megatronus wrote:I don't collect G1, but I might have to start with all of these reissues. Does anyone think they'll shelf warm like the TRU reissues from a few year back, or is interest and brand awareness high enough that these will vacate quickly?
Hopefully whoever carries these will learn a lesson from Kmart's Insecticons price debacle...
This is really a question of price. If they are too expensive, then they will shelfwarm, guaranteed. Any collector, the public this is geared towards, can get the G1 toys on e-bay. If these happen to be just as expensive, if not more (like with the insecticons) then these will stay in retail until discounted (hence my comment on price being the main factor here). From experience, the encore line never did too well for Takara. An easy example is Encore Fortmax still being in stock at online retailers the last time I checked.
Also, please remember that all the retail aspect mentioned above is only for australia. There is no confirmation of these reissues coming to TRUs in america (aside from the coneheads I think, but event then I am not sure). Of course, Kmart already got their overpriced insecticons.