I think this debate over who's better has run its course with no clear winner.

Ahem.

 

Takara: 61%

Hasbro: 38%

 

Seems pretty clear to me. :clap

Hey Summit yes Takara is the clear winner in this case but give me Hasbro anyday. I go with whats more affordable and easy to get without paying huge shipping costs.

 

 

 

 

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WOW still on this discussion, I just had something to add.....

......Takara is the company that brought one of the best Transformer lines to the U.S. Transfomers 2000, which here was RID! one of the best toy lines ever made before Superlink, & Binaltechs!!

 

and I dont care what the cost, I must be crazy cuz in the last month alone I spent over 400.00 in Takara Transformers....., but most people just call me a true Transformer Collector!

 

and WOW TAKARA 61% woot woot!!!

Takara doesn't sell to us. Hasbro brought Car Robots over here and labelled it RID.

WOW still on this discussion, I just had something to add.....

......Takara is the company that brought one of the best Transformer lines to the U.S. Transfomers 2000, which here was RID! one of the best toy lines ever made before Superlink, & Binaltechs!!

 

and I dont care what the cost, I must be crazy cuz in the last month alone I spent over 400.00 in Takara Transformers....., but most people just call me a true Transformer Collector!

 

and WOW TAKARA 61% woot woot!!!

Hasbro imported and marketed the line. Takara had nothing to do with RID in the US....

 

But if you want to make the arguement that Takara's Car Robots molds were key to the success here fair enough but it works both ways as Car Robots would not have existed in the first place if not for Hasbro's Beast Wars being imported to Japan and resurrecting the franchise there.......

But if you want to make the arguement that Takara's Car Robots molds were key to the success here fair enough but it works both ways as Car Robots would not have existed in the first place if not for Hasbro's Beast Wars being imported to Japan and resurrecting the franchise there.......

But there wouldn't be any Transformers, period, if it weren't for Takara's Diaclone and Microchange toys. :)

True. But then buying from online import stores wasn't an option back then. And in all fairness, Hasbro/Marvel/Sunbow are responsible for the franchise's runaway success. So much so, that the Japanese adopted The Transformers.

I agree with WRX. If it werent for Hasbro and Marvel we wouldnt have the TF. They were the ones responsible for the success of TF.

 

 

 

:usa

Personally, I've had to swim through this "debate" too many times and I'm bored to tears with it. In the end it's up to you what you decide out of preference or cost effectiveness...

 

I'd like to think that since we've got the option to CHOOSE... [that is a blessing].

I agree, either way whichever version you purchase, ENJOY it! Myself I like both, but I get what I can afford, and save up for exclusives. Otherwise oh well, it is only a wonderful toy, not my career, or as important as my home. :thumb

I'm kind of a middle of the road buyer. I'm going with Takara for the Binaltech figures [The die-cast and metallic paint is awesome] I do buy from Hasbro if/when they have something I like.

I have been refraining from getting into this debate because I can usually only get hasbro versions of things (living in US) But I went out on a limb and bought MP Convoy early this year. He was so damn awsome and I played with him endlessly. Though one day I began to worry that he may get ruined and I wasn't about to try and import another so I did the next logical thing.... I bought a 20th prime from walmart.

 

BIG MISTAKE!!

 

The 20th Prime, while having all the same metal and plastic ratios, has horribly loose joints. And I never had the foot problem with my MP but it is rampant on the 20th Prime. He can't even stand!

While (AND THIS I PROMISE YOU) I can get my MP into Neo's "dodge this" pose from the Matrix.

SO what the hell is the deal? Sixty bucks for a crap hole figure. The only real thing I got out of all this is a Black Rifle for my MP to hold.