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nemesis-prime wrote:Does anybody have a bumblebee or cliff jumper minibot moc or a price. I kinda thought they were 3.99 and my mom said it was too expensive so i never got any.

That sounds about right.
I have a bunch of the card backs in storage (BB and CJ included) so I cannot get to them right now to check..
BUT as I said, that price sounds right.

Some scans fro some micromaster sets

Right click on the pix and "view file" to see the whole pix.



They were purchased from Childrens Palace and Kaybee Toys
The one of the left was a standard 4 pack.
The one in the middle is a combiner from Kaybee 9even back then their prices were higher).
And the last was on clearance from Childrens Palace before they closed.

When Fortress Maximus came out, he was originally only $89.99! I wanted Fort Max, but my Mom said it was too expensive. I wonder what she would think of his price now.

thedistinctroom wrote:When Fortress Maximus came out, he was originally only $89.99! I wanted Fort Max, but my Mom said it was too expensive. I wonder what she would think of his price now.

Yup. Look up 4 posts.

Cyber Bishop wrote:

thedistinctroom wrote:When Fortress Maximus came out, he was originally only $89.99! I wanted Fort Max, but my Mom said it was too expensive. I wonder what she would think of his price now.

Yup. Look up 4 posts.

Doh!

thedistinctroom wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:

thedistinctroom wrote:When Fortress Maximus came out, he was originally only $89.99! I wanted Fort Max, but my Mom said it was too expensive. I wonder what she would think of his price now.

Yup. Look up 4 posts.

Doh!

It's all good.
Your story was a nice addition to this thread.
My parents even complained when I had a job and was buying my own TF's.

Cyber Bishop wrote:It's all good.
Your story was a nice addition to this thread.
My parents even complained when I had a job and was buying my own TF's.

My mom told me the same thing when I wanted to buy Fort Max. She said no dice for him (even though it was with my Christmas money) but she said I could buy the original 6 Pretenders instead (Skullgrin, Bomb Burst, Submarauder, Waverider, Cloudburst and Landmine), which I probably enjoyed more than I could have enjoyed Fort Max at the time. I mean, c'mon, 6 new Transformers toys to boost my ranks all at once ... it was like 12 new toys!

I loved the Pretenders too! Nice to see someone else that appreciated them.

A good source for prices would be old catalogues. I used to have a few old Argos catalogues. Wish I had ones from the mid-eighties though. It's also a pretty good way to get a feel for an era.

Here's something a google search turned up:

The 1985 Sears Christmas Catalogue



Omega Supreme: $39.99
Grimlock: $12.99
Blitzwing: $11.99
Optimus: $23.99

Wish I could get them at those prices today!

Holy crap.. That brings back memories..

LOL I remmber picking blaster out of that catalouge for xmas when i was 6.

Just looking at that catalog made me think that 85 has to be one of the best (if not the best) years for toys ever.
Just look at the toys that year.

GiJoe
Transformers
Super Powers
Voltron
MASK
Sektaurs
Star Wars
Masters of the Universe
She ra

Cyber Bishop wrote:Just looking at that catalog made me think that 85 has to be one of the best (if not the best) years for toys ever.
Just look at the toys that year.

GiJoe
Transformers
Super Powers
Voltron
MASK
Sektaurs
Star Wars
Masters of the Universe
She ra

Man I used to absolutely love the Sears catalog when I was a kid. I used to just stare at the Transformers in those pictures. I found two more catalog pages on my laptop and saved the ones from the link above that I found for '88, '86 and '85. Here's the links and the images:

http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/1 ... ogP446.jpg
http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/Searscat8.jpg
http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/Searscat9.jpg
http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/S ... 6_P529.jpg
http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/S ... C_P438.jpg
http://www.seibertron.com/images/toys/S ... C_P439.jpg

I used to look forward to getting the catalog every year just to oogle over the toys..

Aaaah nostalgia..

Seibertron wrote:
Man I used to absolutely love the Sears catalog when I was a kid. I used to just stare at the Transformers in those pictures.

I did the same(with catalogues from Argos and Hamleys, we didn't have Sears). Actually I probably did it for years afterwards, because I missed out on most of the early stuff by being too young at the time. I'd be looking at those tiny images in old catalogues, trying to imagine all the stuff it could do. Of course some toys were much better in imagination than reality.

It's interesting, because a lot of stuff in those pages is forgotten today. There's a lot of periferal G1 stuff on other pages as well.

http://www.wishbookweb.com/1985_SearsWishbook/images/SearsWishbook.1985EC.P586.jpg

Check out items 5, 16, and 17

The Bluestreak one actually looks kind of interesting, though way overpriced for what it was back then. I actually have a transformers board game packed away somewhere.

SEARS CATALOG OLD ISSUES!!!!

I never thought to search for that.

this has been a great trip down memory lane.

This is probably the best forum thread I have ever started anywhere.

thanks everyone!!

powertower wrote:SEARS CATALOG OLD ISSUES!!!!

I never thought to search for that.

this has been a great trip down memory lane.

This is probably the best forum thread I have ever started anywhere.

thanks everyone!!

I went through that cataloge I remmber most of that stuff almost teared up because of the memmories.

Bumblethumper wrote:

Seibertron wrote:
Man I used to absolutely love the Sears catalog when I was a kid. I used to just stare at the Transformers in those pictures.

I did the same(with catalogues from Argos and Hamleys, we didn't have Sears). Actually I probably did it for years afterwards, because I missed out on most of the early stuff by being too young at the time. I'd be looking at those tiny images in old catalogues, trying to imagine all the stuff it could do. Of course some toys were much better in imagination than reality.

It's interesting, because a lot of stuff in those pages is forgotten today. There's a lot of periferal G1 stuff on other pages as well.

http://www.wishbookweb.com/1985_SearsWishbook/images/SearsWishbook.1985EC.P586.jpg

Check out items 5, 16, and 17

The Bluestreak one actually looks kind of interesting, though way overpriced for what it was back then. I actually have a transformers board game packed away somewhere.

I remember those 3D puzzles.

Seibertron wrote:

powertower wrote:OK, so I have tried searching Google, and forums but I cannot seem to find what I want.

When transformers first hit the shelfs back in the mid 80's how much were they?

I am especially curious about Optimus Prime and Megatron, but in general, I think this would be good info to include into knowledge bases dealing with transformer history.

Thanks to anyone who can provide prices, or a site that has such a listing already.

If I recall correctly, Optimus Prime and Megatron were around $22 to $25. Soundwave was around $18 to $20. Jetfire and Metroplex were around $30. I believe Trypticon was around $50. Fortress Maximus was between $80 and $100 (I can't remember). The original G1 Pretenders were around the $10 to $13 I think. Mini-bots were around $2 to $3 a piece. The combiner limbs were originally around $4 or $5. The Cassette two packs were also around $5.

Yup, those are the prices that I remembered. Megatron was also around $25. Roadbuster and Whirl were around $18. Scorpinok was around $50. I remember being blown over by the price of Fortress Maximus - $100. Combiner sets like Bruticus, were between $25-$35.

Bumblethumper wrote:A good source for prices would be old catalogues. I used to have a few old Argos catalogues. Wish I had ones from the mid-eighties though. It's also a pretty good way to get a feel for an era.

Here's something a google search turned up:

The 1985 Sears Christmas Catalogue



Omega Supreme: $39.99
Grimlock: $12.99
Blitzwing: $11.99
Optimus: $23.99

Wish I could get them at those prices today!

I used to love getting those catelogues. My friends and I would check the mail everyday waiting for them to come out in order to see the new figures.

Oh man the memories in this thread! I love all those old scans.
I too would wait all year for the Sears Wishbook at Christmas page through it over and over again....

Iron Prime wrote:Oh man the memories in this thread! I love all those old scans.
I too would wait all year for the Sears Wishbook at Christmas page through it over and over again....

Wasnt it funny that you had to buy the catalogue? I rember there always being a price on the front. Now we buy a papper and its ful of ads.

I was just curious. Does anyone remember the original prices of G1 toys. Seems like I remember G1 Prime cosing $20 in 84. I was curious about Cars, Minicars, Jets, Soundwave.

There was a thread about this around a month ago, may try digging for that.

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