The Platinum Edition Blitzwing/Astrotrain pack arrive from Amazon yesterday, and these toys are really loose.
If they can't resurrect these old moulds, then maybe it is best to retire them if they can't produce toys that can transform easily or stand properly in robot mode.

The colours for Blitzwing are okay, but the odd clashing colours of Astrotrain (without any explanation) is as bad in person as it is in photos online.

This was the only Platinum Reissue set I am planning to buy after seeing the huge prices being asked for some of them (especially the Insecticons)
because they are all new decos.
When the box artwork and packaging were first revealed I was keen to buy and display sealed... but not at these prices.

Worth getting as a novelty if you are Gen1 fan and bought all those other Ehobby redecos a decade ago... but not worth getting if these would be your first versions of Blitzwing and Astrotrain.

I probably won't bother with any photos, but will post them up later if I do.


Some photos that I do have to post up, are recent Rescue Bots toys...

These arrived yesterday from Amazon - the Amazon exclusive Heatwave, and the two Vehicle packs.

First up is Heatwave, which is like with the other Amazon Exclusive Rescue Bots toy (Optimus as a Towtruck).

In 2011, the first year/series of Rescue Bots, six transformable toys were released, of the six robots in the cartoon... and all six were re-released in
Series 2 in 2013, with new parts for the Energize sub-line.

In 2012 (which I refer to as Series 1.5 of Rescue Bots) there were two new moulds in this size-class released for Rescue Bots - Hoist and Medix - and
neither were on the cartoon... they were just padding for the toyshelves and for kids who would have to wait a whole year for "new" transformable
toys and the second season of the cartoon.
These two toys didn't see a re-release like the first six of this size-class.

Now in 2015, during the fourth year of Rescue Bots, Amazon have given these two moulds a second life, as Exclusives with new colours and new
heads. (and we saw a re-release of the original Hoist and Medix this year as well... to the dismay of all those parents and collectors who were
paying up to $100 for each of them on ebay because they were so rare)

Just like with Optimus, this one comes in a bag in a plain brown box.
And just like Optimus, it has the original instructions for the earlier toy (with the Medix head) and just the new name on the top.


With the original Medix.

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Again like the Exclusive Optimus, this has a new head for the toy, that doesn't look to be the same as any previous Heatwave toy (so isn't just a
mix-n-match, this head was created for this toy).


With two previous transformable Heatwave toys - from 2011 (fire-truck) and 2014 (boat).


And the pair of Amazon Exclusive toys.

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Next up are the two Vehicle packs.
The Tunnel Rescue Drill comes with the Graham Burns figurine from 2013 & the Morbot figurine from 2014. This Drill vehicle was previously released by
Hasbro for their Marvel Heroes toyline.
The Shark Sub Capture comes with the Dr Morocco & Blades figurines from 2013 (in the same 2-pack). I'm not sure if the Shark vehicle has been
released previously.


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Out of packaging.
The Drill has one moving gimmick - the spinning drill.
The Shark Sub has two moving gimmicks - the chomping jaw, and moving tail (when it rolls along the ground).


At first glance I thought it was just a straight repack of the previously released figurines, but having them next to the original versions, each one
has something different. Three have paint apps removed, while one has paint added.

Below, the left pairs are the originals - the right pairs are the ones with these new Vehicles.
Blades has the grey paint on the arms missing and the orange paint on the shins missing.
Dr Morocco is only missing the yellow paint on his jacket button... and a VERY slightly different shade of colouring of the clothes.
Morbot is missing the purple paint on the end of the gun arm.
Graham has ADDED yellow paint to the helmet, different coloured boots & belt, and a noticeably different shade to the colours of the clothes and skin.

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