UPDATE: Takara to release SKY LYNX. Also: C3xHobby Convention clear protoforms out

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:26 am

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=147731

Springer007 · Post by **Springer007** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:27 pm

One of my favs being re-released, Sky Lynx, awesome! I love it, that is one I will definately pick up since mine broke.... Huzzah

StoneCold Skywarp · Post by **StoneCold Skywarp** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:30 pm

masterpiece Skywarp looking rather fetching in the corner there, it's nice to see us getting him first rather than Thundercracker tbh.

re-issue Sky Lynx would be too good to resist seeing as I've never seen one in the flesh.

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:30 pm

Well, I may be the only person in the world who'll say this but I always liked Sky Lynx's TV character and the toy looks fun if bizzare, so I'll probably buy.

I wonder what E-Hoby will go for the repaint?

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:14 pm

Ooh! Count me in!

Post by **Clay** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:09 pm

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but Takara have displayed old stuff at toy shows before without reissuing them.

They dragged out a real Victory Saber set to show along side the Robot Masters versions without reissuing it, and they had a bunch of old stuff at a show last March as well.

Case in point: Star Saber, Liokaiser, and Browning on display to highlight... a Kiss Sparkabot.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:56 pm

Protoforms in packaging... yeah, that's Hasbro packaging.

http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e72882621

More permanent link:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost. ... stcount=14

Tetsuro · Post by **Tetsuro** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:33 pm

Originally posted by inflatable dalek
Well, I may be the only person in the world who'll say this but I always liked Sky Lynx's TV character and the toy looks fun if bizzare, so I'll probably buy.

Make that two of us. Well if isn't Commander Modesty!

Originally posted by Clay
Not to rain on anyone's parade, but Takara have displayed old stuff at toy shows before without reissuing them.

Well, apparently this time, the plaque for Sky Lynx says something in the lines of "reissue project on the way". Besides, when was the last time they put toys that aren't even their own on display?

secretcode · Post by **secretcode** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:41 am

SkyLynx to me was friggin awesome, He helped bring back Optimus Prime! I just had to claim him for the RPG!

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:15 pm

Originally posted by Maju Garzett
SkyLynx to me was friggin awesome, He helped bring back Optimus Prime!

Ask Hot Rod if that's a good thing.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:05 pm

TBH, with how willing he was to give it away, he was probably happy enough to kiss him, when he didn't have to bear that responsability, anymore.

Post by **zigzagger** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:52 pm

Sky Lynx re-issue confirmed (if you want to call this confirmation) at bigbadtoystore.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

martyboy70 · Post by **martyboy70** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:40 am

Good news:)
Sky Lynx(AFAIK) never got a release in the UK so he is very rare and hardly ever turns up on ebayuk(and is usually yellow with knackered electrics) and goes for silly money when he does.
I will definitely be snagging one of these Im hoping for a lot more re-issues in the near future.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:19 am

Preordered!

Springer007 · Post by **Springer007** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:44 am

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... icture=out

Found it. Hope this helps.

ColdBain · Post by **ColdBain** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:13 am

And all this reissue Sky Lynx stuff happens within months of me scoring my own vintage boxed copy! Ah well, I guess my older brother can get one now if he wants (he couldn't be bothered hunting down one that is in good condition)

Wildrider · Post by **Wildrider** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:16 am

Stupid space turkey! I hate Sky Lynx.

Sadly my overwhelming dislike of the character has given way to my 'Great Britain Syndrome' when it comes to toys. In that this is one of those toys you only heard whispers about in the playground round our way, like Swoop for instance. So due to 80's starvation of decent toys I am forced to buy this now, but I guess that's the price you pay for living in the empire.

Hence I have a desperate urge to handle one in the flesh and examine his moving parts so I will probably buy one and inevitably succumb to 'English Optimism' and discard him with a crushing sense of anti-climax and disappointment.

Yes I want one, my childhood demands it.

bilbo777 · Post by **bilbo777** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:58 am

Can anyone give an idea of why this reissue is so much more expensive than other reissues or its jumping on the movie wagon pricing you till you scream? Saw it at BBTS for $90 preorder.

Anything near the $100 mark you'd think Masterpiece. New molds, complex transformation, metal and etc that adds to the cost. Smaller molds.. $30 for the encore. Larger ones $50. Is SkyLnyx extremely large?

Ravage · Post by **Ravage** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:37 pm

Well he is a pretty big figure. Plus he's going to be imported from Japan and finally he does have a lot of electronic stuff going on in him so hence the price.

Tetsuro · Post by **Tetsuro** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:17 pm

Isn't his box the same size as Omega Supreme or Trypticon?

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UPDATE: Takara to release SKY LYNX. Also: C3xHobby Convention clear protoforms out

Takara to release... SKY LYNX? Also: C3xHobby Convention clear protoforms out

Looks like Sky Lynx is confirmed

Skylinx on BBTS

Why so expensive?