Blurrz wrote:Down_Shift is a god...
kirbenvost wrote:They're made for the Japanese market to be sold in Japan, but they're modeled after the US releases, like the USA Edition of Masterpiece Starscream. We only get them because we import. So they're just the Japanese versions of the regular Universe Ultras, but instead of being called Henkei they're USA Edition. I don't know why, maybe because they didn't want to add chrome, which is a benchmark of the Henkei line.
Anyway, I'm probably going to pass on all of these. While these paint jobs are better, I just don't like the molds enough. Powerglide is oddly proportioned in bot mode. I don't like Silverbolt's face, and the transformation is much too simplistic. Onslaught is the only one I'd consider buying, but I don't have any attachment to the character whatsoever, so it's another pass.
rpetras wrote:But Powerglide, looks great to me in the red. These pics clinch it. I think it looks a lot less like a case of bot-boobs. The red color scheme just seems to work better for the design. Maybe that's just my take, but I can't wait!
munkimus prime wrote:That was the greatest thing I've seen since boobs.
Auto Bot wrote:Somehow, i've been pointing out that Hasbro's version looks better. But there's always this "Takara must always be better" mentality.
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
BigRed wrote:I actually liked the Takara Powerglide more at first too, but am finding him too red for the size of the figure. There's just too much red. The original minibot could get away with it because it was so small... but even that had white/grey arms.
I don't think Takara put a lot of thought into the paint scheme, seems like they just reversed the red and white that Hasbro used. In particular I find the red hands and weapon look really wrong.
Onslaughts head looks a lot better but I quite like the blue-grey colour that Hasbro used.
And I think the Takara Silverbolt looks crap.
Usually I find TakaraTomy's stuff is much better, but with this USA Edition stuff and Henkei, I'm not as impressed. I've only grabbed Megatron and Astrotrain so far. And they were certainly worth it. I will get Ironhide from them too as the Hasbro one looks like a smurf with the blue face.
Mkall wrote:I prefer the duller blue and green of the US Onslaught, but I am glad that I have waited for the Japanese Powerglide and Silverbolt
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