Oh I know. My hope was that the possibility of selling multiple variations (toy and toon) might make it worth their while to resurrect them. I realize my wording above didn’t make that clear. They could even do G2 colors!

 

I'd bet real money that he'll be a big beefy robot squatting and reaching.

 

Oh great, they can recycle the existing Dreamwave MTMTE profile art then.

 

Sorry to see that. It totally sucks. The poor face paint seems to be a major problem based on what I have seen on Twitter and YouTube. Hasbro should hang their heads in shame for releasing them like this. I really wanted to grab one of these but won't now. I hope they do better with Hound.

 

lol

 

I'm going to take a bold guess that the fourth reissue is Blitzwing.

Blitzwing, like Hound, is one of the toys reissued by Takara but not Hasbro during the 2000s.

Then again, there have been plenty of surprises (like reissuing Gears and Warpath, but not Huffer and Powerglide). Reissuing all of the new 1986 Minibots *except* Pipes was a surprise.

The 2004 Takara reissues for Minibots included Huffer, Cosmos, and Powerglide that were omitted from the Vintage G1 collection, and the 1986 reissue multipack included Pipes.

 

Sorry yours has so many issues! Mine is not perfect, but much better than that.

 

No there are some bad examples out there. Luck of the draw unfortunately.

 

Of course, take note that the flaws are highly amplified since those pictures are 10x the size of his actual face. That's a pretty standard range for overspray on factory paint-apps.

 

These are from a review and complaint raised by two seasoned collectors. However, you cut it they are poorly done.

 

So in other words, two people predispositioned to being exceptionally picky.

That first sample looks like it might have gotten a bit too much paint, as the details are really gloopy looking.

But the second one is what practically any factory paint job looks like blown up 10x.

 

We eventually got Pipes reissues in 2008 though through the Encore box set
Pipes (G1) - Transformers Wiki

 

While I really like the idea of doing animation colored g1 stuff, I really hope the reissues aren’t limited to just the typical 84/85/86 guys. Some of the target masters, headmasters, and powermasters deserve a reissue

 

Yeah, trying to handwave that away is ridiculous. As soon as I heard how much paint there was likely to be, I feared this sort of stuff would happen.

 

"So in other words, two people predispositioned to being exceptionally picky." Not the impression I get from them, certainly not the second who I have followed a long time and I have never seen so critical.

 

Absolutely. I appreciate we all have different opinions but it's not fair simply dismissing other fans "exceptionally picky" because they dare criticise the quality of finish on the product they purchased. They are entitled to an opinion without personally being judged entirely on that single opinion and vice versa for that matter.

 

Exactly. Why Pipes was singled out as the one without a reissue in 2018 is odd to me.

(Same goes with the other Minibots, unless Hasbro is saving those for the 40th Anniversary).

 

My retro Hound has really nice Paintwork. My First Retro Starscream is missing paint on the intake thats on the side of the head. Hasbro offered me a replacement, so I'll know in a couple days how the new one is. The canopy on the Starscream is also milky, and not too clear.

I dont yet have the Hot Rod, but all the ones Ive seen look to be good on the paint and translucent plastic parts. No idea why they dropped the ball with Starscream.

 

My opinion, for what it is worth, is that since G1 starscream never had a painted face on the original or multiple reissues (tampos or stickers) the factory might not have any good pics and as such we get these mixed results.....or the painter just is not up to par which is most likely. These are now made in Vietnam unlike every other reissue prior to Walmart retro and the qc chief may need "retraining".

 

Picked up a retro Starscream the other day (in the store -- ended up cancelling my pre-order which wasn't gonna ship until late this month). Paint apps on mine are OK, not as bad as the ones in some of these pics, but the white lines on the cockpit are a little wonky and uneven. Overall I like the deco, though, with the exception of the painted fists. I have a hard time getting the Megatron gun to fit on it, which wasn't an issue in the last Walmart exclusive reissue, so I attribute that to the fact that the fists are painted light blue on black plastic instead of being molded in that color.

My biggest QC issue with the figure is with the mold itself, though, which seems to have degraded over the years. The rubber nose doesn't line up with the contours of the plane (as has been the case on some recent reissues), the wings stick out too far in jet mode leaving a huge gap that wasn't there in the G1 days, the rocket launchers are really wonky (the missiles don't even stay in on mine), and the top nose part of the jet doesn't fold all the way up without a decent amount of force which makes me feel like I'm gonna break it.

My Hot Rod (pre-ordered through Pulse and arrived a few weeks ago) is pretty good from a QC standpoint. I would gladly buy one more to sticker and chrome it up if I could... (F you Walmart!)