JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Autobot032 wrote:Eh. The Arms Microns, okay. However, Breakdown has enough Hasbro touches that it can't be a TakaraTomy exclusive. I don't know if you own the figure, but you can tell that it's a Hasbro design.
Not doubting you there. An idea
rejected for the US market due to pricing and size conerns, but picked up by the more flexible Tomy. Consider it like this: Hasbro made the rough draft, but Tomy polished it up for their own market. Gaia Unicron however I'm not too sure about, but all clues point to it being a TakaraTomy design.
Normally, I'd agree about the pricing and size concerns issue, but he's no taller than most Voyagers. Actually, he's a bit on the small side. He's very light and hollow, with that waffle like design on the back of his limbs. (FOC Jazz has this on his legs) He also has the translucent plastic all over, like a Hasbro release. Not to mention, Hasbro releases the PRID figures first, then they're retooled for TakaraTomy. So, at one point, at least, he existed as a Hasbro figure and they decided to pass.
One of the boards I'm a member of, a poster there mentioned he had heard Hasbro wouldn't release all the characters as toys due to the cost of the show. Seems to be coming true.
As for Gaia Unicron, yeah, definitely a TakaraTomy original. I just can't see a volcano with a face selling well here. lol