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This guy rocks! Not only is Computron eye candy, he is built very well. He stands now, imo, the best of all the combiners released. If you read all my previous Unite Warriors review, most of the time, majority of the figures have trouble standing, Menasor being the worst of all. You have to adjust little to none to make him sturdy. Did I mention, he is easy on the eyes as well? I love how you can place most of his weapons to combine one big weapon. A very big step up from the Combiner wars version. I love how Takara also tweaked his chest from Superion's to give him the computing look. If Takara added electronic effects to his chest, then Computron would be perfect! He still has the normal Hands, Guns, and Feet (HFG) but no problem for he stands up well with the HFG you are given to work with. Another highlight here is using Nosecone's drill for added fun! As for Afterburner, he looks good as a limb. For the most part, he looks bright red. Possibly Takara decided to do this to make him look like a toss up between red and orange. I think he plays out nicely here.
Well, overall, even though I don't own Combiner wars Computron, this is Computron! Everytime I look at the CW version, I can't help but feel like I'm seeing red Superion. Their version of Afterburner is probably the only decent thing in comparison to the UW molds. Strafe doesn't look like Strafe even if the CW version is representing the G1 toy. And the CW Nosecone... must I say any more? I don't mind if you defend the CW version but what bothered me was that I read a ridiculous review on Amazon on how CW Afterburner is the appropriate color while negating the fact that the UW version went after the G1 cartoon colors. That review also mentioned that Lightsteed and CW Nosecone is far superior figure than the UW version. I mean, how? They vaguely resemble their G1 toy and definitely do not look like their cartoon counterparts at all. Admit it, the CW version only has Scrounge which is the weakest argument to justify why the CW version is better. I know I shouldn't let a review or two bother me, but it's sad that people are willing to go through lengths to soften the blow to make their toy product look better. Ugh... moving on.
Changing limbs
Not too shabby. Looks kinda decent actually.
Well, this has been in the Unite Warriors/Combiner Wars for some time. I took a few pics just to give you an idea.
Bonus: Mold Comparisons.
Groove vs AfterBurner (Special guest star: UW Defensor/Guardian)
As I mentioned in part I, that Afterburner is a remold of Groove (Protectobot). Not much difference except for color, the head sculpts, and the glass dash. You can swap each other's weapons and I ended up giving Afterburner the combined Computron weapon. Both look great. For fun, I decided to do a "what if" scenario by switching their respective counterparts on their respective teams.
Strafe vs Blast-Off (Special guest star: UW Bruticus)
Takara hit it out of the ball park with Strafe. Takara wasn't done with their Blast-off mold and decided to refine the mold and create Strafe. Comparing the two, they almost look different. Besides color, the differences range from head sculpt, use of the torso (Blast-Off uses his cock pit for his chest, while Strafe uses it for his back), and some pretty evident tweaks as you look at both from different angles.
Scattershot vs Silverbolt (Special guest star: UW Superion)
Scattershot as mentioned previously is a remold of Silverbolt from the Aerialbots. Some differences obviously are the head sculpt, the wings, cockpit, and the best of all-- the computing chest panel in combined mode for Scattershot. Computron ditches the Superion gun in this release.
Final words:
Computron is a winner overall. By far the best CW/UW figure released. I said enough so I won't do a long conclusion. I will try review LynxMaster as soon as I can. Mahalos and thank you for reading folks.
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