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The Ones That Got Away
Missed for 75 Euros on auction
In a competitive market place, vintage toy collectors have to have their eyes and ears open the whole time in order to nail rare items. But we can’t always be everywhere, all the time. Sometimes real life and circumstance mean that we miss key auctions, deals, emails and opportunities. Other times a lack of experience, funds or better judgement …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Minibots, Prototypes, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Diaclone, Finnish Diaclone, Galaxy Shuttle, Gears, GiG, Grapple, Joustra Diaclone, Lynsa, Marlboor Wheeljack, MB Transformers, Peru, Powered Convoy, Skywarp, Starscream, Windcharger
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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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Small World
Seriously, how many times can I recycle this pic?
Take one quick look around the online Transformers collecting scene and you’ll see a number of extremely active and healthily-populated forums, thousands of vocal collectors and enthusiasts interacting online, at shows and meet-ups, through blogs and reviews. There are also no shortage of eBay members around the world chasing any decent valuable toy from the earlier vintage …
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Tagged Diaclone, Gears, Jazz, Joustra, Laserbeak, Powerdasher, Powered Convoy, Ratchet, Red Hoist, Yellow Sideswipe
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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 …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Paperwork, Prototypes, Uncategorized
Tagged catalogues, Ceji, Diaclone, GiG, Hasbro, Joustra, Milton Bradley, paperwork, Powered Convoy, Transformers
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Who Cares About Paperwork?
Merry Christmas!
It all starts with nostalgia, the quest to recapture that feeling of getting a brand new Transformers toy and opening the floodgates to one’s fondest childhood memories. Whether it’s buying back Transformers that our parents threw out years ago, or finally securing that one character that your folks never bought you (because, really, one Jumpstarter should be enough for any child), purchasing your first …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Japanese Transformers, Prototypes, US Transformers
Tagged Astrotrain, Comics, Cyclonus, Diaclone, E-hobby, G1, Hasbro, Japan, Jetfire, Joustra, paperwork, Powered Convoy, Reissue, Skywarp, Takara, Transformers
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Origin of the Species – Part 2
A shame they didn't use these colours for Magnus
There’s always a reason. Black recolours, clear recolours, police redecos, our favourite Transformers characters in strange unfamiliar colours, there’s always a reason. In the first chapter of this series we discovered that many of the E-Hobby exclusives were Diaclone-inspired, and in the case of the Lucky Draw Black …
Posted in Diaclone, Japanese Transformers, Reissues
Tagged Car Robot, Diaclone, E-hobby, G1, Insecticons, Powered Convoy, Reissue, Sideswipe, Takara, Transformers, Triplechanger, Ultra Magnus
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Diaclone Abroad
GiGgity! GiGgity!
Before The Transformers came the Takara Diaclone and Micro Change toys in Japan, and throughout our tour of many Japanese Diaclones we saw variations and exotic colours aplenty, be it Car Robots (Parts 1, 2 and 3) or other …
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Tagged Autobot, Battle Convoy, Diaclone, Diakron, GiG, Hasbro, Joustra, Kronoform, Powered Convoy, Takara, Transformers
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