![]() Nov 2001: TRU exclusive C-307X: Nucleon Quest Ginrai.Nov 2001: eHobby exclusive C-310E: Fire Guts Ginrai.Aug 2001: eHobby exclusive Grapple & Inferno set.Aug 2001: eHobby exclusive Trailbreaker & Hoist set.Jul 2001: eHobby exclusive Thundercracker.Jul 2001: eHobby exclusive Black Starscream.Jul 2001: eHobby exclusive Ghost Starscream.Jun 2001: eHobby exclusive Sideswipe & Red Alert set.Jun 2001: eHobby exclusive Ratchet & Ironhide set.Feb 2001: eHobby exclusive Black Rodimus.Feb 2001: eHobby exclusive Crystal Rodimus.Dec 2000: eHobby exclusive C-69: Ultra Magnus, 4980 Yen.Jun 2000: eHobby exclusive C-01: Convoy.I will here try to trace G1 reissues by release dates from the earliest to the most recent. For the first time in almost 15 years, fans and collectors could again obtain G1 Transformers at retail and at affordable prices. The years 2000 to around 2006 were very good years for Transformer collecting because between them, Takara and Hasbro reissued almost all the desirable early G1 toys. This was the TFC (TransFormers Collection) series and at present total 22 G1 reissues (TFC #00 to TFC#21). Takara also ‘re-reissued’ selected G1 pieces in ‘book’ form, usually with Dreamwave art on the ‘cover’. Takara continued with G1 style box reissues of Starscream and Ultra Magnus and roughly once yearly, they would do a special – C-310: God Ginrai, ‘New Year’ Convoy, Landcross and the Predaking giftset as such examples. eHobby quickly followed with reissues of Ratchet & Ironhide, Trailbreaker & Hoist, Grapple & Inferno, Sideswipe & Red Alert, Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Ramjet, Dirge and Thrust. This was followed by a reissue of D-16: Megatron in G1 style box. ![]() These retailed at S$100.00 at Clarke Quay on Sunday morning and quickly became S$160.00 by late afternoon. The first Takara reissue was C-01: Convoy in a G1 style Japanese box. That is until Takara decided to start reissuing Transformers. The secondhand collecting market was on fire. Any Transformer from the early years, especially 19, were notoriously expensive and very much in demand. By the year 2000, G1 Transformer toys were yet again achieving cult status and becoming more vintage by the day.
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