G1 Ravage & Rumble and Laserbeak & Frenzy Reissues Revealed

my local Walmart has a bunch of these on the shelves right now. They've been shelf warming for quite some time which is funny 'cause when they first came out, they were wiped off the pegs like crazy. There are even a few astrotrains on the shelf.

Found 2 G1 Rumble/Ravage sets in the clearance aisle at a local Walmart. $5 each. But….. Some swapper got to them.     Didn't notice until I got home. One package had Siege Laserbeak and Ravage in place of the G1 cassettes. The other had the proper cassettes. Then I noticed one package was missing Rumbles weapons and had Laserbeak's weapons in there. The other package had Ravages' weapons missing and had another set of Laserbeak weapons. Since the packages were already opened held together by tape, I got the proper weapons to make one set complete. Will have to take back the other set with the Siege guys. So Yay! I got a set for $5. Hope Walmart doesn't give me too much hassle about returning them (they'll think I swapped them. Grr). But even if they refuse. I probably have a G1 Laserbeak/Buzzsaw that could use the guns and $5 isn't a bad price for them.

Guess it shows how good the Siege cassettes are that without a good look, they can be mistaken for G1 cassettes.

Wh33l JcK

Anyone make some G1 cassette tape cases?

Ebay

Anyone make some G1 cassette tape cases?

Sagisarius

Got the tapes… does anyone have any advice for getting them out of the package and keeping the package looking fairly good? I always would just pull off the plastic ripping the paper image off with them… but would love to know if anyone has ideas on how to get them out clean.

With the tip of an X-acto knife, carefully slice through the bottom edge of the bubble, until there's enough clearance for the toy to slide out. If you do this right, there will be no damage to the card or toy, and you'll be able to put it back in the package anytime you want, with a little clear scotch tape to keep it from opening.

Just picked up these beauties at my local Walmart! back in the day, they were the first ever Transformers my dad got for me, from Sears  
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Blackarachnia1996

Who has the Brickseek page to help a brother out  

TRANSFORMERS G1 CASSETTE 2 PACK – Walmart Inventory Checker – BrickSeek

Anyone able to confirm if all these seem to be coming with a plastic adhered peg reinforcement on the back of the cardback?

Mine did – though the card itself is a little thin.

For Transformers, are we to believe that the toy names were mixed up by mistake by the toy makers? The more likely scenario is that cartoon mixed up the names, not the creator, the same way the toy maker mixed up the names in Star Wars and not the creator.

Whether that defines what the audience considers cannon can be debated. But we should at least be able to discuss honestly where the mistake likely happened and that seems most likely that Sunbow messed it up. Sunbow could have gotten them wrong AND the fans still consider it cannon.

^This is true^ But then it also comes down to 'canon' and where it comes from. Surely for toys alone the term canon wouldn't really work, as to have canon you need a narrative and Universe to thread things together – what is an isn't canon is what is and isn't considered true to the Universe. Transformers canon has always come down to the media – comics and toys, and from what I remember even back in the 80's there was a hot debate over what was 'true'. Shockwave differed between the two media's, Grimlock was a moron in the cartoon but smart and ambitious in the comic, etc.

Trying to argue Hasbro got it wrong just feels like a dishonest attempt to validate the Sunbow cannon position which doesn’t need to be done.

Personally I would never say that, just that mistake was made, and with the movie and cartoon it's an understandable split with fandom – one which individuals can choose their own path on.

Beetle

Mine did.

That’s weird. Because I was actually thinking mine didn’t. But I won’t be home for another two days to check. Maybe I’m wrong.

smkspy

Good lawd, what about $20 IMO fells a bit too high is so hard to understand? Hasbro shareholder, I'm assuming.

Several people have commented on it in different threads and at least one YouTube reviewer commented on it. I think a lot of people were expecting more in the $10 to $15 range.

T-Hybrid

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Good lawd, what about $20 IMO fells a bit too high is so hard to understand? Hasbro shareholder, I'm assuming.