Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post

So for example, LG Weirdwolf gives you the equivalent of Deluxe Wolfwire with a repaint of Apeface's drone, but not Apeface! So let's say that the drone has a value of $5, cos it's really just half the set. That's a combined value of $35, yet 4000JPY converts to roughly AU$50. So I paid about fifty bucks for the equivalent of Wolfwire plus Apeface's drone but no Apeface! At least I didn't have to pay for postage for Weirdwolf.
With the Legends and Unite Warriors lines, I don't disagree that you don't get as much toy for what you pay for. However one thing to consider is the pack-in comic. Comics take time, effort and creativity to produce compared to a trading card, like the one packed in with the Titans Return / Combiner Wars figures, and even then; the artwork is the same as the package art (or taken from other media, like the mobile phone games). While it is true that Generations toys have in the past included pack-in comics, these were re-packs of existing IDW comics, whereas the comics packed in with the Legends/Unite Warriors toys were original comics that were specific to the character and toy you were buying.

Although, to be honest, it does feel strange that Takara have chosen to sell the Titan Master heads completely separate from their respective drones. It's so obvious that the Rarigo drone (packed with Weirdwolf) is supposed to be Apeface, but it's a totally different character instead. You kind of feel for the Japanese fan who's scratching his/her head wondering, "why have Takara done this? Why couldn't they do what Hasbro did, and give Apeface his proper drone/transactor?"