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

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(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.


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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.

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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.



The Encore ones have the allegiance symbols on their chests.

As for the Cassettes, these are the Autobot ones next earlier versions...


And the Decepticon ones next to their earlier versions...