Remember when...

[GoktimusPrime]

You have some late G2 toys and the overwhelming majority of Beast Wars to thank. I saw photos of the toys online first which piqued my interest, and yeah, grabbed them as soon as I saw them on toy shelves at Target and Kmart.

[optimus1]

I wasn't looking at the online sites at that time and it was only by looking at my local Kmart that I saw them for the first time - Voyager Optimus Prime and Megatron
No 2nd thoughts for me, I got them straightaway!

- Prime - A red truck (not a fire truck )
- Megatron - A gun! Not a tank, T-Rex, hover jet, car, etc, he's a gun!
I didn't mind the colours, since he was grey enough for me and he had no gimmicks other than to transform
- Plus they had rubsigns! since i was a kid, i only ever saw rubsign transformers as 'true transformers' since they were what I saw in the original cartoon.

[kup]

I unexpectedly stumbled onto the Classic toys by pure surprise at a Target. I was looking for Beast Wars 10th Anniversary toys and there I saw what were faithful representations of G1 Starscream, Hotrod and Bumblebee!

At the time I was only after G1 and Beast Wars since I never got into any of the post 2000 cartoons or lines (RID/A/E/C) so finding these was like..WOW!!

I bought one of all the Classics characters Target had and then I went into the hunt for more from other retailers. I was a total noob at collecting back then with a collection that could fit on top of my computer and I was yet to join OTCA. I think that due to my excitement of this new toy line directly representing G1 characters that I decided to look into Australian related Transformers activities online. I stumbled onto a Aussie Fan convention announcement but I was a week late!!

However that announcement although obsolete, pointed me to this community and here I am. How Classics helped me to find OTCA

[GoktimusPrime]

- Megatron - A gun! Not a tank, T-Rex, hover jet, car, etc, he's a gun!
I didn't mind the colours, since he was grey enough for me and he had no gimmicks other than to transform

The colours bugged me a lot. Some people don't like the fact that Megatron is based on a Nerf Avenger as opposed to a realistic gun like a Walther, bug considering the legality around it I can easily forgive Hasbro for making that decision. But I've never liked Classics Megatron's 'clown colours.' :/ I remember seeing a lot of people posting pics of their custom repaints of their Classics Megatron in more G1 colours getting that toy. I nabbed Henkei Megatron as soon as he came out and shortly after sold my Classics Megs.

I do agree that having rub signs is a really cool part of Classics, and it's something I miss with "Classics 2.0" Universe, although having tampographed insignias looks nice too.

I saw what were faithful representations of G1 Starscream, Hotrod and Bumblebee!

I wouldn't say "faithful" because the toys don't look like any previous incarnations of those characters, but I think they are good "updates" of those characters using contemporary toy engineering.

I wish they made a Classics cartoon or ongoing retail comic series (instead of the occasional Universe mould making a 'guest appearances' in otherwise non-Classics stories (-_-)).

P.S.: Anyone else here really want a Deluxe "Classics" Jazz?

[heroic_decepticon]

I love the Classics. Have been (re)collecting G1 for a number of years already when the Classics were released. So I was there at the beginning snapping them up.

For awhile they were great. But as Vector Prime and Optimus1 would know, I've since sold most of my Classics figures (between the 2 of them, they bought most of my Classics).

The designs were great, but overall, the toys just didn't do it for me. They lacked something, be it chrome, die-cast parts, sticker sheets, accessories or, some x-factor I just can't put my finger on. I started growing not so fond of them and subsequently sold them.

I still prefer to collect pure one G1. Sure they could be (and in most instances are) like bricks, but they still in general exude a class and elegance the subsequent toylines can only aspire to.

Articulation is not a major consideration because I don't play with toys, whether G1 or Classics, like I used to. Articulation don't matter when they are just standing on shelves.

I now only mainly have Henkei Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Thrust, Ramjet and Dirge. I had to keep the seekers because they had knee joints and upper legs (and in this respect beats G1!).

[1AZRAEL1]

P.S.: Anyone else here really want a Deluxe "Classics" Jazz?

Yes

I quite like Classics/Universe 2.0 figures, and first saw Grimlock at the Parra Fair shortly before they were released in retail. (Some guy brought it in and was selling it for $30) Shortly after that I started to see them trickle into stores and bought them when I saw them, though I still missed getting Mirage (and passed him up again 2 fairs ago for lack of funds )

[kup]

I wouldn't say "faithful" because the toys don't look like any previous incarnations of those characters, but I think they are good "updates" of those characters using contemporary toy engineering.

They are faithful representations because they directly and unmistakeably represent those characters - I am not referring to the engineering. It's not like A/E/C in which there was a Starscream that shared many character traits to the original but was mostly based on the G1 character rather than directly being him as a character (or design for that matter).


I think we all want a deluxe Classics Jazz. If Hasbro doesn't make one for Classics 3.0 (or whatever is called) then they are dumb

[5FDP]

I heard about Classics when the news broke on the international forums and after I found the first two - Bumblebee and Astrotrain, I was immediately hooked. They're a great update to the original characters I grew up with.

[Wheel-J]

In 2006, I was by myself when I unexpectedly saw that white & orangey fighter plane on a toy shelf. I really would want to share that joy at that time, I could've screamed, delighted to what I discovered, good thing I brought my sanity along. I never had known or opt to recognize any other TFs post the G1 series. And from henceforth, like many here, I have tracked all figures which have been released on the classic lines. And I'm glad I did!

[Paulbot]

I don't recall what my first thoughts about classics were. I would have seen the news and pics on here but it hasn't really stuck in my memory other than being excited about the return of triple changers in the form of Astrotrain.

I remember being one of the first to find the figures in Melb, finding and buying Rodimus at David Jones on the spot instead of waiting for the sale starting in a few days. And I clearly recall the trouble I had getting Grimlock around Christmas time and the impossible to find Jetfire which Iceburn helped me out with (when I first met Iceburn too if I recall).

I do recall seeing the first pictures from SDCC of the new classics and being very excited about Sunstreaker/Sideswipe but confused by Tankor (as they had pictures of real vehicles on the slide with a drawing of the robot mode).