Because Devastator would've been near the hundred dollar range as a box set and they can't release them carded either because some dummy would try to cram the 6 of them into a standard 8-item assortment.

 

mentioned this in the Tiys The Made Us thread: it was odd to have such a big spotlight the never released Unicron figure propped next to John Warden the whole time. It’s never acknowledged. I’d bet that if the G1 Walmart releases exceed expectations it’ll get released. Fans would eat it up.

 

Ha I rather dig how that looks.

 

Original post is edited with news from today.

 

I was kind of resigned to this new wave of reissues just being reruns of the Commemorative Series, but considering the SDCC dino cassettes, now I really am wondering if some of the formerly Japan-only releases might be on the table. Up thread I half-joked about Hasbro releasing Grandus and Dai Atlas, and well...

...I'm not joking anymore.

 

I agree it’s incredibly unlikely, especially in this climate. The closest we will get (and have recently gotten a reissue of) is Nerf Megatron

 

Please Hasbro/Mall-Wart, can we get an American g1 Hound release????Pretty please?

 

I really really want a galvatron and Defensor reissue a hound and a regular blitzwing would be a plus also.

 

I mainly hope for the ones I had as a kid.
I'd love it to be able to get them in original packaging again.
Air Raid and First Aid are probably not gonna happen if all the combiners are coming in giftsets. And Barrage is doubtfull too.
But I'd love Mindwipe, Skullgrin, Bludgeon, Thunderwing, Doubledealer, Sureshot.
Maybe a Slag, Mirage and a Megatron.

 

I would love to see remakes, with beter plastic, of some figures that suffered from Cheap Hollow Plastic Syndrome.

 

any time this subject comes up, i feel the need to repost this. at least Trypticon eventually happened. i'd love to get a minty fresh Deszaras.

Seibertron.com Energon Pub Forums • Rumor: Transformers G1 Toy Reissue?

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I would love it if WST got reissued, but not a fann of blind boxed nonsense

 

Looking forward to possibly getting Bumblebee, Swerve, Tailgate, Outback, Starscream, Hot Rod, and Devastator.  

Aside from them...

Pretender Classics set (especially since I think the original mold for Grimlock was lost)
Jazz (original)
Ironhide + clip-on head
Ratchet +clip-on head
Sideswipe
Sunstreaker
Prowl
Pipes
Kup
Blurr
Soundwave + Laserbeak, Ravage, and Rumble
Powermaster Optimus Prime
Generation 2 Megatron
Thundercracker
Skywarp

and maybe some out-of-left field releases like the Sparkabots or the Firecons, with the Action Master versions of Prime, Bumblebee, Starscream, Megatron, etc. to make them more appealing to casual fans.

 

I would love to see Overlord and LioKaiser get a US release (reissue). I never even knew that they existed as a kid, and I'd love to own them without selling a kidney.

 

That would require the mold to still exist.

 

Do we have confirmation from hasbro that it’s gone?

 

Unicron never was produced. Its not so much 'its gone' in that 'it never existed in the first place'

There are only prototypes out there. It never got pushed to actual production

 

You will be waiting for a long time. It’s a known fact and confirmed by Hasbro that the Dinobots molds were all lost a long time ago. It’s not possible to reissue the original G1 Dinobots.

 

Unless they do what the KO companies have done, which is to reproduce the molds. Which is child’s play for a multi million dollar company. This “lost mold” excuse I see repeated over and over again does not hold.

 

The original World's Smallest Transformers were blind boxed.