Emerje wrote:I've been thinking about bolstering my Beast Wars collection by grabbing some Beast Wars II and Neo characters while they can still be found at reasonable prices online. There are some Takara releases that can be had for cheap, but others are a little pricey, particularly the leaders.
So what are the thoughts on Sonokong's official releases? I have the Starscream and BB set (got it on clearance from BBTS years ago) and it's really not great, like a step above a knockoff. The stickers aren't on good, the plastic is cheap with rough seams, and the screws are a bit rusted.
I've heard they're not quite as good, but did I just have a bad experience or is this pretty much the norm?
Emerje
Emerje wrote:I'll have to see if I can take some pictures later to show where the problems are. I'm positive it was the BW realease, and I don't remember seeing Sonokong RID stuff on BBTS aside from Brave Maximus.
And thanks for the link, fenrir72, I see a few things on there I might get.
Emerje
ScottyP wrote:Outside of one bad recent experience (Galaxy Force First Gunner having rusty screws right out of the box), I've never had an issue with them.
However, I would note that they typically do not come with the Japanese collector cards that the Takara releases do. Some come with nothing, other lines with variations that don't fit in with the Japanese set. Using Galaxy Force as an example again, the Sonokong cards have holographic images of the toy itself on the front rather than the CG art.
Emerje wrote:OK, so looking over my Starscream and BB again I noticed that BB is actually fine. Tickers are good, plastic is fine, and the screws are clean. On the other hand Starscream is a mess.
The metal is rusty, not just the screws but also the rivets.
There are gaps in the seams of the arms like they used the wrong sized screws. Strangely enough the joints remain tight.
And the stickers, well, I guess Hasbro isn't exactly doing stellar job themselves with Titans Return.
Probably pretty easy to see why I would find the Sonokong quality questionable. We'll see how a second shot goes.
Emerje
Emerje wrote:Yeah, right out of the box and just on Starscream. BB's screws are fine so it's not like the box got wet or anything, it has to have been this way from the factory.
Emerje
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The Korean Starscream would be the 4th and 5th pressing:
1) G2 Dreadwing & Smokescreen / G2 Stealth Assault / G2 Ace Evader
2) G2 ATB Megatron & Starscream (saw limited release in Ohio)
3) BWII Starscream & BB
4) Beast War Starscream & BB (Korea)
5) Car Bot Stealth Saber (Korea)
6) RiD 2001 Dreadwind & Smokejumper
7) Robot Masters Smokesniper & Gigant Bomb
Yikes...
Ah, yep, sure is. I knew that, but not on command (obviously)JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Galaxy Force isn't Sonokong: it's Mocom.
Emerje wrote:Though strangely enough the later uses didn't have the same issues. I wonder if Takara was passing off older molds to Sonokong and keeping the good ones for themselves? Might explain why their figures have a reputation for being inferior and why later uses don't suffer from degradation (newer molds).
Emerje
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
Emerje wrote:I've heard they're not quite as good, but did I just have a bad experience or is this pretty much the norm?
Emerje
Return to Transformers Toys Discussion
Registered users: Bing [Bot], Drop Bear, Fires_Of_Inferno, Google [Bot], Google Adsense [Bot], Google Feedfetcher, Majestic-12 [Bot], MSN [Bot], MSNbot Media