Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
Nice, but still not addressing the 'Is this worth it as a G1 piece?' factor which is my primary concern.

As mentioned by LordCyrusOmega, if he were painted in a color scheme similar to the Ultimate Guide, then yeah I may get it but with the current color scheme, there is little incentive.
From my perspective, for ~$150 you better like more than just the paint scheme/tribute value. Personally i think the Ultimate guide colouring is the dullest of all those presented. What gives Furman's representation of canon back in 2005 any more credence than Takara toy designers own representation now? Maybe Furman got it wrong, maybe Takara is saying this is how it is now and how it was supposed to be. What would you be thinking had this toy come out before the ultimate guide in this colour?

Or it could just be a wickedly cool looking toy. Sometimes i wonder if people would collect G1 debris as long as it was the right colour and seen at least once in the corner of a comic strip!