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
Thundercracker, Starscream, Skywarp Transformers Generation 1 Decepticons 1984
Here’s the three original planes – Thundercracker, Starscream, and Skywarp. Starscream is a clone that I bought at the fair back in 1985 or so. I had some extra Decepticon stickers and slapped it on him. I think this was Taiwan version by Kingdam. A knock off of the Diaclone version before the Transformers came out.
Thundercracker, Starscream, & Skywarp Transformers Generation 1 Decepticons 1984 image courtesy of iOffer
Thrust, Ramjet, and Dirge are Decepticon Generation 1 Seekers aka Coneheads 1985 Transformers
Thundercracker, Starscream, and Skywarp Generation 1 1984 Hasbro Takara
Thundercracker Starscream Skywarp
Starscream, Skywarp, & Thundercracker Generation 1 Transformers Decepticons 1984 G1 Seekers
I just bought this one a few months ago…there’s 2 or 3 other Japanese train robos in the same line and this one is called Railspike in the US and J-Five in Japan. I had to do some research and I believe the series is called “Cybertron Team Shinkansen.” Supposedly the others combine to form one big robot but I didn’t get that impression and so, I only bought the one I liked the most. I might go back and get the rest as it was only 20 dollars.
J-Five aka Railspike in the US – 2000 Takara Team Bullet Train Autobot
Railspike – 2000 Takara Team Bullet Train Autobot
Railspike – 2000 Takara Team Bullet Train Autobot
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.
Another robot from the Votoms series that I purchased during my Japan trip in 1985. This one is the Brutish Dog from Takara. Guess they made more than just Transformers. According to my recently found list, I purchased this for 8 dollars. Brutishdog Votoms
Fyana’s Brutishdog from Votoms 1984 Takara 1/24 scale
Here is the episode credits for the original anime tv show Armored Trooper Votoms(装甲騎兵ボトムズ) 1983-1984
The Takara Red Shoulder Scopedog is another robot that I bought during my Japan trip in July, 1985. According to my recently found list, I purchased this for 16 dollars. There was this version (to denote the elite red shoulders unit), the basic Scopedog and the red Brutish Dog.
Chirico Cuvie’s Red Shoulder Scopedog ATM-09-RSC – 1984 Takara 1/24 scale from anime Soukou Kihei VOTOMS 1983-1984
As you can see, he’s quite well armed with a rifle, rocket launcher and gatling gun. To me, this series was much more realistic than Gundam because I could really see people controlling these robots On a side note, I searched the net and it appears that they are issuing other Votoms toys as well, which is cool because I wanted to see the other mecha as toys but I only saw them as model kits. Here is the episode credits for the original series Armored Trooper VOTOMS(装甲騎兵ボトムズ) from 1983-1984.
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!
Here’s another Alternator. It is Sideswipe that transforms into a Dodge Viper that I purchased back in 2003. I didn’t realize they had such a varied run as I see there’s about 20 different kinds I am seeing on the web.
Sideswipe Dodge Viper 2003 – Transformers Alternators/Binaltech Hasbro
Hound Transformers 1984 Generation 1 Autobot Hasbro
I updated this post with a cleaned up Hound. I dusted him off with a damp qtip, lens cloth and re-glued some of his decals. I’m trying to show my collection a little love after all of these years.
Hound Transformers Generation 1
Hound Transformers 1984 Generation 1 Autobot Hasbro Jeep
I picked Giant Gorg up because I had the DX version. I have been meaning to take pictures of all my DX and ST robots together to see how they look. I am a big fan of most of the ST models and like to compare them to their DX brethren. Giant Gorg is not one of them. This is the only one I have seen so far where the ST version is so badly inferior to the DX. The Gorg ST is not very detailed even once you put the stickers on. They didn’t even bother to make the gun out of gray plastic. If you like the Giant Gorg, the big blue DX version is the way to go. The DX really shines in comparison to this one in detail and quality.
The robot is definitely is made of metal as it has quite a heft for a little bugger, but it’s nothing to write home about. Basically it is a big blue chunk of metal and plastic. There is almost no detail. It would have been nice if they painted a little detail on Gorg here. But it was cheap so I really can’t say too much. The anime must have been pretty bad or the anime was not that popular, because I was able to pick this up at a pretty cheap price. After a little more thought, this ST is so easy to pick up as it is just a crappy piece.
Giant Gorg ST 1/100 Scale Takara 1984 Japan from anime tv show Giant Gorg 1984
Giant Gorg ST 1/100 Scale Real Proportion Model Takara 1984
Giant Gorg ST 1/100 Scale Takara 1984 from anime tv show Kyoshin Gorg 1984
Giant Gorg ST 1/100 Takara 1984 from anime tv show Giant Gorg 1984
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The same GORG time. The same GORG channel.
Had a good laugh about the Batman inspired text at the end of the Giant Gorg episode. So I watched a few episodes on YouTube and I kinda enjoyed it. It really is aimed at kids, but most of the anime for robots I have see really are. But this one more so than others. Think 13 year old boy and humongous effing robot. It’s like hanging around with ET who can kick everyone’s ass. Found a thoughtful review on the show here.
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