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News Credits: 6 · by **MemphisR56** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:44 am

Last I saw, The Platinum edition Unicron re-release was just a rumour, but then I've just seen him on Kapow and In-Demand Toys, he's even pre-sold out on Kapow.

Did I miss a trick here or did this one just really come right out of left field. I'm fairly certain I've never seen any official photos or any press releases about it :???:

News Credits: 4862 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:18 am

MemphisR56 wrote:Last I saw, The Platinum edition Unicron re-release was just a rumour, but then I've just seen him on Kapow and In-Demand Toys, he's even pre-sold out on Kapow.

Did I miss a trick here or did this one just really come right out of left field. I'm fairly certain I've never seen any official photos or any press releases about it

The release was confirmed a month ago: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ase/35667/

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:23 am

Dunno if this is late to the party, but I really want that Platinum Arcee. Springer looks good too, Kup looks good but I already have the Prime figure, Blurr just doesn't look Blurr-y enough to me, and Magnus has too many problems for me. But that Arcee...I am REALLY digging the colours on it. Hopefully once I'm back in the collecting game some generous soul will sell her separately for a sensible (read: sub-£30) price.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:01 pm

Straight from San Diego Comic Con, we bring to you the opening evening gallery of the upcoming Generations Platinum edition figures. These 3 sets include the already released Optimus vs. Megatron and the Planet of Junk set as well as the new set of Autobot Heroes featuring Ultra Magnus, Kup, Blurr, Arcee, and Springer, all based on either their Combiner Wars, Thrilling 30, or Generations bodies. Check out some of the images below, and click on any one to view the whole gallery.

News Credits: 3 · by **Decepticon Stryker** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:12 pm

The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

News Credits: 1 · by **SeventhSage** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:20 pm

That 5 pack is so hard to resist!

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 6:26 am

Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:06 am

Kurona wrote:
Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

That was my reaction too lol

2017! The entire 84 cast! Comes in a refrigerator box! Online exclusive only $1,500!

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:40 am

Randomhero wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

That was my reaction too lol

2017! The entire 84 cast! Comes in a refrigerator box! Online exclusive only $1,500!

Buy our super-sized set containing the umpteenth versions of most of the characters that you already own in some way!

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:46 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

That was my reaction too lol

2017! The entire 84 cast! Comes in a refrigerator box! Online exclusive only $1,500!
Buy our super-sized set containing the umpteenth versions of most of the characters that you already own in some way!

BUT WITH A SHINY NEW BOX! :michaelbay:

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:49 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

That was my reaction too lol

2017! The entire 84 cast! Comes in a refrigerator box! Online exclusive only $1,500!
Buy our super-sized set containing the umpteenth versions of most of the characters that you already own in some way!

BUT WITH A SHINY NEW BOX!

If they did do that, the box art would be glorious...

by **joeprime276** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 6:27 pm

Is that the Generations Sergeant Kup or the new, rumored TR Kup? Same with Blur?

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 6:32 pm

joeprime276 wrote:Is that the Generations Sergeant Kup or the new, rumored TR Kup? Same with Blur?

It's Gen. Blurr, Springer, Kup, and Arcee, along with CW Magnus - nothing new

News Credits: 12 · by **Overcracker** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:05 pm

joeprime276 wrote:Is that the Generations Sergeant Kup or the new, rumored TR Kup? Same with Blur?

Its the old Generations Sergeant Kup from a few years back:

Same with Blurr, old Generations Blurr

News Credits: 4862 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:43 pm

It has been a while since we heard of the Platinum Armada of Cyclonus set. It has been available online for a while, not at the greatest price, but now it has hit Canadian retail. It was found in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for $79.99 CAD, which is around $60 USD, so not as ridiculous as other sets have been. For those unaware, this set features a new sweep headsculpt that was never used before. In Canada this is a Toysrus exclusive, while it is a Target exclsuive in the US.

by **rickdraco** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:16 pm

This makes me jealous, as a Brit. $79.99 Canadian? Toys R Us UK have it on their website for a horrifying price.. £99.99!!! That's the equivilant of an eye watering $131.26 US!!! Or $173.53 Canadian.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:22 pm

rickdraco wrote:This makes me jealous, as a Brit. $79.99 Canadian? Toys R Us UK have it on their website for a horrifying price.. £99.99!!! That's the equivilant of an eye watering $131.26 US!!! Or $173.53 Canadian.

Well, if you're wanting it; a certain UK site has it for a pretty incredible price on pre-order
https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... -pack.html

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 4:33 pm

Woah. So this set is already at the "sale" price instead of the usual 110$? Kinda amazing! I wonder if the price will remain this way or if it will go back to 110$ after a while?

by **joeprime276** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:27 pm

Wow, that Cyclonus set is intriguing. Especially for $60 USD!
Do we know what the price is for the upcoming set of the "Autobot Heroes"? I can't quite make out what the paper says in the picture.

News Credits: 4862 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:51 pm

joeprime276 wrote:Wow, that Cyclonus set is intriguing. Especially for $60 USD!
Do we know what the price is for the upcoming set of the "Autobot Heroes"? I can't quite make out what the paper says in the picture.

That set is around the 150$ price point.

by **joeprime276** » Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:06 pm

Thanks WJ! That's a bit steep for me considering it's all reissues but if it goes on sale down to $120ish then I may have to go for it. The only figure I have from it is Magnus

News Credits: 4862 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:32 am

joeprime276 wrote:Thanks WJ! That's a bit steep for me considering it's all reissues but if it goes on sale down to $120ish then I may have to go for it. The only figure I have from it is Magnus

Reusing molds has never figured into prices. I mean think about it, Hasbro got away with selling the same Leader Seeker mold 3 times last year in different colours and they were all priced as high as Ultra Magnus.
The way Hasbro sees it, they have 3 deluxes (60$) a voyager (25$) and a leader (45$) plus premium deco on all of em (so add another 20$) and you end up wth 150$. Way cheaper than any botcon set also made up of redecos.
If the only figure you have from this set is Magnus, then this might be the set to get.

News Credits: 34 · by **Logan.** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:33 am

Platinum Edition Unicron from Cybertron Con 2016 (Thanks to 52Toys)

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:41 am

Fellow Seibertronians, courtesy of fellow user Logan79 we finally have a picture of Platinum Edition Unicron, being released later this year! The images comes from Twitter user @52. Listings having first appeared on sites like BBTS around a month prior, we had yet to receive an actual image of this figure's deco - but now Cybertron Con 2016 has provided us with the answer, appearing to homage the 1986 Movie's colours very closely. Check out the image below and tell us what you think!

It is almost exactly the same as the previous Amazon release since they are, after all, homaging the same colour scheme - but there do appear to be slight differences.

Most notably in the torso... then again, could just be the lighting.

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:55 am

That looks almost exactly like the Amazon one from a few years back. The blue looks a little lighter, but it could just be the lighting. Are we sure it's not just a placeholder for the real one?