Coming to us from Kelvin Chan of the Talk Transformers Facebook group, it would appear as though Takara’s Unite Warriors Superion is going to be released to our fellow Transfans in Australlia! Right now, as it stands, it appears as though this set will be a Toys’R’Us exclusive that is slated for a July release, but the price is currently not known. Another interesting tidbit in the set is that the name of Silverbolt’s shield was voted for by some Aussie fans, which is a pretty cool thing all around. This would be good news indeed for our brothers and sisters down there, and here’s hoping Menasor and other combiners join them as well. Take a look at the pictures of the box front, and some of the instruction booklet provided by Kelvin, and give us your thoughts, and some congratulations to our fellow fans down in Australia, after the jump!
UltraMarginal
Would you mind elaborating? I don't speak for the forum but I've been a member for years and the long term members I know are upstanding fans.
BidoofdudeofOz
It's been pretty good so far. I wish voyager and legend wave 2 would come out. Luckily, we've had plenty of sales so we can get deluxes for $20 or so.
Screamingjet
Damn STRAIGHT we do!
No offense to The U.S. or Canadian members but we miss out on so much stuff its not funny. Generations Armarda starscream, Thrilling 30 Megatron,
Wingblade, MOST MP releases just to name a FEW. STILL waiting on CW wave 2 down here while you guys are on wave 3.
I was gobsmacked we had combiner wars show at ALL…even more so to beat
the damn scalpers in my area (eat THAT OZFormers!)
Nice we're getting this at least-
Now if only I hadn't gone and bought every other Aerialbot aside from AirRaid
I could actually be excited bot this set.
Rippersnapper
Absolutely. As another example
insecticon 3 pack $150 purchased in store at Toys R Us.
insecticon 3 pack $104 purchased and delivered online
Nighthawkblack
mmmmm gift set. I dont collect combiners but this is tempting.
[Wing_Saber-X]
makes sense.. I only paid 11,500 yen for my Unite Warriors set from HLJ.. that's like under 100 bucks.
Wh33ls
Good for you! You Aussies deserve some love down under!
The13Primes
It costs to much for me personally (a minor) so I rely on second hand stores for transformers xD
UltraMarginal
We tend to get most Hasbro releases here, though occasionally we'll miss out on an entire line or be months behind the US and the rest of the world.
in this case we have had all of wave 1 combiner wars for several months, and some people have managed to pick them up on sale for as little as AU$22.50 for deluxes.
the Wave 2 Deluxes have turned up at one NSW chain for AU$30 which is about RRP.
There have been limited numbers of wave two turning up at other places but they disappeared in a hurry.
We are in a lucky space here, often having access to Takara release items through low shipping costs and occasionally seeing Takara items released as exclusives here. This last 8 to 10 months has seen a trend start with Goktimus Prime of the OTCA boards being employed by Hasbro Australia to provide translations and western market modifications to Masterpiece releases. They have all been TRU exclusives and not cheap, eg: AU$100 for Takara MP Prowl and AU$300 for Takara MP Star Sabre. An exception to that is a local release of the Takara Deluxe Stinger which is sitting at Australian deluxe RRP of $30, also a TRU exclusive.
The drawback is we don't usually hear about the Australian import happening until those of us who are super keen have already pre-ordered/paid from an online store months in advance, so the sales here might not be as high as they could be making future imports potentially less attractive to Australian retailers.
Myer picked up the Transformers Prime Unicron and Optimus 2 pack which shelf warmed for months, they got it late and it was expensive (I can't remember how much) it ended up going on clearance for about AU$30 which is a steal given the RRP for Voyagers here is about AU$45 – $50.
haha, I think I got carried away.
it will be interesting to see if we get the Protectobots five pack here eventually. that would be cool given it appears to be a limited release.
BattleUpSaber
I just want to say that I love that they went with "Skyboom Shield" for the daftest-looking shield ever made.
Still cool that you Aussies are getting this.
The13Primes
YES I CAN GET SLINGSHOT
jestermon
Glad for them I have my Hasbro Superion and I am fine with it.
Does this mean they won't get individual figures at retail like I guess Takara isn't doing.
You can't seem to convince some of those anti-Hasbro people they have and before Takara even at lower than retail prices an some sites.
Some of them even think Takara made Hasbro do it some how.
IgnikaMarcus
This isn't G1.
It's heavily based on it, yes, but it's still it's own thing.
Combiner Wars and Unite Warriors don't need to conform to the old '84 designs.
Deal with it.
IgnikaMarcus
These aren't G1 toys.
I nee to ask. What's a "Stuntican"?
Also, they're, not "there", and I don't even know what "hace" means.
Did you mean "have"?
And just because Hasbro wants to add new team members does not make them wrong.
artiepants
(warning: spotify link)
https://open.spotify.com/track/3fQ4MPBGBDpYefSRO0wuAZ
Tux Chaos X
…but again, they DID release Quickslinger. YOu have the option of buying your precious G1 character and have the complete, original lineup on your shelves.