From the gaps in the silhouette, it looks like Ironhide will have G1-style pale grey underpants.

This intrigues me, as it notches the still-extremely-unlikely possibility of a good G1 Ironhide a little closer to reality.

Ha ha you mean like this?

Cannot wait to see what they do with this. this is an exciting thing here!

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The cool thing about Takara's version of Ultra Prime/Optimus Maximus that we can tell from this teaser is that its limbs will not only be arranged in a different configuration from Hasbro's official configuration, but that Takara's configuration pays homage to Energon Optimus's Super Mode by placing each limb of a certain color where Energon Optimus's limbs of the same color were placed.

Right arm (orange/red) - Fire-1 - Ironhide
Left arm (white) - Copter-2 - Prowl
Right leg (yellow) - Digger-3 - Sunstreaker
Left leg (blue) - Submarine-4 - Ligier (Mirage)

This makes me real interested in what kind of deco the Optimus torso figure will have, and which standard robot mode headsculpt (regular or Battle Core) it will have.

And Prime with the chest chrome?

Yeah, thats what I was thinking. No more unpainted chest.

Keep the wish list short, that way they'll have more time to develop proper Technobots.

o.supreme wrote:So is this officially UW-05? or will another combiner be released in Japan before this one?

It's hard to tell. Takara is almost certainly doing Bruticus at some point, as Yuki has teased on his twitter account, but I don't think there has been an official silhouette of Bruticus released yet. The silhouettes seem to closely precede the official announcements of each respective combiner so far, and in the order of announcement

I cant believe Takara wants to release their versions of these stupid Hasbro repaints, but not of cool repaints/retools like Generations Jihauxus or Nightbeat.

Rated X wrote:I cant believe Takara wants to release their versions of these stupid Hasbro repaints, but not of cool repaints/retools like Generations Jihauxus or Nightbeat.

Maybe it has to do with popularity in their pop culture. Combiners have always been huge in Japan, so I can only imagine that superlink was really popular, so making a reference with this makes sense.

Also, as far as I know, neither Nightbeat nor Jihauxus appear in Japanese fiction (as opposed to Black Shadow, who IS getting released.

Randomus wrote:Also, as far as I know, neither Nightbeat nor Jihauxus appear in Japanese fiction (as opposed to Black Shadow, who IS getting released.

Welcome to Seibertron!!!!!!!!!!!

william-james88 wrote:

Randomus wrote:Also, as far as I know, neither Nightbeat nor Jhiaxus appear in Japanese fiction (as opposed to Black Shadow, who IS getting released.

Welcome to Seibertron!!!!!!!!!!!

Quite the first post. jumped right in he did!

I like the fact that Takara is possibly doing a reference to superlink optimus. That is a pretty cool thing to do with it

Randomus wrote:Also, as far as I know, neither Nightbeat nor Jihauxus appear in Japanese fiction (as opposed to Black Shadow, who IS getting released.

But that won't stop them knowing TT

Rated X wrote:I cant believe Takara wants to release their versions of these stupid Hasbro repaints, but not of cool repaints/retools like Generations Jihauxus or Nightbeat.

Isn't Nightbeat just a lazy repaint? Seriously? Maybe expect them in the TAV line.

fenrir72 wrote:

Rated X wrote:I cant believe Takara wants to release their versions of these stupid Hasbro repaints, but not of cool repaints/retools like Generations Jihauxus or Nightbeat.

Isn't Nightbeat just a lazy repaint? Seriously? Maybe expect them in the TAV line.

there is a point. Nightbeat had a new head and paint job and that was it. i love the figure but it wasn't a big retool.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Rated X wrote:I cant believe Takara wants to release their versions of these stupid Hasbro repaints, but not of cool repaints/retools like Generations Jihauxus or Nightbeat.

Isn't Nightbeat just a lazy repaint? Seriously? Maybe expect them in the TAV line.

there is a point. Nightbeat had a new head and paint job and that was it. i love the figure but it wasn't a big retool.

No, X is saying TT should be ashamed of releasing these lazy remolds that serve a purpose, when they should be releasing lazy remolds that don't

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Rated X wrote:I cant believe Takara wants to release their versions of these stupid Hasbro repaints, but not of cool repaints/retools like Generations Jihauxus or Nightbeat.

Isn't Nightbeat just a lazy repaint? Seriously? Maybe expect them in the TAV line.

there is a point. Nightbeat had a new head and paint job and that was it. i love the figure but it wasn't a big retool.

No, X is saying TT should be ashamed of releasing these lazy remolds that serve a purpose, when they should be releasing lazy remolds that don't

Naaaah. he "sees the world through smudge covered windshields......"* Transformers reference to the hard core.

I'm very interested in seeing what TakTom does with the Optimus Maximus combiner.

If they really do go the Super Link Convoy route, it'd stand to reason that we'll also see them release Galvatronus, as Galvatron was Super Link Convoy's chief nemesis in the series.

Guess it wouldn't be *too* difficult to redeco some of the Aerialbots into Seekers for limbs. Or maybe even just color-appropriate drones.

Shumi Nagaremono wrote:I'm very interested in seeing what TakTom does with the Optimus Maximus combiner.

If they really do go the Super Link Convoy route, it'd stand to reason that we'll also see them release Galvatronus, as Galvatron was Super Link Convoy's chief nemesis in the series.

Guess it wouldn't be *too* difficult to redeco some of the Aerialbots into Seekers for limbs. Or maybe even just color-appropriate drones.

Not a bad idea. Heck, you wouldn't even need to use some of the Aerialbot molds, you could just do one, and redeco it four times. (it's what they've been getting away with for the past 30+ years ) I nominate Air Raid! He's probably the most seekerly.

Shumi Nagaremono wrote:I'm very interested in seeing what TakTom does with the Optimus Maximus combiner.

If they really do go the Super Link Convoy route, it'd stand to reason that we'll also see them release Galvatronus, as Galvatron was Super Link Convoy's chief nemesis in the series.

Guess it wouldn't be *too* difficult to redeco some of the Aerialbots into Seekers for limbs. Or maybe even just color-appropriate drones.

Or, since Grand Scourge is coming out next month, maybe some limbs for him! A lot of the TFSS 4.0 guys work for that, sure, but some are a bit of a stretch.

Bronzewolf wrote:

Shumi Nagaremono wrote:I'm very interested in seeing what TakTom does with the Optimus Maximus combiner.

If they really do go the Super Link Convoy route, it'd stand to reason that we'll also see them release Galvatronus, as Galvatron was Super Link Convoy's chief nemesis in the series.

Guess it wouldn't be *too* difficult to redeco some of the Aerialbots into Seekers for limbs. Or maybe even just color-appropriate drones.

Not a bad idea. Heck, you wouldn't even need to use some of the Aerialbot molds, you could just do one, and redeco it four times. (it's what they've been getting away with for the past 30+ years ) I nominate Air Raid! He's probably the most seekerly.

Air Raid is my favorite jet bot, so I would be down for that!

I'll be bummed if this delays their Bruticus. Plus, do we really need alternate paints on these guys before we get actual new content like Bruticus?

jay5 wrote:I'll be bummed if this delays their Bruticus. Plus, do we really need alternate paints on these guys before we get actual new content like Bruticus?

Well it's not for us; we got our useless repaints, at least TT's seems to be referencing something cool; it'll probably be a big deal, that is, if superlink prime was a hit.

I think I'd chuckle a little if Takara remoulded Airraid a little with new wings and head and just repainted him 4 times - I guess the problem there is interaction with F-15 types and Cyclonus was pretty minimal.

I wonder what the fan reaction would be if Takara made a Galvatronus boxed set with 4 identical (new mould) Sweeps in it ?

I'm sure we'd be able to find 4 suitable remould/repaints from the Aerialbots who'd work fine.

Off the top of my head :

Fearswoop, Nightflight, Tracer, Stormcloud, Skyhopper, Airwave, Flattop, Or the various Decepticon Cyberjets.

One Funpub isn't doing already - problem is some of the best fits mould wise might be G2 characters.

Alternatively they could sell "Black Box" Cyclonus and "Black Box" Sweep as a special toy release and get around the whole problem with the limbs that way.

I'd not mind a Takara Cyclonus in a paler tone than Hasbro's is.

We need Megatronus! A voyager tank with 4 Seeker limbs.

Bat Signal out to Megatronus, are you up for this idea?

jay5 wrote:I'll be bummed if this delays their Bruticus. Plus, do we really need alternate paints on these guys before we get actual new content like Bruticus?

Well they are mirroring Hasbro's full combiners so far. So their Bruticus (which calling fully new content as opposed to this set is very debatable) will come out after Hasbro's Bruticus in about as much time it took for their other combiners to come out after Hasbro's. And that's like 4-5 months, I think?

william-james88 wrote:

jay5 wrote:I'll be bummed if this delays their Bruticus. Plus, do we really need alternate paints on these guys before we get actual new content like Bruticus?

Well they are mirroring Hasbro's full combiners so far. So their Bruticus (which calling fully new content as opposed to this set is very debatable) will come out after Hasbro's Bruticus in about as much time it took for their other combiners to come out after Hasbro's. And that's like 4-5 months, I think?

Takara is always behind the curve considering they do a (mostly) much better detailed job. And I believe you're right WJ88: Superion just came out like last month I think and there were reviewers in February with a whole Superion, so like 5 months

I remember when Takara would release stuff first, then Hasbro would release (often) lower-quality versions later. Now, Hasbro gets stuff first and TakTom spends a few months upgrading it for the JP market.

Not sure which I prefer.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

jay5 wrote:I'll be bummed if this delays their Bruticus. Plus, do we really need alternate paints on these guys before we get actual new content like Bruticus?

Well they are mirroring Hasbro's full combiners so far. So their Bruticus (which calling fully new content as opposed to this set is very debatable) will come out after Hasbro's Bruticus in about as much time it took for their other combiners to come out after Hasbro's. And that's like 4-5 months, I think?

Takara is always behind the curve considering they do a (mostly) much better detailed job. And I believe you're right WJ88: Superion just came out like last month I think and there were reviewers in February with a whole Superion, so like 5 months

In Asia, Superion came out post December 25, 2014. For Menasor, February 2015. Defensor, April 2015 though the TTmall relese was moved to November 2015. So it took an average 6 months for the TT version. More or less we'll be waiting half a year

Shumi Nagaremono wrote:I remember when Takara would release stuff first, then Hasbro would release (often) lower-quality versions later. Now, Hasbro gets stuff first and TakTom spends a few months upgrading it for the JP market.

Not sure which I prefer.

This certainly works better for their revenue because they get us to buy the Hasbro versions first and then release the usually-better TT versions six months later which we dutifully buy again.