First in hand pictures of Platinum Blitzwing and Astrotrain

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I figured they'd neuter Blitzwing's launchers. They did the same thing with the 2008 Perceptor reissue.

Why? Was it that lethal?

What is that smaller Blitzwing next to the Platinum redeco?

Sabrblade wrote:

What is that smaller Blitzwing next to the Platinum redeco?

Its part of the Worlds Smallest TF series. I didnt include it because I didnt want to confuse anyone.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

What is that smaller Blitzwing next to the Platinum redeco?

Its part of the Worlds Smallest TF series. I didnt include it because I didnt want to confuse anyone.

If it is, it's an unofficial figure, as Blitzwing was never released as such.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

What is that smaller Blitzwing next to the Platinum redeco?

Its part of the Worlds Smallest TF series. I didnt include it because I didnt want to confuse anyone.

If it is, it's an unofficial figure, as Blitzwing was never released as such.

Yeah, there is no Smallest Transformers Blitzwing.

And aren't the Smallest TFs even smaller than the toy in that pic? Like, Micromaster/Mini-Con/Nebulon-sized (or smaller)?

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

What is that smaller Blitzwing next to the Platinum redeco?

Its part of the Worlds Smallest TF series. I didnt include it because I didnt want to confuse anyone.

If it is, it's an unofficial figure, as Blitzwing was never released as such.

Yeah, there is no Smallest Transformers Blitzwing.

And aren't the Smallest TFs even smaller than the toy in that pic? Like, Micromaster/Mini-Con/Nebulon-sized (or smaller)?

Yeah, now taht you mention it, he isnt as small as the others. Probably a downsized KO?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

What is that smaller Blitzwing next to the Platinum redeco?

Its part of the Worlds Smallest TF series. I didnt include it because I didnt want to confuse anyone.

If it is, it's an unofficial figure, as Blitzwing was never released as such.

Yeah, there is no Smallest Transformers Blitzwing.

And aren't the Smallest TFs even smaller than the toy in that pic? Like, Micromaster/Mini-Con/Nebulon-sized (or smaller)?

Yeah, now taht you mention it, he isnt as small as the others. Probably a downsized KO?

There's a 'WST Blitzwing' by Justitoys. They've also done the Dinobots, Sixshot (I believe), Blaster, Shockwave and Astrotrain.

Mr O wrote:
There's a 'WST Blitzwing' by Justitoys. They've also done the Dinobots, Sixshot (I believe), Blaster, Shockwave and Astrotrain.

But the one on those pictures looks in between the size of G1 astrotrai and the Justitoys one (pictures below), no?

The user provided some (rather morbidly themed) pictures

What's morbid about them?

GuyIncognito wrote:

The user provided some (rather morbidly themed) pictures

What's morbid about them?

Look at what the figures are on...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:

The user provided some (rather morbidly themed) pictures

What's morbid about them?

Look at what the figures are on...

Puny humans!

Much like G1 Star Saber I got the Landcross reissues because I thought they look cool. Glad I did then, wonder how much the originals go for. Also I fairly certain Takara did some necessary paint touch ups on the figures and in some cases made new combiner heads. I could be wrong but I remember looking at comparison shots and the heads looked noticeably different. Might have to do a review of my set someday...

Blitzwing's missile launchers didn't work on the US G1 toy either, which is what I think this version is based on. We'll know soon enough as somebody bought his first Platnium Edition.

Weirdly the more I see that Blitwing the less I hate that colour scheme. I swear it reminds me of something but I can't think what. I don't want these figures though. Had these guys in regular colours as a kid and I don't miss them.

Ugh. That plastic screams KO crap quality. And they get uglier with each new image...

As for the mini Blitzwing, that is the Justitoys World's Smallest figure. They did the Dinobots, Sixshot, Shockwave, among others in the WST scale.

Autobot032 wrote:Ugh. That plastic screams KO crap quality. And they get uglier with each new image...

As for the mini Blitzwing, that is the Justitoys World's Smallest figure. They did the Dinobots, Sixshot, Shockwave, among others in the WST scale.

But the Smallest Transformers scale is tiny. That smaller Blitzwing looks too big to in that scale, unless Justitoys didn't make theirs as small as the official ones (I wouldn't know).

Sabrblade wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:Ugh. That plastic screams KO crap quality. And they get uglier with each new image...

As for the mini Blitzwing, that is the Justitoys World's Smallest figure. They did the Dinobots, Sixshot, Shockwave, among others in the WST scale.

But the Smallest Transformers scale is tiny. That smaller Blitzwing looks too big to in that scale, unless Justitoys didn't make theirs as small as the official ones (I wouldn't know).

The Dinobots are about legends-sized, which they pass off as 'cartoon-accurate scale!'. Blaster and Shockwave are regular WST size and the multi-changers are all about the size of the Dinos as far as I'm aware.

Autobot032 wrote:Ugh. That plastic screams KO crap quality.

How the hell can you tell from pictures alone? Are you a veteran chemist in the plastic industry to make such a claim?

While Seibertron has had exclusive images of the Platinum Conehead G1 rerelease (officially called TRANSFORMERS PLATINUM EDITION SEEKER SQUADRON 3-PACK) for almost a month now, Hasbro has finally provided stock images of this set and we have the high definition ones to show you. The previous in box images confirm that the deco will be provided through stickers and not tampographs. This set includes a reissue of G1 Dirge, Ramjet and Thrust and can currently be preordered online for 69.99$ US and 99.95$ US. It is set to ship early May.

For all news on the Platinum sets coming out in 2015, look no further than Seibertron.com

Hope these show up at Kmart or Target.

At least they're the right colors

Ordered! Finally after 30 years, Season 2 'cons are completed!

Bought Blitzwing/Astrotrain on ebay today, really not super expensive there. Looking forward to getting them whenever the slow boat decides to ferry them here.

Desslok2201 wrote:At least they're the right colors

Is there anything wrong with them though?

fenrir72 wrote:Ordered! Finally after 30 years, Season 2 'cons are completed!

Hey Congrats! Thats something I think I will never achieve, its really an awesome accomplishment, especially with today's market.

william-james88 wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:At least they're the right colors

Is there anything wrong with them though?

fenrir72 wrote:Ordered! Finally after 30 years, Season 2 'cons are completed!

Hey Congrats! Thats something I think I will never achieve, its really an awesome accomplishment, especially with today's market.

Your welcome your welcome your welcome!

Been on the fence for the E-hobby Thrust and Ramjet but their prices are simply waaaaaaaay out of my league for the prices they fetch. Even in ebay, Thrusts costs so high and that's for the loose and incomplete figs. Now both bricks and poseable versions are now mine (the former once delivered this May to be exact)

Desslock probably meant the coneheads not getting the "duocon" colored treatment.

Now, if only just the G1 Dinobots are released again( with the exception of Grimlock).....

Amelie wrote:Most people here that know me will know my love of the G1 Seeker mold....

... so I'm rather disappointed in this set. Without anything funky to it, like an anime deco or weird colours or extra accessories - there isn't enough here to make it worth owning. I guess its great for people that need the figures, but I never buy reissues unless there is something 'different' from the vintage, which makes these a pass for me.

Call me weird but I read that in the voice of a high-class British lady.

Seriously, I really LOVE standard re-issues. Most of the G1 toys I own are reissues and I wouldnt own any otherwise. The true vintage stuff is either in bad shape or ridiculously expensive. In a world with no reissues, I can't even imagine how much the vintage G1 stuff would go for. So, with normal reissues, HasTak make new money and it allow the average guy to enjoy some G1 molds.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Amelie wrote:Most people here that know me will know my love of the G1 Seeker mold....

... so I'm rather disappointed in this set. Without anything funky to it, like an anime deco or weird colours or extra accessories - there isn't enough here to make it worth owning. I guess its great for people that need the figures, but I never buy reissues unless there is something 'different' from the vintage, which makes these a pass for me.

Call me weird but I read that in the voice of a high-class British lady.

Seriously, I really LOVE standard re-issues. Most of the G1 toys I own are reissues and I wouldnt own any otherwise. The true vintage stuff is either in bad shape or ridiculously expensive. In a world with no reissues, I can't even imagine how much the vintage G1 stuff would go for. So, with normal reissues, HasTak make new money and it allow the average guy to enjoy some G1 molds.

You and me on the same boat "K"

Oh well. The jet modes still look pretty nice after all this time. The robot modes never did.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Oh well. The jet modes still look pretty nice after all this time. The robot modes never did.

That's because in G1, it was always the vehicle mode that had priority, and the bot was designed around it. That's why the vehicle always look PERFECT but the bot suffer from it a bit.

-Kanrabat- wrote:That's because in G1, it was always the vehicle mode that had priority, and the bot was designed around it. That's why the vehicle always look PERFECT but the bot suffer from it a bit.

Yeah, perhaps. Though many G1 figures still had better robot modes than the seekers. And I think it just annoyed me more at the time cos it was six toys all using the same basic mold. Ok Hasbro do that to infinity these days but back then it just seemed a bit off to me. I had Thundercracker (I liked it colour scheme the best back then though these days I'm more partial to the black and purple of Skywarp) and that was enough for me. I was more into collecting the wider variety of cars, vans and trucks the Autobots had (Jazz's Porsche and Sideswipe's Lamborghini being among the faves and they both had decent robot forms with good arm articulation even if bricky legs)

Woah woah woah, wait a sec. Hasbro has the insecticons on their main site with a suggested price tag of 64.99.

Why isnt anyone taking their suggestion?! This means the similarly priced triplechanger set will also be over 100$ cdn. Ha, I forsee another walmart masterpiece skywarp thing happening.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Oh well. The jet modes still look pretty nice after all this time. The robot modes never did.

We had to squint back in the late 80s and use a whole lot of imagination back then when playing with those bricks.

P.S. Since I can't wait for the local TRU and my local specialty store to get the Seekers, preordered at RK

While we already had an image of the contents of the Autobots Intel Ops Platinum set (which includes a rerelease of G1 Blaster and Perceptor), it had a lot of glare and we had yet to see what the box looks like. Well thanks to Seibertron User Daimchoc's facebook page, we now have a clearer image of the contents as well as the front image of the box which showcases some great artwork. However, it also confirms what we all thought, that Rewind is not included in this set. This hints that this rerelease of Blaster is probably the same set that was previously released as part of the Universe toy line, since that set also lacked Rewind. However, for those who do not have either of these great toys yet, this set could still be appealing. The galleries for the G1 figures or Blaster and Perceptor can be found here and here respectively.

The absence of Rewind is very noticeable hasbro. Please god Rewind and Chromedome Reissue set.

Yes. Yes. Yes. I don't even care rewind isn't there, still glad I can add 2 amazing figures I don't own to my collection! Hopefully the price is okay.

[quote="Moosey"]Yes. Yes. Yes. I don't even care rewind isn't there, still glad I can add 2 amazing figures I don't own to my collection! Hopefully the price is okay.[/quote

I feel the very same way!

SW's SilverHammer wrote:The absence of Rewind is very noticeable hasbro. Please god Rewind and Chromedome Reissue set.

I don't know who Rewind is and I don't care. I'm so buying that set! As long that it's not 200$, that is.

Is this cybertronic "profiling" by not including a black deployer? Once you go black......seriously now, MP Hasbro Soundwave included both Rumble and Frenzy right? Yet Hasbro can't afford to take in Rewind?

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:The absence of Rewind is very noticeable hasbro. Please god Rewind and Chromedome Reissue set.

I don't know who Rewind is and I don't care. I'm so buying that set! As long that it's not 200$, that is.

Joking about Rewind?
For me personally I already have the 2009 reissue... I am definitely tired of seeing the same crap on the shelves, whether it's the same reissues or same characters.
I expect this will go for around $100

I'm interested to find out what the extra red parts are (slide holders?) and what is on those 3 slides for Perceptor.

Desslok2201 wrote:I'm interested to find out what the extra red parts are (slide holders?) and what is on those 3 slides for Perceptor.

Sharp eye. Those slides are probably holders for the cassettes. That red thingamabob in thelower middle...........a stand perhaps?

Rewind would have been the smarter choice over Eject.

Ramhorn is a good addition to this set though. Not enough love goin around for that mold.

It would have also been an EPIC opportunity for Hasbro to chuck something really special and ultra rare like Dile or Saur into this release. A combiner cassette team. Being this is a "platinum" release and CW is all the rage right now.
Ya blew that one Hasbro. IMO

Steeljaw is always a solid choice though. He's a fantastic mold.

I originally posted this on Facebook. Daimchoc correctly Credited me if you look.

I would appreciate the same regard.

Coneheads

Primeultimus wrote:Coneheads

Have they showed up stateside already?

No only in the Phillipines so far.

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:The absence of Rewind is very noticeable hasbro. Please god Rewind and Chromedome Reissue set.

I don't know who Rewind is and I don't care. I'm so buying that set! As long that it's not 200$, that is.

Joking about Rewind?
For me personally I already have the 2009 reissue... I am definitely tired of seeing the same crap on the shelves, whether it's the same reissues or same characters.
I expect this will go for around $100

I hope Kan is joking about Rewind (Rumble/Frenzy=Rewind/Eject), and I hope Spygirl is joking about it being 100 bucks. No way it'll be that low.

shajaki wrote:

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:The absence of Rewind is very noticeable hasbro. Please god Rewind and Chromedome Reissue set.

I don't know who Rewind is and I don't care. I'm so buying that set! As long that it's not 200$, that is.

Joking about Rewind?
For me personally I already have the 2009 reissue... I am definitely tired of seeing the same crap on the shelves, whether it's the same reissues or same characters.
I expect this will go for around $100

I hope Kan is joking about Rewind (Rumble/Frenzy=Rewind/Eject), and I hope Spygirl is joking about it being 100 bucks. No way it'll be that low.

Haha, it was just a guess... aren't the Insecticons and Seekers selling between $60-90?

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:[
I expect this will go for around $100

I hope Kan is joking about Rewind (Rumble/Frenzy=Rewind/Eject), and I hope Spygirl is joking about it being 100 bucks. No way it'll be that low.

Haha, it was just a guess... aren't the Insecticons and Seekers selling between $60-90?

All of these sets have a ball park figure of about 100$ give or take 20$. We know for a fact that its not about the weight or the physical amount of toy found in them due to the small difference between the insecticon and seeker prices online. I think this set will not be more expensive than 120$US, which everything considered is still not that cheap.