Yeah, like 10 years ago -- and that was the year when Takara started doing their G1 reissues and Car Robot! Then a year later things got worse when the AUD hit an all-time low... and that was the year when we had more G1 reissues from Takara and Hasbro Australia didn't distribute Battle For The Spark (so that had to be imported too).



To make things worse, I bought the God Fire Convoy gift set even though I already had Super Fire Convoy and God Magnus, because I was promised a trade with someone in Canada for that set, plus a MISB MW Optimus Prime and box load of loose G1s for a loose-in-box complete Fortress Maximus. So getting that set cost me a pretty penny considering the crap exchange rate plus the fact I was still a student at the time -- I sent my package first to Canada and the other dude NEVER sent Fort Max to me. When I called his house his partner told me that he had ran out on her and the children and had taken Fort Max and all his possessions with him and left them in debt. *sigh*