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Takara Tomy's Hisashi Yuki has taken to his his Twitter account to start hyping their soon to be released Generations figures TG-26 Bumblebee Goldbug and TG-27 Trailbreaker and Hoist. TG-26 Bumblebee Goldbug features some metallic gold paint applications and a blue head, however he does not come with the remolded head found on Hasbro's Goldfire. The TG-27 Trailbreaker and Hoist two-pack also features the line's signature metallic paint and also gives Trailbreaker a G1 toy accurate red visor. Enough of a differences to favor these guys over their Hasbro counterparts? Decide for yourself in the images mirrored below.

Wait, where's the Goldbug head? All I see is the regular Bumblebee head painted blue.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wait, where's the Goldbug head? All I see is the regular Bumblebee head painted blue.

The Takara version was always solicited with a repainted head.

El Duque wrote:TG-26 Bumblebee Goldbug features some metallic gold paint applications and a blue head, however he does come with the remolded head found on Hasbro's Goldfire.

That's why I'm asking. I always thought he had the regular head painted blue and nothing more.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

El Duque wrote:TG-26 Bumblebee Goldbug features some metallic gold paint applications and a blue head, however he does come with the remolded head found on Hasbro's Goldfire.

That's why I'm asking. I always thought he had the regular head painted blue and nothing more.

My bad, I was trying to make a point that he doesn't come with the Goldfire head and managed to completely screw that up with a missing "not".

BBBGB (yeah) looks better and better. Time for another BBB? Guess so.

That Hoist/Trailcutter 2-pack is looking slick!

When I have TB and Hoist in bot mode, I push the torso part all the way down so the front bumper is pointing more downward and that panel in front of the head is flush with the hood. Am I doing it "wrong"?

Bumblebug looks very, very good but I have precisely no desire to own it. It'll be a pass for sure.

TG-27 is all kinds of bought. Those two will do very nicely indeed. My only gripe is I wish Trailbreak still had that bloody blue visor.

They all look great.

Awww crap!!! I so wanted this Goldbug mold but the 2 tone gold and yellow...HasTak WTF??? I expect Hasbro to screw up paint apps but not you HasTak c'mon! Well at least Trailbreaker makes up for the loss. I hope I find him on eBay soon as a single and for the right price...'nuff said!

Any comparison shots next to the Hasbro versions of Trailbreaker/Hoist ? I cant tell the difference...

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... er/3013/1/

a world of difference

@Nemesis Destron, HasTak refers to both Hasbro and Takara, so it's not HasTak that has disappointed you, it's Takara.

And I'm not surprised Takara screwed up again. Their track record this year just goes to show that the guys at Hasbro know what they're doing when it comes to Generations.

Lest we forget the abomination of paint that is Takara Rhinox.

Nemesis Destron wrote:Awww crap!!! I so wanted this Goldbug mold but the 2 tone gold and yellow...HasTak WTF??? I expect Hasbro to screw up paint apps but not you HasTak c'mon! Well at least Trailbreaker makes up for the loss. I hope I find him on eBay soon as a single and for the right price...'nuff said!

Two tone? Is that the metallic paint apps on his bumpers? If implemented correctly this attempt to simulate the "chrome" effect may be great. Too early to tell if really sucks given that the pics aren't as good as the one's used by Ryan.

If the base figure is painted metallic gold and a separate glossier gold for the bumper then it might come out great(doubtful because it would add to the cost) but if it is just the pvc + the gold shiny type paint then it indeed looks awkward.

I noticed the trend when during the G1 years, Takara/Hasbro used to use a more glossy type of plastic. During TFA, they shifted to that matte like rough finish similar to City Commander. Tomy has been using that type of plastic on recent figs like TG24 and TG25. The rougher dull plastic tends to contrast against the glossy paint...........looking good in some aspects will, yeah,sticking out like a sore thumb. Replicating the G2 Bumblebee type finish would have been better.

Rated X wrote:Any comparison shots next to the Hasbro versions of Trailbreaker/Hoist ? I cant tell the difference...

Here ya'are.

Hasbro


Takara


Seems they both tried for their own take on comic-accuracy and/or toy-accuracy, which makes sense since these are comic-inspired bodies and cartoon colors no longer apply anymore (it is a dead cartoon after all, while the comics are for adults).

Added silver is nice on Trailcutter. Hoist provides yet another time for me to say: NO DIFFERENCE WHAT SO EVER!!! And, the darker/metallic color does not count. It's still green and orange with the exact same paint apps.

Manterax Prime wrote:Added silver is nice on Trailcutter. Hoist provides yet another time for me to say: NO DIFFERENCE WHAT SO EVER!!! And, the darker/metallic color does not count. It's still green and orange with the exact same paint apps.

Hasbro: Dead-looking dark yellow eyes
Takara: Lively blue eyes

So the only difference between them is the equivalent of taking a silver sharpie to the existing Hasbro versions.

Shadowstream wrote:So the only difference between them is the equivalent of taking a silver sharpie to the existing Hasbro versions.

Pretty much. Same with eyes. You want blue eyes on Hoist, grab a small paint brush and do it yourself.

Also, Hoist is supposed to have yellow eyes.

Ryan's Hoist has blue optics too. The yellow optics is in the toy while in the anime he had blue.

Again, unlike Ryan's pics,which is hi res I assume, the Tomy version will most probably use a different type of PVC which can't be easily distinguished.. Seen the difference between the Orion Pax Tomy and the Hasbro version.

Manterax Prime wrote:Added silver is nice on Trailcutter. Hoist provides yet another time for me to say: NO DIFFERENCE WHAT SO EVER!!! And, the darker/metallic color does not count. It's still green and orange with the exact same paint apps.

Erm, maybe a difference in actual COLOR doesn't matter to you, but it sure as hell matters to me. A massive difference between the dark emerald green used by Takara and that light lime green used by Hasbro. The same goes for the more yellowish orange used by Takara vs the darker orange used by Hasbro (although perhaps slightly less noticeable).

Forgot to compare vehicle modes.

Takara:



Hasbro:


Biggest difference for the Traildudes are Takara's painted rims and bumper, plus the glossy black instead of flat black.

Sabrblade wrote:Forgot to compare vehicle modes.

Takara:



Hasbro:


Biggest difference for the Traildudes are Takara's painted rims and bumper, plus the glossy black instead of flat black.

Looks like both of Takara's have blue windshields as well.

not feeling them. Plus the price for a few paint apps doesn't justify the cost to import. Happy with what I got.