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News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue May 03, 2016 11:09 am

Kurona wrote:Huh, I didn't realize this guy had a different head with a mouth. Well now alongside Blurr that's the second Takara version of a TR figure I want...
I can at least trust if they make Brainstorm without a faceplate I won't want it. That's just not right to me

Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see how things play out with Brainstorm. He did have a mouth in the "Headmasters" cartoon, but he's more iconic to me with the mouthplate. I think the decoes between Hasbro and Takara will play a big part in which face type I choose, though if it does end up that Takara has a vastly superior deco (odds are in favor of this, honestly) sporting his full face, I'll have to go that route. At least with IDW in recent years we've seen Brainstorm a few times with his mouthplate removed, revealing his mouth underneath. So, there IS precedence for the mouthplate-less look in some western G1 media.

News Credits: 441 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 03, 2016 11:13 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Kurona wrote:Huh, I didn't realize this guy had a different head with a mouth. Well now alongside Blurr that's the second Takara version of a TR figure I want...
I can at least trust if they make Brainstorm without a faceplate I won't want it. That's just not right to me

Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see how things play out with Brainstorm. He did have a mouth in the "Headmasters" cartoon, but he's more iconic to me with the mouthplate. I think the decoes between Hasbro and Takara will play a big part in which face type I choose, though if it does end up that Takara has a vastly superior deco (odds are in favor of this, honestly) sporting his full face, I'll have to go that route. At least with IDW in recent years we've seen Brainstorm a few times with his mouthplate removed, revealing his mouth underneath. So, there IS precedence for the mouthplate-less look in some western G1 media.

I could see Takara giving Brainstorm a new mouthed head for two reasons: 1) show-accuracy to The Headmasters cartoon, and 2) Japan already got a mouthplated Brainstorm with the Voyager mold, so a mouthed version of the Deluxe mold would be something different for that market.

News Credits: 4683 · by **william-james88** » Tue May 03, 2016 11:15 am

Kurona wrote:Huh, I didn't realize this guy had a different head with a mouth. Well now alongside Blurr that's the second Takara version of a TR figure I want...
I can at least trust if they make Brainstorm without a faceplate I won't want it. That's just not right to me

Takara's Skullcruncher also has a different head.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue May 03, 2016 11:33 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Kurona wrote:Huh, I didn't realize this guy had a different head with a mouth. Well now alongside Blurr that's the second Takara version of a TR figure I want...
I can at least trust if they make Brainstorm without a faceplate I won't want it. That's just not right to me

Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see how things play out with Brainstorm. He did have a mouth in the "Headmasters" cartoon, but he's more iconic to me with the mouthplate. I think the decoes between Hasbro and Takara will play a big part in which face type I choose, though if it does end up that Takara has a vastly superior deco (odds are in favor of this, honestly) sporting his full face, I'll have to go that route. At least with IDW in recent years we've seen Brainstorm a few times with his mouthplate removed, revealing his mouth underneath. So, there IS precedence for the mouthplate-less look in some western G1 media.
I could see Takara giving Brainstorm a new mouthed head for two reasons: 1) show-accuracy to The Headmasters cartoon, and 2) Japan already got a mouthplated Brainstorm with the Voyager mold, so a mouthed version of the Deluxe mold would be something different for that market.

It's a shame that Voyager Brainstorm's head isn't really compatible with these new Headmaster toys.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Tue May 03, 2016 1:36 pm

Kurona wrote:Huh, I didn't realize this guy had a different head with a mouth. Well now alongside Blurr that's the second Takara version of a TR figure I want...
I can at least trust if they make Brainstorm without a faceplate I won't want it. That's just not right to me

Hey, the faceplate is removable in IDW ;-)

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue May 03, 2016 1:38 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
Kurona wrote:Huh, I didn't realize this guy had a different head with a mouth. Well now alongside Blurr that's the second Takara version of a TR figure I want...
I can at least trust if they make Brainstorm without a faceplate I won't want it. That's just not right to me

Hey, the faceplate is removable in IDW

Well, yeah, but... just the idea of him not having a faceplate period. Sort of how I feel about Optimus; having an actual face for him is good because it allows us to see more expression and emotion, but he really should have a mouthplate. Especially on the toy.

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Tue May 03, 2016 4:28 pm

I am perfectly content to get the Hasbro Hardhead, and I don't have any reason to want the little tank drone thing... but gosh darn it they look GREAT together... Err...

by **Unicron Magnus** » Tue May 03, 2016 6:38 pm

Personally, I prefer characters with less face visible. Visor + Mouthplate > Eyes + Mouth

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Tue May 03, 2016 9:46 pm

Hmmm...some serious thought on what to do with my Universe voyager Hardhead with Headrobots upgrade. :-?

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Tue May 03, 2016 10:38 pm

william-james88 wrote:I dont get the second pic, why is he heavily bowing before an anime girl cutout?

He's into "moe" just like TFYuki. Just look at his tweets, he's got a thing for LoveLive

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Wed May 04, 2016 3:06 am

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed May 04, 2016 3:20 am

Another day ending in Y, another selection of images from TFYuki over on Twitter, as fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath reports, featuring the Takara Tomy Transformers Legends LG22 Skull (Skullsmasher) in both robot and beast mode! You can check out the two photos below, and let us know what you think so far of the Takara take on the Titans Return line in the Energon Pub.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed May 04, 2016 3:40 am

Ok, I'm actually rather impressed by how articulated the croc neck is. I guess I never noticed and assumed it was in a fixed position like the original figure.

Emerje

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Wed May 04, 2016 4:05 am

Hardhead

Skullcruncher

by **Microraptor** » Wed May 04, 2016 6:48 am

Cyberpath wrote:
Hardhead

Skullcruncher

Hasbro's Hardhead is actually pretty accurate!

by **MGrotusque** » Wed May 04, 2016 7:06 am

These side by side comparisons pics that are being posted are absolutely fantastic. Thanx for taking the time and doing this. It's extremely helpful in my decision making process.

Takara Skullcruncher all the way. The headmaster face is 100% better plus they painted the croc teeth. Nice touch.

by **MGrotusque** » Wed May 04, 2016 7:10 am

What's the stand that is being used for these pics. Anybody have an idea?

by **StarFireMk4** » Wed May 04, 2016 8:19 am

MGrotusque wrote:What's the stand that is being used for these pics. Anybody have an idea?

I thought it was Takara's own flight stand?

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed May 04, 2016 8:26 am

Every picture I see of Skullcruncher just makes me want him more and more. I **** need that crocodile.

Also... starting to not like the Takara Hardhead as much. I was thinking of it at first because mouth, but the colours are waaaaaay too saturated; they need to be a bit darker than they are to fit.

News Credits: 4683 · by **william-james88** » Wed May 04, 2016 9:06 am

Kurona wrote:Every picture I see of Skullcruncher just makes me want him more and more. I **** need that crocodile.

Also... starting to not like the Takara Hardhead as much. I was thinking of it at first because mouth, but the colours are waaaaaay too saturated; they need to be a bit darker than they are to fit.

Agreed, though I find it so damn cool that for once we can look at both versions and see where both are coming from and what the merrits for each are. Its not clear cut that Takara is the winner here, its really up to our own preferences and that is awesome.

Interestingly, while I know Takara's Skullcruncher is going for show accuracy, the bright colours make it seem more like a toy than Hasbro's more muted colours.

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Wed May 04, 2016 10:03 am

MGrotusque wrote:These side by side comparisons pics that are being posted are absolutely fantastic. Thanx for taking the time and doing this. It's extremely helpful in my decision making process.

Takara Skullcruncher all the way. The headmaster face is 100% better plus they painted the croc teeth. Nice touch.

Thanks!

I think the Hasbro version also has metal-coloured teeth.

Too bad Takara didn't redo the guns, too. I don't know why Hasbro made them so big and gappy. Wouldn't making them smoother and smaller use the same amount of plastic..?

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by **DeceptiCobra** » Wed May 04, 2016 10:31 am

Ok, so maybe I just haven't looked hard enough, but besides the paint jobs, what are the differences between Takara and Hasbro? It looks like they come with extra weapons.

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Wed May 04, 2016 10:59 am

Takara = an extra 'transforming' weapon and the heads are remoulded to look like they do in the Japanese show The Headmasters.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed May 04, 2016 11:45 am

DeceptiCobra wrote:Ok, so maybe I just haven't looked hard enough, but besides the paint jobs, what are the differences between Takara and Hasbro? It looks like they come with extra weapons.

Also, those 'extra weapons' are recoloured from the vehicles released under Hasbro's Titan Master class in Titans Return. Which are like, half the price of a legends.

News Credits: 441 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 04, 2016 12:05 pm

Cyberpath wrote:Too bad Takara didn't redo the guns, too. I don't know why Hasbro made them so big and gappy. Wouldn't making them smoother and smaller use the same amount of plastic..?

titans__guns.jpg

I think it has to do with safety concerns. The guns have to be big enough to not be considered choking hazards small enough for children to swallow.

The gaps are the unfortunate result of making the guns large enough while economically using as minimal an amount of plastic as budget-ly possible.