Takara Depth Charge

[Golden Phoenix]

Hey
I just received a Beast Wars Metals Depth Charge from ebay
It came in a Takara box and everything, but I noticed something and checked it on TFwiki
Found this

For the Takara Beast Wars Metals line, the "DEPTH CHARGE" tampograph changed to "CYBERTRON" and the faction sigil, as with all toys in the series.

Now mine has DEPTH CHARGE tampographed on it....

Is the TFwiki right, or am I just being paranoid?
Just wondering if anyone has a photo of what the tampographed bit looks like on the Takara one and if there are any other differences I should look for

[Gutsman Heavy]

I had the Tak release, it did say Cybertron rather than Depth Charge on it

[kup]

If the box was sealed, maybe he is from a different batch that had 'Depthcharge' printed on it which was released in Japan.

However that really wouldn't be a big deal for me since back in the Beast Wars era, Takara and Hasbro releases were pretty much on par quality wise and most of their toys had high manufacturing standards. The differences were more due to artistic choice in color than anything else but I think there was no difference when it comes to Depthcharge aside from the printed name.

[GoktimusPrime]

How odd... either someone's switched toys on you, or you have a freak variant!

[Golden Phoenix]

If the box was sealed, maybe he is from a different batch that had 'Depthcharge' printed on it which was released in Japan.

The outer box wasn't, but the inner plastic one was.

However that really wouldn't be a big deal for me since back in the Beast Wars era, Takara and Hasbro releases were pretty much on par quality wise and most of their toys had high manufacturing standards. The differences were more due to artistic choice in color than anything else but I think there was no difference when it comes to Depthcharge aside from the printed name.

I was thinking it the same, I did only pay $36 shipped for it, so its not like I spent big bucks.
The most curious thing is that I cant find the rub-sign. It is supposed to be under the cover where you put the disks in in Beast mode.

[kup]

The outer box wasn't, but the inner plastic one was.



I was thinking it the same, I did only pay $36 shipped for it, so its not like I spent big bucks.
The most curious thing is that I cant find the rub-sign. It is supposed to be under the cover where you put the disks in in Beast mode.

That's right, it's under the cover and I believe it has a molded indent.

[Golden Phoenix]

That's right, it's under the cover and I believe it has a molded indent.

Yeah. Not there. Unless I'm blind, but I can see the shiny indent.

oh well.
Anyone got a spare Reprolabels maximal rubsign? lol

[FFN]

If the box was sealed, maybe he is from a different batch that had 'Depthcharge' printed on it which was released in Japan.

However that really wouldn't be a big deal for me since back in the Beast Wars era, Takara and Hasbro releases were pretty much on par quality wise and most of their toys had high manufacturing standards. The differences were more due to artistic choice in color than anything else but I think there was no difference when it comes to Depthcharge aside from the printed name.

Except Hasbro's TM Megatron. He was made from the Brown version of the Gold Plastic Syndrome plastic.


BTW, Golden Phoenix, thanks for reminding me about Depth Charge. God, that article needed serious work. I just did a preliminary rewrite of the fiction section.

[GoktimusPrime]

Good point about Megatron. If anyone doesn't have TM Megatron yet I would recommend getting the Takara version over the Hasbro version... the Takara version is made of better quality plastic.

I got a Hasbro TM Megatron, then a few years ago the brown plastic broke so I replaced it with a Takara Metals Megatron. Looks nicer too.

[loophole]

I got a Hasbro TM Megatron, then a few years ago the brown plastic broke so I replaced it with a Takara Metals Megatron. Looks nicer too.

My Hasbro one hasnt broken yet