Relic0037 wrote:Targetmaster Kup wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Deadput wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Deadput wrote:At first I was kind meh on how bright the purple on Blitzwing is but then I thought about how many dark purple decepticons I have and few if not none that are bright purple.
You must not own any
Galvatron or shockwave then
(I actually prefer the darker purple for Galvatron and Shockwave)
I have never heard of anyone that doesn't
I prefer the lighter purple.
The truth lies between the 2 extremes, and when I have to choose, I prefer the light.
I would agree that the Hasbro purple is too dark & the Takara purple is too light. I went with the Takara version with better paint detail on the headmaster & eventually got the Reprolabels helmet add on because the crown gimmick was a much worse detriment to that figure than either company's choice of purples.
I originally waited for the Takara Galvatron, hoping the purple would look darker in person, and therefore closer to animation accurate, than the stock photos were depicting. Alas, my hopes were dashed. So, I picked up Hasbro Galvatron, preferring Galvatron's purple to be darker than it should rather than way lighter. I did a little part swapping to enhance the paint apps on the Hasbro Galvatron, though, like giving him the Legends Megatron Headmaster for a silver painted face, the hip guards for the red highlights on top, and the arm cannon (the black details on the stock are more correct than the red in terms of cartoon accuracy). I wanted to do more, like swap around the tank treads and the shoulder "pauldrons," but the disassembly was a lot more work than I had anticipated, and I didn't want to risk breaking either figure. I'm hoping in a few years down the line, we'll get a reuse of this Galvatron mold with a premium cartoon accurate deco, retooled to either incorporate its own whole head (wouldn't be that hard, honestly, with the big, hollow chest cavity, or at least to rework the "mask" gimmick to sit flush against the Headmaster component.
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