Category: Transformers

Grapple Transformers Generation 1 Commemorative Series VI 2004

Here’s a re-issue that I bought in the early 2000’s from Toys R Us.  I never had this one as a kid.  I finally opened him up and took him out so that I could take a picture of him and display him next to his brother, Inferno.

Inferno & Grapple came out in 1984 &1985 as part of Generation 1 Transformers

Grapple from Transformers cartoon still from 1985 – image from transformers.wikia.com

I believe this is one of the original Hasbro Wheeljack purchased either at Service Merchandise or The Treasury in 1984. I have had this one a long time.

Wheeljack 1984 Transformers Generation 1 Hasbro Autobot

Wheeljack from the Generation 1 courtesy of theTransformers Wikia

This one is Inferno – a Japanese fire truck.  I bought this in Japan during my trip 1985, so this is the Takara Generation 1 version instead of Hasbro like most of my G1 Transformers. I lost one of the fists as it probably shot off somewhere. I’ve included a pix of his “brother” – Grapple.  Grapple is a crane and he is a re-issue that I bought in the mid-2000’s.  I now have both of the same molds.

Inferno Transformers Generations 1 1984 Takara

Inferno & Grapple came out in 1984 & 1985 as part of Generation 1 Transformers. Inferno was retooled to make Grapple.

Here’s one of the three Transformers Dinobots purchased in 1984 at the long defunct Service Merchandise catalog showrooms. This one is the Generation 1 Dinobot Sludge.

Dinobot Sludge – Generation 1 Transformers Dinobots -1984

Transformers Sludge Dinobot – Generation 1 Autobot

Hasbro Sludge and Snarl Dinobots G1 1984

Here is my collection of Dinobots. I am only missing Swoop. I am still looking for a good used version of him. Most pieces I have seen have issues, so I still don’t have one yet.

Generation 1 Dinobots by Hasbro Slag, Sludge, Grimlock, Snarl from 1984 Autobots

Generation 1 Dinobots by Hasbro Slag, Sludge, Grimlock, Snarl from 1984 Autobot

Below is Jazz.  I did have the original Generation 1 Jazz back in 1984, but I know I traded a bunch of Transformers away for some of the Godaikins I have now.  You can tell this is the 2002 Hasbro Commemorative Series III re-issue because the missile launcher is much larger than the original. Still, he’s one of my favorite autobots.

Jazz Transformers 2002 Commemorative Series III Generation 1

Ricochet and Jazz Hasbro Transformers Generation 1 Commemorative Series IX 2003

Here’s Optimus Prime!  This one is the Convoy 01 Takara 15th Anniversary Edition re-issue. But I never had the original Optimus Prime as a kid. I bought him in Akihabara during my last trip to Japan. I got him for 40 dollars at Mandarake. Which was a very good deal. I haven’t taken him out of the box but will at some point.

Convoy/Optimus Prime 01 Japanese Generation 1 Transformers – 15th Anniversary Edition Takara 2000

Convoy – Optimus Prime Generation 1

Optimus Prime/Convoy Ultra Magnus

I finally took my 15th Anniversary Edition Optimus Prime out of his box. Check him out next to my Ultra Magnus. I pretty much have all the Generation 1 Transformers I want. You can see them all on Dave’s Collection page on the link above!

I bought this one at Target probably 2003. I hadn’t really bought any Transformers after the Generation 1 series, but I really liked the way the Alternators transformed. They looked good as a robot and car.

This one is Smokescreen. The Alternators transform into current model cars, so this one becomes a Subaru Impreza.

Smokescreen Subaru Impreza 1/24 scale – Transformers Alternators 2003 Hasbro