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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 9, 2008 23:11:30 GMT
Do you remember, long long ago, when you were but a nipper, and suddenly, on the shelves, there were cars and jets and trucks and guns and, surely not, casset-decks, that transformed into robots? Robots that had guns and fought battles etc? I was reading the ever elloquent karlos's post on G1 Starscream on the 'Transformer of the Week' thread, and suddenly got a rush of nostalgia. I'll never forget the awe that I felt, when I learnt of Transformers, and when I got one for the first time (Skids and Brawn togther) and transformed them. Utter, utter wonder.
Awe with me, my Cyber Chumbs.
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Post by grahamthomson on Nov 10, 2008 11:11:02 GMT
Cor!
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Post by Hero on Nov 10, 2008 12:06:48 GMT
*envy*
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 10, 2008 16:47:32 GMT
It was the comic and tech specs that made me love the toys. As much as I thought they were great toys, it was the characterisation given to them that made them so special compared to other transforming robot toys.
They were about at school and I thought they were neat, but the comic increased my awe of them!
-Ralph
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Post by grahamthomson on Nov 10, 2008 20:19:54 GMT
What Ralph said.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 10, 2008 21:39:20 GMT
I'm still a bit like that with Transformers from later lines. I've had some pretty good TF toys from, for example, Armada or the like but if the character wasn't one that did anything for me I never appreciated them as much! Or, say, Bumblebee from Animated: decent toy but I can't stand the show character so I'll never buy one. That may seem strange, but, er, there you go.
Not an absolute hard-and-fast-rule, but it does influence which TF toys I buy/keep long-term.
-Ralph
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Post by kayevcee on Nov 10, 2008 23:17:54 GMT
I was 2 when I got my first Transformer toys (Ratchet and Mirage), and I can't remember that far back. I suppose I never got to experience that awe and wonder because by the time I was old enough to really understand and appreciate them, I had known about them for years. They have always been a part of my life, as far back as I can remember and, it seems, a bit beyond. One of my earliest memories is my dad taking me to the Barras market and having to choose between Hoist and Sideswipe. I picked Hoist because he looked like he did more stuff. Good times.
-Nick
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Post by grahamthomson on Nov 11, 2008 10:33:28 GMT
One of my earliest memories is my dad taking me to the Barras market and having to choose between Hoist and Sideswipe. I picked Hoist because he looked like he did more stuff. Good times. I doth my cap to you, young Nick, for demonstrating such logic and consumer prowess at such an early age! And, further to Ralph's comments, I actually found myself completely disinterested in the likes of Armada, Energon and Cybertron as I never felt a connection to them. |
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Post by primenova on Nov 11, 2008 12:32:13 GMT
What about the Beast Wars era? We got the toys of the characters that where in the show - but most of the shops just had all the non-cartoon toys all the time, which we picked up. But was there anything that made you pick these ones up? [apart from wanting to smash a certain one up]
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 11, 2008 12:49:17 GMT
BW toys have very clever engineering, but generally the asthetic doesn't appeal to me. I'm happy to pick up books with pics of the line but no strong urge to own the toys. The only ones I might pick up are characters I really liked on the show!
-Ralph
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Post by kayevcee on Nov 11, 2008 19:24:28 GMT
How could I forget? I was 13 when I first saw Beast Wars. I had picked up a couple of the figures and was vaguely impressed by the engineering but unendeared to the look and the very idea of robots turning into furry/scaly animals. I enjoyed the Dinobots and Insecticons, sure, but couldn't see how an entire line of that sort of thing could survive.
Then one of my schoolmates told me he had seen a Transformers cartoon on GMTV on Saturday morning. I tuned in the following Saturday with video recorder at the ready. The episode was "Chain of Command", and I was completely blown away. I wound the tape back and watched it another three times on the trot- something I have never done before or since with a TV programme. It was like I couldn't believe it was real- TF was back after the sad decline of the last few years, with G2 toys becoming increasingly hard to come by as shops just didn't stock them, and now... it was back! The most amazing animated show I had ever seen (that wasn't Batman:TAS) was advertising Transformers on terrestrial TV. Soon supermarkets and department stores started stocking the toys again, and all was right with the world.
I think that was it. My moment of awe was watching Chain of Command on GMTV.
-Nick
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 12, 2008 17:17:33 GMT
That's fab, Nick.
I'm right with Doc' et al on the characterisation thing. The techspecs blow by bollocks clean off. And ever since, when I got back into collection big time, it's been those same characters and their inter-relationships that has driven me.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 17, 2008 0:53:44 GMT
Indeed. It was so nice to see Movie Big Daddy had a tech-spec like summary on the card back.
I like this thread. There's an awful lot of negativity around the hobby on various TF sites, and I get a bit negative myself some times. I resolve to stop being down about what are after all children's plastic playthings. It's a fun hobby. I like it.
I will even let Mickey Mouse Former slide. It makes some people happy. Fair enough.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 17, 2008 9:24:10 GMT
I didn't get my first Transformers till my 5th birthday (september 86) so they had been around a while before I got them, yet I dont remember Transformers before that point. Must have been a fan as I got quite a few on that Bday. I guess my parents took the 5+ caution seriously. I still remember playing with them though, Sludge, Hotspot and (groove or Streetwise). Then I remember my sadness that a combiner leader and single limb have limited play value. Then I remember happiness when Dad got home from work with another limb (Groove or Streetwise).
Good times.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 17, 2008 12:13:42 GMT
I do remember being young enough that the way I played with Transformers was to hold one in my left arm and one in my right arm and would bash them together repeatedly while shouting: "BAM! BAM!" to simulate 'battle scenes'.
-Ralph
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Post by grahamthomson on Dec 17, 2008 13:44:23 GMT
If only you'd done that with two Fortress Maximuses! You'd now be able to crush all in your path with your Mighty Ralph Arms.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 17, 2008 17:52:51 GMT
It's true. With such power none would dare stand in my way!
-Ralph
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