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Ordered through BBTS. What a great price. To think I almost bought the first ehobby Ironhide for 150 that other day.

WTG Takara!!

Now how about a Sunstorm again?

OMG! OMG! OMG! - Profiles for Ratchet, Ironhide, Scorpinok & Bumblebee are on the Takara G1 site along side the current four Encore characters.

And now that Ratchet & Ironhide are confirmed?! ...We surely must be getting a Scorpinok reissue, right?(and hopefully a E-hobby Black Zarak version too)

SWEET!

Anyway, couldn't decide on whether I like Ratchet or Ironhide better so I pre ordered both.

I just wish more Decepticons would get reissued as my G1 shelves are very lopsided - When are they gonna do Cyclonus, Scourge, Slugslinger & Triggerhappy God damn it!

Awww... Crap!

I just went back to BBTS and pre ordered MP3 Soundblaster, I just couldn't resist, I'm so weak and he's so awesome.

Takara will recoler this figure till you can get it in every shade of every hue!

Stop taking notes from Hasbro Takara!

As for the Encore line, well at first I just felt it was more of the same old, but Ratchet(who I never had) and IronHide(whos missing all his parts) seem very nice, and affordable, so, alright for this round!

waaaaghlord wrote:This pretty much confirms the rumours based on the G1 pics from the Encore section of TakTom's website. I'm now treating Scorponok as all but confirmed and allowing my hopes of a retool for Black Zarak to increase, at least a little.

Wait, a base may finaly be getting a reissue. I had Scorponok but lost him to ignorance years ago! He and Grandus are the only Bases that I'm missing(repaints aside) excluding the MicroMaster sets.

If he comes out, I'm all over it! What other info do you have?

Oh I am so getting Soundblaster and Ironhid or Ratchet, or both (if I can aford it).

It's really cool that Ratchet and Ironhide are coming out. The only other G1 Autobot car I need is Trailbreaker, and I actually prefer reissues as they'll be in decent shape from day 1. Sometimes you buy stuff on e-bay that claims to be great and it's not.

I quote myself from a long time ago when I said " I think Takara should reissue Ironhide and Ratchet b/c they are movie characters ". I would most certainly expect Jazz not too far from now, and maybe Scorponok is a possibility.

I may end up pulling the trigger on this two.

Correct me if I'm wrong but back in the day Ironhide wasn't released in Japan correct?

if ironhide and ratchet are next, why not go further and do mega zarak, jazz, and frenzy?

Ninja Sixshot wrote:if ironhide and ratchet are next, why not go further and do mega zarak, jazz, and frenzy?

I give TakaraTomy the go ahead for those reissues.

Make it so

i'm amazed at the response to the ironhide/ratchet announcment. both of those toys sucked then and they suck now. terrible, terrible toys. this is looking sucky. but i could use the break from buying **** so

devastaticon wrote:i'm amazed at the response to the ironhide/ratchet announcment. both of those toys sucked then and they suck now. terrible, terrible toys. this is looking sucky. but i could use the break from buying **** so

Well they think that you suck too.

Geekee1 wrote:

devastaticon wrote:i'm amazed at the response to the ironhide/ratchet announcment. both of those toys sucked then and they suck now. terrible, terrible toys. this is looking sucky. but i could use the break from buying **** so

Well they think that you suck too.

LOL!! I am so psyched for this line.

Bonger wrote:LOL!! I am so psyched for this line.

I suspect that many of us are buying these in the subconscious hope that our continued financial support will grease Takara up enough to give us another bite of the Scorpinok pie...

Well... Grease away I say

Scoroponok and Trypticon would be awesome. I'd also like to see the Target and Headmasters reissued as those are very hard to find MLC.

Since I have minimal interest in the upcoming animated lines, I will be throwing all my TF funds into supporting any and all resisues from ehobby and Takara in the encore line in the hopes that this time the line runs longer and is more successful than the last reissue line.

Liege Evilmus wrote:What other info do you have?

I know everything due to the awesomeness of my time machine, but if I start telling people all that I have seen in the glorious future I risk a paradox that may prevent the release of the Trainbots.


Please do not take this seriously.

devastaticon wrote:i'm amazed at the response to the ironhide/ratchet announcment. both of those toys sucked then and they suck now. terrible, terrible toys. this is looking sucky. but i could use the break from buying **** so

I don't come to YOUR house and **** in YOUR cereal now do I? Seriously, opinions are fine but tone down the angst. Besides, we all disagree with you obviously. Why bother?

Flux Convoy wrote:

devastaticon wrote:i'm amazed at the response to the ironhide/ratchet announcment. both of those toys sucked then and they suck now. terrible, terrible toys. this is looking sucky. but i could use the break from buying **** so

I don't come to YOUR house and **** in YOUR cereal now do I? Seriously, opinions are fine but tone down the angst. Besides, we all disagree with you obviously. Why bother?

Meh, he probably thought Armada Prime was cool.

Bonger wrote:...Targetmasters reissued as those are very hard to find MLC...

YES! Targetmaster's Cyclonus, Scourge, Slugslinger & Triggerhappy - those four figures are insanely due for reissue.

I can live without the Headmasters to be honest but wouldn't complain if they got Encored... who am I kidding? I'd buy'em.

Craven Knight wrote:

Bonger wrote:...Targetmasters reissued as those are very hard to find MLC...

YES! Targetmaster's Cyclonus, Scourge, Slugslinger & Triggerhappy - those four figures are insanely due for reissue.

I can live without the Headmasters to be honest but wouldn't complain if they got Encored... who am I kidding? I'd buy'em.

Same here. Put the Encore label on anything G1, and I will pre-order it as soon as BBTS gets it on their site.

Hmm, interesting news about the Encores. I don't think I'm personally interested in Ratchet or Ironhide myself, but it bodes well for the future of the line.