Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line

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JTPrime has some new for us concerning the Walmart exclusive Beast Wars Retro line. We knew we would be getting Tarantulas, K-9 and Terrorsaur and now we have the product codes for 2 of those. But better yet, we have a totally new listing. We now know that Beast Wars Iguanas is also being reissued. Now there are 2 Beast Wars Iguanas toys, one basic like Terrorsaur and a Transmetal 1 one. Smart money is that this will be the basic frill lizard. That does mean that as with Rattrap and Terrorsaur, we are expected to pay deluxe prices for a basic class toy.

TRA GEN BEAST WARS VINTAGE K9 – 501099415441
TRA GEN BEAST WARS VINTAGE IGUANAS (Iguanus) – 501099415443
TRA GEN BEAST WARS VINTAGE Terrorsaur – 501099415439

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Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2136196)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on June 19th, 2022 @ 1:22am CDT

Woop! Can't wait for these guys to.... Oh wait I'm good! :lol:

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However I do not have a Terrorsaur, so I may pick him up now!

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2136203)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 19th, 2022 @ 7:15am CDT

I have them all except Iguanas and Terrosaur that don't interest me.

One thing I like about these is there's differences enough for the originals to not lose one cent of value.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2136207)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on June 19th, 2022 @ 9:19am CDT

The only Terrorsaur figure I liked was the Transmetal. So not really interested in the OG figure. Nice to see Iguanus getting some love again.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2136208)
Posted by o.supreme on June 19th, 2022 @ 9:46am CDT

This really surprised me. I thought we wouldn't see any more vintage reissues (original Transformers or BW) since Hasbro is eliminating plastic from their packaging. Either these will be an exception to that decision, or they are going to look very odd...

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2136224)
Posted by william-james88 on June 19th, 2022 @ 1:31pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:This really surprised me. I thought we wouldn't see any more vintage reissues (original Transformers or BW) since Hasbro is eliminating plastic from their packaging. Either these will be an exception to that decision, or they are going to look very odd...

Exclusives get exceptions. Hasbro only made the commitment for mainline toys.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2136227)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 19th, 2022 @ 2:21pm CDT

I'd be mainly interested in Terrorsaur if he comes in the show-accurate Takara running change colors, since I already have the Takara figure but it's misassembled with two of the same fist.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2136239)
Posted by Emerje on June 20th, 2022 @ 6:16am CDT

Only use of the Terrorsaur mold I have is Hydra so I'll be picking that up, I have Crazybolt (got him on clearance at BBTS some 20 years ago) so I'll be getting Iguanus, and I don't have the Tarantulas mold at all so I'll be getting that as well. K9 I do have so that's a pass.

So far the reissues have done me a lot of good, it's really helped me pad out my early Beast Wars collection having needed Rattrap, Tigatron, Cybershark, Wolffang, Terrorsaur, Iguanus, and Tarantulas. I still need to pick up a cartoon colors Scorponok, but I have an original so it isn't quite as important, waiting on a clearance.

Emerje

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2136260)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 20th, 2022 @ 6:26pm CDT

I may end up getting K9. I have the others already, I think (can't remember if i actually own Iguanus already)

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2136267)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 20th, 2022 @ 10:17pm CDT

I think it would be cool if K-9 was a slight redeco of the original, with his yellow fur paint changed to a more realistic golden brown shade.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138069)
Posted by william-james88 on July 14th, 2022 @ 6:59am CDT

We came across an interesting e-bay listing. It is for a "Transformers Beast Wars Kenner Vintage Collection Evil Predacon Retrax 220801", by a shop which tends to get the latest Transformers toys. They do not have an image yet but it's written that an image of the 2022 packaging is coming. For those unfamiliar with the toy, we have a gallery of it here.

For now, that's all we have. When we get more info, we will share it with you.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ax/4408/1/

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138075)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 14th, 2022 @ 8:02am CDT

With the high parts count Retrax is, I bet the price will be close to leader class, l8ke Scorponok.
Thank God I already have mine.

This is a bad Transformers, but in a cool and silly way.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138081)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on July 14th, 2022 @ 9:03am CDT

william-james88 wrote:TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS RETRAX POSSIBLY GETTING A REISSUE

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138082)
Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on July 14th, 2022 @ 9:09am CDT

I don’t remember this guy, but goddamn that is one ugly toy.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138084)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on July 14th, 2022 @ 9:13am CDT

Retrax, more than any other figure, deserved something modern and BETTER to come from this:

Not a reissue of the original gimmick-ruined figure.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138090)
Posted by Gearslide on July 14th, 2022 @ 10:08am CDT

Gosh, I remember having this toy as a kid.

It's features included "Be a Ball" and "Give hugs." Always wondered why silly bug hug man wasn't in the show when I was little.

I also remember it being a really flimsy toy that didn't quite lock in place correctly.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138092)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 14th, 2022 @ 10:27am CDT

Still have my original, so I'm good.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138094)
Posted by blackeyedprime on July 14th, 2022 @ 11:38am CDT

Yay so we might get SF2 Blanka out of it yet

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138123)
Posted by Flashwave on July 14th, 2022 @ 3:10pm CDT

So at this point are they just finding molds in antique stores and going “Hey look what I found! Let’s make this one!”

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138125)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on July 14th, 2022 @ 3:26pm CDT

I really don't know what the actual thought process was behind this one? Surely not popularity??

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138127)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 14th, 2022 @ 3:56pm CDT

Flashwave wrote:So at this point are they just finding molds in antique stores and going “Hey look what I found! Let’s make this one!”

Funny you should say it like that, as someone elsewhere recently found a 1985 McDonalds Happy Meal G1 Gears in an antique store.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138139)
Posted by william-james88 on July 14th, 2022 @ 6:04pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Flashwave wrote:So at this point are they just finding molds in antique stores and going “Hey look what I found! Let’s make this one!”
Funny you should say it like that, as someone elsewhere recently found a 1985 McDonalds Happy Meal G1 Gears in an antique store.

That's quite the find, that promotion only happened in a few states.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138145)
Posted by Burn on July 14th, 2022 @ 7:13pm CDT

Still waiting on that Retrax mold into mini-Unicron.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138146)
Posted by Emerje on July 14th, 2022 @ 7:19pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Still have my original, so I'm good.

Same. And I just scored a Powerhug in box for under $15 on Mandarake so I'm completely set. Although... I might just get this one just to say I have all versions.

I was 17 when Retrax came out and I've always loved that figure. The unique head sculpt, the clear shell, the paint, the roll up feature that's pure genius, it's just a fun toy even if it isn't a particularly great action figure.

Emerje

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138149)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 14th, 2022 @ 7:51pm CDT

Isn't Retrax one of the worst selling BW figures and was still found on shelves during Armada?

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138154)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 14th, 2022 @ 8:28pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Isn't Retrax one of the worst selling BW figures and was still found on shelves during Armada?

...No?

Transquito was, though.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138165)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 14th, 2022 @ 11:40pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Isn't Retrax one of the worst selling BW figures and was still found on shelves during Armada?
...No?

Transquito was, though.

Transquito is amazing but the rotating joint of the bug legs at the arms aged badly. First one shattered and and I repaired it. Now it's the second one who just broke on me.
Unless these bugs legs are not meant to rotate at the arm and I messed up?

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138166)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on July 15th, 2022 @ 12:07am CDT

There's my boy!

I've already got one, but good to see others will get to enjoy him too now! If goofy bad toys are their thing I mean. I love him, but he IS crap. :lol:

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Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138167)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 15th, 2022 @ 12:21am CDT

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:There's my boy!

I've already got one, but good to see others will get to enjoy him too now! If goofy bad toys are their thing I mean. I love him, but he IS crap.

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I have mine too and it's one of those toys that I can't bury in storage.
It's one of those bad toys that their badness actually make them good. Like Armada Sideswipe and his mold brothers.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138172)
Posted by Emerje on July 15th, 2022 @ 1:36am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Isn't Retrax one of the worst selling BW figures and was still found on shelves during Armada?
...No?

Transquito was, though.

And Scavenger, Inferno, and B'boom, at least in my area. I don't recall any Deluxes shelf warming, not even Injector.

Emerje

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138204)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on July 15th, 2022 @ 11:56am CDT

This is so stupid and silly I want this! I have always wanted this spiky hugging rolly polly!

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138218)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 15th, 2022 @ 12:44pm CDT

Were there problems with the spring that controlled the gimmick? If so then I expect the reissue to be worse since Hasbro has been neutering the springs in these reissues.

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Posted by Sabrblade on July 15th, 2022 @ 12:52pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Were there problems with the spring that controlled the gimmick? If so then I expect the reissue to be worse since Hasbro has been neutering the springs in these reissues.

Mine still works fine.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138225)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on July 15th, 2022 @ 12:56pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Were there problems with the spring that controlled the gimmick? If so then I expect the reissue to be worse since Hasbro has been neutering the springs in these reissues.
Mine still works fine.

But the reissue may have issues....
I'm definetely saving some money for this!

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138232)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 15th, 2022 @ 1:52pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Were there problems with the spring that controlled the gimmick? If so then I expect the reissue to be worse since Hasbro has been neutering the springs in these reissues.
Mine still works fine.

Mine too. The sping is still quite strong, but not enough to hurt.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138233)
Posted by william-james88 on July 15th, 2022 @ 1:54pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Were there problems with the spring that controlled the gimmick? If so then I expect the reissue to be worse since Hasbro has been neutering the springs in these reissues.

No issues.

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Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on July 15th, 2022 @ 1:55pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Were there problems with the spring that controlled the gimmick? If so then I expect the reissue to be worse since Hasbro has been neutering the springs in these reissues.

No issues.

How do you know if the new one has no issues?

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138237)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 15th, 2022 @ 2:02pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Were there problems with the spring that controlled the gimmick? If so then I expect the reissue to be worse since Hasbro has been neutering the springs in these reissues.

My old original Retrax is still in shape after all these years.

My Primal and Megs reissues shoot their missiles just fine. As for reissue Scorponok, he shoot his things like a champ.

Where did you heard those claims?
Was it from this?

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138238)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 15th, 2022 @ 2:15pm CDT

Reviews of vintage retrax said the spring/trigger was very fidgity. The reissues of Wolfang and Cybershark have very, VERY weak springs.

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Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on July 15th, 2022 @ 3:10pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Reviews of vintage retrax said the spring/trigger was very fidgity. The reissues of Wolfang and Cybershark have very, VERY weak springs.

I want Retrax, but this might change my mind....

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 15th, 2022 @ 3:30pm CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Reviews of vintage retrax said the spring/trigger was very fidgity. The reissues of Wolfang and Cybershark have very, VERY weak springs.

I want Retrax, but this might change my mind....

Just get the vintage one. It will be MUCH cheaper than the reissue I can assure you.

And if you feel fancy, the Takara Beast Wars Neo (I think) who is blue and silver for probably the same price the reissue of Retrax may cost.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138242)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on July 15th, 2022 @ 3:35pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Reviews of vintage retrax said the spring/trigger was very fidgity. The reissues of Wolfang and Cybershark have very, VERY weak springs.

I want Retrax, but this might change my mind....

Just get the vintage one. It will be MUCH cheaper than the reissue I can assure you.

And if you feel fancy, the Takara Beast Wars Neo (I think) who is blue and silver for probably the same price the reissue of Retrax may cost.

That might have to do, but there is just a satisfaction of picking up a figure at a store and getting it out of the box, instead of Ebaying it and waiting weeks to get it.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2138244)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 15th, 2022 @ 3:51pm CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:That might have to do, but there is just a satisfaction of picking up a figure at a store and getting it out of the box, instead of Ebaying it and waiting weeks to get it.

Buy it in box then.

Plus that Retrax reissue is just a rumor for now. If you want the thing and can find it at a good price on eBay (or elsewhere), just go for it.

Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't know where you're located, but if the shipping is reasonable for you, that set is very interesting:
https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/det ... rs&lang=en

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2139670)
Posted by ScottyP on July 28th, 2022 @ 9:10am CDT

Was kind of hoping Terrorsaur would be on a rock bubble since he was one of the first two figures I got right when the line first hit stores in the 90s, but they went with the smooth one. That's fine and probably wouldn't bother me all that much except that for Retrax, a '97 toy that was never released on anything but a smooth bubble (that's correct, yes?) they went with a rock bubble for the reissue :???:

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2139696)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on July 28th, 2022 @ 1:02pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:That might have to do, but there is just a satisfaction of picking up a figure at a store and getting it out of the box, instead of Ebaying it and waiting weeks to get it.

Buy it in box then.

Plus that Retrax reissue is just a rumor for now. If you want the thing and can find it at a good price on eBay (or elsewhere), just go for it.

Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't know where you're located, but if the shipping is reasonable for you, that set is very interesting:
https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/det ... rs&lang=en

I'm an Idaho Potato.

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2139709)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 28th, 2022 @ 3:05pm CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I'm an Idaho Potato.

Well, at least you 'Murricans are allowed to use EMS. It's still expensive shipping, but could be way worse like Canada and our obligatory no-deals DHL.

Regardless, not only Retrax is confirmed, but it will be normal deluxe priced (at least in Canada.).

So, keep hunting!

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2139711)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on July 28th, 2022 @ 3:08pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I'm an Idaho Potato.

Well, at least you 'Murricans are allowed to use EMS. It's still expensive shipping, but could be way worse like Canada and our obligatory no-deals DHL.

Regardless, not only Retrax is confirmed, but it will be normal deluxe priced (at least in Canada.).

So, keep hunting!

"'Murricans"? Bad translator or a racist joke I've never heard?

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2139713)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 28th, 2022 @ 3:15pm CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:
"'Murricans"? Bad translator or a racist joke I've never heard?

You never heard of 'MURRICA, F**K YEAH?
Also, since when is "American" a race?

Damn, you 'Murricans are the best at finding "race" in the dark spaces between atoms!

Or is it some subtle trolling I'm detecting? :-?

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2139718)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on July 28th, 2022 @ 3:27pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:
"'Murricans"? Bad translator or a racist joke I've never heard?

You never heard of 'MURRICA, F**K YEAH?
Also, since when is "American" a race?

Damn, you 'Murricans are the best at finding "race" in the dark spaces between atoms!

Or is it some subtle trolling I'm detecting?

I dont know any more...
Society is so corrupt that people think gay is cool (how retarded)
What does anything "mean" at this point?
I laugh every time I hear 30 dollars for a deluxe, that's Voyager in the U.S.
And why do people always say I'm trolling when they dont like my comment?
It's a dumb excuse, like victimizing, that makes you look like you have no better defense

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2139722)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 28th, 2022 @ 3:32pm CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:And why do people always say I'm trolling when they dont like my comment?
It's a dumb excuse, like victimizing, that makes you look like you have no better defense

It's not "don't like" the comment.

Often, you comment unexpected things out of the left field and we go "huh"?

Anyway, to nurture your culture:

Re: Beast Wars Iguanus Being Reissued for Vintage Line (2139723)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on July 28th, 2022 @ 3:35pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:And why do people always say I'm trolling when they dont like my comment?
It's a dumb excuse, like victimizing, that makes you look like you have no better defense

It's not "don't like" the comment.

Often, you comment unexpected things out of the left field and we go "huh"?

Anyway, to nurture your culture:

Makes more sense, but random anime ridicules of police officers dont tell me anything I'd care about....

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