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You ever sit back and wonder what would have been if you kept your toys and more or less kept them in good condition. what transformers would you have today if you took good care of them.

Mine include(all G1):

Jetfire
Swoop
Superion
Devestaor
Menasor
Metroplex
Blitzwing
Thrust
Diaclone Prime
Blaster
All 3 insecticons

not to mention a whole slew of GI Joe vehicles (still have most of the actual figures though ) and Almost the entire run of MOTU from vehicles, figures, and playsets. i just realize how spoiled I am(was)

sheesh i wish I could go back in time and discipline myself.

I didn't have any broken Transformers toys, but I do wish I had asked my brother to give me his when he got tried of them. Also I wish I knew where my Voltron went to.
I remember he was my doll for a long time, and my aunt knitted a pink blanket and pillow for him and I set up a crib for him to sleep in. I carried him a lot of places but sadly, I don't know where he went to.

I was a uptight child most my figures survived and most have all there parts.What kid gets a G1 Scorpnoc at Christmas and still has all the original parts with only some minor sticker peal?I didn't have a ton of TF but I probably had 40-50 not including micro masters.The only ones that didn't survive was Prowl,Megatron and Optimus Prime and lost were Warpath and Chase, but I think my brother has my Chase I need to look one day.He would give it to me if he did , he doesn't care about that stuff anymore.

Poor broken(but I still have) Pipes, Red Alert(got the reissue, but the principle), Windcharger who's been lost for years, Gator Megs and his broken unrepairable foot(unless I glue it on, hmm, might not be a bad idea ), bat Primal, and I think that's about it for Transformers.

Star Wars and G.I. Joe on the other hand is another story, cause I apparently broke several G.I. Joe's when I was really little, and many Star Wars figures have no feet cause they were chewed off.

All of G2. Literally not a joke. To this day I have know Idea where they vanished.

Oh and G1 Mirage He and Rodimus were the only Gee Wun toys I had

I would have an unbroken Triggerhappy, I'd still have Blowpipe (I pine for you, Blowey!), a G2 Scavenger and I'd have more TF's in total because I would have spent less money buying back the ones I discarded as a child.

O, and a vast amount of Real Ghostbusters toys.

i dont so much regret the broken toys as much as i do the fact that i sold them all off about 6 years ago. I suppose its ok considering they were almost all incomplete or had seen much better days.

I'd have a non broken Prowl. Well I do now, but my original Prowl.

I was born in 85, my brother is 5 years odler then me so my parents got him lots of G1 stuff. When I was 4-5 I started to play with the Transformers. Unfortunetly my brother (and some of his friends) were not to find to some of the,. My brother had a play mate who snapped off both of Prime's legs.... then my bro got a second Prime and his legs were also snapped off. THere are other casualties, a few Go Bots and G1.... I have a G1 Ironhide...lieterally in 30 pieces in a ziplock bag .

Luckily most of my G1 collection is is in pretty good (played with) condition. Some G1 that was kept in very good condition would be Jetfire, Grimlock, Snarl, Skorponok, Galvatron, Soundwave and Sky Lynx to name a few!

I was also born in 85, so I missed out on Transformers, but I'd probably still have alot of GI Joes, TMHT and Real Ghostbusters stuff...IF my parents hadn't have sold it

Actually, I can't really think of any transformers I broke as a kid. I was always pretty careful with my toys. Almost every G1 I had as a kid has survived pretty much mint today, although they might have a bit of wear, dirt and crappy stickers.

The only ones I can think of that got to be in really bad shape are G1 Soundwave (one of the things that holds his door on is half broken off, but his door is still on) and Action Master Bumblebee. I left poor Bumblebee on the floor one day and my dog ate a good half of him. Now he's fairly "battle damaaged"

Also, my transmetal Rattrap's metallic paint has almost entirely come off, but I don't know if that counts.

I was fairly destructive as a kid. But I didn't have many Transformers. I have a feeling they were simply lost in the move from Ohio to Texas. Much as many of my earlier toys were lost in the move from Texas to Ohio. The only Two I remember having in the 80s we Jetfire and Megatron. My step uncle had all the rest of them. Still does I think. Unless he eBayed them. He is more a Star Wars geek now so it is entirely possible.

This is not to say I didn't destroy a lot of toys. In fact nothing I had before I turned 15 really survived in tact or in any place I can find. It wasn't until I started buying my own toys that I started taking really good care of them. On the upside my son doesn't seem to have gained my destructive tendancies. Primarily motivated by my need to know exactly how everything worked mind you. A good motivation but a bad outlet. One that generally ended in the object of curiousity no longer functioning.

I was around 7 at the time Transformers first came out so I was lucky enough to get a good 20 or so when I was young.

Apart from Jazz losing his roof the first time I transformed him, the rest pretty much survived until I was 13 and had to give them all to my half-brother.

Alas, if only I still had my original Jazz. *sniff, sniff*

Aww, man, I hate that I would've had so many...

My Powermaste Prime, while in poor condition, did survive, as did my G2 Turbomaster Flash. However, I would've had G1 Soundwave, Afterburner, Thrust, Perceptor, and a bunch of others if I'd taken better care of them...and my grandparents hadn't thrown them out.

I took good care of my toys as well. Especially my TF's. What is very sad is that my brother and I gave our toys away to a kid down the street when we stopped playing with toys. I can't believe I was stupid enough to do that.

I would've had right now;

Hardhead
Brainstorm
Highbrow
Some Targetmasters ( I know I had some but not which ones!)
Slapdash
Doubledealer
Superion
Menasor
Defensor
Bruticus
Computron
Rodimus
Magnus
Galvatron
Blaster
Optimus
Sideswipe
Prowl
Grimlock
Slag
Sludge
Shrapnel
Gears
Original 3 Seekers
and many more I can't specifically remember.

Luckily I was able to regain some thru reissues like;
Rodimus
Galvatron
Magnus
Blaster
Optimus
Sixshot
Sideswipe
Prowl
Original 3 seekers
Shrapnel.

I've even got ones I didn't have as a kid like;
Powermaster Prime
Star Convoy
Many of the Autobot cars
Remaining Insecticons
Predaking
Dirge

But there are some that I'll never get back and that makes this panda sad!!

Sadly, I threw the following Transformers away
Defensor
Computron
Springer
Broadside
Sandstorm
Octane

Don't know what happened to the following Tranformers
Soundwave (my first Transformers)
Twintwist
Hot Rod (pre Targetmaster)
Kup (pre Targetmaster)
Blurr (pre Targetmaster)
Perceptor
Powermaster Optimus Prime
Rewind
Steeljaw
Swoop
Air Raid
Fireflight
Skydive
Slingshot
Shrapnel
Bombshell
Kickback
Ultra Magnus
Huffer
Pipes
Flywheels
Runamuck
Goldbug
Ratbat
Frenzy

From my childhood, I still have:
Astrotrain
Brainstorm
Hosehead
Hot Rod (Targetmaster)
Menasor
Rodimus Prime
Eject
Ramhorn
Ravage
Rumble
Slag
Grandslam
Raindance
Beastbox
Squawktalk

From the Takara / eHobby re-issues, I have picked up
Astrotrain
God Ginrai
Jazz
Predaking
Sideswipe
Stepper
Soundblaster
Twincast

shockwave13 wrote:Sadly, I threw the following Transformers away
Defensor
Computron
Springer
Broadside
Sandstorm
Octane

BOOoooo! atleast i had the decency to sell mine.

I do wish i knew what happened to all my cassettes...I had them all but when i sold them off the only one i could find was the stupid lion. Oh well, atleast i kept soundwave and a few others.

I fear the wounds are.....fatal!



All the other transformers i had as a kid have survived intact except for a little sticker wear. Most are complete and i still have the boxes for Jazz, Ramjet and Smokescreen.

I must have really hated Decepticons aswell, i only had Starscream and Ramjet!

Wheelies Executioner wrote:I fear the wounds are.....fatal!



All the other transformers i had as a kid have survived intact except for a little sticker wear. Most are complete and i still have the boxes for Jazz, Ramjet and Smokescreen.

I must have really hated Decepticons aswell, i only had Starscream and Ramjet!

lol now that is funny. I wonder which toys my boys will go through. I will watch and laugh.

Wheelies Executioner wrote:I fear the wounds are.....fatal!



All the other transformers i had as a kid have survived intact except for a little sticker wear. Most are complete and i still have the boxes for Jazz, Ramjet and Smokescreen.

I must have really hated Decepticons aswell, i only had Starscream and Ramjet!

Now that is priceless!

Most of my G1s got broken somewhere along the way, but I had Prowl, Mirage, Wheeljack, Hound, Trailbreaker, Sunstreaker, Thrust, Topspin, Skorpanok, Triggerhappy, Rampage, Divebomb, Pretenders Grimlock and Starscream, Doublecross, Brawn and Outback.
Triggerhappy remains, but in pretty beat up shape. Scorpanok is still hanging in well just missing some parts. Radar dish? Psht. What 11 year old keeps track of that? I have no idea what happened to Thrust, but I know there is a box someplace in my scary crawl space that must have him and my Voltron, which also lamentably is lost. Doublecross is in one of my tubs I think. Rampage and Divebomb survived the best, and parts of my Pretenders are found from time to time.

I´d only have Chop Shop of the Deluxe Insecticons. That bugger was simply to fragile for yours truly.