Rated X wrote:Delta Magnus wrote:Rated X wrote:Damn the Hasbro version sucks. I honestly believe Hasbro picks crappy colors on purpose to continue to justify Takaras existence as the "Premium" deco company. (for a price)
Dude, they all come from the same factory in China. Please explain why the best color cant be used to make one gigantic worldwide run?
Different markets. Takara is largely catering to collectors who take accuracy really seriously. Hasbro is largely catering to kids who just want the toy to look good (case in point, Dragstrip, whose Hasbro deco is a LOT more eye-catching and visually interesting than "Yellowman McCheese" Takara Dragstrip). Also, they're produced at different times- Hasbro initially creates their run of product, which Takara acquires the license to manufacture and modifies to suit their market. They're 2 completely different runs of product.
Extra paint apps can always be added to the pallets being shipped to Japan under the "Takara" moniker.
No, they can't. The differences between the Hasbro and Takara versions are often in base plastic colours. Changing them up with paint would be more expensive than just doing two different runs of product.
Honestly outside of extra paint apps (and occasional exclusive molds) is there really a reason for Takara to exist ?
Yes- so Japan can continue to actually get Transformers figures.
My solution is simple. Do away with the Hasbro colors. Let Takara pick the colors for the world. Then they can add extra paint apps for their "Japanese market". They can also continue to create new molds for when Hasbro is too lazy to do so.
...And then the brand would sink because of the large delays in product actually being finished. Not to mention that a lot of people (myself included) are fine with Hasbro's colour schemes (see: Cheese Golem Drag Strip, Bland Hot Spot, Grubby Grey Streetwise) so they'd be eliminating sales.
If it was up to me, I would get rid of Hasbro altogether and just let Takara run the brand worldwide. But that's just me.
...And then Transformers wouldn't even be released outside of Japan, because Takara has neither the interest nor the resources to manage the brand internationally. But that's alright, I'm sure little Timmy won't mind that he can't buy Transformers anymore because some manchild in Florida wanted to have his toy robots in the colours he wanted.
You know who else gets irrationally angry about old characters having updated colour palettes?
(for a price)
