Glorious leader’s most feared loyal follower arrives in Takara-Tomy guise. kiki123 from chinese toy board Actoys, brings us two new in hand images for United’s Lugnut. Sporting a darker deco than Hasbro’s stock photography and a purple head, what version of this thug will you be spending your money on? Click above to view all images.
Update: New images courtesy of HK-TF
WarConvoy
I love the colours but I can not afford the price. I’ll just wait for the Hasbro version to hit my local stores.
Dran0n
Not too shabby. I think I prefer Hasblo, but I'm liking that dude more and more.
PikaManiac
I am digging TakaraTOMY's more.
It looks more Anime – ish, Anime – ish not as in the Transformers Animated look and feel, but more of the Japanese Anime look and feel.
I guess it probably caters more to the Japanese fans than the international Transformers fans.
Batman
Looks good, but with MP Roddy on the way, this dude has to wait.
jorod74
love the shark mouth/
i personally like Atomic Lugnut more than the orininal TFA lugnut and i like the United just as much.
but i gotta put off getting him till later.
Rotorstorm
I'm just going to get the hasbro version and introduce him to my purple citadel paint.
Blitz.
calm down they most likely changed it due to budget or maybe their was a QC issue if that area sees a lot of friction while transforming
mx-01 archon
You frequently see things like that, because the photo samples are hand-painted, and may not always follow the sprue layouts perfectly, or it constitutes a paint app that was costed out during production. So it turned out that that part of his hand was on the grey/tan sprue, and the inside of his leg was on the green sprue.
crazycj123456
no i'm talking about the Purlpe its gone look at the leg in earlier pics then look at this ones' it was changed, also the hands have no purple like in the first pic, they may have changed the color scheme
Skywave
Liking the Hasbro one this time, not digging the dark green on the United so far. I guess we'll soon see side by side comparison, will be better to look at them clearly.
Tiller
I personally think both decos look a bit fugly, but Takara swung and missed a lot harder than Hasbro did. The purple doesn't jive well with the teal of blue they used.
Skottech
such a light background could have made a dark green look black
crazycj123456
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/images/products/out/medium/TAK11189.jpg
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attac…es-united-lugnut-99_76612_b0e43da7d777552.jpg
oh my god look at the legs and hands closely, THE COLOR SCHEME CHANGED! They changed it there's less purple in the legs and hands! Why, Takara, Why? I wanted the black one!
Robogeek28
*Waits patiently for RTS Lugnut to show up in his pile of Loot*
shroobmaster
Lugnut with purple head is just lame, period.
Not worth the higher price.
shroobmaster
Lugnut with purple head is just lame, period.
Not worth the higher price.
moreprimeland
While not on my "must have" list, this version is pretty awesome..think they did a great job!!!
process
First post updated with some additional photos.
Angelwave
It's just a matter of preference. For certain figures, some prefer the more realistic colors of the Hasbro version. Simple as that.
Obliterator999
Hmm, to me it's clear that the United version is better. I don't get people arguing that the Hasbro version has more realistic colors and whatnot… We're talking about LUGNUT, a freakin' purple and teal plane I remind you, lol! And if you look at the United version, it actually has a more accurate color-scheme. It has more purple and the 'green' really is a dark teal which fits him and gives him a more sinister appearence. The only thing 'wrong' is the color of his head.
Anyway, to me this is pretty much the same case as the Universe 2.0 Onslaught vs Henkei Onslaught. The Hasbro version had more realistic colors but looked really desaturated and washed out compared to the Takara version that had a more character accurate and vibrant color-scheme.
Guess which is which…