Skywarp reissue?

toatha · Post by **toatha** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:19 pm

When I just now rearranged my Transformers, I suddenly realized that my Skywarp didn't have have the Takara stamp on his leg. Does this mean it's a reissue?

Treadshot A1 · Post by **Treadshot A1** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:50 am

MP or CLA or G1 Skywarp?

toatha · Post by **toatha** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:06 pm

Treadshot A1 · Post by **Treadshot A1** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:41 am

I don't think G1 skywarp was ever reissued...Dirge and screamer were, but 'warp?

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:35 am

Treadshot A1 wrote:I don't think G1 skywarp was ever reissued...Dirge and screamer were, but 'warp?

Twice.

Once by Takara in 2001 as a limited convention run.
Once by Hasbro in about 2003 as part of their commemorative series IV.

Blitzwing · Post by **Blitzwing** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:24 pm

Halfshell wrote: Once by Hasbro in about 2003 as part of their commemorative series IV.

I checked mine, and it has Hasbro and Takara labeled on it, so it isn't that one.

Treadshot A1 · Post by **Treadshot A1** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:36 am

Chances of having a convention figure and not knowing bout it is very low...

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:31 pm

Treadshot A1 wrote:Chances of having a convention figure and not knowing bout it is very low...

Nope, not really at all. They were distributed at a convention, but there's this thing called a secondary market that could have easily seen a loose one mixed in - the two-packs were all over ebay on release.

Of course, I'd have said the chances of someone not doing any research and finding out that there was a mass-retail reissue warming shelves in most of the Western world before saying otherwise were very low, which shows just how much I know. When will the clever/dumb balance be restored then, Egg bastards?

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:33 pm

By the time stuff's been hawked around eBay, provenance is often unclear (and there's an increasing number of bootlegs on the market -- if they're taken out of packaging it gets harder to track what you're getting.)