Deceptic0ns Life Story + Rant

[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.

[GoktimusPrime]

Think of the ferraris you could have brought instead , must have cost you a fair mint.

I don't know if I could get a Ferrari with that money... I've been collecting Transformers continuously since 1984, so most of my collection has been purchased just from local stores like Kmart, Target, Big W, Toyworld (which no longer exists in NSW, but it did in the 80s!) etc. -- which made TF collecting relatively cheaper than say buying vintage toys today. For example the first Constructicon toy I got was Long Haul which I got in 1985 for about $7 iirc... I remember thinking it was a pretty expensive carded toy considering that the mini Autobots were like $2-3 each. There's a MOSC Long Haul going on eBay here for US$199.99!! So yeah, I find that I can save a lot of money just by buying Transformers when they're current from local stores rather than waiting for them to become "vintage" then paying inflated aftermarket prices for them.

All of my uncles, aunts and parents' friends knew that I loved Transformers, so Transformers was a staple gift for birthdays and Xmases. And the same applied for my brother, who lost interest in Transformers after G1 finished, so his collection got absorbed into mine (but I still consider them my childhood toys since I grew up playing with them) e.g.
+ MISB Skywarp: Xmas 1984
+ MISB Blue Streak: bday 1985
+ MISB Optimus Prime: brother's bday 1985
+ MISB Blaster: Xmas 1985
+ MISB Ramjet, Hot Rod, Hot Spot & Starscream: bday 1986
+ MISB Apeface & Snapdragon: Xmas 1987
+ MISB Thunderwing: brother's bday 1989
+ MOSC Bludgeon, Octopunch & Stranglehold: Xmas 1989
...and so on. And of course my brother and I would be collecting Transformers in between bdays and xmases (it's just that bdays and Xmases was when we got lots in single hits! )

My birthday in 1986

[Deceptic0ns]

Awesome photo, there was a pic of me in the local paper about 1990 with a few of my TF's i should see if i can find that somewhere. I think mum has it actually. I got OP for xmas or bday when he came out, every xmas i used to wish on xmas eve that i would wake up in the moring and my top bunk would be covered in transformers. Never happened for some reason

I lost all interest through my teenage years but the Reissues got me right back into it, could not believe it when i saw them in the store. I prefer to make my purchases like that as well, just around the local stores, i'm not really looking for anything i cant buy new. IN reference to the newsagents stocking TF's back in the 80's i lived in a small country town so it was really the only place that would have them and they did, also remember the local newsagent at my Grandmothers town had a whole wall with TF's and i had to be dragged out of there.

I just gave your collection a once over at lunch time but i plan on revisiting and ogling at it for a fair amount of time tonight. You should have been on the collectors or something!

[GoktimusPrime]

Heh, The Collectors did ask me once, but I declined. Another member here (Tiby) accepted and appeared on the show.

[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