Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed

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To round out our Technobot team, we finally bring to you the last member of the mighty Computron: Strafe! Strafe is an extensive retool of the Unite Warriors Blastoff mold, as compared to the Hasbro version which is a retooled Air Raid. The images were provided to use as always by Twitter user TFyuki and have been mirrored below for your enjoyment. Check out the images, and let us know what you think in the comments section below. And as always stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries!

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Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777805)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 3rd, 2016 @ 10:56pm CDT

Now this one has me very unsure about this. I need to see the Hasbro version, but this one is just not sticking to me like Nosecone did. But it is still not bad by a long shot.

Hey Will: Now you can finish your spreadsheet! :MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777806)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 3rd, 2016 @ 10:56pm CDT

Cheese and whiskers, he's Blast Off backwards! :shock:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777807)
Posted by Burn on April 3rd, 2016 @ 10:57pm CDT

Holy fucking shit Takara! That is fucking awesome! It's so fucking awesome I'll break the fucking swear filter!

Holy shit!
Holy shit!
Holy shit!
Holy shit!
Holy shit!

:-D

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777808)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 3rd, 2016 @ 10:57pm CDT

I think some Australian dude is very happy :lol:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777810)
Posted by kurthy on April 3rd, 2016 @ 10:59pm CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:To round out our Technobot team, we finally bring to you the last member of the mighty Computron: Strafe! Strafe is an extensive retool of the Unite Warriors Blastoff mold, as compared to the Hasbro version which is a retooled Air Raid. The images were provided to use as always by Twitter user TFyuki and have been mirrored below for your enjoyment. Check out the images, and let us know what you think in the comments section below. And as always stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries!

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777812)
Posted by Bounti76 on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:00pm CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Now this one has me very unsure about this. I need to see the Hasbro version, but this one is just not sticking to me like Nosecone did. But it is still not bad by a long shot.

Hey Will: Now you can finish your spreadsheet!

I want to see Hasbro's, too, but this figure is AMAZING. The altmode is perfect, the robot mode is awesome. I can't even tell this is a Blast Off retool. It looks completely new. :shock:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777813)
Posted by Burn on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:00pm CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I think some Australian dude is very happy

Seriously! That alt mode!

The only downside to this is I wish they'd done more with Lightspeed and Scattorshot.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777816)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:02pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Cheese and whiskers, he's Blast Off backwards!

Off Blast?
Ffo Tsalb?
Muffle On?

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777817)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:03pm CDT

Burn wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I think some Australian dude is very happy

Seriously! That alt mode!

The only downside to this is I wish they'd done more with Lightspeed and Scattorshot.

Oh, I believe you!!

A little more to those 2 would have been nice, but at least with Scattershot we got the new chest and combiner head!

Also, I was literally watching TFYuki's twitter for almost a half hour waiting for that image. As soon as it showed, it was newsed. took only 4 minutes from him releasing the pic to me having it front paged

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777818)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:03pm CDT

Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job >:oP

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777819)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:04pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much :MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777820)
Posted by Crosscheck on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:05pm CDT

Well, that seals the deal for me. Takara it is. I was looking for a way to get the Blast Off mold and here it is.

EDIT: And preorder at BBTS placed. $35 for a much better rendition of the figure is fine by me. Two molds I don't have.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777821)
Posted by Emerje on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:07pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Cheese and whiskers, he's Blast Off backwards!

Do you remember what I said about possibly making a Movor out of a backwards Blast Off? Seems a little more plausible now.

Emerje

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777822)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:10pm CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much

Why? My figures have to actually look nice, that includes a well laid out deco, something TT has not done well for their last 4/5 combiners >:oP

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777823)
Posted by Sowndwave76 on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:12pm CDT

I was feeling confident after the combined image of Comp was released, but now having seen each individual bot/alt mode, this UW set is a not-to-be-missed must have for me.

All of the bots look amazing.
Weakest alt mode imo is Afterburner, but the modification is okay.
I don't have (and won't get) Wheeljack, so the Lightspeed mold is cool with me.
I'm sure it's because it's unpainted, but in the collage images someone posted, it looks like the hood is less rounded on the sides compared to the Wheeljack mold.
Probably just from a slight difference in camera angle of the shots, but it does look more squared-off to me.

Anyway, can't wait to see color images.

I love all of those head sculpts!!!!

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777824)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:13pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much

Why? My figures have to actually look nice, that includes a well laid out deco, something TT has not done well for their last 4/5 combiners

My spidey sense is telling me that the deco on this one will be pretty awesome layout wise. I'm feeling some hard, good efforts to round out unite warriors here :MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777826)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:15pm CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much

Why? My figures have to actually look nice, that includes a well laid out deco, something TT has not done well for their last 4/5 combiners

My spidey sense is telling me that the deco on this one will be pretty awesome layout wise. I'm feeling some hard, good efforts to round out unite warriors here

I'll believe it when I see it, but based on his show appearance, my expectations are staggeringly low

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777828)
Posted by Crosscheck on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:17pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much

Why? My figures have to actually look nice, that includes a well laid out deco, something TT has not done well for their last 4/5 combiners

Considering that Computron is largely just a red and orange blob, I am not overly concerned.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777829)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:18pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Love it, just hope TT doesn't screw him over with a drab paint job

(anticipates cancelling pre-order...)

don't you dare anticipate cancelling that preorder. This is awesome! Computron has finally risen! I'm still unsure about this dude, but I feel confident that he will be awesome!

Now I really may need to get this one. Argh, this is making my wallet and my head hurt so much

Why? My figures have to actually look nice, that includes a well laid out deco, something TT has not done well for their last 4/5 combiners

My spidey sense is telling me that the deco on this one will be pretty awesome layout wise. I'm feeling some hard, good efforts to round out unite warriors here

I'll believe it when I see it, but based on his show appearance, my expectations are staggeringly low

Have some faith Mi Amigo. We shall see soon enough what techno-awesome we have to deal with. :MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777830)
Posted by Alpha Dominus on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:18pm CDT

This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777831)
Posted by X3ROhour on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:20pm CDT

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777832)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:20pm CDT

Alpha Dominus wrote:This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

See, that's a thing here. I do not have this mold, and the way they did it from Blastoff is incredible and very well pulled off. While I thought Air Raid was the best choice, and we shall see when hasbro actually shows off their technobots individually (hopefully this weekend), I really do like the ingenuity and the engineering behind it. :MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777833)
Posted by megatronus on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:21pm CDT

Strafe looks better than Blast Off! I wonder who was (truly) the remold of whom...

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777834)
Posted by Deadput on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:23pm CDT

Alpha Dominus wrote:This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

Yeah this time it's a lazy Blast Off retool amazing right?

I mean wow the whole Takara Computron is just a bunch of retools but must be so much better then Hasblow's even if we have not seen it am I right guys?

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777835)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:24pm CDT

Will this be Takara's last hurrah for the Unite Warriors line, or do they still have some more left in the tank? Hasbro is allegedly attempting Leo Kaiser. I would hope Takara would be up to the challenge to do it RIGHT with six team members instead of Hasbro's awkward five component version.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777836)
Posted by megatronus on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:25pm CDT

Deadput wrote:
Alpha Dominus wrote:This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

Yeah this time it's a lazy Blast Off retool amazing right?

What's lazy about it?

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777837)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:25pm CDT

Alpha Dominus wrote:This gives me hope. Just glad it's not another lazy Aeriolbot retool.

Because we've seen so many aeriabot retools...?

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777838)
Posted by Deadput on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:26pm CDT

megatronus wrote:What's lazy about it?

I don't know how is an Aerialbot retool more lazy then a Space shuttle retool?

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777839)
Posted by Deadput on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:28pm CDT

Wolfman Jake wrote:Will this be Takara's last hurrah for the Unite Warriors line, or do they still have some more left in the tank? Hasbro is allegedly attempting Leo Kaiser. I would hope Takara would be up to the challenge to do it RIGHT with six team members instead of Hasbro's awkward five component version.

Despite then fact that they have not done six members which can't be possible in the combiner wars format unless one of them is a legends figure which Takara does not pack with their combiners.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777840)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:29pm CDT

megatronus wrote:Strafe looks better than Blast Off! I wonder who was (truly) the remold of whom...

I think both work equally as well as each other. Blastoff looked a bit funky but this looks amazing and sleek and right. Kinda hard to tell, really is...

Deadput wrote:
megatronus wrote:What's lazy about it?

I don't know how is an Aerialbot retool more lazy then a Space shuttle retool?

If defense here, the Aerialbots were used several times. The Firefly mold was used 3 times (Fire, sling, Blast) and this mold has only been used once. and this is a complete reshell, not just a change of head. That makes this very unique, like Nosecone being an extensive retool of Rook. Both pull it off and are using lesser used versions of molds (the jeep descendants of Rook are very different from him and now Nosecone) :MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777841)
Posted by Deadput on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:35pm CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:If defense here, the Aerialbots were used several times. The Firefly mold was used 3 times (Fire, sling, Blast) and this mold has only been used once. and this is a complete reshell, not just a change of head. That makes this very unique, like Nosecone being an extensive retool of Rook. Both pull it off and are using lesser used versions of molds (the jeep descendants of Rook are very different from him and now Nosecone)

It's a retool no matter how you spin it who cares how many times it has been used that is not the point.

I will never understand people's disdain over them nor the content boot licking Takara receives I don't hate Takara I hate the comparing between it and Hasbro and the poor reasoning of why Hasbro is always crap because it always is I mean when they try something new (Alpha Bravo) they get called a greedy uncaring company who just want your cash.

Yeah Takara has better paint or might get something done better but it does not mean that Hasbro is lazy.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777842)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:42pm CDT

Deadput wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:If defense here, the Aerialbots were used several times. The Firefly mold was used 3 times (Fire, sling, Blast) and this mold has only been used once. and this is a complete reshell, not just a change of head. That makes this very unique, like Nosecone being an extensive retool of Rook. Both pull it off and are using lesser used versions of molds (the jeep descendants of Rook are very different from him and now Nosecone)

It's a retool no matter how you spin it who cares how many times it has been used that is not the point.

I will never understand people's disdain over them nor the content boot licking Takara receives I don't hate Takara I hate the comparing between it and Hasbro and the poor reasoning of why Hasbro is always crap because it always is I mean when they try something new (Alpha Bravo) they get called a greedy uncaring company.

Yeah Takara has better paint or might get something done better but it does not mean that Hasbro is lazy.

Yes, it is a retool, but it is a retool of a mold used far less frequently. You should know I'm not one of the hard takara guys as I only own 2 takara things and have said before that Hasbro has done better paint wise with several of their combiners. And a reshell is usually much more exciting than a simple new head.

And while Hasbro has done some new stuff and also cut down on price, Takara has done some amazing things. Groove, Blastoff, Strafe, all guys that are new molds that we never got (save now we seem to be getting Groove) and that is exciting. mold fatigue took over us at the end of CW, and there was potential for more stuff to be done to multiple combiners (Devastator for instance) that hasbro just didn't do, which is disappointing. This is just showing it with how far Takara is going the extra mile. To me, this combiner has 2 brand new molds and all 6 have new heads and (save Lightspeed) brand new tooling too to make them more unique. There was potential, and while the hasbro offerings have been no where near bad, speaking from having all of them save Sky Lynx to date, it's just there is proof of the extra mile not taken :MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777843)
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:47pm CDT

Mother of God, he's beautiful. It looks like a fucking spaceship!!! And I love it sooooooooo much!!!

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Cheese and whiskers, he's Blast Off backwards!

Off Blast?
Ffo Tsalb?
Muffle On?

No man, it's ffO tsalB.

Sabr, when you said that, I did a double take and started checking the altmode for how it all works out. When an couldnt figure out where his feet were in spaceship mode, Imlooked at his robot mode to get a better idea of how his feet look; that's when I realized he doesn't have a DD bust size.

Seriously, he is unrecognizeable as a Blast Off reshell.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777845)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 3rd, 2016 @ 11:57pm CDT

Deadput wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Will this be Takara's last hurrah for the Unite Warriors line, or do they still have some more left in the tank? Hasbro is allegedly attempting Leo Kaiser. I would hope Takara would be up to the challenge to do it RIGHT with six team members instead of Hasbro's awkward five component version.

Despite then fact that they have not done six members which can't be possible in the combiner wars format unless one of them is a legends figure which Takara does not pack with their combiners.

They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777847)
Posted by Bounti76 on April 4th, 2016 @ 12:14am CDT

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Deadput wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Will this be Takara's last hurrah for the Unite Warriors line, or do they still have some more left in the tank? Hasbro is allegedly attempting Leo Kaiser. I would hope Takara would be up to the challenge to do it RIGHT with six team members instead of Hasbro's awkward five component version.

Despite then fact that they have not done six members which can't be possible in the combiner wars format unless one of them is a legends figure which Takara does not pack with their combiners.

They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

True, but they don't go all out to that degree. They take what they can, rework it to be show accurate, but they don't completely change the structure of the combiner.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777848)
Posted by Deadput on April 4th, 2016 @ 12:18am CDT

Wolfman Jake wrote:
They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

And this will never happen thier not going to create a whole new gimmick for one box set.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777849)
Posted by Rainmaker on April 4th, 2016 @ 12:20am CDT

I want Strafe, NAOW.

:MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777850)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 4th, 2016 @ 12:21am CDT

Deadput wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

And this will never happen thier not going to create a whole new gimmick for one box set.

I'd say it's possible, but improbable. I'm not sure what the structure of their budget looks like, but as they just release the hasbro figures (for the most part) they may have built this into their budget :-?

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777851)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 4th, 2016 @ 12:21am CDT

Deadput wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

And this will never happen thier not going to create a whole new gimmick for one box set.

Never say never. There is a 3rd part Liokaiser being made right now, and Takara takes great pride in Liokaiser. I would not put it past them to create a new modern version. They do make takara-exclusive molds and combiners :MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777853)
Posted by Bounti76 on April 4th, 2016 @ 12:33am CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Deadput wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

And this will never happen thier not going to create a whole new gimmick for one box set.

Never say never. There is a 3rd part Liokaiser being made right now, and Takara takes great pride in Liokaiser. I would not put it past them to create a new modern version. They do make takara-exclusive molds and combiners

Genuine question......since G1 ended in Japan in the early 90s, has Takara made any exclusive molds and/or combiners? Aside from Blast Off/Strafe, I genuinely can't think of any.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777854)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 4th, 2016 @ 12:38am CDT

Bounti76 wrote:Genuine question......since G1 ended in Japan in the early 90s, has Takara made any exclusive molds and/or combiners? Aside from Blast Off/Strafe, I genuinely can't think of any.

william-james88 wrote:the latest exclusive combiners Takara came up with on their own:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777855)
Posted by Bounti76 on April 4th, 2016 @ 12:49am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:Genuine question......since G1 ended in Japan in the early 90s, has Takara made any exclusive molds and/or combiners? Aside from Blast Off/Strafe, I genuinely can't think of any.
william-james88 wrote:the latest exclusive combiners Takara came up with on their own:

Ah, thanks! While not my cup of tea, I'd forgotten about these guys.

While Takara apparently has done this one set of combiners, solo, since 1992, I don't think they're about to change a line as drastically as making Liokaiser 6 bots instead of 5- IF they do him. Their M.O. seems to be to repaint where it makes sense, retool or a new head where it makes sense, or reshell a mold....if it makes sense.

My point being, it wouldn't make sense to the way they've operated their business since the 90s (again, these combiners being the lone exception) to drastically alter a line just to make it THAT accurate.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777856)
Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on April 4th, 2016 @ 12:57am CDT

im impressed. TT has me sold on this..... now the final verdict is the colour scheme.....

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777861)
Posted by ZeroWolf on April 4th, 2016 @ 1:33am CDT

Wow you guys have all been busy since I last looked at this thread :lol:

Strafe looks really nice, I forgot for a moment that it was a blast off retool. I bet the hasbro design team wish they had more of the budget freedom takara's lot can afford, c'est la vie.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777864)
Posted by Va'al on April 4th, 2016 @ 2:51am CDT

Following the Legends images, Takara Tomy also has a new Transformers Unite Warriors image, that builds on the hype of the recent Technobots prototype images - the fully combined UW08 Computron combiner! Check it out mirrored below, and let us know if it still meets your expectations in the Energon Pub.

*thinking noise*

...which we had seen better here, so no news for you, buddy! :BANG_HEAD:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777866)
Posted by Rainmaker on April 4th, 2016 @ 2:56am CDT

Don't think I'm digging those really high shoulders...

They could've done better with Afterburner in combiner mode, looks like his legs are split.

Still awesome

:MAXIMAL:

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777892)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on April 4th, 2016 @ 6:01am CDT

...so much awesome...I need these five on my shelf. Right now.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777895)
Posted by william-james88 on April 4th, 2016 @ 6:50am CDT

Update!

PS: those waiting to see what Hasbro has cooked up will be so dissapointed with Strafe, he's just Air Raid with some appendages, supposedly. So no new headsculpt and simply a jet alt mode.

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777897)
Posted by fenrir72 on April 4th, 2016 @ 7:18am CDT

TT please......enough

Re: Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Strafe Prototype Revealed (1777902)
Posted by Powered Convoy on April 4th, 2016 @ 8:22am CDT

Bounti76 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Deadput wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
They could skip out on a voyager torso and make a way to do two deluxes that combine to make a voyager-sized CW/UW torso for the rest of the limbs, similar to how Devastator works, really. Takara has shown they're willing to get REALLY fancy with retooling and original engineering for their releases.

And this will never happen thier not going to create a whole new gimmick for one box set.

Never say never. There is a 3rd part Liokaiser being made right now, and Takara takes great pride in Liokaiser. I would not put it past them to create a new modern version. They do make takara-exclusive molds and combiners

Genuine question......since G1 ended in Japan in the early 90s, has Takara made any exclusive molds and/or combiners? Aside from Blast Off/Strafe, I genuinely can't think of any.

In addition to the Go! combiners the combiners in Car Robots were originally their designs that were later used by Hasbro.

Randy

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