Toys

There I was at Target with a (work's) bonus in one hand and a Alt. Prime in the other hand. I thought I was in Prime heaven. Sure, Alt. Prime may not be much, but he's still PRIME. (Can't wait til Nemesis Prime finds his way to my home). Well, then I met my wife at TRU and saw the 6in Titatium "War Within" Prime. I'm like "oh yeah!". My only regret was that I wasn't able to sneak Megs home in front of my wife, but tomorrow is another day. I thought WWI Prime was pretty sweet. I do have some reservations on Megs though. There were 2 packages and both of them had croutch unsnapped. Also, he doesn't look like his waist moves (like WWI Prime), but hopefully I'll be …

I just got the Megatron and Optimus figures from the Titanium series. They look great in the package but then the love affair quickly ends after that. First it took me 10 minutes to get through all those twisty ties! (They complain about Masterpiece Prime's stacks being a choking hazard!). Anyway, I challenge anyone reading this to try and transform Megatron or Prime without having a piece of them falling apart! I just hope the others in this line aren't this flimsy.

Seeing how Unicron is popping up everywhere now (except in Canada >.<) I figured I'd ask everyone who is their favourite Hasbro exclusive figure for the Cybertron line, and I'm talking strictly exclusive MOLDS here. My personal favourite is Shortround. He appeals to my taste in unique transformers and aquatic alt modes, I love his colour scheme and he is a unique design with lots of cool elements, an original transformation and is an all around great toy. Armorhide is a close second, followed by Unicron, Downshift, Hardtop and Wreckloose.

I have a nearly three year old boy, and another bun in the oven... My son loves Transformers! (I don't know where he gets *that* from.) My collection is mostly G1, but I have the leaders from Cybertron on display, etc. I also buy most of the current release toys, fidget with them, and put them away. Anything that's not on display, I let my boy play with. He's starting to take notice of the toy's on display, especially Cybertron Prime. (ooohh, look at dat big wig wobot. dat's daddy's wobot. i wanno hold it, pweeeeesee!?) My son is very good with only touching what he's allowed to touch. And he get's more than enough of my Transformers to play with…

A while back there was a topic that was searching for the oldest transforming toy. I think i might have guessed at early or mid 60's, even late 50's, but while going through one of my many resource books (Vintage Toys: Robot and Space Toys Krause Pub.) I happened upon the entry below! Though not the first, it is said he is one of the first and the oldest I have been able to find. I give you Transformers great grandfather!

Finally found Mirage today. I was so blinded by his glory tjat I almost didn't notice Camshaft. There were no Primes. That could mean that if you're still missing him, it might be secondary market time.

I am trying to identify these parts. I got them in a random toy lot a while back. I'm pretty sure they are TF parts but I haven't had any luck with online guides. Thanks in advance!

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I believe these were 'European exclusives'. Back in the very early 90s, a friend of mine from England sent these to me. Are these kinda rare (at least from the perspective of U.S. collectors)? What might they be worth? They don't seem to appear on eBay much. Mine are open (the plastic bubbles were sliced open so the toys could be removed) and complete. The cards are a little warped with some frayed edges. I tried searching the site, but couldn't really find much. It seems there's been more talk about PREDATOR the movie. :tftongue

Anyone know how much a MIB Anime Astrotrain with stickers applied goes for? I know sealed ones have been fetching $250+ so I'm hoping to get one cheaper in this condition.