The Energon Pub

[ScottyP]

If it's cartoon colors Astrotrain that would be an excellent choice. Maybe one with a darker purple than the Takara attempt?

Anything else and this is a snoozer.

[no-one]

If it's cartoon colors Astrotrain that would be an excellent choice. Maybe one with a darker purple than the Takara attempt?

Anything else and this is a snoozer.

If they keep the current trend up, who ever wins will be just like the last few. 100% G1 less the authentic styrofoam smell. I miss that smell.


I do kind of feel they are barking up the wrong tree with the reissues though. Both in character choices and distributor. What's their endgame? Just toss **** at a wall and see what sticks?


Wasn't Preceptor just released with Blaster (I spotted that release in bulk at a few salvage stores) and some weird color variants of Astrotrain and Blitzwing?

[RiddlerJ]

If they really wanted to move product, put out the seeker mold in new colors like Acid Storm or Red Wing.

[Samsonator]

My usual response would be to always bet on Skywarp, but their last Seeker reissue suffered significantly from what I like to call "mushface" and I'd rather not repeat that. That said, the other options aren't particularly interesting choices, either.

I find it hard to believe that any future Walmart reissues would be limited to one character, so I'm just gonna vote Skywarp, and hope for the best, both in terms of molding issues, and further reissues beyond the fan poll character being maybe something more exciting.

[Optimutt]

The only reissues that interest me at this point are Scourge, Cyclonus, the Dinobots, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, and Mirage.

Yet I'm fully aware of the problems already in existence regarding this group: namely that the molds are gone. One could therefore correctly infer that I'm over reissues. Sad to say. I love G1, but I'm good.

[Grimlok59]

Sigh... I really really really wish it was a bad joke that they are going to sell these through Walmart again. That was literally the worst buying experience ever. I had the same item canceled 7 times before I just bought it marked up on Ebay months later...

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Cyclonus and Scourge might not be lost. We know they've kept track of Hot Rod, Rodimus Prime, Galvatron, Kup, and Wheelie, so it's possible they still know where Blurr, Springer, Wreck-Gar, Cyclonus, and Scourge are.

[ZeroWolf]

I would be down for a cyclonus reissue, I was gutted as a kid when the one I had finally gave in and had to be condemned to the bin. Though i was never sure if it was the target master version I had or if the target master belonged to hot rod

[leokearon]

Even without being able to buy any of these, these are pretty poor choices.

[ScottyP]

If they really wanted to move product, put out the seeker mold in new colors like Acid Storm or Red Wing.

YES!

Red Wing is never happening though. Funpub wouldn't milk the $eeker mold for it? Red Wing is dead forever

The only reissues that interest me at this point are Scourge, Cyclonus, the Dinobots, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, and Mirage.

Yet I'm fully aware of the problems already in existence regarding this group: namely that the molds are gone. One could therefore correctly infer that I'm over reissues. Sad to say. I love G1, but I'm good.

If they'll reverse engineer the Dino Cassettes of all things, I'd say anything is fair game again at this point. Maybe not for Walmart reissues though, I'm sure they have to keep the cost down.

[william-james88]

The only reissues that interest me at this point are Scourge, Cyclonus, the Dinobots, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, and Mirage.

Yet I'm fully aware of the problems already in existence regarding this group: namely that the molds are gone. One could therefore correctly infer that I'm over reissues. Sad to say. I love G1, but I'm good.

Wait, there is something wrong with the cyclonus and scourge molds? I didnt know that.

I would be down for a cyclonus reissue, I was gutted as a kid

You want me to gut Ultra Magnus?

[EvasionModeBumblebee]

What reissue do I want next?

How about that Bumblebee I ordered forever ago that got cancelled, walmart?

[Optimutt]

The only reissues that interest me at this point are Scourge, Cyclonus, the Dinobots, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, and Mirage.

Yet I'm fully aware of the problems already in existence regarding this group: namely that the molds are gone. One could therefore correctly infer that I'm over reissues. Sad to say. I love G1, but I'm good.

Wait, there is something wrong with the cyclonus and scourge molds? I didnt know that.

I guess that since we have never gotten a reissue of either Cyclonus or Scourge, I just assumed that the molds were lost. If they hadn't lost the molds, wouldn't they have reissued them at least once in the past 30 years?

[Dr. Caelus]

Question - Would anyone else like to see Beast Wars reissues?

[william-james88]

Question - Would anyone else like to see Beast Wars reissues?

Only Beast Machines Basic figures. Everything else is pretty easy to find still at decent prices.

And there is a ton of G1 stuff that was never rereleased that I wouldnt assume means lost. Like Overlord, for instance.

[Sabrblade]

Question - Would anyone else like to see Beast Wars reissues?

Only Beast Machines Basic figures. Everything else is pretty easy to find still at decent prices.

And there is a ton of G1 stuff that was never rereleased that I wouldnt assume means lost. Like Overlord, for instance.

Overlord saw a 1991 release in Europe and Australasia with different purple plastic and rounded off shoulder spikes.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

^That was technically a first release as far as that market and the European G1 line are concerned.

The Beast Wars reissues we probably most need are the Robot Masters versions of Optimus Primal and Megatron. Those are a bit thin on the ground.

[Silverwing]

Question - Would anyone else like to see Beast Wars reissues?

To be honest, not really. As much as I love Beast Wars, most of the originals are quite accessible already. If they're going to do BW I'd rather they made new figures.

[william-james88]

Question - Would anyone else like to see Beast Wars reissues?

Only Beast Machines Basic figures. Everything else is pretty easy to find still at decent prices.

And there is a ton of G1 stuff that was never rereleased that I wouldnt assume means lost. Like Overlord, for instance.

Overlord saw a 1991 release in Europe and Australasia with different purple plastic and rounded off shoulder spikes.

Thats just the Hasbro release, and its still within the G1 era. I am talking about an actual reissue, like the ones we are talking about. A scorponok reissue would be fun too, same with the pretenders. A whole bunch of stuff was never reissued.

[ZeroWolf]

Pretty much anything, barring powermaster Prime, from 1987 onward could do with a re-release... I wonder if people would buy Action Masters if rereleased on the world.

[Seibertron]

The only reissues that interest me at this point are Scourge, Cyclonus, the Dinobots, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, and Mirage.

Yet I'm fully aware of the problems already in existence regarding this group: namely that the molds are gone. One could therefore correctly infer that I'm over reissues. Sad to say. I love G1, but I'm good.

And yet here we are with rare Dinobot cassette reissues in the Studio Series line. Never say never true believers!

[Seibertron]

You know what would get me excited about a G1 Perceptor reissue? A brand-spankin' new cartoon head, done in G1 toy style, so that Perceptor can finally have the face he so rightfully deserves after all of these years. How many reissues has there been of Perceptor over the years? It's time to do him up right with a new noggin' at long last.

I'm torn on Astrotrain. If they did true cartoon/prototype colors (not that silly lavender or light purple color Takara thinks makes purple cartoon accurate), not the e-Hobby colors, or if they did a straight up G1 toy color reissue (which has never been done before, then I'm game for him.

Hopefully we get some other "new" reissues that haven't been released before during the 18 year run of reissues so far.

[bluecatcinema]

I'm voting for Astrotrain.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

The only reissues that interest me at this point are Scourge, Cyclonus, the Dinobots, Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, and Mirage.

Yet I'm fully aware of the problems already in existence regarding this group: namely that the molds are gone. One could therefore correctly infer that I'm over reissues. Sad to say. I love G1, but I'm good.

Wait, there is something wrong with the cyclonus and scourge molds? I didnt know that.

I guess that since we have never gotten a reissue of either Cyclonus or Scourge, I just assumed that the molds were lost. If they hadn't lost the molds, wouldn't they have reissued them at least once in the past 30 years?

From observation, anything past Season 2 is a bit of a hit and miss, especially when it comes to popularity and thus demand. If the demand is there, Hasbro and TakaraTomy will go out of their way to locate the molds needed wherever they are.
For now tho they're assigned to figures/molds that have been reissued within the past 10 to 15 years because they're relatively readily accessible.

[Wireless_Phantom]

Well I think I'll be voting for Skywarp or Thundercracker then. I'll probably go Skywarp, since I do love purple as you can probably tell.