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Takara Animated Hands On and Review

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Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Diem » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:44 am

I just picked up some Takara Animated figures: namely the Starscream Vs. Bumblebee Onsoku no Taiketsu (Confrontation at the Speed of Sound) set since I didn't already own either of the figures.

The packaging is really sweet with very modernised graphics and a nice segue from red to purple in a way that's both up-to-date and G1-ish. Both the figures are held together in a "confrontational" pose. Opening the package reveals a mini-poster/catalogue with an advert for the cartoon on the upper half and wave 1 of the figures on the bottom. The back features wave 2 of the figures and of N.E.S.T. The package also includes a datacard for each of the figures with Tech Specs and a minimalist profile on the back and a barcode on the side for use with the forthcoming Sega arcade games. The figures each have a seperate instruction sheet. Oddly Starscream's is printed as transforming from robot to jet, though the seperate Starscream is packaged in jet mode. Did they print two seperate sets of instructions? Classy.

As for the figures themselves, they are two of the most controversially-redecorated figures. Bee is yellow plastic covered in gold paint. The paint is very well applied with no issues although in the long run I might worry about chipping. Whether the figure is worth it for you depends on whether you want to pay the expensive import prices (haha, you have to pay expensive import costs this time!) to get a shiny, less screen-accurate version of a figure that you can buy for probably pretty cheap now.

Starscream is a far more altered prospect with the minimalist American paint scheme of grey and red replaced with what appears to be the same grey but with the red on his nosecone and cockpit area now shiny (the red on his tailfins and arms is still a non-shiny, darker shade) and a very shiny blue on his wings and cockpit. Again, the colouration is less screen-accurate and G1-accurate but in my opinion the blue breaks up the dull grey and makes for a more vibrant figure. The figure does have a head that easily falls off during transformation but I understand that's not peculiar to Takara.

Again, it's up to you whether you want to pay heavily for a slightly altered version of a figure you can get for cheap.

I did get a look at some of the other figures and they all look classy in a shiny tacky way.

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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Prime Riblet » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:59 am

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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Rodimus_NZ » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:33 am

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haha, takara finally gave Bumblebee his Goldbug repaint :P I like it
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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Mach » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:35 am

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Thanks for the review Diem, u deserve a FP.
Maybe u will be busy this period, as animated toys start to release more and more :lol:

i kind of like starscream shiny blue portion. i wish it covers the whole figure.... :grin:
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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Diem » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:41 am

Mach wrote:Thanks for the review Diem, u deserve a FP.
Maybe u will be busy this period, as animated toys start to release more and more :lol:

i kind of like starscream shiny blue portion. i wish it covers the whole figure.... :grin:

Real Dev, is that you?

I don't plan to get any more Takanimated figures until Arcee comes out...
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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Mach » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:43 am

Motto: ""I am a Prime. I do not take orders from you!""
Diem wrote:
Real Dev, is that you?

I don't plan to get any more Takanimated figures until Arcee comes out...



yeah, just went for a plastic surgery... :grin:

i want prime, grimlock and blitzwing.... Rodimus as well, if Takara releases it...
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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Diem » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:51 am

Mach wrote:
Diem wrote:
Real Dev, is that you?

I don't plan to get any more Takanimated figures until Arcee comes out...



yeah, just went for a plastic surgery... :grin:

i want prime, grimlock and blitzwing.... Rodimus as well, if Takara releases it...

I'd like to get Waspinator and Swindle if they get released before I move to America.
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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Sabrblade » Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:06 am

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I don't get why people keep saying this. G1 Goldbug wasn't shiny.
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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby ang3l3s » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:55 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
rabstanz wrote:haha, takara finally gave Bumblebee his Goldbug repaint :P I like it
I don't get why people keep saying this. G1 Goldbug wasn't shiny.


Your right but this is how he should have looked, the g1 looks like watered done copper bug.
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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby kieranXprime » Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:36 pm

:BOT: bumblebee looks very nice but im not really liking starscream i might get them anyway :CON:
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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Jetstorm92210 » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:55 pm

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Well, actually, this isn't Golbug, it's Generation 2 Bumblebee! :P (I really want one those, though).
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Re: Takara Animated Hands On and Review

Postby Mindmaster » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:55 pm

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