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Transformers Go!
- Swordbot Samurai Team in their combined forms: GoKenzan, GoJinbu, GoGanoh
- Swordbot Sinobi Team member G05 Gekisomaru
- Predacon G07 Bakudora - Great shot of the new head mold
- G06 Smokescreen
- Campaign GoKezan kabuto
Transformers Masterpiece
- MP-19 Smokescreen
Transformers Generations
- TG-25 Orion Pax vs. Megatronus
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Posted by PrymeStriker on June 22nd, 2013 @ 11:35am CDT
Posted by Doubledealer93 on June 22nd, 2013 @ 12:57pm CDT
Posted by Slashercon on June 22nd, 2013 @ 1:00pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 22nd, 2013 @ 1:19pm CDT
Posted by Superwheeljack on June 22nd, 2013 @ 1:31pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 22nd, 2013 @ 1:37pm CDT
Superwheeljack wrote:That smokescreen looks decent. Not as good as hasbros though.
No, Takara's is better. They got the deco right, whereas Hasbro did the door wing decos and the head (and a few others that haven't come to the top of my head) differently.
Posted by Superwheeljack on June 22nd, 2013 @ 1:39pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:That Ripclaw redeco... definitely getting a Deathsaurus vibe off it. The deco says it, and the head looks very similar to how Deathsaurus's head is.
Not really
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/3/37/Deathsaurus1.jpg
Missing the beak and the alt isn't as gray as it should be
Posted by Superwheeljack on June 22nd, 2013 @ 1:42pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:Superwheeljack wrote:That smokescreen looks decent. Not as good as hasbros though.
No, Takara's is better. They got the deco right, whereas Hasbro did the door wing decos and the head (and a few others that haven't come to the top of my head) differently.
I prefer hasbros more. I don't care about if it's show accurate or not. It looks much better.
Posted by grimdragon2001 on June 22nd, 2013 @ 2:15pm CDT
Posted by PrymeStriker on June 22nd, 2013 @ 2:59pm CDT
grimdragon2001 wrote:show accuaracy aside, Takara's Smokescreen looks pretty dull. they didn't even bother to paint in the chest headlights
Checkered doors are dull but a red stripe is not? Explain that to me.
Posted by grimdragon2001 on June 22nd, 2013 @ 3:21pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2013 @ 5:09pm CDT
Aside from the checkered doors, Hunter Smokescreen looks like he has even less paint than Hasbro's Smokescreen. Why is it so impossible for this character to have any toys that are decently-painted?!
Judging from that new head, Bakudora looks to be a male instead of a female.
Really HATE how Takara is treating the obviously IDW Orion Pax and Megatron toys as something that they're obviously not.
It's more of the BotCon 2005 Deathsaurus than the original:Superwheeljack wrote:Mindmaster wrote:That Ripclaw redeco... definitely getting a Deathsaurus vibe off it. The deco says it, and the head looks very similar to how Deathsaurus's head is.
Not really
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/3/37/Deathsaurus1.jpg
Missing the beak and the alt isn't as gray as it should be
Posted by Mindmaster on June 22nd, 2013 @ 5:15pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Really HATE how Takara is treating the obviously IDW Orion Pax and Megatron toys as something that they're obviously not.
Yeah, I'm not too big on it, either.
It's more of the BotCon 2005 Deathsaurus than the original:Superwheeljack wrote:Mindmaster wrote:That Ripclaw redeco... definitely getting a Deathsaurus vibe off it. The deco says it, and the head looks very similar to how Deathsaurus's head is.
Not really
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/3/37/Deathsaurus1.jpg
Missing the beak and the alt isn't as gray as it should be
Yep, that about confirms it. Should they come up with a Thrilling 30 Star Saber toy (since we did see an IDW Star Saber design a month or two back, and this year's Classics theme is "IDW designs"), I might have to bite the bullet, import, and use this as a stand-in Classics Deathsaurus to go against said toy.
Posted by craggy on June 22nd, 2013 @ 6:00pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on June 22nd, 2013 @ 6:08pm CDT
craggy wrote:Transmetal 2 Megatron lives again in the best paintjob I've seen so far for the Grimwing mold. Getting a bit of a Quickstrike and Blackarchnia vibe off the Laserback and ... Other One too.
I haven't seen much of any of those, other than very blurry images. Anyone mind bringing in images?
Posted by PrymeStriker on June 22nd, 2013 @ 6:59pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Aside from the checkered doors, Hunter Smokescreen looks like he has even less paint than Hasbro's Smokescreen. Why is it so impossible for this character to have any toys that are decently-painted?!
There's a difference between less paint when there's enough paint and less paint when there's too much. BH Smokescreen looks like a box of crayons with a head. Red, Yellow, and Blue when his color scheme only requires red and blue. Takara's Smokescreen has blue eyes, a sliver face, a red headcrest, an Autobot insignia, red shoulder stripes, checkered doors, utterly clear headlights in vehicle mode, blue stripes on the door, blue paint on the legs, and accurate knees; everything the Hasbro version lacks. It's clear which one is painted decently and which one was colored by a 7-year-old at a sit-in restaurant; the paint dial-back is for the better here.
Posted by Manterax Prime on June 22nd, 2013 @ 7:54pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2013 @ 8:25pm CDT
Wait till you see "Dragotron Final Form".craggy wrote:Deathsauras or no, that Ripclaw looks amazing. Transmetal 2 Megatron lives again in the best paintjob I've seen so far for the Grimwing mold.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/mcdonalds-japan-dvd-screenshots-includes-transformers-go-predacons-and-black-abominus/27647/Mindmaster wrote:I haven't seen much of any of those, other than very blurry images. Anyone mind bringing in images?
Yet, with Takara's reputation of doing typically gorgeous decos, this one falls flat by using stale color hues with dull, faded tinting. Both Hasbro and Takara especially fail to realize that Smokescreen is silver, not bone white.PrymeStriker wrote:There's a difference between less paint when there's enough paint and less paint when there's too much. BH Smokescreen looks like a box of crayons with a head. Red, Yellow, and Blue when his color scheme only requires red and blue. Takara's Smokescreen has blue eyes, a sliver face, a red headcrest, an Autobot insignia, red shoulder stripes, checkered doors, utterly clear headlights in vehicle mode, blue stripes on the door, blue paint on the legs, and accurate knees; everything the Hasbro version lacks. It's clear which one is painted decently and which one was colored by a 7-year-old at a sit-in restaurant; the paint dial-back is for the better here.
I wasn't expecting something exact, but was at least hoping for something close enough to, well, this (but with checkered doors).
Posted by craggy on June 22nd, 2013 @ 8:39pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Wait till you see "Dragotron Final Form".craggy wrote:Deathsauras or no, that Ripclaw looks amazing. Transmetal 2 Megatron lives again in the best paintjob I've seen so far for the Grimwing mold.
a google image search for the term brings up a lot of Transformers pics. Many of them not dragons at all. Care to enlighten those of us who're not aware of every facet of your mind?
Posted by Sabrblade on June 22nd, 2013 @ 8:46pm CDT
craggy wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Wait till you see "Dragotron Final Form".craggy wrote:Deathsauras or no, that Ripclaw looks amazing. Transmetal 2 Megatron lives again in the best paintjob I've seen so far for the Grimwing mold.
a google image search for the term brings up a lot of Transformers pics. Many of them not dragons at all. Care to enlighten those of us who're not aware of every facet of your mind?
Posted by craggy on June 22nd, 2013 @ 8:50pm CDT
Posted by PrymeStriker on June 22nd, 2013 @ 10:04pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Yet, with Takara's reputation of doing typically gorgeous decos, this one falls flat by using stale color hues with dull, faded tinting. Both Hasbro and Takara especially fail to realize that Smokescreen is silver, not bone white.
Smokescreen seemed like a metallic white from episode 43(?)-56 for me, therefore do not care if he's a dull white. Regardless, I find Takara's paint job much better than Hasbro's bull. At least this time I don't have to paint anything on him because of his gross lack of show accuracy (aside from th crotchplate, which can be easily fixed with a silver sharpie)
Posted by Manterax Prime on June 22nd, 2013 @ 11:23pm CDT
PrymeStriker wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Yet, with Takara's reputation of doing typically gorgeous decos, this one falls flat by using stale color hues with dull, faded tinting. Both Hasbro and Takara especially fail to realize that Smokescreen is silver, not bone white.
Smokescreen seemed like a metallic white from episode 43(?)-56 for me, therefore do not care if he's a dull white. Regardless, I find Takara's paint job much better than Hasbro's bull. At least this time I don't have to paint anything on him because of his gross lack of show accuracy (aside from th crotchplate, which can be easily fixed with a silver sharpie)
Show accuracy be damned.
Posted by PrymeStriker on June 22nd, 2013 @ 11:34pm CDT
Manterax Prime wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Yet, with Takara's reputation of doing typically gorgeous decos, this one falls flat by using stale color hues with dull, faded tinting. Both Hasbro and Takara especially fail to realize that Smokescreen is silver, not bone white.
Smokescreen seemed like a metallic white from episode 43(?)-56 for me, therefore do not care if he's a dull white. Regardless, I find Takara's paint job much better than Hasbro's bull. At least this time I don't have to paint anything on him because of his gross lack of show accuracy (aside from th crotchplate, which can be easily fixed with a silver sharpie)
Show accuracy be damned.
Yes, let us "damn" show accuracy for a moment. Even then, Takara's is superior to me. Hasbro's colors were all over the place, like they didn't know where to put the colors so they picked a random part. Not to mention the fact that Smokecreen's face is the exact same color as the rest of his body while the faces of Prime designs are traditionally a different color. Also, Takara actually bothered to paint the rims, and the obvious decal change that I needn't repeat another time. Then, of course, there's the headlights.......you'd think a slick sports car wouldn't have dirty yellow headlights.
Takara's paint job for Smokescreen may not be "shiny," but it's ten times more appealing than Hasbro's Smokescreen and his lack of important details.
Posted by Manterax Prime on June 22nd, 2013 @ 11:37pm CDT
It's also almost triple the price of the US release.
Less paint + more expensive + common sense = No.
And TBH, the only good figs out of the GO! line are the new combiners and the Predacons.
Posted by El Duque on June 25th, 2013 @ 9:15am CDT
Transformers Go!
- Swordbot Samurai Team in their combined forms: GoKenzan, GoJinbu, GoGanoh
- Swordbot Sinobi Team member G05 Gekisomaru
- Predacon G07 Bakudora - Great shot of the new head mold
- G06 Smokescreen
- Campaign GoKezan kabuto
Transformers Masterpiece
- MP-19 Smokescreen
Transformers Generations
- TG-25 Orion Pax vs. Megatronus
- TG-23 Metroplex
Posted by PrymeStriker on June 25th, 2013 @ 11:07am CDT
except for, you know, the Smokescreens.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 25th, 2013 @ 11:13am CDT
What's your beef against MP Smokescreen, Orion Pax, Megatron(us ) and Metroplex?PrymeStriker wrote:Yeah, everyone here looks like they ran through a garbage disposal...
except for, you know, the Smokescreens.
Posted by PrymeStriker on June 25th, 2013 @ 11:20am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:What's your beef against MP Smokescreen,
Note I said Smokescreens, as in both GO! & MP Smokescreen.
PrymeStriker wrote:the Smokescreens.
Orion Pax, Megatron(us )
1) I have no interest in Orion.
2) I was never a fan of that mold as Megatron to begin with. Waiting for Dreadwing
and Metroplex?
Where's Metr-Oh...
Nah, man, I meant the guys with the photos that aren't microscopic.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 25th, 2013 @ 11:26am CDT
Guess that means the Sanjōhaōken and the golden Kabuto helmet are fine too.PrymeStriker wrote:Nah, man, I meant the guys with the photos that aren't microscopic.
Posted by Bumblevivisector on June 25th, 2013 @ 3:15pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Judging from that new head, Bakudora looks to be a male instead of a female.It's more of the BotCon 2005 Deathsaurus than the original:Superwheeljack wrote:Mindmaster wrote:That Ripclaw redeco... definitely getting a Deathsaurus vibe off it. The deco says it, and the head looks very similar to how Deathsaurus's head is.
Not really
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/3/37/Deathsaurus1.jpg
Missing the beak and the alt isn't as gray as it should be
Though giving it a distinctly male face looks wrong, since Ripclaw's torso still has a feminine shape. To me, the end result looks as much like SheZow as Deathsaurus.
The shame is that giving that mold a more humanish and feminine head in those colors could've finally produced a passable toy of Esmeral. Get on it, Headrobots! Then I'll actually start importing this line.