Toys Transformers Merch Retro-Review: G1 Stamps!

These days we have an over-abundance of non-toy transformers merchandise, from stickers to birthday plates to shoes, and we had these and more in the 1980's during Transformers early G1 heyday. Today we are going to review some of this G1 merchandise and even open some of it after 40 years! Today we will be looking at G1 Stamps. Let's start off looking at a MOSC Jazz stamp!

Now let's open up this 40-year-old Jazz stamp and check it out!

As you can see, They make a valiant effort to include details from the character model in the stamp. Let's look at the rest of the set, which consists of Optimus Prime, Wheeljack, and Starscream!

These stamps were sold both individually, as seen above, or in a set with an Optimus Prime head carrying case.

It was the second option of how I got mine as a child. The carrying case contained a set of stamps for both me and my sibling to use. And use them we did! We stamped a lot of things with these back in the 1980s.

Each of these stamps are connected to their screw on caps that contain their ink pad. The stamps' images have excellent versions of the character's alt mode as well as their name. Check them out below!

That particular Jazz stamp was made from the 40 year old ink that saw air for the first time last night as I took it out of the sealed individual package. Sadly, over the years, I had lost my original stamps except the Optimus Prime, which I had used on hundreds of packages over the last 7 years or so when mailing Transformers. Fortunately, Ebay has all these wonderful stamps, and I have been able to get my collection back, and you too can find yourself a set there for cheap.



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[Donocropolis]

Beautiful pictures and great review. I never knew about the Optimus head carrying case. Now I have an intense need for one of them.

 

[Kalidor]

All the oddball licensed merch from back then was neat. Stuff like Transformers and GI Joe were popular with the kids but stuff like that never even came close to rising to what we consider mainstream (To me mainstream means adults talk about it and take it seriously)

The only awareness adults ever had of the brand were those rare 3 minute segments news stations would do around Christmas time.

The only thing I still have like this is a Wheeljack zipper clip I've got stored in a tote somewhere. Most of the stuff like this I never even knew about.

 

[Donocropolis]

I have to admit, I've never been a huge G1 toy collector. I'll definitely pick them up if I find them at garage sales / thrift stores / flea markets where the prices are reasonable (or ridiculously low on a good day), but I've never made a point of trying to seek them out, as modern toys are so much more fun to "play with." But I have, in the last few years especially, really fallen in love with the ephemera of the era. I don't have a super strong need for a mint-in-box Wheeljack, but an Optimus Prime toothbrush or Soundwave Spirograph just really tickles my fancy.