Managed to see a Wolfwire toy in hand and took some side by side comparison pics with Weirdwolf.

L: Weirdwolf, R: Wolfwire


I actually prefer the more uniform grey on Wolfwire's sword. Unfortunately Hasbro's gone with a cheaper shade of grey whilst TakaraTOMY's grey looks much nicer.


STR INT SPD


Cross Head On!


L: Weirdwolf, R: Wolfwire. Weirdwolf has silver teeth with dark burgundy coloured inner mouth while Wolfwire's entire inner mouth and teeth are all red.


Wolfwire has more colours happening in alt mode.


Monzo and Monxo


Wolfwire doesn't really have fewer paint ops than Weirdwolf - all told, both toys have about the same amount of paint ops as each other. But I think that overall TakaraTOMY have made better decisions in terms of where to use their paints. Hasbro could've easily skipped a paint op or two on from another part of the toy in order to paint Monxo's face (e.g. skipped painting that red strip on the back of the blade). IMHO Weirdwolf looks much nicer, but granted that it does cost twice as much as Wolfwire. So both toys are pretty good given their respective prices.