User:Fanofcoolstuff27/sandbox/Reissue

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In the ever-expanding brand of Transformers, there are times where fans would like to go back and revisit some childhood memories by collecting some of the toys that they had grown up with and sometimes even the toys they never had! But wait a minute, there's just one issue: why does this original "Generation 1" Optimus Prime on eBay cost so much? And why does it have no tires or trailer? Collecting old childhood toys isn't going to be fun at all, is it? This is where reissues come in handy! As time goes by, those original toys you grew up with are likely to either be in bad shape or cost an awful amount of money due to inflation, the condition of the toy and whether it's a highly sought after piece or not.

I'm not married to this loose draft of an intro, but I thought a jokey opening might make the article kinda fun.

Stand alone reissues and reissue toylines

Generation 1

Thinking of also adding times Hasbro and Takara reissued certain toys in the late 80s, the 90s and the 00s too.

Many of the original Generation 1 Transformers toys have been reissued several times.

• Classics — A Hasbro European-market line of old-toy re-releases from 1990 and 1991.
• Collector's Edition — A 2001 Takara line-up of reissues made available as store and convention exclusives, mostly sold as sets, later supplemented with redecos of the Transformers Collection line (below).
• The Transformers Collection — The 2003–2006 Takara series of "bookbox"-style reissues.
  • This is also the line mainly associated with redecos of reissued toys made available through the Takara-affiliated e-HOBBY online store as part of the "Collector's Edition" line, though e-HOBBY have also carried redecos of toys from other lines, reissues and otherwise.
• Generation One Commemorative Series — The 2002–2005 Hasbro US-market, originally Toys"R"Us exclusive series of reissued toys that was similar to the Transformers Collection releases. Some tail-end releases were made available through other venues after Toys"R"Us had decided to discontinue the line.
• Transformers Encore — The 2007–present TakaraTomy series of classic-style reissues. Includes some figures never before re-released (and some never before released by Takara at all), such as Omega Supreme, Metroplex and Sky Lynx.
• A few assorted toys have also been reissued by Hasbro as store or convention exclusives as part of their 2006–2007 Classics and 2008–2009 Universe lines as well as under the Platinum Edition line (the latter co-branded as part of the Generations line).
• Vintage G1 is a line of reissues commenced in 2018, sold exclusively in the US by Walmart, hewing closely to the look and feel of the original releases, including original style packaging, complete with Tech Spec and package art on both the front and back.

Toys that will likely never be reissued

A section about toys that will likely never be reissued due to broken/lost molds, cost of making new molds, and the rights to a mold like Shockwave or Jetfire not being available to Hasbro or Takara. This section will loosely tie into the next.

Unofficial reissues

A section on the topic of the various Chinese companies that have made good-quality KOs that act as "unofficial reissues" and including the fact that they have made new molds for figures like Wheeljack and Sunstreaker which may never see an official reissue. Maybe even throw in a thing about how they try to pass themselves off as official products by entirely replicating original packaging, trademarks and copyrights.

References

[[Category:Beast Wars toylines]] [[Category:Generation 1 toylines]] [[Category:Toys]]