SDCC 2016: Generations Platinum Edition Preview Night Display with Prime vs Megatron, Autobot Heroes, Planet of Junk #HasbroSDCC

The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

That 5 pack is so hard to resist!

Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

Kurona wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

That was my reaction too lol

2017! The entire 84 cast! Comes in a refrigerator box! Online exclusive only $1,500!

Randomhero wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

That was my reaction too lol

2017! The entire 84 cast! Comes in a refrigerator box! Online exclusive only $1,500!

Buy our super-sized set containing the umpteenth versions of most of the characters that you already own in some way!

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

That was my reaction too lol

2017! The entire 84 cast! Comes in a refrigerator box! Online exclusive only $1,500!

Buy our super-sized set containing the umpteenth versions of most of the characters that you already own in some way!

BUT WITH A SHINY NEW BOX!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:The Megatron and Optimus set looks cool, the Junkion set I'll most likely pass, and the group set looks really expensive... Now if only they had a Platinum edition of all the figures from season 1...

Are you asking for not only a set of all 28 1984 characters + Jetfire, Shockwave, the Insecticons, the Dinobots and the Constructicons; but for a Platinum set of that many characters?
... are you feeling okay?

That was my reaction too lol

2017! The entire 84 cast! Comes in a refrigerator box! Online exclusive only $1,500!

Buy our super-sized set containing the umpteenth versions of most of the characters that you already own in some way!

BUT WITH A SHINY NEW BOX!

If they did do that, the box art would be glorious...

Is that the Generations Sergeant Kup or the new, rumored TR Kup? Same with Blur?

joeprime276 wrote:Is that the Generations Sergeant Kup or the new, rumored TR Kup? Same with Blur?

It's Gen. Blurr, Springer, Kup, and Arcee, along with CW Magnus - nothing new

joeprime276 wrote:Is that the Generations Sergeant Kup or the new, rumored TR Kup? Same with Blur?

Its the old Generations Sergeant Kup from a few years back:

Same with Blurr, old Generations Blurr

It has been a while since we heard of the Platinum Armada of Cyclonus set. It has been available online for a while, not at the greatest price, but now it has hit Canadian retail. It was found in Montreal, Quebec, Canada for $79.99 CAD, which is around $60 USD, so not as ridiculous as other sets have been. For those unaware, this set features a new sweep headsculpt that was never used before. In Canada this is a Toysrus exclusive, while it is a Target exclsuive in the US.

This makes me jealous, as a Brit. $79.99 Canadian? Toys R Us UK have it on their website for a horrifying price.. £99.99!!! That's the equivilant of an eye watering $131.26 US!!! Or $173.53 Canadian.

rickdraco wrote:This makes me jealous, as a Brit. $79.99 Canadian? Toys R Us UK have it on their website for a horrifying price.. £99.99!!! That's the equivilant of an eye watering $131.26 US!!! Or $173.53 Canadian.

Well, if you're wanting it; a certain UK site has it for a pretty incredible price on pre-order
https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... -pack.html

Woah. So this set is already at the "sale" price instead of the usual 110$? Kinda amazing! I wonder if the price will remain this way or if it will go back to 110$ after a while?

Wow, that Cyclonus set is intriguing. Especially for $60 USD!
Do we know what the price is for the upcoming set of the "Autobot Heroes"? I can't quite make out what the paper says in the picture.

joeprime276 wrote:Wow, that Cyclonus set is intriguing. Especially for $60 USD!
Do we know what the price is for the upcoming set of the "Autobot Heroes"? I can't quite make out what the paper says in the picture.

That set is around the 150$ price point.

Thanks WJ! That's a bit steep for me considering it's all reissues but if it goes on sale down to $120ish then I may have to go for it. The only figure I have from it is Magnus

joeprime276 wrote:Thanks WJ! That's a bit steep for me considering it's all reissues but if it goes on sale down to $120ish then I may have to go for it. The only figure I have from it is Magnus

Reusing molds has never figured into prices. I mean think about it, Hasbro got away with selling the same Leader Seeker mold 3 times last year in different colours and they were all priced as high as Ultra Magnus.
The way Hasbro sees it, they have 3 deluxes (60$) a voyager (25$) and a leader (45$) plus premium deco on all of em (so add another 20$) and you end up wth 150$. Way cheaper than any botcon set also made up of redecos.
If the only figure you have from this set is Magnus, then this might be the set to get.

Platinum Edition Unicron from Cybertron Con 2016 (Thanks to 52Toys)

Fellow Seibertronians, courtesy of fellow user Logan79 we finally have a picture of Platinum Edition Unicron, being released later this year! The images comes from Twitter user @52. Listings having first appeared on sites like BBTS around a month prior, we had yet to receive an actual image of this figure's deco - but now Cybertron Con 2016 has provided us with the answer, appearing to homage the 1986 Movie's colours very closely. Check out the image below and tell us what you think!



It is almost exactly the same as the previous Amazon release since they are, after all, homaging the same colour scheme - but there do appear to be slight differences.



Most notably in the torso... then again, could just be the lighting.

That looks almost exactly like the Amazon one from a few years back. The blue looks a little lighter, but it could just be the lighting. Are we sure it's not just a placeholder for the real one?

Sabrblade wrote:That looks almost exactly like the Amazon one from a few years back. The blue looks a little lighter, but it could just be the lighting. Are we sure it's not just a placeholder for the real one?

They are almost exactly the same - they are, after all, homaging the same colour scheme - but there do appear to be slight differences.



Most notably in the torso... then again, could just be the lighting.

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:That looks almost exactly like the Amazon one from a few years back. The blue looks a little lighter, but it could just be the lighting. Are we sure it's not just a placeholder for the real one?

They are almost exactly the same - they are, after all, homaging the same colour scheme - but there do appear to be slight differences.


Most notably in the torso... then again, could just be the lighting.

Besides the aforementioned blue looking a bit lighter, I don't see any differences between the two.

Sabrblade wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:That looks almost exactly like the Amazon one from a few years back. The blue looks a little lighter, but it could just be the lighting. Are we sure it's not just a placeholder for the real one?

They are almost exactly the same - they are, after all, homaging the same colour scheme - but there do appear to be slight differences.


Most notably in the torso... then again, could just be the lighting.

Besides the aforementioned blue looking a bit lighter, I don't see any differences between the two.

Crotch plate appears to be tan and there's a brown spot on the bottom of his left (our left) leg half-sphere thing.
... there's really not much, yeah.

Kurona wrote:Crotch plate appears to be tan

Bad lighting.

Kurona wrote:and there's a brown spot on the bottom of his left (our left) leg half-sphere thing.

The Amazon one had that spot:

I never got the amazon one. May try to get this guy. I have the armarda one reprolabelled up, but I do like the new head and the lack of transclearant hand.

Insurgent wrote:I never got the amazon one. May try to get this guy. I have the armarda one reprolabelled up, but I do like the new head and the lack of transclearant hand.

Hard to tell in that lighting, but it still looks smokey translucent to me.

Well, it's not obvious anymore. That's the main thing.

I love's me some Unicron. So the fact that he's exactly the same (or damn near) as Amazon, is a huge let down.

I know one thing that will be drastically different...the price! Wasn't the Amazon exclusive like $60? Seems the trend these days is to ridiculously price the 'Platinum' releases. I expect this one to be at least $100.

It's practically the same. I ended up just selling my, instead of planets he collected dust on the shelf. Unicron just doesn't wow me anymore. For anyone wanting it, enjoy! It's a solid figure and a gray retool and redeco!

Kibble wrote:I know one thing that will be drastically different...the price! Wasn't the Amazon exclusive like $60? Seems the trend these days is to ridiculously price the 'Platinum' releases. I expect this one to be at least $100.

It's actually $170... Yeah...

Randomhero wrote:

Kibble wrote:I know one thing that will be drastically different...the price! Wasn't the Amazon exclusive like $60? Seems the trend these days is to ridiculously price the 'Platinum' releases. I expect this one to be at least $100.

It's actually $170... Yeah...

Aaand I'm off it.

Randomhero wrote:

Kibble wrote:I know one thing that will be drastically different...the price! Wasn't the Amazon exclusive like $60? Seems the trend these days is to ridiculously price the 'Platinum' releases. I expect this one to be at least $100.

It's actually $170... Yeah...

Insurgent wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Kibble wrote:I know one thing that will be drastically different...the price! Wasn't the Amazon exclusive like $60? Seems the trend these days is to ridiculously price the 'Platinum' releases. I expect this one to be at least $100.

It's actually $170... Yeah...

Aaand I'm off it.

That's not the retail price though, thats the price for it imported from asia.

The actual price is 130$ in Asia and it will pobably be either around that or 150$ when distributed by its exclusive retailer in the US.

Still not a great price, but that $170 is not indicative of the release and just a price importers pay.

william-james88 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Kibble wrote:I know one thing that will be drastically different...the price! Wasn't the Amazon exclusive like $60? Seems the trend these days is to ridiculously price the 'Platinum' releases. I expect this one to be at least $100.

It's actually $170... Yeah...

Aaand I'm off it.

That's not the retail price though, thats the price for it imported from asia.

The actual price is 130$ in Asia and it will pobably be either around that or 150$ when distributed by its exclusive retailer in the US.

Still not a great price, but that $170 is not indicative of the release and just a price importers pay.

I'm just going off what bbts has him listed for. $130-$170 is still really bad monster what. I get it, economy is pretty rough and it doesn't look like toys are ever going to be what they used to be in price but that amount for a 12 year old mold is insane.

Randomhero wrote:I'm just going off what bbts has him listed for. $130-$170 is still really bad monster what. I get it, economy is pretty rough and it doesn't look like toys are ever going to be what they used to be in price but that amount for a 12 year old mold is insane.

I knew that, but BBTS isnt an oficial retailer for this toy. Its like looking at what they or TFSource is charging for a Botcon exclusive and saying thats the price.

william-james88 wrote:

Randomhero wrote:I'm just going off what bbts has him listed for. $130-$170 is still really bad monster what. I get it, economy is pretty rough and it doesn't look like toys are ever going to be what they used to be in price but that amount for a 12 year old mold is insane.

I knew that, but BBTS isnt an oficial retailer for this toy. Its like looking at what they or TFSource is charging for a Botcon exclusive and saying thats the price.

Yeah. I know I should look deeper for online stuff but I've been using them for years and it's just convenient for me. On that note I did find a SDCC brainstorm for $25 on eBay! It felt too good to be true but the guys feedback and history was great.

Randomhero wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Randomhero wrote:I'm just going off what bbts has him listed for. $130-$170 is still really bad monster what. I get it, economy is pretty rough and it doesn't look like toys are ever going to be what they used to be in price but that amount for a 12 year old mold is insane.

I knew that, but BBTS isnt an oficial retailer for this toy. Its like looking at what they or TFSource is charging for a Botcon exclusive and saying thats the price.

Yeah. I know I should look deeper for online stuff but I've been using them for years and it's just convenient for me. On that note I did find a SDCC brainstorm for $25 on eBay! It felt too good to be true but the guys feedback and history was great.

this one?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-Transforme%20...%20SwRgJXl-cn%3C%2Fa%3E%3F

Yeah that's the one! Sorry I hit 2 and not 3. $35 we all know by now how great my typing is...

Randomhero wrote:Yeah that's the one! Sorry I hit 2 and not 3. $35 we all know by now how great my typing is...

Its a good deal, congrats man!

william-james88 wrote:

Randomhero wrote:Yeah that's the one! Sorry I hit 2 and not 3. $35 we all know by now how great my typing is...

Its a good deal, congrats man!

Yeah! Thanks! I just looked up to see how awful the after market for the 3 pack was going for and saw that and was like "oh crap! I'm getting it! "

I'm still scared its gonna show up and either be generations voyager brainstorm or a photo of Titans return brainstorm. eBay scares me

I think Galvatron said it best: "Unicron, why do you torture me?"

Decepticon Stryker wrote:I think Galvatron said it best: "Unicron, why do you torture me?"

"State your business!"
"This is my command. You are to buy the 2010 Unicron Redeco. It is the one thing - the only thing - I wish you to purchase."
"You have nothing to fear! I have already purchased the Amazon-exclusive Unicron with my bare hands!"
"You exaggerate."
"The point is I got the mold, and the movie-homaging redeco with it!"
"No... the point is, you are a fool. The mold with the same deco has been passed to a new franchise - Platinum Edition. Buy it again."
"Why should I? What's in it for me?"
"Your bargaining posture is highly dubious... but very well. I will provide you with new packaging, and more retailers to buy it from."
"And?"
"And nothing! You belong to me now."

Kurona wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:I think Galvatron said it best: "Unicron, why do you torture me?"

"State your business!"
"This is my command. You are to buy the 2010 Unicron Redeco. It is the one thing - the only thing - I wish you to purchase."
"You have nothing to fear! I have already purchased the Amazon-exclusive Unicron with my bare hands!"
"You exaggerate."
"The point is I got the mold, and the movie-homaging redeco with it!"
"No... the point is, you are a fool. The mold with the same deco has been passed to a new franchise - Platinum Edition. Buy it again."
"Why should I? What's in it for me?"
"Your bargaining posture is highly dubious... but very well. I will provide you with new packaging, and more retailers to buy it from."
"And?"
"And nothing! You belong to me now."

Thank you. I needed this

While reading I was hoping to get to "I shall provide you a new Titans return body and a scourge to army build..."

Kurona wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:I think Galvatron said it best: "Unicron, why do you torture me?"

"State your business!"
"This is my command. You are to buy the 2010 Unicron Redeco. It is the one thing - the only thing - I wish you to purchase."
"You have nothing to fear! I have already purchased the Amazon-exclusive Unicron with my bare hands!"
"You exaggerate."
"The point is I got the mold, and the movie-homaging redeco with it!"
"No... the point is, you are a fool. The mold with the same deco has been passed to a new franchise - Platinum Edition. Buy it again."
"Why should I? What's in it for me?"
"Your bargaining posture is highly dubious... but very well. I will provide you with new packaging, and more retailers to buy it from."
"And?"
"And nothing! You belong to me now."

...Kurona, you are amazing.

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:That looks almost exactly like the Amazon one from a few years back. The blue looks a little lighter, but it could just be the lighting. Are we sure it's not just a placeholder for the real one?

They are almost exactly the same - they are, after all, homaging the same colour scheme - but there do appear to be slight differences.



Most notably in the torso... then again, could just be the lighting.

I know this is off topic, but that's got to be the worst misuse of 'homage' I've ever seen on a board that really overuses the word. It's not an homage if it is the same toy with the same paint scheme. Something that looks just like itself is not an homage, it's the same thing as it was before.
It's like a reissue or a rerelease. Encore Optimus Prime wasn't an homage to G1 Optimus Prime. This is the same deal.

Dagon wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:That looks almost exactly like the Amazon one from a few years back. The blue looks a little lighter, but it could just be the lighting. Are we sure it's not just a placeholder for the real one?

They are almost exactly the same - they are, after all, homaging the same colour scheme - but there do appear to be slight differences.



Most notably in the torso... then again, could just be the lighting.

I know this is off topic, but that's got to be the worst misuse of 'homage' I've ever seen on a board that really overuses the word. It's not an homage if it is the same toy with the same paint scheme. Something that looks just like itself is not an homage, it's the same thing as it was before.

When I said that, 'they' was referring to both toys, and 'colour scheme' was referring to the colour scheme Unicron had in the 1986 movie. I wasn't saying Platinum Unicron was a homage to 2010 Unicron.

Kurona wrote:

Dagon wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:That looks almost exactly like the Amazon one from a few years back. The blue looks a little lighter, but it could just be the lighting. Are we sure it's not just a placeholder for the real one?

They are almost exactly the same - they are, after all, homaging the same colour scheme - but there do appear to be slight differences.



Most notably in the torso... then again, could just be the lighting.

I know this is off topic, but that's got to be the worst misuse of 'homage' I've ever seen on a board that really overuses the word. It's not an homage if it is the same toy with the same paint scheme. Something that looks just like itself is not an homage, it's the same thing as it was before.

When I said that, 'they' was referring to both toys, and 'colour scheme' was referring to the colour scheme Unicron had in the 1986 movie. I wasn't saying Platinum Unicron was a homage to 2010 Unicron.

Ok, fair enough, but that's still not an homage. A picture of me is not an homage to myself.The Unicron toy is meant to resemble Unicron from the movie, so it looks like itself. It's not homaging anything by looking like itself. If this Unicron was was painted up like that scene from Headmasters where Galvatron gets all large and round and planet-esque, that would be an homage.

Speaking of which....why can't we get that? That's another use of the mold that I'd be interested in.