In-Hand Images: Takara Tomy Transformers Go! G11 through G18 & EG01 through EG08

As far as I can tell, Go! Optimus Prime and Beast Hunters Optimus Prime have the same amount of paint, how shocking. The plastic colors are different, but that's it (ok, the paint on the rear windows is different too).

Let the rage begin

Takara all the way. Relatively minor differences on some. Character altering differences on others. Predaking probably has the most insignificant differences. Surprised the wing frames aren't painted black. I'm after the Ultimate figure anyway, so no loss.

I'm after so few of the Beast Hunters molds that I can probably afford to splash out on the Go! line.

So yeah. Wow. The Takara look SoooOOOooo much better. Mind you, I DO like a nice Roadbuster homage. But you know, I'd prefer it with a Roadbuster HEAD.

They really should do some new characters if they change the head sculpt and color. (Though I guess I COULD call him Roadbuster in the privacy of my own home.)

I guess it's little kids dictating the market, though... and those kids, they want 35 Batman figures with different accessories. Me, I prefer the good ole days when a color swap gave you a seeker army of different characters.

Nice to see some love for Takara! I'm really glad that the figures I really want look so much better over their Hasbro release...thanks again Takara you done good!

The Takara versions just look so much better, especially Prime, he looks really good with the green replaced with blue.

Shockwave looks much better too, the Beast Armour actually looks great on the Japanese version.

yeah, at LEAST it doesn't look like your little sister got a hold of it with the salmon nail polish. LOL.

It's amazing what Takara can do when they're not wasting their money making stupid Micron's.

So glad I pre-ordered G11 Hunter Optimus Prime instead of picking up the Hasbro version.

Yeah, I have to say... I'd take those awesome Microns over the garbage Mech Tech weapons we saw here stateside (or the obnoxious rubber add-ons we're seeing this wave in Beast Hunters. Smokescreen looks silly... and Shockwave looks like bad Scooby Doo villain).

On the flip side, the Microns added a lot of value to me -- new characters, the fun of building a small model kit, a transforming Targetmaster weapon/partner.... If you have to add a gimmick, make it a Micron/Targetmaster/Headmaster, IMHO.

I think a real measure of their value is looking at the secondary market. There is a huge market for selling Microns on their own... collectors with huge collections... but a slim-to-none secondary market for Mech Tech weapons.

Takara Soundwaves' Alt mode plane/drone cockpit looks like Cobra Commanders' head!

Sabrblade wrote:He's not blue, he's metallic purple. Just a slightly darker shade than the Hasbro version, but shinier.

I'm talking about the periwinkle-ish blue on his arms and shoulders, not the whole deco.

So, you like neither haphazrdly-colored decos nor uniformly-colored decos? What else is there? "No decos"?

What else is there? "No mold." I thought that was bluntly clear in my post.

Well, do you think not even this custom saved Screamer's mold?

Another great custom from Cheetimus. But the mold still looks like horse manure.

PrymeStriker wrote:Not even the Samurai Team or the Ninja Team? Or any of the new-character Pred redecos like Gaidora?

Nope.