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<blockquote data-quote="LBD &quot;Nytetrayn&quot;" data-source="post: 139116" data-attributes="member: 20"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/transformersretrog1gearsyeahnahmeme.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p>Wake up, babe. New G1 just dropped.</p><p></p><p>Over at <em>everyone’s</em> favorite place to shop for <em>Transformers</em> toys, Walmart, two new yet familiar listings have gone up.</p><p></p><p>Labelled as “<em>Transformers</em> Toys Retro G1 Action Figures”, these two listings show us revamped versions of two fairly recent-ish releases by way of Autobots Gears and Bumblebee.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRA-GEN-RETRO-INSPIRED-2/8788611526?classType=REGULAR&from=/search" target="_blank">Gears</a> is a slight retool and repaint of his <em>Legacy United</em> version, redesigned to look a little closer to his original toy self, faceplate and all:</p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears01.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears01.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears06.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears06.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears05.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears05.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears04.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears04.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears03.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears03.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears02.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears02.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p> </p><p><em>Un</em>like the original <em>Generation 1</em> toy, he still comes with his trusty, iconic… er, “blaster” (remember when each bot’s weapon would have a cool name? Allspark Farms remembers). From the listing:</p><p></p><p>As for <a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRA-GEN-RETRO-INSPIRED-1/8812974813?classType=REGULAR&from=/search" target="_blank">Bumblebee</a>, his is based on the Netflix version of the toy that was a remold from the <em>Transformers: War for Cybertron – Earthrise</em> Cliffjumper, and apparently that’s as far as they wished to go with it, because unlike Gears (and his own packaging art), he isn’t sporting a toy-accurate faceplate:</p><p style="text-align: center"> </p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee05.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee05.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee04.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee04.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee03.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee03.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee02.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee02.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee01.jpg?ssl=1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee01.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p><p>But hey, he still turns into a Volkswagen Bug, and still comes with the whole sniper-bazooka armament he inherited from CJ — perfect for missing shots at Megatron! So that’s something.</p><p>Here’s what the site says about him:</p><p></p><p>Kind of odd that they label the tech specs as “each sold separately” and “subject to availability”. Do they not… you know, simply come with the figure? Just how far have we fallen, here?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, both figures are going for $24.97, with a listed release date of “March 31st, 2025,” which just sounds like some sort of fiscal year placeholder to these ears, but we’ll see.</p><p></p><p>If you’re ready to leave the past of the future behind and look to the future of the past, then head on over to the brand-spanking new and unimaginatively-named (sorry) “<a href="https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads/transformers-retro-g1-figures.3076/" target="_blank">Transformers Retro G1 Figures</a>” thread in our forums, and tell us what you think of Hasbro’s latest effort to use nostalgia to part you from your hard-earned Shanix!</p><p></p><p>Not a member? <a href="https://www.allspark.com/forums/register/" target="_blank">Register now!</a> It’s totally free, save for that teeny little fragment of your Spark that helps sustain our existence! If forums aren’t your bag and you’re more of a social media kid, then you can find us on SMOKAT (that’s the Social Media Once Known As Twitter — just you wait, this’ll catch on better than “X” ever will) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllsparkNews" target="_blank">@AllsparkNews</a>. Or you can do your web-slinging Into and Across the Metaverse to find our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theallspark" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/allspark.forum" target="_blank">Facebook Group</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/allspark_com/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a>! Or you can go Beyond the Metaverse, and join us on our Discord, <a href="https://discord.gg/allspark" target="_blank">Discord.gg/allspark</a>, where our operators are standing by to serve <em>you</em>!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LBD "Nytetrayn", post: 139116, member: 20"] [CENTER][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/transformersretrog1gearsyeahnahmeme.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1[/IMG][/CENTER] Wake up, babe. New G1 just dropped. Over at [I]everyone’s[/I] favorite place to shop for [I]Transformers[/I] toys, Walmart, two new yet familiar listings have gone up. Labelled as “[I]Transformers[/I] Toys Retro G1 Action Figures”, these two listings show us revamped versions of two fairly recent-ish releases by way of Autobots Gears and Bumblebee. [URL='https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRA-GEN-RETRO-INSPIRED-2/8788611526?classType=REGULAR&from=/search']Gears[/URL] is a slight retool and repaint of his [I]Legacy United[/I] version, redesigned to look a little closer to his original toy self, faceplate and all: [CENTER] [CENTER][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears01.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears01.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears06.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears06.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears05.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears05.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] [URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears04.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears04.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears03.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears03.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears02.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Gears02.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] [I]Un[/I]like the original [I]Generation 1[/I] toy, he still comes with his trusty, iconic… er, “blaster” (remember when each bot’s weapon would have a cool name? Allspark Farms remembers). From the listing: As for [URL='https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRA-GEN-RETRO-INSPIRED-1/8812974813?classType=REGULAR&from=/search']Bumblebee[/URL], his is based on the Netflix version of the toy that was a remold from the [I]Transformers: War for Cybertron – Earthrise[/I] Cliffjumper, and apparently that’s as far as they wished to go with it, because unlike Gears (and his own packaging art), he isn’t sporting a toy-accurate faceplate: [CENTER] [CENTER][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee05.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee05.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee04.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee04.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee03.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee03.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER] [URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee02.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee02.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee01.jpg?ssl=1'][IMG]https://i0.wp.com/www.allspark.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RetroG1Bumblebee01.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1[/IMG][/URL] [/CENTER] But hey, he still turns into a Volkswagen Bug, and still comes with the whole sniper-bazooka armament he inherited from CJ — perfect for missing shots at Megatron! So that’s something. Here’s what the site says about him: Kind of odd that they label the tech specs as “each sold separately” and “subject to availability”. Do they not… you know, simply come with the figure? Just how far have we fallen, here? Anyway, both figures are going for $24.97, with a listed release date of “March 31st, 2025,” which just sounds like some sort of fiscal year placeholder to these ears, but we’ll see. If you’re ready to leave the past of the future behind and look to the future of the past, then head on over to the brand-spanking new and unimaginatively-named (sorry) “[URL='https://www.allspark.com/forums/threads/transformers-retro-g1-figures.3076/']Transformers Retro G1 Figures[/URL]” thread in our forums, and tell us what you think of Hasbro’s latest effort to use nostalgia to part you from your hard-earned Shanix! Not a member? [URL='https://www.allspark.com/forums/register/']Register now![/URL] It’s totally free, save for that teeny little fragment of your Spark that helps sustain our existence! If forums aren’t your bag and you’re more of a social media kid, then you can find us on SMOKAT (that’s the Social Media Once Known As Twitter — just you wait, this’ll catch on better than “X” ever will) [URL='https://twitter.com/AllsparkNews']@AllsparkNews[/URL]. Or you can do your web-slinging Into and Across the Metaverse to find our [URL='https://www.facebook.com/theallspark']Facebook page[/URL], [URL='https://www.facebook.com/groups/allspark.forum']Facebook Group[/URL], and [URL='https://www.instagram.com/allspark_com/?hl=en']Instagram[/URL]! Or you can go Beyond the Metaverse, and join us on our Discord, [URL='https://discord.gg/allspark']Discord.gg/allspark[/URL], where our operators are standing by to serve [I]you[/I]! [/QUOTE]
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