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- Piranacon. This was my first Gestalt and possibly my first ever Transformer(s). Got this as a gift set when I was still living in Kuwait. (Don't remember if it was the American or Japanese version, since Kuwait gets plenty of Asian imports.) Then the Gulf War started and he was lost in the shuffle. No one hates Saddam Hussein more than I.

- Octane. One of my faves. I carried him around everywhere and I was careless enough to leave him on a shelf in Asda while I was tying my shoelace. >_<

- Snapdragon. His Headmaster Krunk had disappeared. He wasn't much of a toy after that. -_-

- Wheeljack. No idea what happened to this guy, but I lost his missiles long before he vanished.

- G2 Ace Evader (Dreadwing). Ditto. A real shame, since I thought he was the best TF of his time. Lucky I got the RM reissue.

All the rest were given away at the church fair (and a good reason to despise my mum):
- Pretender Starscream
- Micromaster Countdown (Picked up the boxed version today for 30 euros!)
- Actionmaster Slicer
- G2 Skyquake
- G2 Thunderclash
- G2 Boss
- G2 Space Case


So that's the whole list of my tragic life story. EVERY SINGLE ONE of my childhood TF's had disappeared from my life. Feel free to share your devastating losses here. And while you're at it, why not let us know which one was your very first treasure. *sniff*

I have only myself to blame for selling almost all of mine in a garage sale when I was in high school. The money was nice at the time, but if I wanted to get them back now it would cost thousands.

G1 Smokescreen. But I bought the re-issue from TRU some years back.

G1 Cliffjumper and Blurr. They were stolen from me.

g1 bumblebee- took him apart and lost all the pieces. by the wat 100th post, yahoo.

G2 Megatron I miss him

G2 Seaspray. lost it at school a long time ago.

G1 Optimus Prime...most of mine from my childhood were placed in the family attic, which I got a hold of this year.

My G1 Outback I never really knew what happened to him.
Samething happened to my G1 Skydive. Tbey all just disappeared without a trace.

My beloved G1 Skids, G1 Ravage, G1 Buzzsaw, and G1 Frenzy (I think. I mix those two up a lot).

My father got rid of my Buzzsaw and Skids right after I got married and before I could move my things out of his house. He's evil so I really should have guessed that he would do that.

My brothers got a hold of poor poor Ravage at the same time. I miss my Ravage. I got one off of eBay, but I'm still looking for his missles.

My very first TF ever was Wheelie, whom i lost long ago and never really mourned his loss.

When I moved from Maine to Mississippi at age 8, I gave Pretender Bumblebee to my best friend at the time.

My German Shepherd ate Pounce.

I lost the police car Micromaster that was part of the group with FixIt. Cant recall his name though.

Let's see... I lost BW TM Optimus Primal.... That's about it... But I got a replacement after that.

I'm 30 now and lost all my G1's before G2 came out.

Megs, Soundwave, Shockwave, Starscream, Thundercacker, Sunstreaker, Devastator, Superion, Omega Supreme, Blaster, Sludge, Astrotrain, etc...

Sometimes I wonder if the G1's I buy on ebay are some of the ones I lost.

I left my G1 Outback in my moms old car. And then it got hit by a bus and totaled. At least my mom and sister were alright though. However, I feel responsible for the "death" of Outback, and it still haunts me.

Lost / Sold -

G1 Prime (x2)
G1 Soundwave
G1 Laserbeak
G1 Rumble
G1 Hook
G1 Inferno
G1 Cliffjumper
G1 Swoop
G1 Slag
G1 Astrotrain
G1 Starscream
G2 Galvatron


I had a couple Protectobots, the left leg and the torso I think... don't remember who. Never had a complete gestalt.

Mom was cheap so I had a cornucopia of the old G1 pop-up & roll car formers, they wound up and rolled too I think. They were nameless to me because it took literally two seconds to 'transform' them.

My first G1 Prime literally disintegrated because I carried him around in a bag for far too long.

I'd lost all my G1's by 1990, some got damaged but most just vanished.

Off the top of my head-

Optimus prime
Starscream
Smokescreen
loads of Minibots
Megatron
Metroplex
Ultra-Magnus
Grimlock
Slag
Twin-twist
Dead end
Cyclonus
Scourge
Kup
Blurr
Rodimus Prime
Freeway
Searchlight
Snapdragon
Weirdwolf
Flamefeather
Guzzle
Skaylor
Bludgeon

(Blimey I did'nt realise I had so many!!)

Nice collection pic... forgot, I had Seaspray and Beachcomber too. Loved Seaspray for some reason. Always thought the toy would have been cooler if it was larger and more complex.

Doubt there is much market for a hovercraft Transformer now that the eighties have passed, eh?

I lost g2 hero megs and prime, primal, optimal optimus, tigatron. That's all I can remember for now

Fortunately I have lost much, but what I've lost hurts so very much.

G1 Afterburner and Nosecone
Losing these two really sucks for me since I'm working hard trying to get a complete set of the TEchnobots.

G1 Pretender Bumblebee
I still have his shell. I brou8ght him to a day camp I went to as a kid and he just vanished. Oh well, I got the G2 BB, as well as Classics and both Deluxe movie versions to replace him.

G2 Long Haul
OG them all I think this one really hurts since I still have the other 5 Constructicons.

G1 Bliztwing

My Ravage went missing about twenty years ago; I'm pretty sure he was stolen. I still have his missiles, though.

I'd quite like to rustle up the cash for the TRU reissue Soundwave, actually, since the only Laserbeak I've ever had is a cut-'n'-shut job between a mate's old broken Laserbeak and my old original broken Buzzsaw; it'd be nice to have a complete proper one, and of course I'd love the Soundblaster mould, so that's a bit of a three-in-one.

Jetfire, I only have one part of him left.

Quartermaster wrote:Doubt there is much market for a hovercraft Transformer now that the eighties have passed, eh?

Like Shortround?

Savage wrote:My very first TF ever was Wheelie, whom i lost long ago and never really mourned his loss.

I kinda feel sorry Wheelie was your first Transformer, since I consider him the worst TF ever made.

Savage wrote:My German Shepherd ate Pounce.

ROFL! I'm sure your dog was just eliminating the competition.

it's either i lost the following or were stolen from me:

G1 Grimlock when i was a very young kid (yargh!)
G1 Slingshot
G1 Cindersaur
G1 Targetmaster Sureshot
G1 Micromaster Base Ironworks
maybe some of the minibots...i really can't remember.

Glitcher wrote:- Piranacon. This was my first Gestalt and possibly my first ever Transformer(s). Got this as a gift set when I was still living in Kuwait. (Don't remember if it was the American or Japanese version, since Kuwait gets plenty of Asian imports.) Then the Gulf War started and he was lost in the shuffle. No one hates Saddam Hussein more than I.

- Octane. One of my faves. I carried him around everywhere and I was careless enough to leave him on a shelf in Asda while I was tying my shoelace. >_<

- Snapdragon. His Headmaster Krunk had disappeared. He wasn't much of a toy after that. -_-

- Wheeljack. No idea what happened to this guy, but I lost his missiles long before he vanished.

- G2 Ace Evader (Dreadwing). Ditto. A real shame, since I thought he was the best TF of his time. Lucky I got the RM reissue.

All the rest were given away at the church fair (and a good reason to despise my mum):
- Pretender Starscream
- Micromaster Countdown (Picked up the boxed version today for 30 euros!)
- Actionmaster Slicer
- G2 Skyquake
- G2 Thunderclash
- G2 Boss
- G2 Space Case


So that's the whole list of my tragic life story. EVERY SINGLE ONE of my childhood TF's had disappeared from my life. Feel free to share your devastating losses here. And while you're at it, why not let us know which one was your very first treasure. *sniff*

I feel a pain deep inside reading your story.