>>5785839The whole line between either is shitty, from all I'm aware of it got the ball rolling with the whole toy repaint thing.
Hasbro's are cheaper on the deco side but they homage g1 toys, they're aimed for the domestic market under the assumption kids are going to play with them with little sprinkles of nostalgia for their parents who may recognize the characters.
Takara's are more lavish in deco side and (usually) homage the cartoons/anime with retools done in the sake of japanese autism since its expected adults are going to leap onto these (I mean shit legends nightbird, you can't sell something with that much paint to a child).
The sad fact is QC issues are shared between them since they do use the same factories, I used to bitch on about how shitty hasbro is (hasbro mp's having crap transformation qc, paint apps being lazier, then the toys with fuck all deco) but after my experiences with takara they're exactly the same, its just opinions on deco and remolds that decide what we end up going for.
The sad part is takara's cost more due to exportation and thus cop alot of unnecessary flak, the native audience would of already kicked the shit with UW bruticus, and ours gets little flak due to opinions on deco/japanese thinking our one sucks shit because lack of paint
Therefore we're in a shit "hobby" and should quit, but we won't because we're exactly what either company wants
