william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Hopefully everyone here is aware that Magnus Prime isn't merely a straight import of Super Ginrai, but a minor redeco.
How much of a difference does that make though? Its as much of a redeco as Hasbro's platinum grimlock compared to battle grimlock but everyone prety much just saw it as a way to own the previously takara exclusive retool. I think the feasibility in obtaining it is the major selling point here, the deco doesnt really matter much, does it?
It does if someone wants the version that has the most correctly-colored look for the character, which is why I skipped on the Platinum set that had Hasbro's incorrectly-colored redeco of Battle Grimlock.
Wolfman Jake wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Hopefully everyone here is aware that Magnus Prime isn't merely a straight import of Super Ginrai, but a minor redeco.
A redeco that some may find superior to Takara's offering, especially if that shiny silver paint is in the final product. I already have Takara's Legends Super Ginrai, but I'm planning to double dip for this "Magnus Prime." He looks fantastic.
FWIW, the silver (should it end up on the final product) isn't the only deco difference.
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I really don't see why they released Powermaster Prime first. Why didn't they just go the Ginrai route the whole time.
Because the Super Ginrai tooling didn't yet exist at time that Hasbro released their Powermaster Optimus Prime. Takara made the extra tooling for Super Ginrai because they weren't satisfied with releasing the Powermaster Optimus Prime tooling as is for Super Ginrai. And because we see now that they wanted to make a new Godbomber to combiner with Super Ginrai into God Ginrai, which Takara probably felt couldn't be done the way they wanted it to be done by just using the unaltered Powermaster Optimus Prime tooling.
As recent history has shown, if Takara feels that the tooling of a Hasbro release is inadequate for their own needs/plans, Takara will take it upon themselves to make additional changes or do something completely different from Hasbro's offerings, as were the cases with UW versions of Groove, Blast Off, and Computron vs. their CW counterparts.