Deceptic0ns Life Story + Rant

[5FDP]

[Vector Prime]

[Hursticon]

Greetings and Welcome to OZformers!

Thanks for sharing a little about your collection's history as it's always interesting to hear how TFs has affected peoples lives and I look forward to seeing those pictures of your collection once you've settled in.
Might I also say that it is great to add another Decepticon to our ranks, especially one who bares his allegiance as his designation!

Decepticons, FOREVER!!!

[Deceptic0ns]

@ Goktimus Prime, With the the reference to the toys from the 80's being better than nowadays i was referring to the time they were thought up not the quality of engineering. For example Transformers, Masters of the Universe, Robotech were all significantly better ideas/cooler than Pokemon, Dragonball and whatever other crap they come out with these days. Awesome pictures there.

I had no idea the 1986 movie was a box office flop, to a 5 year old at the time it was the biggest thing imaginable, i'd never bother with actual facts.
With DVD sales continuing for the last 10 or so years and the ongoing popularity of TFs it would continue to make money 3 decades later.

For the movie i wouldn't have Devastator completely green, there would be some purple too But i think more in line with traditional colouring would make sense.

Thanks for the greetings everyone, when is the guy gonna come in and say Welcome aboard, the board?

[GoktimusPrime]

@ Goktimus Prime, With the the reference to the toys from the 80's being better than nowadays i was referring to the time they were thought up not the quality of engineering. For example Transformers, Masters of the Universe, Robotech were all significantly better ideas/cooler than Pokemon, Dragonball and whatever other crap they come out with these days. Awesome pictures there.

As a toy concept Transformers wasn't initially that original. Hasbro originally took a bunch of unrelated Japanese transforming robot toys and chucked them together under the banner of "Transformers." The Transformers mythos (originally devised by Marvel Comics) does make Transformers more distinct from other transforming robot franchises though IMO.
"What are you, a knock off?" "What are you, a pirate?!"

For the movie i wouldn't have Devastator completely green, there would be some purple too But i think more in line with traditional colouring would make sense.

A lot of the movie Transformers' had colours that were nothing like their G1 colours anyway <shrug>



Hasbro have released G1 coloured variants of a lot of the movie toys if that kind of thing appeals to you. The G1 coloured movie Devastator toy is a Toys R Us exclusive.

[KillinSpoon]

The G1 coloured movie Devastator toy is a Toys R Us exclusive.

$70price tag at local TRU.
...no thanks.

[Deceptic0ns]

Just spent about an hour checking out your collection Goktimus, quite impressive. I ave a friend with something similar but it filled a garage and contained other stuff like masters of the universe, biggest comic collection i have ever seen as well. I dont think he visits the forums but ill try and let him know to see if he can post up some pics. Think of the ferraris you could have brought instead , must have cost you a fair mint.

Also that devastator is quite tempting, lucky im not near a TRU atm.

[UltraMarginal]

Welcome aboard, the board!

there I said it.

one of these days I'm going to have a cool welcoming picture like some of these other guys. but at the moment you'll have to do with my dediocre humour.

sorry I'm late, looks like I missed out on some deep discussion.

While I agree that the new transformers designs are far superior in engineering to the earlier toys. I find that the earlier toys, even though much simpler and blocky, have some really nice stylings and proportions that are not always captured in modern toys.

a good example would be Starscream G1 vs Starscream Movie. the G1 toy model was very lean but looked built, I think it is very well represented in the masterpiece starscream..

anyway, look forward to seeing your collection when you finish moving. not that I can talk I'm still yet to post any significant pictures of mine.

Cheers

UM

[Deceptic0ns]

haha awesome