by Samsonator » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:21 am
- Motto: ""Death is the only way out.""
- Weapon: Sword of Fury
The model builder in me is slightly intrigued by these, but to be honest, the sheer price of importing these figures makes it not really hobby material for someone like me who's barely making it paycheque to paycheque.
That said, all the official images still make these stickers look like crap.
I'm also really not liking how the characters' individual weapons available in the Hasbro releases are seemingly absent from these releases in favour of Microns who transform into something vaguely resembling the character's onscreen weapon. This poses problems especially for the types who dual wield.
Take Ratchet, for example. US Figure comes with two blade weapons, Japanese comes with one, granted that one is also a Micron, but if you want to have him with two blades, you either need to buy a second one, or wait to see if these things eventually do get a Micron Booster or similar release.
Takara, I'm all for a company taking a property they've been dealing with for many years and doing something different with it, but this whole thing just screams bad idea to me. I hardly think this is a move that's going to spell downfall for either the brand, or the company, but I just hope they get through this quickly so we can all forget about it, and move on.