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    Default TF at old Tokyo Toy Shows

    I was browsing YouTube and came across some old videos of the Tokyo Toy Show and other events from way back.
    Seriously old and surprisingly good quality. Skimming a few of them, i've found several that show the Transformers displays and thought i'd share.

    1983 - https://youtu.be/zqiQdw1zmuM?t=1m29s This would have been the year Hasbro discovered Diaclone and Microchange!
    1984 - https://youtu.be/zjoQZeoI9pY?t=3m46s No toys but looks like a Microchange Twincast poster! And maybe some Devastator artwork near the end in some colours i don't recognise.
    1985 - https://youtu.be/S5HbEFoFlO8?t=4m54s G1 TFs in the top 5 best toys?! This one has a lot going on, they're talking to some staff, seems to be about the origin of Transformers etc. Maybe Goktimus can translate it properly for us.
    1987 - https://youtu.be/u6O1c0--Olo?t=3m4s Brief glimpse of Headmasters
    1989 - https://youtu.be/WNLeZznp8kA?t=9m5s Star Saber etc. If i'm not mistaken, that's Takashi Kunihiro demonstrating the toys.
    1991 - https://youtu.be/ROPU5ZSIq9k?t=7m13s Star Convoy etc
    1995 - https://youtu.be/HWlXrzvUS2A?t=9m35s Generation 2
    2000 - https://youtu.be/OI7As_WU5fk?t=1m46s Big Car Robots display

    Bonus:
    1984 - https://youtu.be/zjoQZeoI9pY?t=32s Gobots I think?
    1984 - https://youtu.be/tQWSLsJSM9o?t=2m58s More Gobots. Packaging of "Robo Machine" instead of "Machine Robo"!
    1986 - https://youtu.be/T6kUh_Ott3U?t=3m20s Voltron
    1989 - https://youtu.be/WNLeZznp8kA?t=9m34s Typhoon Hurricane. Who didn't want one of these. Never did get one lol.

    There's a stack of Sentai stuff and heaps of other things you'd recognise in the videos, so give them a look!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kurdt_the_goat View Post
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    1985 - https://youtu.be/S5HbEFoFlO8?t=4m54s G1 TFs in the top 5 best toys?! This one has a lot going on, they're talking to some staff, seems to be about the origin of Transformers etc. Maybe Goktimus can translate it properly for us.
    Thanks for sharing. At 6:40, Hideaki Yoke is shown demonstrating some transformations.

    Also, a whole factory line of Tomy Omnibots! I've always wanted one of those.
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