Following up on our story this morning about what looked to be a Takara BWVS Rhinox vs Scorponok set, we now have some new better quality images showing off the pair in both their bot and beast modes, now with premium finish paintjobs.
We’re hoping to get an official reveal for this soon, but for now you can check out the pics and let us know if you’re interested in the ongoing discussion thread!
BlurrCool
God I can\'t wait for this to get to my house
Oniconvoy
I absolutely adore my Tigatron.
But I only got him because of the yellowing on the US version. Now I need to resist going down the rabbit hole of getting all of these.
40CakesBad
Updated my display with all my new figures
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I plan to write up reviews, but overall I'm torn on between my old abd bew Rhinox
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lord ginrai
Yup, ghost Starscream. Inspired by the episode "Possession"
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Novaburnhilde
Oh snap, I didn't know they were making a set with Starscream and Waspinator!
That's dope.
Currywurst
Ah. Didn't catch that.
Gotta admit, space is starting to become an issue here too.
Thundershot
Again, I’ve taken the sleeve off and admired them, but I don’t want to take them out just to put them in bags and put into storage.. I need a place to display them..
Currywurst
They are glorious. You're missing out.
Zodiac1968340
Arrived in Hong Kong
https://twitter.com/eptoy/status/1773304635639382075/photo/1
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Thundershot
I have all of the VS packs (well, the Inferno/Airazor one is out for delivery today) and other than taking off the sleeve for inspection, I haven’t taken any of them out of the package.
Stanley Horsfiel
View attachment 30306088 I’ve absolutely been loving these guys !.. these are currently the packs I have at the minute. I unfortunately missed out on the rhino v Scorponok, terrorsaur v rattrap and the inferno v airrazor.. unfortunately getting these sets in the uk is quite difficult.. there’s only two stores im aware of that sell them here.. if anyone knows another uk store that has the rest please let me know
overall thought these sets are a blast and the update paint schemes truly bring these moulds to life.( not like that weren’t great already) unfortunately I don’t know if it’s just my Copies but a couple of the figures namely. Dinobot,primal and tigatron have a couple of signs of mould degradation showing. But other than that they’re all so amazing !.
ScorponokIsHere
A lot of people are having that issue, yeah. Consensus seems to be a mishammered pin that goes through at an odd angle. I took an X-acto knife to mine to try to carve out enough clearance to push the part through.
rattrap17
Anyone else having an issue transforming this version of Terrorsaur? The joint at the bottom of the beast neck does not rotate backwards for robot mode. I've actually got stress marks in the plastic from attempting to rotate it as one of the sides is impacting on the beast back.
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Alph
Did the limb swap for Terrorsaur. Hurt my fingers getting the legs off, but so worth it.
Why did Takara think the black bits were a good idea, anyway?
Dinocon93
These are really good for premium decos, that said I don’t care for the shining finish and some of the figures like Tigatron’s green being off color. Those things keep me from wanting to pay a lot for these and can’t afford all of them anyways. Probably get the ones I do want still since I’m passing on a lot of shit coming out this year and the next, but don’t want to be paying over $100 for a single set just for one specific figure in that set. I ain’t doin that shit for ER hound, I ain’t doing with these either.
I think it sucks were going back to Takara for exclusive releases for BW and non-G1 related shit again, epecially since most of what Hasbro gave us were mostly the unappealing toy accurate decos that didn’t sell for shit. Takara’s decos are MP premium quality anyways so I’m good with a cheaper alternative that at least gets the colors right. I don’t think Hasbro needs to give us their own version of show accurate decos, just some reissues like Tigatron and Rhinox in proper decal like Netflix Cheetor tried to be. Shouldn't have to pay over $100 just for a Tigatron that has clean white deco while Hasbro can release a version of Legacy Blaster for Studio Series that’s barely any different from The original. Don’t even need to be exclusives, Just variant repacks like siege soundwave in legacy.
Zodiac1968340
Dinobot14
It is the third use of the mold, so maybe it is just degrading. Or like you said, some weird design consequence of making two guns per figure? Who knows, lol.
Ektris
Oh, right! Antagony! I do have her to compare against.
Hers is much more snug. The gap is about the same – that's just a consequence of the design, perhaps the gun was finished before they thickened something on that hinge and forgot to update the gun too? But regardless, sits in more tightly.
Dinobot14
Yeah, both fit about the same. It isn't the most snug connection but it isn't the end of the world I guess. I'll have to compare it to my Legacy Inferno/Antagony when I get home, and maybe tighten it like you suggested!
I can live with it though; I am just happy Takara replaced the set without too much of an issue! Now I just need to decide if I want to grab the Starscream pack before I leave if it comes out in time, lol.