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Most reused molds

Making new Transformers molds is rather expensive and so Hasbro and TomyTakara try to use each mold as often as possible to cover their costs and making their creation profitable. And then there are molds that reused more than other molds you will find these, their original use and all their reuses in this list. To be presented in this list a mold must have at least 3 different uses be they redecoes, retols or reissues if they are different from the original release.

Generation 1

Optimus Prime mold

• Original use:
  • Optimus Prime

• Redecoes:

Seeker mold

• Original use:
  • Skywarp
  • Starscream
  • Thundercracker

This mold was originally a shared mold as all three came out at the same time.

• Redecoes:
  • Black Starscream
  • Ghost Starscream
  • Sunstorm

• Remold/Retools:
  • Dirge
  • G2 Starscream
  • TFC reissue Starscream with Megatron Gun accessory
  • Ramjet
  • Thrust

??? mold

• Original use:
  • (G1)

• Redecoes:
  • (G1)

• Remold/Retools:
  • (G1)

??? mold

• Original use:
  • (G1)

• Redecoes:
  • (G1)

• Remold/Retools:
  • (G1)

Hasbro UK exclusive limited Edition Handmade Samples

In 2008 Hasbro UK for the first time ever attended the English fan-convention AutoAssembly with an official Hasbro UK display. This boot featured 3 one of a kind handmade resin casts of Transformers Animated toys. These toys where the prizes for a contest Hasbro UK held via the now defunct Hasbro Toyshop UK. To win them it was necessary to enter a competition simply by buying Transformers related product on Hasbro Toy Shop UK - oh and you had to be a resident of the UK.

The 'limited Edition' Handmade Samples list

Cos Hasbro UK really does love you!

1. Prize:

Optimus Prime based off the "Supreme Class Roll-Out Command Optimus Prime" mold on a rocky stand and hand painted in shiny colours by Hasbro's design team.

Well if you're lucky enough to be one of the 3 out of millions!

2. Prize:

Bulkhead based off the "Leader Class Bulkhead" mold on a rocky stand and hand painted in shiny colours by Hasbro's design team.

Why am I the only one that actually looks cool?

3. Prize:

Megatron based off the "Deluxe Class Battle Begins two pack" mold on a rocky stand and hand painted in shiny colours by Hasbro's design team.

Trivia

• Hasbro UK stated that this was their way of "apologizing" to the UK fans for the Transformers brand being handled so poorly in the UK.
• These prizes cannot transform or move as they are resin statues.
• These three statues where in fact the only official Hasbro UK supplied merchandise apart of the flyers for the contest, at the display, all toys where in fact bought by the two "official Hasbro representatives" while on holidays in the USA! The two representatives didn't even work for Hasbro, the only connection they had with Hasbro was that one of them has a brother "who used to work for Hasbro doing accounts or something for the Action Man brand." - Geez Hasbro UK.