Ironhide looks much better the windows are alot darker and with the right lighting it appears to be transparent, but my observation. I think I'll still get Hasbro though. As for Galvatron he looks the same, but its so-so for him.
meh... They're both nice (aside from the ugly chrome on Galavatron), but neither one really pulls me in enough to pay the extra bucks for them.
ok.. I need advice on the best Henkei merchants. Who do you guys go to? Cuz after seeing this Ironhide I have no choice but to pick him up when released. Thx. -Jet
Wow......put silver on the face and add yellow, and the Hasbro Ironhide is automatically garbage....*sigh* While it looks good, it just doesn't justify the extra money for me to buy one, imo. I like the Hasbro one just the same.
Ironhide is teh sexeh! Damn mor emoney to spend. Ill have to buy Takara Henkei from now on. Much better than Hasbro's verisons anytime. Galvy looks ok to me... ill get him for the character-accurate purple.....
So Henkei Ironhide goes on the list with Henkei Sunstreaker and Ratchet. I'll probably stick to Universe for Sideswipe, Bluestreak & Hound (depending on how good the plastic is). So far as Chrome goes, the only character I think has really benefitted from it is Mirage - looks awesome with Chrome feet - and since his original G1 launcher fits (just) he looks even more awesome. In a chromey way. I just love the fact that we get 2 decos of each figure to choose from. I'm about 50/50 on the figures so far.
I think its because the the original toy had cromed headlight, just a guess. I can't wait to put these next to my encore IH and Rat.
Ironhide looks nice, Galvy is curious, though the less orange helps, he doesn't seem as menacing somehow.
Takara might not be satisfied with him just being a Red Bumblebee like Hasbro is. They probably don't think they're market would be happy with him that way. This is all just conjecture, but I'm willing to bet it is one of the reasons they haven't done him, as they've released other recolors/retools with no problems (Crystal Convoy, Wildrider, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Ramjet, Lambor, Streak, Ratchet, etc). Hasbro is the only one that has released a red Bumblebee as Cliffjumper, Takara's WSTF was just Red Bumble and not Cliffjumper. Randy
Ironhide is sweet! The chrome on his gun doesn't look bad at all and the windows are a lot less garish than the Hasbro one. Galvatron is ok, but I can settle for the Hasbro one... the chrome looks silly on him. I would imagine that their Ratchet will hopefully be like this as well if Ironhide's color placements are any indication. (Are we even getting a Ratchet over here for Universe?) I can feel the power of the Japaneese versions slowly creeping their way into my otherwise Hasbro Transformers collection.
