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Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:56 pm

I.just.recently.scored.a.G1.soundwave.
on.his.chest.says.CASSETTE.MAN.
I.know.its older.but.i.want.to.know what.year.they.made.them.like.that?

when.i.got.the.soundwave.
i.got.optimus.prime.and.megatron.to.
none.of.them.had.autobot.or decepticon.stickers.on.them.
form.what.i.remember.when.i.was.a.kid.in.the.80's.they.came.out.first.
then after.the.TV.show.them.put.stickers.on.them.

News Credits: 241 · Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:55 pm

Sounds like you scored a Microman version of Soundwave.

All Transformer toys from 1984 originally came from the Japanese Diaclone and Microman lines. Diaclone figures were all piloted robots, which explains the opening cockpits, while Microman figures were all 1:1 scale objects. They were never planned to be living robots at first. The Diaclone toys that would become Transformers first came out in 1982, for Microman it's 1983.
In 1984, Hasbro brought the toys over to the US and together with Marvel came the Transformer concept we know today.

Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:12 pm

THANKS.A LOT.
from.what.i.remember.as.a.kid.there.was.a.few.that.had.The.first.transformers.
then.there.was.a.few.that.got.the.NEW.one's.with.the.Autobot.and.Desepticon..symbols.
everyone.thought.that.they.were.the.****....LOL

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:07 pm

please use spaces when you type. that was harsh to read

Welcome to seibertron, contains nuts

Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:39 pm

Ya.i.know.
My.kidz.messed.up.my.keyboard.
haven't.went.yet.to.get.one:(

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:42 pm

lol

kids are good for that. my keyboard is missing the escape key, so there is no escape!

Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:10 pm

There i found my old one

about 2 months ago i found a knock off shockwave and a Japanese Blitzwing.both still in the box with instructions and all weapons.
but when i tryed to transform blitzwing he started to fall apart

you can tell that the plastic that they use for the Japanese ones is not as good.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:33 pm

I got the sdcc re-issue on the way

cant wait to get my grubby mitts on it

Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:44 pm

i was buying alot of E-Bay for a while but cant afford that with 4 kids.
so i just look around for the good deals.
where do you think a good site is to buy Transformers from ?

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:46 pm

If you can try bigbadtoystore.com there is an ad at the bottom of the page. they got a lot of good stuff.

it depends what you are looking for.

News Credits: 241 · Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:23 am

dougie_prime wrote:you can tell that the plastic that they use for the Japanese ones is not as good.

Hate to break it to you, but that Blitzwing may be a knockoff as well. Many toys of the 1984-1986 era have fakes running around, including Blitzwing.

Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:11 am

ya i figured that it would be.
theres no English on the box only Japanese but it felt cheep.
i have a room that is full of shelves and we call it the TRANSFORMER ROOM

i was thinking about puting a shelf up for knock offs becouse i have a few.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:56 pm

dougie_prime wrote:I.just.recently.scored.a.G1.soundwave.
on.his.chest.says.CASSETTE.MAN.
I.know.its older.but.i.want.to.know what.year.they.made.them.like.that?

As you've been told what you have is not a G1 Transformer.

It is from a "Pre-transformer" toy line.