Legends Soundwave, Jaguar/Bullhorn, Condor/Apeface, Brainstorm, Astrotrain, Ginrai

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  1. ex dtw2003

    ex dtw2003 Well-Known Member

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    I'm not sure how you could even attempt to understand what that post was getting at.
     
  2. ex dtw2003

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    Brainstorm is a good mold and congrats that want a Headmasters likeness but I just don't think it works. And I have to admit I'm pretty much in love with the straight up toy deco of the Walgreens version.
     
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    I like the blue of the SDCC, but the overall deco of the single release with the wing stickers looks the best to me.

    I'll be pre-ordering the Takara when it goes up, because that's where I'm at.

    lolwut
     
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  5. ex dtw2003

    ex dtw2003 Well-Known Member

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    Uh, I explained why I think this so....yeah, that's my opinion.
     
  6. SouthtownKid

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    Well, technically Jinrai is right and "Ginrai" is the misspelling, except that Takara has been misspelling it for 30 years now. But this is a good heads up to people to check both spellings in their searches.

    Your explanation was that you said you didn't know what the character was supposed to look like. So...yeah.
     
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    I really like the Headmasters cartoon but I think I prefer the G1 toy colors of the Walgreens Brainstorm. But I would love to have the Legends Brainstorm head.
     
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    I don't like the Hasbro Brainstorm headmaster... too IDW for my tastes...
     
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    Only the head is IDW.

    And the IDW head is based directly on the G1 cartoon.
     
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    While I would have preferred a new rifle for Soundwave, glad they at least did the silver barrel.

    Still pondering if I should hunt down a Hasbro Brainstorm though, TT's looks nice, represents the 'toon appearance, and I have the voyager version.
     
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    I'm... not seeing the resemblance.

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    Its similar, but its not the same. I'm talking more G1 toy than toon.
     
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    I've never watched the Japanese Headmasters cartoons so Takara's Brainstorm being decked out in BLACK trim kinda BLOWS MY MIND.
     
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    Yup, It's damn nice. I can't wait to get it.
     
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    Never mind. I'll leave the maskless face here, though.
     

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    t's funny, iv'e seen the maskless face plenty (though i still find it a tad disconcerting) but i'd never noticed the black/very dark trim/wings before, which look really odd on the Legends deco too me.
     
  17. ex dtw2003

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    No, I said I didn't _care_ what he was supposed to look like just whether or not the toy looked good IMHO. To wit it doesn't IMHO and I've also said why that is.
     
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    SDCC edges it for me with the ab-paint and the silver detailing. I hope I can find one at TF Nation, though the rest of that pack will go on Ebay...
     
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    These look great, they are really killing it with this line like back in the Henkei days. I wonder if they will come up with anything for Getaway.
     
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    I have the generations Brainstorm that I'm super happy with but for completist sake I think I will grab this brainstorm just to have all four. But I think I'm going to go Hasbro for Highbrow everyone else Tarkara
     
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