Images of New Transformers Generation 1 Reissues at San Diego Comic Con 2018 #HasbroSDCC

The gallery barrage from our site owner and certified bossman Seibertron himself continues, as we now turn our attention back to the Generation 1 toy reissues display at the Hasbro breakfast showcase at San Diego Comic Con! Check out our new high quality images of these toys, with a handful of them below for your viewing convenience, and then click on any of them to be taken to the full gallery with dozens more! These are predicted to follow suit of Hot Rod, and be Walmart exclusives, so stay tuned for more news regarding them and all the other new reveals from SDCC!

Update: We also have a video of these figures on the show floor, enjoy!

gives me a reason to go to walmart
perhaps walmart can be the new toys r us

steve2275 wrote:gives me a reason to go to walmart
perhaps walmart can be the new toys r us

This could be online only like some of their previous Transformers exclusives.

What's interesting about the Constructicons is that they appear to be using a uniform shade of green instead of the two-tone green of the original and Encore 20 (but not 20A). I think it's a better look for the figures.



I'm really just aiming for the mini cars.

Emerje

fenrir72 wrote:please support these products people! Show Hb that "encore" G1 figures are money makers!

No thanks! G1 was the most awesome thing back in the 80's but that ship has sailed. G1 toys are complete crap now. I look at them & can't believe I thought they were cool when I was a kid.

Aimless Misfire wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:please support these products people! Show Hb that "encore" G1 figures are money makers!

No thanks! G1 was the most awesome thing back in the 80's but that ship has sailed. G1 toys are complete crap now. I look at them & can't believe I thought they were cool when I was a kid.

An odd thing but I both agree and disagree with this. I agree because I think it's further pandering and the prices are not realistic for the toy itself but on the other hand if people want them, then they should feel free to get them, will probably be cheaper then tracking down originals. G1 toys were great in the 80s but that's where they should have stayed...in my opinion but c'est la vie

ZeroWolf wrote:

Aimless Misfire wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:please support these products people! Show Hb that "encore" G1 figures are money makers!

No thanks! G1 was the most awesome thing back in the 80's but that ship has sailed. G1 toys are complete crap now. I look at them & can't believe I thought they were cool when I was a kid.

An odd thing but I both agree and disagree with this. I agree because I think it's further pandering and the prices are not realistic for the toy itself but on the other hand if people want them, then they should feel free to get them, will probably be cheaper then tracking down originals. G1 toys were great in the 80s but that's where they should have stayed...in my opinion but c'est la vie

I think a very select small amount of them do still have some degree of holding up to this day, like Soundwave and Fortress Maximus in particular, but overall I do agree as well.

For all and any who are interested, pre-orders for the Starscream reissue went live on Walmart.com

Click here for space bridge.

As of ordering, it looks like he will arrive for in-store pick up on Tue Aug 21st.

Cobotron wrote:For all and any who are interested, pre-orders for the Starscream reissue went live on Walmart.com

Click here for space bridge.

As of ordering, it looks like he will arrive for in-store pick up on Tue Aug 21st.

Awesome thanks! Preordered! The only other one I must have is Devy. Still on the fence with Hot Rod and Bee.

nycPrime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:For all and any who are interested, pre-orders for the Starscream reissue went live on Walmart.com

Click here for space bridge.

As of ordering, it looks like he will arrive for in-store pick up on Tue Aug 21st.

Awesome thanks! Preordered! The only other one I must have is Devy. Still on the fence with Hot Rod and Bee.

Hi-5 New York!

I'm only after Tailgate and Swerve out of the rest of these guys. My G2 Devy will do for now.
Super excited to complete my Seeker trio after 34 years.

Someone on TFW said he preordered Devy and SS around 4 hours ago. I may have missed out on Devy. I hope it comes back in stock....

Here's a quick search I did for other listings.

https://www.walmart.com/search/?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&cat_id= ... ductResult&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff

Scroll down to the bottom.

I didn't find Bee, Swerve, or HotRod, but al the others are there.
You can bookmark Devy in case you want to hawk him.

Edit: Whoa. Weird. After checking my link the search results changed since the last time I looked. Devy is not there, Tailgate is active, and now Swerve is up but Outback is gone.

Edit Edit: Now I've lost them all. Walmart.com is an absolute mess to navigate.

Looking forward to g1 minibot reissues that don't include keyrings

Just found a thread on TFW. Looks like they were all in stock. Folks said they were able to PO all the figures. Interesting that SS is the only thing still in stock. I figured that would be one of the first to sell out along with Devy. Really hope Walmart gets additional stock soon.

nycPrime wrote:Someone on TFW said he preordered Devy and SS around 4 hours ago. I may have missed out on Devy. I hope it comes back in stock....

Yeah, most were available today (including Starscream) but all were eventually sold out

Also, your handy news staffer already compiled the entire list to walmart links: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ues/41614/

Also, Outback is shortpacked to accomodate 3 BBs (which also sold out insantly)

william-james88 wrote:

nycPrime wrote:Someone on TFW said he preordered Devy and SS around 4 hours ago. I may have missed out on Devy. I hope it comes back in stock....

Yeah, most were available today (including Starscream) but all were eventually sold out

I've been checking the website pretty regularly. The one time this week I haven't checked for about 3 hours is the exact time it goes in and out of stock.

They put a pretty strong emphasis on these being available in stores this fall at Walmart during the SDCC TF toy panel. If you miss out getting them online they should be available locally, too.

Emerje

While SDCC chugs along, it's important to remember that news still happens outside that convention! Fellow Seibertronian Samsonator has spotted the Walmart-exclusive G1 reissue Minibots at (naturally) a Walmart near South Surrey BC. Bumblebee, Swerve and Tailgate were all present and accounted for, at $11.97 CAD (about $9.10 USD)... and Swerve and Tailgate also brought with them some more interesting news.

It seems that a new variety of rubsigns has debuted with these reissues, differing from the old kind in a few ways. Aside from a more reflective silver, the actual "rubsign" part itself is apparently made from a softer material, and the Autobot logo appears simply as red rather than a variety of colors depending on the temperature.

Check out the image of the sighting below, and check Samsonator's Twitter post for a video showing off the new rubsigns! Share any thoughts you may have in the Energon Pub Forums, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more Transformers news!

but the rubsigns have always been much less preferable than actual normal insignias. When I got various Classics and Reveal the Shield figures I peeled those darn things off and replaced with reprolabels.

I will NOT bother going to my Walmart looking for these G1 minibots. I know I'll just find empty pegs, the SCALPER CARRIONS PLAGUE having already done it's work. I hope Walmart put a shaytons of them on the pegs, enough for these fokkers scalpers to be stuck with hundreds of dollars of unsold inventory for years.

Cobotron wrote:For all and any who are interested, pre-orders for the Starscream reissue went live on Walmart.com

Click here for space bridge.

As of ordering, it looks like he will arrive for in-store pick up on Tue Aug 21st.

August 21st?! Mine is set to pickup August 17th!! Was there that much of a difference between the time I notified you?! Well, maybe 20 minutes..

Walmart.com also has minibots on preorder
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers-Vintage-G1-Legion-Class-Autobot-Swerve/388051371?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff

itscramtastic wrote:

Cobotron wrote:For all and any who are interested, pre-orders for the Starscream reissue went live on Walmart.com

Click here for space bridge.

As of ordering, it looks like he will arrive for in-store pick up on Tue Aug 21st.

August 21st?! Mine is set to pickup August 17th!! Was there that much of a difference between the time I notified you?! Well, maybe 20 minutes..

Distribution? Logistics? Proximity to a Wally warehaus? I dunno.

Ugh... There is no South Surrey.
It's just Surrey.

Honestly, at a job years ago, as I lived in Surrey, I was asked to go through the customer database and fix the addresses of people who rather than just saying they lived in Surrey, had entered South Surrey (doesn't exist) or Sunnyside (just neighborhood) or White Rock (a separate city). You can tell yourself you don't, but Canada Post says you do.

Back on track however, I was at the Walmart in Central City (Surrey Place) last night and no sign of these.

So any chance these will be back in stock online? There are no Walmarts near me unfortunately.

Editor wrote:Ugh... There is no South Surrey.
It's just Surrey.

Honestly, at a job years ago, as I lived in Surrey, I was asked to go through the customer database and fix the addresses of people who rather than just saying they lived in Surrey, had entered South Surrey (doesn't exist) or Sunnyside (just neighborhood) or White Rock (a separate city). You can tell yourself you don't, but Canada Post says you do.

Back on track however, I was at the Walmart in Central City (Surrey Place) last night and no sign of these.

You're not wrong, I live in Surrey, but close to White Rock. When I say "South Surrey" I (just speaking for myself, here) mean "the southern part of Surrey". Specifically this was the Walmart at 24th Ave and 160th street. Sadly, after I got through with it, there was only a Tailgate left.

Samsonator wrote:
You're not wrong, I live in Surrey, but close to White Rock. When I say "South Surrey" I (just speaking for myself, here) mean "the southern part of Surrey". Specifically this was the Walmart at 24th Ave and 160th street. Sadly, after I got through with it, there was only a Tailgate left.

I figured that was where you ment, thanks for clarifying, and sorry for the aggravated response. It's something that has bothered me for years that rather that changing the stigma of Surrey that many would rather try to deny they live there, not caring that by doing so they were making that stigma worse.

I'll either be at Nordel or Guildford tomorrow and will post if I see anything.

Editor wrote:

Samsonator wrote:
You're not wrong, I live in Surrey, but close to White Rock. When I say "South Surrey" I (just speaking for myself, here) mean "the southern part of Surrey". Specifically this was the Walmart at 24th Ave and 160th street. Sadly, after I got through with it, there was only a Tailgate left.

I figured that was where you ment, thanks for clarifying, and sorry for the aggravated response. It's something that has bothered me for years that rather that changing the stigma of Surrey that many would rather try to deny they live there, not caring that by doing so they were making that stigma worse.

I'll either be at Nordel or Guildford tomorrow and will post if I see anything.

All good, man. I fully understand. Good luck in your searches!

That did not last long, as the IGN article indicated, the G1 reissues were going to go on sale at Walmart.com this week. Most did and they sold out within less than a day. Starscream is still available for preorder though. While these are showing up at brick and mortar in Canada, we have yet to get a brick and mortar sighting in the US. We have included the links below for you to bookmark them, preorder those available, or sign up for in stock alerts.

Here is hoping all those who want these toys get them. Also, just for info, if any of you have any inclination towards getting Outback, do not hesitate if you see him. He is short packed in order for there to be three Bumblebees, which are also in incredibly high demand due to the remolded cartoon face never before released in the US.

Here are the links:

• Hot Rod for $29.84
• Devastator for $74.00
• Starscream for $34.76
• Bumblebee for $7.99
• Outback for $7.99
• Tailgate for $7.99
• Swerve for $7.99

While still out of stock, Bumblebee's price jumped up to $10.22, but not the others. Hmmm...

Black Bumblebee wrote:While still out of stock, Bumblebee's price jumped up to $10.22, but not the others. Hmmm...

i hear he has a movie coming out

Black Bumblebee wrote:While still out of stock, Bumblebee's price jumped up to $10.22, but not the others. Hmmm...

It took like another 14 years for Bb anime head to show up. Might be a factor.

Keep on buying G1 folks! Still the best!Warts and all!

Editor wrote:Stuff

Holy ****balls! It's Editor!

fenrir72 wrote:

Black Bumblebee wrote:While still out of stock, Bumblebee's price jumped up to $10.22, but not the others. Hmmm...

It took like another 14 years for Bb anime head to show up. Might be a factor.

Keep on buying G1 folks! Still the best!Warts and all!

bring them to western washington

steve2275 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Black Bumblebee wrote:While still out of stock, Bumblebee's price jumped up to $10.22, but not the others. Hmmm...

It took like another 14 years for Bb anime head to show up. Might be a factor.

Keep on buying G1 folks! Still the best!Warts and all!

bring them to western washington

Well, there's the keyboard and the online vendors.........

Ok..this did surprise me. Was not expecting them to go that quick. And I wanted a Devy.... will they restock?

NTESHFT wrote:Ok..this did surprise me. Was not expecting them to go that quick. And I wanted a Devy.... will they restock?

Of course not. They're all ultra limited edition. So go to your friendly scalper and pay 3 times it's worth!
It's MP Starscream all over again.

Yeah, I'm of little faith here and pretty bitter. But eh.....

Heh I'm still holding onto some faith. I think it'll restock again, maybe closer to ship date. Here's hoping....

Well if they sold out that fast, maybe they will do more reissues in the future.

Eh, I’ll wait to see them in-stores. Unless they turn out like Power of the Primes Wave 2 in that they’re ridiculously hard to find, then I’ll order online.

*clutches on to sweet memories of finding the good stuff on hunts*

I'm tepid on the whole G1 re-issue thing. I mean - toy tech has improved so much since then. I had a G1 Starscream, and I wearied of all the partsforming you had to do.

Mindmaster wrote:*clutches on to sweet memories of finding the good stuff on hunts*

I think we all know that feel. If I get a second chance, I'll buy online. Otherwise the hunt is on!

I bought Starscream from Robot Kingdom. With shipping, it's about double the Walmart price. But at least I don't have to visit Walmart.com everyday or spend more than the retail price on gas driving to stores every week. Not to mention my time. Thank god for RK, TCP et al. My time is worth far more than the slightly inflated price they charge.

I fortunately caught the listings when Devastator, Starscream, & Swerve were available so I was lucky enough to preorder those, but missed Hot Rod and the others.

For those of you who mentioned wave 2 of the PotPs, I just found Aleta-1 and Hung-gurr at my local Walmart here in northwest Arkansas.

So I'm a bit confused about this, are these also supposed to be available int he stores at some point, or just get lucky with the website?

Rodimus Knight wrote:So I'm a bit confused about this, are these also supposed to be available int he stores at some point, or just get lucky with the website?

Supposedly they are supposed to be in the stores.

AlexisSkrull wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:So I'm a bit confused about this, are these also supposed to be available int he stores at some point, or just get lucky with the website?

Supposedly they are supposed to be in the stores.

They're already starting to show up in Canada because of course Canada.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

AlexisSkrull wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:So I'm a bit confused about this, are these also supposed to be available int he stores at some point, or just get lucky with the website?

Supposedly they are supposed to be in the stores.

They're already starting to show up in Canada because of course Canada.

Emerje

Says someone from the first country to get POTP toys, and the only country to get most exclusive toys. Those dino casettes may as well be non existant to me and the rest of the world

Also, to answer the question, Hasbro did say you should see these in stores, but that decision will be Walmart's. Several of their exclusives (see TLK) have only appeared online.

I sincerely hope Walmart has more available online. I would think the online inventory isn't restricted to what they had for a few hours of one day. Especially since I'm sure not everyone lives where there is a Walmart convenient to them.

william-james88 wrote:Also, to answer the question, Hasbro did say you should see these in stores, but that decision will be Walmart's. Several of their exclusives (see TLK) have only appeared online.

So basically we should start checking Tj Max and such early next year

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Also, to answer the question, Hasbro did say you should see these in stores, but that decision will be Walmart's. Several of their exclusives (see TLK) have only appeared online.

So basically we should start checking Tj Max and such early next year

I'd say spring would be a safe bet.