StealthPrime-91 wrote:I swear if I had £1 for everytime someone complimented Chronic's penis I would be freakin' rich!
Counterpunch wrote:Takara seems particularly fond of this purple color. They used it on their G1 Galvatron reissue as well.
Online pics are difficult. The color IS too light for true show consistency, but at the same time, pictures don't seem to show how dark it really is.
I take it Ratchet was not released in tandem?
Loki God Of Mischief wrote:I know a dude in Japan who's getting my Henkei Cyclonus. I'm not sure if he's going to ship it now or wait until my Thrust comes in so he can send those two and Ramjet to me. I really can't wait. Incidentally CP did you buy two Hasbros to leave one MOC or do you have kitbash plans?
Counterpunch wrote:Loki God Of Mischief wrote:I know a dude in Japan who's getting my Henkei Cyclonus. I'm not sure if he's going to ship it now or wait until my Thrust comes in so he can send those two and Ramjet to me. I really can't wait. Incidentally CP did you buy two Hasbros to leave one MOC or do you have kitbash plans?
I don't really like customizing figures, so no kitbash plans.
Henkei Cyclonus is meant to be my Cyclonus proper. The two Hasbro ones are 'his armada'.
(I bought 3 Titanium Scourges for the same deal)
Stormrider wrote:Counterpunch wrote:Takara seems particularly fond of this purple color. They used it on their G1 Galvatron reissue as well.
Online pics are difficult. The color IS too light for true show consistency, but at the same time, pictures don't seem to show how dark it really is.
I take it Ratchet was not released in tandem?
Yeah, I was surprised that Ratchet wasn't on the store shelves. According to e-Hobby's website, his release date has changed again. Now it's February.
Loki God Of Mischief wrote:*sighs and facepalms*
Every time a picture of the toys surface it's the same crap. I'm going to break this down for everyone.
Cyclonus is my favorite character to come from the movie/Season 3. He's one of my top 5 favorites of all time. I'd like to think I know a fair amount about him.
Hasbro Version: I have it. It's awesome. He's based on the original toy. Which I also own. And if you want to get technical the Hasbro's colors are all wrong. His purple is much too dark to be a perfect homage of the original toy. He's also based on the 80s Marvel and current IDW look for him.
Takara version: Is based on the Animation model of Cyclonus. Yes he's supposed to be that color. Yes it's a light trick. Show of hands of people who own Henkei versions of any Hasbro Classics/Universe 2.0 toy. Good. Now besides chrome what are the Henkei toys best known for? That's right. Show accuracy.
The mold itself: Is the best to come out of the Universe/Classics 2.0 line. Hands down it's the single best toy in that line. It doesn't transform the exact same way as the original toy. It's what an updated re imagining of a toy should be. They fixed the flaws with the toy that made it not accurate to the cartoon (the wings) since the toy was produced before the design was finalized. Cyclonus can now be posed with his wings in the cartoon style. And he can sort of be posed with his wings in the position the original toy and comic book Cyclonus could. It's excellent no matter what version you buy.
My point? Stop freaking out about the toys when you see pictures of them. Especially about paint scheme and which one is better. Because in this case there's no such thing as which one is better. Because both represent different versions of the same character. And as a major Cyclonus fan I can't wait to have the Henkei version in addition to the Hasbro.
tl;dr both versions are as close to perfect representations of the character as you're going to get. Both can be purchased without the other due to preference. Stop baaawing about it pl0x.
Autobotic9 wrote:Stormrider wrote:Counterpunch wrote:Takara seems particularly fond of this purple color. They used it on their G1 Galvatron reissue as well.
Online pics are difficult. The color IS too light for true show consistency, but at the same time, pictures don't seem to show how dark it really is.
I take it Ratchet was not released in tandem?
Yeah, I was surprised that Ratchet wasn't on the store shelves. According to e-Hobby's website, his release date has changed again. Now it's February.
Can ya do me a favor next time ya shop? Can ya take a picture of the Henkei dispays at a Japan toy store? Thanks
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