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Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue

Transformers News: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue

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Thanks to an update from fellow Seibertron user, Carytheone, we can now confirm that Astrotrain has won the first round of voting to see if he can make it to Walmart shelves in 2020.

Transformers News: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue

His opponent will be decided today as it's now Thundercracker and Skywarp's turn to go head to head. Voting is now open for round 2, so as long as you're an Instagram and Facebook user, go and vote to see who you want to see back in the shops. [ur=https://www.instagram.com/p/BrSem4SlAF7/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1jn5iyg4qnfsp]Please go here to cast your vote.[/url]

Transformers News: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue

Do you want to see one of these Seekers back in action again? Are you happy that Astrotrain prevailed over Perceptor? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.
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Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998451)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 12th, 2018 @ 9:44am CST
Whichever Seeker wins, we lose!
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998452)
Posted by Amelie on December 12th, 2018 @ 9:48am CST
For me - it has to be Thundercracker. He is the template for the animation model, after all. What surprises me at the moment is there is a lack of Blitzwing reissue, given he is in the Bumblebee movie, too.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998453)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on December 12th, 2018 @ 9:50am CST
Amelie wrote:The reissued Minibots are Swerve, Windcharger, Outback and Bumblebee who sports a G1 cartoon accurate head sculpt. This version of G1 Bumblebee was first released back in 2004 as part of the Transformers Collection reissues as part of a six-toy set featuring other minibots.


Tailgate, not Windcharger.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998459)
Posted by Amelie on December 12th, 2018 @ 10:05am CST
Caelus wrote:
Amelie wrote:The reissued Minibots are Swerve, Windcharger, Outback and Bumblebee who sports a G1 cartoon accurate head sculpt. This version of G1 Bumblebee was first released back in 2004 as part of the Transformers Collection reissues as part of a six-toy set featuring other minibots.


Tailgate, not Windcharger.


:WHISTLE: ...

Thanks for the point out. ;)^
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998460)
Posted by ScottyP on December 12th, 2018 @ 10:11am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Whichever Seeker wins, we lose!
How do I vote for a teleporting Skywarp? That would be neat.

It would be nice to not have to choose though, I agree. Really dug how the WM Starscream had gold tampo for the eyes in lieu of that damn sticker!
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998471)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:00am CST
I hate Mall-wart. But those prices are tempting. Especially for Bumblebee because of what I see G1 Bumblebees selling for on eBay (why I don't have him yet).
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998473)
Posted by Amelie on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:03am CST
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I hate Mall-wart. But those prices are tempting. Especially for Bumblebee because of what I see G1 Bumblebees selling for on eBay (why I don't have him yet).


Ignore eBay. Check some Facebook groups for him. It really shouldn't cost you more than £15 for a pretty nice, loose G1 Bumblebee.

Its worth getting this reissue for the new head, though. I'm really pleased with mine - I've been after this version since Takara reissued it, but I was loathe to pay all that money on the whole set.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998476)
Posted by Overcracker on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:11am CST
ZeroWolf wrote:Thanks to an update from fellow Seibertron user, Carytheone, we can now confirm that Astrotrain has won the first round of voting to see if he can make it to Walmart shelves in 2020.

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His opponent will be decided today as it's now Thundercracker and Skywarp's turn to go head to head. Voting is now open for round 2, so as long as you're an Instagram and Facebook user, go and vote to see who you want to see back in the shops. [ur=https://www.instagram.com/p/BrSem4SlAF7/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1jn5iyg4qnfsp]Please go here to cast your vote.[/url]

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Do you want to see one of these Seekers back in action again? Are you happy that Astrotrain prevailed over Perceptor? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.



Very cool to have a chance at an Astrotrain in correct colors again. Maybe Blitzwing can get another shot too. These 2 garner big nostalgia for me as I had them as a kid, but lost them.


I'd go for Skywarp over TC. Already have Commemorative TC, a G1 Skywarp would go nicely with it.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998484)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on December 12th, 2018 @ 12:40pm CST
Amelie wrote:Image


Dang, that is a LOT of minibots on the shelves in that pic. I hope at least one of the Walmarts around me gets stocked that full. I want all four! Speaking of which, where IS that Walmart featured in the picture above?
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998490)
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 12th, 2018 @ 1:45pm CST
Looking through the sources, I couldn't find the location sadly, so best keep eyes peeled
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998509)
Posted by Emerje on December 12th, 2018 @ 3:26pm CST
Wow, they've got so many of those mini bots they're taking over all of the empty pegs. I'm a little surprised there even are empty pegs, my local Walmarts are both filled beyond capacity with lots of stuff on the overhead shelf waiting for space.

Amelie wrote:For me - it has to be Thundercracker. He is the template for the animation model, after all. What surprises me at the moment is there is a lack of Blitzwing reissue, given he is in the Bumblebee movie, too.

Since this poll is for 2020 there's always a possibility of a 2019 line so maybe he's already happening?

ScottyP wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Whichever Seeker wins, we lose!
How do I vote for a teleporting Skywarp? That would be neat.

You mean like this? I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

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Emerje
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998570)
Posted by Sebstreak on December 12th, 2018 @ 9:59pm CST
Does anyone like me focus on buying mostly G1 from season 1? I understand Bee's reissue from Hasbro, but not the other mini bots. I think reissuing more than 2 deceptions in 2020 is realistic and profitable. I have most Toys R Us reissues from about 15 yrs ago. Wal Mart should focus on the missing ones like Sunstreaker, Ratchet, Willjack, Mirage, trailbreaker, the casettes, etc.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998573)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 12th, 2018 @ 10:25pm CST
Sebstreak wrote:Does anyone like me focus on buying mostly G1 from season 1? I understand Bee's reissue from Hasbro, but not the other mini bots. I think reissuing more than 2 deceptions in 2020 is realistic and profitable. I have most Toys R Us reissues from about 15 yrs ago. Wal Mart should focus on the missing ones like Sunstreaker, Ratchet, Willjack, Mirage, trailbreaker, the casettes, etc.
Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, and Mirage have long been un-reissue-able due to their original molds being long gone.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998575)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on December 12th, 2018 @ 10:35pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:
Sebstreak wrote:Does anyone like me focus on buying mostly G1 from season 1? I understand Bee's reissue from Hasbro, but not the other mini bots. I think reissuing more than 2 deceptions in 2020 is realistic and profitable. I have most Toys R Us reissues from about 15 yrs ago. Wal Mart should focus on the missing ones like Sunstreaker, Ratchet, Willjack, Mirage, trailbreaker, the casettes, etc.
Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, and Mirage have long been un-reissue-able due to their original molds being long gone.

More specifically, Wheeljack's is confirmed as shot to hell from wear, Mirage's is confirmed to be MIA (ditto for the Dinobots), and Sunstreaker's is all-but-confirmed as MIA - especially after his conspicuous absence from the Encore line and its parade of Diaclone-based redecoes (one would think that if his mold's whereabouts were known, as the very first of the Diaclone Car Robot molds he would have been given special attention there!).
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998576)
Posted by william-james88 on December 12th, 2018 @ 10:54pm CST
Sebstreak wrote:Does anyone like me focus on buying mostly G1 from season 1? I understand Bee's reissue from Hasbro, but not the other mini bots.


I do. Hasbro wanted to realease the stuff they had on hand, and all those molds were easily accessible due to Takara rereleasing them already:

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And if you want an idea of the other stuff Hasbro will probably put out in that price range, we have all these molds easily accessible as well:

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I am pretty sure we will get Pipe/Huffer and Gears in the next round.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998578)
Posted by Seibertron on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:35pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Image


I keep hoping for a "G1 reissues improved" line. The vintage 1980s Hasbro boxes are a welcome change this time around. It's something that had never been done properly before, something that hearkens back to Takara's original reissues like Hot Rodimus, Convoy and Ultra Magnus from (yikes) shortly after the turn of the century. My fantasy "G1 reissues improved" line would do things like ... if you're going to do the mouth version of Bumblebee, commission someone to modify the original G1 artwork to reflect the mold so the artwork has a more G1 cartoon styled head (but in the style of that artwork) ... or if you're going to do a Perceptor reissue, give us a G1-toy styled head with a face and modify the artwork. Soundwave? Give him a red visor finally and modify the artwork. Little things like that which help make this set of reissues stand apart from other reissues. God knows they've milked their money out of their initial investments with these molds so it'd be nice to see some improvements made to set these apart from other reissues.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998579)
Posted by Seibertron on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:41pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:
Sebstreak wrote:Does anyone like me focus on buying mostly G1 from season 1? I understand Bee's reissue from Hasbro, but not the other mini bots. I think reissuing more than 2 deceptions in 2020 is realistic and profitable. I have most Toys R Us reissues from about 15 yrs ago. Wal Mart should focus on the missing ones like Sunstreaker, Ratchet, Willjack, Mirage, trailbreaker, the casettes, etc.
Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, and Mirage have long been un-reissue-able due to their original molds being long gone.


Yep, but that doesn't mean that reissues of those very figures can't happen at some point in the future. I think there's a lot of demand to see those figures happen after all of this time, especially the Dinobots.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998580)
Posted by Seibertron on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:46pm CST
I picked up my Transformers G1 Hot Rod reissue at Walmart for $12.97 tonight! It was a little challenging getting them to swap out the one that Walmart.com shipped to their store for me with one of the ones that was on their shelves ("Sir, you can't do that!") and then the challenge of getting them to price match from Monday's price with the $12.97 price on Wednesday. It took 5 employees to figure out how to make it happen so that I ended up with the one I wanted from their shelves and get cash back at the same time. Good lord, it amazes me sometimes that Wally World is as successful as they are.

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Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998581)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:49pm CST
Seibertron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Image


I keep hoping for a "G1 reissues improved" line. The vintage 1980s Hasbro boxes are a welcome change this time around. It's something that had never been done properly before, something that hearkens back to Takara's original reissues like Hot Rodimus, Convoy and Ultra Magnus from (yikes) shortly after the turn of the century. My fantasy "G1 reissues improved" line would do things like ... if you're going to do the mouth version of Bumblebee, commission someone to modify the original G1 artwork to reflect the mold so the artwork has a more G1 cartoon styled head (but in the style of that artwork) ... or if you're going to do a Perceptor reissue, give us a G1-toy styled head with a face and modify the artwork. Soundwave? Give him a red visor finally and modify the artwork. Little things like that which help make this set of reissues stand apart from other reissues. God knows they've milked their money out of their initial investments with these molds so it'd be nice to see some improvements made to set these apart from other reissues.


So much this! Hasbro has basically already opened the possibility for this by using Takara's latest retooling and redecoing of Bumblebee. He's almost as perfect a representation of the G1 cartoon model as he can be now, while still being ostensibly the original mold. Swerve, Tailgate, and Outback all have their improved face paint apps from Takara's latest reissues too, mostly giving them cartoon accurate blue eyes. Too bad Hasbro didn't think to give Starscream red eyes or change the painted stripes on his wings, but it's not the end of the world, I suppose. It's also a bummer that Hasbro apparently didn't opt for the "anime accurate" head sculpt for Devastator that Takara made a few years back for their Encore line.

I'm hoping that these reissues continue to sell well and that Hasbro will be brave enough to reverse engineer some of the broken and lost molds and give us the likes of Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, the Dinobots, and anyone else who has been consistently missing from these reissue lines. Yeah, the prospect of doing so is costly, but I bet a LOT of old fans would jump at the chance to get newly manufactured vintage figures and not have to worry about paying ridiculous aftermarket prices anymore or take their chances with getting counterfeit figures. I also wonder how Hasbro will eventually address the very obvious absence of Megatron from any reissue line.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998582)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:49pm CST
Seibertron wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Sebstreak wrote:Does anyone like me focus on buying mostly G1 from season 1? I understand Bee's reissue from Hasbro, but not the other mini bots. I think reissuing more than 2 deceptions in 2020 is realistic and profitable. I have most Toys R Us reissues from about 15 yrs ago. Wal Mart should focus on the missing ones like Sunstreaker, Ratchet, Willjack, Mirage, trailbreaker, the casettes, etc.
Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, and Mirage have long been un-reissue-able due to their original molds being long gone.


Yep, but that doesn't mean that reissues of those very figures can't happen at some point in the future. I think there's a lot of demand to see those figures happen after all of this time, especially the Dinobots.


Key word here is eventually ;)
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998583)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:49pm CST
Seibertron wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Sebstreak wrote:Does anyone like me focus on buying mostly G1 from season 1? I understand Bee's reissue from Hasbro, but not the other mini bots. I think reissuing more than 2 deceptions in 2020 is realistic and profitable. I have most Toys R Us reissues from about 15 yrs ago. Wal Mart should focus on the missing ones like Sunstreaker, Ratchet, Willjack, Mirage, trailbreaker, the casettes, etc.
Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, and Mirage have long been un-reissue-able due to their original molds being long gone.


Yep, but that doesn't mean that reissues of those very figures can't happen at some point in the future. I think there's a lot of demand to see those figures happen after all of this time, especially the Dinobots.
Right. I'm just saying that the current lack of their original molds and needing to have new ones created for them (like what was done for the Dino-Cassette reissues, and likely for the BW Basic Terrorsaur redecoed reissue we got in AOE) makes them just less likely to be reissued than those whose original molds still exist in good enough condition. Not impossible (now that we got Warden's team of wizards handling these instead of Archer's team), but but not as likely as others. ;)^
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998585)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on December 12th, 2018 @ 11:54pm CST
Seibertron wrote:I picked up my Transformers G1 Hot Rod reissue at Walmart for $12.97 tonight! It was a little challenging getting them to swap out the one that Walmart.com shipped to their store for me with one of the ones that was on their shelves ("Sir, you can't do that!") and then the challenge of getting them to price match from Monday's price with the $12.97 price on Wednesday. It took 5 employees to figure out how to make it happen so that I ended up with the one I wanted from their shelves and get cash back at the same time. Good lord, it amazes me sometimes that Wally World is as successful as they are.


Were you trying to get one that was packaged in the right direction, or was there something else very wrong with the one they initially picked out for you?
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998589)
Posted by Seibertron on December 13th, 2018 @ 12:36am CST
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Seibertron wrote:I picked up my Transformers G1 Hot Rod reissue at Walmart for $12.97 tonight! It was a little challenging getting them to swap out the one that Walmart.com shipped to their store for me with one of the ones that was on their shelves ("Sir, you can't do that!") and then the challenge of getting them to price match from Monday's price with the $12.97 price on Wednesday. It took 5 employees to figure out how to make it happen so that I ended up with the one I wanted from their shelves and get cash back at the same time. Good lord, it amazes me sometimes that Wally World is as successful as they are.


Were you trying to get one that was packaged in the right direction, or was there something else very wrong with the one they initially picked out for you?


I'm EXTREMELY picky with paint apps and stickers. From the exterior of the package, there's only so much you can gather about the figure since it's in vehicle mode. The "chest" sticker was my biggest focus since I saw so many various flaws on the ones that were packaged in car mode facing correctly. Some of the chest stickers had small black spots, some of them had specs of dust/dirt UNDER the stickers (which is what causes those tiny little bumps under stickers), some of them had very tiny (and I mean tiny) wrinkles, and others just had minor imperfections with the edges and such (or angle of the sticker). I found two that seemed to be absent of any flaws. I have an eye for imperfections with Transformers toys. It has become an obsession of mine, but man when I find a "near perfect" Transformers toy, it just makes me thrilled! Swapping limbs, heads, and accessories is also a favorite thing of mine to make near perfect figures. My obsession with this stems mostly from doing macro photography with Transformers toys for the past 14 years. It drives me crazy when I see flaws in close-up shots of figures of which I have 4000 to 6000 pixel wide original images.

Ugh, just looked at the 2 Hot Rods I picked up and they have different flaws on each of them than what I was looking for earlier at the store. One has a paint flaw on the bottom of the windshield and the other has a comparable paint flaw above the windshield. Just need to find one now with out any paint flaws around the windshield and I'll mix and match parts and sell off the one that I consider "flawed". Urgh.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998601)
Posted by Emerje on December 13th, 2018 @ 5:47am CST
william-james88 wrote:And if you want an idea of the other stuff Hasbro will probably put out in that price range, we have all these molds easily accessible as well:

Cliffjumper, Windcharger, and Brawn should be in good shape as well since they've been used for keychains.

Emerje
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998615)
Posted by william-james88 on December 13th, 2018 @ 8:32am CST
Sabrblade wrote:I'm just saying that the current lack of their original molds and needing to have new ones created for them (like what was done for the Dino-Cassette reissues, and likely for the BW Basic Terrorsaur redecoed reissue we got in AOE)^

I highly doubt they redid BW Terrorsar's mold. These dino casettes were a big deal, and marketted that way, plus with you having to buy 2 exclsive sets just to get 1 correct set of 2. Terrorsaur was released as a side note at Walmart along with other random molds (like Energon Cruelock). If there was as much work put into him as the Casettes, I don't think it would have been as uneventful. The truth is we dont know much about what goes on, and reports of what happened from Terorsaur's mold may have been wrongly assumed.

Seibertron wrote:I picked up my Transformers G1 Hot Rod reissue at Walmart for $12.97 tonight! It was a little challenging getting them to swap out the one that Walmart.com shipped to their store for me with one of the ones that was on their shelves ("Sir, you can't do that!") and then the challenge of getting them to price match from Monday's price with the $12.97 price on Wednesday. It took 5 employees to figure out how to make it happen so that I ended up with the one I wanted from their shelves and get cash back at the same time. Good lord, it amazes me sometimes that Wally World is as successful as they are.

Price Matching at Walmart SUCKS. I stopped trying a long time ago. What I do instead is simply buy the toy again at whatever better price and simply bring the other one back with the receipt of the more expensive one. Walmart is very good at returns, so I go with their strength. Comes to the same thing in the end. And since its all done withc redit card, I can follow it all and the returns are refunded before I even pay my card.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998626)
Posted by no-one on December 13th, 2018 @ 9:49am CST
Well poop, old purple jumpsuit won.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrVRhBzFn7h/

Guess it's purple v purple now.

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Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998630)
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 13th, 2018 @ 10:04am CST
Thanks to an update from fellow Seibertron user, Carytheone, we can now confirm that Skywarp has won the second round of voting to see if he can make it to Walmart shelves in 2020. This means that the final round is now open for voting! His opponent is round 1 winner Astrotrain, so as long as you're an Instagram and Facebook user, go and vote to see who you want to see back in the shops. Please go here to cast your vote.

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Which of these Cons do you want to see back on shelves? Are you happy that Skywarp beat Thundercracker? Would you want any of these to be improved like the recent Bumblebee reissue? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998635)
Posted by Lore Keeper on December 13th, 2018 @ 10:25am CST
I really don't feel thrilled about either choice (brings back feelings of two years ago :-D ). Skywarp is marginally different from a mold we just received, and Astrotrain I've found to be a very weak looking mold (I have the oddly colored PE one). Ooh! An idea just occurred to me: Scramble City box sets! I'd buy that in a heartbeat!
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998637)
Posted by ScottyP on December 13th, 2018 @ 10:45am CST
I enjoy that it's a choice between Grumpy Spacetrain or Grumpy Jetplane, but that's about the only thing exciting about it.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998640)
Posted by no-one on December 13th, 2018 @ 11:05am CST
ScottyP wrote:I enjoy that it's a choice between Grumpy Spacetrain or Grumpy Jetplane, but that's about the only thing exciting about it.

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Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998641)
Posted by o.supreme on December 13th, 2018 @ 11:08am CST
william-james88 wrote:
Sebstreak wrote:Does anyone like me focus on buying mostly G1 from season 1? I understand Bee's reissue from Hasbro, but not the other mini bots.


I do. Hasbro wanted to realease the stuff they had on hand, and all those molds were easily accessible due to Takara rereleasing them already:

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Yeah my biggest question would be, to think people would rather have Gears, Brawn, and Windcharger rather than their 1986 *year 3* re-painted personas.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998645)
Posted by william-james88 on December 13th, 2018 @ 11:43am CST
o.supreme wrote:Yeah my biggest question would be, to think people would rather have Gears, Brawn, and Windcharger rather than their 1986 *year 3* re-painted personas.


Would they? I dont really care either way and they all sold rather well online so it seems like people just wanted reissued minibots, regardless of the character. Plus tailgate and Swerve have been a lot more present in TF fiction as of late.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998646)
Posted by o.supreme on December 13th, 2018 @ 11:51am CST
^ I could be wrong, because I'm not picking up any of these, but I would think a lot of these would be impulse buys form fans that haven't seen the original toys, quite possibly since their original release, probably not following the IDW fiction. I was just responding to the original poster who said some fans may be looking specifically for 1984 first year characters, which is entirely possible.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998647)
Posted by Aimless Misfire on December 13th, 2018 @ 11:52am CST
SKYWARP was my very 1st Transformer. I hope he wins.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998653)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 13th, 2018 @ 1:33pm CST
Is it just me, or anyone else thinking that this voting is... not as kosher as it should be? We have:

Perceptor: reissued in original colors some time ago
Astrotrain: reissued as a redeco some time ago, never had original Hasbro color

Thundercracker: redeco of the Starscream reissue
Skywarp: ditto

The final vote would have been "new offering vs. redeco" regardless, and given our tendency to eschew redecos, the "new offering" would be a surefire win, plus given Astrotrain's release history, well...
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998659)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on December 13th, 2018 @ 2:45pm CST
Seibertron wrote:I'm EXTREMELY picky with paint apps and stickers. From the exterior of the package, there's only so much you can gather about the figure since it's in vehicle mode. The "chest" sticker was my biggest focus since I saw so many various flaws on the ones that were packaged in car mode facing correctly. Some of the chest stickers had small black spots, some of them had specs of dust/dirt UNDER the stickers (which is what causes those tiny little bumps under stickers), some of them had very tiny (and I mean tiny) wrinkles, and others just had minor imperfections with the edges and such (or angle of the sticker). I found two that seemed to be absent of any flaws. I have an eye for imperfections with Transformers toys. It has become an obsession of mine, but man when I find a "near perfect" Transformers toy, it just makes me thrilled! Swapping limbs, heads, and accessories is also a favorite thing of mine to make near perfect figures. My obsession with this stems mostly from doing macro photography with Transformers toys for the past 14 years. It drives me crazy when I see flaws in close-up shots of figures of which I have 4000 to 6000 pixel wide original images.

Ugh, just looked at the 2 Hot Rods I picked up and they have different flaws on each of them than what I was looking for earlier at the store. One has a paint flaw on the bottom of the windshield and the other has a comparable paint flaw above the windshield. Just need to find one now with out any paint flaws around the windshield and I'll mix and match parts and sell off the one that I consider "flawed". Urgh.


And I thought I was obsessive about getting "perfect" paint jobs on my figures! :lol: At least I know I'm in good company. I know what you mean about mixing and matching parts too. I've had to do that before. It's very hard sometimes to get a flawless paint job, sometimes just based on how a figure is packaged. I ended up with a Generations Deluxe Thundercracker with a completely blue face once. You'd never have known before opening him up because he's packaged in his alternate mode. More recently, I got a Power of the Primes Tailgate with splotches on his doors, but again, because of how he's packaged in robot mode, those parts are hard to inspect without opening the packaging. I made the mistake a few weeks ago of trying to correct a paint splotch on Siege Sideswipe with some rubbing alcohol. I ended up rubbing the red paint off too of what I thought was unpainted red plastic. Luckily, I was able to find another copy at a different store, with a much better paint job, and found a home for my paint error one with someone else here on the boards. :)

I guess was lucky with my Vintage G1 Hot Rod. Whoever picked him off the shelf at my Walmart chose one with pretty much flawless sticker placement for the chest/car hood. I didn't notice any big paint errors either. This is even more incredible since mine was one of the ones put in backwards, so you couldn't really see much of the front of the car in the box anyway.

carytheone wrote:
ScottyP wrote:I enjoy that it's a choice between Grumpy Spacetrain or Grumpy Jetplane, but that's about the only thing exciting about it.

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Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998739)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on December 13th, 2018 @ 11:11pm CST
But Thundercracker's the grumpy plane. Or was ScottyP talking about the box art?
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998746)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on December 13th, 2018 @ 11:40pm CST
So, since whoever the winner will be is slated for Spring 2020 at Walmart, what is happening for all of next year (2019) regarding the Vintage G1 Transformers line? I would hope Hasbro would be smarter than to let the line lie fallow for a whole year.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998752)
Posted by steve2275 on December 14th, 2018 @ 2:07am CST
skywarp bay be
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998784)
Posted by no-one on December 14th, 2018 @ 9:15am CST
Oh hey big surprise, Astrotrain "won".

https://www.instagram.com/p/BrX09NbFnFE ... q12vy2w9be

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Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998787)
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 14th, 2018 @ 9:34am CST
Thanks cary! Working on the story now!
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998794)
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 14th, 2018 @ 9:56am CST
Then there was one...Following yesterday's final today Hasbro crowned a winner... G1 Astrotrain! Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, Carytheone for bringing this to our attention.

This means that Astrotrain will be the lucky con who is returning to Walmart shelves in Spring 2020.

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He overcame Skywarp in the finals, who had beaten Thundercracker. Astrotrain himself saw off Perceptor in Round 1. Now we'll have to wait and see just what form his reissue will take as he was released a few years ago but in an odd colour scheme as part of a platinum edition that also included fellow triple changer Blitzwing.

What do you think of this result? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998795)
Posted by Cobotron on December 14th, 2018 @ 10:00am CST
I think i'm fine with this. I picked up the weird psychedelic Triple Changer two pack from a little while ago, and am perfectly fine with their left field decos, but depending on the deco they give this release, I could probably be convinced to go more "traditional".
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998799)
Posted by o.supreme on December 14th, 2018 @ 10:08am CST
It's cool and all that he won, but just seems odd. :HASBRO: - Let's Release a random assortment of original series toys for *Holiday 2018* (no doubt to cash in on BB 80's nostalgia)...., oh and check back in 2 years for Astrotrain... :???:
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998814)
Posted by Randomhero on December 14th, 2018 @ 11:46am CST
Can’t wait for all the complaints about the choice in deco
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998821)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on December 14th, 2018 @ 12:51pm CST
o.supreme wrote:It's cool and all that he won, but just seems odd. :HASBRO: - Let's Release a random assortment of original series toys for *Holiday 2018* (no doubt to cash in on BB 80's nostalgia)...., oh and check back in 2 years for Astrotrain... :???:


Are we sure that there won't be any Vintage G1 Transformers figures in 2019? It would be nuts of Hasbro to leave us hanging like that. I'd bet we'll see something, but it might not be right away.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998827)
Posted by ScottyP on December 14th, 2018 @ 1:17pm CST
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Thundercracker's the grumpy plane. Or was ScottyP talking about the box art?
They're both grumpy, but Skywarp always sounded like the grumpier of the two to me in the show. Later continuities (which aren't these, I know) also have Skywarp as the grumpiest Seeker so that influences me too.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998830)
Posted by Randomhero on December 14th, 2018 @ 1:25pm CST
ScottyP wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:But Thundercracker's the grumpy plane. Or was ScottyP talking about the box art?
They're both grumpy, but Skywarp always sounded like the grumpier of the two to me in the show. Later continuities (which aren't these, I know) also have Skywarp as the grumpiest Seeker so that influences me too.



I don’t know I mean thunderscrackers voice was straight up Mr Slate from flintstones. You don’t get much grumpier than that. Skywarps voice was nasally and whiney sounding. Dear god he was the stereotypical internet voice before the internet existed!
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998833)
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 14th, 2018 @ 1:45pm CST
Wolfman Jake wrote:
o.supreme wrote:It's cool and all that he won, but just seems odd. :HASBRO: - Let's Release a random assortment of original series toys for *Holiday 2018* (no doubt to cash in on BB 80's nostalgia)...., oh and check back in 2 years for Astrotrain... :???:


Are we sure that there won't be any Vintage G1 Transformers figures in 2019? It would be nuts of Hasbro to leave us hanging like that. I'd bet we'll see something, but it might not be right away.

I would be suprised if there is no reissues for 2019, they will find something to plug the gap.
Re: Round 2 voting begins on Hasbro Pulse Instagram for Walmart 2020 G1 Reissue (1998835)
Posted by Seibertron on December 14th, 2018 @ 1:56pm CST
o.supreme wrote:It's cool and all that he won, but just seems odd. :HASBRO: - Let's Release a random assortment of original series toys for *Holiday 2018* (no doubt to cash in on BB 80's nostalgia)...., oh and check back in 2 years for Astrotrain... :???:


I would take this to mean that there will be other reissues between now and then. The folks at Hasbro aren't idiots and the brand needs to make money. If the initial reissues were successful, I'm sure we'll see more in due time. Patience young padawans!

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