G'day from Melbourne

[Laservampire]

New guy here from Melbourne, getting back into G1 for nostalgia's sake (and to collect those figures I could never find as a kid! :)

Ben

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Greetings and Welcome to OZformers! :D


That is the exact motive I had once I started collecting Transformers with fellow member 1AZRAEL1, oh how I sometimes wish I had stuck to that mantra... :p

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing and I wish you the best of luck in your endeavours; should you have any pics of your collection, we do enjoy perusing the collections of others no matter the size or type - So I hope you'll consider posting some here (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=15). ;):)

So whom might your favourite character & figure be?, as well as which side do your prefer: Autobot or Decepticons? :cool:

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[GoktimusPrime]

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[KalEl]

Welcome to the boards brother!
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[Darthprimus]

welcome to the boards Ben, pretty cool place here.

[KalEl]

welcome to the boards Ben, pretty cool place here.

very cool place :P

[Skript]

Welcome! Fun, nice people here!
Where abouts in Melbourne?

[Trent]

Hello!!!

[KillinSpoon]

Welcome, where abouts are you from?

[Laservampire]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, I'm from the western suburbs of Melbourne, out in the desolate flatlands where the bogans roam.

I'll put up some photos of my small collection of TFs, some from my childhood and some recently bought/re-bought (damn little b@stard Nuno stealing my Sandstorm when I was 6!)

I got into Transformers when I was 5, thanks to being home from school and seeing a midday rerun of TF:TM. I had a couple of transformers before that but never saw the cartoon until then.

Unfortunately, being born in 1985 I missed out on buying any of the original G1s (apart from a Rodimus Prime I must have received as an xmas gift when I was WAAAAAY too young for it) so I had to scrounge what I could from older friends (including a much older family friend who gave me his entire G1 collection, small as it was)

Luckily though, we had the gold boxed Euro Classics reissue in Oz. I loved them all, even though the quality pretty crappy compared to the originals. Never seen so many rusty screws in my life!

The one I always wanted was Hot Rod though. Back before the internet, you just couldn't find these things. You had to go from friend to friend, asking if anyone had one. The first one I saw was missing the hood/head part, so I just had to imagine how cool it must have looked when complete. I must have been at least 9 or 10 before one of my friends found a complete Hot Rod at the local Op Shop. I think I traded him my Euro Classics Wheeljack for it. The same Hot Rod now sits proudly on my shelf, a little worn around the edges but still looking super cool :)

Here's my 3 faves, a collection just completed the other week with an unbroken Blurr:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/transformers-toy-discussion/27290251d1334068815-generation-one-toys-appreciation-thread-photo-9-.jpg

[Darthprimus]

welcome to the forum.

[GoktimusPrime]

Luckily though, we had the gold boxed Euro Classics reissue in Oz. I loved them all, even though the quality pretty crappy compared to the originals. Never seen so many rusty screws in my life!
I thought the Classic reissues were pretty well made... even though some of the carded reissues were retooled without rub sign indents (and given regular faction stickers ilo rub signs). :rolleyes: Rust can happen to screws on reissues or originals... just depends on how well you take care of the toys and avoid exposing them to moisture I guess. I haven't noticed any rusty screws on any of my G1 originals or reissues (Classic or otherwise). The only G1 TFs I've had rust with was a junker Pipes, junker Long Haul and KO Alan (t'was a gift) -- they were all aquarium decorations. :D

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[liegeprime]

Welcome to the forum! For the rusty screws, try the H2O2 bath :D.

[Slag]

welcome:D