In-Hand Images: Takara Tomy Transformers Generations TG-26 Bumblebee Goldbug and TG-27 Trailbreaker and Hoist

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.

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".

That Hoist/Trailcutter 2-pack is looking slick!

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.

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!

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

a world of difference

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.

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.

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

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.