New Images of Takara Tomy Transformers Generatins TG-30 Waspinator and TG-31 Rhinox

Forget Hasbro's sand-colored toy, I WANT THAT RHINOX!

Though, I may need to get both Hasbro's and Takara's Waspinators and Frankenstein a show-accurate version from each.

The gloss means nothing to me. I care about the color shade, and that shade is more show-accurate than Hasbro's.

Got my shipping notice from HLJ the three.

if anyone is interested


Rhinox instock
http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80445/Sci?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post


Waspinator in stock
http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80444/Sci?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

G2 Lambor in stock as well

http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT49828/Sci?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

as of 3:02 Eastern time

Manterax Prime wrote:Well, at least Rhinox has properly colored ears and an accurate horn, but Hasbro's still come out on top strictly due to the reason it looks like an ORGANIC rhino.

Waspinator however is all kinds of wrong. Takara, you failed completely on him.
This is why Waspinator thinks the universe hates him.

hasbro's comes out on top because the rhino isn't a matte finish?.. hmm.. what about, like you said, the horn, the ears.. and hey WHAT ABOUT THE GUNS!?.. do they not factor at all?

synapse wrote:When I look at those painted guns I'm so glad I preordered Takara Rhinox instead of the Hasbro version

same here.. not only that.. but the fact that i have yet to see hasbro's rhinox in stores helps as well. if i'm going to be forced to pick up a toy from an e-tailer, i'm going to go with the more accurate version. which is the takara.

GuyIncognito wrote:



I prefer my Beasts to look like the real animal.

really?.. these are supposed to be toys based off of a cartoon.. not real life. if it's the price that is unappealing, i can understand that. but to say that you want a transforming toy based on a character from beast wars to be animal accurate.. that reason seems pretty lame.. especially if you look at hasbro's sand colored rhinox.. both versions have their flaws, but neither is more accurate than the other when it comes to the real life animal.

Sabrblade wrote:The gloss means nothing to me. I care about the color shade, and that shade is more show-accurate than Hasbro's.

exactly. the shade is much closer to being show accurate, and it's not like the damn thing is brown colored chrome.. so. it's just a little more shiny than hasbro's. you could just think of it as a rhino that is soaking wet lol.

plus, like synapse said.. the guns really tie the whole thing together. they're fantastic.

Sabrblade wrote:One more new one!

... you tell me which one is more accurate?.. it's indisputable if you ask me.

hell.. the one thing about the takara version that i wish was different is the green.. i wish the green was more shiny.

TimothyR wrote:

... you tell me which one is more accurate?.. it's indisputable if you ask me.

Erm, well, for that particular pic, the one on the left isn't the Takara figure. It's Cheetimus Primal's hand-painted custom.

GuyIncognito wrote:Hasbro is a toy-maker first and foremost, and the only reason the cartoon exists is to promote sales of the toys.

In this case, however, the opposite is true. They made this toy based on the existing cartoon model.

GuyIncognito wrote:Sometimes animators make poor color choices, and everything was shiny in those early days of CGI.

He wasn't a shiny rhino in the show. That's all Takara's weirdness. But it's the colors themselves that they got right.

GuyIncognito wrote:If the whole point is to be a robot IN DISGUISE,

It was not. The Beast Modes of Beast Wars weren't disguises. That show took the whole "robots in disguise" aspect and tossed it aside, since the main point of the Beast Modes was protection from energon radiation, as well as for long distance transport and mobility.

GuyIncognito wrote:Why would I want a toy that's designed to look exactly like this mess? Is this really the standard you think they should aspire to?



It looks to me like the animators tried and failed to make the cartoon character look like a real rhino. I don't want a toy that replicates their failure.

Wow, a cartoon character than actually looks like a cartoon instead of real life! The horror!

I guess that means the only toys we should ever buy are those based on onscreen Movieverse characters, since they're the only ones that ever looked real on screen.

Sabrblade wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:If the whole point is to be a robot IN DISGUISE,

It was not. The Beast Modes of Beast Wars weren't disguises. That show took the whole "robots in disguise" aspect and tossed it aside, since the main point of the Beast Modes was protection from energon radiation, as well as for long distance transport and mobility.

That doesn't make sense. Please explain why only animal shapes make them radiation-proof, or how a rhinoceros shape is better for long-distance transport than, say, a Cybertronian jet?

Also, the fiction says they scanned local fauna to create their alt modes. So shouldn't Rhinox look like a real rhino? Or did he scan some sort of mutant brown-and-gold rhino?

Sabrblade wrote:

TimothyR wrote:

... you tell me which one is more accurate?.. it's indisputable if you ask me.

Erm, well, for that particular pic, the one on the left isn't the Takara figure. It's Cheetimus Primal's hand-painted custom.

my mistake. thanks for the correction. my point still stands though.

GuyIncognito wrote:

TimothyR wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:
I prefer my Beasts to look like the real animal.

really?.. these are supposed to be toys based off of a cartoon..

Hasbro is a toy-maker first and foremost, and the only reason the cartoon exists is to promote sales of the toys.

If the whole point is to be a robot IN DISGUISE, shouldn't it look like a real animal? Unless these are Transmetals.

Why would I want a toy that's designed to look exactly like this mess? Is this really the standard you think they should aspire to?



Sometimes animators make poor color choices. It looks to me like the animators tried and failed to make the cartoon character look like a real rhino. I don't want a toy that replicates their failure.

hmm.. why would you want a toy that looked like this "mess".. maybe because it's accurate to the show that a lot of us enjoyed.. if you didn't, that's your problem. but when i buy toys of characters that i liked.. i prefer them to look like what i saw on screen.

you must dislike ALL animal transformers.. because they're ALL inaccurate to the real thing.

you don't want a toy that replicates their "failure".. like sabrblade said.. it was a cartoon..

and like you said earlier that hasbro is a toy maker and that the cartoon exists to sell the toys.. well why would they make a rhino that doesn't look like the tool they're using to sell it?

your points are conflicting.

Manterax Prime wrote:

TimothyR wrote:and hey WHAT ABOUT THE GUNS!?.. do they not factor at all?

Nope, because all that's required is a couple things of paint that one may have at home and they can paint the guns up themselves.

Now then, I'm not denying that Takara's Rhinox is more show accurate, because he clearly is, however some of us don't like the metallic finish on him and therefore we feel more content w/ Hasbro's.

the whole point of the post is pointing out takara's accuracy on rhinox....

as for painting the guns.. i'm sorry but i don't feel like i should have to paint the guns myself when takara has shown that it could've been released that way to begin with. it doesn't make sense..

not to mention i don't feel like having to find the color green that's going to match.

as for the extra $20.. a decent brush costs around $6.. then $3 for green $3 for silver $3 for black or gunmetal $2 for paint thinner.. then you'll probably need a clear coat to prevent wear and tear and lastly, you might need to mix your own green, so you'll need yet another color. then there's the 30 or so minutes it's going to take to do it.. no thanks. i'd rather pay the extra $20 to have the guns painted and a more accurate color scheme.

i don't understand how paying $20 for a less accurate figure.. then needing to get and pay for all of the supplies needed to paint the guns doesn't factor in.. it seems like a major factor if you ask me.

Alfes 2010 strikes again.

Waspinator - http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2189.html

Rhinox - http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-2190.html

The Hasbro version has superior colour.