william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
o.supreme wrote:Still...while the toys remain *exactly the same*, I imagine the packaging will still need to be region specific, and may offer some alternatives.
Back in the original series, while toys were the same, Takara still released gift sets for Bruticus, Predaking, Abominus...etc. that North America never got. I'm still hoping we may get Unite Warrior styled gift sets for PotP Volcanicus, Abominus, perhaps some of the other voyagers as well. Even if the toys are exactly the same, I'd go for the packaging in this case, which should be less expensive overall I would think, with this announcement, maybe $120-$130 range to import?
Agamemnon wrote:My wallet like this, as does my shelf space. But, I will echo others here and wish for Takara's positive influence on Hasbro to help up the mold detailing/design and potentially increase the quality of the decors (more/effective paint!)
Sabrblade wrote:I suspect it's the latter since Takara's POTP toys look exactly like Hasbro's, cartoon-inaccurate decos and foil stickers and all.Asepticon wrote:Well if it means Hasbro will up their quality of paint and deco, then it's good news, but if Takara plans to downscale their deco and paint, then this does not bode well.
Skritz wrote:Does it make me a bad toy collector that I don't find PotP 'screamer as horrific as everyone else says? He's really not the figure I regretted the most buying at retail price when he came out.
RAR wrote:the Legends in particular are actually "Good".
And that's the only thing cartoon-specific about Swoop's deco. The rest of it is toy-specific, making the blue chest stand out against all the deco's non-cartoon aspects, like the black robot helmet.william-james88 wrote:And Swoop had that cartoon/diaclone accurate chest.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
shajaki wrote:I'm extremely upset by this. I'm not screaming at the top of a mountain, but I woudln't be surprised if I was the most upset person here.
I like having options. And I hate stickers. Even Reprolabels high quality ones. They're a pain in the ass and there's no comparison to actual paint apps and tampos.
I'm not optimistic about Takara "elevating" the Hasbro products, as thus far I've seen no examples of such. Just straight up copy cat'ing.
Takara, please make me eat my words.
william-james88 wrote:<snip>
About all this, I find that POTP is the best example we have an thus I am curious to know what you all think of it. Comparing to previous years, is the deco better than usual? <snip>
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
shajaki wrote:
Flashwave wrote:This seems odd to me. On the one hand, Takara is probably saving money by sharing production run costs with Hasbro vs setting up the decos or themselves. But in the other, theyvare losing an unknown part of their market in the collectors who boought their stuff because it was different than Hasbro's. Obviously, they must hink the tradeoff is worth it, but that seems like funny numbers to me.
o.supreme wrote:So...has anyone gone to any stores to see the aftermath yet? I mean I remember years past, the day after the holiday, the toy aisles were completely wiped out. s I kid it wasn't so fun, but now as an adult it gives me hope, to see new product. The last couple of years though...haven't been the case. I guess it is true kids are buying fewer toys than ever before. I haven't been to any stores yet, but what Black Friday didn't take, I'm hoping the last minute shoppers did. My son laughingly told me last Wednesday that most of the TR Broadsides that had been sitting around a particular store in our area were almost all gone...so there's that at least.
Sodan-1 wrote:Booooo!! Goodbye painted rims. Goodbye rich and vibrant colours. Goodbye brilliant whites which will yellow over time. Hello whites that are produced yellow in the factory.
Still holding onto the hope that the combiner teams will feature that signature Takara flair (although if it does, there goes the theory that Takara is simply happier with the initial efforts.)
I just hope that a few prominent characters don't get a Takara overhaul as part of some limited edition special series in a couple of years.
What makes you think any of those are going to have their decos changed by Takara when all signs given by both this line and this news point to Takara just releasing the exact same unchanged decos as the Hasbro versions in Japan?Emerje wrote:What's strange to me is that figures that Hasbro did a really nice job with like the Dinobots and Dreadwing will most likely be painted differently by Takara Tomy (assuming the jets are given proper Hydra and Buster colors and the Dinobots are given a cartoon accurate UW-style box set). Meanwhile the poorly painted Optimus Prime that could have used a ton more paint in his arms and fists is being left unchanged.
Emeje
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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