>>6028018Maybe it's just a matter of money?
Hasbro has to make the figures cheap enough to accommodate the lowest pricing of their American retailers.
Takara only needs to consider the (far higher) MSRP of their local market and budget the paint accordingly.
The budget difference allows takara to throw more paint at the same mold, but even so there's a limit to how much paint they can use, as you see on Vehicon General.
