Which was your first Transformer?

[1AZRAEL1]

It's hard for me to gauge, because I remember getting Soundwave at a local market second hand, and owning Hot Rod and receiving an Optimus from Kmart from those red light discount they have when toys or whatever are missing parts. He was missing fists from what I can recall.

Out of those 3, I think Hot Rod is the only one that is the same one, though my original one went missing for a number of years, so I bought a reissue years later because I wanted it. Then time went by and I found the broken part of the canopy to Hot Rod. I kept hold of it, and about 6 months ago, my parents did some rearranging of some cabinets and low and behold, the rest of him was behind it. He is a little worse for wear, but fixed enough for him to display.

[Jetfire]

I think my first Transformer would have been a retail Shrapnel in the UK back in the day. I can remember very specifically a cold day (not uncommon in England), and my mum saying I could get one of "the small ones" when we went out shopping. I remember more about buying it than actually playing with it.

[dirge]

Not much a story behind it... but it was (g1) Jazz, for what would have been my 6th birthday, from a friend at my birthday party.

That toy has since broken, lasted maybe 6 months, but Jazz got me hooked (and I've since replaced him, of course).

[Paulbot]

I find it hard to remember things clearly from such a young age.

I am pretty certain that my first Transformers were Ravage and Rumble, received as Christmas presents in 1984. They were definitely Christmas presents and I recall Ravage's tail being broken accidentally at my birthday party in 1985 which means it would have to be Christmas Day 1984. Rumble is in very poor condition, but except for the tail and some chrome wear, Ravage is still in good shape.

I remember the first Transformers I bought were Powerglide and Gears from the Target store at Waverley Gardens. Gears' leg broke (possibly by my own excessive force) and my Dad took it back and it was replaced with Beachcomber. And I later got a new Gears a few months later who to this day still hasn't broken.

Ratchet, Perceptor, Mixmaster and Bonecrusher were all Christmas presents in the early years too but I assume they were from Christmas 1985, rather than 1984.

[King Atlas]

I think my first transformer ever was Chainclaw.
I was very young and only interested in the bear, so I don't think that counts.
After seeing the g1 episode which focuses on First aid, my dad bought me the "ambulance"
transformer I asked for. This happened around the time I saw predator stalker in a catalouge.
So I guess Im pretty young compared to some around here.

[Lordy]

My first was Beachcomber, who has been lost in the sands of time (but been replaced since then). The second was Thundercracker, who I still have.

[Oldschool78]

Transformers... Thats what the box said. It was the mid eighties and my birthday. My nana had just come over from australia and my birthday present was a pretty boring looking black toyota hilux (not the normal ferrari porche or lambo matchbox car that was popular at the time!)
Oh well a toys a toy, opened it up and started driving it round but wait...... its broken already..... its falling apart...... WHAT THE HELL !!!!!! This is the coolest thing ive ever seen!
Hello Trailbreaker!

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Cosmos. Twas the xmas of 1985 I think and I had a massive list of tfs from the cartoon as my chrissy list. My folks got me Cosmos. I thought he was awesome (despite him not being Optimus which is what I wanted) and naturally I threw away the card without reading/realising the tech-specs. I didn't know his personality until about 10 years ago (ish)when I joined the Ozformers and met with Ark-Irvor,and the other West Ozzies, who were a veritable treasure trove of nerdy TF knowledge.

However Optimus was the first thing I ever saved my money up for. It felt like ages, and I even remember the trip home, trying to get him outta the box in the car with my dad telling me to wait until we got home... (breaks into song) Memoooories, like the corners of my mind.....

I followed Tfs loosely up until the demise of the Micromasters and thought that Beast Wars was a knock off "Optimus primal?!?!" pah!

Then when I heard that Ultra Magnus and Optimus combined in RID("What do they call that guy? Kick-Arsimus Prime?" - A work mate at the time), and they were cars again, I was Back baby!

Never really felt the love for BW, but liked Transmetals and the show a lot. Been hooked since.

On a side note, My first TFs, DUMP-KUN?!?!? WTF and LOL!

[High_Q]

I don't remember which one was my first Transformer, but funny thing is, I clearly recall that when i first saw them, I thought they were Diaclone knock-offs since TFs were missing the little pilot figures which were included with the Diaclones and the weapons weren't springloaded.

[Autocon]

6 or 7 and it was grey black plane that helps form superion! didnt know what tfs was then lol