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Skywarp is the sole clear winner here. I will be buying him and Megatron so all my Autobots can cower before their Merged Micron Drill Cannon Death Action!

...ahem....

Wow, so what do we learn from these pics?

the new minicon ports are just extra pieces that are attached to the toys, and look removable (probably glued on though) and that Hasbro's paint is the clear winner this time round.

Seriously, is that right? I mean look at Ratchet, all those stickers and the seriously lacking Hasbro version still has more and better apps?

Wow, just wow.

When they said stickers I thought Prime would be the standard. Nice paints, but needed stickers to cover the accents. Ratchet... As many have said, he'd make a good autotrooper. Perhaps some 3rd party will take pity, and in conjuction with with Reprolabels a new head and decals will breath some life into him. Seriously it's his only hope. Even the sword minion isn't worth it in my eyes.
Skywarp on the other hand looks fine and his bull minion is cool. Isn't if funny that the Decepticons come out of the box looking fine, and get the better minons. I think the animals make better weapons because they require less compromise to make some sort of critter work and vice versa.


I knew the minions were going to require some compromise. That's the deal with any TF gimmick. But to have no paints at all? Why didn't they just make it a separate line of kits? I could see Hasbro being lazy and trying to shoehorn them in, but Japan already has this EXACT concept with those gum figures.

Hasbro, if you make the minions, launch them as a separate deal like Cyberverse. It'll cover the limited weapon options that come with the figures.

Shocking how plain they look out of the box. I would consider Skywarp for a good price, but the rest are definite no-buys. I will wait for Reprolabels to improve the already superior Hasbro versions.

Stickers aren't a bad thing. It would be a first where it is required, but the stickers do look of high quality. Similar to stickers that come with HG/MG Gundam model kits.

However for Transformers, and the perspective price points it is a mixed bag.

Ratchet has an extra clear window on each side that the Hasbro version does not. There are a few differences that if you switched them around you would have the perfect ratchet. The holes aren't bad either. The thing that is weird is the beige ports balance out the just plain whiteness.

To me this is a no-brainer. Ratchet for the US is definitely cheaper and regardless of how many waves he appears in, he will be sought after because of what Takara presented. If you are a Takara fan and like what they did, then buy that one for a higher unjustifiable price.

On the real Hasbro's is better because it doesn't need the gimmick.

Looks like FE prices are gonna skyrocket. So what's gonna happen with Arcee and the rest of the deluxes.

bvzxa wrote:Ratchet has an extra clear window on each side that the Hasbro version does not.

I don't think those are clear.

They could of at least painted Ratchets one silver and gave the sword edge a brighter silver, but no a dull grey and slap on stickers....yay

I got all 6 of them and while Ratchet and BB is the most bare, I think it is okay. I'm gonna try to put on the stickers. BB without his black or Ratchet without his red is really not them..

The price variations for this over at SG is just SGD$2 more than the Hasbro one, that is like USD$2.60. (Our Hasbro figures are way more expensive over here compared to the US.) So I guess for me it's cool though I would really have wished that Takara at least painted the main areas. I just hope that the stickers stayed on and that I do not screw up the application of it...

The ports are not really that bad after all, they've done is pretty well IMO for Megatron and Skywrap. Autobots are okay but not as bad as I thought.

SGD$?

craggy wrote:SGD$?

Singapore dollar