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How about this - Ultra Magnus (with new detachable points at the limbs) and four Sweeps. Then later, a set of Junkions with screwdrivers and a bottle of Turtle Wax (exclusively available at Lowe's Home Improvement.)william-james88 wrote:However, I doubt that it would be about the skirmish since that would entail having a galvatron too right? And he is rumoured ot be issued with Rodimus in a seperate set.
Probably this, yeah. That mold has seen recent use too in the form of TFSS Tarantulas.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Planet of Junk?" Given we have only 1 G1 Junkion figure (Wreck-Gar) and 3 "Generations" ones (Wreck-Gar, Junkyard and Scrap Iron), and Platinum releases are sets most of the time depending on size...
Yeah, I'm calling a "Generations"-style 3-pack on this one.
ScottyP wrote:Probably this, yeah. That mold has seen recent use too in the form of TFSS Tarantulas.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Planet of Junk?" Given we have only 1 G1 Junkion figure (Wreck-Gar) and 3 "Generations" ones (Wreck-Gar, Junkyard and Scrap Iron), and Platinum releases are sets most of the time depending on size...
Yeah, I'm calling a "Generations"-style 3-pack on this one.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:ScottyP wrote:Probably this, yeah. That mold has seen recent use too in the form of TFSS Tarantulas.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Planet of Junk?" Given we have only 1 G1 Junkion figure (Wreck-Gar) and 3 "Generations" ones (Wreck-Gar, Junkyard and Scrap Iron), and Platinum releases are sets most of the time depending on size...
Yeah, I'm calling a "Generations"-style 3-pack on this one.
That's unfortunate, $80 for 3 versions of the same mold - all with massive qc issues...
Emerje wrote:But the evidence is much stronger in support of a G1 reissue box set featuring the original Wreck-Gar and some other figures.
Emerje
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Emerje wrote:But the evidence is much stronger in support of a G1 reissue box set featuring the original Wreck-Gar and some other figures.
Emerje
Because most of the other Platinum releases were G1 reissues? Trends like that don't last in any line. Besides, three of the same mold in one set isn't anything new, look at the Conehead set.
Also, the Canadian prices are not on the same level as the converted US prices. So that shouldn't be used as an indicator of what to expect.
Because most of the other Platinum releases were G1 reissues?
look at the Conehead set
william-james88 wrote: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.
No proof just speculation. However, this past year only one platinum set (that wasn't Year of Something) was not a reissue of an 80s toy. Also the jury is still 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.
Anyways...
Platinum Insections: g1 reissue
Platinum Intel Ops: g1 reissue
Platinum Trypticon: g1 reissue
Platinum Seeker Squadron: g1 reissue
Platinum Dinobots: AOE Dinobots reissue
Platinum Triplechangers: g1 reissue
So of those 6 platinums, only 1 was not a g1 toy. And Hasbro did say that this will not stop (in other words, there will be more). So I guess at best its 50/50 that it will be a G1 reissue.
fenrir72 wrote:I'd be happy for a G1 encore type Wreck-gar as Platinum. But it's kind of a long shot. At least the previous G1 re-issues had already pre-existing pressings (Encore Metroplex (came out of nowhere) being the exception as Trypticon more or less existed as Gigastrom) Seekers, Blaster,Cars.
Smart guess might be the recent modern Junkions will be the next Platinum, similar to the movie Dinobots with the anime heads.
william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:I'd be happy for a G1 encore type Wreck-gar as Platinum. But it's kind of a long shot. At least the previous G1 re-issues had already pre-existing pressings (Encore Metroplex (came out of nowhere) being the exception as Trypticon more or less existed as Gigastrom) Seekers, Blaster,Cars.
Smart guess might be the recent modern Junkions will be the next Platinum, similar to the movie Dinobots with the anime heads.
But the Encore line didnt. For example Skylynx, Omega Supreme, the minibots (with the exception of bumblebee) and trail cutter. Those were all reissues which only had a G1 toys before that, no?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:I'd be happy for a G1 encore type Wreck-gar as Platinum. But it's kind of a long shot. At least the previous G1 re-issues had already pre-existing pressings (Encore Metroplex (came out of nowhere) being the exception as Trypticon more or less existed as Gigastrom) Seekers, Blaster,Cars.
Smart guess might be the recent modern Junkions will be the next Platinum, similar to the movie Dinobots with the anime heads.
But the Encore line didnt. For example Skylynx, Omega Supreme, the minibots (with the exception of bumblebee) and trail cutter. Those were all reissues which only had a G1 toys before that, no?
Encore was a true reissue-geared line, whereas the Platinum releases focus on readily available molds (read as: molds that have seen release within a set amount of years) for either redecoing or retooling. To illustrate, a list of releases with the last release before:
Insecticons: Universe 2008
Seeker Squadron: Encore (technically the Commemorative Series, but the base is still Encore)
Autobot Intel Ops: Universe 2008
Astrotrain & Blitzwing: Transformers Collection
Trypticon: Beast Wars II (I know, a cheat, but it still counts)
Remember we were all hoping for G1 Dinobot reissues when that set was announced, and we got the AoE retools instead? I'd say dialing down the hope for any newly found molds for reissues and expecting more redecos is the way to go. But that's just me...
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Encore was a true reissue-geared line, whereas the Platinum releases focus on readily available molds (read as: molds that have seen release within a set amount of years) for either redecoing or retooling. To illustrate, a list of releases with the last release before:
Insecticons: Universe 2008
Seeker Squadron: Encore (technically the Commemorative Series, but the base is still Encore)
Autobot Intel Ops: Universe 2008
Astrotrain & Blitzwing: Transformers Collection
Trypticon: Beast Wars II (I know, a cheat, but it still counts)
Remember we were all hoping for G1 Dinobot reissues when that set was announced, and we got the AoE retools instead? I'd say dialing down the hope for any newly found molds for reissues and expecting more redecos is the way to go. But that's just me...
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Besides, three of the same mold in one set isn't anything new, look at the Conehead set.
ScottyP wrote:[*]Arcee from the G1 Chromedome mold with a Daniel Headmaster
That was going to be a thing at one point for the 1987 product line! Or maybe '88, whatever. Just never made it past the conceptual stage.william-james88 wrote:ScottyP wrote:[*]Arcee from the G1 Chromedome mold with a Daniel Headmaster
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Rated X wrote:william-james88 wrote: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.
No proof just speculation. However, this past year only one platinum set (that wasn't Year of Something) was not a reissue of an 80s toy. Also the jury is still 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, doesn't that make Alpha Bravo G1? I thought you were against that notion.
Anyways...
Platinum Insections: g1 reissue
Platinum Intel Ops: g1 reissue
Platinum Trypticon: g1 reissue
Platinum Seeker Squadron: g1 reissue
Platinum Dinobots: AOE Dinobots reissue
Platinum Triplechangers: g1 reissue
So of those 6 platinums, only 1 was not a G1 toy. And Hasbro did say that this will not stop (in other words, there will be more). So I guess at best its 50/50 that it will be a G1 reissue.
I totally agree what Wolfman Jake said earlier. To me, "G1" consists of characters (aesthetically speaking) not continuities or molds. When I think of things that are not "G1" I tend to think more of Unicron Trilogy, Movieverse, G2, or new characters such as Drift, Bulkhead, and Strongarm. It irks me when the term "G1" is used to identify bricks from the rest of official Transformers brand toys. Any character that is from the 80s (toy or no toy) is G1. Alpha Trion never had a toy in the 80s. Does that mean Alpha Trion is not G1? The same could be said for Arcee. As for IDW, for the most part, I consider their comics "G1". All they are doing is giving a slightly modified aesthetic to the 80s characters we all know. Granted they have made some changes that I would consider non-G1 such as stealth bomber Megatron. But for the most part, the bulk of their material is 80s inspired just like the "classics" lines. The same thing goes for the Transformers Devastation video game. I would consider that G1 too. On your Alpha Bravo question, my answer is no. Alpha Bravo is not 80s inspired so he is not "G1". All he ever will be is a Vortex mold repaint in my book. Hasbros strategy to release the mold as Alpha Bravo a year before Vortex worked well. If Alpha Bravo had been released after Vortex in traditional repaint fashion, nobody would have embraced him. You got people on this site who actually consider Vortex the repaint due to the timeline of releases. I dont. Colors aside, we all know who the mold was intended to be regardless of what color plastic they injected into it first.
RAR wrote:I was in a rush and didn't spot at the time that the title said Canada - so I guess the question is $150.00 CND fair ? and will it still be $150.00 USD too ?
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Also with the Hasbro price being so silly for the giftsets might it actually be cheaper to import them from Asia for some people I wonder ?
RAR wrote:As to IDW being G1 - nope absolutely not - it has not earned that label - it's part of the G1 continuity family however - but then so is Kiss Players, Battle Beasts & Alternity.
RAR wrote:You say that But I have seen Asian Prices for the platinum Perceptor/Blaster set cheaper - yes the Insecticons I'm not so sure about.
It has happened though. thought it might be less cut and dried for someone in the USA who can dodge shipping and tax on it for someone who lives in a country that doesn't sell them - I still think it might be cheaper sometimes to import from Taiwan or China than America from time to time.
Wolfman Jake wrote:
I don't think most of us here are under any delusion that IDW G1 is something more than another continuity within the G1 family, just as the original cartoon, the original Marvel comics, and even the original toy bios, all represented different configurations of the same core characters and basic story ideas, all concurrent with the original line of toys in the 1980s. There's NEVER been a single definitive "G1" universe.
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