Images and Review of New G1 Perceptor Reissue in Cartoon Colors Showing Comparisons and 4 Modes

Posted by william-james88 Aug 15, 2023 at 11:40pm CDT 75,469 views

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The G1 reissues in cartoon colours of Perceptor and Kickback appeared in Canada last month but have yet to be found in the US. Below are images of this new Perceptor compared to the previous reissue which was a straight rerelease of the G1 toy.
A few points to note:
- the instructions only show 1 alt mode (microscope)
- the microscope is not functional

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For those curious about Kickback, here is a review showing comparisons to the G1 colours as well.

Images and Review of New G1 Perceptor Reissue in Cartoon Colors Showing Comparisons and 4 Modes

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Re: Images and Review of New G1 Perceptor Reissue in Cartoon Colors Showing Comparisons and 4 Modes (view post)

Comment by Bumblevivisector Aug 16, 2023

It'd be cooler if Rogue was driving Percy's vehicle mode, since her powers work a bit like his universal emulator (though much more like Animated Elita-1's power).

I can already see all the mouth stickers on his Reprolabels sheet. I'd be likely to pick this up, except I still haven't done anything with my TR and SS'86 Perceptors, so...I dunno'.

As for Kickback, nice to see the good ol' butcher knife wings have apparently replaced the round-tipped ones in all his reissues. I'm surprised how striking the lack of silver paint on the front of his helmet ends up being. The mold finally looks purely like Kickback, without a trace of Voltron! I'm probably going to end up getting all of this Insecticon trio alongside the Legacy ones.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Aug 16, 2023

I didn't even knew Perceptor and Kickback were even announced. Furthermore, they haven't appeared on Walmart.ca yet.

Regardless, I'll be skipping on both because I already have their reissues. Kickback from the Platinum set, and Perceptor from the TrU exclusive Commemorative Edition.

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Comment by Emerje Aug 16, 2023

-Kanrabat- wrote:I didn't even knew Perceptor and Kickback were even announced.

The listings were leaked but this is our first time seeing them. The most recently announced ones were Skywarp and Shrapnel, Perceptor and Kickback aren't up for sale anywhere.

Emerje

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Comment by Perceptor1996 Aug 16, 2023

Perceptor and Wolverine now that's a duo of cool dudes that will always win the fight.

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Comment by Quantum Surge Aug 16, 2023

Would Perceptor do the fastball trick that Colossus does with Wolverine?

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Aug 16, 2023

Quantum Surge wrote:Would Perceptor do the fastball trick that Colossus does with Wolverine?

The Fastball Special? Dude that's a DEEEP cut!

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Comment by Flashwave Aug 17, 2023

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Quantum Surge wrote:Would Perceptor do the fastball trick that Colossus does with Wolverine?

The Fastball Special? Dude that's a DEEEP cut!

Eh, at this point it’s a running joke in comics. The only deep part is remembering who did it first with Wolvy

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Comment by DeathReviews Aug 17, 2023

Hmm. Looks like Wolverine is trying to compensate for something, perhaps...

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Aug 17, 2023

Flashwave wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Quantum Surge wrote:Would Perceptor do the fastball trick that Colossus does with Wolverine?

The Fastball Special? Dude that's a DEEEP cut!

Eh, at this point it’s a running joke in comics. The only deep part is remembering who did it first with Wolvy

Really? Comics ruin everything.

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Comment by Emerje Sep 2, 2023

So not only is Kickback on Pulse now, but he's already shipping.

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/par ... e-kickback

What's also strange is that despite sending out an email about his orders being open they didn't stick him the new section or the front page, you either have to go to the "partner exclusives" section or the "shop all Transformers" section to find him.

Meanwhile no Skywarp or Shrapnel until October despite orders coming earlier. I guess we'll get Perceptor next week?

Emerje

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Sep 2, 2023

Emerje wrote:So not only is Kickback on Pulse now, but he's already shipping.

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/par ... e-kickback

What's also strange is that despite sending out an email about his orders being open they didn't stick him the new section or the front page, you either have to go to the "partner exclusives" section or the "shop all Transformers" section to find him.

Meanwhile no Skywarp or Shrapnel until October despite orders coming earlier. I guess we'll get Perceptor next week?

Emerje

As if the release order of those two waves have been inverted. :-?

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Comment by Emerje Sep 2, 2023

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Emerje wrote:So not only is Kickback on Pulse now, but he's already shipping.

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/par ... e-kickback

What's also strange is that despite sending out an email about his orders being open they didn't stick him the new section or the front page, you either have to go to the "partner exclusives" section or the "shop all Transformers" section to find him.

Meanwhile no Skywarp or Shrapnel until October despite orders coming earlier. I guess we'll get Perceptor next week?

Emerje

As if the release order of those two waves have been inverted.

That actually seems to be the case now that I check the leak list we had a while back.

Tra Gen retro 4 Thundercracker
Product Number: F6945
EAN: 5010996115201

Tra Gen Retro 5 Perceptor
Product Number: F6946
EAN:5010996137920

Tra Gen Retro 7 Shrapnel
Product Number: F6948
EAN: 5010996152879

Tra Gen Fan Exclusive 2 Optimus Prime
Product Number: F7144
EAN: 5010996137968

Retro 6 is probably Kickback and Skywarp would be Retro 8. Bombshell for Retro 9? Still no idea what that Optimus Prime is, probably something for the 40th Anniversary.

I still haven't seen anything other than Starscream in stores.

Emerje

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 5, 2023

Walmart's next output of G1 releases in cartoon decos will be a bit different than the previous ones. They will be in G1 style boxes rather than closed boxes and part of the 40th anniversary subline. We have images of a Blaster set and Soundwave set, thanks to JTPrime17. Blaster comes with 1 cassette while Soundwave comes with 2, to compensate for his much smaller stature. Both sets are said to be at the $45 price point.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Oct 5, 2023

Woah.

Both worth getting!

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Comment by muswp1 Oct 5, 2023

Let's see how Walmart manages to screw this wave up. I'm betting at least half of the Walmarts never get this wave...

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Comment by Lain Iwakura Oct 5, 2023

Oh my God, G1 Soundwave with show accurate colors looks so bloody good. Blaster ain't half bad either.

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Comment by First Gen Oct 5, 2023

The toon colors make these sooooo tempting. I got way too much as it is though.

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Oct 5, 2023

Does Soundwave have a new head, it looks like there's a lot going on with it. Both figures appear to use the original tape door design.

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Comment by blackeyedprime Oct 5, 2023

Nice that they have redone soundaves chest piece, they might get around to remolding G1 dinobots...in another 10 years. Tempted for him though I cant remember if I still have the g1 toy as well as the takara collection.

Blasters a pass, I like the tampos on Steeljaw but the perceptor/blaster pack was a bargain at the time.

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Comment by Sabrblade Oct 5, 2023