Re: New Galleries: Transformers Generations, Classics, United, Henkei and more
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 6:17 pm
The big thing that gets people about the first Takara versions of Rhinox and Waspinator is that Takara put the metallic sheen on the animal skin parts instead of any of the robot parts that actually were shiny in the show. Rhinox should have had his green parts get the metallic sheen instead of his brown rhino skin pieces. Waspinator's robot head and arms should have been the parts to get metallic sheen instead of all his yellow (or rather, gold) parts.
These LG-EX versions attempt to fix that issue by instead just excising the metallic sheen from Rhinox and Waspeeter altogether, along with some additional paint apps and rearranged paint choices to make for an even more show-accurate look... in theory.
While it mostly works for Rhinox, I feel that the darker, more vivid shade of green used on the first Takara Waspinator is more show-accurate than the lighter (but not as light as Hasbro's) shade of green used on LG-EX Waspeeter. But, the LG-EX Waspeeter does have the more show-accurate black and yellow paint apps found in various places all over the figure. Yet, of all three versions, it is only the Hasbro version that even attempts to give the figure his show-accurate lighter shade of green on the inner piece of the robot torso's center. And still, all three of them still don't have Waspinator's shoulder discs painted gold.
To put it simply, all three of the Waspinators seem to try for show-accuracy but still have something preventing each of them, in different ways, from reaching their goal.
These LG-EX versions attempt to fix that issue by instead just excising the metallic sheen from Rhinox and Waspeeter altogether, along with some additional paint apps and rearranged paint choices to make for an even more show-accurate look... in theory.
While it mostly works for Rhinox, I feel that the darker, more vivid shade of green used on the first Takara Waspinator is more show-accurate than the lighter (but not as light as Hasbro's) shade of green used on LG-EX Waspeeter. But, the LG-EX Waspeeter does have the more show-accurate black and yellow paint apps found in various places all over the figure. Yet, of all three versions, it is only the Hasbro version that even attempts to give the figure his show-accurate lighter shade of green on the inner piece of the robot torso's center. And still, all three of them still don't have Waspinator's shoulder discs painted gold.
To put it simply, all three of the Waspinators seem to try for show-accuracy but still have something preventing each of them, in different ways, from reaching their goal.