New waves of United

[tinyJazz]

Reported on Seibertron (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-wave-of-takara-transformers-united-on-the-way/22957/), Source from Famitoy (http://famitoy.blogspot.com/2011/10/great-news-transformers-united-new.html).

TakaraTomy Transformers United Series
UN-23 Rodimus Convoy
Release Date: Jan 2012
Retail Price: 2800Yen

UN-24 Warpath
Release Date: Jan 2012
Retail Price: 2800Yen

UN-25 Thunder Megatron
Release Date: Jan 2012
Retail Price: 2800Yen

UN-26 Thunderwing
Release Date: Jan 2012
Retail Price: 2800Yen

UN-27 Wing Changer & Decepticon Wipeout
Release Date: Jan 2012
Retail Price: 3600Yen

UN-28 Axalon
Release Date: Feb 2012
Retail Price: 2800Yen

UN-29 Ark Unicron
Release Date: Feb 2012
Retail Price: 3600Yen

UN-30 Optimus Primal
Release Date: Feb 2012
Retail Price: 2800Yen

UN-31 Beast Megatron
Release Date: Feb 2012
Retail Price: 2800Yen



Okay, so apart from Rodimus, Thunderwing and Warpath, what moulds are the other ones? :D Optimus Primal? Heck yes. Can't wait for the decos on these.
Also I'm guessing "Wing Charger" is actually Windcharger. :p

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

Pics HERE (http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/takara-tomy-new-united-toys-2018/)

Enjoy but disappointing

[VERT]

Pics HERE (http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/takara-tomy-new-united-toys-2018/)

Enjoy but disappointing

You got that right :(

[KillinSpoon]

WindCharger and Wipeout are instant buy. Awesome mould!
Surfboard Primal also, I've been wanting one of those boards for a while :D

Some of these are pretty sweet, some are severe disappointments (BIS Roddy + Unicron)...

It's good that the line is continuing though :D

[GoktimusPrime]

UN-28 Axalon
Release Date: Feb 2012
Retail Price: 2800Yen
...do I dare get my hopes up? :rolleyes:


Also I'm guessing "Wing Charger" is actually Windcharger. :p
Yeah, I'd say it's a transliteration error... Windcharger's G1 Japanese name was "Charger" -- but then again, United uses their Anglophone names rather than their JP names (e.g. Optimus Prime isn't called Convoy, Jazz isn't called Meister etc.) Odd that they've listed "Rodimus Convoy" instead of Rodimus Prime. Another error?


Pics HERE (http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/takara-tomy-new-united-toys-2018/)

Enjoy but disappointing
Yeah, that was pretty disappointing.

Wipe Out? Meh... okay, I can see they're trying to be original and make a new character, but I personally would've preferred a white/green repaint (and retool) as Tailgate.

[yoshi594]

Wtf rodimus? I hope that is a placeholder pic...but the description said rodimus convoy, which is basically rodimus prime right??? Has to be a new mold. Kinda stupid to restock on henkei, then release the same mould in united.

I agree looks very disappointing. I dont mind the shark moldthough, since i dont have it yet. That unicorn, primal, and beast wars megs molds are old right?

[KillinSpoon]

Wtf rodimus? I hope that is a placeholder pic...but the description said rodimus convoy, which is basically rodimus prime right??? Has to be a new mold. Kinda stupid to restock on henkei, then release the same mould in united.

I agree looks very disappointing. I dont mind the shark moldthough, since i dont have it yet. That unicorn, primal, and beast wars megs molds are old right?

They're all repaints :)

[kup]

Pics HERE (http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/takara-tomy-new-united-toys-2018/)

Enjoy but disappointing

I suspected this was the case. Ugly repaints.

It seems that Takara-Tomy has begun to like their useless repaints as much as Hasbro although I believe the 'Cybertron' BW molds to be new for the Japanese market.




I agree looks very disappointing. I dont mind the shark moldthough, since i dont have it yet. That unicorn, primal, and beast wars megs molds are old right?

Yeah they are about 6 years old and not that great. Their original 10 year older (now 16!) BW figures are superior toys.

Primal is really horrible but Megatron is an 'ok' toy.


...I guess we still have 3rd parties to hold our interest..

[gdmetro]

Hmm.. have to say i'm slightly disappointed.. was looking forward to primal and megs.. but those moulds look bleh.

I will most likely pick up the warpath/windcharger and maybe thunderwing pending their final decos.

[tinyJazz]

Pics HERE (http://www.fullmetalhero.com/content/takara-tomy-new-united-toys-2018/)

Enjoy but disappointing

Thanks! Those are super ugly. Going to avoid axalon, unicron and primal now. :p


Yeah, I'd say it's a transliteration error... Windcharger's G1 Japanese name was "Charger" -- but then again, United uses their Anglophone names rather than their JP names (e.g. Optimus Prime isn't called Convoy, Jazz isn't called Meister etc.) Odd that they've listed "Rodimus Convoy" instead of Rodimus Prime. Another error?


Wipe Out? Meh... okay, I can see they're trying to be original and make a new character, but I personally would've preferred a white/green repaint (and retool) as Tailgate.

I don't mind the black deco, it's nice. Wipe out! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_%28video_game%29) But I agree, I'd still like to see a Tailgate out of this mould in the future.

Whatever happened to Hubcap's Big Daddy repaint?

[liegeprime]

Well for army builders like me that reissuance of Unicron tank is awesome news, now I can have more siege tanks to bolster my Unicronian army :D.

Windcharger and Wipeout , ok Ill bite - I, like everyone else, want to see Tailgate...:(

Already got them Primal and Megs when first released, so Im not too keen.

Where's the pic for Axalon? What's that figure supposed to be?

Hmmm sharkticons ei... didnt these molds get used in the last Botcon... ah well it's a nice figure but wouldve prefered an original mold for the modern day sharkticons and not a re-use:rolleyes:

[UltraMagnus]

My source said they were coming, (as I have mentioned before) but totally unsure why they decided to do a few BW/Cybertron modes. Very odd choice.

They could have kept selling thousands of toys if they kept with the classics line
- Windcharger (where is tailgate?)
- Warpath
- Thunderwing
- Rodimus (they should have just reissued Henkei rodimus in united packaging)

What they did miss out strangely
- Junkheap/Blackshadow
- Ultra Magnus

Overall disappointed by this series, but having said that, I'm a completists, so will probably buy a set just to store.

[griffin]

Where's the pic for Axalon? What's that figure supposed to be?

Hmmm sharkticons ei... didnt these molds get used in the last Botcon... ah well it's a nice figure but wouldve prefered an original mold for the modern day sharkticons and not a re-use:rolleyes:

The Sharkticon is the one being called Axalon... But I think they meant "Nemesis" instead. I think the inspiration comes from the Exodus/Exiles story with the origin of the Nemesis vessel being from a particular Transformer. Maybe the United bio will say that this is that same WFC character???

[Zippo]

Aside from Rodimus, these are all molds that Japan never got when they were released for the American market. So, Japan is just playing catchup.

I guess they are just Uniting the toys into one big pot ...

[Paulbot]

I always thought there actually was a Wipe-Out toy that came with Trypticon (like Scamper came with Metroplex). Marvel Comics lied to me.

Don't think I want to pay the United Rumble/Frenzy price for that two pack though.

[Shirokaze]

Wow. More disappointing than I ever imagined! :(

Might grab a Thunderwing though, because I need excuses to give them my money!:D

[Bartrim]

Well for army builders like me that reissuance of Unicron tank is awesome news, now I can have more siege tanks to bolster my Unicronian army :D.


There is the response I was waiting for:p

I may get Axalon if he is a WFC character... depending on the story. Still haven't got Exiles yet.

[GoktimusPrime]

it's odd that they would do Thunderwing and not Black Shadow considering that G1 Thunderwing never came out in Japan and thus never appeared in any Japanese G1 media... Black Shadow would have wider appeal

[UltraMarginal]

meh, united needs to be something very special to make it worth the import cost.
I have only ever purchased united jazz and tracks.

None of this looks particularly great, warpath doesn't even seem to have the BL44M text that our release had.

[5FDP]

meh, united needs to be something very special to make it worth the import cost.
I have only ever purchased united jazz and tracks.

Same... although I did get Rumble / Frenzy as well.

[LordCyrusOmega]

Meh. I already have them and I use the Optimus Primal and Megatron (from BW 10th anniversary) on my classics shelf.
Thunderwing looks cool though.

[UltraMarginal]

Same... although I did get Rumble / Frenzy as well.

I figure they'll eventually get released here

[Hursticon]

Umm... Everyone does realise that these pics are only Mock-ups and not official pics yeah? :confused:

Seibertron.com:

Malaysian toy shop Famitoy has posted the upcoming pre-orders for the next wave of Takara version of Transformers United figures.
This new wave consists of 9 figures (UN-23 to UN-31).

The figures are expected to be released in January & February 2012.

Update: Courtesy of site sponsor Kapow Toys we now have mock ups, check them out below.


Personally, I'll take these with a grain of salt until I see something from HasTakTom. ;):cool:

[griffin]

I always thought there actually was a Wipe-Out toy that came with Trypticon (like Scamper came with Metroplex). Marvel Comics lied to me.

I'd expect that Wipe-Out was meant to be the Full-Tilt toy, but for some reason the writer & artist renamed & redrew Trypticon's transforming partner into something that ended up resembling a black Tailgate (which is the inspiration of this United toy).
The TFWiki mentions (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wipe-Out) that Hasbro had given Marvel samples of toys, and the Artist used the details on Tailgate as inspiration... perhaps because they didn't have the Trypticon toy to know exactly what Full-Tilt (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Full-Tilt) looked like, and maybe only had the character model of Trypticon and not Full-Tilt.
Unless Bob Budiansky remembers why the name was changed (he would have named both Wipe-Out & Full-Tilt), we might not know the reason for this.

I personally just believe it is the same character, with different names & appearances (like Gen1 Jetfire/Skyfire - no one questions that he's the same character, but looks radically different & has 2 different names).

[Paulbot]

I thought that Full-Tilt was the Slammer equivalent, and Wipe-Out had just been left out of the catalogues. :o It's been 25 years, maybe it's time I finally buy a Trypticon. (Takara Encore it already!)

(But it's good to see Takara seems to be looking for an actual character to homage rather than just making a Nemesis Windcharger.)

[Verno]

I was excited there for a moment. What? New BW-inspired moulds?!

But no. The bitter taste of disappointment.

[Lint]

Umm... Everyone does realise that these pics are only Mock-ups and not official pics yeah? :confused:

I echo this sentiment. I have faith that TakaraTomy will make at least SOME of these moulds sexy. :cool:

[reillyd]

I've only wachex about ten episodes of Beast Wars, but when did Optimus Primal ride a surfboard???

[Quickstrike]

Season 2. Plus it was a FLYING Surfboard.


it's odd that they would do Thunderwing and not Black Shadow considering that G1 Thunderwing never came out in Japan and thus never appeared in any Japanese G1 media... Black Shadow would have wider appeal

It's not that odd, they did release Straxus after all... and he's not as obscure as friggin' Wipe-out.

[Lord_Zed]

Umm... Everyone does realise that these pics are only Mock-ups and not official pics yeah? :confused:

Seibertron.com:


I did, I don't have one or two of those molds so maybe they will get good colour schemes as opposed to what has been shown then you never know. However If they use those Primal and Megatron molds, no deal they are both awful toys.

[Verno]

I've only wachex about ten episodes of Beast Wars, but when did Optimus Primal ride a surfboard???

But that mould looks to have nothing on the original Transmetal Primal mould.

[kup]

I think most of us realize they are mock ups. The disapointment comes with the poor choice of molds for the 'non-classics' figures.

For example, the 10th anniversary BW/Cybertron molds chosen are average to ok at best for example. For those wanting 'United' versions of Warpath and Windcharger (and pal) then that's pretty good.

[Hursticon]

I think most of us realize they are mock ups. The disapointment comes with the poor choice of molds for the 'non-classics' figures.

If they do decide to go with those moulds, I agree "Bugger that!" they're crap! :(
But I'm still not sure that these pics are even Official Mock-ups as we've yet to receive anything from Official channels on the matter, just supposed information. ;):)

@Lord_Zed: I hear you man. :cool:

[Quickstrike]

For example, the 10th anniversary BW/Cybertron molds chosen are average to ok at best for example.

Aww, I thought they looked cool. Especially the Cybertron versions.

[Gutsman Heavy]

Aww, I thought they looked cool. Especially the Cybertron versions.

I agree with you there, I quite like 'em.

[Hursticon]

Courtesy of Seibertron.com (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-takara-product-images-united-and-mp11/23055/), Chara-Net (http://www.chara-net.com/item/list/character/4546/) have provided some pictures of some of Takara's upcoming products, in this case some updated United Mock-Ups and a Live Shot of the Windcharger and Wipe Out 2 Pack:


http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a409/Darkone666au/Webpics/AxalonBot.jpg http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a409/Darkone666au/Webpics/AxalonAlt.jpg

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a409/Darkone666au/Webpics/Primal.jpg http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a409/Darkone666au/Webpics/BWMegs.jpg

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a409/Darkone666au/Webpics/WindchargerandWipeOut.jpg

[Zippo]

With these new mock ups, and pricing .. I don't think I can be a completest at all with United anymore. I simply do not need to pay 5000 Yen for figures that Hasbro sold as Deluxes in a line that used to be awesome!

[kup]

Wow! All the repaints are all really lame or don't have any noticeable changes to the Hasbro release.

I see what they tried to do with Axalon - The shape of the alt mode does somewhat look like the Axalon ship from Beast Wars but it's a bit forced.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Interesting that all of these united toys are releasing in January, compared with Takaratomy's normal staggering of release dates.

I quite like the deep purple on BW Megs, am disappointed in axalon mostly cause i like the botcon deco best for that mold.

[yoshi594]

cheers for the link hurst. I'm severelydisappointed at what they did with the rodimus mold.

Does that primal have a mech tech weapon??

[Hursticon]

cheers for the link hurst. I'm severelydisappointed at what they did with the rodimus mold.

Does that primal have a mech tech weapon??

No problems Yoshi; to my understanding, as I don't own the figure myself, that weapon that Primal is holding is actually the Surf/Hover-board (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Primal/toys#Beast_Wars_10th_Anniversary) he comes with but one can certainly see the resemblance to that of a Mechtech weapon. :p

Admittedly I too am a little disappointed with these upcoming releases but as it was explained on the recent WTF@TFW Podcast (http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/478245-wtf-tfw-169-october-12-2011-a.html), but was likely known to many here already, is that all of these figures comprising the latest upcoming United wave have never seen a Japanese release before and as such it is seen as a perfect opportunity for a Japanese Line to deliver figures to a Japanese Audience that have never had an opportunity to own these figures before. :cool:

[Quickstrike]

Man, Axalon is all sorts of confusing.

[yoshi594]

all of these figures comprising the latest upcoming United wave have never seen a Japanese release before and as such it is seen as a perfect opportunity for a Japanese Line to deliver figures to a Japanese Audience that have never had an opportunity to own these figures before. :cool:

Umm...so how do they explain rodimus? He was in the henkei series :@

[Hursticon]

Umm...so how do they explain rodimus? He was in the henkei series :@

There's always got to be that one guy huh? :p:D

[gdmetro]

Rodimus deco actually looks really nice, but undecided whether to get another of the same mould i have 1000000 of...

Is warpath the same colour as the Generations one? I cant really tell, and apart from that there is not much difference- but Ill probably get one just to have it.

Windcharger is not changed at all from what I can tell, besides faction symbol- but ill probably just get one and leave it misb.

The rest don't really do much for me, so will probably pass on them.

[Lint]

Darn, looks like the United line lost its 'sparkle' so to speak. If these latest pictures represent the final product it is quite disappointing indeed!

Sad to say Hot Rod/Rodimus is the most impressive of that lot :p

[tinyJazz]

hmm, bbts jacked up the prices on the beast megs and primal (was $37, now $50) because the initial price solicit from takara was wrong apparently, but the whole wave is 2240 yen each from hlj. Amiami has a price difference though.

I hope that dark purple is the final deco on beast megs, it looks great! :D


Is warpath the same colour as the Generations one? I cant really tell, and apart from that there is not much difference- but Ill probably get one just to have it.


Amiami's preview pic is more purplish
http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/ww93/tinyJazz/wp.jpg

[kurdt_the_goat]

What's strange is that some pics have the text saying "it's the international version, japanese version will be different". This includes the ones that haven't been released overseas (in the specific deco), like Combat Hero Megs.

[kup]

Admittedly I too am a little disappointed with these upcoming releases but as it was explained on the recent WTF@TFW Podcast (http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/478245-wtf-tfw-169-october-12-2011-a.html), but was likely known to many here already, is that all of these figures comprising the latest upcoming United wave have never seen a Japanese release before and as such it is seen as a perfect opportunity for a Japanese Line to deliver figures to a Japanese Audience that have never had an opportunity to own these figures before. :cool:

I am not sure if the Japanese would be impressed. The BW repaints are pretty mediocre molds with their BW original toys being much and I mean MUCH better.

[griffin]

Man, Axalon is all sorts of confusing.

Yeah, it's like they were aiming to replicate the Darkside/Nemesis (by using that mould), but coloured it and named it after the other Beast Wars ship, the Axalon.

[Quickstrike]

Plus he/it's an Autobot? Seriously what the Hell. :confused:

I really like how Beast Wars Megatron looks. I'm probably going to buy him.

[Lord_Zed]

I really like how Beast Wars Megatron looks. I'm probably going to buy him.

Don't do it, it's a trap!!!

But I hear you, I quite like the G2 Purple Megs mock up, but I know how bad the mould is, so I can't really talk.