New York Toyfair

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A "thread from the archives"

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Griffin
05 June 1985 05:16 PM

I've been sent an letter from a fan in America.

He has information from the Toy Fair held in New York from the Transformers display.

He says they had a heap of new TransFormer toys on display that will be on sale later this year in America (and maybe here too?).

Heres' what he told me:
* More cars and planes (but some of these are the same toys with new colours and some modifications - like Prowl and Bluestreak)
* More mini-"vehicles" (not just mini-"cars")
* New ones that turn into mechanical insects (bad guys) and dinosaurs (good guys)
* Two that transform by themselves
* One that is a working microscope
* Two "3-Changers" that can transform from a robot to a vehicle and to another vehicle
* And a big "Constructicon" that splits into six different trucks

Sounds great! I can't wait for more information and hopefully some pictures.

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Paulboy
05 June 1985 05:58 PM

Wow! Have to start saving pocket money!

Do you think with the planes we'll get some of those other planes from the cartoon? I want to know what their names are.

"And a big "Constructicon" that splits into six different trucks" So does that mean like Voltron? And would it be an Autobot or a Decepticon? The "ticon" might mean it's a bad guy but so far only the Autobots are trucks.

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Goku
05 June 1985 06:04 PM

More cars is good news. I like the ones that turn into cars the most. I wonder what the other minivehicles are going to be? Those are good as they fun and don't cost much money to buy.

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Burn
05 June 1985 06:55 PM

More animals is cool. I really like the tapes. Maybe we'll get some Autobots that turn into animals too if that's not just the baddies that can turn into animals.

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Prince Zed
05 June 1985 07:44 PM

How can they transform by themselves? Doesn't sound that much fun. I would want those ones that turn three times. That sound really wonderful.

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Tiby
05 June 1985 07:49 PM

I think Constructicon is just that big robot's name. If it turns into trucks then it's got to be an Autobot. I think that crane we saw in the cartoon might be part of it because it isn't one of the toys you can get so far.

A working Microscope is fun but could be really expensive. I wonder if they could make Soundwave a working casette player?

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Vector Sigma 3
06 June 1985 03:22 PM

I like Voltron but Transformers is different from Voltron. If I want a Voltron toy I can get those. I would want it if the different trucks could turn into robots too!