Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

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Originally Posted by blackoptimus

Can someone please help me. In the picture is a Generations Deluxe Class Darkmount and as shown the in photo beneath the red shoulder is a spilt hinge. Is this the same with all of them? Or is mine actually broken, because on the opposing side it's fine and has no splits or cracks.

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yours is broken. mine has no splits/cracks in either shoulder area

Hasbro's QC issues. Dang, now I gotta go out and exchange him. :(

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Originally Posted by kaiden

yours is broken. mine has no splits/cracks in either shoulder area

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Does anyone have any good website references of the history of minispies before they were incorporated with g1 transformers? Thanks

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Originally Posted by Skullcruncher

Does anyone have any good website references of the history of minispies before they were incorporated with g1 transformers? Thanks

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There's not really much known about them before they were Transformers. And just finding out that they weren't new to Transformers was news to me.

The best info I could find out about them, as to where they were from originally, was this review here.

It mentions that they were from a line called Mecha Warrior, and released in red and blue (hasbro did blue, yellow and white).
I couldn't find anything online about that line though... so info on when and how they were released is still a mystery.
Even the tfwiki has no info on them, and that's usually a good place to start.
Other dedicated pre-TFs sites had nothing as well. And since it is so long ago, it's unlikely anyone at Hasbro would know anymore.

Can Transformers Vault the book be bought at Aussie retail? If so, how much is it?

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Originally Posted by blackoptimus

Can Transformers Vault the book be bought at Aussie retail? If so, how much is it?

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Yes and it was ~$30 during the toy sales at KMart (iirc, haven't really looked for it since...)

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Originally Posted by blackoptimus

Can Transformers Vault the book be bought at Aussie retail? If so, how much is it?

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$29 at target, though i havent seen one there for a while.

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Originally Posted by griffin

There's not really much known about them before they were Transformers. And just finding out that they weren't new to Transformers was news to me.

The best info I could find out about them, as to where they were from originally, was this review here.

It mentions that they were from a line called Mecha Warrior, and released in red and blue (hasbro did blue, yellow and white).
I couldn't find anything online about that line though... so info on when and how they were released is still a mystery.
Even the tfwiki has no info on them, and that's usually a good place to start.
Other dedicated pre-TFs sites had nothing as well. And since it is so long ago, it's unlikely anyone at Hasbro would know anymore.

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Thanks Griffin, interesting thats theres not much out there but not surprising. Will keep looking and see if I can dig anything up.

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Originally Posted by Skullcruncher

Thanks Griffin, interesting thats theres not much out there but not surprising. Will keep looking and see if I can dig anything up.

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http://www.munnen.nl/transformers/me...r_mini_spy.htm

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Originally Posted by me

http://www.munnen.nl/transformers/me...r_mini_spy.htm

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From Fred and Devvi:
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3664/minispy.png
http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6788/minispy2.jpg

And a couple of other pics:
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7...rsminispym.jpg
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/8...minispy001.jpg