ScottyP wrote:2010, eh? That's a perspective I couldn't disagree with more on a personal level, but your reasons are solid and to each their own, etc. What I remember of 2010 was start-and-stop, unfocused lines of product that had shelf-warming all-stars like Battle Hooks Leader Optimus or whatever and just about all of the PCC guys which were a major letdown outside of the torsos and individual scout/mini-con sets. The Generations releases were nice but hardly a focus at the time. Maybe it's me, but I remember that year as not bad but certainly far, far removed from best year ever.
Megatron Wolf wrote:I have to disagree with some of that, 2016 was not a good year distribution was a total train wreck, there was the wave 2 shortage that screwed over a lot of people and entire RiD & combiner waves were never seen, and lets not forget the fact that the prices went up yet again and quality went down yet again. Id say 2016 was not such a great year.
President-prime wrote:I cannot agree with this list. To say that 2010, 2016, above 1984 is flawed (in my opinion). Many of you weren't born or too young to comprehend the magnitude of transformers in 1984 g1 era. I'm not saying this but if you were there during that time, transformers are huge. Every stores sold transformers
Era. You can not go anywhere without seeing massive amounts of transformers. Every kid in the. neighborhood talked about transformers. Man, every flee market, swap meet, garage sales had transformers. They were huge. Living through all these times, I cannot say the same for the last 10-15 years.
thesiege_2005 wrote:I don't understand 2010. I guess there was some good stuff that came out that year for collectors, but in terms of mainstream success I would think 2007 when the first Bay movie came out would have topped that. Plus it first gave us mainstream figures that were modern redesigns of classic characters (Classics/CHUG/CHUGGUR).
Just look at what you listed happened in 2006, g1 fans were happy, beast war fans were happy, unicron trilogy fans were happy, the fandom was happy, seems like a great year from my perspective.
shajaki wrote:Very awesome list, and awesome idea for a list!
o.supreme wrote:Has anyone thought about what the 5 worst years would be?...not quite sure on the order, but for me it would be something like:
1992 (in most cases this was the year that *nothing happened* I know some TF's were released in Japan & Europe, but this was mostly the void between the original line and G2)
1990 - Action Masters and the end of the original series in most markets
1991 - More action masters
1995 Decline of G2, void between G2 and BW
1999 (this was tough because while I loved the BW Neo line in Japan, Hasbro was winding down BW with a lot of repaints, and gearing up for BM (blah). Plus Animorphs *shudders*
william-james88 wrote:The early 90s were a low point for sure, hence the need for Beast Wars to save the line. But for a more recent year, I feel 2012 is a low point. You look at how better things were getting between 2003-2010 and then it slowly falls then dropping big time in 2012 with probably the worst quality plastic I ever felt and the smallest deluxes around.
o.supreme wrote:william-james88 wrote:The early 90s were a low point for sure, hence the need for Beast Wars to save the line. But for a more recent year, I feel 2012 is a low point. You look at how better things were getting between 2003-2010 and then it slowly falls then dropping big time in 2012 with probably the worst quality plastic I ever felt and the smallest deluxes around.
I'll take your word for it, I trust your judgment. Unfortunately I am not at liberty to say as this was during the 10 year gap (2005-2015) when I was not collecting any TF toys. --Just to be clear, this is strictly about the toys yes? Because while I cannot speak to them, 2012 was when TF Prime (the series) was going strong, and since its been concluded for 3 years now, I can still say that IMHO it is probably the 2nd best TF animated series ever made. I still watch it regularly, I felt it was almost made just for me. If the toys were garbage, that is unfortunate, but the show was simply amazing.
Black Hat wrote:What's the consensus on 2008? Animated was pretty sweet for the most part, as was the late Movie stuff- good original molds (Stockade ) and some awesome redecos of some of the better Cybertron and Energon toys.
JazZeke wrote:This must have been a hard one to do, narrow down the best of 32 years... but the 30th anniversary line was also mighty impressive and pretty exciting.
President-prime wrote:I cannot agree with this list. To say that 2010, 2016, above 1984 is flawed (in my opinion). Many of you weren't born or too young to comprehend the magnitude of transformers in 1984 g1 era. I'm not saying this but if you were there during that time, transformers are huge. Every stores sold transformers
Era. You can not go anywhere without seeing massive amounts of transformers. Every kid in the. neighborhood talked about transformers. Man, every flee market, swap meet, garage sales had transformers. They were huge. Living through all these times, I cannot say the same for the last 10-15 years. Yes we got some new stuff. Yes, I was excited for the beast wars, live action movies, titan returns. But man, as poor as I am back in 1984, even without money, I long to get my hands on jetfire or Optimus Prime. Man, just taking about it brings back memory. And you know what nostalgia is what brought back transformers. Look at people who design toys. They once had transformers
. 1984 is number 1 hands down
yup.President-prime wrote:I cannot agree with this list. To say that 2010, 2016, above 1984 is flawed (in my opinion). Many of you weren't born or too young to comprehend the magnitude of transformers in 1984 g1 era. I'm not saying this but if you were there during that time, transformers are huge. Every stores sold transformers
Era. You can not go anywhere without seeing massive amounts of transformers. Every kid in the. neighborhood talked about transformers. Man, every flee market, swap meet, garage sales had transformers. They were huge. Living through all these times, I cannot say the same for the last 10-15 years. Yes we got some new stuff. Yes, I was excited for the beast wars, live action movies, titan returns. But man, as poor as I am back in 1984, even without money, I long to get my hands on jetfire or Optimus Prime. Man, just taking about it brings back memory. And you know what nostalgia is what brought back transformers. Look at people who design toys. They once had transformers
. 1984 is number 1 hands down
1984forever wrote:Many fans weren't born yet. Others lived outside of the U.S. and were extremely late to the party. Like, almost a year later 1985 late.
1984 saw a Transformers craze that will never be repeated.
When was the last time you or your parents had a fist fight at the mall over a Transformer?
Have you ever trampled over people, foot on face, to get one?
No?
Well then sorry, whatever year you think is the best can't compare with how people felt about Transformers in 1984.
JazZeke wrote:1984forever wrote:Many fans weren't born yet. Others lived outside of the U.S. and were extremely late to the party. Like, almost a year later 1985 late.
1984 saw a Transformers craze that will never be repeated.
When was the last time you or your parents had a fist fight at the mall over a Transformer?
Have you ever trampled over people, foot on face, to get one?
No?
Well then sorry, whatever year you think is the best can't compare with how people felt about Transformers in 1984.
Proof? Considering you have a history of being either a troll or a Geewunner or both, I'm taking this statement with a huge grain of salt.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:JazZeke wrote:1984forever wrote:Many fans weren't born yet. Others lived outside of the U.S. and were extremely late to the party. Like, almost a year later 1985 late.
1984 saw a Transformers craze that will never be repeated.
When was the last time you or your parents had a fist fight at the mall over a Transformer?
Have you ever trampled over people, foot on face, to get one?
No?
Well then sorry, whatever year you think is the best can't compare with how people felt about Transformers in 1984.
Proof? Considering you have a history of being either a troll or a Geewunner or both, I'm taking this statement with a huge grain of salt.
I was alive in '84 as well. He is full of crap. Toy crazed like that simply didn't happen back then. There were plenty to go aroun .
1984forever wrote:And just because you were alive in '84 and didn't hear about something doesn't mean it didn't happen. People fight everyday over lesser things on the internet and you pay zero attention to it.
A quick google search revealed a people magazine article about "10 toy crazes that caused MAYHEM through the years". Transformers 1984 was listed. How about "12 toy crazes" by NBC news, it says "parents fought like Autobots and Decepticons" . The only time people felt as passionate about Transformers was '86. But I guess that kid locking himself in the bathroom over Prime dying never happened either.JazZeke wrote:1984forever wrote:And just because you were alive in '84 and didn't hear about something doesn't mean it didn't happen. People fight everyday over lesser things on the internet and you pay zero attention to it.
And just because you insist something happened, doesn't mean it actually did.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
You must have missed the title with the word "mayhem" in it. Mayhem: Actions that hurt people and destroy things. A scene or situation that involves a lot of violence.Ironhidensh wrote:From people magazine article:
Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times/Getty
Ten million Transformers were sold in 1984. The franchise’s cartoon and unforgettably catchy commercials propelled the shape-shifting alien robots to the top of Santa’s to-do list. The Autobots and Decepticons were in short supply around the holidays, but ultimately Hasbro took home around $80 million from the product line in ’84. Transformers are still bringing home the bacon: In 2010, Toys “R” Us declared them to be some of their best-selling toys of the past 25 years.
Sorry, nothing about fighting in the toy store. Selling a lot does not equel a craze. Try again.
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