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Y'know what I'm hoping for? That G1 Dinobot reissue rumour to come to fruition at Botcon or SDCC. It's the last unconfirmed rumour right?

shajaki wrote:Y'know what I'm hoping for? That G1 Dinobot reissue rumour to come to fruition at Botcon or SDCC. It's the last unconfirmed rumour right?

Yup last one.

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:Y'know what I'm hoping for? That G1 Dinobot reissue rumour to come to fruition at Botcon or SDCC. It's the last unconfirmed rumour right?

Yup last one.

That would be the ultimate nerdgasm. But hopefully, they'll be sold per piece and not as a set. Unless the price point would be like that of the Seekers (3 in one box followed by 2 for the last), still withing cost expenditure range of my poor wallet

edit: "writhing"

fenrir72 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:Y'know what I'm hoping for? That G1 Dinobot reissue rumour to come to fruition at Botcon or SDCC. It's the last unconfirmed rumour right?

Yup last one.

That would be the ultimate nerdgasm. But hopefully, they'll be sold per piece and not as a set. Unless the price point would be like that of the Seekers (3 in one box followed by 2 for the last), still withing cost expenditure range of my poor wallet

Pretty certain they will be released as sets, that's all they have been doing this year. And it saves on costs.

Y'all complaining about the lack of Rewind in the Blaster-Perseptor set. And I'm here, a complete G1 Rewind in hand, bought yesterday before his price start inflating to insane levels.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Y'all complaining about the lack of Rewind in the Blaster-Perseptor set. And I'm here, a complete G1 Rewind in hand, bought yesterday before his price start inflating to insane levels.

I was looking for rewind yesterday, which dude had him?

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Y'all complaining about the lack of Rewind in the Blaster-Perseptor set. And I'm here, a complete G1 Rewind in hand, bought yesterday before his price start inflating to insane levels.

I was looking for rewind yesterday, which dude had him?

I'm pretty sure you went there after 3PM, aitcha? Because I'm sure you got your minibots from a dude who kept the "G1 minicons" in a closed cardboard box. I wanted Cosmos and Seaspray at 5$ each... Look like it was you who finally convinced him!

Anyway, I bought from him G1 Punch/Counterpunch for just 10$ and that dude bought Rewind at 20$ from the guy who had the Lego stuff and the remaining Action Master Shockwave. He may had some buyer remorse because I bought Rewind back from him for the same price he paid, meaning 20$.

Not that cheap, mind you, but sure beat any Ebay prices with shipping!

-Kanrabat- wrote:
I'm pretty sure you went there after 3PM, aitcha? Because I'm sure you got your minibots from a dude who kept the "G1 minicons" in a closed cardboard box. I wanted Cosmos and Seaspray at 5$ each... Look like it was you who finally convinced him!

Anyway, I bought from him G1 Punch/Counterpunch for just 10$ and that dude bought Rewind at 20$ from the guy who had the Lego stuff and the remaining Action Master Shockwave. He may had some buyer remorse because I bought Rewind back from him for the same price he paid, meaning 20$.

Not that cheap, mind you, but sure beat any Ebay prices with shipping!

Na, I got my minibots from the same guy you got your long truck gobot from for 5 bucks. The other guy wouldnt budge from his 15$ price, which is the same as ebay. He wasnt selling too much lower than ebay for those. I have buyers remorse from the blitzwing I bought from him since I had not realized it didnt come with his tank cannon, he said he was only missing his missile. It doesnt make it an unfair price but it is no longer a deal and I dont like when a buyer isnt transparent. Anyways, I was there at noon.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:
I'm pretty sure you went there after 3PM, aitcha? Because I'm sure you got your minibots from a dude who kept the "G1 minicons" in a closed cardboard box. I wanted Cosmos and Seaspray at 5$ each... Look like it was you who finally convinced him!

Anyway, I bought from him G1 Punch/Counterpunch for just 10$ and that dude bought Rewind at 20$ from the guy who had the Lego stuff and the remaining Action Master Shockwave. He may had some buyer remorse because I bought Rewind back from him for the same price he paid, meaning 20$.

Not that cheap, mind you, but sure beat any Ebay prices with shipping!

Na, I got my minibots from the same guy you got your long truck gobot from for 5 bucks. The other guy wouldnt budge from his 15$ price, which is the same as ebay. He wasnt selling too much lower than ebay for those. I have buyers remorse from the blitzwing I bought from him since I had not realized it didnt come with his tank cannon, he said he was only missing his missile. It doesnt make it an unfair price but it is no longer a deal and I dont like when a buyer isnt transparent. Anyways, I was there at noon.

You bought a Canonless, weaponless G1 Blitzwing... for how much?

By reference, I bought a G1 Blitzwing in great condition with his tank turret at the Marché au Puces St-Michel for 20$.

However, I bought the gun and sword from Ebay (KOs most likely) for another 20$. Having known one guy had them at 5$ each at the convention....

-Kanrabat- wrote:
You bought a Canonless, weaponless G1 Blitzwing... for how much?

By reference, I bought a G1 Blitzwing in great condition with his tank turret at the Marché au Puces St-Michel for 20$.

However, I bought the gun and sword from Ebay (KOs most likely) for another 20$. Having known one guy had them at 5$ each at the convention....

I was scared we were getting off topic but then I realized we were talking about G1 reissues and if we should buy them, so its perfectly on topic for price comparisons with what is out there. My blitzwing came with a sword and a missile but no tank canon for 10-15$ (I bought 7 tfs from the guy for 50$ so I have to estimate how much he was valued in it).

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:
You bought a Canonless, weaponless G1 Blitzwing... for how much?

By reference, I bought a G1 Blitzwing in great condition with his tank turret at the Marché au Puces St-Michel for 20$.

However, I bought the gun and sword from Ebay (KOs most likely) for another 20$. Having known one guy had them at 5$ each at the convention....

I was scared we were getting off topic but then I realized we were talking about G1 reissues and if we should buy them, so its perfectly on topic for price comparisons with what is out there. My blitzwing came with a sword and a missile but no tank canon for 10-15$ (I bought 7 tfs from the guy for 50$ so I have to estimate how much he was valued in it).

A fair deal, but of course, hunting for the loose parts will just kill it.
I have a perfect Punch/Counterpunch that is like brand new and ultra tight for just 10$. But no way I'm I gonna hunt both missing guns at 30$ each.

Courtesy of usual suspect Genetic, from TFND.net, we have a series of in-hand images of the upcoming Hasbro Platinum Edition reissue of the G1 Trypticon figure, which has been confirmed to have all the features of the original intact, too! Check out a selection below, and head here for more.

Also included below is a round-up of videos courtesy of YouTube user Yu Ting An, showing off the different modes (base, city and beast), some of the features and all the electronic tidbits - give them a look, and see whether this reissue is for you!

...how the heck am I gonna rationalize buying this guy AND Devastator this year?

Marcdachamp wrote:...how the heck am I gonna rationalize buying this guy AND Devastator this year?

By listening to this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuHfVn_cfHU

I recently got a great, great price for last year's SDCC Knights of Unicron set... and I think I just found my stage!

cramoptimus maximus wrote:Are the cassettes the same size as masterpiece jaguar and rumble? If so, then I may get this set just for that!

Does anybody know?

I'll wait for a Masterpiece Blaster w/ cassettes since they'll likely have better robot modes than the G1 classic ones that are so narrow and look like cassettes with a few appendages sprouting out of them. The Masterpiece Decepticon cassettes have all been pretty nice and I'd expect the Autobot ones would receive similar treatment.

Metroplex79 wrote:

Marcdachamp wrote:...how the heck am I gonna rationalize buying this guy AND Devastator this year?

By listening to this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuHfVn_cfHU

You my friend win

Looks like the plastic used for the radars, turrets, and full tilt gun are more solid gray as opposed to the silvery look of the vintage ones. My eyes may be deceiving me but that looks like a slightly different/lighter color of teal as well, but it may just be my monitor or my crappy eyes. Looking forward to getting this regardless, this is easily one of the most fun G1 molds ever produced.

Metroplex79 wrote:

Marcdachamp wrote:...how the heck am I gonna rationalize buying this guy AND Devastator this year?

By listening to this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuHfVn_cfHU

Why does Shia seem like he wants to fight me?

Listen to those motors, THEY'RE WHISPER QUIET,

Looking toward to getting my hands on this, though I wasn't sure about it at the time of ordering.

Trypticon vs Shih Tzu should be fun to watch.

I wonder whats taking real retailers from getting this guy? BBTS pre-orders, in stock for brick-n-mortar.... something!?

shajaki wrote:I wonder whats taking real retailers from getting this guy? BBTS pre-orders, in stock for brick-n-mortar.... something!?

Does BBTS even have any of these platinums?

Melting them down to 'sludge'?! Ironically, the unnameable Dinobot seems to have been very aptly named considering his wanton attitude towards using the names of those around him. Now they can't even use the word for it's intended meaning.

Mr O wrote:Melting them down to 'sludge'?! Ironically, the unnameable Dinobot seems to have been very aptly named considering his wanton attitude towards using the names of those around him. Now they can't even use the word for it's intended meaning.

If "cities get reduced to rubble" does that make him suicidal?

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:I wonder whats taking real retailers from getting this guy? BBTS pre-orders, in stock for brick-n-mortar.... something!?

Does BBTS even have any of these platinums?

They have the Insecticons, Predacons, Year of the Goat Soundwave & G2 Prime, and quite a few others from the Platinum line. I've been searching almost daily hoping the Coneheads and Trypticon make an appearance. I'm contemplating sending them an email asking about it...