Scrounge Legends Class Figure (Combiner Wars)

Scrounge is the bonus member of the Hasbro Technobots set. He first appeared in issue #17 of Marvel's Transformers comic. His alternate mode is a wheel and he has a special arm. This figure is a basically Cosmos with a new head and comes with Cybaxx who could be a stand-in for the aforementioned "special arm." I liked Cosmos' figure so it was pretty likely that I'd like Scrounge too. I need to figure out how to take better pictures of the bright yellow figures I have but that's future ISMOTU's problem. Scrounge is a fun and welcome addition to Hasbro's Computron set.
(Robot Mode)(Vehicle Mode)

Scattershot Voyager Class Figures (Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors)

Scattershot is the leader of the Technobots. His figure is a retool of Silverbolt from the Aerialbots. The main differences between the Hasbro and TakaraTomy figures are the chest pieces, the colour schemes, and some details in the torso mode (seen here). I don't really have a preference between these two. They both look pretty good in all modes. Hasbro's comes with a magenta version of Silverbolt's weapons while TakaraTomy's has two maroon blasters that combine with the other Technobots' weapons to form a giant blaster for Computicon.

(Combiner Wars)(Unite Warriors)(Technobots Together)

Nosecone Deluxe Class Figures (Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors)

Nosecone transforms into a drill tank and he was one figure I really preferred in the TakaraTomy set over the Hasbro set. The Hasbro Nosecone has a pretty lame drill and is a retool of Combiner Wars Brawl. The figure has a weird waist and the legs are not that great. TakaraTomy Nosecone is a retool of Combiner Wars Rook who was a very cool figure so that plus the giant drill gives him the leg up. I like the orange/yellow/brown colour scheme of both Nosecones.

(Combiner Wars)(Unite Warriors)(Technobots Together)

Lightsteed/Lightspeed Deluxe Class Figures (Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors)

Lightspeed (renamed Lightsteed for the Hasbro release) is the racecar Technobot. Hasbro took a mould that transformed into a police car and then just tried to paint it to look like the original toy while TakaraTomy took Wheeljack's mould and gave him a new head that's a bit more like the original than Streetwise's. This guy is the most boring of the Technobots to me. He's red and white and bland all over. Ok maybe that's a bit harsh, he's a decent figure in both incarnations but neither is my favourite in either set.

(Combiner Wars)(Unite Warriors)(Technobots Together)

Afterbreaker/Afterburner Deluxe Class Figures (Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors)

Afterburner is the motorcycle member of the Technobots. He's renamed Afterbreaker in the Hasbro set. These two are the most identical of all the Technobots as they are straight repaints. Afterbreaker is the orange one with the green eyes, Afterburner sports the red and white colour scheme with the blue eyes. I really like the basic design of this figure and the two paint jobs really do make the figures look very different.

(Combiner Wars)(Unite Warriors)(Technobots Together)

Strafe Deluxe Class Figures (Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors)

My favourite of the Technobots Strafe transforms into some sort of 80's-tacular Cybertronian spaceship. I think it's the orange cannons and the just general design of the starfighter. Since Transformers fiction spans such a wide range of media my connection to specific figures tends to be more aesthetic than character based as it might be with say the Marvel or DC figures I collect. There are certainly exceptions to that but yeah I don't remember any of Strafe's personality traits from the G1 cartoon or the Marvel Transformers series. Let's be honest, with so many characters to feature if you're not Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, or Starscream, you're lucky to have a personality of any kind.

(Combiner Wars Strafe)(Unite Warriors Strafe)(Technobots Together)

Computron & Computicon (Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors)

Those in the know about Transformers are aware that Hasbro makes the figures for most of the world but TakaraTomy produces he Japanese versions and comparisons between the two are not always favourable. I was fortunate enough to visit Tokyo a few years back and picked up some Japanese exclusive dudes while there but since then I've resisted ordering the Japanese versions of figures I can get here in Canada. Until the Technobots came around.

During the Combiner Wars phase of Transformers Generations Hasbro based their paint and deco on the original G1 toy versions and TakaraTomy based theirs on the original cartoon versions. I was able to get my hands on the Combiner Wars Computron box set last year and was super happy with it for the most part. The Technobots were colourful and the combiner hands and feet were cool and slightly better than the accessories from the individual figures. But there were a few things about the Unite Warriors Computicon box set that appealed to me as well (Mainly Strafe and Nosecone). So after resisting for quite a while I finally bit the bullet and ordered the TakaraTomy version from Mandarake. So here we have both versions side by side, to be followed at a more frequent pace by the individual Technobots.  I try not to buy doubles of figures but these sets are different enough that I'm glad to have both.

(Combiner Wars Computron)(Unite Warriors Computicon)(Technobots Together)

Armada Megatron Leader Class Figure (Combiner Wars)

A nice big Megatron in a style from a cartoon I've never watched nor am I likely to anytime soon. But he looks cool and was cheaper than the G1 styled redeco. Let me be sacrilegious for a moment and say this dude looks even cooler than the "all-grey-all-the-time" G1 Megatron. He's sporting classic villainous green-and-purple which I love and some good red accents like the funky horns.