Twin Sunset wrote:the first four were optimus, soundwave, starscream, and megatron, with jazz on the horizon. as far as i can tell the only toys with a 1st reissue are sky lynx and omega. i don't really see a focus on toys with no previous reissue. it's probably more in line with "which toys can we put out that will sell best after fans who weren't avid collectors before the movie, but who now want their childhood back since the movie?" kind of cynical, i know. but i really think they're releasing toys that both old and newer collectors will respond to. how many out there picked up lynx or omega because they were way too expensive when you were young?
so for the next encore figure, i'd say it'll be either one that everyone had and formed memories with, or was a holy grail back in the day.
...maybe i'm just ranting to justify wanting toys that've been reissued already
That's fine. Look, I'm not saying that people who want a Smokescreen reissue shouldn't be able to get one because Smokescreen has already been reissued, I'm saying that since Smokescreen has been reissued, it is entirely possible to obtain a G1 Smokescreen without having to reissue him again. I get tired of there being annoucnements about reissues only to find out that it's a reissue of a reissue. Like if you want a Starscream you have your choice of like 5 reissues that are all the same. If Takara and TRU released a reissue of Prowl, why does there need to be an Encore Prowl, three of the same figure, instead of an Encore Octane or Trailbreaker or Trypticon? Why do we always have to get the same reissues. Even Jazz got reissued through TRU, and now Encore. Ratchet and Ironhide at least were new reissues, and that's why e Hobby rocks, because it may be another Jazz, but it's at least a new character.
