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Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:11 am

Please help! I have been trying to identify these TF for days. I finally found this site and at least found their names (I think).
Powerglide-Warpath Tank-Gears-Brawn-Beachcomber-Seaspray and Adams(Cosmos)Pathfinder. The problem is they don't look the same as the pictures I've seen and most have the date of 1984 on them, NOT 1985 like it says in all the pictures I keep finding. Brawn and Gears have two dates on them, 1974 and 1988. Some of the stickers are different than what's in the pictures too. Are they originals, reissues or KO's?
My husband has had these since the 80's and we are trying to find out what they may be worth.
Thanks so much for the help.

News Credits: 1452 · Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:19 am

Welcome to Seibertron.com mermaidcean! Essentially the names match the figures. I'm not sure if they're entirely complete or not.

If you have the originals, Brawn and Gears were released in '84, while the rest of your lot is from '85.

News Credits: 20 · Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:19 am

They all seem to be complete. The only one I question is Brawn who might have his silver "arms" broken or missing underneath the jeep door panels. Only you could tell us if those are there. As far as value goes. I would think not a lot. Check completed listings on ebay for each character. Most of those has been reissued with the exception of Seaspray and Beachcomber. I think the only sort of reissue with Brawn was the keychain figures several years back now. Good luck to you. Oh, also tfu.info is a great help in identifying figures and there accessories. Just for future questions of the sort.

News Credits: 9 · Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:05 am

Their value won't be very high, especially without packaging as they're all fairly common figures. They were available in the UK back then so they must have been easy to come by!

If you've had them from the 80's then they must be authentic surely - someone correct me if I'm wrong but I didn't think there was a KO trade back then.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:56 am

I'm also in need of some identification help, I saw this auction, and while I'm almost sure these are not transformers, the seller states that these are Takara robots, could somebody help?

Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:24 am

They are part of the 'Brave' series 'Dagwon'.

News Credits: 241 · Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:15 am

Chaoslock wrote:I'm also in need of some identification help, I saw this auction, and while I'm almost sure these are not transformers, the seller states that these are Takara robots, could somebody help?

Allow the Yuusha/Brave expert to help, namely me

Yes, those are toys from the Transformers "cousin" franchise. called Yuusha or "Brave". To be precise they're from Yuusha Shirei Dagwon or "Brave Command Dagwon". The series premise is similar to Masterforce or our Powermasters, with humans spiritually fusing with the robot bodies to actually become the robots themselves. Their names are from left or right:

Dag Wing, transforms into Wing Liner (A "liner" is a type of high speed train)
Dag Turbo, Transforms into Turbo Liner
Dag Shadow, a triplechanger, transform into Dragon Jet and Shadow Dragon
Dag Armor, transforms into Armor Liner

Wing, Turbo and Armor can combine into Liner Dagwon. They're all incomplete: Wing and Armor are missing the trains front ends, Wing and Turbo are also missing their backpacks. All are needed for the combined form

Dag Shadow is missing it's weapons, possibly its cockpit, and most importantly, its 3 Guardian Beasts; a hawk, tiger and wolf. They can all combine into Shadow Dagwon.

Unfortunately since Geocities is gone for good, my main Yuusha database is gone as well. Fortunately, some sites are noticing the toys and review them (mostly the Korean releases). Enjoy:

CollectionDX Shadow Dagwon review
Wing Saber Toyz Liner Dagwon review

By the by, should you want to complete the toys, be sure to be on the lookout for Dag Drill. It can combine with Liner Dagwon into Super Liner Dagwon. Such upgrades are common in Yuusha.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:30 am

Wow! Thousands Thanks! :BOWDOWN:

Liner Dagwon looks interesting, how rare/expensive are the missing parts for these figures? I'm considering to buy this.

News Credits: 241 · Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:54 am

Chaoslock wrote:Wow! Thousands Thanks!

Liner Dagwon looks interesting, how rare/expensive are the missing parts for these figures? I'm considering to buy this.

I've only seen MIB figures, no parts. Your best bet to look at Japanese auction sites for parts.