06-27-2005, 08:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-27-2005, 08:29 PM by Rhydderch Hael.)
My parents were content on only getting me the miniature Transformers, which meant a large amount of the no-name Autobots. Did manage the get Soundwave, building up his entourage with both birds (Buzzbeak, and Soundscream?) and minions (Rumble and whatever was the other fellow). Never managed to snag Ravage.
Also got Red Alert, the FD captain twin of Swideswipe (I think. Whoever was the Lambroughini). Perceptor, the Microscope. Four out of six Constructicons. The aforementioned Blitzkrieg (yes, the triple-changer who could transform into both a tank and a MiG-25).
The crown jewel of my collection was, oddly enough, not a 'real' Transformer: I had Jetfire, which was in reality just a Robotech jet with Autobot stickers slapped on it and in no way related to the canonical character of Skyfire. But he was metal.
There was a quip in one of the newer CGI Transformer TV series a few years back where the heroes of the tale, descendants of the Autobots, re-encounted Ark while it lay buried in prehistoric Earth with all the original Transformers in stasis. When they were trying to break into the Ark to prevent a disaster, their weapons couldn't even scar the hull. One of them exclaimed at the Ark, "This thing wasn't built, it was poured!"
"Die-cast construction." their leader wryly remarked. "It's a lost art."
Also got Red Alert, the FD captain twin of Swideswipe (I think. Whoever was the Lambroughini). Perceptor, the Microscope. Four out of six Constructicons. The aforementioned Blitzkrieg (yes, the triple-changer who could transform into both a tank and a MiG-25).
The crown jewel of my collection was, oddly enough, not a 'real' Transformer: I had Jetfire, which was in reality just a Robotech jet with Autobot stickers slapped on it and in no way related to the canonical character of Skyfire. But he was metal.
There was a quip in one of the newer CGI Transformer TV series a few years back where the heroes of the tale, descendants of the Autobots, re-encounted Ark while it lay buried in prehistoric Earth with all the original Transformers in stasis. When they were trying to break into the Ark to prevent a disaster, their weapons couldn't even scar the hull. One of them exclaimed at the Ark, "This thing wasn't built, it was poured!"
"Die-cast construction." their leader wryly remarked. "It's a lost art."
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