Henkei Astrotrain Released
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 4:49AM CDT
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Posted by Geekee1 on April 23rd, 2008 @ 5:13am CDT
Posted by Josh on April 23rd, 2008 @ 5:40am CDT
why'd they have to ruin it with that purple chrome
thats the one thing i dont like about henkei is the seemingly senseless use of chrome on some of these guys. just really makesthem seem kinda knock-off-ish IMO
Posted by qwailo on April 23rd, 2008 @ 5:51am CDT
Posted by rpetras on April 23rd, 2008 @ 5:53am CDT
Josh wrote:ugh
why'd they have to ruin it with that purple chrome
thats the one thing i dont like about henkei is the seemingly senseless use of chrome on some of these guys. just really makesthem seem kinda knock-off-ish IMO
Yea, I'm not a big fan of the unnecessary chrome either, but I still can't wait to get him!!! I ordered him months ago, and just can't wait.
Pile-o-loot, here I come!
Posted by Stormrider on April 23rd, 2008 @ 5:54am CDT
Posted by Anonymous on April 23rd, 2008 @ 6:33am CDT
Posted by Talous on April 23rd, 2008 @ 6:48am CDT
Posted by Sowndwave76 on April 23rd, 2008 @ 7:09am CDT
I don't mind the chrome... It'll probably look better in person.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on April 23rd, 2008 @ 7:34am CDT
Posted by Glitcher on April 23rd, 2008 @ 7:48am CDT
Talous wrote:Oooh it's sparkily. I wonder if the shoulder joints are as floppy with this one as the origional Classics version.
They would have to be if the figure is expected to transform.
Posted by Defcon! on April 23rd, 2008 @ 7:52am CDT
Posted by Zeds on April 23rd, 2008 @ 8:02am CDT
Posted by Autobot Jazz on April 23rd, 2008 @ 9:16am CDT
Posted by Solrac333 on April 23rd, 2008 @ 9:36am CDT
Posted by Seibertron on April 23rd, 2008 @ 10:09am CDT
Posted by waaaaghlord on April 23rd, 2008 @ 11:51am CDT
Posted by NuclearConvoy on April 23rd, 2008 @ 12:22pm CDT
Screw Classics Astrotrain, this is so much more boss!
Posted by ponycorn on April 23rd, 2008 @ 12:38pm CDT
Rocket mode = Very nice!
Train mode = wish it wasn't a bullet train, but still looks good.
Posted by Hard Hacker on April 23rd, 2008 @ 12:50pm CDT
Posted by Autoclot on April 23rd, 2008 @ 1:05pm CDT
I'm hoping Forbidden Planet get this one in; it's not listed on the preorder or catalogue pages yet, but they had most of the others last time I was in so I'm hopeful
And on a side note, yay! They have reissue Metroplex up for pre-order... I guess they just really, really want my money
Posted by Craven Knight on April 23rd, 2008 @ 1:36pm CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on April 23rd, 2008 @ 1:59pm CDT
Still haven't even received my first Henkei preorders though...
Posted by Geekee1 on April 23rd, 2008 @ 2:43pm CDT
Hard Hacker wrote:Overall ugliness. The Hasbro version has better/more realsistic colours. You don't see purple bullet trains or shuttles now, do you?
No but I have seen one in the G1 cartoon.
Posted by rhinox555 on April 23rd, 2008 @ 3:56pm CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on April 23rd, 2008 @ 5:11pm CDT
Posted by Down_Shift on April 23rd, 2008 @ 8:22pm CDT
Way to go Takara Tomy.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on April 23rd, 2008 @ 8:35pm CDT
omega666 wrote:That looks WAY better than Hasbrotrain.
I don't know, I ordered 2 of these mainly for the color variation. Beyond that and a chance to get another Screamer and RamJet cheaper than at the auctions(got me some kitbashing to do), Henkie is doing nothing for me.
However, even though I do prefer this AstroTrain to the Hasbro version, I still can't help but feel a fondness for that initial release.
Yeah it was different, however it was far from bad.