Hasui Yuki of the Takara-Tomy Transformers brand team has been posting on Twitter with a steady stream of new pictures of October’s Transformers United EX releases. Shown in the various images he has tweeted are Grim Master Prime Mode, Race Master Prime Mode, Road Master Prime Mode and Dozer Master VS Air Master – all showing the loose figures stood next to their boxes. There is also a group image of all five robots together and one showing Dozer Master and Air Master combined with the drone limb sets.
Check out all the tweeted pictures – and other pictures that Hasui Yuki has tweeted – by way of his Twitter account here.
CodeXCDM
Nice decos I suppose… but…
1) Really wish the figures even looked remotely as good as their box art
2) Takara should've retooled the crap out those limbs.
PCC failed here because the limbs were awkard, lanky, and QC-ridden. Colors only made it a smidge worse.
Should've taken a note from TFC's Iron Army.
Or heck… even realized that with some new parts… you can turn PCC cores into limbs instead!
From: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/453506-scramble-cores-shapeways-site.html
gothsaurus
When I got past the fact that the limbs don't actually make robots… I ended up really liking them. PCC toys are a lot of fun, with lots of options. I'm glad Takara is finally releasing them with some decent color schemes that integrate better. Also liking the repaints of the individual guys and their mini-cons.
Only negative is the price… but then the USA versions were really cheap, so they… like… average out, right? Ha ha.
[Wing_Saber-X]
yup..still meh, sorry… no matter how much I am forcing myself to get them, PCCs doesnt cut it still…
Necro Prime
You know, I really dug the Power Core Combiers, and these guys look pretty neat and at least have a story attached to them. To bad they are way over-priced. if they take a drastic price cut, then I'll bite.
Johnator
I'm with you on this.
juxtapose519
I might be marginally interested in these if they hadn't kept the stupid sky blue nubs.
Prime Noble
Am I the only one getting an Ironfist vibe from Roadmaster? Well, the scout size commander. Pity he's a Con.
Maverick Hunter Christian
Wow. Airmaster with the Dinobots looks… almost awesome.
Autovolt 127
The point was an attempt to make a decently priced combiners. They were a modest attempt at best but it helped paved the way for the FOC Bruticus figure.
RedAlert Rescue
They are just a different flavour of Combination Tech – you could look on them not as a disappointing underplay of the Scramble City concept but as an extention of thing like :
Exo Suit Vehicles, Duocons, Mega- and Ultra- Pretenders, Even Headmasters and Targetmasters. or various ideas from the Unicron Trilogy era.
Basically I see these as a "Armour-Up" mode of the core robot like they are wearing powered gloves and boots. the Mini-con then acts as a shield or chest plate. To me they remind me of some ideas from Microman like the Laser Microman Neotector Armour or even your typical armourised Power Ranger 5" figure.
I will agree and lament that they are so expensive though.. even to a Ukster they are flippin' Pricey and to a North American eye even more so – a concern I share with the latest Alternators too.
Don't they know there's a financial crisis on ? It's not so much the price as the price-to-quality balance does not compare at all well to the originals – and this is from someone who like PCC's very much.
I think all I can do is plan on they getting sold of cheap and do some begging to any Japanese fans I know to hook me up when they are a bit cheaper.
As the online stores are not showing a great deal of interest in them at the moment.
UltraMagnus3786
Personally, I don't see the point of PCCs. I think they should be full combiners (with individual bot modes) or nothing at all. Of course, if you're seeking to save money or buy for a young kid, I understand, but as a collector's item I just can't see the point.
Bendimus Prime
Any translation yet on Racemaster? I'm still wondering if he's PCC Rodimus.
Neo Tallgeese
I like PCCs. I've got almost the complete set. Not sure I like them enough to spend import money. Maybe if they were different molds, but for a recolor, probably not. (Although, I do like the recolors.)
adambman
Seemingly not – yet. I wish I had your enthusiasm/cash! Then again my savings are doing quite well. Of course something tempting and expesice like Encore 23 comes along and with or without it I'm thinking of maing some rather tempting bulk orders!
Anyway, back on topic. It was awhile ago that I saw the first photos of these and found Racemaster strangely appealing and here the two tone red seemed different and a little offputting but it's growig on me even looking at it just now.
If I had room and money for these I might also consider getting Dinopope and the Vs pack too, perhaps. That's my initial impression anyway – see above statement about blowing savings, haha.
Kaijumaster
still no shots of Devastator eh?
Gaokaiser
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