In Hand And Packaged Images Of TakaraTomy Generations Sandstorm

the pose in that last image is pretty damn epic.

Hasbro Sandstorm is great, but Takara Sandstorm is omnomnomnomnomnom tasty, especially in bot mode . I love how the orange vtol arms contrast with the yellow on his back in bot mode. He pulls off that backpack much better than the Hasbro version IMO (although the Hasbro version pulls it off quite nicely itself).

I may actually trade their guns though so that the Hasbro version gets orange and the Takara version gets black. I think that might look nifty.

wilcosu35 wrote:call me crazy, but the takara version suddenly looks a lot better than in the first round of pictures

Yeah, it's the warmer/more red hew of the lighting used in those pics I think. It brings out deeper tones in the orange. It's still going to look different from that in hand though, and I suspect that until someone like Ryan gets more professional shots of the Takara version up via his galleries side-by-side with the Hasbro version, we won't have a clear comparison between the real differences between them as far as what they'll look like in hand.

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Interesting how the radical color changes to his alt-modes don't really carry over to his robot mode

Yeah, it's because most of it is on the back I guess. It does highlight some nice details though and breaks things up a bit (like with the vtols on his back which I pointed out earlier).

fenrir72 wrote::BANG_HEAD:

TF Yuki is one lucky dude! Official release via online is "late December" The wait is killing me!

(Thanks Autobot032)

griftimus prime wrote:the pose in that last image is pretty damn epic.

Indeed bro'. Epic indeed........

No, thank you! We appreciate all submissions.

And as you previously mentioned, already have the alternative less orange Hasbro version.

Just released officially via online Japan stores (amiami and hobbysearch). Not sure if applicable via retail Japanese stores.

I like Takara's Sandstorm, it's just that... his weapon looks so bland compared to Hasbro's.

Just picked up my Tomy Sandstorm.

Let me just say, at 1366 x 768, the pics posted makes Sandstorm look too much orange but the actual fig using my natural optic resolution , the orange kind of looks more like a simulated metallic material (uses an orange plastic with specs of silver). The yellow parts too aren't that garish to look at. The original source must have been using a too much high pixel capacity camera.........so hi def that it beats the human eye in processing the details.

So for those on the fence, get him now while available (at hobbysearch 'cause he is all sold out at amiami)

Only complaints I have is that his head is kind off loose at the neck joint.