fenrir72 wrote:I feel like I'm a kid again back in the late 80's and early 90's when I used to pick up the G1 guys.
Before I get to the topic of the thread, I'll just say that this is such an important thing. Incidentally, I found a similar experience with BH DX Lazerback as it brought me back to the Beast Wars toys I played around with when I was a kid.
Toy collectors often get quite cynical and become very demanding and develop a sense of entitlement(ie. "Hasbro owes it to us to make what we want them to make!"). We seem to forget, at times, of the joy that we should be deriving from our hobby of toy collecting.
So, getting on topic, I must say that I don't hate the Go! Samurai Team but at the same time, I find it difficult getting into them from just seeing pictures and video footage of the toys. However, I've been reminded recently of how vital it is to be able to have something in hand in order to experience a proper judgment.
I appreciate the Yuusha/Brave style of these toys.
I may buy the gift sets of the Samurai and Ninja teams set for release in December.
fenrir72 wrote:Concerning the appearance, the Japanese characters being shoe horned to the Beasthunter storyline feels kind of awkward based on the issues I raised above with all the flat faced,noseless appearances of their American counterparts but then again, we wouldn't be able to have experienced this "revival" of sorts no?
One detail I've noticed is that some of the Japanese BH toys have resculpted heads with faces that are more in the style of non-TFP character designs, meaning they have noses.
The Japanese variants of Lazerback, Ripclaw, Skystalker, and Grimwing, respectively Gaidora, Bakudora, Judora, and Budora, all have new sculpts with noses. In that way, there's an effort by TakaraTomy to lessen the "shoe horned" feel of the Go! combiners into the BH line.