Has there been a well-photographed comparison between the new Universe one and the Henkei one? They seem very similar if not identical, I was just curious.

 

You don't build Gundams, do you? Because I have this one Gundam pen, it's a brownish-grey brush tip. I basically use it to detail in the lines and creases in the mold. I prefer it to the regular black tipped pens since those tend to make the lines way too dark.

Anyway, I've been meaning to take those to my Classics for some time now for some detailing and to "dirty" them up a little bit.

I'm sure it'd easily make that Uni2.0 Starscream look much less bland.

 

I have Henkei, and I say that wins.

IMO, Classics looks cooler, more modern, funky, and colorful.

 

I'm getting TFU Screamer.
sucks that i will have to go online to find him.
but i like the simpler paint scheme and knowing i can mod him with a little paint.

 

I was just about to ask for the same thing. I generally get two of each character from Classics/Henkei/Universe and was wondering whether I could make do with a Universe 'Screamer as my second one....

 

Missed out on the classics so I"ll be picking this screamer up. Paint apps. dont usually bother me.

 

Universe Starscream would look fine if there weren't so many fields of unbroken single colors. It's kind of why mapping an animation layout from 25 years ago to a toy is a bad idea. Henkei Cyclonus has the very same problem. By itself using the same colors isn't necessarily a bad thing, but some care needs to be taken to adapt a color scheme to properly suit the toy it's going on. Large fields of solid color is generally not appealing to look at, and it's exactly what this Starscream is doing.

 

When was the Starscream Universe released? I thought i saw somewhere someone saying they got it on the Dec 4th, I just want to know, because i went to a couple of stores today and there were no TF left anywhere (I guess the Xmas rush); and if so are they just getting released?, maybe i get lucky and they restock and can get me a copy.
Any insight on this would be appreciated.

 

Universe Screamer was released with Deluxe wave 4 a few weeks ago if I'm not mistaken.

 

So Autobot Burnout you think that's still possible that they'll get restocks of this figures at the different stores? hopefully they are going to release as many Starscreams as they released Acid storms. I just got MP Starscream and really would like to get this figure.
It's strange, I've been looking for TF a lot in the last couple of weeks and NEVER saw a Starscream in ANY shelf, i guess he's popular even with the non-collectors.

 

Just wait a little bit. Wave 4 hasn't even made it completely across the country.

 

Oh yes, although to be truthful Acid Storm didn't start out as big as Universe Starscream. Uni. Starscream has two figures in every wave 4 case, Acid storm only had one in wave 2.

 

Thanks, I guess I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled. So burnout if i understood you correctly, for every case that the store gets they will be 2 starscreams as opossed to 1 Acid Storm (back when it came out)?, also anybody knows when was the official release of this wave? (i know it was about 3 or 4 weeks ago, but if anyone remembers an actual date or a site with the official release, just curious)

 

Well, the Henkei Starscream does have a dark face as well.

But it has twice as many paint apps as the Universe Starscream, and he looks awesome in person.

 

Relax man, Wave 4 is still in the early sightings phase. Give it some time to fully saturate the market; chances are the figures haven't even reached the state/city you're in, let alone trickled down to the shelves at your local stores.

If you don't see the figures in two months, then you can be concerned. There's still a lot of saturating to do. When the wave with Acid Storm first showed up at one per case in my area (Weeks after the first sightings), it was a scarce figure on the shelves, but now it's pretty easy to walk in to a number of stores here and buy one.

 

I prefer the Henkei version,it looks better.But from the look of it.I would rather get the Universe version(But he looks like a PVC figure lol).

 

I got the Classic and the Henkai version but I must say this guy looks nice. Still a wasted repaint that could have been used for another seeker (sunstorm please)

 

I guess you're right Pravus, i'll just keep my eyes open and eventually i'll run into them.
Thanks

 

I have a Classics Screamer, but I think I'll get this one. I like the cartoon-accuracy, and the darker face. I really don't like the unpainted face on the Classics version.

 

same here, so i silvered up the classics face too, i bought 2 extra acid storms 1 to silver up universe screamers face and 1 to silver up classics screamers face. i even had a junker classics screamer laying around to swap out the nosecone with universe screamers