Bumblevivisector wrote:#1: Slag- Looks like Diaclone, and a little too old to be from KOTOYS, but I'm not sure I'd rule out his being an old Four Star KO, though not the green, nutty remold.
I think I got this one around 1990, so I know it is not from KOToys. I have one of the green nutty remold also, but it is in about 5 pieces.
Bumblevivisector wrote:#2: Feathers- Yep that's the real deal. If it was the recent Quick Change KO, the stickers would be different, and the tail would be all white plastic with no trace of chrome. Half the time these are missing their tails altogether, so it's not in terrible shape, since loose ones usually lack their swords anyway.
Thanks! I always wondered about this one. It had chrome on it when I first got it, but got beat up pretty good. The head doesn't really stay on anymore.
Bumblevivisector wrote:#4: The Dinosaur- Stegatron, from the Buddy L Dinotron line, making him close kin of the Bug Bots, which had the same pullback motors as the tiny cars and trains in the main Robotron line. There were likely just 3 dinos, in 2 color schemes each. While their transformations were similar enough to Grimlock, Sludge, and Snarl, to be considered "rip-offs", they were technically original sculpts. The only true KO from Buddy L was one of the Gobot Royal-T.
I actually really like this one. It is like an extremely simplified version of Snarl, and almost toddler friendly.
Bumblevivisector wrote:#5: Grey/Blue Truck- Easily the most obscure of your lot, but you don't transform him as much as reassemble him, right? That makes him a Road Bot, from Marchon Inc. I had the yellow cement truck version in '85, which was cool because his head was shaped so much like Ironhide's cartoon model head. Can't remember if it had a pullback or friction motor though.
Yeah, this thing just comes apart, and gets reassembled as a dump truck. he has little black fists somewhere too, but I think I somehow rigged them to be Optimus Prime hands when I needed them.