Comparison - Takara Tomy Transformers Legends vs Titans Return Hardhead

早く帰りたくとも帰れない時もあれば、早く帰れるはずなのに帰れない時もある。夏季休暇まで残すところ一週間、正念場です！ 画像はワンフェスで展示したグレースーパージンライ！　手首の回転ありますよ♪


Translated from Japanese by Bing

If at home and want to go home early, early sometimes but would return home.
Left for summer vacation until 1 week, the moment of truth is!　The image displayed at wonfes grace pasinli! Rotation of the wrist you'll ♪

早く帰りたくとも帰れない時もあれば、早く帰れるはずなのに帰れない時もある。夏季休暇まで残すところ一週間、正念場です！ 画像はワンフェスで展示したグレースーパージンライ！　手首の回転ありますよ♪


Translated from Japanese by Bing

If at home and want to go home early, early sometimes but would return home.
Left for summer vacation until 1 week, the moment of truth is!　The image displayed at wonfes grace pasinli! Rotation of the wrist you'll ♪

Kurona wrote:Courtesy of fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath, we now have an in-hand prototype shot of TakaraTomy's LG35 Ginrai from TFYuki's Twitter - an extensive retool of Hasbro's Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime, itself an extensive retool of Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus. TFYuki also comments in particular on Ginrai's wrist articulation, a feature missing on his Hasbro counterpart. Check out the image below and feel free to compare with our gallery of Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime!

早く帰りたくとも帰れない時もあれば、早く帰れるはずなのに帰れない時もある。夏季休暇まで残すところ一週間、正念場です！ 画像はワンフェスで展示したグレースーパージンライ！　手首の回転ありますよ♪


Translated from Japanese by Bing

If at home and want to go home early, early sometimes but would return home.
Left for summer vacation until 1 week, the moment of truth is!　The image displayed at wonfes grace pasinli! Rotation of the wrist you'll ♪

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Courtesy of fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath, we now have an in-hand prototype shot of TakaraTomy's LG35 Ginrai from TFYuki's Twitter - an extensive retool of Hasbro's Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime, itself an extensive retool of Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus. TFYuki also comments in particular on Ginrai's wrist articulation, a feature missing on his Hasbro counterpart. Check out the image below and feel free to compare with our gallery of Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime!

I'm sorry, but anyone who says Powermaster Optimus Prime is better than Super Ginrai are just wrong.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Courtesy of fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath, we now have an in-hand prototype shot of TakaraTomy's LG35 Ginrai from TFYuki's Twitter - an extensive retool of Hasbro's Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime, itself an extensive retool of Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus. TFYuki also comments in particular on Ginrai's wrist articulation, a feature missing on his Hasbro counterpart. Check out the image below and feel free to compare with our gallery of Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime!

I'm sorry, but anyone who says Powermaster Optimus Prime is better than Super Ginrai are just wrong.

Cool, thanks for letting me know that, despite having a rational and objectively based opinion about them, that I'm still wrong

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Courtesy of fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath, we now have an in-hand prototype shot of TakaraTomy's LG35 Ginrai from TFYuki's Twitter - an extensive retool of Hasbro's Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime, itself an extensive retool of Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus. TFYuki also comments in particular on Ginrai's wrist articulation, a feature missing on his Hasbro counterpart. Check out the image below and feel free to compare with our gallery of Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime!

早く帰りたくとも帰れない時もあれば、早く帰れるはずなのに帰れない時もある。夏季休暇まで残すところ一週間、正念場です！ 画像はワンフェスで展示したグレースーパージンライ！　手首の回転ありますよ♪


Translated from Japanese by Bing

If at home and want to go home early, early sometimes but would return home.
Left for summer vacation until 1 week, the moment of truth is!　The image displayed at wonfes grace pasinli! Rotation of the wrist you'll ♪

I'm sorry, but anyone who says Powermaster Optimus Prime is better than Super Ginrai are just wrong.

Agamemnon wrote:I like a lot about Ginrai, but my eyes keep getting drawn down to those "feet." And something about them, maybe the way the trailer wheels hang off of the ankle, I don't know, but it kinda ruins the fig for me. I will probably still get him, but he may stay in semi mode in my display....

I'm really hoping the feet look better in person...

Railbomb wrote:The most important question I have about Super Ginrai is are the eyes going to be red or blue.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Yeah the 'feet' look really terrible. The chest area looks improved though. New cab?

Sabrblade wrote:

Railbomb wrote:The most important question I have about Super Ginrai is are the eyes going to be red or blue.

Blue.

Railbomb wrote:That's a shame. I would have prefered red to match the OG toy but it seems neither Hasbro or Takara wanted to do that. Maybe they'll end up releasing a titan master that can work as red-eyed PM Optimus under the mask.

Sabrblade wrote:

Railbomb wrote:That's a shame. I would have prefered red to match the OG toy but it seems neither Hasbro or Takara wanted to do that. Maybe they'll end up releasing a titan master that can work as red-eyed PM Optimus under the mask.

On both sides of the Pacific, however, PM Optimus and Super Ginrai each had blue eyes in their respective television series.

Tyrannacon wrote:Is there a guide of sorts floating around here for that Sigma? Or is it easily done to the point you don't need a guide and you can just fiddle with it on your own?

Tyrannacon wrote:So I have my eyes on the Legends Slipstream because I like her design and I don't have any female Decepticons. Something I plan to change here soon-ish. I know she's a retool of Windblade though. What are the thoughts and consensus on the figure? Any issues I need to be aware of? The only Takara figure I have otherwise is the Deluxe Transformers Prime/First Edition Megatron and I'm fairly happy with it.

Tyrannacon wrote:I'm in mind to go for the less expensive way as I am a cheapo. It's a family trait I seemed to have inherited from my dad. We're very frugal. Heh.

Kurona wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:I'm in mind to go for the less expensive way as I am a cheapo. It's a family trait I seemed to have inherited from my dad. We're very frugal. Heh.

... he says as he decides to buy a children's toy imported from japan

Tyrannacon wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:I'm in mind to go for the less expensive way as I am a cheapo. It's a family trait I seemed to have inherited from my dad. We're very frugal. Heh.

... he says as he decides to buy a children's toy imported from japan

I know, right?

But seriously, the Legends toy is cheaper than the Timelines/Collector Club way and I feel it looks nicer too! Though it's preference so you can feel entirely different from me and that's fine.

Tyrannacon wrote:So I have my eyes on the Legends Slipstream because I like her design and I don't have any female Decepticons. Something I plan to change here soon-ish. I know she's a retool of Windblade though. What are the thoughts and consensus on the figure? Any issues I need to be aware of? The only Takara figure I have otherwise is the Deluxe Transformers Prime/First Edition Megatron and I'm fairly happy with it.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Takara's Prime (I don't like the Ginrai name)

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Takara's Prime (I don't like the Ginrai name)

Speaking of names, remember how Legends use the US name in English and the Japanese name in their native script (kana)? Well, as it turns out, Skull's packaging doesn't show "Skullsmasher", but the original name "Skullcruncher" instead! Go TakaraTomy?

Cyberpath wrote:

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Kurona wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

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You should probably include the SDCC version.

Also, huh; shame. I was hoping Takara would paint the guns at the end of Brainstorm's front end thingy like SDCC.

steals_your_goats wrote:Apart from the blue tape deck face I much prefer Hasbros Soundwave. The unpainted shoulder details just look really bad. I will say though that I'm digging the faceplate-less brainstorm.

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Apart from the blue tape deck face I much prefer Hasbros Soundwave. The unpainted shoulder details just look really bad. I will say though that I'm digging the faceplate-less brainstorm.

I totally agree, though what I preferred on takara's was the painted gun and the all that paint on the titan master. But the lack of paint on the shoulders jut makes it look so bare. I did a double take and went to check the Botcon images because I was thinking "if Takara's looks this bland, how bad was the Hasbro one?

Also I noticed that the crotch on the Hasbro version is transformed differently than on Takara's

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Apart from the blue tape deck face I much prefer Hasbros Soundwave. The unpainted shoulder details just look really bad. I will say though that I'm digging the faceplate-less brainstorm.

I totally agree, though what I preferred on takara's was the painted gun and the all that paint on the titan master. But the lack of paint on the shoulders jut makes it look so bare. I did a double take and went to check the Botcon images because I was thinking "if Takara's looks this bland, how bad was the Hasbro one?

Also I noticed that the crotch on the Hasbro version is transformed differently than on Takara's

I can't quite see it; what's different about it? I'd look again but I'd feel uncomfortable looking at Soundwave's crotch that much.

Kurona wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

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You should probably include the SDCC version.

Also, huh; shame. I was hoping Takara would paint the guns at the end of Brainstorm's front end thingy like SDCC.

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Randomhero wrote:Also an image from IDW. It's unfair to not have that when the thrilling 30 and headscuplt for the Titans return is where they're based from.