Wow,mazdaspeed7,love your AFA 85 sealed Soundwave w/rub,sweet.

 

Thanks for all the positive comments guys! I never get sick of seeing Soundwave with his minions so here's a group shot,enjoy!

AFA 85 Soundwave, Ravage/Rumble & Frenzy/Lazerbeak

 

Excellent! Been a while since I've seen one person with so many graded pieces.

 

Been a while since I've done an update. I picked up a couple of really sweet rare pieces, an 80 pre rub red Cliffjumper & a transition 85 rub Sunstreaker with TM box. I've finally completed the series 1 boxed cars  

AFA 80 pre rub Cliffjumper


AFA 85 rub Sunstreaker

 

Love seeing more and more pics, one of the best collections in australia from what ive seen

 

Awesome collection, and congrats on completing the Series 1 boxed car set! Shoot me a PM when you get a chance.

 

Thanks guys, I'm definitely not the only one with this kind of collection in Oz thats for sure. Although you could probably count on two hands the amount that do.

khopson,pm sent

 

Love it! Red Cliffjumper in pre-rub is so hard to find. Congratulations on the score!

 

Forgive my ignorance, but whats a TM box?

 

A TM box is the earliest release of that toy. later the TM trademark was replaced w/ the "r" in a circle(registered trademark) and usually toys in the R boxes had rubsigns.
There are transition pieces though which use a later toy(rubsign) in a TM box(no rubsign)
Theory is that the factory was making running changes during production.

 

I have several TM boxes in my collection, but Mazda's collection still puts mine to shame.  

 

Thanks khopson, I'm a big fan of 'TM' pre rub G1's even though most of them are ticking time bombs & the bubbles can fall off at any time. I'd still have a pre rub carded mini car over a rub hands down, I think they look a lot better in vehicle mode.

Here is a few nice examples of rubs vs pre rubs, just because I can & now looking at it I think I have a real problem!?  

TM & R Cliffy's


TM & R Skywarp's


TM & R Bluestreak's

 

And the new addition to my collection,my first 90 which I traded my soul to the devil for...It is the only 90 pre rub jet so that was a fair trade I guess.

AFA 90 pre rub Skywarp

 

Stunning stuff. I won't ask what you gave up in that trade (in addition to your soul).  

I agree with the Pre-rub carded figures. I think the alt/car modes look much cooler. Nice comparisons, and congrats on that 90 Skywarp. It's a thing of beauty.

 

Holy Shit, what incredible pictures! Just an amazing body of work put into this and the dedication to acquire all of this stuff in such amazing pristine condition.
I love the Skywarp pic, but that Cliffjumper pic side by side is the topper. Keep it up.

 

I can barely tell the difference between those two skywarps!! Are they both 90s?

 

I know,they're both absolutely stunning. The rub is an 85  

 

once you become a true G1 collector you have to have some duplicates in the rub and pre-rub formats. Especially the cars.Then once you have both its even harder to sell one or the other. Love the 90 skywarp that is really clean.

 

I'm all about the prerubs. Even when I was a kid I didn't like the rubsigns. Great collection Mazdaspeed7. That Skywarp is amazing. Any prerub that can fetch a 90 always amazes me.

 

Thanks man, I know that's what is scaring me! I'm quite happy to hang on to the rub & pre rub versions of the same figure, unless someone makes me an offer I can't refuse  

Thanks 2punish, 90's are just crazy mint & to get a pre rub in this condition is an amazing find.