RAcast wrote:I'll preface this with [url]TFwiki.net[/url] is your best friend.
Takara is the company that provides to Japan only. Hasbro provides for the rest of the world. Molds are created as a joint venture between the two companies.
United, Henkei! Henkei!, and Gentei! Gentei! are Takara's "classics" toylines.
Classics, Universe, and Generations are Hasbro's "classics" toylines.
People often use the term "Chug" for short, meaning Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations/Gentei, to refer to any release of a "classics" character under one of those lines. There are tons of lines, but you'll memorize all of the shorthand before long.
gbm wrote:RAcast wrote:I'll preface this with [url]TFwiki.net[/url] is your best friend.
Takara is the company that provides to Japan only. Hasbro provides for the rest of the world. Molds are created as a joint venture between the two companies.
United, Henkei! Henkei!, and Gentei! Gentei! are Takara's "classics" toylines.
Classics, Universe, and Generations are Hasbro's "classics" toylines.
People often use the term "Chug" for short, meaning Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations/Gentei, to refer to any release of a "classics" character under one of those lines. There are tons of lines, but you'll memorize all of the shorthand before long.
awesome, thank you for the info, and that link! I'll go read up.
Do people prefer certain company figures over others? I noticed that the Henkei Hound is 10x better looking than the Classic reissue Hound.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:gbm wrote:RAcast wrote:I'll preface this with [url]TFwiki.net[/url] is your best friend.
Takara is the company that provides to Japan only. Hasbro provides for the rest of the world. Molds are created as a joint venture between the two companies.
United, Henkei! Henkei!, and Gentei! Gentei! are Takara's "classics" toylines.
Classics, Universe, and Generations are Hasbro's "classics" toylines.
People often use the term "Chug" for short, meaning Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations/Gentei, to refer to any release of a "classics" character under one of those lines. There are tons of lines, but you'll memorize all of the shorthand before long.
awesome, thank you for the info, and that link! I'll go read up.
Do people prefer certain company figures over others? I noticed that the Henkei Hound is 10x better looking than the Classic reissue Hound.
It's no "reissue", more like a reimagining of the character.
Some people do prefer the TakaraTomy versions, with more paint and greater accuracy to the cartoon at times, but they do fetch a heftier price.
gbm wrote:RAcast wrote:I'll preface this with [url]TFwiki.net[/url] is your best friend.
Takara is the company that provides to Japan only. Hasbro provides for the rest of the world. Molds are created as a joint venture between the two companies.
United, Henkei! Henkei!, and Gentei! Gentei! are Takara's "classics" toylines.
Classics, Universe, and Generations are Hasbro's "classics" toylines.
People often use the term "Chug" for short, meaning Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations/Gentei, to refer to any release of a "classics" character under one of those lines. There are tons of lines, but you'll memorize all of the shorthand before long.
awesome, thank you for the info, and that link! I'll go read up.
Do people prefer certain company figures over others? I noticed that the Henkei Hound is 10x better looking than the Classic reissue Hound.
Diem wrote:gbm wrote:RAcast wrote:I'll preface this with [url]TFwiki.net[/url] is your best friend.
Takara is the company that provides to Japan only. Hasbro provides for the rest of the world. Molds are created as a joint venture between the two companies.
United, Henkei! Henkei!, and Gentei! Gentei! are Takara's "classics" toylines.
Classics, Universe, and Generations are Hasbro's "classics" toylines.
People often use the term "Chug" for short, meaning Classics, Henkei, Universe, Generations/Gentei, to refer to any release of a "classics" character under one of those lines. There are tons of lines, but you'll memorize all of the shorthand before long.
awesome, thank you for the info, and that link! I'll go read up.
Do people prefer certain company figures over others? I noticed that the Henkei Hound is 10x better looking than the Classic reissue Hound.
As a general rule of thumb the Henkei figures tend to have bettr paint jobs but also they all have chromed parts which some people don't like, and they're more expensive. The Henkei figures also tend to be more cartoon-accurate while the Classics tend to be more G1 toy accurate (most notably Astrotrain and Mirage)
Some of the Classics/Universe figures are definitely inferior to their Japanese counterparts, especially Hound, Megatron, Dinobot, Onslaught and Hot Shot (who is missing accessories that came with the Japanese version)
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