Transformers Combiner Wars Devastator - Retail & SDCC Comparison

Killraven wrote:Yeah, I think I'm going to just stick w/ the Hasbro version and pass on the SDCC. Now that I've seen them next to each other, I personally think the Hasbro one looks much, much better.

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:And while Burn might look intimidating, let me reassure you guys that he is warm and fuzzy when you get to know him.

Oh you are so going to regret that ...

Uh oh, he don't look too happy, guys.

Sabrblade wrote:

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:And while Burn might look intimidating, let me reassure you guys that he is warm and fuzzy when you get to know him.

Oh you are so going to regret that ...

Uh oh, he don't look too happy, guys.

Mr_Autobot411 wrote:SDCC head is wrong imo.

he doesnt have the visor, and he looks like a diff character.

Mr_Autobot411 wrote:SDCC head is wrong imo.

he doesnt have the visor, and he looks like a diff character.

I like the hasbro version, but im waiting for takara's personally.

shajaki wrote:There's plenty of Devastator to go around these days, and Planet Iacon has uploaded a shot comparing the Retail Hasbro Combiner Wars Devastator to the upcoming SDCC Exclusive version! The retail version has just started hitting the market in Australia, the US, and online at ToysRus.com, while the shiny exclusive version will be available at San Diego Comic-Con July 8th to 12th. All that's left to see is TakaraTomy's Unite Warriors rendition, but there's no release date slated yet. See the Hasbro pair below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com: home for the best Galleries and Conversation around!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Mr_Autobot411 wrote:SDCC head is wrong imo.

he doesnt have the visor, and he looks like a diff character.

I like the hasbro version, but im waiting for takara's personally.

"Correct" is a matter of interpretation:





The TakaraTomy version has the visor head.

EDIT: Primus slag it, Sabrblade!

Mr_Autobot411 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Mr_Autobot411 wrote:SDCC head is wrong imo.

he doesnt have the visor, and he looks like a diff character.

I like the hasbro version, but im waiting for takara's personally.

"Correct" is a matter of interpretation:





The TakaraTomy version has the visor head.

EDIT: Primus slag it, Sabrblade!

well he has been drawn differently time to time in the g1 show, but i personally feel the head isnt as good as homage as hasbro's. To each their own as they say.

Sabrblade wrote:

Mr_Autobot411 wrote:SDCC head is wrong imo.

he doesnt have the visor, and he looks like a diff character.

Cobotron wrote:Anybody heard from Burn yet? Is he back from his trek across the wastelands? Hope he didn't run into any of those mohawked gasoline stealing mutant warlords.

Burn wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Anybody heard from Burn yet? Is he back from his trek across the wastelands? Hope he didn't run into any of those mohawked gasoline stealing mutant warlords.

Aiming to head up this afternoon after work. So if everything goes according to plan (and me being the Negatron that I am, expect something to go wrong), I should have him in about 12 hours.

And I don't live in the desert you git.

Burn wrote:And I don't live in the desert you git.

Cobotron wrote:

Burn wrote:And I don't live in the desert you git.

Well, since 22% of Australia is inhabitable, I had a 78% chance of being right.
Good luck bro. Safe journey.

Shockwave7 wrote:I always did wonder why Devastator only had that head for that ONE scene.

william-james88 wrote:That head is still wrong then since they didnt even paint the top silver, so now that SDCC version represents no interpretation of the character

william-james88 wrote:still, the audience you are attracting with that head sculpt and paint job becomes more and more niche by the second.

Burn wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Burn wrote:And I don't live in the desert you git.

Well, since 22% of Australia is inhabitable, I had a 78% chance of being right.
Good luck bro. Safe journey.

You've got a 78% chance of getting a new sig at this rate.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:still, the audience you are attracting with that head sculpt and paint job becomes more and more niche by the second.

So, wait, a lack of silver paint on the forehead is keeping you from buying a figure we have been clamoring for forever? Sounds to me like it's not the toy that has issues

That Bot wrote:Git: Slang pejorative in British and apparently Austalian English.
Sig: That thing below your post where you can put banners and text.

brokenchopstick wrote:Looks like even Hasbro were confused about Mixmaster's new 'front discharge' configuration...

Guys, you had one job.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:still, the audience you are attracting with that head sculpt and paint job becomes more and more niche by the second.

So, wait, a lack of silver paint on the forehead is keeping you from buying a figure we have been clamoring for forever? Sounds to me like it's not the toy that has issues

Your comment assumed SDCC is our only option which it isnt. What I am saying is that with a Hasbro version available, wooing your audience into buying a more expensive one aint gonna happen when the cheaper version has the more accurate headsculpt and actual paint on it. Are you saying you will buy the SDCC version? You arent and I caught that. So please catch what I am trying to say too instead of putting words in my mouth, I dont care if you were joking.

Emerje wrote:

brokenchopstick wrote:Looks like even Hasbro were confused about Mixmaster's new 'front discharge' configuration...

Guys, you had one job.

The Hasbro version is a little shaky backwards since they didn't paint the details aside from the black windows and stacks, but the Takara Tomy version should look pretty good backwards with all the truck details painted in.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:still, the audience you are attracting with that head sculpt and paint job becomes more and more niche by the second.

So, wait, a lack of silver paint on the forehead is keeping you from buying a figure we have been clamoring for forever? Sounds to me like it's not the toy that has issues

Your comment assumed SDCC is our only option which it isnt. What I am saying is that with a Hasbro version available, wooing your audience into buying a more expensive one aint gonna happen when the cheaper version has the more accurate headsculpt and actual paint on it. Are you saying you will buy the SDCC version? You arent and I caught that. So please catch what I am trying to say too instead of putting words in my mouth, I dont care if you were joking.

No, I noticed that too, I found it really funny; putting the 2 side by side really brought out a lot of weird stuff in the deco. If I get any version, it will be the TT version. I was merely pointing out that stuff like the forehead do keep people from buying something that they've wanted forever.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:No, I noticed that too, I found it really funny; putting the 2 side by side really brought out a lot of weird stuff in the deco. If I get any version, it will be the TT version. I was merely pointing out that stuff like the forehead do keep people from buying something that they've wanted forever.

Its a good thing those people who wanted it forever have a choice in the version they want. A more apt feature to comment on would have been the elbows. How much are the elbows worth to people (including me). We will find out when it's on preorder. I am personally hoping for 175$ US or under at amiami.

That Bot wrote:Git: Slang pejorative in British and apparently Austalian English.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:The Hasbro version is a little shaky backwards since they didn't paint the details aside from the black windows and stacks, but the Takara Tomy version should look pretty good backwards with all the truck details painted in.

Eh... those aren't windows. Those are the vents for the engine that rotates the drum. It's not a second cab.

Emerje wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:The Hasbro version is a little shaky backwards since they didn't paint the details aside from the black windows and stacks, but the Takara Tomy version should look pretty good backwards with all the truck details painted in.

Eh... those aren't windows. Those are the vents for the engine that rotates the drum. It's not a second cab.

Takara Tomy is definitely treating it like a second cab.




They even painted the bar between the windows to look like Mixmaster's single cab window.

Emerje

Hellscream9999 wrote:I'm guessing it will very well received. From the comments I've read, every person who even considers displaying them separately are waiting to see what the price will be.

Personally I would be willing to pay an additional $50 for a PREMIUM paint job, just see TT's Devastator just dripping in painted details, like a Behr store just sneezed on it

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I'm guessing it will very well received. From the comments I've read, every person who even considers displaying them separately are waiting to see what the price will be.

Personally I would be willing to pay an additional $50 for a PREMIUM paint job, just see TT's Devastator just dripping in painted details, like a Behr store just sneezed on it

Not to dissapoint but he wont be. The SDCC version still has the most paint apps, TT is just trying to be as G1 as possible. There are better paint apps sure, but he isn't drenching in them:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I'm guessing it will very well received. From the comments I've read, every person who even considers displaying them separately are waiting to see what the price will be.

Personally I would be willing to pay an additional $50 for a PREMIUM paint job, just see TT's Devastator just dripping in painted details, like a Behr store just sneezed on it

Not to dissapoint but he wont be. The SDCC version still has the most paint apps, TT is just trying to be as G1 as possible. There are better paint apps sure, but he isn't drenching in them:

I know what he will look like; I was actually hearkening back to the first movie and the "premium" sub-line where everyone got a spiffy new or better paint job. It wouldn't sell well if the general retail version was $200+ just for paint apps, but if they released a pseudo-masterpiece version or a 'premium' version with a lot of painted details, I think it would sell really well to collectors.

As for being 'G1 accurate' that's just a sleazy cop-out to leave most of the figure unpainted. Nostalgia wasn't stopping them from painting additional vents or pipes in silver or black. There's nothing keeping them from applying a little more paint to, say, the hydralics on Scrapper's lower legs, or Devs' thighs. Few G1 fans would decry it for 'not being G1 accurate' if they applied those, or others.

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I'm guessing it will very well received. From the comments I've read, every person who even considers displaying them separately are waiting to see what the price will be.

Personally I would be willing to pay an additional $50 for a PREMIUM paint job, just see TT's Devastator just dripping in painted details, like a Behr store just sneezed on it

Not to dissapoint but he wont be. The SDCC version still has the most paint apps, TT is just trying to be as G1 as possible. There are better paint apps sure, but he isn't drenching in them:

I know what he will look like; I was actually hearkening back to the first movie and the "premium" sub-line where everyone got a spiffy new or better paint job. It wouldn't sell well if the general retail version was $200+ just for paint apps, but if they released a pseudo-masterpiece version or a 'premium' version with a lot of painted details, I think it would sell really well to collectors.

As for being 'G1 accurate' that's just a sleazy cop-out to leave most of the figure unpainted. Nostalgia wasn't stopping them from painting additional vents or pipes in silver or black. There's nothing keeping them from applying a little more paint to, say, the hydralics on Scrapper's lower legs, or Devs' thighs. Few G1 fans would decry it for 'not being G1 accurate' if they applied those, or others.

At the very least, the Takara one has more paint apps than the Hasbro retail one.

Cobotron wrote:With Devastator, I don't even know what "G1 accurate" is. Sabrblade has put up like 400 screen grabs, and he's different in each one!

Cobotron wrote:With Devastator, I don't even know what "G1 accurate" is. Sabrblade has put up like 400 screen grabs, and he's different in each one!

Hellscream9999 wrote:God, the arts as bad as the one's on my deck of cards

Emerje wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:The Hasbro version is a little shaky backwards since they didn't paint the details aside from the black windows and stacks, but the Takara Tomy version should look pretty good backwards with all the truck details painted in.

Eh... those aren't windows. Those are the vents for the engine that rotates the drum. It's not a second cab.

Takara Tomy is definitely treating it like a second cab.




They even painted the bar between the windows to look like Mixmaster's single cab window.

Emerje

• More show-accurate deco for both Devastator and the Constructicons
• A brand new headsculpt that contains a retractable visor to switch between both head designs
• Brand new gun weapons for each individual figure, all of which can store on Devastator's back
• Re-engineered arms for Scrapper to give him elbows
• Re-engineered arms for Long Haul to give him proper elbows
• Re-engineered arms for Hook to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
• Re-engineered arms for Mixmaster to give him better (and double-jointed) elbows
• Re-engineered legs for Scavenger to give him better knees
• Re-engineered legs for Bonecrusher to give him better knees

Sowndwave76 wrote:My two cents:
I don't need any "shiny" parts on my figures... Most of the time I don't mind them, but it depends on the application.
With SDCC Devastator, I think it almost clashes with the rest of the figure, specifically the other reg. purple areas.
The way light reflects off it creates a much lighter color...
It reminds me of the red-violet (I'm calling it "raspberry") on Hasbro's Dragstrip.
Even with additional paint apps, between this shiny issue, and the lack of gray/silver on the forehead,
I would never say the SDCC version is better than Hasbro's.

And IF TT's version is better, it's not by much.

Yeah, I'd like a set of guns for the individual bots, but even if that never happens,
I won't regret sticking with the Hasbro version.
I absolutely love the look of Hook and Scrapper enough... I don't need them to be holding a gun to enjoy them!!!