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[Carnivius_Prime]

I think I may be in the minority on this, but I actually far prefer the Hasbro deco on Wheelie. The clear plastic of Takara's looks cheap to me.

Think that's just a bad photo of it. The previous images made the Takara Wheelie look a lot better.

[Kurona]

I personally prefer Hasbro Wheelie too. They pull off much better colour breakup with the white hands and whatnot.

[william-james88]

I personally prefer Hasbro Wheelie too. They pull off much better colour breakup with the white hands and whatnot.

I like the white hands better too

[Hero Alpha]

I personally prefer Hasbro Wheelie too. They pull off much better colour breakup with the white hands and whatnot.

I like the white hands better too

Takara Wheelie all the way for me. The, I guess we can call it white, on his hands and stuff just looks bad. Almost as bad as the horrible gray/tan on PMOPrime. I can wait another couple months for a more Sunbow G1/Headmasters accurate Wheelie. Oh and plus GO Shuta

[Wolfman Jake]

It's the Takara versions for the "Titans Return" line for me, all the way. The only debatable one is Galvatron, honestly.

[william-james88]

It's the Takara versions for the "Titans Return" line for me, all the way. The only debatable one is Galvatron, honestly.

Interesting, I found there wasnt much different with Wolfwire, Skullcruncher and Hardhead to warrant importing for me. There were as many paint apps. The main difference are the heads but since I dont have attachment to either headsculpt, they both worked fine for me.

[Ultra Mad]

Are any version between Takara and Hasbro more G1 accurate for those figures?

[Wolfman Jake]

It's the Takara versions for the "Titans Return" line for me, all the way. The only debatable one is Galvatron, honestly.

Interesting, I found there wasnt much different with Wolfwire, Skullcruncher and Hardhead to warrant importing for me. There were as many paint apps. The main difference are the heads but since I dont have attachment to either headsculpt, they both worked fine for me.

Exactly. The heads are the thing. For characters with similar paint apps between Hasbro and Takara's releases, Takara's head sculpts are much closer to their cartoon appearances, which is my number one priority. Heck, even most of the head designs for "The Rebirth" match Takara's sculpts much more closely than Hasbro's toy-inspired ones. In other cases, like with Wheelie, Blurr, Scourge, and Blaster, Takara's paint apps are clearly superior (at least to me). I also like some of the color-matched Titan Master vehicles we're getting with the proper "Headmasters" characters too.

[william-james88]

Are any version between Takara and Hasbro more G1 accurate for those figures?

Which figures are you referring to?

[Ultra Mad]

Sorry for the confusion. Hardhead, Skullcruncher and Weirdwolf (probably later on Chromedome and Highbrow as well).

[Mr Skram]

I also like some of the color-matched Titan Master vehicles we're getting with the proper "Headmasters" characters too.

I think that's my favorite thing about them, but not sure if it's enough to sway me to get Takara over Hasbro for most of the releases. Though I think I'll at least get a Takara Blurr and Scourge. Hasbro's versions are both too monotone blue for my taste.

[william-james88]

Sorry for the confusion. Hardhead, Skullcruncher and Weirdwolf (probably later on Chromedome and Highbrow as well).

All of those are as G1 accurate but in a different way. Hasbro went for the toy accurate headsculpt while Takara went for the show accurate headsculpt. Both are unique and beautiful I am sticking with hasbro because I dont like the idea of Takara pairing them with the extra gun that I can buy seperately on the Hasro version (and get an extra head out of it). I like being able to choose what I pay for instead of being forced to buy a bundle and Hasbro is more accomodating of that.

[Cyberpath]

For me it's whichever ones are closer to The Rebirth...

So Hardhead, Skullcruncher and Weirdwolf -- Takara. (And likely Mindwipe.)

Will probably have to go with Hasbro for: Brainstorm (no mouth) Highbrow (brown head) and Chromedome (big visor-eyes.)

Unless of course I'll decide that this whole thing is getting out of hand and drop everything.

The extra vehicles that Takara is "making us" buy kind of put me off because of the price. (the yen has also been going up.)

You know what else I'd like to see in the "Legends" line though? A deluxe class cartoon-accurate Optimus Prime; a literal one, not just the deco. The old deluxe was a nice action figure but it doesn't cut it anymore next to some of the new figures. Very unlikely, I know. Because this line is all about repaints and remolds of Hasbro releases.

[Cyberpath]

LG24 Shockwave vs Combiner Wars Shockwave

おもちゃショーの会場などでサンプルを並べていて毎回感じる、TFは数を並べると、いろいろな物語が思いついて本当に楽しいぞ♪

[Kurona]

I love it when both versions are incredible.
I think I'll go for the takara version; after this pic he looks way better, I get an extra head... And Shockwave is like impossible to find in the UK.

[Sabrblade]

You know what else I'd like to see in the "Legends" line though? A deluxe class cartoon-accurate Optimus Prime; a literal one, not just the deco. The old deluxe was a nice action figure but it doesn't cut it anymore next to some of the new figures. Very unlikely, I know. Because this line is all about repaints and remolds of Hasbro releases.

What about the old RobotMasters figure?

[Cyberpath]

What about the old RobotMasters figure?

Reissued a while back for Takara TF Expo 2014... as an exclusive, so never made it to HLJ.



But it's also outdated anyway.

[Sabrblade]

What about the old RobotMasters figure?

Reissued a while back for Takara TF Expo 2014... as an exclusive, so never made it to HLJ.

You don't need HLJ to get it. I previously got the Lio Convoy figure from that release via Amazon.com.

[Cyberpath]

You don't need HLJ to get it. I previously got the Lio Convoy figure from that release via Amazon.com.

The prices on Amazon are cray-cray though, lol. I want a better figure anyway.

[Sabrblade]

You don't need HLJ to get it. I previously got the Lio Convoy figure from that release via Amazon.com.

The prices on Amazon are cray-cray though, lol. I want a better figure anyway.

Considering how limited the Legend Commander Collection figures were, and how much the American convention exclusives from BotCon go on the secondary market, I'd say the price I paid for the Japanese convention exclusive Lio Convoy was quite reasonable.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Thanks to Seibertronian Cyberpath we have a new image courtesy of our favorite Takara Transformers Teaser TFYuki showing off the new Legends Shockwave compared to his Hasbro Combiner Wars self. The new image features combiner wars Shockwave standing out front all proud to show off his 2 new Legends buddies, each done up in a lighter shade of purple and having some of his translucent parts painted over. Check out the image below and let us know what you think in the comments section. And as always stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your latest Transformers News and Galleries.

[Sabrblade]

and lacking his translucent parts.

They're there. Some of them are just painted over.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Fixidity fixed

[Henry921]

I suddenly feel compelled to buy more Legends Shockwaves and recreate the boss fight from Devastation.

[Kurona]

The hand being painted does appeal to me. It's translucency was probably my biggest problem looking at reviews of it.