Hasbro Transformers Platinum Edition G1 Reissue Seeker Squadron: In-Hand
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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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Posted by Desslok2201 on May 25th, 2015 @ 3:14pm CDT
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!
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on May 25th, 2015 @ 3:19pm CDT
Posted by Randomhero on May 25th, 2015 @ 3:23pm CDT
Dear god are the days of oversized pieces to reach chocking hazard standards behind us?!?!?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 25th, 2015 @ 3:29pm CDT
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
Posted by shajaki on May 25th, 2015 @ 3:47pm CDT
To quote myself:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, the launchers are probably neutered like on the original US toys back in the dayRandomhero 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?!?!?
"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."
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.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.
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
Posted by Amelie on May 25th, 2015 @ 4:36pm CDT
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.
Posted by megatronus on May 25th, 2015 @ 4:50pm CDT
Posted by Mr_Autobot411 on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:09pm CDT
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!
Posted by Cobotron on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:17pm CDT
Get'em MegaT! You'll be pleasantly surprised how neat their transformations are. Clean and simple = good, old school fun.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.
I'm psyched for all, who haven't had the chance in the past to have these guys now.
Posted by shajaki on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:25pm CDT
Since you asked so nicely in pinkAmelie 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.
(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.
Posted by Cobotron on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:35pm CDT
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?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:39pm CDT
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.
Posted by shajaki on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:40pm CDT
And here I thought that was just for meCobotron wrote:Amelie writes everything in pink. It's a style thang.
Me neither. Fill us in Amelie!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?
Posted by Ironhidensh on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:45pm CDT
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.
Posted by Cobotron on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:47pm CDT
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:47pm CDT
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?
Posted by Cobotron on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:50pm CDT
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?!?!"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.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 25th, 2015 @ 5:54pm CDT
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.
Posted by dragons on May 25th, 2015 @ 6:12pm CDT
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
Posted by fenrir72 on May 25th, 2015 @ 6:24pm CDT
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.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 25th, 2015 @ 6:50pm CDT
MGrotusque wrote:From observing how TERRIBLE sales are for any of the platinum releases and the shelfwarmability of the price points I predidct i won't see a Trypticon at retail.
Who would have guessed that making G2 Optimus and MP Soundwave in vomit puke colors and selling them DOUBLE the price of what they should have gone for was going to be a failure? Who would have thought selling the Insecticons pack at 33% more than any sane price would make them also shelfwarm?
Eh?
EH?!
Posted by Agregor on May 25th, 2015 @ 7:13pm CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on May 25th, 2015 @ 7:27pm CDT
Agregor wrote:This I will accept for a g1 reissue. But if it's a character like Trypticon, Unicron or even the sharkticons, we'd need an up to date figure.
Your post is a bit off tangent as this is the Platinum re-issues G1 fig release topic.
Unicron was given the 1986 Movie head. Sharkticons? They're fat and stupid and bricks. That's what the Platinum series is for. G1 and G2 re-issues.
Trypticon, I feel is a bit of a trial baloon for the domestic US market (Asian market will sell out especially in China where the Chinese are just loco over TFs). Hopefully this sells well enough to green light a possible Titan version.
Posted by fenrir72 on May 25th, 2015 @ 7:33pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:MGrotusque wrote:From observing how TERRIBLE sales are for any of the platinum releases and the shelfwarmability of the price points I predidct i won't see a Trypticon at retail.
Who would have guessed that making G2 Optimus and MP Soundwave in vomit puke colors and selling them DOUBLE the price of what they should have gone for was going to be a failure? Who would have thought selling the Insecticons pack at 33% more than any sane price would make them also shelfwarm?
Eh?
EH?!
Hasbro should shoot the jokers who greenlighted the vomit colored versions in the butt As for the Insecticons, it sold for a premium because they included a high octane premium unleaded Energon cubes
Posted by shajaki on May 25th, 2015 @ 7:47pm CDT
Posted by Delicon on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:10pm CDT
Posted by shajaki on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:25pm CDT
Typticon is the ultimate Decepticon weapon, capable of converting between three forms, each more massive than the last. Whether in T-Rex mode, city mode, or battle station mode, his goal remains the same: total destruction of the Autobots.
Posted by william-james88 on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:28pm CDT
Posted by karyuudo on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:36pm CDT
Posted by Cobotron on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:38pm CDT
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Posted by william-james88 on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:44pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:Ya know, unless it's the picture quality, they have changed the color a little. All the blue bits, including the little guy, were originally purple.
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Pretty sure it's the lighting and quality of the pic, it looks purple to me.
Maybe men see purple, and women see blue.
Posted by Cobotron on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:45pm CDT
Oh you. You are in quite a mood today Mr. James.william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Ya know, unless it's the picture quality, they have changed the color a little. All the blue bits, including the little guy, were originally purple.
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Pretty sure it's the lighting and quality of the pic, it looks purple to me.
Maybe men see purple, and women see blue.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:47pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:47pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:48pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:Oh you. You are in quite a mood today Mr. James.william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Ya know, unless it's the picture quality, they have changed the color a little. All the blue bits, including the little guy, were originally purple.
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Pretty sure it's the lighting and quality of the pic, it looks purple to me.
Maybe men see purple, and women see blue.
Couldnt resist!
Posted by shajaki on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:48pm CDT
The new pic confirms that his original electronics are in tact!
Posted by Cobotron on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:52pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:Where's Full Tilt's gun?
Scotty, 2 things...
1. What color do you see? That's not the original purple is it?
2. Gun? What gun? Do you know what it looks like? I'll go dig through my random parts box right now!
Posted by ScottyP on May 25th, 2015 @ 8:55pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:ScottyP wrote:Where's Full Tilt's gun?
Scotty, 2 things...
1. What color do you see? That's not the original purple is it?
2. Gun? What gun? Do you know what it looks like? I'll go dig through my random parts box right now!
1 - Purple, 2 - tiny silver double barrelled gun. One of the most expensive G1 parts on the secondary market because it's so easy to lose. I'm on my phone so it may be a resolution thing, but I can't find it in any of the images. It'd be almost cruel if it's not included :/
Posted by Cobotron on May 25th, 2015 @ 9:06pm CDT
*digs through box*...ScottyP wrote:Cobotron wrote:ScottyP wrote:Where's Full Tilt's gun?
Scotty, 2 things...
1. What color do you see? That's not the original purple is it?
2. Gun? What gun? Do you know what it looks like? I'll go dig through my random parts box right now!
1 - Purple, 2 - tiny silver double barrelled gun. One of the most expensive G1 parts on the secondary market because it's so easy to lose. I'm on my phone so it may be a resolution thing, but I can't find it in any of the images. It'd be almost cruel if it's not included :/
NOPE. Darn. Nothing matching that description.
Thanks though Sir P.
Posted by jgilkinson on May 25th, 2015 @ 9:32pm CDT
Posted by Desslok2201 on May 25th, 2015 @ 9:37pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Ya know, unless it's the picture quality, they have changed the color a little. All the blue bits, including the little guy, were originally purple.
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Pretty sure it's the lighting and quality of the pic, it looks purple to me.
Maybe men see purple, and women see blue.
The dress is white and gold. WHITE AND GOLD!!!
Posted by shajaki on May 25th, 2015 @ 9:37pm CDT
It's pretty impossible to discern, but here's the front of the box with a picture of the batteries.jgilkinson wrote:Mine uses D cells I am curious to see if they have changed that. Also want to see if the motors are still loud. Since the news came out I have been looking my original I got as a kid and am giving serious thought to getting an updated version.
Posted by Cobotron on May 25th, 2015 @ 9:39pm CDT
Oh Dessy, not this again.Desslok2201 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Ya know, unless it's the picture quality, they have changed the color a little. All the blue bits, including the little guy, were originally purple.
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Pretty sure it's the lighting and quality of the pic, it looks purple to me.
Maybe men see purple, and women see blue.
The dress is white and gold. WHITE AND GOLD!!!
Posted by Desslok2201 on May 25th, 2015 @ 9:42pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:Oh Dessy, not this again.Desslok2201 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Ya know, unless it's the picture quality, they have changed the color a little. All the blue bits, including the little guy, were originally purple.
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Pretty sure it's the lighting and quality of the pic, it looks purple to me.
Maybe men see purple, and women see blue.
The dress is white and gold. WHITE AND GOLD!!!
Sorry. I also couldn't resist.
Posted by MaverickPrime on May 25th, 2015 @ 11:12pm CDT
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on May 25th, 2015 @ 11:28pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:Where's Full Tilt's gun?
You mean this right? It's so small that it might be there in the box obscured by something else. Trypticon uses 2 C batteries in his tail to walk & for his spinning guns & radar, & 1 AA for the tank/Brunt's cannon light. My brother has an old vintage one which works, but I always wondered if Brunt's light was meant to flash or just stay on. I'd want a new one myself, but $200.00 is steep for me. Still, a full-on G1 Trypticon with his correct colors, functioning mechanicles, & all his accessories, is hard to pass up. I hope Scorponok is the next city-bot or Dai-Atlas or OverLord (they're kind of city-bots).
Posted by Autobot032 on May 25th, 2015 @ 11:49pm CDT
It looks nice, though, really nice.
Posted by fenrir72 on May 26th, 2015 @ 12:09am CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on May 26th, 2015 @ 1:04am CDT
RhA wrote:Great looking set! But, as there seems to be no difference in the looks ok Trypticon, I'll pass. I don't need this guy twice.
For those who missed him that is. A good opportunity.
Posted by MightyMagnus78 on May 26th, 2015 @ 1:45am CDT