Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart

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Remember how we shared the news of the Platinum Edition Reissue of the G1 Insecticons?
Remember how we shared their first official sighting in the Philippines?
Well, we're bringing you big news again...

Platinum Reissue Insecticons have been sighted at US retail, and at... K-Mart?! Yes, K-Mart!

Normally Toys R Us would have this one in the bag, since reissues have been their forte for quite some time, but in an amazing first, K-Mart is the newest retailer to be carrying the reissues of the Insecticons. Boasting all new packaging that's keeping in style with the Combiner Wars line, featuring gorgeous new artwork and collectible Energon cubes to sweeten the deal!

They were found by fellow fan and collector, Rob Ware, and since the Facebook group Plastic Crack Fiends is closed to the public, we've mirrored his sighting, below:

Their price is confirmed at $79.99, making this one of the most expensive domestic reissues, yet, and most certainly one of the most expensive reissues of the Insecticons.

Here are the full images of his find:

Remember, if you have a sighting to share with us, send it to sightings@seibertron.com and remember to share your finds in the sightings forum, which you can find here.

Before you go hunting them down, check out our high res galleries of the Insecticons, to tide you over until they're in hand.

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Credit(s): Rob Ware

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Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638174)
Posted by Mirage22 on January 12th, 2015 @ 3:42am CST

80 bucks for those three?! The person who found these is right. I am very content with my Generations reissue that came out at the same time as the Perceptor one a few years back. Though it is nice that they're seeing another release for those who missed out.
Now we can only hope to see other G1 toys get reissued as well during Combiner Wars, and hopefully they are ones that haven't gotten the treatment in quite awhile.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638177)
Posted by MenaceRX on January 12th, 2015 @ 4:18am CST

Wow .. that didnt take long and they want to start at $130. Not even close to worth it. But someone will pay it I am sure.

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%2FTransformers-Ge%20...%204ae33e67a2%3C%2Fa%3E%3F

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638178)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 12th, 2015 @ 4:29am CST

It's the cubes that costs the bundle :lol:

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638207)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on January 12th, 2015 @ 7:34am CST

I did not pay that much for the original ones I bought way back in the 80's. Pass for me.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638216)
Posted by SkyWarpt on January 12th, 2015 @ 8:26am CST

I can almost budget in the rest of Menasaur at that price :shock:

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638230)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 12th, 2015 @ 9:05am CST

K-Mart again?! The closest one to me is in Abeline TX, a 3 hours drive! Yes, they've all but disappeared from Texas... Fortunately there are more bugs in the online nest. >:oP

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638235)
Posted by G1COLLECTOR on January 12th, 2015 @ 9:29am CST

$79.99 , there is no reason for that price. :BOOM:

Nice to see they all got there 80's names back though. I bought the TRU set a few years back for around $40. and only difference is the cubes and display packaging . That does not make up the difference though in price.
K-Mart is always over price anyway. They are a dyeing store chain anyway! :lol:

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638236)
Posted by rpetras on January 12th, 2015 @ 9:30am CST

That $80 price tag is just stupid.

I thought the $45 price was high.

I'd like a set of G1 Insecticons for my son to actually play with, (They remain 3 of my favorites to this day) but not for those prices.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638237)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 12th, 2015 @ 9:32am CST

G1COLLECTOR wrote:Nice to see they all got there 80's names back though.

Nope, only Bombshell did. Shrapnel is now called Skrapnel. Still better than Sharpshot, I'll admit.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638238)
Posted by triKlops on January 12th, 2015 @ 9:33am CST

While I agree that this sets price point is extremely high, if i didn't own the TRU version this would be bought.
I just wonder how this bodes for the Conehead set.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638263)
Posted by XLordXGrimlockX on January 12th, 2015 @ 10:50am CST

It's starting to look like Transformers is a dying brand they just keep reissuing the same characters from years past

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638265)
Posted by jogunwarrior on January 12th, 2015 @ 10:55am CST

80 bucks sounds like a rip-off...no wonder all the K-marts around here went out of business and closed their doors last year.
35.00 I could understand...I'm even able to stomach maybe $40.00.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638284)
Posted by Shockwave7 on January 12th, 2015 @ 12:36pm CST

Woah - that's.... pretty expensive. I don't think so. The Generations ones are better anyway. G1 reissues have no pose-ability.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638294)
Posted by GuyIncognito on January 12th, 2015 @ 1:05pm CST

That price is insane. $26.67 per figure.

At that rate, the conehead set will probably be $149.99 for three figures.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638295)
Posted by MGrotusque on January 12th, 2015 @ 1:08pm CST

What exactly is " Platinum" about this release? They don't look like anything special to me at all.
This release would impress me and justify that price point if the set included the Deluxe Insecticons aswell.

Now THAT would be a platinum edition reissue if you ask me.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638308)
Posted by GuyIncognito on January 12th, 2015 @ 1:53pm CST

MGrotusque wrote:What exactly is " Platinum" about this release? They don't look like anything special to me at all.
This release would impress me and justify that price point if the set included the Deluxe Insecticons aswell.

Now THAT would be a platinum edition reissue if you ask me.

What's "Platinum" about it is the packaging. Surely that packaging is worth $40, no?

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638332)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on January 12th, 2015 @ 2:58pm CST

kmart carrying reissues, did not see that one coming. But yeah thats way to much for them, i picked up a 100% complete original set for less than half that on ebay.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638350)
Posted by Optimum Supreme on January 12th, 2015 @ 3:42pm CST

It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638360)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 12th, 2015 @ 3:52pm CST

Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.

As an exclusive tho?

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638382)
Posted by Optimum Supreme on January 12th, 2015 @ 5:08pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.

As an exclusive tho?

I dunno, I just remember it sitting in the clearance aisle for ages because even with a slashed price it was way too high.

Do we know this set is even exclusive for that matter?

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638383)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 12th, 2015 @ 5:10pm CST

Optimum Supreme wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.

As an exclusive tho?

I dunno, I just remember it sitting in the clearance aisle for ages because even with a slashed price it was way too high.

Do we know this set is even exclusive for that matter?

Platinum Editions usually are, sometimes shared between a certain brick-and-mortar store and some online ones like BBTS. And yes, K-Mart has carried a Platinum set before: that Voyager Prime and Grimlock 2-pack.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638455)
Posted by william-james88 on January 12th, 2015 @ 8:47pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Optimum Supreme wrote:It's not the first time K-mart has carried reissues. They carried one of the reissues of G1 Optimus Prime.

As an exclusive tho?

There is some weird stuff happening with kmat exclusives and Walmarts in Canada. KMart had an exclusive, though very lackluster, AOE figure: The 2 pack Smash and Change Prime and Grimlock. However, there are no Kmarts in Canada and Walmart had that exclusive at about half the price. Now, canadian Walmarts also had the platinum predaking as an exclusive in Canada, so I am really hoping that the retailer who picks up this exclusive in Canada is once again Walmart. That could be fun.

And as for releasing the deluxe insecticons, that would not be possible since those toys are currently owned by Bandai, just like G1 Whirl, Roadbuster and Jetfire.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638774)
Posted by MutantDinosaur on January 13th, 2015 @ 3:32pm CST

There are three sitting on the shelf of the Goleta, CA (near Santa Barbara) Kmart. ...and I imagine they'll still be sitting there for a while. But just wanted to let folks know (as the product is too new to have been added to "sightings" just yet).

-MutantDinosaur

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1638783)
Posted by william-james88 on January 13th, 2015 @ 3:52pm CST

MutantDinosaur wrote:There are three sitting on the shelf of the Goleta, CA (near Santa Barbara) Kmart. ...and I imagine they'll still be sitting there for a while. But just wanted to let folks know (as the product is too new to have been added to "sightings" just yet).

-MutantDinosaur

You can always point that out in the actual sightings thread. It's more helpful that way so taht the right people know.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1641439)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 21st, 2015 @ 2:58am CST

XLordXGrimlockX wrote:It's starting to look like Transformers is a dying brand they just keep reissuing the same characters from years past

Dying? You sure? >:oP

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644828)
Posted by william-james88 on January 30th, 2015 @ 2:02pm CST

In light of all the rumours and news and now photo evidence recieved, I thought of reviving this thread for use of discussing the G1 reissues by Hasbro that are happening in 2015.

We had the following statements from distributors and people attending the nurember toy show so far:

From TFW2005 member CATZ Jan 14

G1 box set:
- Blaster
- perceptor
- Insecticon
- Trypticon
- g1 cone head set

The G1 cone head set was confirmed in back of the insecticon box which we can see in the initial posts in thie thread. At the time there were also rumours of a masterpiece Blitzwing.

From TFW2005 member Marvelous Jan 29

Also there were more platinum sets with G1 reissues/ repaints. One set with Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes. BW was mostly red,while AT orange and white.
the second set includes Blaster and Perceptor Which seems mostly unchanged from their G1 style. Percy had a new accessory, that can fit on his back and looked like sine sort of missile launcher

This confirms the rumour for perceptor and blaster reissue and shows that the rumour for MP Blitzwing may have been a confusion with the G1 reissue.

The reissues described can be found in the photo below.

The only reissue rumoured that has yet to be confirmed is Trypticon.

The Current reissues are:

Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes
Insecticon Set
Conehead Set
Blaster and Perceptor

So far there is no indication that these will be either regional or store exclusives.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644831)
Posted by shajaki on January 30th, 2015 @ 2:10pm CST

i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644835)
Posted by william-james88 on January 30th, 2015 @ 2:28pm CST

shajaki wrote:i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?

Its been answered:

orange and white.

Now I am less sad that I just bought a G1 astrotrain a month ago. At least I have some decent colors.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644852)
Posted by shajaki on January 30th, 2015 @ 3:19pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
shajaki wrote:i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?
Its been answered:

orange and white.

Now I am less sad that I just bought a G1 astrotrain a month ago. At least I have some decent colors.

seriously... where on earth did they get orange and white from? sounds like a year of the goat thing...

when i first heard about the atrotrain/blitzwing combo i was kinda bummed. i recently bought a TFC#17 blitzwing reissue, and already have an ehobby astrotrain. but if this new astrotrain is all wiggidy whack, i guess i didnt waste my money

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644858)
Posted by william-james88 on January 30th, 2015 @ 3:31pm CST

shajaki wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
shajaki wrote:i wonder how theyll do astrotrain....
cartoon/ehobby grey purple?
TFC#11 black and white?
original release black/white/purple?
Its been answered:

orange and white.

Now I am less sad that I just bought a G1 astrotrain a month ago. At least I have some decent colors.
seriously... where on earth did they get orange and white from? sounds like a year of the goat thing...

when i first heard about the atrotrain/blitzwing combo i was kinda bummed. i recently bought a TFC#17 blitzwing reissue, and already have an ehobby astrotrain. but if this new astrotrain is all wiggidy whack, i guess i didnt waste my money

Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644862)
Posted by shajaki on January 30th, 2015 @ 3:54pm CST

william-james88 wrote:Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.

oh ive got nothing against wiggidy whack decos (love the YOTG soundwave and laser prime) but its strange that theyd choose to go that route. all im hoping is that if astrotrain if different, so is blitzwing. that would make its purchase worthwhile to me.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644933)
Posted by william-james88 on January 30th, 2015 @ 9:11pm CST

shajaki wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.
oh ive got nothing against wiggidy whack decos (love the YOTG soundwave and laser prime) but its strange that theyd choose to go that route. all im hoping is that if astrotrain if different, so is blitzwing. that would make its purchase worthwhile to me.

Thats been answered too. All in the same paragraph above where I sum everything we know so far:

Also there were more platinum sets with G1 reissues/ repaints. One set with Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes. BW was mostly red,while AT orange and white.
the second set includes Blaster and Perceptor Which seems mostly unchanged from their G1 style. Percy had a new accessory, that can fit on his back and looked like sine sort of missile launcher

I have no clue what they are going for with these colors. If Sabrblade is listening, could you clue us in on what the homage is supposed to be?

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644937)
Posted by shajaki on January 30th, 2015 @ 9:19pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
shajaki wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Yeah, same here. Doesnt mean I wont buy him necessarily, but I am definately not bummed that I got my astrotrain (he came with the G1 instructions too! the only ones I own). I have no clue where those colours come from, but you can totally make out that something is wierd with the colour scheme on the blurry Klaus photo. I deifinitely see the organge/red she was talking about.
oh ive got nothing against wiggidy whack decos (love the YOTG soundwave and laser prime) but its strange that theyd choose to go that route. all im hoping is that if astrotrain if different, so is blitzwing. that would make its purchase worthwhile to me.
Thats been answered too. All in the same paragraph above where I sum everything we know so far:

Also there were more platinum sets with G1 reissues/ repaints. One set with Blitzwing and Astrotrain, but with strange color schemes. BW was mostly red,while AT orange and white.
the second set includes Blaster and Perceptor Which seems mostly unchanged from their G1 style. Percy had a new accessory, that can fit on his back and looked like sine sort of missile launcher
I have no clue what they are going for with these colors. If Sabrblade is listening, could you clue us in on what the homage is supposed to be?

whoops! musta glossed over the details when this news broke. theres probably going to be a lot of people upset about this, but not me! their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them :grin:

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644941)
Posted by william-james88 on January 30th, 2015 @ 9:27pm CST

shajaki wrote: theres probably going to be a lot of people upset about this, but not me! their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them

*High five*

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644945)
Posted by Cobotron on January 30th, 2015 @ 9:33pm CST

shajaki wrote: their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them

I'm with you weirdos on this one. The homage is to this.

That is a cool high five BTW. can I get one?

EDIT: Holy crap guys! I didn't realize at first, but that Han Solo, right there on that box, is the whole reason I started collecting toys. 1996, I woke up one morning in college, hung over of course, pored a bowl, and filled out the order form. A couple months later, on a Star Wars hunt I picked up Dinobot and Waspinator. the rest is history. Sorry, That picture just took me way back.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644956)
Posted by shajaki on January 30th, 2015 @ 9:58pm CST

Cobotron wrote:That is a cool high five BTW. can I get one?

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644960)
Posted by Cobotron on January 30th, 2015 @ 10:03pm CST

Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644977)
Posted by Desslok2201 on January 30th, 2015 @ 10:46pm CST

Cobotron wrote:
shajaki wrote: their weirdness gives me a reason to buy them
I'm with you weirdos on this one. The homage is to this.

That is a cool high five BTW. can I get one?

EDIT: Holy crap guys! I didn't realize at first, but that Han Solo, right there on that box, is the whole reason I started collecting toys. 1996, I woke up one morning in college, hung over of course, pored a bowl, and filled out the order form. A couple months later, on a Star Wars hunt I picked up Dinobot and Waspinator. the rest is history. Sorry, That picture just took me way back.

Holy crap! I still have that Han Solo in his mailer box and baggie. I'm going to head over to ebay and see what he's going for, and with the oversaturation of SW toys, I'll be lucky if I can get enough to buy another box of Froot Loops. Bringin' it full circle!

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644981)
Posted by Cobotron on January 30th, 2015 @ 10:59pm CST

Desslok2201 wrote:Holy crap!

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644982)
Posted by Desslok2201 on January 30th, 2015 @ 11:02pm CST

Cobotron wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:Holy crap!

Sweet! But the Skeletor/maul one was better

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644984)
Posted by shajaki on January 30th, 2015 @ 11:07pm CST

those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644991)
Posted by Desslok2201 on January 30th, 2015 @ 11:15pm CST

shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1644994)
Posted by Cobotron on January 30th, 2015 @ 11:24pm CST

Desslok2201 wrote:
shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon

He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1645013)
Posted by Desslok2201 on January 30th, 2015 @ 11:51pm CST

Cobotron wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon
He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1645015)
Posted by Cobotron on January 30th, 2015 @ 11:58pm CST

Desslok2201 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon
He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team

Downshift and Camshaft. My brother made off with Overdrive.

Chuckles! :lol:

He and Shipwreck used to get into ALL kindz a trouble! Pickin' fights with the Dreadnoks and their neon bandanas. :lol:

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1645018)
Posted by Desslok2201 on January 31st, 2015 @ 12:03am CST

Cobotron wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon
He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team
Downshift and Camshaft. My brother made off with Overdrive.

Chuckles! He and Shipwreck used to get into ALL kindz a trouble! Pickin' fights with the Dreadnoks and their neon bandanas.

Hahaha- i forgot about Dreadnoks, they were the masters of stealth- riding into battle on a mad max car or a MASSIVE trike with day-glo hair and clothing.

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1645019)
Posted by Cobotron on January 31st, 2015 @ 12:07am CST

Desslok2201 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
shajaki wrote:those were the days. i always wanted the stormtrooper han, and though i never did get THAT han, i did get the 3-pack with the luketrooper and cuffed chewy. but y'know which exclusive i did get? b'omar monk. twas a happy day.

Wasn't that sucker big? I didn't get one, but I thought it would have to be.
Speaking of mail aways, I do have the Fridge, with his awesome football on a chain thing weapon
He was regular. I gots him too. I remember mailing away, but to who? Hasby?

I have 2 Omnibots. weren't they mail away?

Omnibots were- which 2 do you have? Downshift (white one) and Overdrive (red) are the best 2. Camshaft (silver) is kinda crappy.
I don't ever remember Fridge being on card. Fridge and Chuckles were always on my 'batshit crazy Gijoes' shelf, along with the Cobra-La team
Downshift and Camshaft. My brother made off with Overdrive.

Chuckles! He and Shipwreck used to get into ALL kindz a trouble! Pickin' fights with the Dreadnoks and their neon bandanas.

Hahaha- i forgot about Dreadnoks, they were the masters of stealth- riding into battle on a mad max car or a MASSIVE trike with day-glo hair and clothing.

So ridiculous. So "80's".

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1645024)
Posted by Tsutsukakushi on January 31st, 2015 @ 12:21am CST

Shocked to see Kmart sell G1 reissues. wondering if Target and Walmart plan to sell them also.

Might be interested in buying a reissue trypticon.

="TFW2005 member CATZ"

G1 box set:
- Blaster
- perceptor
- Insecticon
- Trypticon
- g1 cone head set

Re: Platinum Edition Reissue of G1 Insecticons At US Retail, At K-Mart (1646228)
Posted by Va'al on February 3rd, 2015 @ 12:00pm CST

As the set is showing up overseas and in the US, we can share a pictorial review of the Transformers G1 Reissue under the Platinum line of the three purple and yellow menaces: the Insecticons Bombshell, Shrapnel Skrapnel and Kickback! The review comes via fellow fan Marcus Goh, and can be found in full here - but take a look at some of the mirrored images below, comparing them to our own Seibertron.com galleries of the original toys.