Encore 16 - Combaticons/Bruticus.

[Sky Shadow]

Well takara and hasbro have been saying for years that they wont be reissuing the gestalt teams because they expected poor sales due to most of them having ko's. So their propably testing the water with this one and if does well they might relaese more of the combiner teams

Perhaps. Although if that were really their motive then they would be better off releasing the Terrorcons anyway, since they're neither prone to knockoffs, nor has the Terrorcon mould already been used for official releases in 1986, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2003 and 2004.

[Kyle]

Well takara and hasbro have been saying for years that they wont be reissuing the gestalt teams because they expected poor sales due to most of them having ko's. So their propably testing the water with this one and if does well they might relaese more of the combiner teams

Combaticons/Bruticus have also been KO'd numerous times in Asia...

[kup]

I'm all over that. I'm just saddened it isn't a more obscure release that hadn't seen a reissued before such as menasor/defensor/computron, etc.

But heck yea, I want. Pity it's so far away, but at least it gives me time to get the other encores I'm missing. Plus the movie toys won't affect me on this one as I don't plan on getting any of those anyway.

And guys, Blastoff and the rest should be properly named in this set.

I agree. I have a complete vintage combaticon set in excellent condition so I would have preferred any of the other gestalts you mentioned.

However I will buy this set to support more combiner teams but the funny thing is that this mold is one of the most KOed of all!

I just hope they don't do Piranahcon for a very long time

[Adzma]

Well takara and hasbro have been saying for years that they wont be reissuing the gestalt teams because they expected poor sales due to most of them having ko's. So their propably testing the water with this one and if does well they might relaese more of the combiner teams

Sounds like a stupid excuse to me. "Oh well, rather than realize that people would want these toys legitimately, we know they want knock offs so we'll just loose money instead of making an official reissue." Anywho it sounds good to me. But Metroplex was a failure? Aww...

[liegeprime]

Um Skyshadow, there was a KO terrorcon set released along with the rest of thos KO sets released years ago. But this one didnt have all 5, there 2 figures that they mixed with combiner parts from other teams, cant recall but Ive seen it in Phils before. Wonder if they still have the mold to make a Liokaiser encore or mebbe even for the smallest combiner yet - a MOnstructor encore set would be awesome ( not to mention would drag the ridiculous prices its parts are selling for). Just hope they change the gold plastic to something more sturdy.

[Sky Shadow]

Um Skyshadow, there was a KO terrorcon set released along with the rest of thos KO sets released years ago. But this one didnt have all 5, there 2 figures that they mixed with combiner parts from other teams, cant recall but Ive seen it in Phils before.

Yeah, that's why I said they're not as "prone to knockoffs" - bits of the Terrorcons and Technobots might have been knocked off once or twice, but the Combaticons have had a ridiculous number of knockoffs plus at least six official releases. If HasTakTom want to claim that they don't want to reissue toys people are already likely to own in some form then the Combaticons are the last combiner team they should be rereleasing.

[sifun]

preorder at bbts = 95USD.
How is that worth 95USD...
Even when they had Valdigus in Car robots it didn't retail for that much, i'm hoping its just BBTS with that price and not the actual retail RRP in japan

[Trailer Park Ninja]

This is exciting news! I didn't get this mould back in Car Robot/RID due to colour. Now finally in original (or new improvement of) G1 colour! Don't have to settle for getting a Universe Bruticus afterall...

+1. So glad I passed up some many opportunities to purchase Universe Bruticus as I just didn't like it at all.

Does anyone know if the Encore series aim to re-release the TFC collection as well?

[k.wong23]

Well looks like i'm putting my vintage Bruticus on ebay then

[jaydisc]

Most wicked. I hope they have metal chests.