Hellscream9999 wrote:
That was my first thought, that they are - once again - going with the 'lazy show accurate' color scheme, these could have been something beautiful, but now they're just really cool.
Sabrblade wrote:And as a reminder, here's all the known changes made to Takara Devastator compared to Hasbro's retail version:
None of this sounds lazy to me. Also, you dont see it in the individual figures, but the hands are different colours, unlike Hasbro and they even coloured the missile pods. Pretty much everything they could colour to be like the G1 show was colored. There is no laziness here anywhere. And knowing that this costs the same as Hasbro at their respective retail outlets, we should instead all be wondering why Hasbro's cost so much when it has so much less.
Sabrblade wrote:If you look closely at Takara Long Haul, you'll see a black square painted behind Long Haul's head. What purpose does this seemingly random paint app serve? To homage the black base that original toy's head was attached to, and which included in the cartoon model set behind his head.
Thanks for pointing that out, I love their attention to detail.
Z3ROhour wrote:Frak, frak, frakity, frak!
I just got the friggin Hasbros version!
The articulation iso friggin awesome on the Takara bot.
Y!?
I hate that carp!
FRAK!
Did you know he would be more articulated when you bought Hasbro's version?
Delta Magnus wrote:GEEWUN accuracy shouldn't come above making a toy actually good. And in any case, they failed at that too, what with Long Haul looking blatantly terrible and Mixmaster looking absolutely nothing like his G1 self whatsoever.
That depends, its sometimes requires far more effort to make something G1 accurate. Not saying this is such case (and not saying it isnt), I just want to point out that G1 accuracy can be important and is something people care about. If someone desires the most G1 accurate Devastator this year, then I dont see a better option, and plus they dont have to break the bank. And some people dont want to go 3p simply because they would rather have an official product. Sure,if they want a better transforming toy, then maybe 3p is the better option, but then again if someone wants a better transforming toy and has the money, then just get a Macross, I mean if the discussion is about just getting a better transforming toy, then just buy that, screw the fact that it doesnt like like devastator
munkimus prime wrote:I'm still getting Takara's version but I'm still not sure what Scrapper's elbows will do for Devastator's stability. It is still awesome that they all got extra articulation and individual weapons though.
Scrapper's lack of articulation has NOTHING to do with stability for the Hasbro version. That was a myth created by the fans. The plan all along was for them to have the takara articulation but it was removed to cheapen the cost. Thats been confirmed by everyone involved.