Product number for BW vintage Tigatron reissue & Stock Images

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Jtprime17, Oct 8, 2021.

  1. Chadderbug

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    I guess? It's better off he just gets a new figure sometime soon. That old toy really isn't that accurate or good, even for being a late-season character and figure.
     
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    Well at least you can get that off-white color with some good old sun damage and time. Will prolly need to disassemble him and spread the parts out on a tanning bed for like a few months to get an even coverage. Also it's winter in the norther hemisphere. Good luck!
     
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    I'm seeing Rattrap and Cheetor literally 12-15 deep on pegs right now, so not sure the case count you mentioned is only meant to apply to Voyager size and above. When Blaster was on shelf they had so many they were easily 25-30 deep, if not more. I'm sure distribution varies by store/state, but again I'm baffled as to how these ultimately make any money. Perhaps Walmart simply supports anything Transformers as a good way to keep product on shelf and encourage sell through, and by iteration isn't as key.
     
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    Nice! Bought!

    The Telemocha recolor would have been nice, but the JP white version is great, too.
     
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    Well, they do have a deal with hasbro to have a bunch of exclusive stuff, but come on. The only reason they did that is cause they know they had horrible sales.
     
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    I want this, but I want BW Scorponok reissue in my hand before really consider getting any other reissues! :p 
     
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    I mean, all it takes is to recolour the blue parts purple and remove the beast mode mask and he's pretty damn accurate. (maybe some gunmetal paint on the details the toy leaves white) He's also a damn solid toy and IMO superior to TM2 Megatron's figure, though the spring-loaded gimmicks in the wings are a bit annoying at times.

    I can't imagine a modern toy with all the corner cutting being able to pull off that design too well. I'm still dubious about Legacy TM2 Megatron.
     
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    I picked up the primal and megatron with no real issues. I grabbed a ratrap, mainly because I tend to misplace my original’s gun. However, my reissue is a floppy mess that can barely stand due to the loose knee ball joints. Are the cheetor reissues any better? I like a lot of the new reissues, but I’m hesitant.
     
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    My Cheetor is fine, though I'm not sure if that's ymmv or standard, though my Rattrap is also a floppy mess
     
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    My Cheetor doesn't have any problems, aside from the weird choice of molding the hinge piece in order to have the chest part stick out more for some reason, which straight onwards obscures the face a lot. But no loose joints on my copy aside from a tight waist joint, paints been durable so far, and the weapons he holds fine (aside from the gut gun due to the shallow peg but that's always been a thing I think).
     
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    Yeah, blame Takara for that one. lol
    Their later production runs of Cheetor and Tigatron changed the molding of the hinge for no known reason. Every release of those two since then has kept the retooled hinge, even though it makes the mold worse.
     
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    At some point, I'm for sure gonna go in there and shave down that piece to make it collapse in there
     
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    I wouldn't trust that lol
     
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    I did on both my 2006 reissue Cheetor and my Telemocha Tigatron. It's very easy and can be done without disassembling if you have flush cutters or nippers that can cut the corner off.
     
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    Trust what?
     
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    Buying it from a random seller on ebay when it's not even released
     
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    Ah, okay. Well, that's not the main topic here - the official images are.
     
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    I don't think so. The Vintage releases are doing away with the "Evil Predacon" and "Heroic Maximal" tags above the name, as far as I'm aware. Happy to be wrong though.

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    Actually, looking at Primal's box, he's still got it, so it could well be legit.
     
  20. Dirge121

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    It’s also got Hasbro Vietnam on the back of the box, so I’d say pretty legit