Sadly, some broke into pieces when I transformed them. Most were so broken or loose they wouldn’t stay still long enough to photograph. To say goodbye, I took some pictures of them. It was an easier decision to make then I expected it to be. “Vintage”? Yes, but sometimes vintage just means old. These were toys I got when Mom or Dad said “nope, that’s too expensive, find something else.” It has been nearly four decades after I got them off a store shelf or rack. Even as a kid, I knew these were inferior to Transformers and even Gobots. I cannot say the same for the toys left in the box. How could I part with Tracks, even though one of his doors was completely missing? I loved these toys, and that love has only grown over the years. I’d never get rid of my Prowl, with his missing tire and broken windshield. The question rises: how long do you hold on to toys from your childhood? I’m not talking about favorites. ![]() And for years, that is where they have lived. Not knowing what to do with these toys, I just kept them in the box, and didn’t worry about it. The blue and gold plastics, especially, were brittle. They wouldn’t even stand up, or stay in their alternate modes. The other toys, which I learned from the internet were Convertors and “Motorized Robots, were in really bad shape. Only recently, when I watched the Challenge of the Gobots cartoon, did I get all the Gobots out and put them on display. Over the years collecting, I purchased several lots, and these included non-Transformers. The Gobots and Converters never really left the box. Though some of my childhood Transformers were in fair enough shape, most were not, so they stayed in the box. This was a fun experience at the time, and has even more meaning now some two decades later.Īfter the 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon and toyline, I was all in on Transformers again. The cardboard box full of transforming robots was still hanging around, so I got the toys out for my sons to play with. ![]() I went to college, got a job, married, had kids. Inside the shoebox were banged up, played with toys, as well as a tin Band-Aid box full of weapons and accessories. Though I had quite a lot of these toys when I was young, by the time I got to adulthood, all that remained of my “Transfo-Gobot” collection fit in a single shoebox. My favorites are the Transformers, but I also love the Gobots and other similar toylines. Most of my readers know that I am a fan of transforming robots.
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