>>6215176>anime accurate deco so we better associate with the characterBut I never saw Headmasters, and I definitely prefer LG Brainstorm and Hardhead to the Hasbro versions.
>richer colorsDefinitely this. While the Hasbro version of Hardhead has more painted details, the richer green and beige on Takara makes all the sculpting pop out way more. Takara's plastic just seems nicer, too. Not nearly as swirly or bland-looking. Their transparent plastic for cockpits and windshields is always clearer, too.
>silver accentsThis just boils down to them having more paint in general, usually. That can be good or bad on some figures. LG Wheelie, for example, looks awkward because the sculpt was clearly not designed with those colors in mind
>occasional retoolingI suppose this helps, but I've never owned a figure that got retooled by Takara
So ultimately, yeah. Same factory, but it doesn't matter because they're clearly using better materials.
