A Very Special Day: Transformers Turns 25!

Happy Birthday!

I remember when that first issue came out. One of the best days of my life

How ironic i get my encore trailbreaker today from the mail--the day it marks 25 years..kinda has meaning doesn't it?

Every time I see that Transformers are 25 years old it makes me feel extra old.

PrivatePoop wrote:Now wait just a minute here! This thread says May 8 and I see on that comic book scan it says September 1! What gives??

The date on the comics is when the comic stores are supposed to pull the unsold comics off the shelves, not when they are released.

...we'll be the new versions of old men with their model trains in 25 years.

Yeah! That's an awesome bit of trivia!

Who would've thought that TF would live this long? I bet there wasnt a single person in the 80s that thought it would survive 5 years let a lone 25. So should we consider this a unofficial holiday or a birthday? Either way ill have to have a drink later in honor of this remarkable mile stone. 25 years damn i feel old. Well any way happy Transformers day to all(except my stalker).

Wow...a very special day indeed. 25 years now. This would be a good thread for our first Transformers. Mine was Mirage, way back in 1984. He was one of the few Transformers that had...(gasp)...elbows!

A perfect picture for this thread would be if Ryan could dig up a picture of Meg and Optimus shaking hands...

Here's to another 25 years!

Editor wrote:In my day we had transformers that were made with metal and if they broke there was no, "oh just snap that leg back on" we didn't have ball joints, they were all blocky, and some didn't even look like they did in the comics or show. and those shows were hand-drawn and the colors weren't always right, and the stories were silly. And we liked it, We loved it.

So you can have your computer holographic series where the toys look indentical and are easily fixed because they are made of space-age materials, because as flawed as ours were, they were better, because they were first.

Are you kids still here? Get off my lawn!

Oh yeah...and I remember we had to WALK to the store...uphill both ways! And we had to work for them becuase they didn't have money back then! We worked for 22 1/2 hours a day just for a tiny figure! We had to sell our organs to get figures like Grimlock and Soundwave! And don't get me started on Fortress Maximus...just look at my prosthetic legs! ANd it was SNOWING when we were walking to the store and it was 500 below absolute zero Kelvin with a 220 mph windchill...

I think my Depends needs to be changed...

Anyways, I shall raise a glass of Chivas 18 in honor of the occassion tonite! Then I shall raise one glass in honor of each character..

Transformers. Yes the mighty and awesome Transformers. To me The Transformers means the world. If they never would have existed my life would have definitely been altered in the negative. Thank you Transformers, for being there when no one else would. The Transformers. Happy Birthday!

I just want to say Happy Birthday to the franchise that gave me so many fond memories, so many good friend, and many good times. I am who I am today because of TF's and Optimus Prime. Here's to 25 years, and to 25 more great years to come.

A round of energon for everyone on ME!!

First-Aid wrote:Wow...a very special day indeed. 25 years now. This would be a good thread for our first Transformers. Mine was Mirage, way back in 1984. He was one of the few Transformers that had...(gasp)...elbows!

A perfect picture for this thread would be if Ryan could dig up a picture of Meg and Optimus shaking hands...

Here's to another 25 years!

Editor wrote:In my day we had transformers that were made with metal and if they broke there was no, "oh just snap that leg back on" we didn't have ball joints, they were all blocky, and some didn't even look like they did in the comics or show. and those shows were hand-drawn and the colors weren't always right, and the stories were silly. And we liked it, We loved it.

So you can have your computer holographic series where the toys look indentical and are easily fixed because they are made of space-age materials, because as flawed as ours were, they were better, because they were first.

Are you kids still here? Get off my lawn!

Oh yeah...and I remember we had to WALK to the store...uphill both ways! And we had to work for them becuase they didn't have money back then! We worked for 22 1/2 hours a day just for a tiny figure! We had to sell our organs to get figures like Grimlock and Soundwave! And don't get me started on Fortress Maximus...just look at my prosthetic legs! ANd it was SNOWING when we were walking to the store and it was 500 below absolute zero Kelvin with a 220 mph windchill...

What sucks is that I have lived all my life in the Pacific Northwest AND my house was in a valley. So I REALLY DID have to walk uphill...both ways...in crappy NW weather to get my ass to a TRU. Just to get Transformers. These young punks today don't have ANYTHING to whine about. They bitch about Jetfires having a cane...I'll show them how to fight with a cane. Just throw one of the little whiners my direction...

It's cool that they posted a pic of the first comic book. I still have the original six issues bagged and boarded.
And my first figure was Starscream (a birthday present) and my 2nd and 3rd figures were Wheeljack and Huffer which I purchased at a Jafco store. (Anyone else remember those?) I can't remember what the next figures were. The orderly forgot to bring my Alzheimer meds this morning. At least I think those are what those pills are for. I am supposed to get pills, right? Guy next door get's pills, I durn well better get 'em too...shove this walker right up his...