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Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart

Posted by Autobot032 Jan 12, 2015 at 3:04am CST 55,030 views
Remember how we shared the news of the Platinum Edition Reissue of the G1 Insecticons?
Remember how we shared their first official sighting in the Philippines?
Well, we're bringing you big news again...

Platinum Reissue Insecticons have been sighted at US retail, and at... K-Mart?! Yes, K-Mart!

Normally Toys R Us would have this one in the bag, since reissues have been their forte for quite some time, but in an amazing first, K-Mart is the newest retailer to be carrying the reissues of the Insecticons. Boasting all new packaging that's keeping in style with the Combiner Wars line, featuring gorgeous new artwork and collectible Energon cubes to sweeten the deal!

They were found by fellow fan and collector, Rob Ware, and since the Facebook group Plastic Crack Fiends is closed to the public, we've mirrored his sighting, below:

Transformers News: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart

Their price is confirmed at $79.99, making this one of the most expensive domestic reissues, yet, and most certainly one of the most expensive reissues of the Insecticons.

Here are the full images of his find:

Transformers News: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart

Transformers News: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart

Remember, if you have a sighting to share with us, send it to sightings@seibertron.com and remember to share your finds in the sightings forum, which you can find here.

Before you go hunting them down, check out our high res galleries of the Insecticons, to tide you over until they're in hand.

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Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by Mirage22 Jan 12, 2015
80 bucks for those three?! The person who found these is right. I am very content with my Generations reissue that came out at the same time as the Perceptor one a few years back. Though it is nice that they're seeing another release for those who missed out.
Now we can only hope to see other G1 toys get reissued as well during Combiner Wars, and hopefully they are ones that haven't gotten the treatment in quite awhile.
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Comment by MenaceRX Jan 12, 2015
Wow .. that didnt take long and they want to start at $130. Not even close to worth it. But someone will pay it I am sure.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Transformers-Ge?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 ... 4ae33e67a2
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Comment by fenrir72 Jan 12, 2015
It's the cubes that costs the bundle :lol:
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Comment by Cyber Bishop Jan 12, 2015
I did not pay that much for the original ones I bought way back in the 80's. Pass for me.
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Comment by SkyWarpt Jan 12, 2015
I can almost budget in the rest of Menasaur at that price :shock:
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Jan 12, 2015
K-Mart again?! The closest one to me is in Abeline TX, a 3 hours drive! Yes, they've all but disappeared from Texas... Fortunately there are more bugs in the online nest. >:oP
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by G1COLLECTOR Jan 12, 2015
$79.99 , there is no reason for that price. :BOOM:
Nice to see they all got there 80's names back though. I bought the TRU set a few years back for around $40. and only difference is the cubes and display packaging . That does not make up the difference though in price.
K-Mart is always over price anyway. They are a dyeing store chain anyway! :lol:
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by rpetras Jan 12, 2015
That $80 price tag is just stupid.

I thought the $45 price was high.

I'd like a set of G1 Insecticons for my son to actually play with, (They remain 3 of my favorites to this day) but not for those prices.
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Jan 12, 2015
G1COLLECTOR wrote:Nice to see they all got there 80's names back though.


Nope, only Bombshell did. Shrapnel is now called Skrapnel. Still better than Sharpshot, I'll admit.
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by triKlops Jan 12, 2015
While I agree that this sets price point is extremely high, if i didn't own the TRU version this would be bought.
I just wonder how this bodes for the Conehead set.
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by XLordXGrimlockX Jan 12, 2015
It's starting to look like Transformers is a dying brand they just keep reissuing the same characters from years past
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by jogunwarrior Jan 12, 2015
80 bucks sounds like a rip-off...no wonder all the K-marts around here went out of business and closed their doors last year.
35.00 I could understand...I'm even able to stomach maybe $40.00.
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by Shockwave7 Jan 12, 2015
Woah - that's.... pretty expensive. I don't think so. The Generations ones are better anyway. G1 reissues have no pose-ability.
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by GuyIncognito Jan 12, 2015
That price is insane. $26.67 per figure.

At that rate, the conehead set will probably be $149.99 for three figures.
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by MGrotusque Jan 12, 2015
What exactly is " Platinum" about this release? They don't look like anything special to me at all.
This release would impress me and justify that price point if the set included the Deluxe Insecticons aswell.

Now THAT would be a platinum edition reissue if you ask me.
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by GuyIncognito Jan 12, 2015
MGrotusque wrote:What exactly is " Platinum" about this release? They don't look like anything special to me at all.
This release would impress me and justify that price point if the set included the Deluxe Insecticons aswell.

Now THAT would be a platinum edition reissue if you ask me.


What's "Platinum" about it is the packaging. Surely that packaging is worth $40, no?

;)
Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (view post)
Comment by Megatron Wolf Jan 12, 2015
kmart carrying reissues, did not see that one coming. But yeah thats way to much for them, i picked up a 100% complete original set for less than half that on ebay.
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Comment by Optimum Supreme Jan 12, 2015
It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Jan 12, 2015
Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.


As an exclusive tho?
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Comment by Optimum Supreme Jan 12, 2015
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.


As an exclusive tho?


I dunno, I just remember it sitting in the clearance aisle for ages because even with a slashed price it was way too high.

Do we know this set is even exclusive for that matter?
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