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Posted: Jun 08 2010 11:25 am

Mine Has to be Jetfire. I absolutely love this design even though it's a Robetech ripoff.

Posted: Jun 08 2010 02:48 pm

This one.

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Bar none...the original Megatron. I loved the fact that he turned into a fucking gun.

Posted: Jun 09 2010 02:21 am

Grimlock. He, along with Swoop and Slag were my first Transformers toys.

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I don't know its name and can't find a picture.

It transformed into two different types of planes and then also a monkey. It was a Decepticon and was grey, purple and black... possibly with a red tip.

Also, the head popped off and was a mini guy... I think he flied the plane.

Posted: Jun 09 2010 11:56 am

GPFontaine wrote:

I don't know its name and can't find a picture.

It transformed into two different types of planes and then also a monkey. It was a Decepticon and was grey, purple and black... possibly with a red tip.

Also, the head popped off and was a mini guy... I think he flied the plane.

Was it Apeface?

Posted: Jun 09 2010 12:36 pm

I had that guy!

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YES YES YES!!!

That is him!

Posted: Jun 09 2010 01:07 pm

Blackout wrote:

This one.

Cheating, but he is very, very nice. And amazingly still available at Walmart for thirty bucks...

I have to say Soundwave, I frigging love my reissue version that came with Ravage, Ratbat, Lazerbeak and Buzzsaw. I always loved the fact that he had little guys that could fold up and fit in his chest and for some reason, them being tapes made it so much cooler. But I never actually had him as a kid (I had Blaster, who is decidedly less cool) and the ones I found second hand as a teenage collector were pretty beat up and missing all their accessories.

Posted: Jun 09 2010 03:19 pm

Black Zarak wrote:

Blackout wrote:

This one.

Cheating, but he is very, very nice. And amazingly still available at Walmart for thirty bucks...

I have to say Soundwave, I frigging love my reissue version that came with Ravage, Ratbat, Lazerbeak and Buzzsaw. I always loved the fact that he had little guys that could fold up and fit in his chest and for some reason, them being tapes made it so much cooler. But I never actually had him as a kid (I had Blaster, who is decidedly less cool) and the ones I found second hand as a teenage collector were pretty beat up and missing all their accessories.

Thirty bucks! I bought mine direct from Takara for 100$, but then again it came with the all japanese box and the little dude that sits in the cockpit.

Posted: Jun 09 2010 03:42 pm

My favorite as a kid (That I owned) was a tie between Omega Supreme and Astrotrain (? I think that was his name). One was the biggest action figure I owned. The other turned into three things.

Posted: Jun 09 2010 09:45 pm

Blackout wrote:

Black Zarak wrote:

Blackout wrote:

This one.

Cheating, but he is very, very nice. And amazingly still available at Walmart for thirty bucks...

I have to say Soundwave, I frigging love my reissue version that came with Ravage, Ratbat, Lazerbeak and Buzzsaw. I always loved the fact that he had little guys that could fold up and fit in his chest and for some reason, them being tapes made it so much cooler. But I never actually had him as a kid (I had Blaster, who is decidedly less cool) and the ones I found second hand as a teenage collector were pretty beat up and missing all their accessories.

Thirty bucks! I bought mine direct from Takara for 100$, but then again it came with the all japanese box and the little dude that sits in the cockpit.

Yeah, sorry but I think the only difference is packaging; mine came with Dr. Whatever-his-name-is too. Just don't order a Japanese Masterpiece Grimlock, he's coming to TRU soon.

Posted: Jun 09 2010 10:20 pm

I'm still sad I missed out on the Soundwave reissue. Sad

Favorite Transformer is Devastator.

Is that cheating? Do I care?

Posted: Jun 09 2010 10:22 pm

he doesnt have balls

Posted: Jun 09 2010 11:20 pm

The only reason Devastator isn't my favorite is that he's not in realistic construction equipment colors, and his scale in relation to the rest of the transformers is all off. Imagine how awesome it would be if each vehicle that composed Devastator was the same size as the other transformers! Cool

Posted: Jun 10 2010 12:48 am

I don't think Gestaults count as cheating, they certainly were a lot of our favorites. And I mean, I chose Soundwave and his cronies, if it's a set, it can count as one.

Posted: Jun 11 2010 06:50 am

Blackout wrote:

The only reason Devastator isn't my favorite is that he's not in realistic construction equipment colors, and his scale in relation to the rest of the transformers is all off. Imagine how awesome it would be if each vehicle that composed Devastator was the same size as the other transformers! Cool

The colors are the best part! I agree it would be better if they were scaled differently though. But nothing in the Transformers toyline is to scale. Look at Soundwave! He's bigger than some of the cars!

Posted: Jun 11 2010 09:12 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

Blackout wrote:

The only reason Devastator isn't my favorite is that he's not in realistic construction equipment colors, and his scale in relation to the rest of the transformers is all off. Imagine how awesome it would be if each vehicle that composed Devastator was the same size as the other transformers! Cool

The colors are the best part! I agree it would be better if they were scaled differently though. But nothing in the Transformers toyline is to scale. Look at Soundwave! He's bigger than some of the cars!

Yeah, but still a Devastator that was almost two feet high and solid metal would be epic, you could beat rival children with it to settle school yard disputes!

Joined: Jun 10 2008 Posts: 172

Man that skywarp makes me wanna run down there and pick one up right now. I would say my favorite all time was either Grimlock or Galvatron. I think Galvatron was always a favorite because it was my first "leader" transformer I had, picked up headmaster optimus a little after, miss those toys.

Posted: Jun 21 2010 02:07 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

Blackout wrote:

The only reason Devastator isn't my favorite is that he's not in realistic construction equipment colors, and his scale in relation to the rest of the transformers is all off. Imagine how awesome it would be if each vehicle that composed Devastator was the same size as the other transformers! Cool

The colors are the best part! I agree it would be better if they were scaled differently though. But nothing in the Transformers toyline is to scale. Look at Soundwave! He's bigger than some of the cars!

That's what happens when you throw a toyline together using primarily molds from two very different previous toylines. That's also why a lot of vehicle alt mode TFs have drivers seats that look like they could actually fit a little guy and why the Insecticons have little compartments that seem to serve no purpose on them.

Posted: Jun 21 2010 04:08 pm

I watched the cartoon, but never had any of the toys. What I DID have was a ton of Rock Lords though.

Posted: Jun 23 2010 12:23 pm

Although I had a number of Transformer action figures, I must admit that I didn't care for them as much as other types of action figures. Maybe because they were pointier, and thus more difficult to hold? Or they just didn't seem to withstand a good bashing as well as others? I'm not really sure why, but I logged a lot more playing time with my TMNT and GI Joe characters.

I think part of it is that I tended to favor "simpler" action figures. While Transformers were awesome, I prefered my figures to have few moving parts. I guess durability and simplicity was more important to me than having them "do stuff."

I also had an action figure from the Rambo cartoon, and it was probably my all-time favorite action figure. He was just some generic street punk guy, but it was large and well-made.

Gallery 2 · Posted: Jun 23 2010 04:50 pm

I used to have Devastator (a version which has the vehicles in regular colors instead of green; don't ask me how my parents got that one...), one of the Headmasters (the green tank one) and also Tracks (yes, the ambiguously gay hybrid...). but, as for favorites that I actually owned, I'd have to say...

Double Agent FTW.

Posted: Jun 23 2010 05:50 pm

BEHOLD! THE TIGERZOOOORD!

i loved all of my power ranger toys. Altough Tigerzord was my favorite.

Posted: Jun 23 2010 06:26 pm

I cut the shit out of myself on a cheap, metal Transformers knockoff that my parents bought me one year, so I never really cared for any of the toys. The only one I can remember having was the purple and black one with the raisable antennae that were clear yellow plastic, think it had wings too? I know it was a Decepticon.