Walmart Exclusive G1 Devastator Gift Set Reissue + G1 Starscream + G1 Legion Pack

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  1. Afterburner

    Afterburner For your health

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    Big mistake on Starscream by using those doofy giant missiles. Disable the lauchers and use the proper missiles like with Thrust in the Coneheads set. It can be done. As it stands, Starscream just doesn't compare to all of the better reissues.

    I love the original packaging though, that's great. A Devastator set at US retail is great. Minibots in an assortment - that's great. This is how they should reissue - make it a line with a presence and a purpose. That drives interest.

    I really hope we eventually see some things that haven't been reissued.
     
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  2. Thundershot

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    No need for reissues for me. Modern toys are more fun to tinker with. Great news for those that want them though.
     
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  3. RKillian

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    The missles look longer but I dare say they're not the bulbous TRU missles.
     
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    It would be nice if they could do some G1 figures that haven't been done a few times already, but there are still collectors who haven't acquired these ones yet. KO companies have reverse engineered molds for missing characters, why doesn't Hasbro try it? If it's profitable for them, surely Hasbro could turn a profit on those projects. How many collectors out there are waiting for an opportunity to officially complete their G1 car collections with Mirage, Wheeljack, and Sunstreaker?



    New figures like in the Generations line are much more pose-able and often more complex, but sometimes it's nice to tinker with the simpler classic molds.
     
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  5. The Kup

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  6. Vinnie

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    Well here in the UK the reissue of hotrod was the same price as whats currently being listed for starscream, £40 for a g1 reissue is steep in my opinion
     
  7. madhatprime

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    Has Hot Rod actually been released? Any sightings yet? I wonder how the distribution on these is going to be? I'm picking up a starscream for sure. It's a unique one... (sort of) and posilsibly the constructions. These are pretty rad. I'm sure T this point we will see a Prime again
     
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    No
     
  9. BenjaminXavier

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    Blaster was just reissued like a year or two ago. Magnus was re-reissued just last year in China. Both are available pretty cheap right now
     
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    I want Dev. Did the G1 Starscream have a colored canopy?…picts I'm finding online have me confused. Edit: the one I'm seeing with the yellow canopy wasn't an original, it was a KO.
     
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    I simply cannot like this enough!!!!

    Now I don't have to work too hard for a Starscream...with any luck, the other two won't be far behind.

    I already own the Anime Devy, but will pick this up more likely than not.
     
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    DEVASTATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ABSNDJSJDKSKFVSKDJSKDJSSK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    I love this!!! I already have every G1, but I'll still buy these for the mint boxes.
     
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    I just wish they had tampographed/painted details instead of stickers but they won’t.
     
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    Kapow already shipped them out. @Canegor can post in hand photos.
     
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    Oh man, I have got to get that Devy set for my kid! He's been ogling my CW Devastator since he was tiny, so getting him a nice new one is at the top of my list. I'm so happy these reissues are happening!
     
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    Hm. Never saw Hot Tod, but if I stumble across the Minibots, I'd probably buy all of them, except for Outback.

    I don't really need Starscream, and I already have CW Devastator. But, it would be nice to have a figure if BB and Swerve. Maybe Tailgate as well.
     
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    Oh man, I want me some mini bots. The legends line has been killer recently, they\'re so easy to collect. 

    I always wanted Devy as a kid, but now I have my combiners war version, it\'s hard for me to justify this. The collecter/kid in me wants him, but logic says otherwise.
     
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    Glad i got the encore devastator the walmart near me rarely has a good selection of tfs.
     
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    I'm down for all of these, but... not the pain of actually tracking them. :banghead:  Just once, it'd be nice for Walmart to make a proper display of these and not make it a total headache to acquire.

    I'm getting burnt out going that "extra mile" to buy TF toys. Ordering online is easier, and completely devoid of fun, too! :lol 
     
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