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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

DevastaTTor wrote:

Seibertron wrote:The completist in me wants to get both. The realist in me says I've already got the best one of these releases. Contemplating ...

On second thought -- definitely not feeling an $80 price tag for him either.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

Come on Ryan, there's got to be some way to buy figures for the site as a business expense and write them off. You have to have him to do a proper comparison for the good of Seibertron.com members and guests!

Since when is Seibertron.com a business?

The site has sponsors and probably costs money to keep up and running. I'm guessing some sort of money is involved.

More on-topic, Hasbro beat Takara in paintapps. Pigs flew.

cannonfodder4000 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Doubledealer93 wrote:i was gonna get him but that robot mode is repulsive and he is not armored up. roadbuster superior lead foot inferior.

Proof that the Takara releases are not always the superior ones.

Not with the movieverse they aren't, since almost each figure is the exact same as the Hasbro version.

Not true. There's a difference. Takara's Movieverse toys cost A LOT MORE!
Err.... that count, right?

I have all the full size HA figs and some of the small ones. HA leadfoot is the worst HA ever. For a figure that big and complex it should be better designed. It looks clunky and awkward. It can not pose.

Super Megatron wrote:Several things:

First of all, for those who says it's better to have the logos - you're telling me that Leadfoot actually looks BETTER with a bullseye painted on his chest? Yeah...

Yup.

It's accurate, so that's all that matters.

Second, "42" has a very negative superstitious connotation in Japan, just as "13" has a negative superstitious connotation in European and European based cultures.

That's a bit of an exaggeration. Collectors are just as likely to pick it up as being "cool" as westerners are to seek out the number 13 for the sake of irony.

Finally, is this about the figure not having any logo, or just the fact that all the American corporate logos (including the Impala logo for the car itself, strangely) are removed? I'm thinking it may be former because it is SUPPOSE to be a stock car and they normally have corporate logos brandished all over the car. If it's the latter, well, yeah...oookkaay...

I don't think there's anything to it, more or less, than that the logos should be on there. The obvious legal issues preventing them from appearing on the Japanese version are the kind of thing that annoy collectors to no end.

Counterpunch wrote:

Second, "42" has a very negative superstitious connotation in Japan, just as "13" has a negative superstitious connotation in European and European based cultures.

That's a bit of an exaggeration. Collectors are just as likely to pick it up as being "cool" as westerners are to seek out the number 13 for the sake of irony.

It's not the 42 that's the problem, but the 4 itself, which sounds close to the word for "death" in Japanese and Chinese. In extreme cases one speaks of Tetraphobia.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Second, "42" has a very negative superstitious connotation in Japan, just as "13" has a negative superstitious connotation in European and European based cultures.

That's a bit of an exaggeration. Collectors are just as likely to pick it up as being "cool" as westerners are to seek out the number 13 for the sake of irony.

It's not the 42 that's the problem, but the 4 itself, which sounds close to the word for "death" in Japanese and Chinese. In extreme cases one speaks of Tetraphobia.

There's more to it that just that. Look up "42" on Wikipedia.

The plain red does look bad ,but maybe you can find a way to custom it ,maybe reprolabels could released a sticker set with a load of numbers and symbols.Or a load of Michael Bay like Battle Damage .Or just not get him ,i now have the Target one ,and it is great

Counterpunch wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

Second, "42" has a very negative superstitious connotation in Japan, just as "13" has a negative superstitious connotation in European and European based cultures.

That's a bit of an exaggeration. Collectors are just as likely to pick it up as being "cool" as westerners are to seek out the number 13 for the sake of irony.

It's not the 42 that's the problem, but the 4 itself, which sounds close to the word for "death" in Japanese and Chinese. In extreme cases one speaks of Tetraphobia.

There's more to it that just that. Look up "42" on Wikipedia.

I tried and it redirected me to 69.

On another note anyone know if the US release will come with that saw blade? I like that Mechtech but hate Deluxe Ratchets colors. I like Rescue Ratchets colors but he comes with a different weapon.