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Hasbro to reintroduce windows and blisters

As many are aware, recently, Hasbro took the decision to move to a windowless packaging system, meaning that figures either came with a fully closed box usually with a character art drawn on the front or alternatively no plastic whatever to allow direct contact with the toy, Hasbro reached out to us and gave us an update about their 6-inch figure packaging, it goes as follows:   “We wanted to…

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So as many of you know, Siege Starscream is commonly plagued by a chest piece with a tendency to fall off its hinge and tampographed movie-style Decepticon symbols instead of the classic G1 symbols. Well if these issues made you hesitant to purchase there’s good news!

Previously a “running change” was reported via a Twitter user with a pin supposedly added to the chest hinge. Well, after months with no further sightings of pinned chests it was looking pretty clear that one off sighting was either a hoax or one that was modified and returned to the store where it was repurchased.

  However, after buying Red Wing and having no issues with the chest falling off its hinge I decided I would finally bite the bullet and buy Starscream. Yesterday I spotted three at my local Target in Tukwila, WA alongside three Soundwaves (so seemingly not from the Springer case assortment). I decided to take a peek inside the box at the wing symbols and lo and behold they were G1 ‘Con symbols! I checked out the other two on the shelf and they also had G1 symbols and not movie ones. So naturally one came home with me and I’m happy to report that like Red Wing the chest has tweaked tolerances that allow it to stay on the hinge perfectly fine through transformation.

  You may look a bit strange peering inside the box for a look at the wing symbols, but they can be seen without opening the toy. While there’s no guarantee the chest hinge tolerances were tweaked at the same time the symbols were updated, I think it’s a decent bet Starscreams with G1 symbols will also have chests less prone to falling off. Check out the pictures featuring the G1 Decepticon symbols as well as the date stamp on the package—91441.

  Have you found Siege Starscream with G1 Decepticon symbols instead of movie ones? Report it in our forums with the stamp on the box to help fellow fans track one down themselves!

  War for Cybertron Siege Starscream Running Change Sighted So as many of you know, Siege Starscream is commonly plagued by a chest piece with a tendency to fall off its hinge and tampographed movie-style Decepticon symbols instead of the classic G1 symbols.

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Studio Series has just started to hit retail saturation and fans have already found a running change for Voyager Optimus Prime, one of the two new figures in the debut wave of the toyline. While the initial samples of the toy featured opaque orange energon blades, samples that have surfaced more recently have been found with much more transparent swords.

Seibertron.com broke the news and snapped this comparison shot.

The main figure is identical between both releases. While differentiating the two in-person should only be a matter of peeking into the box. For those buying online or who have otherwise not seen the initial variant, the difference lies in the production code stamped at the lower right corner of the box’s back. The opaque-bladed toys have the code “73461,”  while the clear-bladed figures  have “80171.”

Which do you prefer? Will this be enough to convince you to double dip? Most importantly, do the clear blades feature new and improved citrus flavor? Hop on to the Studio Series discussion thread or our Discord server and let us know!

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Studio Series Voyager Optimus Prime Running Change Studio Series has just started to hit retail saturation and fans have already found a running change for Voyager Optimus Prime, one of the two new figures in the debut wave of the toyline.