The leaks of the past few days don't seem to be over yet. Allsparker CoffeeHorse was somehow added to an internal Hasbro TF team group discussion and came away with an incredible bit of news to release just under the wire.
In an interesting new twist amid the last few months' swirling rumors of "made-to-order" Transformer releases, HasLab appears to be cooking up just one such offering: a reissue of Takara's 2004 GC-01 Galaxy Convoy from Transformers Galaxy Force! The premium deco and extra Japaneseness of this iconic Unicron Trilogy release seems set to return to fan shelves soon. This is a big first for HasLab, which has typically committed to making all-new molds thus far. But it looks like given the rising costs of production (just look at your Legacy Evolution Armada Megatron to see how muchthey the modern economy took from us), maybe it makes sense to crowdfund a made-to-order reissue if it carries all the bells and whistles?
It might just be worth sending your wallet into a Grand Black Hole:
The timing is somewhat awkward, as it's not QUITE the 20th anniversary year... for Galaxy Force, which this seems to be nodding to. Assuming this doesn't see release until next year, it might not even make a Cybertron 20th. This seemed to be something the team was keenly aware of, per the snippet of the the group chat excerpt our intrepid Allsparker managed to save.
Now, CoffeeHorse got kicked off the group before being able to do more than save the screenshot.
But if YOU'VE ever looked like this in the last few years...
Maybe it's time to endlessly hit Refresh on HasbroPulse.com until you find out how to get a brand-spankin' new GC-01 Galaxy Convoy?
In an interesting new twist amid the last few months' swirling rumors of "made-to-order" Transformer releases, HasLab appears to be cooking up just one such offering: a reissue of Takara's 2004 GC-01 Galaxy Convoy from Transformers Galaxy Force! The premium deco and extra Japaneseness of this iconic Unicron Trilogy release seems set to return to fan shelves soon. This is a big first for HasLab, which has typically committed to making all-new molds thus far. But it looks like given the rising costs of production (just look at your Legacy Evolution Armada Megatron to see how much
It might just be worth sending your wallet into a Grand Black Hole:
The timing is somewhat awkward, as it's not QUITE the 20th anniversary year... for Galaxy Force, which this seems to be nodding to. Assuming this doesn't see release until next year, it might not even make a Cybertron 20th. This seemed to be something the team was keenly aware of, per the snippet of the the group chat excerpt our intrepid Allsparker managed to save.
MahrMada: i emailed production, maybe they can get this out by december
Skoorj: well we could of done it in 2024, but nooo, it was the omega priiiim e show
MacDaddeh: hey it turned out great! cant argue with how fast that funded.
MahrMada: optimuses sellllll, ok
MahrMada: that's why i said lets go, what optimus can we do to kick off this reissue line
MahrMada: we could have done gps-free thunder clash, remember, we got word back from the factories, they figured it out.
MacDaddeh: .....but marketing said only 4 people would order that
MacDaddeh: oh and then they said "no, use takara's name, that'll sell better"
MahrMada: lol yeah, "takara's name"... galaxy force
Skoorj: wiki chevk. their optimus was in december 2004, missed it by that much.
MacDaddeh: the real question forme is whatare people going to say about it, like is it gonna be yay or wtf why a haslab
Skoorj: man maybe we should talk about how much it costs to freakin MAKE, huh, can we put THAT on the annoucne page or smthg
MacDaddeh: ehhhh sure. but dont put the PRICE on the front page
MahrMada: right, i gotta show you the mockup that graphics did for the page. cybertron tagline and everything, you know i had to
MahrMada: ok let me get a screenshot up
MahrMada sent a file.
Skoorj: is that the key thing at tier 3?!
MacDaddeh: you seriously did my joke, diabolical
MahrMada: chill, chill, like its optimus, its 20 years, its japanese, you gotta know this will hit tier 3 like THAT
MahrMada: they were all like "just do the original" when we did the siege one, well boys,heres the 1;1 thing
CoffeeHorse: hehe yeah that oughta hold the little SOBs
MacDaddeh: haha
Skoorj: wait, who is that
MahrMada: is that [redacted]? i don't have all the new names we had to pick for this group thread
CoffeeHorse: oh no yeah I'm totally on the team
CoffeeHorse: remember, we talked about the 2027 Grandus HasLab
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Now, CoffeeHorse got kicked off the group before being able to do more than save the screenshot.
But if YOU'VE ever looked like this in the last few years...
Maybe it's time to endlessly hit Refresh on HasbroPulse.com until you find out how to get a brand-spankin' new GC-01 Galaxy Convoy?
Is YOUR wallet in danger? Will YOU join in and get us all the way to Tier 3?
