Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[GoktimusPrime]

I think Titanium Series TFs are terrible toys. They're alright (but not exceptional) display pieces... but yeah. Awful action figures. I tried playing with my Titanium Series Rodimus Prime the other day... guh... got frustrated and had him "rebuilt" as Classics Rodimus in my play-story. :/ I'm really not a big fan of this line and I mostly collected characters that were exclusive to this line, e.g.: War Within characters, The Fallen etc. IMO Galaxy Force Starscream is a better realisation of War Within Starscream than Titanium Series War Within Starscream!

I have a general question for everyone, if you don't mind answering, when did everyone start collecting ? (someone might have made a thread for this, point me in the right direction if there is).

I guess I can say I started properly around end of 2005.

1984.

[Pulse]

6 inch Titanium line = IM worthless O, Overall just plain s#%@!

Good for display purposes, but that's about it... (when their arms/legs aren't popping off )

I hope WW Grimmy & Prowl are better engineered but I haven't got my hopes up...

I have a general question for everyone, if you don't mind answering, when did everyone start collecting ? (someone might have made a thread for this, point me in the right direction if there is).

I guess I can say I started properly around end of 2005.

2000/2001 - I guess I was a late starter (compared to some )

[roller]

Are the Beast MAchines Dinobots meant to be Technoraganics?

Was T-Wrecks released in Australia? I seem to recall seeing it at Kmart

[GoktimusPrime]

Are the Beast MAchines Dinobots meant to be Technoraganics?

Except for Magmatron, yes. The Dinobots were surviving Transformers reformatted by the Oracle using dinosaur DNA acquired from Dinobot's Spark which had rejoined the AllSpark during the Beast Wars. Magmatron, a survivor from Beast Wars Neo, became the leader of the new Dinobots although he himself wasn't reformatted by the Oracle (so technically his body isn't technorganic).

Toywise Magmatron is the only Dinobot who doesn't have a Dinobot Spark Crystal, instead keeping his Predacon Spark Crystals. The BM-era Magmatron toy is almost identical to his BW-Neo era toy - the only real difference being the missiles and sword being bluntened/rounded off to conform to US toy safety laws, and even then it's a very, very subtle change (whereas in a lot of other cases it's very obvious).

Was T-Wrecks released in Australia? I seem to recall seeing it at Kmart

Your memory serves you well. He was indeed released in Australia. All the Dinobots were.

[autobreadticon]

I want to know how many characters derive from the starscream, prior to Acid storm i never knew rainmakers existed.

So Rainmakers + Sunstorm use the starscream mold.
Any other characters?

[Gutsman Heavy]

Main Generation One Seekers


Coneheads


Sunstorm and co


Generics


Rainmakers


more Generics


and again...


Not dirge

[Paulbot]

Hasbro are going to be repainting until the cows come home!

[autobreadticon]

haah wooow, what link can i read this up on , don't know if Takara will make a Henkei Acid Storm so might as well get Acid storm now.

[dirge]

(T-Wrecks) was indeed released in Australia. All the Dinobots were.

Rapticon & Terranotron weren't released here. They're repaints of TMII Dinobot & TM Terrorsaur respectively.

[GoktimusPrime]

Oh yeah true - I did see Rapticon and Terranotron, but only as imports - which of course doesn't count. They were never locally released/distributed by Hasbro AU.

haah wooow, what link can i read this up on

Here