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Sabrblade wrote:Well, aside from the aforementioned notion of Barithunder bizarrely having the same name as a pair of Super Sentai motorcycles.

Mecha or characters sharing names between companies is more common than you think, even if the process to that name differs a bit.

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Well, aside from the aforementioned notion of Barithunder bizarrely having the same name as a pair of Super Sentai motorcycles.

Mecha or characters sharing names between companies is more common than you think, even if the process to that name differs a bit.

True. But, in this case, is the origin of the name "Barithunder" (for either the Micron or the Gouraigers' motorcycles) yet known?

Sounds vaguely Pacific-Islander in nature, like a Hawaiian god

Surprised this wasn't posted here yet but we have comparison pictures for Takara and Hasbro thunderhoof from tfw2005

steals_your_goats wrote:Surprised this wasn't posted here yet but we have comparison pictures for Takara and Hasbro thunderhoof from tfw2005

So hasbro used all of 8 paint apps; nice

But I think we've seen this before; in a different form though

Hellscream9999 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Surprised this wasn't posted here yet but we have comparison pictures for Takara and Hasbro thunderhoof from tfw2005

So hasbro used all of 8 paint apps; nice

But I think we've seen this before; in a different form though

Apart from the paint on the face the rest of Takaras paint apps are kind of unnecessary. Give the Hasbro one the Takara face and I think he'd be the better offering.

steals_your_goats wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:
So hasbro used all of 8 paint apps; nice

But I think we've seen this before; in a different form though

Apart from the paint on the face the rest of Takaras paint apps are kind of unnecessary. Give the Hasbro one the Takara face and I think he'd be the better offering.

I agree. especially the gun, no reason to paint that other than wanting to use more paint.

Sabrblade wrote:

None of them have the front right though. Is supposed to be a contiuous piece of armour with the window curved down. Its an wesome animation model too bad it doesnt seem to be well represented in either toy.

steals_your_goats wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Surprised this wasn't posted here yet but we have comparison pictures for Takara and Hasbro thunderhoof from tfw2005

So hasbro used all of 8 paint apps; nice

But I think we've seen this before; in a different form though

Apart from the paint on the face the rest of Takaras paint apps are kind of unnecessary. Give the Hasbro one the Takara face and I think he'd be the better offering.

Necessary, perhaps not, welcome, certainly

steals_your_goats wrote:Surprised this wasn't posted here yet but we have comparison pictures for Takara and Hasbro thunderhoof from tfw2005

I prefer the version. I like it more and I'll give it some more paint apps on my own and/or Reprolables. I don't like the turquoise of the TT version regardless it's show accurate. The blue on 's looks so much better to me.

I kinda like the deco on the Legion figure better than either of those.

Cobotron wrote:I kinda like the deco on the Legion figure better than either of those.

It probably has more paint apps than the hasbro deluxe too

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I kinda like the deco on the Legion figure better than either of those.

It probably has more paint apps than the hasbro deluxe too

Eeeeee-yup.

Cobotron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I kinda like the deco on the Legion figure better than either of those.

It probably has more paint apps than the hasbro deluxe too

Eeeeee-yup.

Well, I'll be d@mned, it almost actually does have more paint apps than the warrior version, I was honestly just using some humor from the UW thread, but you're right, boy, has hasbro really dropped their standards

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I kinda like the deco on the Legion figure better than either of those.

It probably has more paint apps than the hasbro deluxe too

Eeeeee-yup.

Well, I'll be d@mned, it almost actually does have more paint apps than the warrior version, I was honestly just using some humor from the UW thread, but you're right, boy, has hasbro really dropped their standards

I dont see much of paint apps here:

william-james88 wrote:I dont see much of paint apps here:

Oh Will, must you always take everything so literally.
I was mostly being sarcastic. I don't know if the Legion has more actual apps. Like most, I don't have the Warrior, so I can't actually say. My point was though that the Legion has a nice layout. The blue head with silver face looks better than the Has Warrior for sure. They even bothered to paint his tiny little eyes. And at least all of his wind shield/window panels are painted.
The Takara Warrior looks great. Not sure about the green shade, but the head look amazing. I think this your take too, but I'm just gonna get the Hasbro because I'm not really that interested in importing all these guys. All the Takara versions look better, of course, but I'm ok with the domestics. They are fun toys regardless, and more likely to go on sale, or be purchased with a coupon.

Cobotron wrote: I think this your take too, but I'm just gonna get the Hasbro because I'm not really that interested in importing all these guys. All the Takara versions look better, of course, but I'm ok with the domestics. They are fun toys regardless, and more likely to go on sale, or be purchased with a coupon.

This is indeed my take too. These are fun toys regardless of the paint apps and I'd rather save my money for something I cant get in stores. Drift and Jazz though were figures I really did need to import.

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote: I think this your take too, but I'm just gonna get the Hasbro because I'm not really that interested in importing all these guys. All the Takara versions look better, of course, but I'm ok with the domestics. They are fun toys regardless, and more likely to go on sale, or be purchased with a coupon.

This is indeed my take too. These are fun toys regardless of the paint apps and I'd rather save my money for something I cant get in stores. Drift and Jazz though were figures I really did need to import.

Indeed. Battle Grim and Burrito Supreme Prime were well worth importing.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I kinda like the deco on the Legion figure better than either of those.

It probably has more paint apps than the hasbro deluxe too

Eeeeee-yup.

Well, I'll be d@mned, it almost actually does have more paint apps than the warrior version, I was honestly just using some humor from the UW thread, but you're right, boy, has hasbro really dropped their standards

I dont see much of paint apps here:

You forgot the lighter blue on both their shins.

Cobotron wrote::lol:
You forgot the lighter blue on both their shins.

I thought that was light reflecting

Well, that still keeps them at proportionate numbers

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote::lol:
You forgot the lighter blue on both their shins.

I thought that was light reflecting

Well, that still keeps them at proportionate numbers

So then what was the point of bringing out the legion class into the discussion. It didnt prove anything, the warrior has more paint apps and proportionally so as well.

Though I dd just realize that The shoulders should be grey. Umm.... I might go with takara afterall...time will tell...

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote::lol:
You forgot the lighter blue on both their shins.

I thought that was light reflecting

Well, that still keeps them at proportionate numbers

Forgot the little black leg windows too.

william-james88 wrote:So then what was the point of bringing out the legion class into the discussion. It didnt prove anything, the warrior has more paint apps and proportionally so as well.

Factoring in the missing ones from the count, 13 aps on the Warrior vs 11 on the Legend doesn't seem all that proportionate to me.

william-james88 wrote:Though I dd just realize that The shoulders should be grey. Umm.... I might go with takara afterall...time will tell...

I know you'll make the right decision. I don't even collect these figures as a rule, but had to have this guy in my collection just for the paint.

Emerje

william-james88 wrote:Though I dd just realize that The shoulders should be grey. Umm.... I might go with takara afterall...time will tell...

Do you want the Takara version because you like the grey shoulders better or because it's show accurate?