Transformers the movie

[AuburnAlumni]

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I'm going to have to try and take a digital pic to flip you out, I still have all my old G.I Joe, M.A.S.K., and Thundercats, and Silverhawks toys (they are all boxed up, but I still have them in their original boxes!) Insane, I know, but I still have em'.

"Partly Metaaaaal, Partly Reeeaaaallll, Siiiiiiiiiiillllllvvvvvveeeerrrhhhaaawwwkkksssss!! !!!"

Oh hell yes. I think my mom still has the huge treasure chest of toys back at her house I had growing up. I had the entire collection of both M.A.S.K and Silverhawks.

I even had the Boulder Gas Station that was the M.A.S.K headquarters.

Our toys were the sh** back in the 80s...kids today don't even know.

[Boltman]

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"Partly Metaaaaal, Partly Reeeaaaallll, Siiiiiiiiiiillllllvvvvvveeeerrrhhhaaawwwkkksssss!! !!!"

Oh hell yes. I think my mom still has the huge treasure chest of toys back at her house I had growing up. I had the entire collection of both M.A.S.K and Silverhawks.

I even had the Boulder Gas Station that was the M.A.S.K headquarters.

Our toys were the sh** back in the 80s...kids today don't even know.

Hell yea! you and me "get it" Uber high five!!

We had the awesome stuff.

[dave360]

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Any good websites, books, etc to get caught up on Transformers before the movie comes out? I barely recognized Optimus Prime in the theater today.

[Boltman]

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Any good websites, books, etc to get caught up on Transformers before the movie comes out? I barely recognized Optimus Prime in the theater today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_(toy_line)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A421291

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/faq/history/franchise.php

http://www.xs4all.nl/~wjtbeek/history.html

The Complete Transformer History

[marshallfever]

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Wow so Transfomers is Japanese? I always thought it was American

[dave360]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_(toy_line)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A421291

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/faq/history/franchise.php

http://www.xs4all.nl/~wjtbeek/history.html

The Complete Transformer History

Thanks Bolt. I'll now be fully well prepared to see it in the theater.

[Goffs]

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and are made of really poor quality. I bought my nephew Megatron for Christamas and thought I was going to break the thing it felt so cheaply made.

thats the saddest part! back then they were diecast metal...man i miss my Megatron...nothing like a German Luger with a sniper scope

i agree...nothing was better than Gen 1 transformers....

i used to have two of the insecticons...the beetle and the grasshopper one....gah the only place you can get these toys again is through ebay...

[Boltman]

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Thanks Bolt. I'll now be fully well prepared to see it in the theater.

NP, Dave, I'm always lookin' out fer' ya'. :wink:

[Scottdau]

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thats the saddest part! back then they were diecast metal...man i miss my Megatron...nothing like a German Luger with a sniper scope

i agree...nothing was better than Gen 1 transformers....

i used to have two of the insecticons...the beetle and the grasshopper one....gah the only place you can get these toys again is through ebay...

Yeah but didin't they have some plastic with it?

[aukevin]

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Any good websites, books, etc to get caught up on Transformers before the movie comes out? I barely recognized Optimus Prime in the theater today.

There was a 4-issue movie prequel comic book by IDW Publishing. You can buy of all 4 issues in June:
http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-M...9717361&sr=8-2

Or you can kinda read it here on wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_The_Movie_Prequel

[dave360]

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There was a 4-issue movie prequel comic book by IDW Publishing. You can buy of all 4 issues in June:
http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-M...9717361&sr=8-2

Or you can kinda read it here on wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfo..._Movie_Prequel

Thanks fellas for the info. Please help my 33 year old brain remember some stuff. Did the Go-Bots or the transformers come first? It seems to me like when I was in fifth grade there were go-bots, but I can't remember if they were out at the same time. Man I remember the Megatron toy. There's no way they'd sell that now as it looked and felt like a real gun (at least to me it did).

[SPTO]

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Thanks fellas for the info. Please help my 33 year old brain remember some stuff. Did the Go-Bots or the transformers come first? It seems to me like when I was in fifth grade there were go-bots, but I can't remember if they were out at the same time. Man I remember the Megatron toy. There's no way they'd sell that now as it looked and felt like a real gun (at least to me it did).

Transformers came first. They were started in Japan as an entirely different toyline called Diaclone in 1983. Hasbro saw the potential in it and took the concept and expanded it. Takara Toys and Hasbro worked together on the TF toyline and on the making of the original cartoon.

Go-Bots was a concept that came at basically the same time but was a few months behind Transformers. The toyline started off in Japan by the predecessor of Bandai. The toys were called Machine Robo. Tonka, seeing that Hasbro was importing the other transforming robot toys from Japan jumped at the opportunity to do the same. The TV show came about at virtually the same time as Transformers but TFs had caught the imagination of children and Go-Bots were looked upon as a cheap knock off.

[dave360]

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Thanks SPTO. I couldn't remember which was first.

[elprez98]

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You have no idea. Transformers now, are nothing like they were when I was growing. The 28-35 demographic is going to eat this up!

Co-sign. My girl friend and I hit that demographic exactly(she's 28, i'm 30) and we BOTH can't wait to see this. First time we will go see a movie on the release date in a while.

[P2K]

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Transformers came first. They were started in Japan as an entirely different toyline called Diaclone in 1983. Hasbro saw the potential in it and took the concept and expanded it. Takara Toys and Hasbro worked together on the TF toyline and on the making of the original cartoon.

Go-Bots was a concept that came at basically the same time but was a few months behind Transformers. The toyline started off in Japan by the predecessor of Bandai. The toys were called Machine Robo. Tonka, seeing that Hasbro was importing the other transforming robot toys from Japan jumped at the opportunity to do the same. The TV show came about at virtually the same time as Transformers but TFs had caught the imagination of children and Go-Bots were looked upon as a cheap knock off.

I hated Go-Bots. And it was a cheap knock off.


Maybe it's me being pessimistic, but I think I will be disappointed by this movie. I'm used to MY Transformers. Not how they will look in this movie. I dunno...as long as it has Starscream...



This is classic Starscream...


"You couldn't lead androids to a picnic!" :y4::y4::y4:

I swear, Megs and Starscream is like Tony and Christopher on the Sopranos.



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