Toy Review - Encore 21 & 22 (tapes & players)

(Please post photos, comments or even a fully comprehensive review - these are just brief details to get you started)

Encore 21 - Soundblaster with Enemy & Wingthing
Series - Encore
Sub-line - N/A (JP Generation 1 Reissue)
Size/class - N/A
New/remould/redeco - Reissue (Soundblaster) & redecos (Enemy & Wingthing)
Wave - N/A
Released here - not here (in Japan February 2012)
Approximate Retail Price - AU$50-60
Approximate Size - 20cm (Soundblaster), 7cm (Enemy, Wingthing)
Allegiance - Decepticons
Alt-mode - Cassette player (Soundblaster), Cassettes (Enemy & Wingthing)
Main Features/Gimmicks - Enemy is a homage to a Gen1 Merchandise item, Wingthing is a homage to Actionmaster Soundwave's partner.
Main Colours - Black, silver, blue (Soundblaster), red, blue (Enemy), red, black (Wingthing).
Main Accessories - gun, 3 missiles, shoulder cannon, battery cover (Soundblaster), 2 guns (Enemy), 2 rocket-guns (Wingthing).
Note - Enemy is a redeco of Ravage/Rumble, Wingthing is a redeco of Ratbat.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/tftoys/jp2012a10.jpg
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Encore 22 - Twincast with Stripes & Nightstalker
Series - Encore
Sub-line - N/A (JP Generation 1 Reissue)
Size/class - N/A
New/remould/redeco - Reissue (Twincast) & redecos (Stripes & Nightstalker)
Wave - N/A
Released here - not here (in Japan February 2012)
Approximate Retail Price - AU$50-60
Approximate Size - 25cm (Twincast), 7cm (Stripes, Nightstalker)
Allegiance - Decepticons
Alt-mode - Cassette player (Soundblaster), Cassettes (Stripes & Nightstalker)
Main Features/Gimmicks - Stripes is a homage to a character that was originally intended for the 1986 Movie. Nightstalker is a homage to a short-lived character in a UK Gen1 Annual text story.
Main Colours - Blue, white, black, red (Twincast), orange black (Stripes), black, silver (Nightstalker).
Main Accessories - gun (Twincast), 2 side-guns (Stripes), 2 bombs (Nightstalker).
Note - Stripes is a redeco of Ravage with Steeljaw's guns. Nightstalker is a redeco of Steeljaw with Ravage's guns.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/tftoys/jp2012a11.jpg

Some comparison pics.

The big bots next to the earlier reissues (the earlier reissues appear to be just about identical in colourings/apps to the Originals - making these Encore pair noticeably different to the Originals). The promo images above used the originals or earlier reissues instead of the Encores.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/503.jpg

The Encore ones have the allegiance symbols on their chests.

As for the Cassettes, these are the Autobot ones next earlier versions...
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/505.jpg

And the Decepticon ones next to their earlier versions...
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/506.jpg