Reissue of e-Hobby Sunstorm and Black Megatron

[JuzMel]

Rk has this up for pre-orders:

1) Encore Reissue Exclusive Black Megatron, US$79.9.
Link Here

2) Encore Reissue Exclusive Sunstorm, US$59.9.
Link Here

Both Feb 2009 arrival.

Unsure as to what difference does Black Megs have with Encore 02, so I might pass on that, plus OZ customs probably won't let it through anyway. Sunstorm looks a bit too orange? Or is it usually that colour? I'm not sure cause I don't have any Sunstorm figures. But I'll still get it anyway...

[heroic_decepticon]

Sunstorm is actually more orange than yellow.

These were taken with flash, so the colour should be accurate.

[GoktimusPrime]

He's a kind of amber IMO.

[JuzMel]

Hi Mods, sorry I didn't realise Kyle already started a thread for this, can mods please merge with Kyle's thread? Thanks

[MV75]

Actually, I've been wondering, are these really encore? What are they really? There is no encore number for them is there?

[heroic_decepticon]

I think these are e-Hobby reissues (ie: reissues of an e-Hobby issue, which was a reissue in the first place)

[GoktimusPrime]

Sunstorm wasn't originally a reissue. It was a repaint of reissue Thundercracker, but not an actual reissue since the character or toy never existed in the first place. A lot of other e-Hobby toys are reissues of Diaclone or Microman toys, rebadged as Transformers and given new identities and expanding the G1 universe. But toys like Sunstorm, Gadep etc. aren't reissues.

Black Megatron is a reissue of a Microman toy (MC12 GunRobo Black Type) though.

[dirge]

Hi Mods, sorry I didn't realise Kyle already started a thread for this, can mods please merge with Kyle's thread? Thanks

Done

At the current exchange rate Black Megs is close to $150AUD shipped

That's about the same as it would have been last time around. The exchange rates in the last year have been unusually _good_ for importers like us, don't forget that. Yes, I know it sucks..