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Giftset Gallery – The Obscure
Lio-hype-er
Everyone loves a Transformers combiner giftset. It’s a lovely word isn’t it? Giftset. Just rolls off the tongue. My spell-checker doesn’t recognise it, but collectors certainly do. Almost always bright, colourful, large and with a significant portion of the box front covered in artwork, they make for some of the most popular and impressive collection display pieces one can find. Nowadays certain …
Is It Conceivable? – Part 3
Iga Pipes, Hasbro and Kabaya Huffer
Welcome to the jungle. This is no place for collectors who dwell in the safe confines of AFA cases or between walls of MISB Japanese Transformers. The minibot collector and variant hunter has to get his hands and feet dirty travelling well off the beaten path. Digging up histories of countries not previously associated with …
Posted in European Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Micro Change, Minibots, Prototypes, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Antex, Argentina, Beachcomber, Brawn, Brazil, Bumblebee, Ceji, El Greco, Estrela, Europe, Gears, Hasbro, Huffer, Iga, Japan, Kabaya, Lynsa, MB, Mexico, Micro Change, Minibots, Peru, Prototypes, Rubiplas, Seaspray, Seven, Takara, Transformers, Venezuela, Warpath, Windcharger
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Black & White
Hot fuzz
We know robots are cool and cars make for popular toys. We also know cars that transform into robots are exceptionally cool, but there is a special place reserved in the hearts of children (and adults!) for transforming cars which happen to be emergency vehicles. Whether it’s G1 or Diaclone, Robots In Disguise or Binaltech, the police car remains a talismanic member of a toy line….
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Mexican Transformers
Tagged Clampdown, Countach, Diaclone, Fairlady, Hasbro, Iga, Jazz, Mexican Transformers, Model kit, Nitto, Patrol type, Police, Prowl, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Takara, Transformers
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Priorities
Finnish Diaclone Black Corvette Stingray - 'Black Tracks'
This is an article about priorities, but not just the kind of priorities that we usually discuss in this column. This is not purely a piece about choosing between Diaclones and Transformers, or between Mexican variants and minibots, between current releases and vintage, this is also about choosing between toys and a car or a house. It also …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Minibots, Paperwork, Prototypes, Reissues
Tagged Ceji, Diaclone, Human Alliance, Iga, Joustra, Masterpiece, Mexican, Movie, Reissue, Transformers, Variants
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News To Me
Don't cry for me Argentina...because I'm not from there.
It doesn’t seem to matter how much we discover, how much gets photographed and revealed or how much we expand our horizons through international communication with global collectors and knowledgeable enthusiasts, every year in vintage Transformers seems to bring its own surprises and shocks. Surely there are a finite number of these discoveries to be made and …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Minibots, US Transformers
Tagged Brawn, Bumblebee, Ceji, Cliffjumper, Diaclone, Dirge, GiG, Hasbro, Huffer, Iga, Insecticons, Mexico, Milton Bradley, Powered Convoy, Rubiplas, Skywarp, Slag, Takara, Transformers, Windcharger
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Intermission ~ 12 Months Back – Part 2
This week's toy finds needed a damn good Estratega
How long does it take an experienced collector to get back into the groove and re-establish all their old contacts and techniques for finding rare Transformers? Can you take 4 years off and still come back as strong as before, striking gold at great prices ahead of a new batch of high-rolling collectors? That was what I …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Micro Change, Minibots, Prototypes
Tagged Brawn, Ceji, Corvette, Diaclone, Honda City Turbo, Iga, Joustra, Lancia Stratos, Lynsa, Mexican Transformers, Minibots, Peruvian Minibots, Prowl, Red Tracks, Skids, Tailgate, Wheeljack, Windcharger
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Intermission ~ 12 Months Back – Part 1
Nowadays, quite a catch
Does a collector ever lose their touch? By taking a 4 year break, I would be walking back into a very different collecting landscape full of new high-rollers with established contacts and sources hoovering up the best that eBay and the forums have to offer. What could I possibly expect to achieve considering the fact …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Minibots, Paperwork, Prototypes
Tagged Bluestreak, Countach, Diaclone, Iga, Megatron, Mexico, Model kit, Nitto, Ramjet, sample, Smokescreen, Sunstreaker, Takara, Transformers
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French Connection
Kickback. Kickback. Kickback to where you once belonged
Hasbro and Takara, two names of toy manufacturers that are synonymous with the global success and lasting phenomenon that is The Transformers. Takara’s designs and Hasbro’s marketing helped ignite the fire that still burns within all G1 Transformers collectors. Hasbro-Takara are the Lennon-McCartney of our collecting passion. However, any serious Beatles aficionado will tell you that George Harrison …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Minibots
Tagged Bombshell, Ceji, Dirge, Europe, Hasbro, Huffer, Iga, Insecticons, Kickback, Mexico, Milton Bradley, Pipes, Puffer, Ramjet, Shrapnel, Soundwave, Starscream, Takara, Transformers
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Mexico Revisited
Mas...MUCHO mas de lo que ves!
Sure, we’ve been here before, and sure we’ve talked about some of the wacky things that Plasticos Iga did with the Transformers brand south of the border, but as with any good holiday destination you’ll never see it all in one visit. Because of that, we’re back in Mexico to have a look at a few more intriguing and unique …
Posted in Mexican Transformers, Minibots, US Transformers
Tagged Hasbro, Iga, Megatron, Metroplex, Mexican, Prowl, Ramjet, Smokescreen, Transformers, Windcharger
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The World of Minibots
Almost a rainbow...time for a BAPE Bumblebee?
Collecting Transformers used to be a simple enough task, consisting of tracking down all the toys in the US or UK range between 1984 and 1987 and beyond, if you were so inclined. The core of most collections seemed to be based around Transformers The Movie or the original G1 series. With the increasing accessibility of the Internet in …
Posted in Japanese Transformers, Minibots
Tagged Brazil, Bumblebee, Bumblejumper, Cliffjumper, Diaclone, Hasbro, Iga, Joustra, Lynsa, Mexico, Microman, Minibots, Peru, Takara, Transformers
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