Unite Warriors Grand Galvatron (Galvatronus)

[DELTAprime]

Here's one I wasn't expecting to get the UW treatment, Unite Warriors Galvatronus. http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/takara-transformers-unite-warriors-galvatronus-with-his-own-team-of-limbs/34056/

TFyuki tweeted out the teaser image which seems to show Cyclonus with 4 limb-bots.

[UltimateGalvatron]

YESSSSSS

[ampoldj]

Oh please not a Combiner Set...im already just saving funds for Bruticus! :eek:

The tweet actually translates as Overseas is Overseas (refer to Hasbro) and Japan is Japan (Takara Tomy). Hisashi Yuki hints that Takara will do their best to keep up with Hasbro and continue their own new designs / modifications from existing Hasbro release for the UW line

[BigTransformerTrev]

Unless the limbs are all new characters it's a pass for me. Already have a Cyclonus I haven't even opened yet, don't need another

[Megatran]

Already have a Cyclonus I haven't even opened yet
If you need a hand big fella ... :D

[reillyd]

Unless the limbs are all new characters it's a pass for me. Already have a Cyclonus I haven't even opened yet, don't need another

Well I spot the Rook body for one of the legs, and probably a repurposed Aerialbot for the left arm (his left, our right).

[CaminusPrime]

Right leg off-road
Left leg rook
Left arm air raid
Right arm ??? (Gun looks mounted on shoulder)

I'd hope they are new characters although rook and off-road are characters that takara haven't used so if they did a Set with the moulds/characters they havent used it could give a chance for people to get a takara version of those moulds

[Golden Phoenix]

Right leg off-road
Left leg rook
Left arm air raid
Right arm ??? (Gun looks mounted on shoulder)

I'd hope they are new characters although rook and off-road are characters that takara haven't used so if they did a Set with the moulds/characters they havent used it could give a chance for people to get a takara version of those moulds

I agree with you there, and I think the right arm is Alpha Bravo.

If the left arm is indeed the air raid mould, it would be like is using all the replacement limbs. This would kinda mean Takara is doing Rejector! :eek:

[Starscream77]

Assume the limbs will be repainted though, who would they repurpose them to be character wise ?

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Goddammit Takara, just do a bunch of Sweeps already.:(

[DELTAprime]

Goddammit Takara, just do a bunch of Sweeps already.:(

Yeah 4 Sweeps would have been awesome. Hopefully they go with the idea someone had in the discussion area of the forums and do Dead Universe characters.

[Zommael]

Yeah 4 Sweeps would have been awesome. Hopefully they go with the idea someone had in the discussion area of the forums and do Dead Universe characters.

-puts up hand- I'm someone! ;)

[Lord_Zed]

What if they do a cop out and just put Sweep heads and colours on all the extra combiner war molds, eg: Rook Sweep, Ofroad Sweep, Alpha Bravo Sweep etc?

It's more a Hasbro idea than Takara, but I could still see it happening as Cyclonus's all terrain Sweep team. :p

[DELTAprime]

We have what is likely our first look at the UW Galvatronus toy, looks like a UT homage. I'm not a big UT fan so it's a turn off for me.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/takara-transformers-unite-warriors-possible-armada-homage-with-galvatronus/34314/

[ampoldj]

We have what is likely our first look at the UW Galvatronus toy, looks like a UT homage. I'm not a big UT fan so it's a turn off for me.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/takara-transformers-unite-warriors-possible-armada-homage-with-galvatronus/34314/


It is originally from this as linked by TF Yuki

http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/takaratomymall/a5a42f55aac.html

Anyway another pass...just bring out Bruticus please ;)

[griffin]

UT = Unicron Trilogy.

The colours look really weird for each toy of Galvatronus.
At least it is a new set of characters and not just minor redecos.

[Paulbot]

Pics are on twitter and showing up at sites like Seibertron (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/takara-transformers-unite-warriors-uw-06-grand-galvatron-revealed/34345/).

It is Cyclonus, (ghost) G1 Starscream, Armada Thrust, Prime Breakdown and IDW Roller combing into Galvatron.

Bit odd really.

Edit: oh crap, there's a seeker head for a CW Aerialbot. Guess which characters Funpub is going to be churning out then.

[Zommael]

That's pretty awesome. I'm going to find this version hard to resist even though I do already have Cyclonus. And his Armada, anyone? But then what does that make my RTS Cyclonus?

I think I'd rather get this than the G2 Bruticus for sure. I guess I'll have to track down an individual Shockwave to be his gun though.

[griffin]

Edit: oh crap, there's a seeker head for a CW Aerialbot. Guess which characters Funpub is going to be churning out then.

I'd been expecting it since the beginning of the year, as the original Airraid was the same jet mode as the Seekers... I'm just surprised that it took this long to have one announced.

(and yes, I dread the endless FunPub seeker redecos too, because I'd rather someone else doing them and supporting them to complete the set :( )

[Lord_Zed]

Talk about eclectic, bizarre but it's also rather creative, and the paintjobs look good. He is way more interesting than the G1 car Autobot combiner.

Poor old Roller conscripted by the Deceptions though.


Pics are on twitter and showing up at sites like Seibertron (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/takara-transformers-unite-warriors-uw-06-grand-galvatron-revealed/34345/).

Edit: oh crap, there's a seeker head for a CW Aerialbot. Guess which characters Funpub is going to be churning out then.

Yup, and if you squint Thrust's head can be used for a conehead. Unimaginative repaints here we come.

[griffin]

Release date (http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810864769/) - April 30th
Price - 16,200yen

It's like the 2003-2005 Universe series, with characters plucked from different eras into the one series.

They got the colours spot on for Thust, as it really gives the visual feel of that toy.
War Breakdown looks like something FunPub would do for BotCon.
The colours for Cyclonus just don't look/feel right.
I actually thought the Rook redeco was Armada Hoist from the smaller images at the start of this news topic... and Roller as yet another evil reformatted and brainwashed Unicron pawn (like Nemesis Prime and the four horsemen of Armada) is unnecessary. With the unusual choices for the rest of the team, why make this an evil Roller?

One nice touch they did (in addition to the nice looking Starscream) is colouring the two parts of Cyclonus' gun orange and purple to look like Gen1 Galvatron's cannon... which Hasbro should have done with their Cyclonus/Galvatronus.

[UltimateGalvatron]

I think Cyclonus looks perfect. I could just see him with that colour scheme walking straight out of the reformatting scene into my hand.

This set is PERFECT, IMO. Breakdown, Thrust and Ghostscream also look awesome, but I'm not yet sold on 'Wandering Roller'.

[Paulbot]

The colours for Cyclonus just don't look/feel right.



I think Cyclonus looks perfect. I could just see him with that colour scheme walking straight out of the reformatting scene into my hand.

I'd agree with UltimateGalvatron, Cyclonus' colours look pretty movie-tastic.

[griffin]

Fine... you're both banned. :p

:D

[UltimateGalvatron]

Fine... you're both banned. :p

:D

WAIT! I except your position, I don't like the colours ARRRGGHHH!!

[Zommael]

Perhaps one of our Japanese speakers can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure all the names of the limbs are meant to evoke undead creatures, not just Ghost Starscream and Zombie War Breakdown (what a name!). Curse Armada Thrust presumably refers to a cursed being or cursed spirit, fitting in with the theme. Wandering Roller probably refers to a Wandering Spirit, as well as to him being lost and abandoned by the Autobots. Even Cyclonus is established to have been possessed by Galvatron's spirit. This set is spoo-oo-ky!!! :eek:

[ampoldj]

They should have released this for Halloween :D

Maybe i should start a Ghost Starscream collection as well

[DELTAprime]

I love the movie accurate Cyclonus. Time to get ready to buy him.:p

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Damnit! For some reason I like this guy, but i'm not sure if my bank account can take the hit... :(

[Jaxius._]

What if Thrusts head and Starscreams' were old heads for remolds to make a seeker combiner/limbs.

[Lord_Zed]

I also like this version of Cyclonus's colours, In fact the only one I don't like so much is Ghost Starscream due to his big yellow connector peg. Obviously they could not make this transparent, but I wish they had put some kind of paint aps on it to break it up a bit.

[BigTransformerTrev]

This set is pretty tempting, but I'll be waiting until they go on sale cheap down the track

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I also like this version of Cyclonus's colours, In fact the only one I don't like so much is Ghost Starscream due to his big yellow connector peg. Obviously they could not make this transparent, but I wish they had put some kind of paint aps on it to break it up a bit.

The yellow canopy peg is rather cleverly done as the chest canopy though, I'll give them that! Thrust is really nice, Wandering Roller though..... Is he dead in IDW or something?

Those vehicle modes of Scourge really showed me how badly the bot mode hangs off the bottom of the het. Also, surprised they didn't make a Zombie Cliffjumper, rather than Breakdown, as iirc, Breakdown was controlled by that guy rather than actually being a Zombie.

[Sinnertwin]

Damnit! For some reason I like this guy, but i'm not sure if my bank account can take the hit... :(

Place an order with a pay later online store such as HLJ.com.
April 30th is quite a while away, a little each month will see you home :)

[Bidoofdude]

Release date (http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810864769/) - April 30th
Price - 16,200yen

It's like the 2003-2005 Universe series, with characters plucked from different eras into the one series.

They got the colours spot on for Thust, as it really gives the visual feel of that toy.
War Breakdown looks like something FunPub would do for BotCon.
The colours for Cyclonus just don't look/feel right.
I actually thought the Rook redeco was Armada Hoist from the smaller images at the start of this news topic... and Roller as yet another evil reformatted and brainwashed Unicron pawn (like Nemesis Prime and the four horsemen of Armada) is unnecessary. With the unusual choices for the rest of the team, why make this an evil Roller?

One nice touch they did (in addition to the nice looking Starscream) is colouring the two parts of Cyclonus' gun orange and purple to look like Gen1 Galvatron's cannon... which Hasbro should have done with their Cyclonus/Galvatronus.

I thought Cyclonus had a great paint scheme, maybe only because Hasbro's colours were pretty bad. He looks nice and accurate, less out of place.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Place an order with a pay later online store such as HLJ.com.
April 30th is quite a while away, a little each month will see you home :)

Yeah, but PC has their early bird preorders for a pretty unbeatable price...

Decisions, decisions... :D

[Zommael]

Just weighing in here, as someone who loves this set, I still don't think Cyclonus' colour scheme is as good as the Hasbro version. That's because the Hasbro version is such a glorious shade of purple it's difficult to imagine anything equalling it. It's the same people as my Galvatron General and that's awesome.

[Sinnertwin]

Yeah, but PC has their early bird preorders for a pretty unbeatable price...

Decisions, decisions... :D

No doubt that they do, I'm just not a fan of giving somebody my money and waiting for 5 months.
Tough call indeed

[Paulbot]

This is another TakTom Mall exclusive so HLJ will likely not stock it, but some of the other sites will. Apparently it will get an Asian market release, so speculation goes.

[GoktimusPrime]

Just weighing in here, as someone who loves this set, I still don't think Cyclonus' colour scheme is as good as the Hasbro version. That's because the Hasbro version is such a glorious shade of purple it's difficult to imagine anything equalling it. It's the same people as my Galvatron General and that's awesome.
Hasbro's colours are G1 toy-accurate, whereas TakaraTOMY's are G1 cartoon-accurate. But yes, toy-accurate colours are superior ;) (although I'm personally not interested in the mould). Interestingly enough, the Galvatron(us) gestalt torso has G1 toy-accurate colours (whereas the Hasbro version went for cartoon-colours).

It's a shame that they don't sell these figures individually, cos Roller's the only one that interests me. Ah well. :p

[griffin]

A small box image of this UW-06 set has been added to the TakaraTomyMall listing (http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/12/26/unite-warriors-grand-galvatron-box-image-307214), noting the function as Haunt Leader, relating to the four limbs being dead or undead characters, and Cyclonus being possessed by a dead Galvatron (according to the mini-comic that comes with it... which has been translated here (http://karyuudofansubs.blogspot.ca/2015/12/grand-galvatron-manga-translated.html)).

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

There's a translation of the comic (that comes with the set) over at Seibertron (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/unite-warriors-grand-galvatron-comic-translation/34436/).

Good read!

[griffin]

There's a translation of the comic (that comes with the set) over at Seibertron (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/unite-warriors-grand-galvatron-comic-translation/34436/).

Good read!

Oops, sorry... I edited the previous posting with the original link before I saw this post (I had the topic open for the last hour while posting up several news items, so your post didn't show until afterwards).


Just note to anyone reading the translation (or the original) - read each page from right to left as you go down the page. If you read left to right like a Western comic, it will be confusing.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Oops, sorry... I edited the previous posting with the original link before I saw this post (I had the topic open for the last hour while posting up several news items, so your post didn't show until afterwards).

It's all good! :)

The comic was really enjoyable! It's the kind of thing that you need to, essentially, justify the repaint of existing molds.

Plus the Galvatron/Cyclonus/Kuato thing is such a hoot! :D

[griffin]

A bigger image has been posted up (http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/01/05/unite-warriors-grand-galvatron-new-image-307451) of the Grand Galvatron combiner.


I'm still not feeling it as a combiner. There are a lot of colours on the main torso, and doesn't have a Galvatron feel to me.
I think I'd keep this set in separate bot form, as most of the individual bots aren't too bad.

[griffin]

New photos of Breakdown and Roller (http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/01/17/unite-warriors-wandering-roller-new-images-307861), from TFYuki.

[Keidatron]

Who is Roller meant to be?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Who is Roller meant to be?

I assume he's an alternate universe of Prime's Roller drone buggy doodad

[Keidatron]

Makes me think of a Scrapmetal

[Paulbot]

This Roller is a character from the More Than Meets The Eye comicbook; a former partner of Optimus Prime in the early, early days of the war (after whom the scout drone is presumably named after) that ran into some trouble and was "lost"... just perfect for the Unicron in another universe to scoop up for this abomination of a combiner! ;)

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

In-hand (with swapped limbs) from TF Yuki (https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/702457351387746304):

http://i.imgur.com/lnOJoJa.jpg

Is the face different or is it just the light and angle?

Compared to:

http://i.imgur.com/GT4cBfU.jpg

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Shot of the coin and shipping box from Robot Kingdom (https://www.facebook.com/Robotkingdom/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1079636902055024):

http://i.imgur.com/rd5OGpc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ormXmOr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Cy4Z4QJ.jpg

[Ploughmans Lunch]

Aaaaah! He's a perfect mess and I love him.

[philby]

Is the face different or is it just the light and angle?



They do look slightly different, the bottom one seems to have more of a stern frown while the top one has a slightly smaller 'neutral' mouth.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Aaaaah! He's a perfect mess and I love him.

That's the reason why I preordered him! He's like a perfect pastiche! :D

I also like how they referenced the original G1 Galvatron toy colours:

http://i.imgur.com/hYaMGYz.jpg


They do look slightly different, the bottom one seems to have more of a stern frown while the top one has a slightly smaller 'neutral' mouth.

Yeah, that's what I see as well, except the top one looks almost like he's smirking. That said, I hope we get the grumpy face.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Via TFND (https://www.facebook.com/TransformersNeverDie/photos/a.629496500464227.1073741828.478564562224089/996631580417382/?type=3&theater):

http://i.imgur.com/ewKQ23X.jpg

[Bladestorm]

Gah - please tell me I'm not going to have to buy the whole thing just to get a CW Ghost Starscream.

Have to say of all the combiners this is the one I have no interest in getting - I just want ol ghosty for my son as he loves ghost 'screamer and doesn't have a real one yet.

[DELTAprime]

Gah - please tell me I'm not going to have to buy the whole thing just to get a CW Ghost Starscream.

Have to say of all the combiners this is the one I have no interest in getting - I just want ol ghosty for my son as he loves ghost 'screamer and doesn't have a real one yet.

I'm mostly interested in him for movie accurate Cyclonus, but I can see how some people would want him for Ghost Starscream as I have the original Henkei Ghost Starscream and I'm quite fond of it. If we ever get a MP-11 Ghost Starscream I'll be all over that.

[Golden Phoenix]

Well I'm interested in the Thrust and Breakdown figures.

If someone was keen on the Roller figure we'd have a group that could split a set :P

[reillyd]

I've preordered the set, but I'd kill for a spare Ghost Starscream. Makes me wonder why Hasbro didn't do a seeker wave themselves, with easy repaint opportunities

[Golden Phoenix]

I've preordered the set, but I'd kill for a spare Ghost Starscream. Makes me wonder why Hasbro didn't do a seeker wave themselves, with easy repaint opportunities

They kinda did if you count the Leader class figures. They got 3 figures out of the Jetfire remoulding.

[millhouse]

If they did a CW Scourge (as opposed to TR) and a CW DLX Cyclonus (perhaps as the Voyager's "armada"...), I'd have happily bought a total of four along with whatever Legends figure they decided would do as a gun/partner.

Ah well. I've got Cyclonus next to Voyager OP and Scattershot (although SS will likely get sold off once I have the CW Computron).

[Bladestorm]

Looks like this guy might be in stores now/soon... one of the stores in Sino Centre (Mong Kok) has posted a picture of the box in their store (https://www.facebook.com/NGtoyshop/photos/a.392629730774.208260.329955510774/10154082211330775/) on FB with a price of HK$1040...

[Zippo]

If I see this in person, I am probably going to end up purchasing ... An easy pass to import due to the cost.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Looks like this guy might be in stores now/soon... one of the stores in Sino Centre (Mong Kok) has posted a picture of the box in their store (https://www.facebook.com/NGtoyshop/photos/a.392629730774.208260.329955510774/10154082211330775/) on FB with a price of HK$1040...

Robot Kingdom says shipping starts on the 30th April (https://www.facebook.com/Robotkingdom/posts/1163167220368658), so they're probably getting them in now.

EDIT: Blacklai has already got a review up -- lots of pics and comparisons with the CW version as well:

http://blacklai1979.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/review-transformers-unite-warriors-uw.html

[DELTAprime]

Got these guys today. I'm happy with them but I think like UW Grand Convoy I will keep these guys as individual robots not in their combined form.

[Deonasis]

Got these guys today. I'm happy with them but I think like UW Grand Convoy I will keep these guys as individual robots not in their combined form.

Im the opposite, i got mine and think they are all far better than the Grand Convoy boxset. The paint apps are beautiful, the hommages work, the names all rock like "Zombie War Breakdown", "Combiner Haunt Leader Grand Galvatron" :cool:, and i do like the molds. Love it!

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

TR Galvatron's cannon (https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/728138742817378306) looks great on UW Grand Galvatron!:

http://i.imgur.com/MqZ4Ec9.jpg

[DELTAprime]

Im the opposite, i got mine and think they are all far better than the Grand Convoy boxset. The paint apps are beautiful, the hommages work, the names all rock like "Zombie War Breakdown", "Combiner Haunt Leader Grand Galvatron" :cool:, and i do like the molds. Love it!

Yeah, nothing against their combined form, I just think they work great as individual homages and I can't justify two sets for most of the UW combiners.