More G1 Reissues On The Way: Astrotrain, Ultra Magnus, and Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armor

I suppose if you're extraordinarily nostalgic, but I'd prefer the articulation and transformation of Classics Astrotrain. Only re-issues I am looking forward to are the city-formers (Fort. Max., etc.)

Micronautsdeep wrote:I suppose if you're extraordinarily nostalgic, but I'd prefer the articulation and transformation of Classics Astrotrain. Only re-issues I am looking forward to are the city-formers (Fort. Max., etc.)

Agree. And enough Optimus Prime toys already. Next thing you'll see is an utility belt around its waist.

Hasbro didn't already do an Astrotrain reissue, right? Still got my original, so I'd only be interested if he was a more show-accurate repaint, like that really-sought-after Takara reissue. Still, glad they're doing one new reissue...I think

And I'm guessing Magnus still has the same firing safety missiles? No new launcher alteration?

10 years ago, this was huge news. Now? Even if you missed both trucks and the last Optimus and Soundwave reissues, has their price gone up on the secondary market? Is this in anticipation of the U.S. Supreme court killing all secondary markets this coming Monday? (Seriously, that case needs to get SOPAed; everyone, do your homework!)

Supreme Court? They are going ahead with that? I thought that was a no-brainer. How can they say we can't re-sell something we bought legitimately. Would that eliminate garage sales to (rhetorical)? But, this isn't a legal forum so.....


I miss the Ultra Magnus car-carrier mode, but the bot mode was horrible and might as well have been a statue. If someone would do a carrier, a-la FansProject-like, for the Classics/Henkei Magnus I'd be all over it.

Power master Optimus.Yes

Bumblevivisector wrote:Hasbro didn't already do an Astrotrain reissue, right?

Yes they did. It was a Hasbro Toy shop exclusive and featured the black train/white shuttle deco.

Ive already got all 3 of those but wouldnt mind gettig astrotrain cause mines pretty banged up, but that price is way to high. Dont think i paid that much for the TRU power master prime reissue.

Dear Astrotrain...

Please be purple and grey.

Are these Hasbro or Takara? Either way all three have seen reissues before. Isn't it time we got some reissues of rarer figures? Liokaiser would be a good start...

Daveyi777 wrote:Are these Hasbro or Takara? Either way all three have seen reissues before. Isn't it time we got some reissues of rarer figures? Liokaiser would be a good start...

Like... Fort Max and stuff? Devastator? Twincast? Those'd be great.

RhA wrote:

Daveyi777 wrote:Are these Hasbro or Takara? Either way all three have seen reissues before. Isn't it time we got some reissues of rarer figures? Liokaiser would be a good start...

Like... Fort Max and stuff? Devastator? Twincast? Those'd be great.

Sarcasm... Hmmm...

Fort Max, fair enough. Hasn't Devastator had several reissues? May be wrong on that one, and as for Twincast, we've had the Blaster mold before... I used lioKaiser as an example, as it has never had a UK release, pretty certain the US didn't see it either and the only option is the likes of ebay, where recently I have seen it up for £1000...

Daveyi777 wrote:

RhA wrote:

Daveyi777 wrote:Are these Hasbro or Takara? Either way all three have seen reissues before. Isn't it time we got some reissues of rarer figures? Liokaiser would be a good start...

Like... Fort Max and stuff? Devastator? Twincast? Those'd be great.

Sarcasm... Hmmm...

Fort Max, fair enough. Hasn't Devastator had several reissues? May be wrong on that one, and as for Twincast, we've had the Blaster mold before... I used lioKaiser as an example, as it has never had a UK release, pretty certain the US didn't see it either and the only option is the likes of ebay, where recently I have seen it up for £1000...

Devastator has had 1 reissue. There are plenty of examples of toys that got one round only, by both companies. If you want Liokaiser, just say so. Now you're making it sound like there's been only three reissues that have been repeated a million times.

Preordered PM OP. He was the only one we didn't get in Australia.

breakdown99 wrote:Preordered PM OP. He was the only one we didn't get in Australia.

Damn dude, you should have been watching HLJ a few years back after the initial reissue. That thing didn't sell and they ended up marking him down drastically. I was able to get him landed here for about $50.

Burn wrote:

breakdown99 wrote:Preordered PM OP. He was the only one we didn't get in Australia.

Damn dude, you should have been watching HLJ a few years back after the initial reissue. That thing didn't sell and they ended up marking him down drastically. I was able to get him landed here for about $50.

I know, I've long missed the boat. I've got my POL at BBTS, so there's plenty of time to kick myself. Tell me, what's HLJ like? Never dealt with them, so some feedback would be greatly appreciated.

RhA wrote:

Daveyi777 wrote:

RhA wrote:

Daveyi777 wrote:Are these Hasbro or Takara? Either way all three have seen reissues before. Isn't it time we got some reissues of rarer figures? Liokaiser would be a good start...

Like... Fort Max and stuff? Devastator? Twincast? Those'd be great.

Sarcasm... Hmmm...

Fort Max, fair enough. Hasn't Devastator had several reissues? May be wrong on that one, and as for Twincast, we've had the Blaster mold before... I used lioKaiser as an example, as it has never had a UK release, pretty certain the US didn't see it either and the only option is the likes of ebay, where recently I have seen it up for £1000...

Devastator has had 1 reissue. There are plenty of examples of toys that got one round only, by both companies. If you want Liokaiser, just say so. Now you're making it sound like there's been only three reissues that have been repeated a million times.

Nice exaggeration there, in no way did I make it sound that bad. One reissue is still one more reissue than a whole catalogue of figures have had. I was referring to the figures in this post, which maybe aside from Astrotrain are not that hard to get a hold of.

Yes, yes, and yes. I don't have any of them so I'm getting them all. Preordered Astrotrain, because he's on the top of my list. The other 2 I'll put on my Christmas list. Should be getting them since I got a really short list this year.

breakdown99 wrote:

Burn wrote:

breakdown99 wrote:Preordered PM OP. He was the only one we didn't get in Australia.

Damn dude, you should have been watching HLJ a few years back after the initial reissue. That thing didn't sell and they ended up marking him down drastically. I was able to get him landed here for about $50.

I know, I've long missed the boat. I've got my POL at BBTS, so there's plenty of time to kick myself. Tell me, what's HLJ like? Never dealt with them, so some feedback would be greatly appreciated.

I've used them for years, postage is good because it's coming from Japan, not the US.

Lately though i've been a little disappointed in them since their site redesign. They don't seem to be carrying as much in the way of TF's, and those that they do, they don't announce early bird pre-orders so I find myself missing out.

For example, MP Cassettes ... didn't even see the pre-order go up, but they're already on order stop.

Burn wrote:

breakdown99 wrote:

Burn wrote:

breakdown99 wrote:Preordered PM OP. He was the only one we didn't get in Australia.

Damn dude, you should have been watching HLJ a few years back after the initial reissue. That thing didn't sell and they ended up marking him down drastically. I was able to get him landed here for about $50.

I know, I've long missed the boat. I've got my POL at BBTS, so there's plenty of time to kick myself. Tell me, what's HLJ like? Never dealt with them, so some feedback would be greatly appreciated.

I've used them for years, postage is good because it's coming from Japan, not the US.

Lately though i've been a little disappointed in them since their site redesign. They don't seem to be carrying as much in the way of TF's, and those that they do, they don't announce early bird pre-orders so I find myself missing out.

For example, MP Cassettes ... didn't even see the pre-order go up, but they're already on order stop.

Some food for thought. Thanks!

AWESOME! Astrotrain preordered! For YEARS now, I've been wanting to add G1 Astrotrain to my collection. I didn't want an old used one, and new/MISB ones were too expensive on eBay. I've literally been praying that this would be reissued!

Yes! My prayers have been answered! I can finally get a new G1 Ultra Magnus. It's nice to see Hasbro acknowledging his existence this year.

Honestly, I hope someone in the Has/Tak department is paying attention to this and believes remaking those lost G1 molds for reissues such as Wheeljack, Blitzwing, etc would be a good idea. I do have faith that there is still a market for these guys, and if these worn out G1 molds are still gonna sell, then the ones that the greater percentage of us oldskool fans want would be justifiable in making......

I will always support G1 reissues. Although there are many significant toys and characters that get passed over for more popular ones, any chance for newcomers to see the origins of this franchise is a welcomed one.

Astrotrain? If the price is good, I might as well.

Also, HELL YEAH GINRAI!

It's one of my favorie Transformers ever so for those who missed out now's your chance to get him!



EDIT:

Just saw the prices.

Astrotrain: 55$. NOPE! Especially for a tiny scout class figure.

Powermaster OP: 115$.
Ouch... I'm so glad to have obtained mine loose, 100% complete with sticker sheets and instructions for only 60$ plus 15$ of shipping. That was back in 2010 on Ebay. I applied the stickers of course and transformed him many times. Man I love it! 115$ for brand new is a little expensive, but you end up with a SUPREME class bot with lots of modes possible. If you dont have Ginrai, it's totally worth it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Astrotrain? If the price is good, I might as well.

Also, HELL YEAH GINRAI!

It's one of my favorie Transformers ever so for those who missed out now's your chance to get him!



EDIT:

Just saw the prices.

Astrotrain: 55$. NOPE! Especially for a tiny scout class figure.

Powermaster OP: 115$.
Ouch... I'm so glad to have obtained mine loose, 100% complete with sticker sheets and instructions for only 60$ plus 15$ of shipping. That was back in 2010 on Ebay. I applied the stickers of course and transformed him many times. Man I love it! 115$ for brand new is a little expensive, but you end up with a SUPREME class bot with lots of modes possible. If you dont have Ginrai, it's totally worth it.

About Ginrai

Not to mention its been severely "neutered" for safety concerns. You can get the "Child unfriendly" version at much lower prices.

fenrir72 wrote:
About Ginrai

Not to mention its been severely "neutered" for safety concerns. You can get the "Child unfriendly" version at much lower prices.

Appart the longer missile, what else was changed?

Mine is the first TrU reisue (I guess) that have the longer missile that shoot not very far. Appart that, I have no idea what else is different from the original Japanese release.
De original Ginrai had shorted smokestaks, mainly for the super mode look I bet.

I like the accessories "child unfriendly". So not only was it sharper, the springs fire the projectile with more strength.

As for the stacks, it's quite surprising that the original Ginrai has "shorter chromed stacks" over the Powermaster Optimus Prime having "longer unchromed stacks" (this time in reverse so surprise surprise no?)

And he had a biocard included (the Japanese re-issue which I own) and the classic Japanese grid red and white format.

fenrir72 wrote::grin:

I like the accessories "child unfriendly". So not only was it sharper, the springs fire the projectile with more strength.

As for the stacks, it's quite surprising that the original Ginrai has "shorter chromed stacks" over the Powermaster Optimus Prime having "longer unchromed stacks" (this time in reverse so surprise surprise no?)

And he had a biocard included (the Japanese re-issue which I own) and the classic Japanese grid red and white format.

The biocard was removed because you can easely slit a throat with it. And you wanted that dagerous assasin weapon included, you maniac?!
THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

Wakawakawaka . . . o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The biocard btw is made of harder stock than the subsequent Encore cards.........truly a lethal weapon hehehehe

I almost pulled the trigger on Magnus until I realized this was a Hasbro release...and will have the short stacks .

I'll wait for Takara.

xyl360 wrote:I almost pulled the trigger on Magnus until I realized this was a Hasbro release...and will have the short stacks .

I'll wait for Takara.

If the Takara one is way too much expensive, why not just buy the Hasbro version and a diecast long smokestacks mod kit?
Sure, it's a pain to mod, but well worth it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

xyl360 wrote:I almost pulled the trigger on Magnus until I realized this was a Hasbro release...and will have the short stacks .

I'll wait for Takara.

If the Takara one is way too much expensive, why not just buy the Hasbro version and a diecast long smokestacks mod kit?
Sure, it's a pain to mod, but well worth it.

I wouldn't even know where to get such a kit (never heard of it before).

Besides, I don't mind paying extra to support Takara. Time and time again they seem to (for the most part) do things better than Hasbro, so throwing more money their way and skipping on a Hasbro release doesn't bother me.

I know the short stacks isn't Hasbro's fault (US safety regulations and all), but in general they make choices about paint apps and colors (orange Prime anyone ?) that really confound me, yet consistently Takara gets them right.

I got the stacks from ebay.

And the Hasbro re-issue is the same as the Takara version (aside from the stacks). Unless, Hasbro uses another type of PVC/ABS material like the one used on the trailer of Optimus........

fenrir72 wrote:I got the stacks from ebay.

And the Hasbro re-issue is the same as the Takara version (aside from the stacks). Unless, Hasbro uses another type of PVC/ABS material like the one used on the trailer of Optimus........

Don't forget that the hasbro version also has the safety regulated 3 inch missiles.

That too................

fenrir72 wrote:And the Hasbro re-issue is the same as the Takara version (aside from the stacks).

The Hasbro reissue of PM Optimus Prime w/ Apex Armor used the Takara smokestacks, which were always short.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:And the Hasbro re-issue is the same as the Takara version (aside from the stacks).

The Hasbro reissue of PM Optimus Prime w/ Apex Armor used the Takara smokestacks, which were always short.

The original PM Prime did have longer smokestacks, funnily enough. The only real difference between the reissues is, as always, in the missiles: the US ones are longer and not chromed.