The Energon Pub

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:15 am

Have a reminder of how old some of you really are..!

http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfacto ... aisles.htm

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:24 am

The promised land

News Credits: 1 · by **MightyMagnus78** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:25 am

WOW! Blast from the past or what.

Where was this taken? MB boxed TF's, Red Tracks, and isn't that one of those re-boxed Sunswipes Maz was talking about recently? (in the middle of the second Picture)

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:29 am

This year marks 30 years for me as a Transformer fan.

It's been about 29 years since I saw a store like that. :-(

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:35 am

MightyMagnus78 wrote:WOW! Blast from the past or what.

Where was this taken? MB boxed TF's, Red Tracks, and isn't that one of those re-boxed Sunswipes Maz was talking about recently? (in the middle of the second Picture)

Judging by the store name on the signs (and a little bit of google fu) looks like The Netherlands.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:39 am

Those were the days. =P~

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:47 am

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
MightyMagnus78 wrote:WOW! Blast from the past or what.

Where was this taken? MB boxed TF's, Red Tracks, and isn't that one of those re-boxed Sunswipes Maz was talking about recently? (in the middle of the second Picture)

Judging by the store name on the signs (and a little bit of google fu) looks like The Netherlands.

Yes, Intertoys is a Dutch toy retailer, and the 'fl.' symbol was used for the Dutch guilder (the currency prior to the Euro). Not sure about the first image though.

News Credits: 1 · by **MightyMagnus78** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:16 am

Va'al wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:
MightyMagnus78 wrote:WOW! Blast from the past or what.

Where was this taken? MB boxed TF's, Red Tracks, and isn't that one of those re-boxed Sunswipes Maz was talking about recently? (in the middle of the second Picture)

Judging by the store name on the signs (and a little bit of google fu) looks like The Netherlands.

Yes, Intertoys is a Dutch toy retailer, and the 'fl.' symbol was used for the Dutch guilder (the currency prior to the Euro). Not sure about the first image though.

The Netherlands? And to think JelZe complains about toy distribution LOL. My Woolworths never looked like that, ever!

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:21 am

That's doesn't look like any store I've ever been in. What's all that stuff on the right-hand side of the first picture? I see stacks of books or magazines, some little bins with keys hanging off them, a TV, and other random stuff.

by **Valandar** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:45 am

Ah, yes, when it was mostly shelves and boxes, and pegs were only for the smallest of toys...

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 12:09 pm

Now let's see what it looked like back in 2002-2003!

Oh, the memories...

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:04 pm

I need to go back in time with about a thousand bucks or so. :shock:

News Credits: 3 · by **Midnight_Fox** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 2:34 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I need to go back in time with about a thousand bucks or so.

Sadly, it'll take you more than a thousand dollars to obtain enough bills that were still in legal circulation back then to have that thousand dollars, though I do know a place where you can get 'em.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:33 pm

MightyMagnus78 wrote:
Va'al wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:
MightyMagnus78 wrote:WOW! Blast from the past or what.

Where was this taken? MB boxed TF's, Red Tracks, and isn't that one of those re-boxed Sunswipes Maz was talking about recently? (in the middle of the second Picture)

Judging by the store name on the signs (and a little bit of google fu) looks like The Netherlands.

Yes, Intertoys is a Dutch toy retailer, and the 'fl.' symbol was used for the Dutch guilder (the currency prior to the Euro). Not sure about the first image though.

The Netherlands? And to think JelZe complains about toy distribution LOL. My Woolworths never looked like that, ever!

What the... HEY! :-(

I never got to see shelves like that, because I was barely born when Transformers hit. Imagine my surprise when I first visited a US store. :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **MightyMagnus78** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 3:45 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
MightyMagnus78 wrote:
Va'al wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:
MightyMagnus78 wrote:WOW! Blast from the past or what.

Where was this taken? MB boxed TF's, Red Tracks, and isn't that one of those re-boxed Sunswipes Maz was talking about recently? (in the middle of the second Picture)

Judging by the store name on the signs (and a little bit of google fu) looks like The Netherlands.

Yes, Intertoys is a Dutch toy retailer, and the 'fl.' symbol was used for the Dutch guilder (the currency prior to the Euro). Not sure about the first image though.

The Netherlands? And to think JelZe complains about toy distribution LOL. My Woolworths never looked like that, ever!

What the... HEY!

I never got to see shelves like that, because I was barely born when Transformers hit. Imagine my surprise when I first visited a US store.

Fair play, only messing.

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:26 pm

Amazing picture; nothing like seeing flicks of TFs in all their store exploding glory!

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:17 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Now let's see what it looked like back in 2002-2003!

Oh, the memories...

Young whippersnapper

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:10 am

I never saw that much variety or that much shelf space in the UK back then.

News Credits: 1 · by **leakin' lubricant** » Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:02 am

Ahhh! If only the transformers shelves were that well stocked these days :-(

News Credits: 3 · by **Midnight_Fox** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:53 am

leakin' lubricant wrote:Ahhh! If only the transformers shelves were that well stocked these days

Some are. It's just all Bees and Constructbots. :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **leakin' lubricant** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:56 am

Midnight_Fox wrote:
leakin' lubricant wrote:Ahhh! If only the transformers shelves were that well stocked these days

Some are. It's just all Bees and Constructbots.

Quite true, bloody annoying, thank god for eBay.

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 1:17 pm

I've seen those two pictures before, that's someone's home not an actual store. The photos were taken with an iPhone 5, those didn't exist back in the 80s.

http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/post ... tion-room/

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 1:18 pm

Cyberpath wrote:I've seen those two pictures before, that's someone's home not an actual store. The photos were taken with an iPhone 5, those didn't exist back in the 80s.

http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/post ... tion-room/

That's even more impressive, actually.