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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 …
Under The Skin
Gentlemen, start your engines...
Toy collectors all have their reasons for spending hard-earned money on action figures, vintage toys, modern children’s toys or high-end collectibles. It could be nostalgia, simple adult appreciation, a hobby or as a coping mechanism for something. There is a wide spectrum within which people enjoy the hobby in different ways. Vintage G1 Transformers have a lot to …
Even More News To Me
A tremendous mistake
The passage of time continues to bring us brand new discoveries in the vintage world of Transformers and pre-Transformers collecting. We’re nearing the 30 year anniversary of the first release of The Transformers, and we’ve already surpassed that mark for Diaclone and Micro Change, and despite those milestones this amazing hobby and area of toy collecting still present gems, gifts, mysteries and …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Micro Change, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Browning, Diakron, Finland, G1, Hasbro, Huffer, Jazz, Joustra Diaclone, Lynsa, Micro Change Series, Milton Bradley, Peru, Powerdashers, Ramjet, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Takara, Transformers
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Inspiration
The Transformers Red Tracks made famous by a Dutchman
The Internet has a lot to answer for. While a majority of what (and who) turns up online should be re-buried, there are some bastions of hope, intelligence, creativity and inspiration. Each of us found our own way into the online Transformers collecting community and discovered those early websites choc full of treasures we’d never seen or …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Micro Change, Paperwork, Reissues, Source Articles, Uncategorized, US Transformers
Tagged Artfire, Cliffjumper, Devvi, Lucky Draw, Marlboor Wheeljack, Mexican Transformers, Mijo, Milton Bradley, Minibots, Prowl, Red Tracks, Skywarp, Stepper
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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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In Their Own Words – Part 1
What makes this so special?
Transformers collectors love rarities, and rarity plus hype can make legends of particular toys. But what about those very rare and obscure Transformers that people don’t talk, or even know about? When a particular type of collector embarks on a mission to complete a specific area, category or sub-category of a Transformers line they will eventually come across a piece or …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Interview, Japanese Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Micro Change, Minibots, US Transformers
Tagged AFA, Brawn, Ciclone, Cyclonus, Diaclone, Doubleclouder, GiG, Guzzle, Hasbro, Italy, Jazz, Megatron, Micro Change, Milton Bradley, Minibots, Porsche, Rubiplas, Takara, Venezuela
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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 …
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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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Variant Collectors or Collector Variants?
How to make toy collecting even more obsessive? Add numbers
Toy collectors, we’re all a little insane, obsessive, compulsive and generally not 100% grown up. But just like the enormous variety of generations, sub-lines, categories, specialisms and characters that exist within the actual Transformers toy lines, there is an almost equal amount of diversity evident within the types of collector that populate the Transformers toy-buying community. …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Micro Change, Minibots, Prototypes, US Transformers
Tagged AFA, Artfire, Browning, Darkwings, Diaclone, Jetfire, MB, Microman, Milton Bradley, Minibots, Mirage, MISB, Prototype, Raiden, Stepper, Transformers, Victory Sabre
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Intermission ~ 4 years away
Shining Ultra Magnus - needed a voice
In 2007 I left the Transformers and pre-Transformers collecting game and community again for the second or third time (I lose count). This almost always involved a fire sale of some sort, exchanging rare and hard-earned variants and centrepieces for significant amounts of money to set me on my way in the direction of newer and more appealing pursuits. …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Mexican Transformers, Micro Change, Minibots, Paperwork, Prototypes, Reissues
Tagged Car Robot, Diaclone, E-hobby, Joustra, Megatron, Mexico, Micro Change, Milton Bradley, Minibots, Peru, Powered Convoy, Prowl, Ramjet, Reissue, Skids, Takara, Tracks, Transformers, Windcharger
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The Truth About Catalogues
Oh to have a time machine...
Have you ever noticed how the most experienced, knowledgeable and wiliest collectors of rare Transformers, prototypes and obscurities always happen to have a healthy selection of catalogues in their collection? Maybe it’s a 1985 Toyfair publication, or a dusty old binder emblazoned with Revell logos from 1984, or some Hasbro booklet featuring a giant photo of a hideously-dressed child with …
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Tagged catalogues, Ceji, Diaclone, GiG, Hasbro, Joustra, Milton Bradley, paperwork, Powered Convoy, Transformers
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