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What Now? (The New Masterpiece – Part 2)
Geneva Motor Show 1971?
What if Hasbro don’t release the Lamborghini Countach moulds as part of their Masterpiece Transformers line? What if Takara Tomy don’t do a second production run of either toy and instead move along to the other Autobot cars beyond Prowl, Streak and Smokescreen? Prices will continue to rise, that’s what. There’s not currently a whole lot of …
Posted in Diaclone, Masterpiece, Source Articles
Tagged Alert, Bluestreak, Convoy, Diaclone, Hasbro, Lambor, Masterpiece, Optimus Prime, Prowl, Red Alert, Sideswipe, Smokescreen, Soundwave, Starscream, Sunstorm, Takara Tomy, Thundercracker, Tigertrack, Transformers, TRU, Yellow Sideswipe
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Survivors – Part 2
Landfill (present) and Air Raid (The only TF that shop in Cyprus had that year)
“What we do in life echoes in eternity” – a great line from a great film. While “What we experience in childhood echoes through adulthood” is a slightly less profound quote, especially when measured in the context of toy collecting, it is still a huge part …
Posted in Diaclone, European Transformers, Minibots, Movie, Paperwork, Source Articles, US Transformers
Tagged Air Raid, Cyclonus, Dirge, Landfill, Micromasters, Ramjet, Robot Points, Rodimus Prime, Runamuck, Scourge, Skystalker, Starscream, Tailspin, targetmaster, Thrust, Thundercracker, Transformers, Twin Twist, Wreck-Gar
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Survivors – Part 1
Childhood vs Adulthood
Legendary Diaclone Black Tracks from Finland or a regular and used Transformers G1 Thundercracker from the UK? Which would you choose? I’d choose Thundercracker, every time, now and forever. Not just any Thundercracker though, just this one, from my childhood collection of Transformers toys. It is nigh-on impossible to find any collector who does not have extremely fond memories and connections …
Collector Interview 08 – Jon Krause
Headshot
We don’t mind a bit of controversy in the opinions of our Collector’s Corner Source Interviewees, so the decision to showcase the collection and thoughts of well-known mint sealed G1 Action Figure Authority graded Transformers collector Jon Krause was an easy one. Jon’s professional artwork and illustrations have graced some of the world’s finest, most read and most prestigious publications, so his controversial pro-AFA …
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Tagged AFA, Autobot cars, G1, Megatron, Minibots, MISB, Prowl, Shockwave, Skywarp, Soundwave, Starscream, Thundercracker, Transformers
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Review: Hasbro’s TRU exclusive Masterpiece Thundercracker
In today’s review, we take a look at one of Hasbro’s latest offerings: The Toys R Us exclusive Masterpiece Thundercracker. Using Takara’s MP-11 Starscream mold, they’ve managed to deliver an awesome Masterpiece-styled homage to seeker known for “bringing the boom” wherever he roams!
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Tagged exclusive, Hasbro, Masterpiece, MP-11, R, Review, Reviews, Thundercracker, toy, Toys, TRU, Us
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Mail-away G1 Transformers – Part 1
US G1 mailaway tech specs
“I never had that one as a kid!” Many collectors will tell you that their first foray into adult toy buying was fuelled by a potent mixture of nostalgia and freshly discovered freedom or disposable income. Whatever came next can be blamed on obsessive behaviour and all manner of other excuses! It’s one thing to buy all the toys our parents denied us …
Posted in Minibots, Paperwork, US Transformers
Tagged Camshaft, Canada, Cliffjumper, Cookie Crisp, Cosmos, Downshift, Hasbro, Jazz, Mailaway, Minibots, Omnibots, Overdrive, Reflector, Sunstreaker, Thundercracker, Time Warrior, Transformers, Warpath, Wheeljack
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Early Days of US G1
Roller-2D2
When trying to establish a respectable and interesting Transformers collection, it’s understandable that folks become lost in the world of foreign variants, exclusives and exotica, or obscure packaging oddities. It is easy to forget the venerable G1 toys of North America. With all the crazy inconsistencies in early Transformers paperwork, it should come as no surprise that some of these early G1 toys from North …
Posted in Diaclone, US Transformers
Tagged Battle Convoy, Diaclone, G1, Mirage, Optimus Prime, pre rub, Prowl, Thundercracker, Transformers, USA, Windcharger
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