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by **Aimless Misfire** » Thu Dec 13, 2018 12:52 pm

SKYWARP was my very 1st Transformer. I hope he wins.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:33 pm

Is it just me, or anyone else thinking that this voting is... not as kosher as it should be? We have:

Perceptor: reissued in original colors some time ago
Astrotrain: reissued as a redeco some time ago, never had original Hasbro color

Thundercracker: redeco of the Starscream reissue
Skywarp: ditto

The final vote would have been "new offering vs. redeco" regardless, and given our tendency to eschew redecos, the "new offering" would be a surefire win, plus given Astrotrain's release history, well...

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Thu Dec 13, 2018 3:45 pm

Seibertron wrote:I'm EXTREMELY picky with paint apps and stickers. From the exterior of the package, there's only so much you can gather about the figure since it's in vehicle mode. The "chest" sticker was my biggest focus since I saw so many various flaws on the ones that were packaged in car mode facing correctly. Some of the chest stickers had small black spots, some of them had specs of dust/dirt UNDER the stickers (which is what causes those tiny little bumps under stickers), some of them had very tiny (and I mean tiny) wrinkles, and others just had minor imperfections with the edges and such (or angle of the sticker). I found two that seemed to be absent of any flaws. I have an eye for imperfections with Transformers toys. It has become an obsession of mine, but man when I find a "near perfect" Transformers toy, it just makes me thrilled! Swapping limbs, heads, and accessories is also a favorite thing of mine to make near perfect figures. My obsession with this stems mostly from doing macro photography with Transformers toys for the past 14 years. It drives me crazy when I see flaws in close-up shots of figures of which I have 4000 to 6000 pixel wide original images.

Ugh, just looked at the 2 Hot Rods I picked up and they have different flaws on each of them than what I was looking for earlier at the store. One has a paint flaw on the bottom of the windshield and the other has a comparable paint flaw above the windshield. Just need to find one now with out any paint flaws around the windshield and I'll mix and match parts and sell off the one that I consider "flawed". Urgh.

And I thought I was obsessive about getting "perfect" paint jobs on my figures! :lol:

At least I know I'm in good company. I know what you mean about mixing and matching parts too. I've had to do that before. It's very hard sometimes to get a flawless paint job, sometimes just based on how a figure is packaged. I ended up with a Generations Deluxe Thundercracker with a completely blue face once. You'd never have known before opening him up because he's packaged in his alternate mode. More recently, I got a Power of the Primes Tailgate with splotches on his doors, but again, because of how he's packaged in robot mode, those parts are hard to inspect without opening the packaging. I made the mistake a few weeks ago of trying to correct a paint splotch on Siege Sideswipe with some rubbing alcohol. I ended up rubbing the red paint off too of what I thought was unpainted red plastic. Luckily, I was able to find another copy at a different store, with a much better paint job, and found a home for my paint error one with someone else here on the boards.

I guess was lucky with my Vintage G1 Hot Rod. Whoever picked him off the shelf at my Walmart chose one with pretty much flawless sticker placement for the chest/car hood. I didn't notice any big paint errors either. This is even more incredible since mine was one of the ones put in backwards, so you couldn't really see much of the front of the car in the box anyway.

carytheone wrote:
ScottyP wrote:I enjoy that it's a choice between Grumpy Spacetrain or Grumpy Jetplane, but that's about the only thing exciting about it.

New Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC? :-?

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 12:11 am

But Thundercracker's the grumpy plane. Or was ScottyP talking about the box art?

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 12:40 am

So, since whoever the winner will be is slated for Spring 2020 at Walmart, what is happening for all of next year (2019) regarding the Vintage G1 Transformers line? I would hope Hasbro would be smarter than to let the line lie fallow for a whole year.

Like steve2275 on Facebook · by **steve2275** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:07 am

skywarp bay be

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:15 am

Oh hey big surprise, Astrotrain "won".

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News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:34 am

Thanks cary! Working on the story now!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:56 am

Then there was one...Following yesterday's final today Hasbro crowned a winner... G1 Astrotrain! Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, Carytheone for bringing this to our attention.

This means that Astrotrain will be the lucky con who is returning to Walmart shelves in Spring 2020.

He overcame Skywarp in the finals, who had beaten Thundercracker. Astrotrain himself saw off Perceptor in Round 1. Now we'll have to wait and see just what form his reissue will take as he was released a few years ago but in an odd colour scheme as part of a platinum edition that also included fellow triple changer Blitzwing.

What do you think of this result? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:00 am

I think i'm fine with this. I picked up the weird psychedelic Triple Changer two pack from a little while ago, and am perfectly fine with their left field decos, but depending on the deco they give this release, I could probably be convinced to go more "traditional".

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 11:08 am

It's cool and all that he won, but just seems odd. :HASBRO:

- Let's Release a random assortment of original series toys for *Holiday 2018* (no doubt to cash in on BB 80's nostalgia)...., oh and check back in 2 years for Astrotrain... :???:

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 12:46 pm

Can’t wait for all the complaints about the choice in deco

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 1:51 pm

o.supreme wrote:It's cool and all that he won, but just seems odd. - Let's Release a random assortment of original series toys for *Holiday 2018* (no doubt to cash in on BB 80's nostalgia)...., oh and check back in 2 years for Astrotrain...

Are we sure that there won't be any Vintage G1 Transformers figures in 2019? It would be nuts of Hasbro to leave us hanging like that. I'd bet we'll see something, but it might not be right away.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:17 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Thundercracker's the grumpy plane. Or was ScottyP talking about the box art?

They're both grumpy, but Skywarp always sounded like the grumpier of the two to me in the show. Later continuities (which aren't these, I know) also have Skywarp as the grumpiest Seeker so that influences me too.

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:25 pm

ScottyP wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Thundercracker's the grumpy plane. Or was ScottyP talking about the box art?
They're both grumpy, but Skywarp always sounded like the grumpier of the two to me in the show. Later continuities (which aren't these, I know) also have Skywarp as the grumpiest Seeker so that influences me too.

I don’t know I mean thunderscrackers voice was straight up Mr Slate from flintstones. You don’t get much grumpier than that. Skywarps voice was nasally and whiney sounding. Dear god he was the stereotypical internet voice before the internet existed!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:45 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:
o.supreme wrote:It's cool and all that he won, but just seems odd. - Let's Release a random assortment of original series toys for *Holiday 2018* (no doubt to cash in on BB 80's nostalgia)...., oh and check back in 2 years for Astrotrain...

Are we sure that there won't be any Vintage G1 Transformers figures in 2019? It would be nuts of Hasbro to leave us hanging like that. I'd bet we'll see something, but it might not be right away.

I would be suprised if there is no reissues for 2019, they will find something to plug the gap.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 2:56 pm

o.supreme wrote:It's cool and all that he won, but just seems odd. - Let's Release a random assortment of original series toys for *Holiday 2018* (no doubt to cash in on BB 80's nostalgia)...., oh and check back in 2 years for Astrotrain...

I would take this to mean that there will be other reissues between now and then. The folks at Hasbro aren't idiots and the brand needs to make money. If the initial reissues were successful, I'm sure we'll see more in due time. Patience young padawans!

News Credits: 1 · by **bluecatcinema** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:03 pm

Awesome. Guess a lot of people shared my opinion on the matter.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:08 pm

ScottyP wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Thundercracker's the grumpy plane. Or was ScottyP talking about the box art?
They're both grumpy, but Skywarp always sounded like the grumpier of the two to me in the show. Later continuities (which aren't these, I know) also have Skywarp as the grumpiest Seeker so that influences me too.

Skywarp was a prankster and a wiseguy though.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:30 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Thundercracker's the grumpy plane. Or was ScottyP talking about the box art?
They're both grumpy, but Skywarp always sounded like the grumpier of the two to me in the show. Later continuities (which aren't these, I know) also have Skywarp as the grumpiest Seeker so that influences me too.

Skywarp was a prankster and a wiseguy though.

It is entirely possible they're switched up in my head. I'm sure the animation's coloring probably hasn't helped :lol:

by **Bouncy X** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:32 pm

glad to see this, he was always my favorite tranformers toy i had but i lost him along the way.

i hope he also has the G1 colors as the image shows and isn't the white version.

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:07 pm

Bouncy X wrote:glad to see this, he was always my favorite tranformers toy i had but i lost him along the way.

i hope he also has the G1 colors as the image shows and isn't the white version.

White version is G1

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 7:33 pm

Randomhero wrote:
Bouncy X wrote:glad to see this, he was always my favorite tranformers toy i had but i lost him along the way.

i hope he also has the G1 colors as the image shows and isn't the white version.

White version is G1

More specifically, white and purple (and black, on his die-cast train parts) is US 1985/Takara 1986 G1, white and black is Takara 1985 G1.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Dec 14, 2018 8:12 pm

Randomhero wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Thundercracker's the grumpy plane. Or was ScottyP talking about the box art?
They're both grumpy, but Skywarp always sounded like the grumpier of the two to me in the show. Later continuities (which aren't these, I know) also have Skywarp as the grumpiest Seeker so that influences me too.

I don’t know I mean thunderscrackers voice was straight up Mr Slate from flintstones. You don’t get much grumpier than that. Skywarps voice was nasally and whiney sounding. Dear god he was the stereotypical internet voice before the internet existed!

It was basically just the same voice as Rumble, Frenzy, and Bigtime Beagle.