Confirmed by Automaton Toys over at Cybertron.CA

Predaking Reissue - Worth getting? - Page 4 - Cybertron.CA - Canadian Transformers News and Discussion

Same amount of die cast content as the original, but as a reissue, could they do any less?

 

/shocked

 

good to get confirmation on this. and perhaps this is also a sign we don't have too much longer to wait for its release. I always assumed Diecast myself, as based on whats been said here the odds favored it heavily.

 

I might get a set at some point.

 

Best new of the day !!! Too happy that I paid mine yet  

 

thats cool, btw how limited is this thing? they always say limited, how limited? a million? or limited until they stop making it in a year or so?

 

happy happy joy joy!

 

Does it make a difference if it's diecast or not?

 

Awesome but wayyy to expensive for me.

 

Yes.

Die-cast is heavier, more expensive (not only is the tooling more difficult, but metal pieces also put more stress on the plastic parts, so they have to be reinforced) and harder to paint. (thus also driving the price up)

 

Did the previous version have the same amount of diecast?

 

Release date is November 27:

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Yes

 

So is diecast on this figure a good thing? I have the all plastic original. It's a great figure as is but does diecast make it that much better??

 

yes you will end up giving takara more money to invest in future reissues, if you can say thats a good thing.

 

I'm glad I have this pre-ordered. Sounds like it'll be better than the previous reissue (which goes for insane prices on eBay).

 

I thought the originals has die cast pieces, but I could be wrong.
kinda in the eye of the beholder thing. Usually from my experience, when they take plastic parts, that USED to be Die cast, it ends up a sloppy fit, and or the plastic isnt reinforced where it should be because it originally relied on the integrity of the die cast piece, so, like I said, from my experience, Plastic parts, used when the original parts were die cast, usually ends up with a cheap, light, hoaky feel to it.
Just look at some of your original G1 TFs. any metal parts you see are die cast, it means metal was poured into a mold to make the part. as oppossed to other ways, such as Stamped parts.
A great analogy of the difference is to look at the difference between, an ORIGINAL AK-47, with a MILLED or MACHINED receiver, and the ga-jillions of crappy, STAMPED rifles that came after.

 

Alrite! best piece of news for the day.  

 

It's an unwritten rule that Transformers + Die-Cast is always a good thing, although there's absolutely nothing wrong with the plastic version 

 

I thought it was pretty ridiculous to think he didn't have diecast considering the last reissue.

Randy