Toy Review - Trypticon (Platinum Edition)

[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.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attach...n-img_1936.jpg
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attach...mblescaled.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8089/8...837346b4_o.jpg

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.

[drifand]

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.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attach...n-img_1936.jpg
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attach...mblescaled.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8089/8...837346b4_o.jpg

I think mine's faded.

Custom faded? Lol

[GoktimusPrime]

Currently uploading a short video I made of Trypticon walking here. Video is still uploading at the time of this post, so check back in a few minutes if it's still saying that it's processing.

Update Video link added

Custom faded? Lol

It's a 29 year old toy, so yeah, it's gonna be faded.