Transformers Vintage G1 Mini-Cassettes 3-Pack Gurafi, Noizu, Decepticon Frenzy

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  1. 80sboy4

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    These are now being offered by TFsource
    TFSource.com - Your Source for Hasbro Transformers!
    I pre-ordered with them because I have some credit I need to use, that and would like to get these in the best condition possible, not sure if I trust Hasbro Pulse with package condition.
     
  2. BB Shockwave

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    I have the KOs and I ,.much prefer the metal parts, especially on Dairu's super thin legs where there is already a crack on the KO. Metal is much more sturdy for a moving part.
     
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    I wonder if Zaur will be correctly assembled in this new 3-pack. For those who don’t know, in the Studio Series Retro Highway boxes, both Zaur and his transparent redeco were misassembled, the combined mode feet were on the wrong legs.
     
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    I wish we could have gotten Slugfest and his pack mate who’s name eludes me at the moment.
     
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    Overkill, who will probably be renamed Overboard if his Titans Return toy is any indication.
     
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    Hurrah!

    With that, the inclusion of Frenzy here SUDDENLY makes more sense! Combing tape pair plus original tape.

    Could we please, then, have reissues of Grand Slam & Raindance and Beast Box & Squalk Talk to complete the combining tapes?
    They'd be next on my list after the above: the 1988 combining tapes haven't had any rerelease but the 1987 dino tapes have.

    Did you not grab them during the Encore Big Tape Mission sets?
     
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    They sold out by the time I know they existed.


    QUOTE="payres, post: 17059288, member: 40343"]Hurrah!

    With that, the inclusion of Frenzy here SUDDENLY makes more sense! Combing tape pair plus original tape.

    Could we please, then, have reissues of Grand Slam & Raindance and Beast Box & Squalk Talk to complete the combining tapes?They'd be next on my list after the above: the 1988 combining tapes haven't had any rerelease but the 1987 dino tapes have.

    Did you not grab them during the Encore Big Tape Mission sets?[/QUOTE]
     
  9. Mudslide

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    So it's a 3-pack on 2 different cards? Weird. Still interested.
     
  10. Roadbuster25

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    Yes, it was evil of them to break them into two sets in order to get 1 full set. Though I am hoping the inverse transparent colors will become rare one day.

    If that is true, then yes, that is mean to do to fans. Did the 3 pack set already sell out?


    I am cool with those names. i want to know more about their personalities. Have these characters ever appeared in shows?
     
  11. Skreeonk

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    With these guys and the other dino cassettes possibly coming out, it makes you wonder how many other Japanese G1 molds are out there...
    I do wish Ratbat was the 3rd one, as he's kind of the odd one out with the Walmart releases.
     
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    These aren't the original molds. The TFWiki page for the ones re-released last year links to a post on the Allspark Forums, which states that the molds are completely new tooling, re-created last year. So that implies that even HasTak don't have the original molds, and any further 'reissues' will likely have to be produced using a similar technique.
     
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    The head mold was also different from the original/KO versions i have a pic of that somewhere
     
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    I don’t have an original release but I do have a KO. The left picture the KO is on top followed by the reissues from last year. The right pic is an original vs KO I found on a website. You can see the head is different in the reissues from last year
     

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    Thank you for that info, I wasn't aware of that.
     
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    while enemy would have been nice the thing bothers me the most is that a \"g1 accurate\" relase of ratbat would include gold weapons frenzy.
    for that alone they should have gone with any other one rather than frenzy even if it wasnt enemy.
     
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    RK has them now. PO'd already.
     
  19. G1 Cassette Hunter

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    Have you had issues with ease of return to Hasbro? I have experienced damaged packaging - but have only ever needed one reorder to receive pristine condition packaging upon the replacement. It could just be my location in regards to the delivery once shipped. But the box looks like it was just out of the factory for shipping container condition when I receive them.
     
  20. 80sboy4

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    I have had damaged packaging from Hasbro in the past, a few times actually. Never attempted a return because I was going to open anyhow, but in this case Im keeping this sealed and packing condition here is important so I'd rather not order thru Hasbro if possible.