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Thanks to fellow staff member Lost Cybertronian, we have word of a ludicrous deal currently happening on the Goodwill Ebay Page. This deal involves the Platinum edition Reissue of Blaster and Perceptor, which is being sold for $44.99 with free shipping! The deal can be found Here. Check it out, and if this interests you, pick it up and let us know what you think!

Only 49 left, act quick people!

What I find weird about this is that Target had sold out of these online. I highly doubt that if they knew they had more, they wouldnt list em. I think this was a warehouse mishap and it was easier to just give it all to goodwill.

I'm not big on reissues, are these figures good enough to display with modern figures without looking weird?

Mr Skram wrote:I'm not big on reissues, are these figures good enough to display with modern figures without looking weird?

Not really, unless you display all your figures looking straight and having theyr arms hanging down straight. If you arent into G1, I dont think these would sway you.

william-james88 wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:I'm not big on reissues, are these figures good enough to display with modern figures without looking weird?

Not really, unless you display all your figures looking straight and having theyr arms hanging down straight. If you arent into G1, I dont think these would sway you.

I've displayed them like that as a goof once, ha! But you're probably right. Peceptor is intriguing to me, but I'll maybe just try to snag a cheap loose one sometime.

Yeah, I'm in the same spot. I have FOC Blaster, and I'm perfectly happy with him (I know it's not technically G1, but whatever.) I just don't need Blaster, but God, do I want that Preceptor. He's one of my favorite bots, and I've never been been able to pick up a figure of him, due to various circumstances.
Hasbro, why U no make new Perceptors
Related question to anyone out there who owns the FT Tesla, is he worth it? What are your thoughts on him?

DAMMIT.

I was waiting till payday (Wednesday) to grab one.

I gonna pass. I spendt way too much already.

Mr Skram wrote:Peceptor is intriguing to me, but I'll maybe just try to snag a cheap loose one sometime.

Might be worth it just for Perceptor.

For comparison.

http://www.transformerland.com/store/se ... =perceptor

-Kanrabat- wrote:I gonna pass. I spendt way too much already.

Oh hoho, nice!

Bronzewolf wrote:Yeah, I'm in the same spot. I have FOC Blaster, and I'm perfectly happy with him (I know it's not technically G1, but whatever.) I just don't need Blaster, but God, do I want that Preceptor. He's one of my favorite bots, and I've never been been able to pick up a figure of him, due to various circumstances.
Hasbro, why U no make new Perceptors
Related question to anyone out there who owns the FT Tesla, is he worth it? What are your thoughts on him?

You can ask in some more specific threads, like here viewtopic.php?f=215&t=104830&p=1710030&hilit=tesla#p1710030

carytheone wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:Peceptor is intriguing to me, but I'll maybe just try to snag a cheap loose one sometime.

Might be worth it just for Perceptor.

For comparison.

http://www.transformerland.com/store/se ... =perceptor

Also, this perceptor comes with new accessories made to work with the G1 mold. Those are exclusive to this release. A complete G1 perceptor (with non firing missiles) will cost more than this, as Cary pointed out.

That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I bought this set today at this price, which is extremely hard to pass up. It's just a lot of Transformers for $44 shipped. It's the only Platinum reissue set from 2015 that I don't have yet. What would have really sold me on this set to buy it immediately is if they had FINALLY remolded Perceptor's head/face to be cartoon accurate, instead of dinking around with some silly slides that (I assume) most people don't care about (nice novelty feature, but do something special for people who already own multiple versions of these toys). Cartoon accurate Blaster head would have been fun as well, but not as necessary as Perceptor. The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

Seibertron wrote:The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

I'm sure the MP line will get around to Blaster eventually. Let's just hope they don't go the lazy route and re-tool Soundwave (seems to be the deployer trend).

Mr Skram wrote:That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I think Will did a review on this set and pointed that out.

carytheone wrote:

Seibertron wrote:The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

I'm sure the MP line will get around to Blaster eventually. Let's just hope they don't go the lazy route and re-tool Soundwave (seems to be the deployer trend).

The fact that it hasnt been done yet tells me that they wont go this route. The MP line has had a lot of redecos, but all have been of characters and toys that are literal redecos (I ddnt know there were that many though).

Mr Skram wrote:That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I think Will did a review on this set and pointed that out.

I did, but the pictures are lost now.

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Seibertron wrote:The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

I'm sure the MP line will get around to Blaster eventually. Let's just hope they don't go the lazy route and re-tool Soundwave (seems to be the deployer trend).

The fact that it hasnt been done yet tells me that they wont go this route. The MP line has had a lot of redecos, but all have been of characters and toys that are literal redecos (I ddnt know there were that many though).

Mr Skram wrote:That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I think Will did a review on this set and pointed that out.

I did, but the pictures are lost now.

Where did the pictures originally come from? Can't we restore them from their original source?

Seibertron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Seibertron wrote:The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

I'm sure the MP line will get around to Blaster eventually. Let's just hope they don't go the lazy route and re-tool Soundwave (seems to be the deployer trend).

The fact that it hasnt been done yet tells me that they wont go this route. The MP line has had a lot of redecos, but all have been of characters and toys that are literal redecos (I ddnt know there were that many though).

Mr Skram wrote:That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I think Will did a review on this set and pointed that out.

I did, but the pictures are lost now.

Where did the pictures originally come from? Can't we restore them from their original source?

They were uploaded from my camera to the site and I then deleted them from my camera. So there are no more picks of the slides and of that mechanism/feature online since no other review had covered it.

And as usual by the time i find out its sold out

Every so often, Toysrus Canada makes a brand wide discount for Transformers and this is one of those times. Almost everything aside from the big ticket items are 25% off.

Such as:

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Deluxe Class for $13.47 ($10,65 USD)

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Voyager Class for $22.47 ($17.76 USD)

Transformers - Robots in Disguise Warrior Class for $14.97 ($11.83 USD)

Transformers Robots in Disguise Decepticon Hunter Pack for $14.97 ($11.83 USD)

william-james88 wrote:Every so often, Toysrus Canada makes a brand wide discount for Transformers and this is one of those times. Almost everything aside from the big ticket items are 25% off.

Such as:

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Deluxe Class for $13.47 ($10,65 USD)

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Voyager Class for $22.47 ($17.76 USD)

Transformers - Robots in Disguise Warrior Class for $14.97 ($11.83 USD)

Transformers Robots in Disguise Decepticon Hunter Pack for $14.97 ($11.83 USD)

I bought CW Cyclonus yesterday at full price so it will not suddenly dissapear in case of a sale. I held on the receipt in case a sale will come up. It once was at 15$ but I guess 22$ is better than nothing. I'll get my partial refund tommorrow.

With the recent talk of TRU Canada having some good prices I decided to check TRU US. Not much there but Goatimus Prime is on sale(still, I believe?). About 80 bucks shipped.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... =45754266&

Mr Skram wrote:With the recent talk of TRU Canada having some good prices I decided to check TRU US. Not much there but Goatimus Prime is on sale(still, I believe?). About 80 bucks shipped.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... =45754266&

It's been a long while since Goatimus is 100$CAN over here too. I guess the price will never get lower than that. :/

An ebay seller has factory sealed Clampdowns for 50$. It would be too soon for this to be a KO.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Transformers-Ma ... SwUdlWgeV3

For all Americans: Hasbro toy shop on ebay seems to have everything on sale. there is Onslaught for $20.99, the limbs for $13.99 and much more!

Link or it didn't happen big D!