Pride of Your Collection

monkeyfudge

Did you have a transformer toy that no one else seemed to have and that was hard to come by?

I always wanted Shockwave, but he seemed to be next to impossible to get over here. Megatron wasn't easy to come by either.

But the one I had that no one else seemed to have was Six Shot

He could change into 6 different things... although none of them really looked all that good... but no one else I knew had him and that was good enough for me.

(By the way, I've already asked for image tags to be enabled for the forum)

RuggieBear

I had Scorponok.....one of the biggest transformers ever. My brother won a Fortress maximus in a competition.


I'm under the impression there were very few of those around

monkeyfudge

Yep. Never seen Fortress Maximus around. I'm sure I seen Scorponok in the shops, but never knew anyone who had him.

I had Trypticon and Metroplex myslef. Trypticon was hard enough to come by, but he was much better than Metroplex who was actually a bit flimsy and not all that fun to play with.

jaggeh

Powermaster Optimus Prime, i absolutley loved the way the cab folded into a cube and locked into the trailer and he was friggin huge!!!

http://tfu.info/1988/Autobot/OptimusPrime/vehiclemode.jpg
http://tfu.info/1988/Autobot/OptimusPrime/stationmode.jpg
http://tfu.info/1988/Autobot/OptimusPrime/robotmode.jpg
http://tfu.info/1988/Autobot/OptimusPrime/cabrobotmode.jpg

6th

I had quite a few but even though he was crap my favourite was Outback:

jaggeh

outback was pretty cool, his death in the comic was the stuff of legends.

Rhyme

Had this until the great 'you don't need this' cleanup of the early 90's. My favourite and irreplacable... well, maybe some of the smaller parts as they were already lost ;_;

sprinkles

jaggeh wrote:

Powermaster Optimus Prime, i absolutley loved the way the cab folded into a cube and locked into the trailer and he was friggin huge!!!

http://tfu.info/1988/Autobot/OptimusPrime/vehiclemode.jpg
http://tfu.info/1988/Autobot/OptimusPrime/stationmode.jpg
http://tfu.info/1988/Autobot/OptimusPrime/robotmode.jpg
http://tfu.info/1988/Autobot/OptimusPrime/cabrobotmode.jpg

had him too but I didn't like the way the legs didn't move when he was in the combined form. The guns on the shoulders were cool.

Rhyme wrote:

Had this until the great 'you don't need this' cleanup of the early 90's. My favourite and irreplacable... well, maybe some of the smaller parts as they were already lost ;_;

Still got her. Great toy. I picked another one up in NY a few years back, well actually my brother got it for me as he had robbed my original (TF toys are precious to us) but it's got to be the best prime there was.

They rereleased all the originals a few years back over there, haven't seen them over here anywhere. I should have got Jazz when I had the chance.

monkeyfudge

Oh yes... I just remembered I had this guy:



He was called Omegatron and was the Omega Supreme toy before he was adapted for use in the Transformers toy line. Lots of transformers were originally from other product lines, such as the Dinobots and the Insecticons.

(Image tags seem to be on now... thanks admins!)

petes

I had Scorponok. Hours and hours I played with it.

http://www.transformerland.com/show_parent_g12.php?action=get_parent&toyid=20161

DBK

Still have the ones mentioned so far The pride of my collection would have to be Reflector and the 20th Anniversary Edition of Optimus Prime

monkeyfudge

Another odd one I had was a Coca Cola Transformer that I got for having my birthday party at Burger King one year.



The transformation was actually fairly well designed. Mine was the regular coke version, all I could find online was the cherry coke one.

projectmayhem

monkeyfudge wrote:

Another odd one I had was a Coca Cola Transformer that I got for having my birthday party at Burger King one year.



The transformation was actually fairly well designed. Mine was the regular coke version, all I could find online was the cherry coke one.

i had the regular coke version too. it was actually kind of cool. i always pinned him as being the loser of the bunch

i also had a shuttle (as in, space shuttle) transformer who's name i don't recall, or never knew. no one had it, but importantly, it wasn't plastic - it was made of metal...

EDIT: skylynx might be it... my mind is starting to remember things it really shouldn't

monkeyfudge

Well there other Shuttles would be Astrotrain the tripple changer and Blast Off the Combaticon.

I think Astrotrain was an early Transformer and as such had actual metal bits.

projectmayhem

monkeyfudge wrote:

Well there other Shuttles would be Astrotrain the tripple changer and Blast Off the Combaticon.

I think Astrotrain was an early Transformer and as such had actual metal bits.

google images tells me it was, indeed, astrotrain. though i remember it being entirely metal (apart from wheels and such)...

The_g-man

Had a bunch of proper G1 collected, but the biggest let-down was having Overlord stolen from me three weeks after I bought it.
http://tfarchive.com/toys/reviews/jg1_overlord.php

constitutionus

man i could go on about half my collection!

if were talking rare i recently bought the japanese reissue box set of predaking, the things half metal and bloody enourmous compared to guys like defensor. its the most i ever spent on something trivial but i dont care and the guys adorning my computer desk infront of me right now

i seemed to have fairly good luck in terms of finding rare TFs even though i wasnt actually setting out to do it, i just bought the ones i thought were cool. there used to be a place on henry street just before where the jervis centre is whos name i cant remembe now, i think it was a toymaster and the name "paddy" someting is floating about in my head that was really good for em. i managed to get the autobot and decepticons clones there (fastlane, cloudraker, wingspan and pounce) and quickswitch the autobot sixchanger. and they were great for the re releases , got an original megatron there too.

got devastator which was my pride and joy till predaking came along and i had a big soft spot for the cities. i remember that competetion,a colouring one, for fortress maximus, they were through the toymaster stores and i remember drooling over the one in the store in the rathfarnham shopping center on the 2nd floor but had no luck wining one. so i got scorponok instead. in fairness i was meant to get metroplex through argos in england but when my dad went over theyd changed the catalogue so he got me scorponk on a whim. i nearly passed out when he gave him to me almost apologising it wasnt the one i aked for

the only other rare ones i can think of i have is overlord. man he was cool, a combining city that changed into a tank and a verycool looking jet and thunderclash. apparently hes meant to be that lines version of prime in something called machines wars all i know is he was a damn cool truck:D

in terms of the ones that most of us could get i loved my jazz toy. he was my favorite in the series and of course the dinobots. hell how could you not like grimlock and co but for some reason ir really like piranahcon, a targetmaster combiner. he just looks too cool and the bios of the team is one of the best.

RuggieBear

constitutionus wrote:

man i could go on about half my collection!

if were talking rare i recently bought the japanese reissue box set of predaking, the things half metal and bloody enourmous compared to guys like defensor. its the most i ever spent on something trivial but i dont care and the guys adorning my computer desk infront of me right now

i seemed to have fairly good luck in terms of finding rare TFs even though i wasnt actually setting out to do it, i just bought the ones i thought were cool. there used to be a place on henry street just before where the jervis centre is whos name i cant remembe now, i think it was a toymaster and the name "paddy" someting is floating about in my head that was really good for em. i managed to get the autobot and decepticons clones there (fastlane, cloudraker, wingspan and pounce) and quickswitch the autobot sixchanger. and they were great for the re releases , got an original megatron there too.

got devastator which was my pride and joy till predaking came along and i had a big soft spot for the cities. i remember that competetion,a colouring one, for fortress maximus, they were through the toymaster stores and i remember drooling over the one in the store in the rathfarnham shopping center on the 2nd floor but had no luck wining one. so i got scorponok instead. in fairness i was meant to get metroplex through argos in england but when my dad went over theyd changed the catalogue so he got me scorponk on a whim. i nearly passed out when he gave him to me almost apologising it wasnt the one i aked for

the only other rare ones i can think of i have is overlord. man he was cool, a combining city that changed into a tank and a verycool looking jet and thunderclash. apparently hes meant to be that lines version of prime in something called machines wars all i know is he was a damn cool truck:D

in terms of the ones that most of us could get i loved my jazz toy. he was my favorite in the series and of course the dinobots. hell how could you not like grimlock and co but for some reason ir really like piranahcon, a targetmaster combiner. he just looks too cool and the bios of the team is one of the best.

My brother won the colouring compo in Toymaster Bray (ER Harris...now an offlicence unfortunately) that's how he got the fortress maximus iirc

monkeyfudge

xanthor wrote:

...and that toy shop was Paddy Barrets.

Yep. I bought many a transformer there myself too. There was another Bamba/Toymaster further up on Talbot street that had a good selection too.

The_g-man

constitutionus, would you ever consider selling overlord?

Rozie

I remember Paddy Barret's! Just the name though. I was wonderring what toy shop I used to go to in double. Anyway, sorry to be a bit predictable, but the Pride and Joy of my TF Collection(especially since most of my old G1/G2 toys broke) really is Masterpiece Prime:

V9

Back in the day I always wanted G1 Hotrod, Cyclonus, Scourge and Galvatron, I managed to get Cyclonus and Scourge off Ebay in perfect nick, never bothered chasing Galvatron and Hotrod, hopefully they'll give Galvy a new look in the classics line as they did with Roddy.

Atm the Prime of my collection has to be Masterpiece prime, a great piece of engineering.

monkeyfudge

I had both Cyclonus and Scourge back in the day... I think my Scourge was actually a Targetmaster though... he could be a bit tough to transform.. Locking his legs into place in plane mode was a very tight fit.

Boru.

Oh my god I didn't know we had a transformers forum!!!:D This is sweet!!

Now that#s out of the way - I had Prime, Scorpinok, Metroplex, Bumblebee, Astrotrain, Wheelie, Wrekgar, Double Dealer, and about 30 other minor ones...and the best thing is I STILL HAVE THEM!!!

And I have the day off work today so I'll get em out and take a couple of group photos and throw them up here.

quazzy

Between my brothers and I, we had a fair few TFs. Jazz, Starscream ....

But my favourite was JetFire / SkyFire

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=453&size=0&start=0

Legend

jaggeh

I dont have any of my transformers anymore

But my faves were Blaster, Bruticus, defensor, Jetfire, Tripticon, Snapdragon and powermaster optimus

Dominatorx

I guess the jewels of y collection would be my fort max ,my vintage predaking an my raiden and liokaiser box sets oh and a complete monstructor

constitutionus

monkeyfudge wrote:

Yep. I bought many a transformer there myself too. There was another Bamba/Toymaster further up on Talbot street that had a good selection too.

paddy barretts! man it was a tiny shop but was a cornucopia of TFs delights. seem to remember em flogging some robotech stuff there as well and i didnt think that stuff hit ireland at all! amazing selection for such a small shop.

and monkeyfudge i remember fondly the shop up on talbot street. got me a snapdragon, needlenose ,spinster and horibull there along with a character i never thought would amount to anything but just looked cool, bludgeon.:D

oh and to the_g_man, no way man. overlords currently housing a load of actionmasters locked in perpetual battle with a micromaster populated countdown:D

spooydermot

Rozie wrote:

I remember Paddy Barret's! Just the name though. I was wonderring what toy shop I used to go to in double. Anyway, sorry to be a bit predictable, but the Pride and Joy of my TF Collection(especially since most of my old G1/G2 toys broke) really is Masterpiece Prime:

where did you get the masterpiece prime?, is it worth the cash? I know they're a bit on the pricey side......

AbusesToilets

My fave has to be Grimlock,i mean come on,it doesn't get any cooler than Grimlock I still have all mine too,Overlord,Quickswitch,Powermaster prime,Snarl,Dreadwing to name a few.So many good times.All currently locked in never-ending pitched battle with my G.I.Joe and TMNT forces

monkeyfudge

constitutionus wrote:

and monkeyfudge i remember fondly the shop up on talbot street. got me a snapdragon, needlenose ,spinster and horibull there along with a character i never thought would amount to anything but just looked cool, bludgeon.:D

I think I got Mindwipe there... he was the Decepticon Headmaster who turned into a giant bat.

Rozie

spooydermot wrote:

where did you get the masterpiece prime?, is it worth the cash? I know they're a bit on the pricey side......

I got my Masterpiece Convoy from Hong Kony on eBay, 84 euros including shipping. One of the best action figures ever made. Sitting in front of me right now with his Energon Axe. It's a lot but it's one display piece you'll always love. The Truck mode is a bit on the unrealistic side though. He seems to be mostly modelled after the Marvel comics.

I also recommend getting some Alternators if you can afford those two. The only ones you seem to be able to get here are Streak and Shockwave(Shockblast) which are both two great ones if you ask me. The best is Mirage though.

constitutionus

its been a while since i looked but im pretty sure you can get a wider selection of alternators in the argos catalogue. definently remember seeing swindle and windcharger in it, and im sure i saw ravage in the forbiden planet in dublin in the display case. that said theyre both a bit pricier than the local toyshop.

also a half price hound figure was doing the rounds a while ago in smyths, think it was going for 14euro? still might be some around somewhere

Cungi

Powermaster Optimus Prime as well.:D and Pretender Starscream even though pretenders were crap the robot inside was cool

Galvasean

For me it's either G2 Archforce or World's Smallest Skywarp

I remember whwn I was a kid my friend had Overlord :eek:

Rozie

As far as I can tell; the only alts released here:

Streak
Swindle
Windcharger
Shockwave/blast
Wheeljack(argos exclusive)
Optimus Prime(Argos exclusive)

6 out of 24... extremely poor. They wouldn't release Jazz here which is more bemusing; but they will release a more obscure character like Windcharger(who is actually overdrive).

_Kaiser_

I had dozens at one point,

Optimus Prime (original and powermaster), Metroplex, Rodimus Prime, all the aerialbots, all the stunticons (Santa was very good that year!), Megatron, Scorponok, Galvatron, Starscream and the jets, Ramjet, Soundwave and Buzzsaw (no Laserbeak tho..and Ravage was impossible to get), Mixmaster, Hook and Bonecrusher (oh how I wanted the rest of the Constructicons), Astrotrain, Blitzwing and others I cant remember.

Funny how I had more Decepticons tho I'm half thinking of going up into the attic at home next time I'm over to see what's there

Venom

Unicron owns all

Tho Galaxy Force Optimus Prine is damm cool as well.

Canis Lupus

Jetfire.... although it's the only one I had. I had the thundertank tho altho not a transformer

Galvasean

I have a new one, the tenth anniversary Beast Wars Megatron. He is truly beautiful.
Thanks Cian