Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Wheelie and GoShooter New Image

ZeroWolf wrote:I like the look of this, it would be awesome If they did Cab and Mineva as well

I like how the arms were extended out so that there appears to be antennae

Are some of the coming figures be a good fit as a body for GoShooter or Minerva (if they ever make one)?

Kurona wrote:Maybe it's being way too optimistic but after Unite Warriors I'm kinda expecting Takara to make full bodies if Hasbro doesn't. It'd be so easy to get mold use out of them too due to America vs Japan's use of the original molds (Nightbeat vs Minerva et al)

If they give us full bodies, I rekon it wont be new molds but retools and redecos instead.

I think I may be in the minority on this, but I actually far prefer the Hasbro deco on Wheelie. The clear plastic of Takara's looks cheap to me.

I personally prefer Hasbro Wheelie too. They pull off much better colour breakup with the white hands and whatnot.

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:I personally prefer Hasbro Wheelie too. They pull off much better colour breakup with the white hands and whatnot.

I like the white hands better too

Takara Wheelie all the way for me. The, I guess we can call it white, on his hands and stuff just looks bad. Almost as bad as the horrible gray/tan on PMOPrime. I can wait another couple months for a more Sunbow G1/Headmasters accurate Wheelie. Oh and plus GO Shuta

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's the Takara versions for the "Titans Return" line for me, all the way. The only debatable one is Galvatron, honestly.

Interesting, I found there wasnt much different with Wolfwire, Skullcruncher and Hardhead to warrant importing for me. There were as many paint apps. The main difference are the heads but since I dont have attachment to either headsculpt, they both worked fine for me.

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:It's the Takara versions for the "Titans Return" line for me, all the way. The only debatable one is Galvatron, honestly.

Interesting, I found there wasnt much different with Wolfwire, Skullcruncher and Hardhead to warrant importing for me. There were as many paint apps. The main difference are the heads but since I dont have attachment to either headsculpt, they both worked fine for me.

Exactly. The heads are the thing. For characters with similar paint apps between Hasbro and Takara's releases, Takara's head sculpts are much closer to their cartoon appearances, which is my number one priority. Heck, even most of the head designs for "The Rebirth" match Takara's sculpts much more closely than Hasbro's toy-inspired ones. In other cases, like with Wheelie, Blurr, Scourge, and Blaster, Takara's paint apps are clearly superior (at least to me). I also like some of the color-matched Titan Master vehicles we're getting with the proper "Headmasters" characters too.

Sorry for the confusion. Hardhead, Skullcruncher and Weirdwolf (probably later on Chromedome and Highbrow as well).

Ultra Mad wrote:Sorry for the confusion. Hardhead, Skullcruncher and Weirdwolf (probably later on Chromedome and Highbrow as well).

All of those are as G1 accurate but in a different way. Hasbro went for the toy accurate headsculpt while Takara went for the show accurate headsculpt. Both are unique and beautiful I am sticking with hasbro because I dont like the idea of Takara pairing them with the extra gun that I can buy seperately on the Hasro version (and get an extra head out of it). I like being able to choose what I pay for instead of being forced to buy a bundle and Hasbro is more accomodating of that.