Platinum Edition Astrotrain and Blitzwing for pre order on amazon

Calvatron wrote:Hey, i don't often purchase toys these days but have always loved the seekers. Can anyone tell me if the platinum seeker three pack is still made of metal where the orignal 80's versions were, or are they all plastic? Also, othere than the missles are there any other drastic changes i should knownabout before buying these. Thanks, the product descriptions i've read on store haven't helped me figure this out

The last three Seekers, Thrust has his missile launchers gutted. And the decal sheet is slightly different than the original as they are all in one decal sheet.Which is slightly low resolution printing fonts. Aside from that, all are the same.

As an update to the news piece reporting on the release date for the Hasbro Transformers Platinum Edition Astrotrain and Blitzwing set via Amazon.com, fellow Seibertron.com fan Alfonso Chavez has forwarded an email received from the retailer confirming an earlier release date of July 14-18 (instead of August)! Check out some proof below.

I got an update from Amazon about the preorder for the Platinum Edition Astrotrain and Blizwing. The delivery date has been pushed up. Here's a screenshot as proof from my phone. It was sent this morning.

Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!

william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!

I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...

mooncake623 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!

I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...

What do you think is fair? $150 territory?

megatronus wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!

I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...

What do you think is fair? $150 territory?

Indeed. I'm thinking $200 might be fair, but would hope for $150. Maybe Hasbro shocks us with around $100

#IsHighOnWishfulThinking

Agamemnon wrote:

megatronus wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!

I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...

What do you think is fair? $150 territory?

Indeed. I'm thinking $200 might be fair, but would hope for $150. Maybe Hasbro shocks us with around $100

#IsHighOnWishfulThinking

I dont find 100-130 out of line. Predaking was that price and that is as much bang for your buck (if not more) than Trypticon.

william-james88 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

megatronus wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!

I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...

What do you think is fair? $150 territory?

Indeed. I'm thinking $200 might be fair, but would hope for $150. Maybe Hasbro shocks us with around $100

#IsHighOnWishfulThinking

I dont find 100-130 out of line. Predaking was that price and that is as much bang for your buck (if not more) than Trypticon.

Oh, don't get my hopes up....

(But you do make a good argument. I would counter with the Insecticons and their crazy price, but then you could counter with the Coneheads....)

Agamemnon wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

megatronus wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Confirmed distribution for Blaster and Preceptor set as well as Trypticon!

I hope Trypticon is less then 200 bucks...

What do you think is fair? $150 territory?

Indeed. I'm thinking $200 might be fair, but would hope for $150. Maybe Hasbro shocks us with around $100

#IsHighOnWishfulThinking

I dont find 100-130 out of line. Predaking was that price and that is as much bang for your buck (if not more) than Trypticon.

Oh, don't get my hopes up....

(But you do make a good argument. I would counter with the Insecticons and their crazy price, but then you could counter with the Coneheads....)

Yeah, the pricing has been really odd on these ever since the Platinum editions started.

You know what I notice? No 5-Pack Dinobot reissue

If that Trypticon shows up at Target retail for less than $200, there is a 0.00% chance of me walking away from it. Damn. That's a great and unexpected store exclusive. Good job, Target.

shajaki wrote:You know what I notice? No 5-Pack Dinobot reissue

It's only a matter of time, my friend.

For some obvious reasons, they will never release a Platinum edition of G1 Jetfire with the body armor in glorious red chrome.

Hey, they found a way to store the new accessories for Perceptor's robot mode:



Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.

Also, just curious, is this guy considered a triple changer?

william-james88 wrote:Hey, they found a way to store the new accessories for Perceptor's robot mode:



Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.

Also, just curious, is this guy considered a triple changer?

I noticed he has a sigil on what serves as the magnifying lens. The original didn't

And yes, triple changer he is imho. Transforms from Robot to microscope to mobile weapon/phase ray weapon and back.

william-james88 wrote:Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.

Target exclusive.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.

Target exclusive.

In Canada, he meant.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Of all the G1 reissues, this is the one I have most anticipated all year. I hope Walmart gets him.

Target exclusive.

In Canada, he meant.

Yeah, sorry Sabr, I should have been more precise. Walmart got the seekers here, which are at Target in the States. They were also the ones to have Predaking in Canada for (80$US ), so I am hoping they get this pack as well.

TF Fan Kelvin, from the Talk Transformers Facebook Page, has made a quick overview of the very subtle changes found on the recent reissue of G1 Trypticon which was "announced" at SDCC 2015:

* G1 Trypticon's eyes are gold chrome (vacuum metallised), reissue's are metallic gold stickers
* G1 Trypticon's lower ramp has two small 'bumps,' these are absent on the reissue
* Reissue Trypticon has various legal blurbs and logos tampographed on the toy which are absent on the G1 figure

For those wondering, the other use of the mold, Gigastorm, also had gold sticker eyes.

It's good to know... I took the plunge and bought him. Didn't think I'd have had as much fun with trypticon as I'm havin. Build quality is very good, much much better than reissue metroplex.

My main issue with him like so many g1 toys is the accessory storage. There isn't one mode that uses all the pieces at once.

Maybe some enterprising 3rd party developer might devise a way of connecting all his accessories to the tank or dino mode (which I think most peeps will have him displayed as)

frogbat wrote:It's good to know... I took the plunge and bought him. Didn't think I'd have had as much fun with trypticon as I'm havin. Build quality is very good, much much better than reissue metroplex.

My main issue with him like so many g1 toys is the accessory storage. There isn't one mode that uses all the pieces at once.

Maybe some enterprising 3rd party developer might devise a way of connecting all his accessories to the tank or dino mode (which I think most peeps will have him displayed as)

I don't think that is possible as the radar array accessories are only functional when you split him open as battle station mode.

Brunt is also like that, splits up during the mode I mentioned.

I stumbled across this pic and man, what is up with wanting to erase rewind from our collective memories:

My G1 Hasbro Trypticon had stickers for the eyes. So maybe the chrome eyes were a Takara deal?

william-james88 wrote:I stumbled across this pic and man, what is up with wanting to erase rewind from our collective memories:

Yeah, what's up with that, normally hasbro is all over any opportunity to give us a repaint

Knightsword wrote:My G1 Hasbro Trypticon had stickers for the eyes. So maybe the chrome eyes were a Takara deal?

My Hasbro vintage Trypticon has chromed optics. Maybe a running change to the mold.

To give us a full take on the new edition of Hasbro Transformers G1 Trypticon, albeit in the Platinum Edition reissue, fellow Seibertronian optibotimus shared with us his video review of the sassy behemoth (I'm talking IDW incarnation, here). We've already highlighted some of the differences between this version and the original release, but check out a full video below!

fenrir72 wrote:

Knightsword wrote:My G1 Hasbro Trypticon had stickers for the eyes. So maybe the chrome eyes were a Takara deal?

My Hasbro vintage Trypticon has chromed optics. Maybe a running change to the mold.

Yeah my vintage metroplex, uk release had plastic tyres, other releases had rubber i believe as has my encore..


This is my partial solution to trypticon's dino mode accessory storage probs

I bought G1 Trypticon from eBay for $16, so it's hard for me to spend $230 including shipping for the reissue. The guy I bought it from was clearing his attic. I already spent a lot of money on the MP-10 reissue and Platinum Seeker Squadron this week.

huryochagi wrote:I bought G1 Trypticon from eBay for $16, so it's hard for me to spend $230 including shipping for the reissue. The guy I bought it from was clearing his attic. I already spent a lot of money on the MP-10 reissue and Platinum Seeker Squadron this week.

If it was 100% complete and unbroken, that was one hell of a lucky find. However, a single lucky find does not make it the norm.

frogbat wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Knightsword wrote:My G1 Hasbro Trypticon had stickers for the eyes. So maybe the chrome eyes were a Takara deal?

My Hasbro vintage Trypticon has chromed optics. Maybe a running change to the mold.

Yeah my vintage metroplex, uk release had plastic tyres, other releases had rubber i believe as has my encore..


This is my partial solution to trypticon's dino mode accessory storage probs

ultra-magnus-and-powerglide.jpg

I dont get the picture and how it shows us what to do with Trypciton's weaspons.

william-james88 wrote:

frogbat wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Knightsword wrote:My G1 Hasbro Trypticon had stickers for the eyes. So maybe the chrome eyes were a Takara deal?

My Hasbro vintage Trypticon has chromed optics. Maybe a running change to the mold.

Yeah my vintage metroplex, uk release had plastic tyres, other releases had rubber i believe as has my encore..


This is my partial solution to trypticon's dino mode accessory storage probs

ultra-magnus-and-powerglide.jpg

I dont get the picture and how it shows us what to do with Trypciton's weaspons.

Tellyou the truth wj88, there ain't nothing we can do. This G1 G1. A lot of kibble etc hanging around. frogbat jus repurposed the antenna for some other thing or something.

Ultra Magnus and power glide stole trypticon's machine gun, rocket launcher and radar dishes, point is they use the common (5mm?) post and can be used by many modern figures.

frogbat wrote:Ultra Magnus and power glide stole trypticon's machine gun, rocket launcher and radar dishes, point is they use the common (5mm?) post and can be used by many modern figures.

Oh, ok, thanks!

Awesome! Glad to see some more from Optibotimus!

And... some derpy Trypticon action there, LOL. Always fun to see.

Thanks to Alucard Lee on Weibo, we get our first look at the rumored Platinum Edition Dinobots set! Unfortunately those rumors has been that this set will be the reissue of the G1 Dinobots that fans has been clamoring for. With that it is with great disappointment that the leaked image shows us that the Platinum Edition Dinobot set is actually redecos of Age of Extinction Dinobots similar to the SDCC 2014 exclusive set that we got just last year. The difference here is that you get all 5 G1 decos of Age of Extinction Grimlock, Snarl, Slug, Strafe, and Slog which appears to be slightly different than the decos of the SDCC set.

Disappointed by this reveal? Excited because you missed out on the SDCC set and will be picking this up? Let us know on the Seibertron.com forums here. Check out the image we've mirrored below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

EDIT:
Upon further inspection of the leaked picture provide by Alucard Lee this morning. It appears these AOE Dinobot redecos also have brand new G1 inspired headsculpts further differentiating this Platinum set from the SDCC set from 2014!

Cobotron wrote:

I really wanted shiny new G1 dinobots too. Every swoop on ebay is broken or 1 Million dollars... sigh...

On the one hand, this is definitely disappointing... On the other, these look way better than the SDCC set...

These look lovely. Better than the SDCC set. How much are these going to be? If not too expensive these will likely be my first Platinum purchase.

Eh, I got the SDCC set + the Amazon exclusive Slog.
Happy with them, never heard they were doing this.
But when I read it, I was hoping for those black/dark
colored more screen accurate Dinobots.
G1 reissue complete Dinobot set never came to mind, but
for those who did. It must suck pretty hard -_-

Good for the wallet & livingspace, since I'm going to
get 90% of all Combiner Wars figures. Way too much
Transformers awesomeness, so no loss here for me.
G1 reissue Grimlock does sound like a great idea.

That... That is too precious.

Meh. I need not G1-colored movie Dinobots. I think I'll stick with my Skittles bowl of AoE Dinobots.

Age of Extinction. Taste the Dinobot.

Um. If get this. What is it? $80? Yeah. I'd get this. I think those were the best molds of the line and now they look right. So yeah. Sorry they weren't the old ones but these are still good.

Optimizzy wrote:Um. If get this. What is it? $80? Yeah. I'd get this. I think those were the best molds of the line and now they look right. So yeah. Sorry they weren't the old ones but these are still good.

No way this is 80... 2 voyagers and 3 deluxes in a Platinum box set? I'm guessing this will at least be 120

The shiny chrome and G1 colors look good on the Dinobots. However, I generally refuse to buy any Bayverse figures on principle. The whole movie toy franchise (and the movies themselves) have just left a sour taste in my mouth. So much potential - so utterly wasted.

ScottyP wrote:

Oh, Carl.

They really want us to buy from 3rd party...

My Metroplex was bought in the UK an has rubber wheels.
I think they must have sold both types as with Ultra Magnus.

I can't say I've seen a rubber tired Rodimus with Metal feet from a UK source yet though. I should have bought the reissue to get one with metal feet and tires - but it slipped my mind that there was that difference.

I did really miss the lack of rubber tires on Chromedome though.

I wonder if they'd considered a shiny deco might look nice on G1 Rodimus if he was ever reissued again.

The Dinobots like the other recent Platinum sets are nice enough but I'd not want to pay crazy premium for them.

In a way I'd have been more keen if they'd left Sludge/Slog out and included Slash instead or left out Grimlock and sold him on his own in leader class size in G1 colours.

It bugs me that they keep neglecting Slash - do they not think people would want Slash in a colour other that teal ?

He's a decent enough toy once you swap his legs over

So, basically, the only special thing about the SDCC set now is the box that I don't even have room to display. Fan-friggin'-tastic.

Yeah. I figured as much. Hasbro is on a roll with their unwanted repaints. AoE no less? No thanks.