Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
I never saw any comic book stores during the 1980s -- got all my Transformers comics from newsagents. It wasn't until the 90s that I discovered comic book stores.
Same. The first issue that I bought was #24 - The Death of Optimus Prime.

I was 9 years old in 1984 and I remember seeing the cartoon More Than Meets The Eye episode 1 on TV. Was blown away by it and managed to record the last 10 mins on BETA. I watched the tape so much it wore out. It became a regular feature of my Saturday mornings - in my PJ's, a bowl of Rice Bubbles, watching Transformers