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Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:40 pmAnd here I thought that was just for meCobotron wrote:Amelie writes everything in pink. It's a style thang.
Me neither. Fill us in Amelie!Cobotron wrote:Just pulled the fist off of my G1 Thrust. It had an 11 on it. Hasbro re-issue Thundercracker has a 10.
I know nothing of the significance of these numbers. What's it all about Amelie?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:45 pmwilliam-james88 wrote:While I completely understand why people would pass on an item like this, it is too bad all the same.
I didnt think Hasbro would ever reissue this guy and thus I bought a G1 version (less equipped but a lot cheaper than this). And there are many fans who are now just willing to move on from G1 and want updated forms, which makes sense since that is what Hasbro has been doing pretty intensively these past 2 years.
But now Hasbro will read these boards (since it is one of their main indication of what this particular market may want), see the low interest, and it will reflect in sales as G1 rereleases ALWAYS do. And they will further make up their minds that there isn't much of a market for G1 rereleases and we lose again.
Sometimes, we are our own worst enemies.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:47 pm
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:47 pmshajaki wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Randomhero wrote:
The QC is fantastic. Strangely enough, the only seekers I had as a child were Dirge and Thrust. It's hard to explain, but these guys feel a little lighter than I remember but of course I'm working from memory of toys I played with 25 years ago. So while they don't feel exactly the same, they do feel fantastic, at very least on par with the other Seeker Reissues I've handled.
I HIGHLY recommend this set
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:50 pmYou're not the only one. I have him because he was given to me. I appreciate him now, but my 11 year old gripe was, "Where's his stinkin' robot mode?!?!"Ironhidensh wrote:Take that with a grain of salt though. I may be the only person on these boards who, even as a wee child when it was first released, never once had the slightest bit of interest in tripticon. I've always thought he was ridiculous.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 4:54 pmCobotron wrote:It's possible I have the fists swapped on my two Seekers. Maybe the 10s go to G1 Thrust and the 11s go to re-TC. They don't look different.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 5:12 pmDesslok2201 wrote:william-james88 wrote:While I completely understand why people would pass on an item like this, it is too bad all the same.
I didnt think Hasbro would ever reissue this guy and thus I bought a G1 version (less equipped but a lot cheaper than this). And there are many fans who are now just willing to move on from G1 and want updated forms, which makes sense since that is what Hasbro has been doing pretty intensively these past 2 years.
But now Hasbro will read these boards (since it is one of their main indication of what this particular market may want), see the low interest, and it will reflect in sales as G1 rereleases ALWAYS do. And they will further make up their minds that there isn't much of a market for G1 rereleases and we lose again.
Sometimes, we are our own worst enemies.
Hey Hasbro- don't listen to these people! G1 reissues are a fantastic idea, particularly reissues of Japanese G1 stuff that never made itto the US/UK. Victory, Return of Convoy and Masterforce are great places to start!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 5:24 pmfenrir72 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Just an update on the Seeker set. I just picked up mine from RK.
Description:
1. Minute degradation. Cockpit bubble a bit lose. Robot faces are no longer glossy but the rest of the body are 1980s glossy smooth
2. Wing decals are now manually applied using the silvery type decal
3. Thrust's missiles. There seems to be some compromises in order to sell him with its 1980 thin design. What is it? The missile launchers have been remolded gutting out the spring and the switches. And the rust red ring that used to be found on the launcher is now black. The gutting is a fair compromise
4. Ramjet's jet mode really looks bad@ss compared to the henkei version.
5. The rubber tires melted(for those who can't get it, for shame if you are a true G1 connoisseur)
What about Dirge? I have the TRU reissue and that didn't have working launchers. The missile unit was one molded piece like the original toy
Virtually the same as the TRU re-issue, the original Dirge and Ramjet didn't have working weapons. Own that one too. The wing decal are manually attached. Also, the main decals stick properly unlike the TRU reissues back in2004........those could barely stay attached.
Are the eye decals pre-applied?
You know what?All the modern developments of toy engineering and computerized precision painting (Tomy did it for Encore Meister) but they (Tomy/Hasbro) couldn't do the same for the Seekers
For my Seekers, I cut the eye decals up and apply them using a sharp tooth pick. Also to note, the decal printing details are a bit blurred in my version.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 5:50 pmMGrotusque wrote:From observing how TERRIBLE sales are for any of the platinum releases and the shelfwarmability of the price points I predidct i won't see a Trypticon at retail.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:13 pmPosted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:27 pmAgregor wrote:This I will accept for a g1 reissue. But if it's a character like Trypticon, Unicron or even the sharkticons, we'd need an up to date figure.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:33 pm-Kanrabat- wrote:MGrotusque wrote:From observing how TERRIBLE sales are for any of the platinum releases and the shelfwarmability of the price points I predidct i won't see a Trypticon at retail.
Who would have guessed that making G2 Optimus and MP Soundwave in vomit puke colors and selling them DOUBLE the price of what they should have gone for was going to be a failure? Who would have thought selling the Insecticons pack at 33% more than any sane price would make them also shelfwarm?
Eh?
EH?!
As for the Insecticons, it sold for a premium because they included a high octane premium unleaded Energon cubes Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 6:47 pmPosted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:10 pmPosted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:25 pmTypticon is the ultimate Decepticon weapon, capable of converting between three forms, each more massive than the last. Whether in T-Rex mode, city mode, or battle station mode, his goal remains the same: total destruction of the Autobots.
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Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:44 pmCobotron wrote:Ya know, unless it's the picture quality, they have changed the color a little. All the blue bits, including the little guy, were originally purple.
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:45 pmOh you. You are in quite a mood today Mr. James.william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Ya know, unless it's the picture quality, they have changed the color a little. All the blue bits, including the little guy, were originally purple.
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Pretty sure it's the lighting and quality of the pic, it looks purple to me.
Maybe men see purple, and women see blue.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:47 pmPosted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:47 pmPosted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:48 pmCobotron wrote:Oh you. You are in quite a mood today Mr. James.william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Ya know, unless it's the picture quality, they have changed the color a little. All the blue bits, including the little guy, were originally purple.
EDIT: "little guy" = Full Tilt.
Pretty sure it's the lighting and quality of the pic, it looks purple to me.
Maybe men see purple, and women see blue.
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:48 pmPosted: Mon May 25, 2015 7:52 pmScottyP wrote:Where's Full Tilt's gun?
