Hasbro G1 Reissue Generations Platinum Trypticon now Available on Amazon.com

Preordered! I was hoping for less, but I've really wanted a Trypticon for a long time. My Encore Metroplex will have a mate to play with all of those old legends figures.

[Edit] Funny, searching for Trypticon still shows a marketplace seller selling it for $199. We have to scroll down to the bottom to find the official Amazon listing. I wonder how long that will last....

I would love to have him but that price is a bit steep for me. I would pay maybe a bit over $100

Thanks for the link.
I put in my order with Prime and used some CC reward points to knock him down even farther.
Really looking forward to having a minty one of my own,

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Shame he doesn't look very cool, hope hasbro makes a new one, I would love for a 'War Within' version, I wouldn't even mind if he was voyager, he doesn't have to be mammoth

I was so confused by that at first thinking Trypticon turned into a mamoth (as in the prehistoric animal) in that series (I never read war within)

Yeah, no need for a titan class price tag for me to be happy; but you should check out the designs from that, the constructicons, trailbreaker, trypticon, and, indeed, The Fallen, were some of the coolest designs to come of that series, they even had pretty cool designs for the non-dino dinobots (the stegosaurs was really innovative)













and lets not forget:

I like Scavenger in pre-Earth form - that would certainly make a nice change from all the Earth mode Contructicons - perhaps this would work nicely in the smaller 3rd party sizes too since they contain a fair amount of pre-earth modes.

I like Pre-Earth Modes a lot but I never know what the consensus is about what people like best Organic or Mechaniocal Animals, Modern Vehicles, 80's retro vehicles, Pre-earth Modes or whatever.

Personally I have no specific preference and just like what looks nice or seems 'fresh'.

RAR wrote:I like Scavenger in pre-Earth form - that would certainly make a nice change from all the Earth mode Contructicons - perhaps this would work nicely in the smaller 3rd party sizes too since they contain a fair amount of pre-earth modes.

I like Pre-Earth Modes a lot but I never know what the consensus is about what people like best Organic or Mechaniocal Animals, Modern Vehicles, 80's retro vehicles, Pre-earth Modes or whatever.

Personally I have no specific preference and just like what looks nice or seems 'fresh'.

I grew up with BW so I have a strong attachment to organic animals, but that also had mech animals and cyborg animals, so it covered a large spectrum; I personally love non-earth vehicles and mechanical animals. I thought War Within had a great style to the vehicle modes - 'dat Trailbreaker

I think BBTS just put up the Preorder for this today. At least the email alerting me to the preorder came in this morning...

And $163 is a significant savings from $200 (almost 20%, if I have my math correct, and I seem to remember most of the sellers having some shipping costs. Yeah, I've been watching this for a while really wanting a G1 Mint Trypticon. ). So, I'm not sure we can gauge interest yet...

While the Transfomrers Platinum Autobot Intel Ops set, featuring a rerelease of Blaster, Perceptor, Ramhorn and Steeljaw, has been out for a while, there hasn't been an in depth analysis to what this set offers over previous rereleases. The new slide feature has not been covered correctly elsewhere with reviewers making the dreaded mistake of not following the instructions.

Since he is now sold out at this product's exclusive retailer in America, it seems a lot of folks now have this fun new collectible and I will list the main differences with this release and go in depth for the new slide feature.

Firstly, while the box art is awesome...



... no one has yet to comment on the dumb grin Blaster has. I guess he does really enjoy pummeling Decepticons, as his bio says.



While the quality is not terrible, the grey plastic used for Blaster has the similar flecks found in the the plastic used for contemporary Transformer toys. You can see the reflection from the camera's flash:



The grey plastic is also a shade more brown than the original release but it is the same plastic found on the other Blaster reissue.

Also, while the original mold indentations for the date and copyright are found on the figure, there is also a contemporary trademark stamp found all across Blaster's upper back.



Like the original Hasbro Perceptor, his gun can not fire, which is customary. However, unlike the previous reissue, there has been a slight change so that the missile will not fall from the gun when inserted for poses.



Also, Perceptor has an Autobot logo sticker in his abdominal area which is absent from the stock photo in the back. This reminds me, all stickers are preapplied.

Now onto the New Features!

The main difference between this and previous releases of the Perceptor figure is the inclusion of a whole new accessory for his microscope. He comes with six microscope slides which have diverse sci fi imagery, ranging from fractals, solar flares and technorganic cell as well as a blueprint for Optimus Prime.



These six slides can be held by a case which can close.



This case, in the open formation, can be attached to Perceptor's back. It has four pegs which match with the already existing holes found on Perceptor's back.





Now, for viewing the slides themselves, I haven't found any review that has done this correctly. This is not how you are supposed to place the slide:



While you might think that they are made to fit on the chest plate (which still works visually if you want to pose him in microscope mode), this won't work and the instructions instead indicate that they must fit over the smaller mirror.



The slides indeed fit snugly over the mirror due to a molded indentation on the slide. The slide can only fit on the mirror when it is upside down.



The gimmick actually works since Perceptor retains his ability to be a working microscope. Here is a messed up view of what you might see.



Woah, let's back up a bit. Ok, so here is the tecnorganic cell slide placed on the mirror:



And here is how it looks under the microscope. You will notice that it is reflected upside down.



Now let's look at the Optimus slide. Here is what it looks like under the microscope.





Now let's talk about the casettes. This time around, it is not stickers used for the tapes but tampographs instead. Let me know if you notice anything strange with these:



I will let our own Scotty P take it from here to describe the intricacies of the changes with the casetttes:

ScottyP wrote:This Platinum Edition Eject has a tampo, and you've seen it before, but never on Eject. It's Ratbat's.

Here's SDCC 2009 Ratbat from the site galleries (though this is a sticker, you'll get the point):

Transformers Universe - Classics 2.0 Ratbat (Reissue) Gallery

Lastly, a note on Platinum Steeljaw's weapons. They actually have the chrome stop to allow for a nice, smooth connection to the body of the tape. This is awesome! This same feature disappointingly doesn't carry over to Ramhorn's weapons. I can't find myself lamenting Eject's guns being all chrome, since like most versions of the mold they don't stay in all that well anyhow.

So hope that helps any cassette collectors still on the fence with this one. There is one real, actual variant in here in Eject. Can't believe it took it being "in hand" for me to catch that!

Hopefully this helped highlight the new features as well as explain how to get the most out of this set. I know I am having a blast (pun intended)!

carytheone wrote:

Blaster Face.jpg

Go ahead, try and get some sleep tonight. Blaster will be there, watching, waiting, plotting....

Meh; I've seen scarier, like that tm rhinox digibash sabr posted somewhere - now that, that was the stuff of nightmares' nightmare's

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Blaster Face.jpg

Go ahead, try and get some sleep tonight. Blaster will be there, watching, waiting, plotting....

As I am getting ready for bed....

Then you definitely won't want to see that rhinox digibash...

HA! Found it - regretted it immediately:




That mustache gave me nightmare's for days