CassetteMan was released in Japan 1981. But the patent for the design was submitted in 1974, just like the Megatron one. Intended for the GI Joe / Micro series accessories line, that never was released.ShGarland_1383 wrote:It's kind of ironic that Hotrod goes into the history of the two lines some here. Even though the recent G1CS Soundwave reissue is actually a repaint of Soundblaster, it still has the Copyright 1974/1983 inside the battery compartment. 83 would of course be because Soundblaster was a retool of G1 Soundwave to begin with; '74 is likely because Soundwave was originally released as a Microchange Cassetteman.
His words, not mine!Hotrod wrote:Without him I would have looked stupidNinja Sixshot wrote:and of course Raymond T. helped
Hotrod wrote:Hasbro wanted to bring the Transformers into the world of comic books so they signed a deal with Marvel Comics to produce a Transformers comic book. Marvel was one of the most popular comic book companies. Marvel was involved with Transformers from the very beginning. The first issue of Transformers was released in September of 1984, about the same time as the cartoon began to air in the United States. The Transformers comic was set originally to only run for four issues, however, due to early success it would last for eighty issues. The success of the comic would help spread the popularity of Transformers. Transformers were now able to reach people who read comic books but may or may not have watched the cartoon.
Electron wrote:sledge your comments are like a fat chick raping a hot dog, its unpleasent to watch but in the end its gonna happen
Mr O wrote:I'm part Irish, part Scottish, very Welsh, mostly drunk, somewhat Transformers nerd and all bastard.
Booda wrote:Frankly, I couldn't read the whole article because of how poorly it was written. I got down to, "Hasbro wanted to bring the Transformers into the world of comic books so they signed a deal with Marvel Comics to produce a Transformers comic book. Marvel was one of the most popular comic book companies." The factoid about Marvel being popular is just sort of thrown in there, and the whole article is loaded with similar comments.
"Takara decide to reset the Microman line and reintroduce the line as New Microman. It did not stop there. Both Hassenfeld Brothers and Takara decided to combine this line with the transforming accessories Hassenfeld had developed. The result was yet another line named Micro Change. This was just the beginning, because Takara was about to take the Micro Change line a few more steps forward."
The entire above paragraph was entirely pointless. It could have been omitted without hurting the article whatsoever. In particular, it has the phrases, "it did not stop there," and "this was just the beginning," which are textbook examples of things to leave out when writing.
I hate to be so critical, but these are grade school mistakes. It's got the facts in it, but it's a really horrible read. There's more to proofreading and editting than running a spellchecker.
Cyberstrike wrote:Hotrod wrote:Hasbro wanted to bring the Transformers into the world of comic books so they signed a deal with Marvel Comics to produce a Transformers comic book. Marvel was one of the most popular comic book companies. Marvel was involved with Transformers from the very beginning. The first issue of Transformers was released in September of 1984, about the same time as the cartoon began to air in the United States. The Transformers comic was set originally to only run for four issues, however, due to early success it would last for eighty issues. The success of the comic would help spread the popularity of Transformers. Transformers were now able to reach people who read comic books but may or may not have watched the cartoon.
Acually there were a few Gobots/Machine Robo comic strips produced in the UK!
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Hotrod wrote:Stacked filled the role of Ultra Magnus in the Transformers Movie.
Hotrod wrote:Orson Welles provided the voice of Unicron in the movie. Prior to his work on Transformers, a few of Welles credits were A Man of All Seasons, House of Card, London, and Waterloo.
Raymond T. wrote:Hotrod wrote:I am glad many of you liked it. I plan on doing a few more.
You better stay away from my vault...Hotrod wrote:Not to worry Raymond T., I'll just fly out to where you live and camp out in your front yard this timeRaymond T. wrote:Hotrod wrote:I am glad many of you liked it. I plan on doing a few more.
Raymond T. wrote:You better stay away from my vault...Hotrod wrote:Not to worry Raymond T., I'll just fly out to where you live and camp out in your front yard this timeRaymond T. wrote:Hotrod wrote:I am glad many of you liked it. I plan on doing a few more.
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