Teaser Image - Takara Transformers Unite Warriors Sky Reign

Oh come on! Now I'm gonna have to get this too!

One imagines it will be the same limbs as his hasbro counterparts. Like all the others were. Cycoluns being a completely bizarre exception, but then again, his hasbro limb wave was the Protectobots.

I would like to point out that it seems like sky reign is using the first aid mold instead of streetwise. Calling it now, instead of smokescreen the fourth member is ratchet.

Yup that's definitely the ambulance instead of the Streetwise mold.

Now the question is if it's all the same guys with Ratchet replacing Smokescreen or if we'll get Hoist instead of Trailbreaker or not?

Randy

If Hoist and Ratchet are part of this, then I suppose I have so choice but to get him...

Looks like the limbs could be Ratchet, Trailbreaker, Wheeljack, and Hound, who all have headsculpts (and in Trailbreaker's case, arm tooling) that Japan has yet to get.

Would that not be Trailbreaker? And Smokescreen being the left arm?

Insurgent wrote:Would that not be Trailbreaker? And Smokescreen being the left arm?

Right arm is hound
Left arm is Wheeljack
Right leg is the first aid mold
Left leg is Trailbreaker

steals_your_goats wrote:

Insurgent wrote:Would that not be Trailbreaker? And Smokescreen being the left arm?

Right arm is hound
Left arm is Wheeljack
Right leg is the first aid mold
Left leg is Trailbreaker

Oh ok.

Just when you think you've seen everything and ya think Takara won't do sky reign, they pull off this. I am surprised with the replacement of Smokescreen for someone else, but hey, trust Unite Warriors. These random ones have proven to be cool

Kurona wrote:"I really wish I could get _____ without getting the whole set" has been my motto for this entire line ;;

You arent the only one, I think this is shared by many.

Sabrblade wrote:You know, all previous images of UW Blast Off made his brown look like copper, but the lighting in these pics makes it look downright orange.

I thought it looked super orange from the first coloured promo shots. And I think it looks so bad that I actually went up and got Hasbro's Blastof instead. I do hae how lazy it is but the robot mode looked superior in colours and aesthetic that I had to give them some credit.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Just my opinion, but TT wins with all the combiners in this line;
Hasbro's Defensor and Superion are good, but I wouldn't say they're better than TT's versions.

TT wins with some but for many its just a matter of what you are looking for. Here's what I got:

UW Superion: the difference in paint for the torso and silverbolt emphasises the new transformation and the sculpting. The use of gold is really nice too along with the white hands and feet and the deco for the jet modes are icer with the elongated paint apps on the wings. Plus at the time I didnt know I could get Slingshot later ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hasbro Menasor: I simply preferred having all different vehicles. Dragstrip is my favourite in this set and I adore the Hasbro deco. But it being such a distinctly different vehicle, I thought having 2 clon molds to be more jrring than havinga bunch of different ones, so I opted to have Offraod as part of the team. Its my favourite mold for a leg. He replaces Dead End (I got Wildrider) who doesnt have the right alt mode anyway.

Hasbro Defensor: I wasnt gonna pay extra for false exclusivity. And knowing that we would get the groove mold eventually, I just waited. A year later, its gonna pay off

UW Computron: He didnt come out yet but I am listig them in the order i paid for them and I paid for him already to get the best discount. Takara put so much freaken love in this guy that I just HAD to get him. The retooling on the combiner chest is phenominal and the different headsculpt makes it so that this looks like a totally different combiner than Superion even though they share a similar torso. Not too fond of that Lightspeed mold but the rest look phenominal, especially Strafe and Nosecone.

Hasbro Bruticus: Both dissapoint me. For such a beloved and awesome combiner, both companies dissapointed me in their release. UW is just too cartoon accurate in its colouring, except for Blast Off which is the biggest difference between sets, like WTF?! And Hasbro is just lazy with their Blatoff and some of their colouring choices are just weird. I would be stuck withe the subpar Brawl nomatter which version I get. But in the end, Hasbro's was so cheap (only 60$ USD for the whole combiner at TRU) that I just went for it. Blastoff's colours look better and I much preffe the colours on the combienr torso and Onsluught. There's too much blue on the Takara one, it doesnt make him look as much like a badass.

So here you go, my reasoning for the ones I went for.

Be really cool if the limbs were 4 members of the throttlebots. Thatd make a neat set.

Randomhero wrote:Be really cool if the limbs were 4 members of the throttlebots. Thatd make a neat set.

I thought the turbomasters and predatorswere a cool idea too, but Japan never got them (right?) so it would be odd if they did those.

william-james88 wrote:

Randomhero wrote:Be really cool if the limbs were 4 members of the throttlebots. Thatd make a neat set.

I thought the turbomasters and predatorswere a cool idea too, but Japan never got them (right?) so it would be odd if they did those.

I was even thinking we could get some characters like the grand Galvatron set. I know everyone is saying ratchet but what if we got Unicom trilogy First Aid or out of the Wheeljack/breakdown mold we get Unicom trilogy hotshot or use wheeljacks mold and get cybertron downshift. It's all up to it Takara wants to get crazy like they did with grand Galvatron

Thank goodness. I was beginning to wonder if UW was going to use the Sky Lynx mold or not. I hope it is just Sky Reign under a different name (or heck...they might use Sky Rein who knows?). Even if the name is different , as long as the toys are mostly the same and not excessively different (ala Computron) then I wont have to break my wallet trying to get both.

Here's the twist of craziness with this set: It's a Shattered Glass set.
 
Mostly the same colors w/ more blue for Sky Lynx


 
Slicer-colored Wheeljack

 
Blue Trailbreaker

 
White/teal/black Ratchet

 
Gray and orange Hound

oooh. I wonder who they will be...Im hoping new characters like Grand Galvatron

Optimizzy wrote:oooh. I wonder who they will be...Im hoping new characters like Grand Galvatron

It's most likely to be Sky Lynx, Hound, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet since they're all retools that Japan hasn't gotten yet.

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Hasbro Defensor: I wasnt gonna pay extra for false exclusivity. And knowing that we would get the groove mold eventually, I just waited. A year later, its gonna pay off

Is there any word on when this is?

And as far as UW vs CW I'm just happy with with CW until I see something truly unique. I think Computron from UW has my money because it truly stands out from "Betatron" but the CW version seems like a decent alternative.

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:oooh. I wonder who they will be...Im hoping new characters like Grand Galvatron

It's most likely to be Sky Lynx, Hound, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet since they're all retools that Japan hasn't gotten yet.

Yeah I figured. And that's cool. But I like your idea about SG decos. Man I would get that.

Optimizzy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:oooh. I wonder who they will be...Im hoping new characters like Grand Galvatron

It's most likely to be Sky Lynx, Hound, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet since they're all retools that Japan hasn't gotten yet.

Yeah I figured. And that's cool. But I like your idea about SG decos. Man I would get that.

And that would actually make sense, as UW releases tend to alternate between good guys and bad guys. Not that I'm saying TakaraTomy would, just saying it would make sense for them to do so.

Ratchet being included only solidifies my suspicion that Hasbro switched him out with Smokescreen for more color variety. And I can hear the cries of agony of people owning BotCon Ratchet right now

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:oooh. I wonder who they will be...Im hoping new characters like Grand Galvatron

It's most likely to be Sky Lynx, Hound, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet since they're all retools that Japan hasn't gotten yet.

Pretty sure thats what its gonna be. It will be a good chance for people to get the ratchet toy without having to pain him yourself

Optimizzy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Hasbro Defensor: I wasnt gonna pay extra for false exclusivity. And knowing that we would get the groove mold eventually, I just waited. A year later, its gonna pay off

Is there any word on when this is?

For Deluxe Groove? Yeah, end of the month (May 27th I think), available everywhere online.

This end of the month deluxe groove thing you keep saying confuses me. Is that the release date in Canada or something? Because online places here in the UK had him on May 1st.

Dang it Takara, I already got Sky-Reign. But if that's really Ratchet, then I'll have to get this
I'm hoping for some different characters for the other molds or at least some unique paint jobs. I guess I could always take the superior deco to display their own, and the rest in combined mode.

Insurgent wrote:This end of the month deluxe groove thing you keep saying confuses me. Is that the release date in Canada or something? Because online places here in the UK had him on May 1st.

Its the North American release. He hasnt been released in the states or canada yet.

william-james88 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:This end of the month deluxe groove thing you keep saying confuses me. Is that the release date in Canada or something? Because online places here in the UK had him on May 1st.

Its the North American release. He hasnt been released in the states or canada yet.

Aaah, OK. That makes sense. Not exactly may madness though if it's out at the end. Would thought most places got him released around the same time for something like that.

I literally just said yesterday how I'd love to see a Takara Sky Reign because it could potentially have new characters.
Still... the fact Bluestreak is immediately not possibly makes me sad. Though unlike Wheeljack, Hound and Trailbreaker he doesn't have new tooling. Ratchet would make sense yeah because new tooling and also he's a 1984/Season 1 Autobot Car unlike Smokescreen.

I would love a shattered glass Combiner. Yes please

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:oooh. I wonder who they will be...Im hoping new characters like Grand Galvatron

It's most likely to be Sky Lynx, Hound, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet since they're all retools that Japan hasn't gotten yet.

Yeah I figured. And that's cool. But I like your idea about SG decos. Man I would get that.

And that would actually make sense, as UW releases tend to alternate between good guys and bad guys. Not that I'm saying TakaraTomy would, just saying it would make sense for them to do so.
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That's not exactly true, there was no autobot combiner between grand Galvatron and Bruticus.

steals_your_goats wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:oooh. I wonder who they will be...Im hoping new characters like Grand Galvatron

It's most likely to be Sky Lynx, Hound, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet since they're all retools that Japan hasn't gotten yet.

Yeah I figured. And that's cool. But I like your idea about SG decos. Man I would get that.

And that would actually make sense, as UW releases tend to alternate between good guys and bad guys. Not that I'm saying TakaraTomy would, just saying it would make sense for them to do so.
:

That's not exactly true, there was no autobot combiner between grand Galvatron and Bruticus.

I said "tend", not that they do that all the time. Bruticus and Computicon still do the "bad guy then good guy" thing, but Sky Lynx may break that.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:oooh. I wonder who they will be...Im hoping new characters like Grand Galvatron

It's most likely to be Sky Lynx, Hound, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, and Ratchet since they're all retools that Japan hasn't gotten yet.

Pretty sure thats what its gonna be. It will be a good chance for people to get the ratchet toy without having to pain him yourself

Optimizzy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Hasbro Defensor: I wasnt gonna pay extra for false exclusivity. And knowing that we would get the groove mold eventually, I just waited. A year later, its gonna pay off

Is there any word on when this is?

For Deluxe Groove? Yeah, end of the month (May 27th I think), available everywhere online.

Oh man... I am excite.

It basically is even, back & forth, just occasionally flipped

UW-01 Superion (Autobot)
UW-02 Menasor (Decepticon)
UW-03 Defensor (Autobot)
UW-04 Devastator (Decepticon)
UW-05 Convoy Grand Prime(Autobot)
UW-06 Grand Galvatron (Decepticon)

then it flips

UW-07 Bruticus (Decepticon)
UW-08 Computron (Autobot)

then it will *most likely* flip again

UW-09 *SkyReign* (Autobot)
UW-10 *?????* (most likely Decepticon)

Also... I just got the last UW-06 GG on BBTS , but Computron's pre-order is already sold out

Ratchet definitely seems likely tbh. He was a pre-tooled head rather than just being made specifically for a convention. And the rest will likely be the same as Wave 6 because again, Wheeljack, Hound and Trailbreaker are toolings Japan don't have yet. It also happily means they'll all be Season 1/1984 guys rather than randomly having Smokescreen from 1985.

^ I wouldn't mind that actually, then I could get this set, and just have CW Smokescreen as a stand alone. I do the "opposite" of May Madness. I just get the UW sets, and have the CW "oddities" (Rook, Offroad, Alpha Bravo) as extras.

Kurona wrote:And the rest will likely be the same as Wave 6 because again, Wheeljack, Hound and Trailbreaker are toolings Japan don't have yet.

Are you not counting Lightspeed and Swindle when you say tooling?

Guys, what if Ratchet is Hoist?

Cobotron wrote:

Kurona wrote:And the rest will likely be the same as Wave 6 because again, Wheeljack, Hound and Trailbreaker are toolings Japan don't have yet.

Are you not counting Lightspeed and Swindle when you say tooling?

He's including the heads.

Cobotron wrote:

Kurona wrote:And the rest will likely be the same as Wave 6 because again, Wheeljack, Hound and Trailbreaker are toolings Japan don't have yet.

Are you not counting Lightspeed and Swindle when you say tooling?

Guys, what if Ratchet is Hoist?

As he said, I'm including the heads. When you count heads, every single UW release so far has had unique tooling which is pretty cool.

Ratchet could be Hoist... not off the table, but again, Ratchet's head was pretooled so I just don't find it likely.

o.supreme wrote:Also... I just got the last UW-06 GG on BBTS , but Computron's pre-order is already sold out

No worries, he's available basically everywhere else still including amiami for 103$ USD: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

If you want something american, there is TFSource for the same price as BBTS: http://tfsource.com/transformers-unite/computron/

Kurona wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Kurona wrote:And the rest will likely be the same as Wave 6 because again, Wheeljack, Hound and Trailbreaker are toolings Japan don't have yet.

Are you not counting Lightspeed and Swindle when you say tooling?

Guys, what if Ratchet is Hoist?

As he said, I'm including the heads. When you count heads, every single UW release so far has had unique tooling which is pretty cool.

Ratchet could be Hoist... not off the table, but again, Ratchet's head was pretooled so I just don't find it likely.

Both good points!

Cobotron wrote:Are you not counting Lightspeed and Swindle when you say tooling?

Guys, what if Ratchet is Hoist?

They don't have the Hound and Wheeljack head toolings just like we don't have the Starscream and Thrust heads but we have thier body molds here.


Edit: ninja'ed I was

Cobotron wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Kurona wrote:And the rest will likely be the same as Wave 6 because again, Wheeljack, Hound and Trailbreaker are toolings Japan don't have yet.

Are you not counting Lightspeed and Swindle when you say tooling?

Guys, what if Ratchet is Hoist?

As he said, I'm including the heads. When you count heads, every single UW release so far has had unique tooling which is pretty cool.

Ratchet could be Hoist... not off the table, but again, Ratchet's head was pretooled so I just don't find it likely.

Both good points!

If FunPub is anything to go by, they used a Hoist head for a character using the Offroad shell of the tooling, not First Aid. It's entirely possible that Hoist is the alternate head for the added Trailbreaker parts.

So I was just thinking about what heads (not body toolings just heads) Takara's Unite Warriors do not have so here is a list that should be almost accurate correct me on any mistakes I make please.

Wheeljack head (Probably will be released in this set)

Hound head (Probably will be released in this set)

Trialbreaker head and body mold (Probably will be released in this set)

Ratchet head (Probably will be released in this set) not used in the CW line

Battle Core Optimus Prime head

Combiner Wars Strafe Head and Body mold

The currently unused Demolishor head from Onslaught not used in the CW line

The head sculpt that Toxitron uses is an alternate head for Motormaster not used in the CW line

The Counterpunch head is an alt head for the Wheeljack mold that was not used in the CW line

I also heard that there is an alt Hoist head for either the Trailbreaker mold or the basic Offroad mold correct me if I'm wrong.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If FunPub is anything to go by, they used a Hoist head for a character using the Offroad shell of the tooling, not First Aid. It's entirely possible that Hoist is the alternate head for the added Trailbreaker parts.

I'm pretty sure they did not use it but they did use the First Aid head for Medix.

Deadput wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:If FunPub is anything to go by, they used a Hoist head for a character using the Offroad shell of the tooling, not First Aid. It's entirely possible that Hoist is the alternate head for the added Trailbreaker parts.

I'm pretty sure they did not use it but they did use the First Aid head for Medix.

I mean the First Aid shell, not the head. The Hoist head was fiction-only if I may add.

Deadput wrote:Battle Core Optimus Prime head

Is the head of Voyager Battle Core Optimus and regular Optimus different? I haven't examined them both up close. If so, that makes me even more glad I purchased BC at Wal-Mart yesterday since I am getting UW-05 any day now. Also which mold did e-hobby use for Grand Scourge's head (Standard Optimus or Battle Core?)

o.supreme wrote:

Deadput wrote:Battle Core Optimus Prime head

Is the head of Voyager Battle Core Optimus and regular Optimus different? I haven't examined them both up close. If so, that makes me even more glad I purchased BC at Wal-Mart yesterday since I am getting UW-05 any day now. Also which mold did e-hobby use for Grand Scourge's head (Standard Optimus or Battle Core?)

Battle Core's head has an additional crest, making it an homage to Star Convoy. Grand Scourge uses the standard Prime head. Up to now, Combiner heads have not been switched out, so they all sport the same head for the Combined Mode.

o.supreme wrote:
Is the head of Voyager Battle Core Optimus and regular Optimus different? I haven't examined them both up close. If so, that makes me even more glad I purchased BC at Wal-Mart yesterday since I am getting UW-05 any day now. Also which mold did e-hobby use for Grand Scourge's head (Standard Optimus or Battle Core?)

Yup which is why I use my Battle Core Prime as my poor mans Nova Prime.

Deadput wrote:Yup which is why I use my Battle Core Prime as my poor mans Nova Prime.

Me too, Deadput!

I'm excited at the prospect of getting Ratchet through UW - Sky Reign, since I completely missed out on him with the BotCon exclusives this year. However, I'm a little disappointed that Takara isn't (yet) taking a stab at Smokescreen, so all we're left with is the rather lackluster (in robot mode) Hasbro version. Maybe Takara will surprise us in the future with another new combiner that gives us some more "obvious" retool/repaints like Sideswipe, Hoist, and Bluestreak, possibly with a their own version of Smokescreen for good measure. Also, here's hoping that Takara fixes the tooling for Trailerbreaker's gun hand. It's on the wrong side, damnit! How did they get that wrong!?

Sorry, sort of off topic here, but last night I was watching Guardians of the Galaxy, it dawned on me that Hasbro might have a hard time getting a trademark on the name "Nova Prime". As there is a character named that in that movie. Kind of a bummer.

I WAS playing with Grand Galavatron while I was watching, so HEY, look at at that , back on topic!

Grandvatron RULES!

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Also... I just got the last UW-06 GG on BBTS , but Computron's pre-order is already sold out

No worries, he's available basically everywhere else still including amiami for 103$ USD: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

If you want something american, there is TFSource for the same price as BBTS: http://tfsource.com/transformers-unite/computron/

I shall be going TFsource or Ebay on this one. They always show up on ebay for $5 less and free shipping, so either route is possible.

And to be, Battle Core Prime has the best robot mode head of the primes in CW/UW. It is awesome and I wish they would have used it more