oh I still love em   I just remember them better than they were

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I still have a bunch of G-1, and got a lot of the re-issues too. :redface

I was just playing along.

oh I still love em I just remember them better than they were

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I still have a bunch of G-1, and got a lot of the re-issues too. :redface

I was just playing along.

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  Sorry this thread was the real one that inspired all the fake ones

oh I still love em   I just remember them better than they were

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I still have a bunch of G-1, and got a lot of the re-issues too.   :redface

I was just playing along.

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  Sorry this thread was the real one that inspired all the fake ones

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oops.  Oh well.  Still don't really think G-1 toys suck though.

I've never had a problem with not havign an imagination...

As I've grown up, I cna still workout scenarios and such in my head that help fuel the fires of G1 and other toy lines.

 

A lot of that comes from being an artist I'd assume. And if i loose my imagination I loose my artistic side.

 

So with that G1 Toys have never lost their flair, appeal, and coolness to me. Because I cna still look at them and work out scenarios and moments.

I still associate more with the G1 molds simply because i've watched/read/indulged in that universe more than any other.  So they are still "the" transformers to me no matter how inarticulated.

Dont forget 20 years ago a ZX-81 was a cutting edge computer with its monstrously huge 1k of memory :eek.  Technology moves on in all aspects of life and G1 was as cutting edge then as the Alternators are now ;) they always say you should never go back as things never live up to the memory.

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:pfx  yes, comparing G1 toys with Alts is nonsense, but for me G1 is transformers, the rest lines are like imitations or consecuences only  :thumb

I still find the G1 toys as amazing as I did when I was a kid. I attribute this to the fact that I remain fairly unimpressed with poseability. The G1 toys had/have a lot of things going for them in both 1985 and 2005, some things:

 

1. G1 Transformers, particularly years 1984 and 1985, were made to more of an adult standard. They were designed more to the standard of model cars than to action figures. Fine detail, delicate high quality parts, and the like. One of the things that made them so cool when they were new was the fact that the toys were adult compared to other toys of the time. This still holds true today, as the G1 toys have more of an adult, model car quality to them than anything released afterwards, with the possible exception of Takara Binaltech and Masterpiece Prime. They are simply beautiful to look at, and fun to transform. This was their purpose then, and their purpose now.

 

2. Guns, baby. G1 Transformers are more heavily armed than any modern Transformers. This is mostly due to the modern practice of weapon storage. The downside to weapon storage is that most of the time the guns suck. I miss the days of sacrificing weapon storage for having better and more guns.

 

3. The Transformers cartoon, as inconsistent in animation and storyline as it was, was still the best cartoon of its day, and the reason for that was memorable characters. No 80's cartoon ever had characters as memorable as Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave. Modern Transformers, including Beast Wars, have lacked this star quality as well. BW might have better characters, but haven't managed to gain the iconic status of the G1 legends.

 

4. Tech Specs. The G1 tech specs are absolutely fantasitc, complete masterpieces. No tech specs from any line after G1 comes anywhere near the G1 tech specs. BW, RiD, Armada and Energon tech specs are crap compared to G1. The Binaltech bios are interesting, but still lack the magic of the G1 specs. No other toyline can really compare to the tech specs that were released with G1 figures either, though 80's Gi-Joe does come close.

 

5. Crossover appeal. Anyone who has taken regular people to see their collection can understand this. G1 toys are simply more impressive to people who are not us. I can show people my collection, and I can guarantee the first figure they try to grab will be one of three figures: Masterpiece Prime, G1 Megatron or G1 Soundwave. It never fails. I brought alternators Smokescreen, Energon Megatron, and Armada Tidal Wave and some other figures to amuse some kids backstage at a play I was Stage Manager for. All the adults there were mostly only interested in my beat up G1 Soundwave. People will admit Alternators are cool, but still are always more interested in the G1 stuff. Among non-toy collectors, G1 is king.

 

Someone saying that G1 is crap is just funny.

I don't know what you're all babbling about. G1 still rocks. Perhaps you've just forgotten what made them cool to begin with.

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i agree, G1 was a line based on a lot of imagination.  Yes the bot pieces were still visible in car mode, and yes there was little to no articulation, but if you remember back to when you 3-7 years of age, none of that mattered, because the scenes were playing out in your mind and the Toys in your hands were as lively and exciting as the characters on the show.

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An imagination. Wow, I can almost remember when kids still had those.

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Hallelujah!!! I agree 100%. I’m an art teacher, and let me tell you. Out of 25 kids a class, you may be lucky to get 3 kids that have one. There are to many….lazy, overweight, un-imaginative, video game playin’, south park and blue collar comedy watchin’, not going out side cause I get out of breath when I’m walkin’, twinky eatin’ little bastards today! I tried to put it nicely.  :tflaugh   Why the hell these kids’s parents don’t actually raise there kids but instead let them do what ever they want, I haven’t figured out yet. Then they call me and Starscream because their kid flunks art class. Well, if they would draw something instead of sleeping, or talking about what they stuck up Mr. Slave’s ass last night. Then they might have had a chance….

 

Did I get off topic? I love my G1 toys. Makes me think of being little again. Sometimes, I can even remember the smell of opening them up for the first time.

I still associate more with the G1 molds simply because i've watched/read/indulged in that universe more than any other.  So they are still "the" transformers to me no matter how inarticulated.

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It's true... whenever I see the words "The Transformers" I think of that ghey theme song... :note The Transformers [eh oo eh oo eh oo] / More than meets the eye [wehoo wehoo] :note

 

P.S. thecasualoblivion...... I'm glad that you love G1 so much, 'cuz it obviously makes you happy. But I do think you might be overstating your case just a bit.

this isn't to say i deny the playability and acomplishments of other lines... but i will always consider the G1/BW/BM verse the only true TF universe.