Just checked my commemorative one, it's the takara black. Am I the only one with a stack of those? lol. Toyworld had so many for so cheap. Back in the good days of TRU stocking the line too.
The Commemorative reissue of Astrotrain was such a massive shelf warmer. I remember seeing even Kmart being overwhelmed with dead stock that would've sell even after the toy was reduced to $25.