Walmart G1 Optimus Prime Reissue Lowered to $49 in Canada

Still expensive, but much more normal for such a release. Anyone who still don't have a G1 Optimus should pounce.

i never thought a g1 prime without its trailer would ever sell as well

Just waiting for it to get discounted in the US. Will pounce at $30! Let's go!!

G1 Optimus Prime packaged without his trailer, every TF fan should be insulted. And that price is just salt in the wound.

Aimless Misfire wrote:G1 Optimus Prime packaged without his trailer, every TF fan should be insulted. And that price is just salt in the wound.

Only thing that insulted me was the price. I'm glad he didn't come with a trailer, I've got enough of those in the closet to build a dog house!

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Aimless Misfire wrote:G1 Optimus Prime packaged without his trailer, every TF fan should be insulted. And that price is just salt in the wound.

Only thing that insulted me was the price. I'm glad he didn't come with a trailer, I've got enough of those in the closet to build a dog house!

Emerje

Yes, that price was damn absurd. The price "on sale" should have been the regular one.

Optimus Prime was 19.99 retail in 1984-1986, and there was arguably 60% more toy in the box.

Generation Two Optimus Prime was $29.99 retail in 1991.

sol magnus wrote:Optimus Prime was 19.99 retail in 1984-1986, and there was arguably 60% more toy in the box.

Generation Two Optimus Prime was $29.99 retail in 1991.

FYI, that is $49.99 in today's dollars. So the price is the same, you are just getting less.

william-james88 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:Optimus Prime was 19.99 retail in 1984-1986, and there was arguably 60% more toy in the box.

Generation Two Optimus Prime was $29.99 retail in 1991.

FYI, that is $49.99 in today's dollars. So the price is the same, you are just getting less.

GD inflation! AND they're taking my trailer away???

Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, Powered Convoy, we have learned the Official Transformers Facebook page has set up a new poll to decide on another G1 Reissue for 2020! The victor of this poll will go on to join the winner of the last poll, Astrotrain, in appearing in Walmart for next year's wave of reissues.

The choices this time round is between Blaster and Skywarp.



To vote, go to the poll page and click on the character you wish to see return to toy shelves!

Who do you think should win this poll? Who would you want to see reissued? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Skywarp all the way! We've had Blaster reissued in the U.S. TWICE now in the past decade. We don't need a third. It's easy to find him if you want him, honestly, and he even comes with three of his cassettes.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Skywarp all the way! We've had Blaster reissued in the U.S. TWICE now in the past decade. We don't need a third. It's easy to find him if you want him, honestly, and he even comes with three of his cassettes.

Its the same for Skywarp. I think both these choices are lame. I'd rather see a figure that we haven't already gotten reissued a dozen times before.

I'm not in the US but perhaps Walmart could stock Skywarp with the teleportation feature reactivated! After all, they reactivated the missile firing function years ago.

Failing that, bring back Blaster with a sound chip that plays Rick Astley and can't be turned off.

If they keep going like this, they may get round to reissuing the original headmasters

I voted for Skywarp simply because we already had a very recent reissue of Blaster, which is clogging store shelves in many different parts of the world, and I would like a Skywarp.

That said, if they were to make a Blaster (which will probably happen because the poll is leaning that way), I need it to be in the original G1 colors. Alot of reissues, including the new one, have a slightly beige plastic with sparkles in them, and the orange appears lighter, so I would like Blaster to have his true G1 colors back

Ironhidensh wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Skywarp all the way! We've had Blaster reissued in the U.S. TWICE now in the past decade. We don't need a third. It's easy to find him if you want him, honestly, and he even comes with three of his cassettes.

Its the same for Skywarp. I think both these choices are lame. I'd rather see a figure that we haven't already gotten reissued a dozen times before.

Skywarp reissues arent as recent though. But I agree, neither of these are great choices. but I think hasbro is banking on character popularity. really wish they could throw us another curve ball like with trypticon or even the coneheads (not saying I want these rereleased, I mean I want releases LIKE those).

I was really excited at first but then it kind of sank in and I think some of you have a point they both are just a little...underwhelming? They both hold real personal nostalgia for me but I don't know if I'd need to really havehavehave either of them despite them being two of my favorites.

But, I'm trying to think of someone who never got that Blaster when they were young, or man, if they'd just been able to find that awesome black and purple Seeker. I mean I can totally see it being awesome for someone else they're iconic classic characters with cool figures.

Ironhidensh wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Skywarp all the way! We've had Blaster reissued in the U.S. TWICE now in the past decade. We don't need a third. It's easy to find him if you want him, honestly, and he even comes with three of his cassettes.

Its the same for Skywarp.

The last time Skywarp got a U.S. reissue was in 2003, sixteen years ago. Blaster's had two U.S. reissues since then, once in 2008 and again in 2015.

Sabrblade wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Skywarp all the way! We've had Blaster reissued in the U.S. TWICE now in the past decade. We don't need a third. It's easy to find him if you want him, honestly, and he even comes with three of his cassettes.

Its the same for Skywarp.

The last time Skywarp got a U.S. reissue was in 2003, sixteen years ago. Blaster's had two U.S. reissues since then, once in 2008 and again in 2015.

That's before some fans on this board were even born, think about that Ironhidensh

I really want Skywarp. My favorite Transformers are from the first wave in 1984 and Skywarp is one that I never had as a kid.

I don't see the point in any more seeker reissues because they are going to come with the Fisher Price style ion cannons.

william-james88 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Skywarp all the way! We've had Blaster reissued in the U.S. TWICE now in the past decade. We don't need a third. It's easy to find him if you want him, honestly, and he even comes with three of his cassettes.

Its the same for Skywarp. I think both these choices are lame. I'd rather see a figure that we haven't already gotten reissued a dozen times before.

Skywarp reissues arent as recent though. But I agree, neither of these are great choices. but I think hasbro is banking on character popularity. really wish they could throw us another curve ball like with trypticon or even the coneheads (not saying I want these rereleased, I mean I want releases LIKE those).

It's not just that. It's the mold availability. Those Geewun are cheap to reissue because of that.

Still, I'd like Blaster. Simply because the latest (Platinum?) reissue was never found in my area.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Skywarp all the way! We've had Blaster reissued in the U.S. TWICE now in the past decade. We don't need a third. It's easy to find him if you want him, honestly, and he even comes with three of his cassettes.

Its the same for Skywarp. I think both these choices are lame. I'd rather see a figure that we haven't already gotten reissued a dozen times before.

Skywarp reissues arent as recent though. But I agree, neither of these are great choices. but I think hasbro is banking on character popularity. really wish they could throw us another curve ball like with trypticon or even the coneheads (not saying I want these rereleased, I mean I want releases LIKE those).

It's not just that. It's the mold availability. Those Geewun are cheap to reissue because of that.

Still, I'd like Blaster. Simply because the latest (Platinum?) reissue was never found in my area.

Your right, it wasn't. But since the platinums were readily available in China (and I think made specifically with that market in mind), they were available on e-bay at the same price we would find them in stores.

In fact, that Blaster set is one of my best articles on this site simply because I showed the new stuff with the slides that came with perceptor and how to do it correctly (because it so happens people cant be bothered to read instructions).

we missed out on a few platinums, like the unicron.

What will be really exciting is to see some of the original Autobot cars get reissued. We've gotten Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Blaster, Perceptor, and the Insecticons multiple times over the past 10-12 years, but nothing of the likes of Prowl, Jazz, or Sideswipe since the TRU reissues in the early 2000's.

Wolfman Jake wrote:What will be really exciting is to see some of the original Autobot cars get reissued. We've gotten Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Blaster, Perceptor, and the Insecticons multiple times over the past 10-12 years, but nothing of the likes of Prowl, Jazz, or Sideswipe since the TRU reissues in the early 2000's.

But please, no stepper. There were enough from that first batch to still get one for cheap today.

Jazz would be super cool though.

Neither. I'd rather reissues from other lines instead. It's not like these even sell anyway going by the steep discounts on the other figures. It's just like the last few times they reissued G1 figures. They sell well for a few weeks then they clog shelves until they get marked down by around 80%.

Give me a Cybertron Galvatron reissue or another redeco of Tigerhawk or something. They'd sell just as poorly as the G1 figures but at least they'd be more interesting. Or do something similar like Takara did with Unicron of Light and reissue altered versions of exclusive figures from Botcon and the like. I'd love me a Deathsaurus and TM3 Megatron. Predacus, Terrorsaur, Dawn of Future's Past Maximals and Predacons, SG figures, Megazarak, Bugbite, Roulette and Shadow Striker, the list goes on and on.

I grew up on G1 figures, I bought the first bunch of reissues for about $4 each from Toys R Us, then I sold them a few years later as I realized how much I didn't actually like them. I moved on, so should Hasbro. There will always be a place for G1 reissues but Transformers is more than just G1 now and that's putting it mildly.

So in short, bring back the Universe line and don't limit yourself to just G1 reissues.

Alpha Weltall wrote:So in short, bring back the Universe line and don't limit yourself to just G1 reissues.

While I don't disagree in theory, the Universe line came about due to a demand from retailers for more Transformers product. Hasbro didn't have enough new product at the time during Armada/Energon to meet that demand, so they had no choice but to turn to redecoing reissues of preexisting molds.

Nowadays, however, with the runaway success that the live action movies have brought to the brand, Hasbro has plenty of new product to offer retailers. So much so, even, that some of it doesn't even make it to certain retailers, like tail-enders and such.

With the current spread of Siege, Cyberverse, Studio Series, the normal Bumblebee movie line, and even BotBots (Rescue Bots is by a different branch of the company and sold in a different toy aisle than the main lines), that's five lines worth of product available to retailers from Hasbro, in contrast to significantly less abundance of product that was available during the Unicron Trilogy, making a line like the old Universe line an unnecessary endeavor in Hasbro's eyes.

one of those damned kids wrote:
That's before some fans on this board were even born, think about that Ironhidensh

Get off my lawn.

I've said it before, but I will say it again--it all comes down to if they will do anything "special" to these like they did with the first wave of minibots and with Starscream. Since Starscream had painted eyes, I would "hope" they would paint Skywarp's eyes. But if they were do something nice with Blaster...

Black Bumblebee wrote:I've said it before, but I will say it again--it all comes down to if they will do anything "special" to these like they did with the first wave of minibots and with Starscream. Since Starscream had painted eyes, I would "hope" they would paint Skywarp's eyes. But if they were do something nice with Blaster...

Like make him a functional radio again? I'd buy that for sure.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Skywarp all the way! We've had Blaster reissued in the U.S. TWICE now in the past decade. We don't need a third. It's easy to find him if you want him, honestly, and he even comes with three of his cassettes.

Its the same for Skywarp.

The last time Skywarp got a U.S. reissue was in 2003, sixteen years ago. Blaster's had two U.S. reissues since then, once in 2008 and again in 2015.

That's before some fans on this board were even born, think about that Ironhidensh

killin me here

And all we do on vacation is...visit WalMarts??? I feel so much broiling shame leaving my body knowing I'm not alone...I get somewhere new, I want to know what their toy stores are like, and what's on their TV. Can't help it. You know with this miracle invention called a phone we could just call around but you know it absolutely kills the purpose of the thing.

Neither, unless skywarp gets some unreleased cassette tapes with him :p to be fair haven't even the Walmart stuff available over here at in a leisurely buy able way so it's nice to not have to go out of the way to find things I have from previous reissues.

So far the reissues have been one side of the world only with importers supplying everyone else

ZeroWolf wrote:So far the reissues have been one side of the world only with importers supplying everyone else

That surprises me, since ASDA usually gets the Walmart exclusives (since it's literally the UK's Walmart).

Asda rarely even has transformers now. Maybe a few of the kid aimed ones but that's about it since they reduced wave 1 or 2 of studio series many months ago. Not sure if Walmart ever bought out bnm but it will be unlikely they get the exclusives until its discount.

Walmart has wanted rid of Asda for a while now, and ir's been a few years since the ones near me ever had a decent tf range. I too assumed the reissues might have appeared at a few of the stores, if only to promote the bumblebee movie.

william-james88 wrote:

Black Bumblebee wrote:I've said it before, but I will say it again--it all comes down to if they will do anything "special" to these like they did with the first wave of minibots and with Starscream. Since Starscream had painted eyes, I would "hope" they would paint Skywarp's eyes. But if they were do something nice with Blaster...

Like make him a functional radio again? I'd buy that for sure.

I don't think the FBI or CIA would allow that: they accused the first generation of Furbies of being spy equipment.

i think blaster needs to be reissued with all 4 cassettes

Ultra Markus wrote:i think blaster needs to be reissued with all 4 cassettes

Now that, that would be the way to do it. Hmmm, man, that's how you make that worth while.

And three more posts and you're at 1984 - time to celebrate

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i think blaster needs to be reissued with all 4 cassettes

Now that, that would be the way to do it. Hmmm, man, that's how you make that worth while.

How about Blaster standalone with his cassettes in 2-packs like they're doing with Soundwave?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i think blaster needs to be reissued with all 4 cassettes

Now that, that would be the way to do it. Hmmm, man, that's how you make that worth while.

How about Blaster standalone with his cassettes in 2-packs like they're doing with Soundwave?

yeah i would like a new blaster since i missed out on the last couple reissues also i already have all three reissued seekers and i really want those cassettes so a bundled deal would be most exellent
looks like blaster already won
https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/05/18/bla ... ote-388380

Ultra Markus wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i think blaster needs to be reissued with all 4 cassettes

Now that, that would be the way to do it. Hmmm, man, that's how you make that worth while.

How about Blaster standalone with his cassettes in 2-packs like they're doing with Soundwave?

yeah i would like a new blaster since i missed out on the last couple reissues also i already have all three reissued seekers and i really want those cassettes so a bundled deal would be most exellent
looks like blaster already won
https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/05/18/bla ... ote-388380

Ooop, you're right yup, looks like Warp lost out. Ah well. You know though you all are proposing ways of making a Blaster reissue way more appealing. I think I lack faith in Wal-Mart of doing anything cool like that though.

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i think blaster needs to be reissued with all 4 cassettes

Now that, that would be the way to do it. Hmmm, man, that's how you make that worth while.

How about Blaster standalone with his cassettes in 2-packs like they're doing with Soundwave?

yeah i would like a new blaster since i missed out on the last couple reissues also i already have all three reissued seekers and i really want those cassettes so a bundled deal would be most exellent
looks like blaster already won
https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/05/18/bla ... ote-388380

Ooop, you're right yup, looks like Warp lost out. Ah well. You know though you all are proposing ways of making a Blaster reissue way more appealing. I think I lack faith in Wal-Mart of doing anything cool like that though.

Well, adding another to the shopping list. I love my transforming gadgets.

See, you get it - it's all about Microchange. Microchange gave us like seriously all my favorite bots

00Stargrave00 wrote:See, you get it - it's all about Microchange. Microchange gave us like seriously all my favorite bots

Microchange, Movie Real Gear Robots, TR Soundwave, Blaster and their tablets

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i think blaster needs to be reissued with all 4 cassettes

Now that, that would be the way to do it. Hmmm, man, that's how you make that worth while.

How about Blaster standalone with his cassettes in 2-packs like they're doing with Soundwave?

Pretty sure it will be a standalone blaster since the idea is to replicate their g1 releases (obviously not to a T). Casette 2 packs make sense.

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

00Stargrave00 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:i think blaster needs to be reissued with all 4 cassettes

Now that, that would be the way to do it. Hmmm, man, that's how you make that worth while.

How about Blaster standalone with his cassettes in 2-packs like they're doing with Soundwave?

Pretty sure it will be a standalone blaster since the idea is to replicate their g1 releases (obviously not to a T). Casette 2 packs make sense.

And unlike with Soundwave, you can get all them that way (Ratbat missed the boat).

I had the brightest idea for a reissue.

This. The G1 Optimus Prime trailer. By itself.



…for 50$US or 70$CAN!

Genius!

But Roller’s separate on card at the Minibot price point. Of course.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I had the brightest idea for a reissue.

This. The G1 Optimus Prime trailer. By itself.



…for 50$US or 70$CAN!

You, sir, truly are Mr. Incredible.