Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart

G1COLLECTOR wrote:Nice to see they all got there 80's names back though.

MGrotusque wrote:What exactly is " Platinum" about this release? They don't look like anything special to me at all.
This release would impress me and justify that price point if the set included the Deluxe Insecticons aswell.

Now THAT would be a platinum edition reissue if you ask me.

Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.

As an exclusive tho?

Optimum Supreme wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.

As an exclusive tho?

I dunno, I just remember it sitting in the clearance aisle for ages because even with a slashed price it was way too high.

Do we know this set is even exclusive for that matter?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.

As an exclusive tho?

MutantDinosaur wrote:There are three sitting on the shelf of the Goleta, CA (near Santa Barbara) Kmart. ...and I imagine they'll still be sitting there for a while. But just wanted to let folks know (as the product is too new to have been added to "sightings" just yet).

-MutantDinosaur

XLordXGrimlockX wrote:It's starting to look like Transformers is a dying brand they just keep reissuing the same characters from years past

G1 box set:
- Blaster
- perceptor
- Insecticon
- Trypticon
- g1 cone head set

Also there were more platinum sets with G1 reissues/ repaints. One set with Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes. BW was mostly red,while AT orange and white.
the second set includes Blaster and Perceptor Which seems mostly unchanged from their G1 style. Percy had a new accessory, that can fit on his back and looked like sine sort of missile launcher

shajaki wrote:i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?

orange and white.

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?

Its been answered:

orange and white.

Now I am less sad that I just bought a G1 astrotrain a month ago. At least I have some decent colors.

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?

Its been answered:

orange and white.

Now I am less sad that I just bought a G1 astrotrain a month ago. At least I have some decent colors.

seriously... where on earth did they get orange and white from? sounds like a year of the goat thing...

when i first heard about the atrotrain/blitzwing combo i was kinda bummed. i recently bought a TFC#17 blitzwing reissue, and already have an ehobby astrotrain. but if this new astrotrain is all wiggidy whack, i guess i didnt waste my money

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.

oh ive got nothing against wiggidy whack decos (love the YOTG soundwave and laser prime) but its strange that theyd choose to go that route. all im hoping is that if astrotrain if different, so is blitzwing. that would make its purchase worthwhile to me.

Also there were more platinum sets with G1 reissues/ repaints. One set with Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes. BW was mostly red,while AT orange and white.
the second set includes Blaster and Perceptor Which seems mostly unchanged from their G1 style. Percy had a new accessory, that can fit on his back and looked like sine sort of missile launcher

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.

oh ive got nothing against wiggidy whack decos (love the YOTG soundwave and laser prime) but its strange that theyd choose to go that route. all im hoping is that if astrotrain if different, so is blitzwing. that would make its purchase worthwhile to me.

Thats been answered too. All in the same paragraph above where I sum everything we know so far:

Also there were more platinum sets with G1 reissues/ repaints. One set with Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes. BW was mostly red,while AT orange and white.
the second set includes Blaster and Perceptor Which seems mostly unchanged from their G1 style. Percy had a new accessory, that can fit on his back and looked like sine sort of missile launcher

I have no clue what they are going for with these colors. If Sabrblade is listening, could you clue us in on what the homage is supposed to be?

shajaki wrote: theres probably going to be a lot of people upset about this, but not me! their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them

shajaki wrote: their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them

Cobotron wrote:That is a cool high five BTW. can I get one?

Cobotron wrote:

shajaki wrote: their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them

I'm with you weirdos on this one. The homage is to this.


That is a cool high five BTW. can I get one?

EDIT: Holy crap guys! I didn't realize at first, but that Han Solo, right there on that box, is the whole reason I started collecting toys. 1996, I woke up one morning in college, hung over of course, pored a bowl, and filled out the order form. A couple months later, on a Star Wars hunt I picked up Dinobot and Waspinator. the rest is history. Sorry, That picture just took me way back.

Desslok2201 wrote:Holy crap!

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:Holy crap!

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Desslok2201 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team

Downshift and Camshaft. My brother made off with Overdrive.

Chuckles! He and Shipwreck used to get into ALL kindz a trouble! Pickin' fights with the Dreadnoks and their neon bandanas.

Desslok2201 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team

Downshift and Camshaft. My brother made off with Overdrive.

Chuckles! He and Shipwreck used to get into ALL kindz a trouble! Pickin' fights with the Dreadnoks and their neon bandanas.

Hahaha- i forgot about Dreadnoks, they were the masters of stealth- riding into battle on a mad max car or a MASSIVE trike with day-glo hair and clothing.

="TFW2005 member CATZ"

G1 box set:
- Blaster
- perceptor
- Insecticon
- Trypticon
- g1 cone head set