Our sponsors Big Bad Toy Store have updated with preorders for new runs of three more Generation 1 Commemorative series releases. Originally offered nearly 10 years back now, these three are we assume the next items to be reissued once more for the burgeoning Asian market interest in Transformers.
The three getting new reissues this time out are:
Astrotrain
Ultra Magnus
Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armor, aka Super Ginrai with Godbomber.
Cal
*sigh* People say that every time a G1 toy is reissued. It's not gonna happen.
deathsheadII
at first glance i read the title as hasbro mp ultra magnus lol
ryanuhl
I received my reissue Astrotrain from BBTS and he is missing the chest shield stickers. They are not on the decal sheet and not pre-applied. Has anyone else noticed this?
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS22412&mode=retail
engledogg
Yep, I got mine from someone north of the border (over on the Allspark), right after release.
MIKE
engledogg
Fort_Fett
Didn't Rodimus and uh forgot the other (Sideswipe?) get clearanced out at BBTS?
Autovolt 127
So I'm guessing these won't be released at TRU. I doubt i'd buy them unless they were TRU exclusives.
RKillian
Have you ever actually seen PM Prime, God Ginrai, or Apex Prime? There's a grand total of one missle and most of its length resides in the gun barrel.
JoeHavok
Agreed! Give me the E-hobby grey and purple colors and I'll buy it.
Takeshi357
The only difference apart from the packaging is that PM Prime has obnoxiously long missiles for safety reasons.
Fort_Fett
Just the name is different…I don't think God Ginrai is a great US name for kiddies…
Stepper
Sorry no offence but is Apex Prime different from God Ginrai which i don't think so,both are just basically same figure except different packaging,pls correct me if i am wrong
RKillian
Were there actually any reports of Canadians finding Sideswipe?
cappeca
But that's not Ginrai, that's Apex Prime, silly. It's completely different!
Yes, I spend money on toys I already own, because REISSUE!
Stepper
Hasbro Asia jut can't stop their reissuing again & again
Nevermore
Only because TRU had dropped the line by that point. Also the reason why Side Swipe ended up as a KB Toys exclusive in the USA (he was released as a TRU exclusive in Canada and Australia).
guard convoy
what people fail to realize these reissues are for the hasbro asia market, that's why they are costing so much
the same thing happened to reissue soundwave and rodimus prime a while back
soundwave69
Waiting for RK to list these. Their prices on Prime and Soundwave are much better than BBTS, so I assume it will be the same for these 3, as well.
RKillian
Astrotrain, like Sideswipe, never saw a TRU shelf. The former went to HTS and the latter to KB about 2 years after the line ended.
Stepper
Nucleon Quest is a TRU Japan exclusive,hence don't think they will reissue that.
SPLIT LIP
You can? Where? I don't see one. I'd much rather get one cheaper. Unless it didn't come with God/Apex Bomber.