Quote Originally Posted by 浪子欣欣
Whenever there is a japanese version and there is a US version, I hate the US version. They are always worse quality, less accurate paint!
In general I agree with you, but tbh there are some instances where the Hasbro version is comparable or arguably better than the Japanese version, or in some cases excusable.

e.g.:

+ Some Beast Wars colour differences; e.g.: Blackarachnia, Tigatron, Transmetals etc.; Hasbro's versions were released _before_ the cartoon whereas the Japanese versions were done after, hence Takara had the luxury of painting some of their BW toys in more show-like colours. But it's not Hasbro's fault that their Tigatron isn't snow white like Takara's... they can't be expected to see the future. What is less forgivable is the stupid cheap brown plastic Hasbro used on Transmetal Megatron. Grrr.

+ Masterpiece Starscream: Hasbro's version featured more G1-accurate colours and was also made of better and more durable plastic compared to Takara's MP-3.

+ Universe/Henkei Cyclonus: I personally prefer the darker purple on Hasbro's as opposed to the light purple on Takara's. I will admit that the mismatched greys on Hasbro's do suck though. The chrome on the Henkei does nothing for me. But really both versions have their own merits; Takara's is good for people wanting Cyclonus in G1 cartoon colours whereas Hasbro's is more closer to the original G1 toy and comics (well, except for those odd moments when Cyclonus was coloured blue... weird)

Quote Originally Posted by 浪子欣欣
Oh the US classic rodimus's chest does not have autobot symbol!!! why why why is so hard to paint a symbol on the chest??
Yeah but none of the Classics had tampoed insignias, they had rub signs instead. And before we criticise Hasbro for opting to have rub signs over stickers or tampographed logos, remember that Takara gave their Car Robot Spychangers heat-activated insignias whereas Hasbro's RiD Spychangers had tampographed logos instead. It's a matter of personal preference which is "better."
e.g.: RiD Hot Shot vs. CR Artfire; you can see that Hot Shot has a tampoed logo whereas Artfire's is heat activated.

On the whole I strongly agree with you, but there are exceptions and I don't think it's entirely accurate to say that the Japanese version is "always" better. I'd say they're _usually_ better, but not always.