I got an update from Amazon about the preorder for the Platinum Edition Astrotrain and Blizwing. The delivery date has been pushed up. Here's a screenshot as proof from my phone. It was sent this morning.
Hasbro Transformers Platinum Edition Astrotrain and Blitzwing Update: July Release Date on Amazon
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Jul 9, 2015 at 5:30am CDT
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Comment by william-james88
Jul 9, 2015
Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!
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I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...
Comment by mooncake623
Jul 9, 2015
william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!
I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...
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What do you think is fair? $150 territory?
Comment by megatronus
Jul 9, 2015
mooncake623 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!
I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...
What do you think is fair? $150 territory?
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Indeed. I'm thinking $200 might be fair, but would hope for $150. Maybe Hasbro shocks us with around $100
#IsHighOnWishfulThinking
Comment by Agamemnon
Jul 9, 2015
megatronus wrote:mooncake623 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!
I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...
What do you think is fair? $150 territory?
Indeed. I'm thinking $200 might be fair, but would hope for $150. Maybe Hasbro shocks us with around $100
#IsHighOnWishfulThinking
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I dont find 100-130 out of line. Predaking was that price and that is as much bang for your buck (if not more) than Trypticon.
Comment by william-james88
Jul 9, 2015
Agamemnon wrote:megatronus wrote:mooncake623 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!
I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...
What do you think is fair? $150 territory?
Indeed. I'm thinking $200 might be fair, but would hope for $150. Maybe Hasbro shocks us with around $100
#IsHighOnWishfulThinking
I dont find 100-130 out of line. Predaking was that price and that is as much bang for your buck (if not more) than Trypticon.
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Oh, don't get my hopes up....
(But you do make a good argument. I would counter with the Insecticons and their crazy price, but then you could counter with the Coneheads....)
Comment by Agamemnon
Jul 9, 2015
william-james88 wrote:Agamemnon wrote:megatronus wrote:mooncake623 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!
I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...
What do you think is fair? $150 territory?
Indeed. I'm thinking $200 might be fair, but would hope for $150. Maybe Hasbro shocks us with around $100
#IsHighOnWishfulThinking
I dont find 100-130 out of line. Predaking was that price and that is as much bang for your buck (if not more) than Trypticon.
Oh, don't get my hopes up....
(But you do make a good argument. I would counter with the Insecticons and their crazy price, but then you could counter with the Coneheads....)
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Yeah, the pricing has been really odd on these ever since the Platinum editions started.
Comment by william-james88
Jul 9, 2015
Agamemnon wrote:william-james88 wrote:Agamemnon wrote:megatronus wrote:mooncake623 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!
I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...
What do you think is fair? $150 territory?
Indeed. I'm thinking $200 might be fair, but would hope for $150. Maybe Hasbro shocks us with around $100
#IsHighOnWishfulThinking
I dont find 100-130 out of line. Predaking was that price and that is as much bang for your buck (if not more) than Trypticon.
Oh, don't get my hopes up....
(But you do make a good argument. I would counter with the Insecticons and their crazy price, but then you could counter with the Coneheads....)
Yeah, the pricing has been really odd on these ever since the Platinum editions started.
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Comment by shajaki
Jul 9, 2015
You know what I notice? No 5-Pack Dinobot reissue 
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Comment by It Is Him
Jul 9, 2015
If that Trypticon shows up at Target retail for less than $200, there is a 0.00% chance of me walking away from it. Damn. That's a great and unexpected store exclusive. Good job, Target.
It's only a matter of time, my friend.
shajaki wrote:You know what I notice? No 5-Pack Dinobot reissue
It's only a matter of time, my friend.
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Comment by -Kanrabat-
Jul 9, 2015
For some obvious reasons, they will never release a Platinum edition of G1 Jetfire with the body armor in glorious red chrome. 
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Comment by william-james88
Jul 10, 2015
Hey, they found a way to store the new accessories for Perceptor's robot mode:
Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.
Also, just curious, is this guy considered a triple changer?
Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.
Also, just curious, is this guy considered a triple changer?
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I noticed he has a sigil on what serves as the magnifying lens. The original didn't
And yes, triple changer he is imho. Transforms from Robot to microscope to mobile weapon/phase ray weapon and back.
Comment by fenrir72
Jul 10, 2015
william-james88 wrote:Hey, they found a way to store the new accessories for Perceptor's robot mode:
Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.
Also, just curious, is this guy considered a triple changer?
I noticed he has a sigil on what serves as the magnifying lens. The original didn't
And yes, triple changer he is imho. Transforms from Robot to microscope to mobile weapon/phase ray weapon and back.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Jul 10, 2015
Target exclusive.william-james88 wrote:Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.
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In Canada, he meant.
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Jul 10, 2015
Sabrblade wrote:Target exclusive.william-james88 wrote:Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.
In Canada, he meant.
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Yeah, sorry Sabr, I should have been more precise. Walmart got the seekers here, which are at Target in the States. They were also the ones to have Predaking in Canada for (80$US
), so I am hoping they get this pack as well.
Comment by william-james88
Jul 10, 2015
-Kanrabat- wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Target exclusive.william-james88 wrote:Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.
In Canada, he meant.
Yeah, sorry Sabr, I should have been more precise. Walmart got the seekers here, which are at Target in the States. They were also the ones to have Predaking in Canada for (80$US
), so I am hoping they get this pack as well.
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Comment by william-james88
Jul 10, 2015
TF Fan Kelvin, from the Talk Transformers Facebook Page, has made a quick overview of the very subtle changes found on the recent reissue of G1 Trypticon which was "announced" at SDCC 2015:
For those wondering, the other use of the mold, Gigastorm, also had gold sticker eyes.
* G1 Trypticon's eyes are gold chrome (vacuum metallised), reissue's are metallic gold stickers
* G1 Trypticon's lower ramp has two small 'bumps,' these are absent on the reissue
* Reissue Trypticon has various legal blurbs and logos tampographed on the toy which are absent on the G1 figure
For those wondering, the other use of the mold, Gigastorm, also had gold sticker eyes.
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Comment by frogbat
Jul 11, 2015
It's good to know... I took the plunge and bought him. Didn't think I'd have had as much fun with trypticon as I'm havin. Build quality is very good, much much better than reissue metroplex.
My main issue with him like so many g1 toys is the accessory storage. There isn't one mode that uses all the pieces at once.
Maybe some enterprising 3rd party developer might devise a way of connecting all his accessories to the tank or dino mode (which I think most peeps will have him displayed as)
My main issue with him like so many g1 toys is the accessory storage. There isn't one mode that uses all the pieces at once.
Maybe some enterprising 3rd party developer might devise a way of connecting all his accessories to the tank or dino mode (which I think most peeps will have him displayed as)
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I don't think that is possible as the radar array accessories are only functional when you split him open as battle station mode.
Brunt is also like that, splits up during the mode I mentioned.
Comment by fenrir72
Jul 11, 2015
frogbat wrote:It's good to know... I took the plunge and bought him. Didn't think I'd have had as much fun with trypticon as I'm havin. Build quality is very good, much much better than reissue metroplex.
My main issue with him like so many g1 toys is the accessory storage. There isn't one mode that uses all the pieces at once.
Maybe some enterprising 3rd party developer might devise a way of connecting all his accessories to the tank or dino mode (which I think most peeps will have him displayed as)
I don't think that is possible as the radar array accessories are only functional when you split him open as battle station mode.
Brunt is also like that, splits up during the mode I mentioned.
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Comment by william-james88
Jul 11, 2015
I stumbled across this pic and man, what is up with wanting to erase rewind from our collective memories:
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Comment by Knightsword
Jul 11, 2015
My G1 Hasbro Trypticon had stickers for the eyes. So maybe the chrome eyes were a Takara deal?
