Category Archives: US Transformers
Slightly More News To Me
Mainland European G1 Divebomb in bilingual packaging
The law of diminishing returns dictates that beyond a certain point, there is less reward and result for an equal amount of input. In terms of vintage Generation 1 Transformers research and discovery, this basically means that as time goes by, as much as we continue to hunt for variations, exclusives or oddities from different and often obscure parts of …
Pass The Torch
Respectable collection for a 2 year old
A lifetime of appreciation for Transformers and the growing acceptance of hobbies such as toy collecting in society generally means that we can share our hobby with more people, and wear it more proudly, although some of us did that from day one regardless of others’ opinions anyway. When you get to the root of it, it’s the …
Posted in Classics, Minibots, Movie, Reissues, Shows, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged BotCon, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Data Disks, Frenzy, Glyph, Hasbro, Hot Rod, Keychains, Movie, Optimus Prime, powermaster Prime, Ratbat, Rook, Tap Out, Windcharger
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Blast From The Past
Approximately…
Over a decade ago, I gave my Robots in Disguise Car Brothers to a non-collecting friend as a gift, and they’d been sitting in his garage for all that time. Having just cleaned out that garage he dropped them off to me again, thinking I’d have more use for them now than when I gave up the hobby back then. The Car …
Ambassadors – Part 6
Generations
Ambassadors Part 6. You know the score by now, surely. Although I do think one thing bears repeating, our contributors that are picking their line, category, sub-category or era-specific ambassadors are not choosing one toy to represent the Transformers brand as a whole, or to turn a complete non-collector into a collector. Rather, they are choosing a toy from a particular area of Transformers to promote …
Posted in Beast Wars Neo, Cybertron, Reissues, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Beast Wars, Bumblebee, Cosmos, Cybertron, E-hobby, Gears, Hasbro, Huffer, Kaltor, Minibots, Optimus Primal, Powerglide, Takara, Transformers, Vector Prime, Warpath, Watches
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Ambassadors – Part 3
Generations
An ambassador should be the embodiment of the qualities and character of its people, representing the best that they have to offer. So when we asked our contributors to choose one Transformers toy that could act as an ambassador for Binaltech/Alternators, Armada, Japanese exclusive G1, or G1 between the years of 1987 to 1990, it was no easy task. Nevertheless, true to form, the guys have …
Posted in Armada, Binaltech Alternators, Japanese Transformers, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Alternators, Armada, Binaltech, Countdown, Fortress Maximus, God Ginrai, Godbomber, Hasbro, Jazz, Masterforce, Meister, Micromasters, Starscream, Super Ginrai, Takara, Transformers, Zoom Zoom
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Ambassadors – Part 2
Generations
If you were trying to sell the concept and qualities of the Transformers Animated toy line to a non-collector, or an enthusiast who doesn’t collect Animated, which one toy would you pick to represent and ‘sell’ the line? What about Generation 1 1984 to 1986? And Masterpiece? DOTM? These are the questions we put to our contributors, and their responses demonstrate the kind of …
Posted in Animated, Movie, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Animated, Constructicons, Convoy, Devastator, DOTM, Hasbro, Ironhide, Masterpiece, Movie, Optimus Prime, Prowl, Transformers
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Four Figure Hobby
The definition of rare
Everywhere you look now in vintage Transformers collecting, every niche and sub-category, the bitter end items that are required to polish off a section of the hobby are running into the very high hundreds or even low thousands of dollars. The purposeful march of certain toys and rarities towards four figures has left many a collector grateful for their early interest …
Posted in Comics, Diaclone, European Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Lucky Draw, Mexican Transformers, Micro Change, Minibots, Prototypes, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Artfire, Black Zarak, Bruticus, Comics, Diaclone, Gears, Giftsets, God Primus, Hasbro, Huffer, IDW, Iga, Japanese Transformers, Jetfire, Lynsa, Malignus, Matsushiro, Mexican Transformers, Overlord, Peru, Prowl, Sideswipe, Smokescreen, Star Saber, Sunswipe, Takara, Tracks, Transformers
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Ebay Adventures
Discolouration Articulation Nation
No Transformers blog is complete without the occasional rant about auctions, that is after all where most of us still get our toys, especially vintage. Whether it’s through eBay, Yahoo or a proxy bidding service, most of us have had bad experiences and taken chances that haven’t worked out. So here is my first auction rant of 2014.
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Masterpiece or Not?
No, that's not a chocolate Easter egg, it's actually Huff's packaging
Could this be a masterpiece, or a Masterpiece, even? It was meant to be. Once upon a time Takara Tomy considered releasing a Huffer (or “Drag”) to go with Masterpiece MP-10 Convoy but the idea never came to fruition. So, with their debut offering, have Cubex nailed Masterpiece levels of aesthetics, quality, design in …
Posted in 3rd Party, Masterpiece, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged 3rd Party, Cubex, Huff, Huffer, Krank, Masterpiece, Pipes, Stax, Takara Tomy, Transformers, XTransbots
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Marginally More News To Me
Apparently a rare toy!
Under the weight of newer Transformers products, one can sometimes find it hard to keep up with every new variant and development that comes along, never mind continue to catalogue the unyielding tide of vintage discoveries that continue to be made. In some cases, the vintage revelations are news to most of us who hadn’t paid close enough attention to certain …
Posted in European Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Minibots, Paperwork, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Bandai, Ceji, Generation 1, Hasbro, Iga, Jetfire, Macross, Matsushiro, Mexican Transformers, Seaspray, Shockwave, Skids, Takara, Thrust, Trailbreaker, Transformers
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