It’s Unicron! Run! Via Gizmodo website we can share a new Haslab War For Cybertron Unicron Transformation Video for your viewing pleasure!
Takara Tomy designer Takashi Kunihiro, wearing an elegant tuxedo for the occasion, transforms Unicron gray prototype from planet to robot mode. A very clever and interesting transformation; and not as complicated as we could expect; inspired in what we saw in the classic Transformers Movie from 1986.
Not much left to say, check the video here and an extensive gallery of screencaps after the jump. then sound off your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Update: You can also check the video via the Haslab Unicron Crowdfunding page and the official Transformers YouTube account.
Turbine027
Finally decided to transform mine back to planet mode today … surprisingly wasn’t as bad as I was fearing… I’m used to shell formers needing precision with how the legs, etc fold up and I just knew it would suck but it went smoothly!
That said, he’ll probably live this way for a while
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Happysmp
I'm eager to see if Hasbro will reach out to that guy or if he finds a return shipping label in that box. Either way, great luck for the guy to get a new figure in its entirety. When I spoke with Hasbro global they said their stock shows zero units for replacement figures but they still have some parts. All parts were identified by number only and they weren't able to provide descriptions. That said, I would imagine if it came in one of the multiple bags (A, B, …) then you might be in luck if you find you have a bad part and can document it.
4249david
Unless you're in Australia apparently
Jesse guerra
Depends on what the defective part is
Of its a bagged item they will send it tonyou but if its on unicron itself they want the whole figure back
Devastator Zero
If this is true, maybe they will just replace my defective part and not ask me to ship the whole thing back again.
4249david
Yeah, after a couple of people started suggesting it'll soon be too late, I did mine last week (3 weeks or so after delivery?). Fortunately, nothing was amiss
lilcarus
man waiting this long to transform him is a little bit crazy. im sure it will be fine but it is something i did asap.
Exodus
From what site is out of replacement units? I still need to transform mine into bot mode, planet mode looks so nice already.
Cjracer
Hopefully mine is good to go then, I finally shipped my pol today so crossing fingers no defects.
Happysmp
From what I've heard, there are no more replacement units available (as of today). There are limited replacement parts though.
Cjracer
All a sudden everyone is going to have a defect with their unicrons lol.
Starganderfish
I just don't know yet. The huge box is sitting in the corner of the living room, staring at me. I go back and forth between just selling it or trying to mount it in planet mode, from the ceiling in my Workshop, next to my Cybertron sculpt from Bot-Sculptor.
It would look pretty cool, and honestly, the hassle of selling the first one makes me kind of want to just keep this. But then I think about how my luck usually runs and imagine me hanging an $800, 8kg, limited edition figure from the ceiling, and all the ways that can go horribly wrong… I'll have to think about it some more.
No idea, I haven't heard anything more from them, they never mentioned anything about returning it and I imagine they would normally advise me of that before sending me the new one. I haven't opened the shipping box yet to see if there's a return label. It would need to be a COD or Postage Paid docket, because the cost of shipping this, even locally, is huge. You've got me thinking now, so I'll open the shipping box this weekend and take a look to see if there's anything inside it. If I do find a shipping label I'll reach out to them and find out what they want me to do.
RIBFIR
Thanks @VE Telus , this is just what I needed. Never used treatstock.com before but I'll give them a try.
4249david
I took the innards out, collapsed the box, took it up in stages, then opened the box out again and refilled it. No issues at all doing it that way
msol
Hah, I have an unfinished attic I store my TF boxes in, but the entrance in my ceiling might actually be too narrow to fit the Unicron box
harrisongibb
If I didn’t have a garage I’d have to trash it. It may be possible to sell it on eBay—- I sold the box for the D&D Colossal Red Dragon a few years ago for $50.
spark crusher
what are you peeps doing with the boxes? would the lack of a box affect the resale value that much? think im going to have trouble finding a place to store it, and its not the nicest looking of boxes
Hicks_Royel
Okay, because I guess we need a discussion. In order to provide me with the piece, they will have to remove it from a figure, yes. However, they would just have to remove it from a figure and send it to me. That's one action to get the end results of getting me complete figure.
Their thinking, however, was:
1) I print out a return address label. An inconvenience already as I don't own a computer much less a printer.
2) The return shipping is on their dollar.
3) I repackage the figure I already possess and send it back to them requiring a trip to a post office that's working hours are within my own company's hours of operation. I work from five to five six of seven days.
4) Or, more likely, I have to find a FedEx drop off in my area. Either way, they pay for that shipping, I cover the time and fuel.
5) They then send out a new figure that, presumably, is complete and I wait for it to arrive. This requires they also pay for that shipping. And, as unlikely as it may seem, there is a chance that this second figure may also be missing the pack piece. Certainly. as my second figure was still sealed, they never confirmed its condition.
6) So, now they are out shipping three times as the original order had free shipping and still run the [albeit small] risk of repeating this dance all over if the second unit is also defective.
7) In the meanwhile, when they get my figure back, they now possess an incomplete figure they can do nothing with unless they intend to part it out.
But, if that is the intent, let's remove items one through seven and just open up a new figure. Remove the pack piece I was missing put that in a box or envelope and send it to me.
This way, they still end up with an incomplete figure which they do whatever they do with, they save themselves however much in return shipping I am not inconvenienced by having to drive anywhere out of my normal routine and I am guaranteed to receive the only piece I really wanted as it was missing from a sealed box.
I didn't request a whole figure, I just wanted the pack I paid for.
T-Hybrid
Would it? Do they have replacement pieces just laying around? Or is it easier to just grab a new figure off the pile and send it along?
Paco Grande
He sold the defective unit a while back. He was trying to get parts for the buyer. Instead he ended up with a free Unicron…….