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Novabeam10 wrote:my friend at TRU here in Canada fed me a bit of information that may interest any combiner wars lover out there. Apparently TRU canada has a listing for the fans built combiner in their system alongside listings for Menasor/superion sets plus a platinum planet of Junk set. All have no orders as of yet so this may just be placeholders on online only stock
The SKU's and canadian retail pricing are as follows
Fan built combiner 778971 149.99
Menasor 778969 149.99
Superion 778966 149.99
Planet of Junk Platinum set 736239 109.99
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
megatronus wrote:I'm still holding hope for a combiner that's 4 deluxe Grooves redeco'd as Junkions...
Torso? Irrelevant. (But Sky Lynx might do!)
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
megatronus wrote:I'm still holding hope for a combiner that's 4 deluxe Grooves redeco'd as Junkions...
Torso? Irrelevant. (But Sky Lynx might do!)
william-james88 wrote:megatronus wrote:I'm still holding hope for a combiner that's 4 deluxe Grooves redeco'd as Junkions...
Torso? Irrelevant. (But Sky Lynx might do!)
We get along well so it gives me no pleasure to crush your dreams with this simple notion: if the box set was also a combiner, it would be the same price as the others
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Wolfman Jake wrote:$80.00 US seems steep for a reissue of G1 Wreck-Gar, though he was a bigger figure, right? I don't think any other Junkions were made in G1, but there is the eHobby exclusive Detritus, a repaint of G1 Hound. Detritus is supposedly a Decepticon aligned Junkion, so it would give Wreck-Gar a possible foil for a "versus" sort of motif.
ausbot wrote:Could be a re-issue of the Three different head Junkions from "classics" era molds.
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
Emerje wrote:The title sounds like another possible theme set like the Blaster/Perceptor Intel Ops set. I'm thinking a movie themed G1 reissue set, maybe Wreck-Gar, Hot Rod, and Kup?
Emerje
Burn wrote:Let it be known, I murdered Amelie.
Accidentally.
Emerje wrote:The title sounds like another possible theme set like the Blaster/Perceptor Intel Ops set. I'm thinking a movie themed G1 reissue set, maybe Wreck-Gar, Hot Rod, and Kup?
Emerje
AutobotAlvaron wrote:It would be great if this set included a re-issue G1 Wreck-Gar along with the CHUG version like the Takara Chronicle sets. For the price, a second, or even third Junkion would be welcome. Or, perhaps it will be an "Evolution of Wreck-Gar" type of thing and also include the Animated version, I wonder?
Rated X wrote:Is there any proof that "Platinum" means the Planet of Junk" boxset will indeed be a re-issue of a vintage figure from the 80s? (I hate when people use the term "G1" to describe vintage figures when the classics line is clearly just as G1 as any vintage figure) Werent the YOTS Omega Supreme, FOC Bruticus vs. Grimlock, and the giant Cybertron Starscream re-issue also "Platinum" releases? I was under the assumption "Platinum" simply meant re-issued figure which will be exclusive to TRU and a few other chains. My guess is its going to be a 3 pack of wreck-gar, junkheap, and scrapheap with more cartoon inspired decos. Im not saying it wont be a re-issue of the vintage wreck-gar figure, but that figure kinda sucked. I cant see that figure doing too well in retail. I think hasbro learned their lesson with the insecticons reissue and now Trypticon.
william-james88 wrote:Also the jury is not out on when to use and not use G1. There is a strong argument that the current generations figures are IDW based which is a different universe than the cartoon and toys of old (where Springer and Arcee didnt even know eachother). And if you believe today's toys are just as G1, doesnt that make Alpha Bravo G1? I thought youw ere against that notion.
Wolfman Jake wrote:william-james88 wrote:Also the jury is not out on when to use and not use G1. There is a strong argument that the current generations figures are IDW based which is a different universe than the cartoon and toys of old (where Springer and Arcee didnt even know eachother). And if you believe today's toys are just as G1, doesnt that make Alpha Bravo G1? I thought youw ere against that notion.
I think you mean "the jury is still out," Billy J.
More to the point, though, I think Rated-X is correct in this case. Classics figures, which include a healthy portion of what we are getting from the more recent Generations lines, are by and large figures of G1 characters. Even back in the 80s, there wasn't one unifying continuity for the fiction. The toy bios constituted their own continuity, the cartoon another, and the Marvel comics a third, to say nothing of the ancillary material like activity and reading books. IDW is another G1 fiction, even though it only started within the past decade or so (not in the 1980s). Also, even though the current figures are definitely IDW inspired and tied in to their current fiction, there is product out there that doesn't have any place in the current fiction, or gets shoehorned in for promotional purposes by Hasbro's request. For instance, there is no Bruticus yet in IDW, but we're getting a full set of Combaticons, including a new Shockwave figure, a character who is currently dead in the IDW stories. G1 is an extremely malleable concept and definitely isn't restricted to the 1980s.
ScottyP wrote:If this thread could not turn into a completely pointless circular thing about semantics, that'd be great. Call stuff what you want to; if it gets the point across, then it gets the point across.
Anyways, came back in to speculate on something else entirely, so here's that. What if "Planet of Junk" set only has characters from the Autobot/Decepticon skirmish there and not any Junkions? Would you feel disappointed? I certainly would, but you never do know if that's the approach.
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