Yeah my history with these is a little odd. I got all of the Hasbro Kay Bee exclusive Universe ones when they initially came out on 2003/04. Of course they were all included when I sold my whole collection at the time in 2007.
Then at Botcon 2013, I saw a vendor had some of the Takara 02/03 re-releases dirt cheap, they were just trying to get rid of then. Since I wasn't back into toys yet, It was just a nice inexpensive item to get for my son. Even though they were "blind boxed" the merchant assured me the 6 boxes were a complete set (it was for Sixturbo, was like $30). Unfortunately we discovered we got only 5 of 6. The 6th was a duplicate of the right arm (Yellow Car), and we were missing the motorcycle which also happened to come with the leg connector, so we couldn't even finish it.
I got the 6th one of ebay a while later...and that was it for a long time. Then a few years later I was doing some random searching with regard to the Manga series and discovered THIS:
It was so amazing and ridiculous, but I love these types of things. I just filed it back away in my mind somewhere. Then late last year when the 3rd volume of the Viz manga was published in English I was reminded of it again, and it inspired me to try to get the other Six-Teams to actually attempt this with my Inferno PotP Combiner (as a stand-in until if/when ever TT makes a new Guard City). I was actually able to get Sixbuilder, Sixtrain, and Sixliner pretty quickly in the last month or so... But had issues with Sixwing.
I just discovered that there was
no Autobot reissue in 2003. It was only released as a Decepticon in the TT sets, and the White Chase Variant. The Hasbro Universe "Superion" version is also radically different. So of the 3 different decos released in the early 2000's NONE of them are even close to the original Autobot version. I've seen images of a couple of KO's, but I am very weary of these. I believe they are not the same size, and still not the same coloration, which leaves the ONLY option for me to complete this project, is to purchase an Original 1992 Takara Sixwing, which is needless to say, way too expensive for such a simple toy. Still with no reason for TT to ever reissue them again, I am weighing my options...
Bucket/Want List: Botcon 2016 Customization Class Ratchet (G2 Deco), or Customization Class Ratchet (Marvel Comics Deco) **would also be willing to pay for an Unpainted Botcon 2016 Ratchet, TT Legends Fortress Head (only) with working Electronics
Wish List of Modern Combiners: Road Caesar, Monstructor & Dinoking (proper size to fiction), Landcross, Guard City, Battle Gaia, & G2 Defensor. Wish List of Titans:Metrotitan,Majin Zarak