Toy Review - Trypticon (Platinum Edition)

[GoktimusPrime]

Series - Platinum Edition
Size/class - City
Wave - Hello
New/remould/redeco – G1 reissue
Released here - ? 2015
Approximate Retail Price - $220
Approximate Size - 22cm to top of head (antennae), 26cm to top of shoulder stacks
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - City, battle station
Main Features/Gimmicks – electronic walking/accessory spinning, car launching ramp
Main Colours – grey, purple
Main Accessories - Brunt (tank), Full-Tilt (small robot/car), Full-Tilt's gun, x2 stabilisers, x2 radars, mounted artillery (x2), artillery connectors, ramps (x2)

I can't be bothered to type up a review of a 29 year old toy, but click here to read dirge's review on the original G1 figure.

Overall thoughts: $220 is admittedly a lot to pay for a reissue Trypticon, especially considering that Encore Metroplex cost about $200 (incl. postage) at the time of the 2008 GFC when the AUD nosedived. Having said that, I'd rather just get an MISB complete reissue instead of trying to track down and piecemeal collect all of the accessories that I was missing (which was all of them ). So I'm personally glad that I got it, but being such an expensive toy, I'd only really recommend it if, like me, your Trypticon is incomplete and you don't want to piecemeal complete it, or if your Trypticon is just getting worn/old and you want a minty replacement. But if you already have a complete G1 Trypticon that's in pretty good condition, then this reissue wouldn't be quite as essential for you. The price I'm quote is from Premium Collectables; not sure how much this toy will sell at retail stores here. My toy was double-taped, which may be off putting to MISB collectors.

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[Bidoofdude]

Have you tried out the battery features yet, on the reissue?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Does that reissue have stickers for eyes and the original plastic eyes?

[prjkt]

Seeing the interactivity with the Combaticons there is making me hope for something similar with the Titan wars line...

Nice pick up Goki, not for me as I'm Classics-verse mainly, but I do remember playing with a friend's one about 20years ago

[GoktimusPrime]

Have you tried out the battery features yet, on the reissue?

Not yet.

Does that reissue have stickers for eyes and the original plastic eyes?

Stickers. My original Trypticon's eyes are chrome gold but not separate plastic pieces (like say Galvatron's).

Seeing the interactivity with the Combaticons there is making me hope for something similar with the Titan wars line...

Nice pick up Goki, not for me as I'm Classics-verse mainly, but I do remember playing with a friend's one about 20years ago

I'd be all over a Generations Titan Class Trypticon like Queensland on NSW.

[Trent]

Any differences of note between the original and reissue?

[GoktimusPrime]

I wasn't actively looking to spot differences, but the biggest differences that stood out to me were:
* Legal blurb and logos printed on toy.
* The two 'bumps' on the lower ramp on the G1 toy are absent on the reissue.



P.S.: I don't own a Gigastorm, so I don't know how many of these differences were present on that toy. Could someone who owns Gigastorm please confirm?

[drifand]

I didn't know this guy is not that tall. Kind of surprised for me.

[Megatran]

Hey Gok, is the purple colour on the Trypticon reissue a darker purple or is the G1 vintage colour faded? Thanks.

[GoktimusPrime]

I didn't know this guy is not that tall. Kind of surprised for me.

Yeah, it surprised me when I first saw them loose back in the 80s. Metroplex isn't much taller either. Ultra Magnus is taller than Metroplex, and Galvatron is nearly as tall as Trypticon. They're really designed to be cities for the Scramble gestalt teams (e.g. Aerialbots, Stunticons etc.); both of them can connect with Scramble gestalt TFs.
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Hey Gok, is the purple colour on the Trypticon reissue a darker purple or is the G1 vintage colour faded? Thanks.

I think mine's faded.