prjkt wrote:This is a pass for me (and I normally like Takara releases)
Silverbolt: Just no to all that yellow. I do like the painted windows and silver shoulders though.
Skydive/Air Raid/Firefly: Not enough difference to the Hasbro versions, sure the little extra paint apps are nice, but I don't know.
Slingshot: That head, whil very G1, just seems a little out of place to me, I don't quiite know why, but otherwise looks pretty sweet.
Superion: has gone all Michael Jackson on then ands/feet. I prefer the black.
Maybe I'm subconsciously trying to justify not buying this kit, but form nice im quite happy with th Hasbro edition, but the price form his is pretty damn good when you think about the normal Takara price premium.
ZeroWolf wrote:Takara I love you and hate you at the same time. It will be hard to justify this with the missus
william-james88 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Takara I love you and hate you at the same time. It will be hard to justify this with the missus
Do you already own the Hasbro one? The missus allows me to buy select transformers, and a more expensive version of one I already have would not work. Good thing I dont own the hasbro one yet. Not sure what I should do now.
ZeroWolf wrote:I don't own the hasbro one yet its just the price and then shipping+import cost. I can get the hasbro one locally from tru but the takara ones are very pretty
ZeroWolf wrote:I don't own the hasbro one yet its just the price and then shipping+import cost. I can get the hasbro one locally from tru but the takara ones are very pretty
william-james88 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I don't own the hasbro one yet its just the price and then shipping+import cost. I can get the hasbro one locally from tru but the takara ones are very pretty
But if you are in the UK, arent you better off with japanese online retailers? You will still be stuck with import fees and shipping but the base price might be cheaper.
Wolfman Jake wrote:Preordered! You can't beat that price. I'm curious if Takara has a good read on exactly how much of their product is sold on foreign markets?
reluctantyouth wrote: I'll end up foregoing future Hasbro combiner limb releases and donate my Hasbro version with Dragstrip arm to St. Jude at the hospital I work at. The kids cannot get enough Transformers...especially when they are going through something out of their control. Bringing a smile to their faces in worth more than anything.
Optimum Supreme wrote:reluctantyouth wrote: I'll end up foregoing future Hasbro combiner limb releases and donate my Hasbro version with Dragstrip arm to St. Jude at the hospital I work at. The kids cannot get enough Transformers...especially when they are going through something out of their control. Bringing a smile to their faces in worth more than anything.
Puts things in perspective a bit.
Desslok2201 wrote:Optimum Supreme wrote:reluctantyouth wrote: I'll end up foregoing future Hasbro combiner limb releases and donate my Hasbro version with Dragstrip arm to St. Jude at the hospital I work at. The kids cannot get enough Transformers...especially when they are going through something out of their control. Bringing a smile to their faces in worth more than anything.
Puts things in perspective a bit.
Hey, where can I send some to donate? (Not kidding)
Seibertron wrote:New images have surfaced of Takara Tomy's Aerialbots from the upcoming Unite line. As speculated earlier this week, Slingshot will have a new head mold similar to his G1 cartoon head. These pictures are courtesy e-hobby.co.jp which you can view here. We've mirrored the images below. Join our discussion about the Japanese release of the Combiner Wars figures by clicking here.
william-james88 wrote:Since I dont have the hasbro version yet, I am really debating getting this one. The price is fine and for once is not the issue, it's actually the deco. I dont really care about the character since I wasnt born when the show was on, but I do care for his toy since its one of the few G1s I have. And for once it seems Hasbro is the company more faithful to the G1 toy deco while Takara is more faithful to the G1 cartoon characer deco (so you see Shockblast 2, its like Jetfire's chrome, you cant make reason of these trends). While Takara's Superion looks nice and clean with all his white, the individual Silverbolt's yellow is really offputting to me. I LOVE the gold on the G1 toy and in it's context, it actually comes off as non flashy and darker, more similar to Hasbro's tan that they use instead of bright yellow. And while it is amazing that Takara has white on Silverbolt's chest and a full red upper chest on Superion (which the G1 toy could not do since both Superion and Silverbolt had that same chest piece), the full red chest makes Hasbro's version also more G1 toy accurate. Oh, decisions, decisions.
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