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XLordXGrimlockX wrote:It's starting to look like Transformers is a dying brand they just keep reissuing the same characters from years past

Dying? You sure?

In light of all the rumours and news and now photo evidence recieved, I thought of reviving this thread for use of discussing the G1 reissues by Hasbro that are happening in 2015.

We had the following statements from distributors and people attending the nurember toy show so far:

From TFW2005 member CATZ Jan 14

G1 box set:
- Blaster
- perceptor
- Insecticon
- Trypticon
- g1 cone head set

The G1 cone head set was confirmed in back of the insecticon box which we can see in the initial posts in thie thread. At the time there were also rumours of a masterpiece Blitzwing.

From TFW2005 member Marvelous Jan 29

Also there were more platinum sets with G1 reissues/ repaints. One set with Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes. BW was mostly red,while AT orange and white.
the second set includes Blaster and Perceptor Which seems mostly unchanged from their G1 style. Percy had a new accessory, that can fit on his back and looked like sine sort of missile launcher

This confirms the rumour for perceptor and blaster reissue and shows that the rumour for MP Blitzwing may have been a confusion with the G1 reissue.

The reissues described can be found in the photo below.





The only reissue rumoured that has yet to be confirmed is Trypticon.

The Current reissues are:

Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes
Insecticon Set
Conehead Set
Blaster and Perceptor

So far there is no indication that these will be either regional or store exclusives.

i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?

shajaki wrote:i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?

Its been answered:

orange and white.

Now I am less sad that I just bought a G1 astrotrain a month ago. At least I have some decent colors.

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?

Its been answered:

orange and white.

Now I am less sad that I just bought a G1 astrotrain a month ago. At least I have some decent colors.

seriously... where on earth did they get orange and white from? sounds like a year of the goat thing...

when i first heard about the atrotrain/blitzwing combo i was kinda bummed. i recently bought a TFC#17 blitzwing reissue, and already have an ehobby astrotrain. but if this new astrotrain is all wiggidy whack, i guess i didnt waste my money

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?

Its been answered:

orange and white.

Now I am less sad that I just bought a G1 astrotrain a month ago. At least I have some decent colors.

seriously... where on earth did they get orange and white from? sounds like a year of the goat thing...

when i first heard about the atrotrain/blitzwing combo i was kinda bummed. i recently bought a TFC#17 blitzwing reissue, and already have an ehobby astrotrain. but if this new astrotrain is all wiggidy whack, i guess i didnt waste my money

Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.

oh ive got nothing against wiggidy whack decos (love the YOTG soundwave and laser prime) but its strange that theyd choose to go that route. all im hoping is that if astrotrain if different, so is blitzwing. that would make its purchase worthwhile to me.

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.

oh ive got nothing against wiggidy whack decos (love the YOTG soundwave and laser prime) but its strange that theyd choose to go that route. all im hoping is that if astrotrain if different, so is blitzwing. that would make its purchase worthwhile to me.

Thats been answered too. All in the same paragraph above where I sum everything we know so far:

Also there were more platinum sets with G1 reissues/ repaints. One set with Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes. BW was mostly red,while AT orange and white.
the second set includes Blaster and Perceptor Which seems mostly unchanged from their G1 style. Percy had a new accessory, that can fit on his back and looked like sine sort of missile launcher

I have no clue what they are going for with these colors. If Sabrblade is listening, could you clue us in on what the homage is supposed to be?

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.

oh ive got nothing against wiggidy whack decos (love the YOTG soundwave and laser prime) but its strange that theyd choose to go that route. all im hoping is that if astrotrain if different, so is blitzwing. that would make its purchase worthwhile to me.

Thats been answered too. All in the same paragraph above where I sum everything we know so far:

Also there were more platinum sets with G1 reissues/ repaints. One set with Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes. BW was mostly red,while AT orange and white.
the second set includes Blaster and Perceptor Which seems mostly unchanged from their G1 style. Percy had a new accessory, that can fit on his back and looked like sine sort of missile launcher

I have no clue what they are going for with these colors. If Sabrblade is listening, could you clue us in on what the homage is supposed to be?

whoops! musta glossed over the details when this news broke. theres probably going to be a lot of people upset about this, but not me! their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them

shajaki wrote: theres probably going to be a lot of people upset about this, but not me! their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them

*High five*

shajaki wrote: their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them

I'm with you weirdos on this one. The homage is to this.


That is a cool high five BTW. can I get one?

EDIT: Holy crap guys! I didn't realize at first, but that Han Solo, right there on that box, is the whole reason I started collecting toys. 1996, I woke up one morning in college, hung over of course, pored a bowl, and filled out the order form. A couple months later, on a Star Wars hunt I picked up Dinobot and Waspinator. the rest is history. Sorry, That picture just took me way back.

Cobotron wrote:That is a cool high five BTW. can I get one?

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Cobotron wrote:

shajaki wrote: their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them

I'm with you weirdos on this one. The homage is to this.


That is a cool high five BTW. can I get one?

EDIT: Holy crap guys! I didn't realize at first, but that Han Solo, right there on that box, is the whole reason I started collecting toys. 1996, I woke up one morning in college, hung over of course, pored a bowl, and filled out the order form. A couple months later, on a Star Wars hunt I picked up Dinobot and Waspinator. the rest is history. Sorry, That picture just took me way back.

Holy crap! I still have that Han Solo in his mailer box and baggie. I'm going to head over to ebay and see what he's going for, and with the oversaturation of SW toys, I'll be lucky if I can get enough to buy another box of Froot Loops. Bringin' it full circle!

Desslok2201 wrote:Holy crap!

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:Holy crap!

Sweet! But the Skeletor/maul one was better

those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team

Desslok2201 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team

Downshift and Camshaft. My brother made off with Overdrive.

Chuckles! He and Shipwreck used to get into ALL kindz a trouble! Pickin' fights with the Dreadnoks and their neon bandanas.

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team

Downshift and Camshaft. My brother made off with Overdrive.

Chuckles! He and Shipwreck used to get into ALL kindz a trouble! Pickin' fights with the Dreadnoks and their neon bandanas.

Hahaha- i forgot about Dreadnoks, they were the masters of stealth- riding into battle on a mad max car or a MASSIVE trike with day-glo hair and clothing.

Desslok2201 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team

Downshift and Camshaft. My brother made off with Overdrive.

Chuckles! He and Shipwreck used to get into ALL kindz a trouble! Pickin' fights with the Dreadnoks and their neon bandanas.

Hahaha- i forgot about Dreadnoks, they were the masters of stealth- riding into battle on a mad max car or a MASSIVE trike with day-glo hair and clothing.

So ridiculous. So "80's".

Shocked to see Kmart sell G1 reissues. wondering if Target and Walmart plan to sell them also.

Might be interested in buying a reissue trypticon.

="TFW2005 member CATZ"

G1 box set:
- Blaster
- perceptor
- Insecticon
- Trypticon
- g1 cone head set

As the set is showing up overseas and in the US, we can share a pictorial review of the Transformers G1 Reissue under the Platinum line of the three purple and yellow menaces: the Insecticons Bombshell, Shrapnel Skrapnel and Kickback! The review comes via fellow fan Marcus Goh, and can be found in full here - but take a look at some of the mirrored images below, comparing them to our own Seibertron.com galleries of the original toys.