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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 23, 2015 8:47:04 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jul 23, 2015 8:52:10 GMT
Didn't they already *do* that set as an SDCC exclusive?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 23, 2015 9:02:14 GMT
Kind of, but it was missing Sludge.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 23, 2015 9:24:05 GMT
B*stards! I spent a chuffing fortune putting that set together!
Still, at least I have the Ark. That's the fun part really. Actually, it looks like this platinum set has some minor colour changes. There is more shiny gold vac metal in the SDCC one, Snarl particularly.
I can see this going down like a lead balloon. I like those figures, they're a nice set together in the G1 colours, but I think everyone's done with AoE aren't they?
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Post by Toph on Jul 23, 2015 9:30:09 GMT
Welp. I'm done with Swoop, Snarl, and Sludge. Those three are mediocre at best. Not terrible, but not enough to make me want more than the standard retail versions.
Grimlock... I couldn't stomach either voyager or leader. So no interest there.
Wouldn't mind seeing more of Slag.
Scorn I'd buy every version I could. But he's not included.
Slash is rubbish.
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Dezzeh
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Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Jul 23, 2015 9:38:48 GMT
Eugh, disappointed.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 23, 2015 10:09:57 GMT
Scorn is the odd one from that set. First out, then seemingly first to be retired. Initially it felt like he'd be a shelf warmer because he was everywhere, then as soon as he dried up the secondary market price soared and he hasn't been revisited by Hasbro. Then the later ones I guessed wrongly would be rarities - like Slash - are now ten a penny because everyone gave up with that line after the first couple of releases. I think you're right, Scorn probably is the best mould of those seven, but because he has no G1 connection he's been forgotten by Hasbro since.
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Post by Llama God on Jul 23, 2015 10:14:39 GMT
Finally, we can get the AoE Dinobots in G1 colours, but without the burden of a really cool Ark playset!
No, wait...
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 23, 2015 11:40:07 GMT
No surprise here. The 'Dinobot G1 reissue set' rumour was just that: a rumour. One chap on the internet with no secondary sources or pictures was all we had to go on. So no disappointment for me.
It looks like a nice set of something that personally doesn't interest me.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 23, 2015 12:02:40 GMT
I can understand how the confusion arose here with either the Hasbro rep saying G1 Dinobots when he meant G1 decoed AoE Dinobots or the original recipient of the info having misheard. Either way you can see how the story emerged from what we have here.
Still want a G1 Dinobot reissue set though!
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Post by Llama God on Jul 23, 2015 21:42:18 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 23, 2015 21:49:25 GMT
Oh. Oh I see. Like that is it.
Now I feel the rage.
RAGE!
YOU UNBELIEVABLE BATWITS HASBRO! REISSUE THE SET, BUT MAKE IT BETTER?!!
*Punches ground*
*Causes fissure to open spewing forth violent fountains of molten RAGE*
*Stands with fists clenched against backdrop of explosive devastation*
AAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGRGRGRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!
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Post by Benn on Jul 23, 2015 22:05:25 GMT
If they aren't a ridonkulous price I could actually be tempted.
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Post by Llama God on Jul 23, 2015 22:46:54 GMT
A nicely balanced pair of initial responses there...
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 23, 2015 22:55:35 GMT
I'm with Ben, a decent price and I would get them.
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 24, 2015 6:37:05 GMT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
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Post by legios on Jul 24, 2015 17:15:47 GMT
Well, the core substance of the rumor - "Hasbro are going to do a Platinum Reissue set of Dinobots" is true. There is a set of reissue Dinobots, in the Platinum Line and Hasbro are doing it.
I suspect that those folk who assumed that there was no possibility that any of the various Dinobots other than the Diaclone moulds could be used for such a thing...are probably feeling a little bit disappointed.
I'm not fussed one way or another - I wasn't planning to get a set of whichever Dinobots they were reissuing - but I do feel for those folk who had built up a lot of expectation on some very unstable ground.
Karl
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 29, 2015 13:57:45 GMT
Only just found out about the new heads. They make such a difference. Theres still a bit to much unbroken red on Swoop and maybe Snarl, but otherwise they look great. Really glad I only got around to opening Sludge now, the rest will be new toys for me. |
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 29, 2015 14:04:34 GMT
Lack of gold on Snarl too. Shame.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 29, 2015 22:16:56 GMT
If it ever hits bricks and mortar retail and I have spare cash and am drunk I know full well I will buy this set. Otherwise I will be fine..
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 11, 2015 20:52:58 GMT
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Post by Benn on Aug 11, 2015 21:24:16 GMT
Yeah. I wholeheartedly stand by my previous statement.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 14, 2015 11:56:24 GMT
Yeah, I could take a set of those toys.
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 7, 2015 21:52:17 GMT
$110 is pretty good for five Dinobots given two are Voyagers, but that'd be plus CUTA and postage. I've had my hissy fit about those now. I've looked and thought and come to the conclusion, with no sour grapes what so ever, that G1 heads look silly on the AoE bodies. I really thought they'd produced the set I actually wanted when I first saw those, but I honestly don't think they work. I'm sticking with my SDCC versions. Movie figs with the knight heads homaging G1 I think look stylish, but actual G1 heads on the Bayformer models is a collision of styles wot don't work guv. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 10, 2015 22:10:04 GMT
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Post by browny87 on Sept 21, 2015 9:22:36 GMT
that dinobots set at £109 is not too bad at all, they just look very silver!
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 14, 2015 15:46:21 GMT
Platinum boxset - Rodimus Prime vs Galvatron. Not clear which figures are in it. There's a Voyager TW Galvatron. VS a Western Cloud Rodimus? On the other hand Rodimus is a frequently rumoured toy so I'd not be surprised to see a TW version coming. Given the unexpected appearance of Trypticon, I was wondering if these are actually the G1 originals coming out to celebrate the movie anniversary. Really play on the nostalgia trip. Expect them to cost £250 in TRU. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 12, 2015 16:10:29 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Dec 12, 2015 16:33:37 GMT
Oh boy oh boy what on Earth could this be???
I bet on a Wreck-Gar, Hot Rod and Magnus reissue pack.
Or maybe a Magnus vs Galvatron reissue??
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Post by Llama God on Dec 12, 2015 16:34:55 GMT
Or maybe a randomly-packed case of factory rejects..?
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