Steal of a Deal: Platinum Edition Perceptor and Blaster set up for $44.99 at Goodwill Ebay Page

Only 49 left, act quick people!

What I find weird about this is that Target had sold out of these online. I highly doubt that if they knew they had more, they wouldnt list em. I think this was a warehouse mishap and it was easier to just give it all to goodwill.

I'm not big on reissues, are these figures good enough to display with modern figures without looking weird?

Mr Skram wrote:I'm not big on reissues, are these figures good enough to display with modern figures without looking weird?

Not really, unless you display all your figures looking straight and having theyr arms hanging down straight. If you arent into G1, I dont think these would sway you.

william-james88 wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:I'm not big on reissues, are these figures good enough to display with modern figures without looking weird?

Not really, unless you display all your figures looking straight and having theyr arms hanging down straight. If you arent into G1, I dont think these would sway you.

I've displayed them like that as a goof once, ha! But you're probably right. Peceptor is intriguing to me, but I'll maybe just try to snag a cheap loose one sometime.

Yeah, I'm in the same spot. I have FOC Blaster, and I'm perfectly happy with him (I know it's not technically G1, but whatever.) I just don't need Blaster, but God, do I want that Preceptor. He's one of my favorite bots, and I've never been been able to pick up a figure of him, due to various circumstances.
Hasbro, why U no make new Perceptors
Related question to anyone out there who owns the FT Tesla, is he worth it? What are your thoughts on him?

DAMMIT.

I was waiting till payday (Wednesday) to grab one.

I gonna pass. I spendt way too much already.

Mr Skram wrote:Peceptor is intriguing to me, but I'll maybe just try to snag a cheap loose one sometime.

Might be worth it just for Perceptor.

For comparison.

http://www.transformerland.com/store/se ... =perceptor

-Kanrabat- wrote:I gonna pass. I spendt way too much already.

Oh hoho, nice!

Bronzewolf wrote:Yeah, I'm in the same spot. I have FOC Blaster, and I'm perfectly happy with him (I know it's not technically G1, but whatever.) I just don't need Blaster, but God, do I want that Preceptor. He's one of my favorite bots, and I've never been been able to pick up a figure of him, due to various circumstances.
Hasbro, why U no make new Perceptors
Related question to anyone out there who owns the FT Tesla, is he worth it? What are your thoughts on him?

You can ask in some more specific threads, like here viewtopic.php?f=215&t=104830&p=1710030&hilit=tesla#p1710030

carytheone wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:Peceptor is intriguing to me, but I'll maybe just try to snag a cheap loose one sometime.

Might be worth it just for Perceptor.

For comparison.

http://www.transformerland.com/store/se ... =perceptor

Also, this perceptor comes with new accessories made to work with the G1 mold. Those are exclusive to this release. A complete G1 perceptor (with non firing missiles) will cost more than this, as Cary pointed out.

That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I bought this set today at this price, which is extremely hard to pass up. It's just a lot of Transformers for $44 shipped. It's the only Platinum reissue set from 2015 that I don't have yet. What would have really sold me on this set to buy it immediately is if they had FINALLY remolded Perceptor's head/face to be cartoon accurate, instead of dinking around with some silly slides that (I assume) most people don't care about (nice novelty feature, but do something special for people who already own multiple versions of these toys). Cartoon accurate Blaster head would have been fun as well, but not as necessary as Perceptor. The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

Seibertron wrote:The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

I'm sure the MP line will get around to Blaster eventually. Let's just hope they don't go the lazy route and re-tool Soundwave (seems to be the deployer trend).

Mr Skram wrote:That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I think Will did a review on this set and pointed that out.

carytheone wrote:

Seibertron wrote:The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

I'm sure the MP line will get around to Blaster eventually. Let's just hope they don't go the lazy route and re-tool Soundwave (seems to be the deployer trend).

The fact that it hasnt been done yet tells me that they wont go this route. The MP line has had a lot of redecos, but all have been of characters and toys that are literal redecos (I ddnt know there were that many though).

Mr Skram wrote:That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I think Will did a review on this set and pointed that out.

I did, but the pictures are lost now.

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Seibertron wrote:The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

I'm sure the MP line will get around to Blaster eventually. Let's just hope they don't go the lazy route and re-tool Soundwave (seems to be the deployer trend).

The fact that it hasnt been done yet tells me that they wont go this route. The MP line has had a lot of redecos, but all have been of characters and toys that are literal redecos (I ddnt know there were that many though).

Mr Skram wrote:That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I think Will did a review on this set and pointed that out.

I did, but the pictures are lost now.

Where did the pictures originally come from? Can't we restore them from their original source?

Seibertron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Seibertron wrote:The ultimate G1 Blaster head would be a special one that had a retractable visor so that you could do vintage toy/comic book look or cartoon accurate. One day!

I'm sure the MP line will get around to Blaster eventually. Let's just hope they don't go the lazy route and re-tool Soundwave (seems to be the deployer trend).

The fact that it hasnt been done yet tells me that they wont go this route. The MP line has had a lot of redecos, but all have been of characters and toys that are literal redecos (I ddnt know there were that many though).

Mr Skram wrote:That's right. I remember reading somewhere on seibertron that he comes with some fun slides. I'm tempted, just hard to justify for my particular collection. Wonder how well the little titanmasters fit in his tank mode.

I think Will did a review on this set and pointed that out.

I did, but the pictures are lost now.

Where did the pictures originally come from? Can't we restore them from their original source?

They were uploaded from my camera to the site and I then deleted them from my camera. So there are no more picks of the slides and of that mechanism/feature online since no other review had covered it.

And as usual by the time i find out its sold out

Every so often, Toysrus Canada makes a brand wide discount for Transformers and this is one of those times. Almost everything aside from the big ticket items are 25% off.

Such as:

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Deluxe Class for $13.47 ($10,65 USD)

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Voyager Class for $22.47 ($17.76 USD)

Transformers - Robots in Disguise Warrior Class for $14.97 ($11.83 USD)

Transformers Robots in Disguise Decepticon Hunter Pack for $14.97 ($11.83 USD)

william-james88 wrote:Every so often, Toysrus Canada makes a brand wide discount for Transformers and this is one of those times. Almost everything aside from the big ticket items are 25% off.

Such as:

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Deluxe Class for $13.47 ($10,65 USD)

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Voyager Class for $22.47 ($17.76 USD)

Transformers - Robots in Disguise Warrior Class for $14.97 ($11.83 USD)

Transformers Robots in Disguise Decepticon Hunter Pack for $14.97 ($11.83 USD)

I bought CW Cyclonus yesterday at full price so it will not suddenly dissapear in case of a sale. I held on the receipt in case a sale will come up. It once was at 15$ but I guess 22$ is better than nothing. I'll get my partial refund tommorrow.

With the recent talk of TRU Canada having some good prices I decided to check TRU US. Not much there but Goatimus Prime is on sale(still, I believe?). About 80 bucks shipped.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... =45754266&

Mr Skram wrote:With the recent talk of TRU Canada having some good prices I decided to check TRU US. Not much there but Goatimus Prime is on sale(still, I believe?). About 80 bucks shipped.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... =45754266&

It's been a long while since Goatimus is 100$CAN over here too. I guess the price will never get lower than that. :/

An ebay seller has factory sealed Clampdowns for 50$. It would be too soon for this to be a KO.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Transformers-Ma?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 ... SwUdlWgeV3

For all Americans: Hasbro toy shop on ebay seems to have everything on sale. there is Onslaught for $20.99, the limbs for $13.99 and much more!

Link or it didn't happen big D!

http://stores.ebay.com/hasbrotoyshop/_i?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 ... ansformers

Boom. 153 items now discounted!

Ooooh. Was trying not to spend until TR but I don't think I can help myself now.

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Hopefully Computron hits pretty early in the month. I decided I am going Hasbro over Takara. I actually prefer the different molds that Hasbro used (other than the Air Raid to Strafe rather than Blast Off to Strafe, but 5/6 vs. 3/5 is better for me), plus Scrounge!

Let the race for Groove BEGIN!

Cobotron wrote:Let the race for Groove BEGIN!

Hahaha, that was the first thing I did was check HTS and others for groove.

Sounds like a great offer, shame they don't sell Internationally

Cobotron wrote:Let the race for Groove BEGIN!

Just remember me Bro!

Of course a sale comes out RIGHT AFTER my latest BBTS order ships :/

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Let the race for Groove BEGIN!

Just remember me Bro!

Somebody has to read the map while I drive.

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Let the race for Groove BEGIN!

Just remember me Bro!

Somebody has to read the map while I drive.

Shotgun!

[quote="Crosscheck"]Hopefully Computron hits pretty early in the month. I decided I am going Hasbro over Takara. I actually prefer the different molds that Hasbro used (other than the Air Raid to Strafe rather than Blast Off to Strafe, but 5/6 vs. 3/5 is better for me), plus Scrounge![/quot

I'm with you on hopes of Computron hitting early this month. I will most likely miss Groove on Toyshop...had better luck with Target. As for this 15% discount being worth more than a molten pile of stinking slag remains to be determined. Amazon dropped the Combiner Wars gift sets prices like a hot potato, and you can still get them cheaper than applying Hasbro's discount. If Computron goes to Amazon...I'll just hold out until it hits $85 or lower.

reluctantyouth wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Hopefully Computron hits pretty early in the month. I decided I am going Hasbro over Takara. I actually prefer the different molds that Hasbro used (other than the Air Raid to Strafe rather than Blast Off to Strafe, but 5/6 vs. 3/5 is better for me), plus Scrounge![/quot

I'm with you on hopes of Computron hitting early this month. I will most likely miss Groove on Toyshop...had better luck with Target. As for this 15% discount being worth more than a molten pile of stinking slag remains to be determined. Amazon dropped the Combiner Wars gift sets prices like a hot potato, and you can still get them cheaper than applying Hasbro's discount. If Computron goes to Amazon...I'll just hold out until it hits $85 or lower.

G2 superion was 85 shipped from the ebay HST page just a couple days ago. Might still be up at that price, not sure

Mr Skram wrote:

reluctantyouth wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Hopefully Computron hits pretty early in the month. I decided I am going Hasbro over Takara. I actually prefer the different molds that Hasbro used (other than the Air Raid to Strafe rather than Blast Off to Strafe, but 5/6 vs. 3/5 is better for me), plus Scrounge![/quot

I'm with you on hopes of Computron hitting early this month. I will most likely miss Groove on Toyshop...had better luck with Target. As for this 15% discount being worth more than a molten pile of stinking slag remains to be determined. Amazon dropped the Combiner Wars gift sets prices like a hot potato, and you can still get them cheaper than applying Hasbro's discount. If Computron goes to Amazon...I'll just hold out until it hits $85 or lower.

G2 superion was 85 shipped from the ebay HST page just a couple days ago. Might still be up at that price, not sure

Amazon had it a few days ago for like $74 and change, Prime shipping

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Let the race for Groove BEGIN!

Just remember me Bro!

Guys, it isn't May until tomorrow. If I remember correctly from last year, May Mayhem didn't happen until the middle of the month. I still can't believe Hasbro is only doing one figure.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I still can't believe Hasbro is only doing one figure.

Wait, are they not doing Groove and Blast Off?

MCutter wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I still can't believe Hasbro is only doing one figure.

Wait, are they not doing Groove and Blast Off?

Hasbro confirmed its just Groove.

william-james88 wrote:

MCutter wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I still can't believe Hasbro is only doing one figure.

Wait, are they not doing Groove and Blast Off?

Hasbro confirmed its just Groove.

Well, poop.

While waiting for G2 Menasor to drop in price, I did notice this...

G2 Superion at right about $75 on Amazon.

with Prime shipping.

MCutter wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

MCutter wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I still can't believe Hasbro is only doing one figure.

Wait, are they not doing Groove and Blast Off?

Hasbro confirmed its just Groove.

Well, poop.

Think about it, The Combaticons haven't been released in Japan yet, I'll bet Hasbro can't release an exclusive mold before Takara. Maybe next year they'll release Blast Off with the Japanese version of Strafe.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

MCutter wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

MCutter wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I still can't believe Hasbro is only doing one figure.

Wait, are they not doing Groove and Blast Off?

Hasbro confirmed its just Groove.

Well, poop.

Think about it, The Combaticons haven't been released in Japan yet, I'll bet Hasbro can't release an exclusive mold before Takara. Maybe next year they'll release Blast Off with the Japanese version of Strafe.

2 things:

1. Hasbro released CW Slingshot and Wildrider before Takara came out with their components.
2. Strafe is not the only toy that differs from Hasbro in the UW set. Lightspeed and Nosecone are just as different than the Hasbro versions and nosecone is just as much a retooled as Strafe is.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

MCutter wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

MCutter wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I still can't believe Hasbro is only doing one figure.

Wait, are they not doing Groove and Blast Off?

Hasbro confirmed its just Groove.

Well, poop.

Think about it, The Combaticons haven't been released in Japan yet, I'll bet Hasbro can't release an exclusive mold before Takara. Maybe next year they'll release Blast Off with the Japanese version of Strafe.

2 things:

1. Hasbro released CW Slingshot and Wildrider before Takara came out with their components.
2. Strafe is not the only toy that differs from Hasbro in the UW set. Lightspeed and Nosecone are just as different than the Hasbro versions and nosecone is just as much a retooled as Strafe is.

1. Those were just heads, though, not entirely new molds. And said heads were Hasbro pretools. Hasbro had no involvement in Takara's Blast Off.
2. All of the molds in Hasbro's Computron set are molds that they designed and currently have access to. UW Strafe is from a mold that Hasbro evidently doesn't have access to yet.

Sabrblade wrote:2. All of the molds in Hasbro's Computron set are molds that they designed and currently have access to. UW Strafe is from a mold that Hasbro evidently doesn't have access to yet.

My point wasnt about the mold use here but more about why hasbro would just rerelease UW Strafe and not the others when they already had their unique strafe mold along with all their other different versions of the technobots. I feel they wont both releasing UW Computron in the states, they already have their COmputron with all the necessary players, including their own exclusive mold.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

MCutter wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

MCutter wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I still can't believe Hasbro is only doing one figure.

Wait, are they not doing Groove and Blast Off?

Hasbro confirmed its just Groove.

Well, poop.

Think about it, The Combaticons haven't been released in Japan yet, I'll bet Hasbro can't release an exclusive mold before Takara. Maybe next year they'll release Blast Off with the Japanese version of Strafe.

2 things:

1. Hasbro released CW Slingshot and Wildrider before Takara came out with their components.
2. Strafe is not the only toy that differs from Hasbro in the UW set. Lightspeed and Nosecone are just as different than the Hasbro versions and nosecone is just as much a retooled as Strafe is.

Those were simple repaints with a new head, Blast Off is a new mold top to bottom. Strafe makes sense to release with Blast Off since they share the same mold. Then again it might never happen since by next year we'll be knee deep into Titans Return.

Or there's no rhyme or reason to it and they're going to use Blast Off next year if we collectively cry to them about it enough.

ScottyP wrote:Or there's no rhyme or reason to it and they're going to use Blast Off next year if we collectively cry to them about it enough.

Damn you, and your perfectly tussled hair bringing logic and common sense to a toy discussion.

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