Hasbro Transformers Platinum Edition G1 Reissue Seeker Squadron: In-Hand

Posted by shajaki May 25, 2015 at 2:49pm CDT 28,302 views

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Strap in readers, this morning Seibertron.com brings you the first In-Hand shots of Transformers Platinum Edition G1 Reissue Seeker Squadron 3-Pack! These three (Thrust, Dirge, & Ramjet) are better known to the fandom as the "Coneheads", and are originally remolds of the original Seeker trio (Starscream, Skywarp, & Thundercracker). The only noticeable difference between this reissue set and their G1 counterparts is that Thrust's missile launchers are slightly remolded to remove the firing mechanism, though the missiles themselves remain the same.

What makes this Reissue set special is that while the original trio has been reissued a number of times, the Conehead trio was only reissued once by E-Hobby in 2001 (limit 1000 pieces and quite expensive on secondary market) and Dirge got a solo release in the ToysRus Commemorative Reissue series. This Seeker Squadron is available at some specialty online retailers (like sponsor TFsource), but was squired by yours truly through Wal-Mart.ca so hopefully it will show up on the American site and maybe even store shelves. But without further ado, the gallery below is why you clicked on this story so keep scrolling. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!

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Comment by Desslok2201 May 25, 2015

william-james88 wrote:While I completely understand why people would pass on an item like this, it is too bad all the same.
I didnt think Hasbro would ever reissue this guy and thus I bought a G1 version (less equipped but a lot cheaper than this). And there are many fans who are now just willing to move on from G1 and want updated forms, which makes sense since that is what Hasbro has been doing pretty intensively these past 2 years.
But now Hasbro will read these boards (since it is one of their main indication of what this particular market may want), see the low interest, and it will reflect in sales as G1 rereleases ALWAYS do. And they will further make up their minds that there isn't much of a market for G1 rereleases and we lose again.

Sometimes, we are our own worst enemies.

Hey Hasbro- don't listen to these people! G1 reissues are a fantastic idea, particularly reissues of Japanese G1 stuff that never made itto the US/UK. Victory, Return of Convoy and Masterforce are great places to start!

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Comment by AutobotAlvaron May 25, 2015

Awesome find! Hmm, no Decepticon symbol tampos? How does the overall QC look & how does the plastic feel? I assume that Dirges's gold wings are still metallic & Thrust is still beautifully swirly-maroon (though not as much as the CHUG one), the die-cast is there & their joints are nice & tight. I hope we see a US release soon.

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Comment by Randomhero May 25, 2015

Are...are those regular null rays and missiles for thrust??? :shock:

Dear god are the days of oversized pieces to reach chocking hazard standards behind us?!?!?

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat May 25, 2015

Randomhero wrote:Are...are those regular null rays and missiles for thrust???

Dear god are the days of oversized pieces to reach chocking hazard standards behind us?!?!?

Well, the launchers are probably neutered like on the original US toys back in the day

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Comment by shajaki May 25, 2015

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Randomhero wrote:Are...are those regular null rays and missiles for thrust???

Dear god are the days of oversized pieces to reach chocking hazard standards behind us?!?!?
Well, the launchers are probably neutered like on the original US toys back in the day

To quote myself:
"The only noticeable difference between this reissue set and their G1 counterparts is that Thrust's missile launchers are slightly remolded to remove the firing mechanism, though the missiles themselves remain the same."

AutobotAlvaron wrote:Awesome find! Hmm, no Decepticon symbol tampos? How does the overall QC look & how does the plastic feel? I assume that Dirges's gold wings are still metallic & Thrust is still beautifully swirly-maroon (though not as much as the CHUG one), the die-cast is there & their joints are nice & tight. I hope we see a US release soon.

To my knowledge, the only tampo'ing done on G1 Reissues were done on the Takara Encore figures, and I have yet to put the stickers on my trio.

The QC is fantastic. Strangely enough, the only seekers I had as a child were Dirge and Thrust. It's hard to explain, but these guys feel a little lighter than I remember but of course I'm working from memory of toys I played with 25 years ago. So while they don't feel exactly the same, they do feel fantastic, at very least on par with the other Seeker Reissues I've handled.

I HIGHLY recommend this set ;)^

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Comment by Amelie May 25, 2015

Ok... I'm gonna sound weird here... but....

I need a close up of the hands. In particular - tabs and (if there is one) number on the inside. If thats possible. Please!

If they're numbered - do they all have to same number? Ta.

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Comment by megatronus May 25, 2015

I'm all over ALL these reissues. I've never collected G1, but these are awesome pieces of history to own, and is a great reminder of how far we've come. Besides, they all look gorgeous.

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Comment by Mr_Autobot411 May 25, 2015

every since my lil cousin came into my room 15 years ago, and smashed the hell outta this guy, ive wanted one every since. For years ive spent looking on ebay, only to find incomplete versions, or complete version going for large money! Waiting for encore version also didnt seem like it was gonna come too

200 is steep, but remembering how much i loved this guy and the hours of playing with him, 200 wont kill me, ok a lil but it def worth it, since u cant find a reasonable price on the g1s at all!

cant wait!

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Comment by Cobotron May 25, 2015

megatronus wrote:I'm all over ALL these reissues. I've never collected G1, but these are awesome pieces of history to own, and is a great reminder of how far we've come. Besides, they all look gorgeous.

Get'em MegaT! You'll be pleasantly surprised how neat their transformations are. Clean and simple = good, old school fun. ;)^

I'm psyched for all, who haven't had the chance in the past to have these guys now.

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Comment by shajaki May 25, 2015

Amelie wrote: Ok... I'm gonna sound weird here... but....

I need a close up of the hands. In particular - tabs and (if there is one) number on the inside. If thats possible. Please!

If they're numbered - do they all have to same number? Ta.

Since you asked so nicely in pink

(may I ask why though?)

Sorry the pics aren't the best (cameras not great on extreme close-ups), but I can tell you what I see. I looked inside the fists and there's no numbers. But on the outside they all have the number "11".

While I was photog'ing the fists, I tried to do close-ups of Thrust's missile launchers. If you can make it out, the trigger is clearly removed and remolded. The missiles themselves are unchanged and fit nice and snuggly in place.

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Comment by Cobotron May 25, 2015

Amelie writes everything in pink. It's a style thang.

Just pulled the fist off of my G1 Thrust. It had an 11 on it. Hasbro re-issue Thundercracker has a 10.
I know nothing of the significance of these numbers. What's it all about Amelie?

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat May 25, 2015

The Seekers, like some other G1 toys, have had many different molding variants in their parts, particularly the fists and wings.

To give you a good idea of what's up, Fred's Workshop has sizable lists of variants and whatnot, including G1 Seeker fists. The #11 fist seems to be a new variant and it's entirely possible they've been cast from newly created molds.

Needless to say, Amelie loves Seekers.

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Comment by shajaki May 25, 2015

Cobotron wrote:Amelie writes everything in pink. It's a style thang.

And here I thought that was just for me :-(

Cobotron wrote:Just pulled the fist off of my G1 Thrust. It had an 11 on it. Hasbro re-issue Thundercracker has a 10.
I know nothing of the significance of these numbers. What's it all about Amelie?

Me neither. Fill us in Amelie!

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Comment by Ironhidensh May 25, 2015

william-james88 wrote:While I completely understand why people would pass on an item like this, it is too bad all the same.
I didnt think Hasbro would ever reissue this guy and thus I bought a G1 version (less equipped but a lot cheaper than this). And there are many fans who are now just willing to move on from G1 and want updated forms, which makes sense since that is what Hasbro has been doing pretty intensively these past 2 years.
But now Hasbro will read these boards (since it is one of their main indication of what this particular market may want), see the low interest, and it will reflect in sales as G1 rereleases ALWAYS do. And they will further make up their minds that there isn't much of a market for G1 rereleases and we lose again.

Sometimes, we are our own worst enemies.

I feel that they can only really draw that conclusion on the big ticket items. When the price tag starts hitting the $200 range, you are naturally dealing with a severely limited market. The smaller, and thus cheaper, G1 reissues have always flown off the shelves. Hasbro should focus on them, and leave the big ticket items for convention specials.

Take that with a grain of salt though. I may be the only person on these boards who, even as a wee child when it was first released, never once had the slightest bit of interest in tripticon. I've always thought he was ridiculous.

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Comment by Cobotron May 25, 2015

It's possible I have the fists swapped on my two Seekers. Maybe the 10s go to G1 Thrust and the 11s go to re-TC. They don't look different. :-?

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Comment by AutobotAlvaron May 25, 2015

shajaki wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
The QC is fantastic. Strangely enough, the only seekers I had as a child were Dirge and Thrust. It's hard to explain, but these guys feel a little lighter than I remember but of course I'm working from memory of toys I played with 25 years ago. So while they don't feel exactly the same, they do feel fantastic, at very least on par with the other Seeker Reissues I've handled.

I HIGHLY recommend this set

I wonder if anyone has ever actually used a kitchen digital scale and compared the weights of Re-issues vs G1s. Other people have commented, over the years, about these newer re-issues either having a lighter weight or thinner/hollow feel to them. I really wonder if it's just a psychological/false memory or if there is an actual, measurable difference in mass/weight.

Is the new plastic less dense & lighter, or are we just assigning heft & supposed higher quality to our vintage toys, in the lore of our glittering, rose-tinted, memories? :-?

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Comment by Cobotron May 25, 2015

Ironhidensh wrote:Take that with a grain of salt though. I may be the only person on these boards who, even as a wee child when it was first released, never once had the slightest bit of interest in tripticon. I've always thought he was ridiculous.

You're not the only one. I have him because he was given to me. I appreciate him now, but my 11 year old gripe was, "Where's his stinkin' robot mode?!?!" :lol:

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat May 25, 2015

Cobotron wrote:It's possible I have the fists swapped on my two Seekers. Maybe the 10s go to G1 Thrust and the 11s go to re-TC. They don't look different.

I was a bit hasty with my previous post, the #11 fists are a valid variant and belong to reissue molds, especially the later ones like TRU Dirge.

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Comment by dragons May 25, 2015

Desslok2201 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:While I completely understand why people would pass on an item like this, it is too bad all the same.
I didnt think Hasbro would ever reissue this guy and thus I bought a G1 version (less equipped but a lot cheaper than this). And there are many fans who are now just willing to move on from G1 and want updated forms, which makes sense since that is what Hasbro has been doing pretty intensively these past 2 years.
But now Hasbro will read these boards (since it is one of their main indication of what this particular market may want), see the low interest, and it will reflect in sales as G1 rereleases ALWAYS do. And they will further make up their minds that there isn't much of a market for G1 rereleases and we lose again.

Sometimes, we are our own worst enemies.

Hey Hasbro- don't listen to these people! G1 reissues are a fantastic idea, particularly reissues of Japanese G1 stuff that never made itto the US/UK. Victory, Return of Convoy and Masterforce are great places to start!

You need to stop by movie topics of toys people are saying how they want transformers movie designs be more same boring blocky g1 versions of them selfs movie series is modern look how they would today g1 is past for those who want complete set considering outrage prices for used g1 thrust that comes with u all accessories and without box, instructions this is cheap good set price to buy trio seekers cheapest price I saw thrust g1 was 65.00 not complete.

I will say this I would have saved my money ten years ago and saved for trypticon reissue then get original version but waiting for price on reissue of trypticon Iay have saved some cash getting original until price shows up for reissue it is unknown to say at
Moment

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Comment by fenrir72 May 25, 2015

fenrir72 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:Just an update on the Seeker set. I just picked up mine from RK.

Description:

1. Minute degradation. Cockpit bubble a bit lose. Robot faces are no longer glossy but the rest of the body are 1980s glossy smooth
2. Wing decals are now manually applied using the silvery type decal
3. Thrust's missiles. There seems to be some compromises in order to sell him with its 1980 thin design. What is it? The missile launchers have been remolded gutting out the spring and the switches. And the rust red ring that used to be found on the launcher is now black. The gutting is a fair compromise
4. Ramjet's jet mode really looks bad@ss compared to the henkei version.
5. The rubber tires melted (for those who can't get it, for shame if you are a true G1 connoisseur)

What about Dirge? I have the TRU reissue and that didn't have working launchers. The missile unit was one molded piece like the original toy

Virtually the same as the TRU re-issue, the original Dirge and Ramjet didn't have working weapons. Own that one too. The wing decal are manually attached. Also, the main decals stick properly unlike the TRU reissues back in2004........those could barely stay attached.

Are the eye decals pre-applied?

You know what? All the modern developments of toy engineering and computerized precision painting (Tomy did it for Encore Meister) but they (Tomy/Hasbro) couldn't do the same for the Seekers For my Seekers, I cut the eye decals up and apply them using a sharp tooth pick. Also to note, the decal printing details are a bit blurred in my version.

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