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Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:27 pm**

Wondering about the G1 e-hobby reissues, what is the relation to takara?

Are these molds takara approved reissues?

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:50 pm**

e-Hobby figures are Takara approved and come from Takara.

Posted: **Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:21 pm**

How do you know it is an official e-hobby?

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:23 am**

Sid Burn wrote:How do you know it is an official e-hobby?

They always come in G1 styled boxes (unlike the bookbox one from the regular Transformers Collection reissues), and the same designs are used for mulitple releases, i.e. Autobot reissues all come in the same red box, and the Decepticon ones all come in the same purple box.
They're so-called companion pieces, the mold is repainted in colors that bear some significance in TF history, usually it's the colors the toy had in the original line (Diaclone and Microman).

Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:12 pm**

Skylynx will certainly be an ehobby version. Quite possibly.

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Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:16 pm**

SpacerAM2 wrote:Skylynx will certainly be an ehobby version. Quite possibly.

Nope, regular New Year's release. E-Hobby only releases repaints (Galvatron excluded)

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Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:24 pm**

E-hobby also has the original g1 box packaging with the actual cartoon color schemes as well. Look at the Predaking set and he was a NewYears edition back in 2004. Predaking was an e-hobby release.

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Posted: **Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:03 pm**

I have the E-Hobby Twincast, great quality.

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:56 am**

iron maniac wrote:I have the E-Hobby Twincast, great quality.

I have had my eye on that as well, since I have Soundwave, Blaster and Soundblaster.

I see it usually for $80-$90 on ebay

does that sound fair?

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:21 am**

Sid Burn wrote:
iron maniac wrote:I have the E-Hobby Twincast, great quality.

I have had my eye on that as well, since I have Soundwave, Blaster and Soundblaster.

I see it usually for $80-$90 on ebay

does that sound fair?

Thats about the going rate.
I got mine a little cheaper($55.99) because the box had a small dent in one corner(like I care about that lol).
The way I looked at it was the Takara reissue Blaster wasn't really much less than that and Twincast holds 2 cassettes and EVERYONE has Blaster.
I love mine, everyone notices him right away because of the color scheme on my collection shelf. lol

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:15 am**

SpacerAM2 wrote:Look at the Predaking set and he was a NewYears edition back in 2004. Predaking was an e-hobby release.

Nope, regular release like all New Year's releases. E-Hobby offers them like any other retailer, they're not all exclusives

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:23 am**

Yes I see but Predaking was an ehobby exclusive and so will Skylynx be one as well.

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Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:54 am**

SpacerAM2 wrote:Yes I see but Predaking was an ehobby exclusive and so will Skylynx be one as well.

'Fraid not. Predaking was a general Takara release. What Jelze is saying is that while e-hobby may well have had some stock of him for sale and had them on the website it was a general release in Japan. The only toys that are considered 'e-hobby toys' are the recolours that are e-hobby exclusives (although Western online retailers will ussually stock these exclusives at a mark up as well).