Takara's New Re-issue Line, Transformers Encore

Good to see Takara is officially picking up the G1 re-issues again. Now bring on the other two coneheads, Trailbraker, Dinobots, Headmasters and whatnot!

that soundwave kicks ass....i'd love the single chest instead of the soundblaster soundwave

Leonardo wrote:Actually, looking at it, these look like Takara's original stock photographs from the Eighties.

They do don't they?

No wonder they seem familiar.

Well I hope they do SS in his original colors, I already have the anime one.

Encore, I like the way that sounds.

Good name, TF Encore. Check out Scream's picture, his nullray's on incorrectly...

They always were in the old photographs. Every catalogue I've got seems to have Seekers with their weapons pointing in opposite directions.

Me got those!

Me want more toys that have not already been reissued!

Me Dinobot box set!

Stickshift wrote:Me got those!

Me want more toys that have not already been reissued!

Me Dinobot box set!

Me have grammar headache.

I would totally be in support of replacing my original Soundwave, who's seen better days. Poor guy's head won't even stay up anymore unless he's looking 90 degrees to the left or right...

Yeah, they seem like old stock photos. It would be awesome if they re-issued characters not re-issued yet. Between Takara's box re-issues and Hasbro's I have all the re-issues.

Does anyone know if the Encore series will be the "Box" style w/the Dreamwave artwork or like eHobby's w/cardstock boxes?

Who knows? I would hope they'd stop using the Dreamwave stuff as it really is a mixed bag, but that only leaves the original box art which isn't brilliant. Maybe they could have new artwork?

me likey

I'm really looking forward to the Soundwave reissue but after seeing the prices the entire set of four is going at on BBTS, I may by a couple of sets. The only thing that I'm not looking forward to is yet another capped Megatron issue.

at least starscream has his original colors and not that ugly bright blue.

Actually, there are pics of Prime and Megatron too.

this is pretty much like the commerative series. ill try to get these guys.

Starscream jet how i love you.....

Another Laserbeak release? Where's all our other cassettes, Takara?

Man, I hope that they release the same color design as the TFC reissues. I missed out on that anime accurate Starscream and he's what I'm really looking for.

Great news for those that missed it. I've been watching ebay prices go crazy for the ToysRUS reissues of Optimus shoot to $100 and Megatron's recent reissue of $85 was just too high for my tastes. Finally.. a more reasonable price of around $55 from most online sellers from the list of 5000 yen about $43.

Seems this soundwave is listed for $5 more than the Hasbro re-issue soundwave on BBTS. Hopefully more info will surface before Revoltech megatron arrives so I can cancel my order of the Hasbro one if the Takara one has the single tape chest.

one good bot deserves another i guess.
it will be nice to have these toys priced nice again.
and hopefully megs will have no freakin' orange plastic plug mod. *crosses fingers*

I hope these appear here. I really want a G1 Soundwave (preferably single chest, but will get double if I see it). It's hard to get tf's when you don't buy over the net.

Hopefully the Encore Prime is similar to the TFC 00 one. That's pretty much the only one I need to finish the TFC set.

Stormrider wrote:Another Laserbeak release? Where's all our other cassettes, Takara?

QFT

And i dont really care what color blue they use on screamer...just dont put the holes in the fist, k?

Reissues of Reissues...Where will it end? Not that I think it should end mind you. Why don't they produce more or keep production open longer the first time around?

I want that Megatron so badly. I already own the other sets from past reissues, but I want Megatron >:(

Does this appear fake to anyone else?

It just doesn't appear to be the sort of quality advertisement we'd expect from Takara.

I guess it's good that these will be availabel to those who missed them the first time around, but I just have that "been there, done that" attitude about these.

Odd that Soundwave is getting re-released so close after the double tape decked Soundblaster based Soundwave re-issue.

HOT NEWS!!!!!!! I GOT THE NEW TAKARA-TOMY TFC LOGO'S PIC:



There are more G1 Tansformers than Starscream, Soundwave, Optimus or Megatron

Deszaras wrote:HOT NEWS!!!!!!! I GOT THE NEW TAKARA-TOMY TFC LOGO'S PIC:



There are more G1 Tansformers than Starscream, Soundwave, Optimus or Megatron

LOL, word yo. Any ways'..I hope Convoy comes with his energy axe.

Even though i already have at least 2 versions of each character, i still will probably get these(i'm a sucker for reissues)...if BBTS decides to alter this megs as well, I will have to preorder elsewhere..

this prime will have the full length smokestacks right?

jgilkinson wrote:this prime will have the full length smokestacks right?

Yes. Only hasbro cuts off stacks...

I have two each of Starscream and Megatron, so I'll just stick with Soundwave and Prime. I hope that 'wave will indeed have the single-tape deck and Prime will have long stacks.

I'm mostly curious about the packaging, though. I'd love to have a Soundwave in an accurate G1 box regardless of what language is predominantly on it.

Glad to see the best and the first get to shine again!

Love is G1 transformer toys. They feel far superior to nowadays transformers.

Lord Crump wrote:Glad to see the best and the first get to shine again!

Love is G1 transformer toys. They feel far superior to nowadays transformers.

I agree, but i must admit im a little disapointed by there choice to do megs. This stems from the fact that they just did another run of TFC megs 2 or 3 months ago...y not do a different con like the much desired missing seeker reissues or (dare i say it) shockwave.

Gutter Bunny wrote:

Lord Crump wrote:Glad to see the best and the first get to shine again!

Love is G1 transformer toys. They feel far superior to nowadays transformers.

I agree, but i must admit im a little disapointed by there choice to do megs. This stems from the fact that they just did another run of TFC megs 2 or 3 months ago...y not do a different con like the much desired missing seeker reissues or (dare i say it) shockwave.

'Cause Shockwave has a willy...

Agamemnon wrote:

Gutter Bunny wrote:

Lord Crump wrote:Glad to see the best and the first get to shine again!

Love is G1 transformer toys. They feel far superior to nowadays transformers.

I agree, but i must admit im a little disapointed by there choice to do megs. This stems from the fact that they just did another run of TFC megs 2 or 3 months ago...y not do a different con like the much desired missing seeker reissues or (dare i say it) shockwave.

'Cause Shockwave has a willy...

but atleast shockwave's willy isn't as pronounce as astro magnum's

I wouldn't have minded the Black/Brown version of Megatron and maybe even a reissue of the anime color Starscream. Those two aren't as abundant as their original paint scheme versions.

I wasn't a big fan of the anime color Starscream because the colors just didn't feel right on the figure even though they looked good on the show. However, if I were going to buy another one, it would have been nice to have one that looks a little different than the others.

How are they doing Soundwave? I thought that Takara said the old mold was busted?

Starscreams bad comedy wrote:How are they doing Soundwave? I thought that Takara said the old mold was busted?

They'll probably handle it they way they did the TFC version of Soundwave. Based on what I have read, they basically used the Soundblaster mold and then changed the chest to only hold one tape. He was then given the Soundwave paint scheme.

The whole thing reminds me that I need to get a real Soundblaster figure, that black paint scheme looks great on him.

Wake me when we get a Devastator set. I have those guys.

I wonder if Takara will use the new head mold they've created for the Music Label Convoy.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10694&mode=retail&picture=out

inadvertent imitation wrote:I wonder if Takara will use the new head mold they've created for the Music Label Convoy.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10694&mode=retail&picture=out

Hmmm... I doubt it, but it wouldn't be a bad move.

Hmm Well they have optimus and megatron now....Ill buy starscream. Never owned the g1 or reissue