I do like Takara but even if Hasbro are giving you the irks at the moment you must remember, it was Hasbro that started the toyline and storyline in the Western market. If they didn't do this back in the 80's then I'm sure a lot of the Japanese items may never have come into existence as I think the U.S cartoon helped to spike the interest back in Japan as well. I'll just wait for someone to correct me now.