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News Credits: 191 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 9:59 am

Robogeek1973 wrote:TakTom seems hellbent on making me spend money I had no intention on spending. Here's hoping I can remain strong and stick to my guns with my original Headmasters only rule.

It's funny that you think you can last.

Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:30 am

The only reason I wont be getting Takara's Blurr is because I have the GenerTions version. Unless anew version is vastly superior to a previous version (Thrilling 30 Jetfire vs Classics), I don't upgrade. And I love the drift redeco version of Blurr.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 10:35 am

So basically, Hadbro's toy homage ended up subdued, while Takara's cartoon homage ended up bolder and with better contrast.

The weird thing is that this is, for the most part, the opposite of hhow CW/UW broke down.

Nemesis Maximo wrote:The only reason I wont be getting Takara's Blurr is because I have the GenerTions version. Unless anew version is vastly superior to a previous version (Thrilling 30 Jetfire vs Classics), I don't upgrade. And I love the drift redeco version of Blurr.

Me too. I'll be satisfied to get this design as Brainstorm.

News Credits: 65 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:07 am

Takara Tomy's version ended up so much better, it's not even funny. Seriously, no matter what your general preference, you can't really side with Hasbro on this one.

News Credits: 174 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:22 am

Wow, this is an exceptional deco for him, it really throws into sharp relief what a god-forsaken p.o.s. the hasbro release is, this is a figure that I actually want now, shame I don't have the money for it :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 19 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 11:28 am

Now THAT is the closest thing to the Blurr I always wanted to have since owning the original G1 figure all those years ago. The colours look superb.

Yeah this one's a must-buy for me.

EDIT: even the Autobot insignia looks to be in a better place being under the canopy rather than on it so you don't have it upside down in vehicle mode.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:00 pm

I'm curious if Takara is going to change Stylor on Chromedome like they've done with Hardhead and Skullcruncher. Japan has shown a fondness for IDWs take on certain characters.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:02 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:Takara Tomy's version ended up so much better, it's not even funny. Seriously, no matter what your general preference, you can't really side with Hasbro on this one.

You can on price and availability. I'm going hasbro because I don't need to spend extra money on extra paint.

News Credits: 1646 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 12:20 pm

Randomhero wrote:I'm curious if Takara is going to change Stylor on Chromedome like they've done with Hardhead and Skullcruncher. Japan has shown a fondness for IDWs take on certain characters.

But Stylor is based on IDW Chromedome's head :MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 1350 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:21 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:Takara Tomy's version ended up so much better, it's not even funny. Seriously, no matter what your general preference, you can't really side with Hasbro on this one.

I can

while takara is certainly nice I don't mind hasbro one bit, this is partly down to me not caring about g1 toon colours at all. All I care about is the toy :-)

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:26 pm

Nemesis Maximo wrote:It's like looking at a completely different toy.

I know, this is freaken insane. While I was totally ok getting tha Hasbro version, I just feel I am getting so much more out of this. This is clearly somethign I can treasure for the years to come while I find headless hasbro versions at thrift stores.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Takara Tomy's version ended up so much better, it's not even funny. Seriously, no matter what your general preference, you can't really side with Hasbro on this one.

I agree and hence why I will probably get this. Even if that shipping cost aint cheap, I wont care in the years to come as I marvel at it.

Randomhero wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Takara Tomy's version ended up so much better, it's not even funny. Seriously, no matter what your general preference, you can't really side with Hasbro on this one.

You can on price and availability. I'm going hasbro because I don't need to spend extra money on extra paint.

Wait what? Availability? How? Look at the combiner wars thread, every 5 pages or so its just a comparison of what some states and countries get and what others dont. Ask any canadian about Hasbro's Gen Arcee or anyone in England about Wave 3 of Combiner Wars. There is absolutely no logic as to what you will get and when and where from hasbro. Takara has a standard street release date and you can always be sure to get them if you preorder them.

Also that price statement is wrong too. You are getting an extra vehicle with Takara's and it's price is actually 22$ US http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
That is the legit price you would find him at retail in Japan. Hasbro's at retail (if you find him ) would be 17.99$ + 4.99$ for that vehicle and titanmaster. So 22.98$ USD. Meaning that looking at the price, the Hasbro version would be 1$ more and give you an extra titanmaster. And of course, you dont get any of that awesome paint.

So the Hasbro one loses on all accounts objectively, and being as global and general as possible.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:41 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Nemesis Maximo wrote:It's like looking at a completely different toy.

I know, this is freaken insane. While I was totally ok getting tha Hasbro version, I just feel I am getting so much more out of this. This is clearly somethign I can treasure for the years to come while I find headless hasbro versions at thrift stores.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Takara Tomy's version ended up so much better, it's not even funny. Seriously, no matter what your general preference, you can't really side with Hasbro on this one.

I agree and hence why I will probably get this. Even if that shipping cost aint cheap, I wont care in the years to come as I marvel at it.

Randomhero wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Takara Tomy's version ended up so much better, it's not even funny. Seriously, no matter what your general preference, you can't really side with Hasbro on this one.

You can on price and availability. I'm going hasbro because I don't need to spend extra money on extra paint.

Wait what? Availability? How? Look at the combiner wars thread, every 5 pages or so its just a comparison of what some states and countries get and what others dont. Ask any canadian about Hasbro's Gen Arcee or anyone in England about Wave 3 of Combiner Wars. There is absolutely no logic as to what you will get and when and where from hasbro. Takara has a standard street release date and you can always be sure to get them if you preorder them.

Also that price statement is wrong too. You are getting an extra vehicle with Takara's and it's price is actually 22$ US http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
That is the legit price you would find him at retail in Japan. Hasbro's at retail (if you find him ) would be 17.99$ + 4.99$ for that vehicle and titanmaster. So 22.98$ USD. Meaning that looking at the price, the Hasbro version would be 1$ more and give you an extra titanmaster. And of course, you dont get any of that awesome paint.

So the Hasbro one loses on all accounts objectively, and being as global and general as possible.

I'm not importing and paying a shipping cost on a piece of plastic I don't need when I can swing by a store I live near and get something I Personally feel is just as good. So yeah, in my world they don't lose.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:49 pm

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Randomhero wrote:I'm curious if Takara is going to change Stylor on Chromedome like they've done with Hardhead and Skullcruncher. Japan has shown a fondness for IDWs take on certain characters.

But Stylor is based on IDW Chromedome's head

All the have to do is change the face. That's what's they're doing with the headmasters that are coming with Hardhead and Skullcruncher for takaras release. I'm just wondering is they'll do that for TT Chromedome or they will keep him looking like the generations. I imagine they may since they're really wanting these guys to look the way they did in the cartoon.

News Credits: 191 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:07 pm

What vehicle comes with Blurr, actually? I know he comes with one but I don't know what. I only know Hardhead comes with the drill thingy; do they come with the headmaster that would usually come with the vehicle too?

Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:07 pm

I'm looking forward to Legends Wheelie. This may be one case where I can save on the international shipping by getting Blurr and Wheelie together since they look to be releasing at the same time, roughly.

News Credits: 174 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:11 pm

Kurona wrote:What vehicle comes with Blurr, actually? I know he comes with one but I don't know what. I only know Hardhead comes with the drill thingy; do they come with the headmaster that would usually come with the vehicle too?

No, you have to buy a separate figure for them. Case in point, Skullcruncher comes with Crashbash, but shockwave comes with the specialized headmaster that forms the lower jaw for crashbash's dino mode.

News Credits: 1350 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:24 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Kurona wrote:What vehicle comes with Blurr, actually? I know he comes with one but I don't know what. I only know Hardhead comes with the drill thingy; do they come with the headmaster that would usually come with the vehicle too?

No, you have to buy a separate figure for them. Case in point, Skullcruncher comes with Crashbash, but shockwave comes with the specialized headmaster that forms the lower jaw for crashbash's dino mode.

They are clever with this, if you want the Dino to have a lower jaw you'll just have to get shockwave = more sales for takara!

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:28 pm

Randomhero wrote:I'm not importing and paying a shipping cost on a piece of plastic I don't need when I can swing by a store I live near and get something I Personally feel is just as good. So yeah, in my world they don't lose.

I get that but then say that instead of posting general comments that only really apply to just some people in the entire world.

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:40 pm

RodimusRex wrote:I'm looking forward to Legends Wheelie. This may be one case where I can save on the international shipping by getting Blurr and Wheelie together since they look to be releasing at the same time, roughly.

I just realized Blurr and Computron are released at the same time. That will be fun

Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:02 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:Takara Tomy's version ended up so much better, it's not even funny. Seriously, no matter what your general preference, you can't really side with Hasbro on this one.

There's ALWAYS someone siding with Hasbro, no matter what.

I however am not one of those people. :lol:

News Credits: 13 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 4:59 pm

william-james88 wrote:Also that price statement is wrong too. You are getting an extra vehicle with Takara's and it's price is actually 22$ US http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
That is the legit price you would find him at retail in Japan. Hasbro's at retail (if you find him ) would be 17.99$ + 4.99$ for that vehicle and titanmaster. So 22.98$ USD. Meaning that looking at the price, the Hasbro version would be 1$ more and give you an extra titanmaster. And of course, you dont get any of that awesome paint.

So the Hasbro one loses on all accounts objectively, and being as global and general as possible.

Blurr and scourge do not come with the extra vehicle only hard head and skull cruncher do so you are definitely paying more for Takara than Hasbro this time.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 6:39 pm

I actually like the blues on Hasbro's Blurr but the color break up on Takara's really make the figure shine. The best part is that I'll probably end up getting Takara Blurr because I can preorder him with Comps.

News Credits: 241 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:04 pm

Kurona wrote:What vehicle comes with Blurr, actually? I know he comes with one but I don't know what. I only know Hardhead comes with the drill thingy; do they come with the headmaster that would usually come with the vehicle too?

Blurr and Scourge do not come with extra vehicles it seems, and it's reflected in the base price:

LG22 Skull: 4,320 Yen
LG25 Blurr: 3,456 Yen

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:23 pm

steals_your_goats wrote:
Blurr and scourge do not come with the extra vehicle only hard head and skull cruncher do so you are definitely paying more for Takara than Hasbro this time.

Thanks for correcting me man ;)^

So yes, Hasbro definitely wins with price, no question.

This is what confused me by the way, here is the item description from amiami:

-Vehicle x1
-Headmaster x1
-Weapon x1
-Instruction paper x1

The vehicle turns out to be the vehicle mode of the headless robot. I guess they seperated it since they wantd to list the headmaster seperately and didnt want to write just "body". But it did confuse me and now I feel a bit dumb. So knowing this now, is this still worth it :-?

News Credits: 13 · Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:33 pm

william-james88 wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
Blurr and scourge do not come with the extra vehicle only hard head and skull cruncher do so you are definitely paying more for Takara than Hasbro this time.

Thanks for correcting me man So yes, Hasbro definitely wins with price, no question.

This is what confused me by the way, here is the item description from amiami:

-Vehicle x1
-Headmaster x1
-Weapon x1
-Instruction paper x1

The vehicle turns out to be the vehicle mode of the headless robot. I guess they seperated it since they wantd to list the headmaster seperately and didnt want to write just "body". But it did confuse me and now I feel a bit dumb. So knowing this now, is this still worth it

That is a very misleading listing. I still don't know which way I'll go with this one. The Hasbro one isn't bad and will be cheaper and easier to get, but the Takara one looks so much better.