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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...
Cobotron wrote:I'm sure recreating the molds would be simple as pie, but I doubt old Uncle Hasby would put forth the effort. Not really his style.
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
Agamemnon wrote:I don't recall off hand....did the G1 Dinobots have die cast?
william-james88 wrote:Agamemnon wrote:I don't recall off hand....did the G1 Dinobots have die cast?
Yes they did. (actually wait, I know they had metal but it may not have been died, will have to check mine out tonight, but "yes" is the safer bet)
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
Agamemnon wrote:william-james88 wrote:Agamemnon wrote:I don't recall off hand....did the G1 Dinobots have die cast?
Yes they did. (actually wait, I know they had metal but it may not have been died, will have to check mine out tonight, but "yes" is the safer bet)
I wonder if that could be a factor, in the original dies for die cast are lost or badly damaged. I could see that being a fairly major expense.
Still... (G1 Thoughts G1 Thoughts G1 Thoughts G1 Thoughts )
william-james88 wrote:Agamemnon wrote:william-james88 wrote:Agamemnon wrote:I don't recall off hand....did the G1 Dinobots have die cast?
Yes they did. (actually wait, I know they had metal but it may not have been died, will have to check mine out tonight, but "yes" is the safer bet)
I wonder if that could be a factor, in the original dies for die cast are lost or badly damaged. I could see that being a fairly major expense.
Still... (G1 Thoughts G1 Thoughts G1 Thoughts G1 Thoughts )
I dont think Die Cast factors in anywhere but the price. And even then, the last Reissue we got before this new 2015 batch was Platinum Predaking which was about 100$ and was covered in die cast.
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
It really depends. If they come out in greater quantities than TRU MP10, it'll be a pain obtaining these. If they show in greater numbers like the recent MP's have been it shouldnt be too bad. After the initial collector snatch-ups that is.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...
shajaki wrote:It really depends. If they come out in greater quantities than TRU MP10, it'll be a pain obtaining these. If they show in greater numbers like the recent MP's have been it shouldnt be too bad. After the initial collector snatch-ups that is.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...
Though one could argue, demand for G1 reissues is probably a lot lower than MP's (to the avid or average collectors)
fenrir72 wrote:A poster at cybertronphils forum mentioned seeing the Platinum Seeker Set re-issue last January 2015 in HK but didn't post a pic. Checked ebay and other Asian online stores yielded zilch! So anyone can confirm otherwise if they were released? or was he doing a Munchausen?
william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:A poster at cybertronphils forum mentioned seeing the Platinum Seeker Set re-issue last January 2015 in HK but didn't post a pic. Checked ebay and other Asian online stores yielded zilch! So anyone can confirm otherwise if they were released? or was he doing a Munchausen?
I havent heard any of that and it was never reported here. The most I would give this story is that it is a misinformation based on the reveal of g1 coneheads reissue.
shajaki wrote:As hinted at with the rumours coming out of the Australian Toy Fair, it appears Toysrus will be carrying the Platinum Edition Insecticons 3-Pack, as it is now available for preorder on Toysrus' Canadian site for $109.99 CAD. Also, making this a first for the Toysrus MP and Platinum exclusives, the packaging will be bilingual and able to ship to Quebec! This comes as good news to those who have been speculating whether or not Toys R Us would be carrying this round of Platinum Edition figures. Hopefully this is a sign that they will continue to get the other upcoming releases of the Platinum line, and that they will actually be available in store. Click the pics for the links, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News!
Shockwave7 wrote:$100 for re-issues of the insecticons?
HAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHA
No.
Yeesh, it's bone-headed stuff like this that is making some stores think people don't want Transformers anymore, and stock less. This is way too little for WAY too much money. Some people would totally go for this - IF it was like $40 or $30. But $100? Seriously? These things are NOT gonna sell at that price.
Combiner War figures are moving fast because: A) good figures B) decent price. The insecticon re-issues are neither.
Shockwave7 wrote:
These are ACTUAL G1s, not G1 re-issues. Did anyone pay $150 for them...? Surprise quotient=0.
Rodimus Prime wrote:You can't make me disappear. I am not feet.
Both wrongwilliam-james88 wrote:No, those are reissues.Shockwave7 wrote:These are ACTUAL G1s, not G1 re-issues. Did anyone pay $150 for them...? Surprise quotient=0.
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Insecticons? Why do a reissue on them again? It doesn't make sense. Hasbro should have released some reissue figures worth the money. Like, the entire collection of the G1 Dinobots (might as well, the Dinobots have been marketed more faster than a computer virus can spam you with useless advertisements as distractions to hack your personal information) in one pack or Fortress Maximus. I wonder what inspires Hasbro to make such dumb decisions. But who knows, and who cares?
william-james88 wrote:OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Insecticons? Why do a reissue on them again? It doesn't make sense. Hasbro should have released some reissue figures worth the money. Like, the entire collection of the G1 Dinobots (might as well, the Dinobots have been marketed more faster than a computer virus can spam you with useless advertisements as distractions to hack your personal information) in one pack or Fortress Maximus. I wonder what inspires Hasbro to make such dumb decisions. But who knows, and who cares?
Fortress maximus has just been reissued and is still available. And with these prices, this is the cheapest it would ever get:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11575&mode=retail
As for the Dinobots, the molds are currently lost from Hasbro and Takara.
Nemesis Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:
Fortress maximus has just been reissued and is still available. And with these prices, this is the cheapest it would ever get:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11575&mode=retail
And we're not going to see a stateside reissue of Fort Max, anyone remember the Drop Test?
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