[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Wait, what? How does a wheel attach? Does that mean we can use Cosmos?
Pretty sure you can. We dont know how it attaches but when we figure that out, I am sure we could reproduce that effect with Cosmos.
[BW] Rainmaker wrote:OMG YES! After all the G2 Combiners they didn't think of doing any other toys as G2? G2 Megs is awesome and I really want an updated figure for it.
They just announced a G2 Megatron Update as part of G1 Joe Crossover. It is a Club Exclusive you will have to buy in their online store:
Sowndwave76 wrote:I do like the Hasbro Strafe Alt mode quite a bit. Think that looks pretty cool.
Where this version of Computron falls short for me:
Nosecone and Lightyear altmodes
The lack of a new head/chest for Comp
The lack of new head sculpts for the individual bots.
The mish-mash colors of both individual figures and Comp.
Nice that Afterburner has some Orange, but for me there's too much red, black (or dark gray), and that green windshield is not good.
And I do stand corrected-- the new hands and feet do match the darker red of the torso/head.
I get if people like and want the Hasbro version, but for not that much more, I think there are a lot of improvements with the UW version that are well worth it.
I was gonna agree that Takara wins on all acount, but its tougher than I thought.
Here is my Rundown:
Afterburner: Hard win for Takara since those guns are INCREDIBLE and add to the futuristic version of the toy when you add them to the sides of the motorcyle. Hasbro didnt bother much with their version. Same head and the same gun molds as before but without clear plastic. Plus that green winsdhield is beyond weird.
Nosecone: Takara owns this one too. This is probably the lamest offering from hasbro. It's just the terrible Brawl mold redeco'd, same head and everything, and a weak drill accessory.
Scattershot: Hasbro's deco is AMAZING. The light blue looks good, sure, but the intricate paint job in alt mode makes me wish Takara wasnt so damn show accurate. I mean the mold isnt even close to the look the G1 one had, so why cant you play with the molding detail and work your paintjob around that. Hasbro's is absolutely gorgeous. The bot modes for both are rather similar in how good the paint job is, but when it comes to the Torso Takara wins for the simple reason that the head is totally new. I said it once, but the head is the most identifying part of a character so having a different head really sets that combiner as his own unique character and not the same torso with different limbs on.
Lightspeed: Takara wins this for the simple fact that Hasbro's is just a straight up redeco. There is absolutely nothing new here and the lightbar is there for all to see. Still, I like the sides being white at the bottom, it breaks up the colours nicely. But Takara still wins for not being lazy.
Strafe: Speaking of not being lazy, both sides did a good job here. I do preffer Takara's but I would have been fine with either. I just find takara a little more sleek. Hasbro's has some pretty terrible undercarriage. But the effort is there and he even has a new head. This turned out to be super interesting since this is totally different than what some privaledged people had seen before with Hasbro's Strafe just being a redeco of an aerialbot.
Extras: hasbro wins here since Takara doesnt have any extras.
Its fun, I dont think there is an inferior combiner, you both get good stuff for the money. I am choosing Takara though because each member and the combiner himself looks more like their own individual rather than being another toy in a different paint scheme.
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