Megatron Gun Banned?

[BigTransformerTrev]

This is probably something we need in the resource section as an FAQ.

Yeah, this topic seems to come up every couple of months

[Danzvader78]

Yeah, this topic seems to come up every couple of months

Well I could not find this kind of topic so I had to ask straight... I not been on this site for like AGES ok

[BigTransformerTrev]

Well I could not find this kind of topic so I had to ask straight... I not been on this site for like AGES ok

Ok dude, I was just agreeing that it would be good to have this in the FAQ because it comes up alot. I wasn't having a go at ya for asking the question mate

[Gouki]

I was going to part with my TFC Megatron just because I see no point to me owning the G1 figures anymore (I really don't have much of a connection with G1 toys), but I think I'll hang onto him after all.

[Danzvader78]

Ok dude, I was just agreeing that it would be good to have this in the FAQ because it comes up alot. I wasn't having a go at ya for asking the question mate

Sure mate no worries I know.. Thanks for your input. I agree with you this should be in the FAQ
I only collect G1 transformers and never knew because the guide book I have with me did not inform me of Megatron needing a permit or otherwise I would had no clue

[GoktimusPrime]

RE: G1 Megatron - this toy was only sold here briefly before the product was recalled, making it easily the rarest toy of the 1984 G1 series. I only knew ONE kid in the 1980s who had a G1 Megatron, and even then he got it from Victoria (which apparently banned it later than NSW). This was of course before the age of online shopping; I think his family either happened to be in Melbourne at the right time, or he had a relo get it for him. Needless to say he was the envy of the playground!

The prohibition of gunformers is made worse by the actions of some stupid people. I knew a TF collector who, in 2000, carried a G1 Megatron in gun mode at a train station in Canberra. He was tackled and detained by security who later released him. He then did the same thing at an airport and was again tackled by security, detained, reprimanded then released. Now of course we live in a post Sept 11 age of heightened alertment.

[Ultra Mackness]

There's just no accounting for some people's stupidity!

I had no idea that G1 Megs had been recalled in Australia. I do remember a couple of kids at my Primary school had one with a rubsign in 1986. I guess they really were as lucky as we all thought they were!

[Sky Shadow]

Yeah, I remember Megatron on the shelves in Canberra because at the time I thought it was a rip-off that a gun was the same price as a semitrailer. So I got Prime (the early release with the 1984 catalogue). And then the guns disappeared and the semitrailers were everywhere. Fortunately my best friend had a Megatron before the recall so I just played with his.