by Wolfman Jake » Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:28 pm

william-james88 wrote: An extra example would be the CW Ultra Magnus figure. The Takara version is more comic book accurate in paint apps (and yet they have Alpha trion instead of minimus ambus so its give and take I guess)

Also of note between CW and Legends Ultra Magnus, the Takara version's blue and red are more G1 screen accurate, while the same colors match the IDW comic books much better on the Hasbro version, despite the Takara version including more paint apps and the red thighs to match the IDW version. In addition, Magnus now has white thighs in the IDW comic book too. If you wanna get down to it, the Hasbro version does a better job of emulating the comic book look for Magnus, minus the yellow paint apps on his knees and shoulder pylons, plus the inclusion of Minimus Ambus. Takara's just seems to be a mish-mash of inspirations, though the colors look gorgeous. It's hard to tell exactly what they were going for, honestly, because it doesn't quite get either the G1 cartoon look or the IDW look quite right.