Optimizzy wrote:Guys I am seriously considering just getting this version instead of the takara. The selling points on the takara version just don't seem as important to me ATM. Like, I can do more with that extra $40. uuuugh. what do!
Can you though? Because if you go spending that difference on an upgrade kit then it becomes a zero sum gain and you are stuck with partforming along with an unoficial way to get the perfect looking Computron. I gladly spent that extra cost to vote with my wallet and show takara that I appreciate the effort they did and that I would rather have a good looking computron from an official venue rather than accept mediocrity and fix it through a 3p company that exists because of the mediocrity.
Optimizzy wrote:I think Takara has the individual bot modes down. they are by far the superior of the two...but I will not be displaying this like that. Probably not ever...so Hasbro is inching closer to a yes for me.
I thought the individual bots was all Hasbro had on Takara. Because its there that you can see their Strafe, Scrounge and how Scattershot is different to Silverbolt. In combined mode, all those differences dissapear and you are left with a Superion repaint who chose a different set of limbs. Just think about it, if posing it on the shelf in combined mode next to Superion and G2 Superion, what stops this from looking anything else than the Superion torso again in another funky colour?
Or better yet, take a Silverbolt and combine scramble city style him with Brawl and streetwise as legs and you've got most of your combined Computron look but as a redeco.
Not only does Takara give us a new head but we get the entire chest retooled, giving this combiner its own visible identity. Plus you get new guns which combine into a new gun for Computron so you dont have to have the same long narrow rifle once again.
Pics will explain what I mean
nycPrime wrote:So it sounds like more folks prefer Takara over Hasbro for Computron. I think I do too, especially since I don't have any attachment to Scrounge. I'm just not sure if it's $30 better for me. Maybe the Hasbro version won't sell well and lead to further discounts?
Everything I wrote only deals with the idea of getting these toys now at full price. Takara might go down in price, but I cant guarantee it. I am pretty sure Hasbro will go down in price and it will be a different ball game then. None of what I wrote applies to getting him at a good discount since the bang for your buck is a big part of satisfaction and I can totally see how someone can reap as much fun and satisfaction in this Hasbro version if gotten at the right price.