Takara Legends LG-10 Arcee vs. Hasbro Generations Arcee

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Just a quick video comparison of the Takara Arcee and the Hasbro Generations Arcee figures.

[ASM]

The thing is Takara goes for CARTOON ACCURACY above all else. You might think the black paint looks good, but that's not what Takara was going for. They want a figure that looks like it walked off of the screen. They accomplished it.

[impossiblepie]

I would hope the Takara one is more detailed since it cost double the price.

[Geeksiders]

Man, I'm having a tough time deciding between these two. I like the paint scheme on the Hasbro a little better. But I love that the Takara has the Autobot symbol on her chest plate. Damn! Coin flip time!

[nicklegostava]

For Earthrise they Really Should have released the Takara Version of this instead of the Shell-former we ended up with.

[Magikknight]

I own both versions and I have to give the slightest nod to Takara. I like the overall softer look and I actually like the head sculpt. I may be wrong as it's been a long time since I've seen the animation model but I think she had the lipstick look in the cartoon. She always looked more humanoid do to the fact and this is pure speculation on my part that she was kind of the mother figure to Daniel. Anyway as always thanks for the great review.

[biggstan]

Nice Comparison, Sir! I definitely​ dig the Takara version over the Hasbro for sure. Due to the more G1 accurate color scheme.

[JJGoldFalconTHELEGENDOFGOLD]

I like the takara better because it's more show accurate, though I may buy both to swap around parts to make one that looks the best to me.

[dariusq]

I love the random language you use while transforming her. Oh the unintentional double entendres. =D

[Godravage]

I love all the pink. It's much simpler then the Hasbro one far as paint apps but i love it so much more. Movie accurate. Also, far as the lipstick is concerned, I think it softens her face. I actually did not like the face when I first seen the Hasbro one and put me off getting this. It wasn't until I seen the Takara one with the lipstick that finally tipped me to getting her. In G1 all fembots had lipstick btw, including Arcee.

[andrewtaylor]

Rare for me to say, but I think Hasbro did a better job overall. The pink is a sharper better shade. The Takara seems a little to subdued in color shade. The black accents on the Hasbro add some needed contrast that brings the pink out more. And that dark grey abdomen on the Takara looks out of place compared to Hasbro's more blended figure matching white

[alfa]

Man, am I glad I decided to go with her TAKARA LEGENDS figure instead of the EARTHRISE/KINGDOM version.

[ahchiu]

The Takara version looks much more G1 with its color scheme, but I actually prefer the Hasbro one in this case.  The black breaks up the colors so that it reminds me a bit more of the IDW design.  That's what I like.

[heinzaut]

arcee wears red lip stick in the cartoon, it´s accurate

[elrosamandil]

Which one do you feel closer reflects Arcee from the original show?

[marvinonstage]

At first I was thinking the Takara would be the one but looking at them both I'm going to pick the Hasbro. That extra black just seems to make the figure look more adult collector-ish. I live in Atlanta and still have kit found one.

[dgriffin]

now that I'm seeing this I think I actually might like the Hasbro colors, first time for everything

[RubenAliFuenmayor]

How tall is she in robot mode? How does she scale to the Masterpiece line? Thanks.

[RingoLoadagain]

Wow, I actually prefer the Hasbro version! Cartoon Arcee was never my favorite, but I love the IDW version of her. The face on this figure doesn't resemble the IDW version at all, but at least with the darker Hasbro one I can pretend she's a badass and not a cutesey girly character.

[nemass]

I like the Hasbro it seems to contact better with some of the paint apps.

[larkhainan]

I would think both versions have lipstick, its just that Takara was a bit egregious in its application. I'm pretty happy with the blacks though, the color selection works better on the Hasbro one.