Encore #11 Thundercracker and Skywarp Set, And Encore #12 Metroplex on BBTS

Front pages and credited along with the info for Skywarp and Thundercracker Preorder...

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10826&mode=retail

Thanks!

Damm, SW and TC encored. While I should be more excited about Metro, Im really looking foward to some more seekers. Too cool.

tigertracks 24 wrote:Front pages and credited along with the info for Skywarp and Thundercracker Preorder...

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10826&mode=retail

Thanks!

No problem!

Very cool, and the price for pre-order is even cooler. But I'm till very afraid of BBTS's shipping rates to my neck of the woods. Still its nice Takara decided to re-issue him.

I'm still waiting for an encore Blitzwing though.

Metroplex's Battle mode is very intrestingly mistransformed. I gotta try that with the tower on his back.

OH, and HAHA, take that to the KO companies and their suporters!

Now with this in mind, I recall an argument awile back saying Takara would never due a Devistator reissue because of the various KOs out there. Well if this doesn't put a dent in that argument, I don't know what will?

The Seekers are looking pretty good too

there are a fair few ko metroplex's out there aint there lol. I should know, i have an origional one, and a KO (and to be fair, there is very little to no difference). Saying that, im gonna have to buy the new reissue as well lol

Waits for pre-order of e-hobby Metrotitan!

GetterDragun wrote:Waits for pre-order of e-hobby Metrotitan!

Word f'ing up.

GetterDragun wrote:Waits for pre-order of e-hobby Metrotitan!

Waits for confirmation of that!

Anyone think the rest of the bases are gonna get some Encore love, I still need a Scorponok, and would hate to shell out $250 on Ebay just to have him reissued for $100.

Liege Evilmus wrote:

GetterDragun wrote:Waits for pre-order of e-hobby Metrotitan!

Waits for confirmation of that!

Anyone think the rest of the bases are gonna get some Encore love, I still need a Scorponok, and would hate to shell out $250 on Ebay just to have him reissued for $100.

Anything is possible, although I hope they do not go to Metrotitan... I'm greedy like that.

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Liege Evilmus wrote:

GetterDragun wrote:Waits for pre-order of e-hobby Metrotitan!

Waits for confirmation of that!

Anyone think the rest of the bases are gonna get some Encore love, I still need a Scorponok, and would hate to shell out $250 on Ebay just to have him reissued for $100.

Anything is possible, although I hope they do not go to Metrotitan... I'm greedy like that.

That actually is kinda greedy. Metrotitan being a general release figure and all...

I'm all for exclusives staying exclusive, otherwise, I'm a populist.

Liege Evilmus wrote:

GetterDragun wrote:Waits for pre-order of e-hobby Metrotitan!

Waits for confirmation of that!

Anyone think the rest of the bases are gonna get some Encore love, I still need a Scorponok, and would hate to shell out $250 on Ebay just to have him reissued for $100.

Totally seconded on Scorponok. (I'm too tired to kick myself for getting a vintage Metroplex). But when that happens, I'll be kvetching for a Black Zarak.

Holy Crap.

I was hours away from ordering a C8 G1 Metroplex from Transformerland.com...and now THIS. The encore line is single-handedly giving me all the G1 TFs I've never had the chance to buy before!

Preordered tonight!

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Liege Evilmus wrote:

GetterDragun wrote:Waits for pre-order of e-hobby Metrotitan!

Waits for confirmation of that!

Anyone think the rest of the bases are gonna get some Encore love, I still need a Scorponok, and would hate to shell out $250 on Ebay just to have him reissued for $100.

Anything is possible, although I hope they do not go to Metrotitan... I'm greedy like that.

I can actualy sypathize with that. I got 2 vintage Omegas figuring he'd never come back and look what happened. Add the sheer rarity of MetroTitan to that and ouch!!!!!!

I'm all for non-KO reissues. I love the fact that so many fans are getting a second chance at ownership and newer fans are getting to see these intial bots and understand the roots of why we love these things so much

But something vintage, that's very rare, that you struggled to find and payed a fortune for...

Well, bragging rights aren't deminished, if anything, you get a whole new clip of "OH YEAH..." to fire off!

Just on a personal level, I know how it just kinda lessens the figure in your case to you, cause now everyones got it.

Lots of figures have gone that way, take the shine that left MP StarScream as soon as you picked up your G1 colored version...

This should take some of the interest in the KO Metroplex. Interesting that both of them are fairly close in price too. I'm going to pass on these. I have a fairly mint (missing stickers, but complete) original Metroplex on my desk at home and original Thundercracker and Skywarp in storage.

Why can't they make an encore reissue of Fortress Maximus?? .... I mean c'mon $1,200.00 for an original on Ebay is CRAZY!!!! I much rather pay a couple hundred for a (non knock-off) reissue.

joshnpowell wrote:Why can't they make an encore reissue of Fortress Maximus?? .... I mean c'mon $1,200.00 for an original on Ebay is CRAZY!!!! I much rather pay a couple hundred for a (non knock-off) reissue.

It probably is not outside of the realm of possibility now. Although I want to see Grand Maximus, I mean why not throw all the crazy stuff he came with together in one great re-issue.

And then I can also see the point of people wanting that one to stay a rarity.

And I am sure the Stepper owners through a bit of a fit, as well as, Soundblaster, and Twincast owners, when they were announced. And from all of those I benefited because I did not own them yet. It's just hard, now I wish I would have kept Metrotitan MISB..must invent a time machine now.

TFBuyer wrote:Holy Crap.

I was hours away from ordering a C8 G1 Metroplex from Transformerland.com...and now THIS. The encore line is single-handedly giving me all the G1 TFs I've never had the chance to buy before!

Preordered tonight!

That's where I bought mine. The ones in stock now are technically a higher grade than the one I bought.

Also, here's a point of speculation -

Will the reissue have rubber tires and chrome or just plastic?

It Is Him wrote:

TFBuyer wrote:Holy Crap.

I was hours away from ordering a C8 G1 Metroplex from Transformerland.com...and now THIS. The encore line is single-handedly giving me all the G1 TFs I've never had the chance to buy before!

Preordered tonight!

That's where I bought mine. The ones in stock now are technically a higher grade than the one I bought.

Also, here's a point of speculation -

Will the reissue have rubber tires and chrome or just plastic?

Chrome and rubber.

Takara has not once skimped out on a reissue with the cheaper arangement.

Kup had metal feet, Predaking was metal, etc.

Seekers preordered.

My preorder list over there is getting really, really long.

Good choices for Encores, but I've already got Metroplex & I'm not really interested in the seekers, so I'll pass.

Metrotitan was one of my first big Japanese figures- picked him up loose at Transforce 2002 for £115. He's great, and the ability to connect to Micromaster bases is just brilliant. I hope he does get reissued because I want more people to be able to enjoy him. I'd love to see Black Zarak too, both for selfish reasons and because the original's rarity is due to a severe case of Gold Plastic Syndrome. Presumably the plastic mixers have found a way around it by now.

Would Fortress Maximus actually sell? I don't know about you guys but due to many years of frantic toy-gathering I don't have room for another Max-sized figure in here. Takara would never be able to produce it for less than $150 or so (Brave Max was Y12000 -$115- if memory serves, and that was 8 years ago with all the accessories stripped out), and add shipping to that... it's a lot of dough and they'll have to shift thousands of units to make the run worthwhile. Mind you, if they think there's a market I say chuck 'em out in every colour they fancy.

-Nick

Man, I thought that there was no way that this year was going to be more expensive than last year! No dice though. I hope they do stickers for Scamper like reprolabels. He looks sooo good with them.

I...I can't keep up. First Sky Lynx, then Omega Supreme, now METROPLEX??? Fort Max or Scorponok...one of 'em better be next!

Either way, I can't wait. I LOVE city-bots, and Metroplex is no exception. He'll look great with my Scramble City figures (at least definitely with my original Hot Spot and Motormaster, not sure how great the KO Onslaught and Silverbolt'll look next to him). I'm glad I didn't get the KO, I don't know if I could live with myself if I got a KO of a big figure like this, whether he'd be reissued or not. I don't mind the Scramble City combiners being KO'd, but Scramble City itself, no good.

So anyway. Encore has not yet been a disappointment!

(Also, I GUESS Thundercracker and Skywarp are good, too )

Holly cow.

I wander if they'll ever do a MP Metroplex. that could be really sweet. but having an encore Metroples is definitely a real treat so i might just buy this big guy.

Counterpunch wrote:

It Is Him wrote:

TFBuyer wrote:Holy Crap.

I was hours away from ordering a C8 G1 Metroplex from Transformerland.com...and now THIS. The encore line is single-handedly giving me all the G1 TFs I've never had the chance to buy before!

Preordered tonight!

That's where I bought mine. The ones in stock now are technically a higher grade than the one I bought.

Also, here's a point of speculation -

Will the reissue have rubber tires and chrome or just plastic?

Chrome and rubber.

Takara has not once skimped out on a reissue with the cheaper arangement.

Kup had metal feet, Predaking was metal, etc.

Hey cool that means I guess you could get bragging rights owning the original cheaper plastic wheel/silver leg sticker variant

seriously though this is awesome i'm hoping for an encore Trypticon to go with my original g1 metroplex.

AND FINALLY a chance to own Thundercracker i missed him the first time round in the hasbro reissues, now i will be able to own all three season 1 seekers! woo!

It's official, Takara Tomy rules! And don't you KOs mess with the Takara Tomy masters 'cause they'll f'n kick your S!

By this rate I bet they'll have more unbelievable surprises to be announced any time, and it's proven: they can do/rebuild any mold and will do it. As for me I feel stupid to have the Hasbro reissues for Skywarp and Thundercracker... and please please please do a Shockwave reissue!! And a Wheeljack! And a Mirage! And decepticon cassettes package! And and and...

Yahooo! Who's next? Fort Max, I hope.

Freakin SWEEEET!!!!

A friend of mine found a fantastic condition Metroplex (w/ rubber tires) at a Goodwill a couple years ago and gave it to me. I've used ebay to get most of the accessories. But a minty fresh one complete!? This can't get any cooler!

I got the Encore Sky Lynx. I will be getting Encore Omega Supreme. And I will definitely be getting Encore Metroplex! Oh and I'll be getting the Encore Minibot set too. I picked up the Hasbro Skywarp & Thundercracker reissues years ago. I'm happy with those.

Sweeet!! What next? Devastator? Metal Hawk!!? =D
But realistically, i smell a Prowl coming up.

Vile MK III wrote:Sweeet!! What next? Devastator? Metal Hawk!!? =D
But realistically, i smell a Prowl coming up.

Devastator! I'll eat my KO Devastator piece by piece if they reissue the whole set lol

How about the dinobots? "Me Grimlock say good choice"

Well, why not the whole G1 line? Now that would f'n rock .

Impressive. I'm curious what the extra touches for these Encores will be. From #5 on there've been extras of sorts. Ironhide and ratchet had their "heads", Sky Lynx has painted eyes on the Lynx and grey mouth gun for the "bird". Jazz/Meister is tampoed, not stickered. I'm dying to know what treatment these will get. I already have a great vintage Chrome hips/rubber wheels Metroplex who needs Reprolabels but I'll take a reissue in a heartbeat. Same goes for replacing my Hasbro reissue TC and SW.

tigertracks 24 wrote:Encore just keeps making the hits with the collectors!

That's because TakaraTomy's coming up with shit that people would actually want. This is an example of what I'm talking about. Though I (as someone who would like headmasters for my collection in general) am with those who would like to see Fort Max reissued (cause it was confirmed clear back when Armada's Unicron was announced that it might never happen here in the states), I'd consider picking up a Metroplex as well. Never had one myself but I remember knowing someone who did back then, and I liked that figure.

Only reason why I'm passing on the seeker 2-pack is because seekers are always either repaints or retools of Starscream, and that gets redundant after awhile with most figures. (I'd reconsider for Thrust, as I've kinda been wanting one since Botcon '07, but no need for me to pick this one up.) Good news for those who are collecting the seekers, though.

Flux Convoy wrote:Impressive. I'm curious what the extra touches for these Encores will be. From #5 on there've been extras of sorts. Ironhide and ratchet had their "heads", Sky Lynx has painted eyes on the Lynx and grey mouth gun for the "bird". Jazz/Meister is tampoed, not stickered. I'm dying to know what treatment these will get. I already have a great vintage Chrome hips/rubber wheels Metroplex who needs Reprolabels but I'll take a reissue in a heartbeat. Same goes for replacing my Hasbro reissue TC and SW.

They could throw in Metrobomb, who was only available with the Metrotitan repaint.

I just dont get it at all like most people here. I guess G1 was never in me and never will.

Repair Bay wrote:I...I can't keep up. First Sky Lynx, then Omega Supreme, now METROPLEX??? Fort Max or Scorponok...one of 'em better be next!

Either way, I can't wait. I LOVE city-bots, and Metroplex is no exception. He'll look great with my Scramble City figures (at least definitely with my original Hot Spot and Motormaster, not sure how great the KO Onslaught and Silverbolt'll look next to him). I'm glad I didn't get the KO, I don't know if I could live with myself if I got a KO of a big figure like this, whether he'd be reissued or not. I don't mind the Scramble City combiners being KO'd, but Scramble City itself, no good.

So anyway. Encore has not yet been a disappointment!

(Also, I GUESS Thundercracker and Skywarp are good, too )

You know the Scramble City Combiner limbs can attach to Metroplex right. I don't know if the KOs are the same size, but my Metroplex often teams with the ArealBots for a flight mode.

Just take off the knee caps, and shoulder cannons and the prots are right there

Lots of reasons why I always loved G1 Metroplex! I'm glad he's getting a quality reissue, I already have 2 though so it's a pass, but I'm still happy for everyone else

Those seekers are as good as mine.

Encore is looking good, and better by the day!

Glad to hear this will be the rubber-wheeled version, too. I'd love Scorponok down the road, but I'm really holding my breath for a reissued Trypticon! I've wanted that thing since I was 10...

Kudos to Takara Tomy. They really are breaking me this year financially. I to think that Fortress Maximus is not to far away. If it would happen I'd buy two. With these reissues though it's killing the vintage market. Not to long ago you couldn't ponder for 5 minutes to buy Omega Supreme from BBTS without it being gone by the time you hit add to cart. Now they can't get rid of him. Same goes for Sky Linx.

One of my eyes laugh, while my wallet cries.

I can't wait for the TC-Skywarp set, and I hope they will get every seeker out, Thrust is still missing from my conehead collection.

Are they going to use the same factory that are pumping out the Metroplex repros to make the Encore version? Just kidding.

Metroplex and the seekers are preordered!
Now I need to get rid of my TRU TC and SW...

Wow, incredible news. My telepathic control is working.

Now give us the Dinobots! I command it...

Thundercracker at last!!!

I think that the seekers are the most nostalgic of all the G1 figures. I dont know why but looking at all those very similar designs ( genius marketing ploy that ) takes me straight back in time.

Metroplex is a welcome addition. If Encore carries on like this I will have to sell some of my modern collection to make room for all the G1 goodness!!

LOL, I was this close to buying a KO Metroplex for $89.95 last night but now I can get the real deal for five bucks less - SWEET

Also the Skywarp/Thundercracker two pack is a brilliant idea - DO WANT

Mmmm... Encores... Delicious and Moist.

Update - the Encore Skywarp/Thundercracker 2pack will be a Botcon exclusive only.

...just kidding

Stormrider wrote:Update - the Encore Skywarp/Thundercracker 2pack will be a Botcon exclusive only.

...just kidding

Don't even joke about it...

Stormrider wrote:Update - the Encore Skywarp/Thundercracker 2pack will be a Botcon exclusive only.

...just kidding

and you're a member of the news crew. You know what we fans can be like, shame on you!

Liege mentioned earlier that you could attach gestalt limbs to Metroplex like Minicons, I'd never heard of this before now, has anyone got a picture of that?

It sounds brilliant.

And just a thought on who's next, they used the Trypticon mold a few years back for Gigastorm so I'm betting that they are keeping it handy for an Encore Trypticon near Christmas.

... He is Metroplex's rival after all.

There's still a hell of alot of G1 deluxe's we've not seen reissued, Trailbreaker, Spinger and Sandstorm could you please stand up.

Stormrider wrote:Update - the Encore Skywarp/Thundercracker 2pack will be a Botcon exclusive only.

...just kidding

Cue 15 pages of rant thread!

Ha! Thanks for helping me get my laugh out of the way early today!