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Postby william-james88 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:31 am

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There's another headline I never though I would write. @Jalaguyon Twitter posted some really cool photos. A comic shop in Pennsylvania has found some vintage G1 Transformers costumes from the 80s in a closed warehouse. These are rather involved costumes of Jazz and Thundercracker worn in commercials for theme parks like Great America and for other promotional purposes in the 80s. The same footage from the Great America commercial was also found in OJ Simpson's Pioneer Chicken commercial. You can see both below along with the images of the uncovered costumes.

Somebody in the @tfwiki Discord has posted photos of the original TF costumes used in several G1 commercials and things!
Apparently acquired from Sunbow Prod.'s inventory, and now found in a closed warehouse by Tales of Adventure, a comic shop in Coopersburg, PA.
Here's the photos that toamichael posted:


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Postby Brokebot » Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:57 am

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And now, suddenly, I have a craving for fried chicken.

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Postby bearytrek » Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:28 am

omg I used to love the crispy Pioneer chicken skin
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Postby william-james88 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:55 am

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Brokebot wrote:And now, suddenly, I have a craving for fried chicken.

#-o dammit


Interesting, I instead remember how my wife is always nagging and how maybe it's time to put a permanent end to things.
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Postby blackeyedprime » Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:57 am

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The gloves look like they would fit OJ...
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Postby sol magnus » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:07 am

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I remember they used these for "meet the Transformers" prize winners at parties. They certainly looked like they attended more than a few.
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Postby blackeyedprime » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:11 am

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sol magnus wrote:I remember they used these for "meet the Transformers" prize winners at parties. They certainly looked like they attended more than a few.


That kinda makes me want a five nights at MacCadams game
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Postby Immortal Starscream » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:12 am

I KNEW IT!

I've seen that Jazz costume in person, even though I've been told before it didn't exist. They had someone in that same Jazz costume at my local theater for the 86 movie back when I was a kid. I remember somebody had said they had seen Thundercracker too, but he wasn't there when I went. If it isn't the same costume, then there is more than one set of these. Awesome find.
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Postby BW Megatron » Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:31 am

Bloody glove and knife not included.
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Postby Kyleor » Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:03 pm

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Re: Jazz and Thundercracker Costumes From OJ Simpson Commercial Uncovered by Comic Shop

Postby TF-fan kev777 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:25 pm

Will your opening line made me think of a potential top 5/10 list, the top most weird/obscure TF items or new articles.
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Postby chuckdawg1999 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:27 pm

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william-james88 wrote:
Brokebot wrote:And now, suddenly, I have a craving for fried chicken.

#-o dammit


Interesting, I instead remember how my wife is always nagging and how maybe it's time to put a permanent end to things.


Dude, DUUUUUDDDDDEEEE!

sol magnus wrote:I remember they used these for "meet the Transformers" prize winners at parties. They certainly looked like they attended more than a few.


There have to be more suits out there. These two couldn't make it around ALL the appearances.
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Re: Jazz and Thundercracker Costumes From OJ Simpson Commercial Uncovered by Comic Shop

Postby Bumblevivisector » Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:02 pm

I remember a Wheel of Fortune commercial with a seeker standing next to Vanna White, but not if it was Thundercracker or Skywarp. I guess it was Thundercracker, unless there are indeed more than just these two.
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Postby sol magnus » Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:29 pm

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chuckdawg1999 wrote:
sol magnus wrote:I remember they used these for "meet the Transformers" prize winners at parties. They certainly looked like they attended more than a few.


There have to be more suits out there. These two couldn't make it around ALL the appearances.

I dunno, man. Those suits are plenty dirty.

However, I was thinking that since they were found in PA, and I live in MD it's definitely possible they were the ones that were "local" to me. They had things at the ToysR'Us right up the street with them, they had the Captain Chesapeake Party contest where they would show up, the Baltimore Zoo. They got around, and that was just here.
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Postby Ultra Markus » Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:35 pm

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i remember seeing those commercials as a kid and remembering how much i wanted to see those in person or have that party
anyways apparently the costumes have some mold sharing with the arms legs and feet :-?
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Postby megamanfan » Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:55 pm

oj simpson in a transformers commercial? wtf? that's just bizarre.
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Postby Ig89ninja » Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:54 pm

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sol magnus wrote:I remember they used these for "meet the Transformers" prize winners at parties. They certainly looked like they attended more than a few.


That kinda makes me want a five nights at MacCadams game

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Postby Sabrblade » Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:44 am

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Those suit were also as part of the Transformers Universal Studios Tour back in 1985 and the Prizes in Disguise contest back in 1986.

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Postby Ultra Markus » Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:47 pm

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Sabrblade wrote:Those suit were also as part of the Transformers Universal Studios Tour back in 1985 and the Prizes in Disguise contest back in 1986.

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whats megatron doing in that peculiar pose :-?
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Postby Sabrblade » Mon Jan 25, 2021 7:50 pm

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Ultra Markus wrote:whats megatron doing in that peculiar pose :-?
Sunbathing, methinks. :P
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