Toy Review of Takara Transformers Animated Set B - Bumblebee Vs Starscream
Saturday, March 27th, 2010 7:26AM CDT
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"I just picked up some Takara Animated figures: namely the Starscream Vs. Bumblebee Onsoku no Taiketsu (Confrontation at the Speed of Sound) set since I didn't already own either of the figures.
The packaging is really sweet with very modernised graphics and a nice segue from red to purple in a way that's both up-to-date and G1-ish. Both the figures are held together in a "confrontational" pose. Opening the package reveals a mini-poster/catalogue with an advert for the cartoon on the upper half and wave 1 of the figures on the bottom. The back features wave 2 of the figures and of N.E.S.T. The package also includes a datacard for each of the figures with Tech Specs and a minimalist profile on the back and a barcode on the side for use with the forthcoming Sega arcade games. The figures each have a seperate instruction sheet. Oddly Starscream's is printed as transforming from robot to jet, though the seperate Starscream is packaged in jet mode. Did they print two seperate sets of instructions? Classy.
As for the figures themselves, they are two of the most controversially-redecorated figures. Bee is yellow plastic covered in gold paint. The paint is very well applied with no issues although in the long run I might worry about chipping. Whether the figure is worth it for you depends on whether you want to pay the expensive import prices (haha, you have to pay expensive import costs this time!) to get a shiny, less screen-accurate version of a figure that you can buy for probably pretty cheap now.
Starscream is a far more altered prospect with the minimalist American paint scheme of grey and red replaced with what appears to be the same grey but with the red on his nosecone and cockpit area now shiny (the red on his tailfins and arms is still a non-shiny, darker shade) and a very shiny blue on his wings and cockpit. Again, the colouration is less screen-accurate and G1-accurate but in my opinion the blue breaks up the dull grey and makes for a more vibrant figure. The figure does have a head that easily falls off during transformation but I understand that's not peculiar to Takara.
Again, it's up to you whether you want to pay heavily for a slightly altered version of a figure you can get for cheap.
I did get a look at some of the other figures and they all look classy in a shiny tacky way."
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Posted by Rodimus_NZ on March 27th, 2010 @ 7:33am CDT
Posted by Mach on March 27th, 2010 @ 7:35am CDT
Maybe u will be busy this period, as animated toys start to release more and more
i kind of like starscream shiny blue portion. i wish it covers the whole figure....
Posted by Diem on March 27th, 2010 @ 7:41am CDT
Mach wrote:Thanks for the review Diem, u deserve a FP.
Maybe u will be busy this period, as animated toys start to release more and more
i kind of like starscream shiny blue portion. i wish it covers the whole figure....
Real Dev, is that you?
I don't plan to get any more Takanimated figures until Arcee comes out...
Posted by Mach on March 27th, 2010 @ 7:43am CDT
Diem wrote:
Real Dev, is that you?
I don't plan to get any more Takanimated figures until Arcee comes out...
yeah, just went for a plastic surgery...
i want prime, grimlock and blitzwing.... Rodimus as well, if Takara releases it...
Posted by Diem on March 27th, 2010 @ 7:51am CDT
Mach wrote:Diem wrote:
Real Dev, is that you?
I don't plan to get any more Takanimated figures until Arcee comes out...
yeah, just went for a plastic surgery...
i want prime, grimlock and blitzwing.... Rodimus as well, if Takara releases it...
I'd like to get Waspinator and Swindle if they get released before I move to America.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 27th, 2010 @ 10:06am CDT
I don't get why people keep saying this. G1 Goldbug wasn't shiny.rabstanz wrote:haha, takara finally gave Bumblebee his Goldbug repaint I like it
Posted by ang3l3s on March 27th, 2010 @ 12:55pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I don't get why people keep saying this. G1 Goldbug wasn't shiny.rabstanz wrote:haha, takara finally gave Bumblebee his Goldbug repaint I like it
Your right but this is how he should have looked, the g1 looks like watered done copper bug.
Posted by kieranXprime on March 27th, 2010 @ 1:36pm CDT
Posted by Jetstorm92210 on March 27th, 2010 @ 4:55pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on March 27th, 2010 @ 8:55pm CDT