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Okay, here's another quickie: In 1993, Hasbro released the Obliterators, which were exclusively available in Europe. The assortment consisted of Pyro, an Autobot, and Clench, a Decepticon. Here they are in bilingual English/Spanish packaging: A year later, in 1994, Hasbro re-released them as...

And now: Some more information on the unused CBS pitch. https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-transformers-new-information-on-cbs.html

Of note: - Rumble and Frenzy once again explicitly identified by their toy colors (we already knew Rumble was described as "blue robot" in the 1984 show bible) - Explicit capitalization for "Decepticon Hero Life Spark" in Cyclonus's bio, making it the likely genesis of that weirdness in Target...

Oh hey, and there's Drag Strip in "Canadian" packaging too! https://www.carousell.sg/p/transformers-g1-menasor-combiner-classic-stunticon-hasbro-transformers-french-english-moc-vintage-1307509602/ Also, this one doesn't have a Chinese sticker. Instead, there's a Toys"R"Us sticker! Sadly, the...

Aaaaaand I finally have another lead to continue the mystery of the 1990 Classic Aerialbots and Stunticons in bilingual French/English Canadian packaging, which were supposedly never actually available in Canada, but rather in China. As a quick reminder, we previously had 1990 Classic Stunticon...

Huh. So we got a full circle of color changes? Powerlinx Cyclonus became green, so Powerlinx Demolishor had to be given a new color, so Powerlinx Thrust had to be given a new color? Regarding Decepticharge... isn't that what the original test shots looked like, minus the long barrel? Pretty...

BSW also narrowly failed to get beyond the 5% threshold (they're at about 4.97 percent), which is one of the best news of this whole debacle along with the FDP's Christian Lindner's announcement to step down as his party's chairman and quit his political career entirely. Both parties being out...

Almost a year later, and I'm back with another theory! This time: Armada Powerlinx Thrust. So supposedly the reason behind the whole color conundrum for Powerlinx Thrust was because of Powerlinx Demolishor. Hasbro originally wanted Powerlinx Thrust to be an homage to G1 Thrust. That's why...

Keep in mind that the copyright stamp refers to when the toy was developed, not when it was released. So always add at least a year or two when trying to place an unknown toy based on the copyright stamp. (Of course that doesn't work at all with redecos.)

Also, many of those redecos were initially intended as same-character running change deco variants before Hasbro decided to instead market them as different-character redecos instead. Indeed, some of them were sold as the same characters in Europe.

Here's one where I'm surprised it took me so long to nptice the resemblance. Remember those weird arrows on Optimus Prime's forearms that are part of his character model? They're not on his toy... They're also not on the package art... They weren't even there on the earliest known version...

Here's one small detail I'd like to add to counter Sabrblade's theory: Based on some old information which I've collected almost 20 years ago, wave 4 of the RID Basics made its retail debut ca. January 2002. Now the RID general retail figures had five-digit product codes that started with an...

I know I haven't been around in a while. Yes, I'm still alive, and no, I haven't stopped collecting Transformers. Anyway: A few days ago, I stumbled across something on TFWiki that caught my attention, so I looked into it and ended up having to fix an incorrect claim. The Japanese release of...

Yeah, this "random stream of consciousness apropos of nothing" sounds awfully familiar.

Ultra Magnus was actually reissued again in Asia in 2012.

Congratulations, you've found the point.

Almost. The matching Mini-Con redeco ("Trigger") was available separately as part of a "Micron Booster" batch along with the redecoed Mini-Cons/Microns Wrench, Clamp and Gauge to match the Armada Blurr, Hoist and Side Swipe retools Blurr, Longrack and Runabout (named "Runamuck" for the Hasbro...

So... what does it mean when someone is flying a confederate flag in Germany, as I saw yesterday? Why am I not surprised at all.

In Germany, there is a fictional member of parliament, but it is clearly intended as a joke and everyone is aware of that. https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/mierscheid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob_Maria_Mierscheid (That "person" was also never up for vote.)

I put the final Cosmos on eBay in case anyone is still interested. https://www.ebay.com/itm/256099270728