Lights! Camera! Action Masters!

Wow, nice... The G1 Action Master indeed are under appreciated...

They were abominations on their time because they REPLACED transformers with these. You couldn't find any real transformers back then, and all you got was these lousy replicas.

Imagine that the only thing you could buy for the next two years were only Robot Heroes and you'll get the picture of how sad was our life back then.

I never realized how cool those guys are! I can see how you'd be pissed back in the day if that's all they were making at the time. But I'd love to add a couple of these to my collection. Any tips on finding them? Are they easy to find on eBay? Are there any knock-offs or re-issues or anything like that? Any websites that I should check?

They do indeed look great. The lack of arm and waist articulation is little surprising, since that is the only feature they had. G.I. Joe had better. I guess their partner was supposed to make up for that.

Bumblebeast wrote:They were abominations on their time because they REPLACED transformers with these. You couldn't find any real transformers back then, and all you got was these lousy replicas.

Imagine that the only thing you could buy for the next two years were only Robot Heroes and you'll get the picture of how sad was our life back then.

I feel the need to agree. I know some people really like the Actionmasters, but they really were a waste of sorts. Transforming robots that don't transform are lame from the get go. Then again, they are the closest representations of the cartoon characters at least, which is exactly what some collectors are really after. Honestly, we've had plenty of quirky things in the TF universe that the Actionmasters kinda fit right in on the different scale.

it was certainly an intersting time.

in a way i kinda regret we never got to see what furman was going to do with em in the comic as ironically they probably wouldve been really cool in comic form.

i echo the comment about treadshot. he had one REALLY cool bio and i always thought an "enemy at the gates" style story between him and sureshot (whom the bio said he was better than) couldve been a great little story.

yes the idea of a non transforming TF is on the nuts side but some of the characters are really cool on the design front and some of the "parnters" were great.

i loved the transforming exo suits for instance that thundercraker got (basically became a plane he rode which tranformed into a suit reminicient of his seeker bot mode) and sideswipe and tracka came with these little weapons platforms/tanks that became armour (really just covered their backs and heads). even grimlock got a cool mortar launcher he could ride. in fact for a basically naff toy i bought a fair number of em take off and screech was one of my fav's . a decepticon skyjocky who had a partner that turned from a vulture/bird thingy to an armoured jet pack that made him look vaguely like nemisis the warlock which he could use to fly about !

i kinda feel for you lads in america though as at the same time we got the predators, motivators, turbomasters and the last buy i got for over a decade - overlord. i never realy took to the micromasters but we got some great toys at the end and we werent as limited as you guys.

must admit its been a guilty pleasure to see the AM turn up in the IDW books, all the more fun as now you can actually give em alt modes. banzaitron and gutcruncher were actually portrayed as well up the command chain to boot.

so while im glad the bots are back in their transforming glory its still good to see these somewhat overlooked lads getting a bit of a light shone on em.

Action Master Optimus Prime is really nice.Yo Joe!!