megatronus wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:craggy wrote:megatronus wrote:I'm not really digging these. I'm only now making my way through the Japanese Headmasters series - maybe I'll have a better appreciation of these figures once I get through the whole run. But for now, these are just blah.
these brand new figures don't have anything to do with the 25year old Headmasters cartoon though?
Plus, Headmasters uses mainly Hasbro figures. Now, Victory is mostly Takara-only figures.
Those combiners resemble the mecha from the Brave/Yuusha series, GoKenzan specifically resembles God Max from
Yuusha Exkizer/
Brave Exkaiser.
That's sort of what I'm saying, no?
These new figs appear to be homaging the older G1 continuity Japanese-only figures' aesthetics. These don't have anything to do with those cartoons, but the design elements are there. Which is why they seem 'meh' to me.
yeah. I totally didn't get that from the post.
I don't have any attachment to the Brave series, or any of that malarkey. Even TFs, I'm not bothered by the look of the old toys, because they're bricky rubbish for the most part. I grew up on G1, but I only buy new stuff with improved transformations and articulation. These guys look cool and appear to have plenty of poseability. That's what appeals to me. Still not keen on the plane being yellow, or the prices.
Very tempted by the animal ones though I could see myself sticking some Predacon stickers on them if I were to get them. Would love to hear news of a US release, but it seems highly unlikely. Right now, best I can hope for is that they go on sale at one of the online retailers.