Toy Review: Takara Tomy Transformers Unite Warriors Computron aka Computicon UW-08 2 of 2! Combiner wars UW Computron

Aloha folks, the final portion of the Computron review has arrived. After I was astounded by the individual figures, does his combine form hold up or is it a let down? Let's get started!

Computing....

 

 

 




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.

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

Surprise Megatron, meet Superion! I have to say that forming Superion was easy. He wasn't that difficult to transform at all. The funny thing is that Silverbolt's head goes in the crotch area or you can say Superion's head comes from the crotch area of Silverbolt. Until I get Menasor or other combiners, you see Superion in his fullest glory.

 

 

 

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!