Takara‘s Hisashi Yuki is not stopping this train, as he has just updated his Twitter once more with a look at the prototype for the upcoming Unite Warriors Nosecone!
Nosecone here is pretty different from his Hasbro Combiner Wars counterpart… in that he’s using an entirely different base mold, Rook, instead of Brawl. However, Takara has changed up the mold significantly, adding a giant drill, treads, a brand new head sculpt – and not one, not two, but three new guns. The third gun can also be attached above his head scorpion tail-style and, being a retool of Rook, he also shares that mold’s popular knuckle peg feature, compatible with the new guns and, yes, even the drill. In other words, there definitely seems to be a lot of play value packed into this guy. And all of this means that the vehicle mode’s appearance has been dramatically altered, and is much more accurate to G1.
It seems it won’t be too long until we get a Yuki-look at the final Technobot, Strafe, and hopefully the big guy himself, Computron!
Cardion
What's the deal with Afterburner? He should look more like a lightcycle. Maybe he looked too close to Tron, and they were worried about a trademark lawsuit.
microbot
Will be awesome if they re-issue Computron UW!
TargetmasterJoe
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EDIT: (Although in fairness, I’ve had my eye on Devastator even though he's a ways off from what I can afford, so maybe it’s a miracle he’s NOT going out of stock now?)
RKillian
LynxMaster is distributor backstock. Devastator and Superion reissues sitting hurt the chances of more UW reissues. Too bad, I was hoping for another shot at Defensor.
TargetmasterJoe
Well, this became funny in hindsight, because Lynxmaster is now up for pre-order at BBTS.
Not sure if it means Computron's on the horizon, but if he is, I will not hesitate.
Nutahal
sharing what i did with my UW Computron
Michael Vincent Mallari
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The G1 guns fit nicely
WereDragon EX
We can only be casually optimistic, but I wouldn't get my hopes up too much, since reissues like this are very rare in and of themselves.
Crim
I wouldn't be surprised if they end up reissuing all of them by the end of the year (or announcing them with release early next year). I could totally go for another shot at Ruination, Sky Lynx, Prime and Computron again (mostly figures in each set that I want that won't be released on their own).
WereDragon EX
It's beyond me as to why Takara chose to reissue UW Superion and Devastator, but not this set.
trence5
damn, missed it
ma70er
@trence5 I think you were looking for this?
TargetmasterJoe
Stop reminding me about how I missed out on this gift set…
gbm
Just a heads up, I'm selling my PE Chestplate and big gun if anyone wants a partial upgrade. (in my sales thread, link in sig)
Crim
If you got the PE hand you can replicate the look with this guy's shapeways addons: Heavy/Scratch: – PerfectEffect CW Fist Guards
jaws
The TDW hands for Computron look great: CW style but not humongous
Scott_XIII
How is it?
stprime
Just got that kit today
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Scott_XIII
I've got the Unite Warriors Computron, it's currently stock and I'm considering add-ons.
What are your thoughts on the Dreamwave kit?
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I quite like the shapeways parts too.
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Blackout32
I have had my UW Computron for a yr maybe and never opened it up but bought PE hands and feet. Now I'm getting a G1 Computron from tf land and i can't wait to put each together and compare both. I'm finally finding a way to get figures I've always wanted and never got as a kid growing up back in the day of G1 transformers.