Reissue Gen1 Astrotrain at Walmart

[griffin]

Looks like more reissues for Walmart in America (which will show up in Asia as well), as the Triplechanger Astrotrain was just found at Walmart in America (and on their website), for US$50.

[Tha_Phantom]

I'm so glad it's in the original Hasbro deco this time. I'll definitely be grabbing one.

For those wondering what the differences between vintage and reissue Astrotrain are, I've noticed:
- Much more rounded corners on the box flap
- "converts" instead of "transforms"
- The angle of the figure in the box
- 8+ instead of 6 & up
- The sunburst around the artwork is smaller on the reissue

[DELTAprime]

Would it kill HasTak to reissue the E-Hobby Astrotrain?

That is one of the few G1 figures I still would like to buy.

[High_Q]

Was this Walmart Astrotrain reissue previously announced, or its appearance on Walmart shelves the first time we've heard of this?

[Tha_Phantom]

Was this Walmart Astrotrain reissue previously announced, or its appearance on Walmart shelves the first time we've heard of this?

It won a fan vote earlier this year. Slated for a 2020 release, but close enough.

[High_Q]

It won a fan vote earlier this year. Slated for a 2020 release, but close enough.

Ah, i see. I must have missed that news. Thanks.

[griffin]

It won a fan vote earlier this year. Slated for a 2020 release, but close enough.

I totally forgot about that... probably because of how rushed they did it (three rounds of voting in one week).

And I also forgot about the second reissue fan-vote they did a few months later, which was done even quicker, with just a single day of voting and I think there was no advance warning either.

A quick recap for those like me who forgot about these...
December 2018 (just over a year ago), we had a "2020 reissue fan-vote" on the official Transformers Facebook page, that had two semi-final rounds of Astrotrain Vs Perceptor and Skywarp Vs Thundercracker.... followed very quickly by a final round of the two winners - Astrotrain vs Skywarp.
Astrotrain won, and it was noted that it would be then be released in the first quarter of 2020 (it ended up appearing in stores in America just a few days before 2020).

Then in May 2019 we had a snap poll on the official Transformers facebook page, of just one day, with Blaster Vs Skywarp, resulting in a very narrow win for Blaster at just 56%. It was said to be released in 2020, but no month or quarter noted.

Poor SKywarp... always the bridesmaid, never the bride.