(JAN-2013) Entire Hasbro Generation 1 Era - Rate it

[griffin]

I was just thinking yesterday at work, if your month was up. I guess you made it.

I couldn't think of a better word to use for the entire Generation 1 "series"... I thought of "Era", but some of the later series were hardly an "era" (which suggests a long time).
If I didn't have any word used, people would have still been asking if it relates to the toys, the cartoon, or the comic.
I might use "entire" somewhere in the title, to hopefully make it less confusing.

[Sky Shadow]

I was just thinking yesterday at work, if your month was up. I guess you made it.

Yep, and I actually didn't buy any Transformers for the whole month. I did accidentally forget what I was doing and bought the Geoff Senior cover of Regeneration #86 out of habit, but other than that I did okay. Masterpiece Sideswipe was already preordered and came in the mail but I haven't opened it yet. The only Transformer I've bought and opened since the month was up was Arms Micron Leo Prime because I couldn't resist a peg-legged pirate Transformer who came with a Micron of Moon. Again, since the month was over I've ordered a couple of carded G1s, Beast Hunters Soundwave and the Arms Micron Megatron with Hellflame Gul. And I caught up on my other missing Transformers comics once the month was up. The hardest part was that my four year-old nephew kept making my month without Tfwiki even more difficult by asking me questions like 'is there a new red Volkswagen Transformer?' 'How do they make new Autobots?' 'Is there a white Autobot with two swords?' 'Where can I get an Optimus Prime outfit?' 'In Robots in Disguise why is Optimus a fire truck?' 'Who are the Predacons?' 'How is transforming into a dinosaur less obvious than a giant robot walking around?' 'Where did I put Optimus Prime?' and 'Do Transformers poo?'

[Seraphim Prime]

I'm not inclined to say Best Ever, as watching back over the cartoons, you realise how they were clearly designed for syndication, and the writing in each episode doesn't really hold up to today's standards (although that judgement is a little unfair as standards and the aim of television was a little different 30 years ago).

However it was the one that set the standard. Everything we've had ever since is all because of, and in some ways reflects, what came in G1. And as an older fan, only getting into the original comics now, thanks to the IDW reprints, all I can say is WOW!

The way the toy line was managed also seems to be better than it is managed these days as well. A 6-7 year toy line with minimal repeat of characters is virtually unheard in current toy practices, and is something I wish they could get back to in part.