Takara Tomy Unite Warriors Superion UW-01 review 1 of 2!

                                                         

So with all the combiner wars hype, I was intrigued in getting a few of these figures--namely the real combiners such as Menasor, Superion, and Defensor etc. When I heard Takara was releasing their version combiners named "Unite Warriors", I figured why not? The bad news was that it was almost a half a year wait when it was announced back in January. The bonus: Slingshot was to appear as a completed G1 team replacing IDW Alpha Bravo. I said sweet! Then around April, Hasbro released their own version of Slingshot re-named Quickslinger to the western fans. So what was the point of waiting or getting the Takara exclusive at the time? By then I had already pre-ordered Superion which was announced as a gift set. So I told myself why not wait  again since it is more G1 colored and style..... and because I couldn't get refunds on Amiami.com.

July 7 came and the USPS mailman dropped this off!

  

However, due to work, I was un-able to open the first official Autobot combiner in G1 cartoon history until July 12. The results: Sloppy...... what???? My camera work that is.. hee hee. Got you there. My camera work was blurry in some pics but I was so lazy to fix it. My apologies folks, but due to time constraints and heavy workload, I can only do so much for now.  If time allots it, I will try to fix some of these pics in the future.

 

 

Energon BBQ!

 So this is what I like: It all comes in one instead of buying them separate though Hasbro may have a gift set of their own in the future. It comes with a nice trading pic of the Aerialbots having Energon BBQ on Metroplex. Weird I know. Here's the Aerialbots for your viewing pleasure!

Silverbolt

 

 

 

 

 

SlingShot

 

 

 

 

 

Fireflight

 

 

 

 

 

 

SkyDive

 

 

 

 

 

Air-Raid

 

 

 

 

Fully loaded

Quick summary: There you have it, the 5 Aerial-bots in action in alt mode and robot mode. You can pretty much mix-and-match all their weapons, but I didn't really spend a whole lot of time doing so. If you got the time, then by all means do what you wish.

As for the figures it self, I can't compare it much since I don't have the Hasbro one. Though I have seen a review where someone did get both and I can pretty agree with his point of view. I will post a video link and I will agree that Takara's Silverbolt looks much better though, for an odd reason, Hasbro's Silverbolt is really white. SkyDive's wings look much better in the Hasbro one despite Takara's version being closer to G1. As for the Takara figures, I like the bright white on Fireflight, Slingshot, and Air-Raid. Slingshot, for new comers, is just a remold of Fireflight. I posted pics side-by-side on FireFlight's section. That was lazy on Takara's part though Hasbro eventually released Slingshot himself so oh well....

Comparison video by Kool Kollectibles. 

Aerialbots attack! 

 

 

 

 

Aerialbots in action, what more you want?  So that is it for now until part 2. These guys display nicely along with your TF classic figures.  Next time: Aerialbots show em what you got!

For a few more pics go here: Unite Warriors Superion UW-01


Part 2 is up: Transformers Unite Warriors Superion UW-01 Part 2