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Collector Interview 12 – Brandon Yap
Very well presented
For this month’s dedicated Transformers collector interview, we wrap up the first year of features in style with one of the most impressive and well-known collections in the community, that of popular blogger Brandon “heroic_decepticon” Yap. I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have the honour of interviewing some of the hobby’s most respected luminaries in the last 12 …
Is It Conceivable? – Part 2
Early Cybertron wall
Japanese Transformers are not just an exotic flavour to be sampled by collectors who fancy adding a touch of spice to a normal G1 collection. Some Transformers enthusiasts actively try to complete the whole run of Takara G1 Transformers from start to finish. In addition, a few hardy souls even take up the challenge of finding all of these foreign …
Posted in Japanese Transformers, Source Articles
Tagged Artfire, battlestars, Convoy, Cybertron, Destron, Deszaras, Dinobots, Guard City, Headmasters, Japan, Liokaiser, Masterforce, Megatron, Operation Combination, Overlord, Stepper, Takara, Transformers, Victory, VSX, VSY, VSZ
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Best of 2011 / 2012 – A Year of Source Articles
Japanese Transformers - The first Source Article
When the TFsource blog project was started in 2011, we had a vision of a weekly series of articles that would aim to eventually touch many corners of the Transformers collecting universe, primarily G1, and be a valuable online resource for collectors. The idea was always to add more authors to the team to help cover more bases and …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Minibots, Reissues, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Black Tracks, Canadian Transformers, Diaclone, Lucky Draw, Masterforce, MB Jazz, Micro Change Series, Overlord, Police Sideswipe, Police Sunstreaker, Red Slag, Yellow Sideswipe
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Japanese Transformers 1988 (Chōjin Masterforce) – Part 2
Over priced, Over hyped, Overlord
Japanese exclusive Transformers are old news aren’t they? Big time collectors have long since moved onto areas like Euro variants, AFA graded museum pieces and pre-Transformers. If that was true, then 1988 Destrons such as Overlord, Darkwings and Black Zarak would not be commanding 4 figure sums. Still an extremely hot area of collecting, Japanese exclusives from the Masterforce series are not …
In Their Own Words – Part 2
These ain't keychains
There’s a reason why Transformers collectors gaze upon complete collections or runs of particular sub-categories with such awe and respect, because every niche in the hobby has its rarities and impossible pieces. There are always one or two extremely challenging items and variations on a toy, box or paperwork that make anything ‘complete’ a considerable task, and they can often be the most …
Posted in European Transformers, Generation 2, Interview, Japanese Transformers, Micro Change, Minibots, Paperwork, US Transformers
Tagged Alpha Robot Base, Brawn, Bumblebee, Destruction Team, Gears, Grimlock, Hasbro, Jazz, Jusco, K-Mart, Legends, Minicons, Overlord, Pretenders, Reflector, Seven, Soundwave, Space Galaxy, Star Saber, Starscream, Takara, Triggerbots, Triggercons, Windcharger
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