Henkei vs Universe 2.0

[lcz128]

Damn. On the one hand, I'm drooling over the new moulds. On the other, the paint apps/what look to be the paint apps and the beauty of chrome on the henkeis kill Universe's releases...
Case in point:
Universe 2.0 Sunstreaker

vs.
small blurry pics of Henkei Sunstreaker

Sorry... but the extreme plasticky-ness* of Hasbro's is REALLY killing me right now.

SO! Discuss please!

*note: topic poster may be spoilt by current minor obsession of repainting plasticky toys to look less plasticky and more 'cool' (koff CJ repaint koff)

[Zippo]

Oh definatly, the Henkei releases look so much nicer. Pitty its an extra 1-2 months wait

[lcz128]

Zippo : True -

HRMM! By the by! Anyone know if Sideswipe will be getting a new head?

[kurdt_the_goat]

Sunstreaker definitely seems to have a more orange-yellow than the Hasbro version... and after animated Bumblebee, that'd be enough to convince me to wait for him! I could go either way on the chrome spoilers, but the chrome guns, especially on Prowl look great.

The lack of chrome on the Sideswipe and Bluestreak in those photos makes me think they're Hasbro versions? I think they confirmed at Botcon that Sideswipe would have his own head.

[lcz128]

but the chrome guns, especially on Prowl look great.

Wow- How embarassing - I thought that Prowl didn't come with those and was thinking of sourcing some from the g1 era -

I just hadn't noticed cause they were WHITE. >_>;

That said, am really excited about this mould

(And bloody likely to cave before the henkeis are released <_< )

[STL]

(And bloody likely to cave before the henkeis are released <_< )

You make that sound like a bad thing.

[Pulse]

HRMM! By the by! Anyone know if Sideswipe will be getting a new head?

There you go:

[jaydisc]

Universe 2 will be here much sooner.
Universe 2 will be much cheaper.
Henkei will be much nicer.

[MV75]

I'm holding out for the Henkeis of these ones for sure. I'm getting tired of paying $25 for a toy with the quality of a toy for the price point of $10.

I think the only local things I'll get are the legends because as far as I know, they don't give the legends the henkei treatment.
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