My parents never really let me have a lot of toys as a kid, which minimized my TF collection considerably. but i got to thinkin how strange my original line up of figures was when i was little.

Autobots:

Gunrunner
Scattershot
Hot Rod
Ultra Magnus
Action Master Rad
Longtooth
Crosshairs
Ironworks

Decepticons:

Strangehold
Starscream (G2)
Shrapnel
The Micromaster Decepticon Air Patrol


As far as a base went, i used boulder mountain from mask as decepticon Hq...

 

I had 'The Hero'

....who was a Neo Viper with a missle superglued to his arm.
He could do anything , fall from any height, spyderman skilz, and there was always a river whenever he jumped off a cliff

The bad guy was another viper with a chain gun on his arm from the dredknok mobile.
He was like Megatron man or something

 

As a kid I had the following autobots:

Jetfire
Hound
Jazz
Prowl
Grapple
Seaspray
Brawn
Swerve
Powerglide
Mirage
Wheeljack
Twin Twist

And the following Decepticons:
Bombshell
Runabout
Runamuck
Octane

The Decepticons were crazy-outnumbered! I've no idea why I had no leaders but I was always jealous of the kid next door who had Optimus Prime.

 

Hmmm, haven't really thought about the whole lot I had as a kid. Here's what I remember:

Autobots

Sideswipe
Sunstreaker
Trailbreaker
Mirage
Tracks
Ratchet
Wheeljack
Jetfire
Whirl
Blaster
Steeljaw
Ramhorn
Grimlock
Snarl
Slag
Swoop
Windcharger
Beachcomber
Warpath
Seaspray
Cosmos
Powerglide
Pipes
Perceptor
Superion
Springer
Topspin
Twintwist


Decepticons

Megatron
Starscream
Shockwave
One of the deluxe insecticons (the beetle)
Ravage
Thrust
Predaking
Blitzwing



More Autobots, but some pretty powerhouse Decepticons.

 

No G1s for me except a couple of minibots. But for G2:

Bots:

Prime
Grimlock
Bumblebee

Cons:

Starscream
Afterburner

Thats it!

 

i had;

Pointblank w/peacemaker
defensor
nosecone
half of optimus prime *literally his upper half, lol got it at value village*
blaster
4 of the throttlebots
swerve
pipes
seaspray

con's
Shrapnel
terrorcon limbs *no hun grr*
crankcase
and tentikill

as my originals  

*although parents used to throw away the guns/weapons*   only one i got to keep as a kid, was the one that was peacemaker,  

 

I'm sure there's more but this is all i can think of at the mo

Autobots:

Powermaster Prime
Powermaster Joyride
Grapple
Pretender Bumblebee
Pretender Landmine
Beachcomber
Cosmos
Tracks
Sludge
Grimlock
Powerglide
Warpath
Topspin & Twintwist
Sandstorm
Seaspray
Gears
Throttlebot Freeway
Throttlebot Goldbug
Hotrod
Jetfire
Mirage
Headmaster Nightbeat
Rodimus Prime
Turbomaster Boss
Ultra Magnus
Wheelie
Pretender Vehicles Gunrunner

Decepticons:

Actionmaster Megs
Thrust
Astrotrain
Targetmaster Needlenose
Stunticon Deadend
Stunticon Dragstrip
Pretender Starscream
Micromaster Decepticon Air Patrol
Micromaster Skyhopper
Pretender Vehicle Roadblock

 

Interesting question, as I'm sure most of us had to do with a rather patchwork crew of Bots and Cons...  

My parents didn't buy a whole lot of toys as a kid... most of my TFs were actually bought second hand with my own money, so often I was missing parts. At its preadolescent prime, I think my collection was something like this:

AUTOBOTS:
Optimus Prime (yay!)
Prowl
Sunstreaker
Mirage (krazy glued together at the waist)
Inferno
Tracks
Overdrive
+
Windcharger
Brawn
Huffer
Pipes
Powerglide
Yellow Cliffjumper
Red Bumblebee
+
Super Gobot Defendor (aka "Roadbuster"!)
Snarl
+
The Protectobots
+
3 Convertors Avarians (bird guys)

... so not a bad crew of good guys when I really look at it. Optimus, an assortment of cars, some minibots and one Combiner. Reasonable.

DECEPTICONS
I got a Megatron for Xmas as one of my very first Transformers. Unfortunately another kid stole him before the collection got much bigger, so good ol' $13 Radio Shack Galactic Man, AKA "Shackwave" got to lead my Decepticons. Sigh... my Prime and Megatron never got to meet each other.  
+
Soundwave + all 5 1984 cassettes
Thundercracker (with 2 left fists)
+
Bombshell/Shrapnel/Kickback
3 Convertors Insectors used as additional Insecticon characters
+
the Combaticons
+
Sharkticon Gnaw (weird one, I know)

Hm. Again the Decepticons are chronically outnumbered.

It's kind of weird to look on my collection now, and compare it to the Transformers that started it all. My days (and toys) as an adult collector now number far far greater than as a child collector. That almost seems sad.  

zmog

 

Originally I had:

Autobots
Powermaster Prime
Joyride (broken in half, I used the torso and the rear of the micromaster hq to create my own Rodimus Prime  
Tons of micromasters
Scattershot
Hosehead
Nightbeat
Quickmix
Pretenders Grimlock, Jazz
Sureshot

Decepticons
Trypticon
Horri-bull
Brawl
Doubledealer
A couple of Monster Pretenders (don't remember who)
Actionmaster Megatron
Pretender Starscream
Scorponok
Mindwipe
Flywheels

That's a good chunk of what I remember I had (before G2 came out). Plus I used old milk crates for my bases  

 

Tricky question, really, as I didn't really have 'the ones that I had as a kid' - my collection's just kept growing since '84, and I haven't had that stop period that a lot of collectors do. I still have the ones that I got early on (barring my original Ravage, who some little toerag nicked), and I have little recollection (barring particularly memorable occasions like Christmases, birthdays and special outings) of what I got when.

I do particularly remember a photo I took at the end of '84/beginning of '85, though, showing the whole of my then-collection on the back step. It consisted of Huffer, Gears and Prime against Soundwave and Buzzsaw.

 

My parents didn't buy me a lot of TF's so the majority(Not that there were many) were found at yard sales or traded for.

Autobots

Silverbolt
Slingshot
Swerve
Bumblebee
Hoist
Powerglide
Warpath
Wheelie
Jetfire (With no arms! One of my yard sale finds, what's funny is he's the only one of my original crew that's survived to this day. Still need to get 'em some arms though!)

Decepticons

Motormaster
Wildrider
Onslaught
Hunn-Gurr
Bombshell
Soundwave

I also had a few gobots and dollar store transforming robots to fill out the ranks. As for bases one was behind the couch and another was under a desk. Hehehe those were the good 'ol days.

 

Autobots
Optimus Prime
Sideswipe
Smokescreen
Wheeljack
Hound
Inferno
Cliffjumper
Huffer
Hoist
Powerglide
Seaspray
Hot Rod
Jetfire
Gears
Brawn
Outback
Doublecross
Sandstorm
Mirage
Windcharger
Twintwist (I think)
Whellie

Dinobots

Grimlock
Slag
Snarl
Sludge
Swoop

Combiners(Airielbots)
Silverbolt
Air Raid
Fire Flight
Slingshot
Skydive

Protectobots
First Aid
Blades (didn't have full set)

Decepticons
Megatron
Starscream
Soundwave
Ramjet

Constucticons
Scrapper
Mixmaster
Long Haul
Hook
Scavenger
Bonecrusher

Isecticons
Kickback
Bombshell
Shrapnell

I think I had a Trottlebot in there

 

I remember as a kid only having Wheeljack and Goldbug. I think I had Puzzler for a while. We were pretty poor growing up, but I've made up for it over the years, even bought one kid's whole collection and gave it to my little brother when he was like 5. Including a Megatron that was complete and still had the box.

 

Well i'm still a kid but heres my current team

AUTOBOTS

Optimus Prime (armada)
Inferno(G1)
Camshaft (movie)
Landmine(movie)
Strong Arm (energon)
Downshift (energon)


DECEPTICONS

Black Conovoy (RID)
Slugslinger (energon)
Galvatron (RID)
Laserbeak (very good knock off)

 

I honestly don't remember playing with any of them in teams. When I got a Transformer, I would stick with that until I got a new one. Probably because I was always running around the neighborhood.

 

Autobots:
Red Alert, Hot Rod, Ultra Magnus and Freeway

Decepticons:
Soundwave, Ravage, Ramjet and Apeface

All augmented with plasticine armour and parts. Lots of fun.

 

Devastator and Astrotrain were often teamed up against Mirage and various G.I. Joe's as I recall. Often, the Ninja Turtles joined the fray and were sometimes joined by some MOTU figures. When things got really tough for the good guys, they called on Western Fun Ken(I have a big sister, sue me ) to be their giant slayer.

 

All of my Transformers (and my best friend's) were, for the most part, on the same side. They fought worn out concepts like TMNT, MOTU, Star Wars, and whatever other villain we could come up with. Somehow, they were organized into families, so whenever new bots were bought, there'd be a lot of additions to the family. Ah, I remember Baby Predaking well.

 

I had a very unbalanced collection as a kid (something which extended into most toy lines I got into back then - lots of good guys, few bad guys).

Autobots:
Ultra Magnus
Hot Rod
Kup
Blurr
Swoop
Chromedome
Windcharger
armless Brawn
First Aid
Slingshot
Groove
Afterburner
Tailgate
Swerve
Powerglide
Wheelie
Goldbug
Wideload
Rollbar
Chase
Scoop
Rewind
Eject
Ramhorn
Steeljaw
Micromaster Race Car Patrol

Decepticons:
Bonecrusher
Long Haul
Sinnertwin
Blot

Fights tended to be a bit uneven.

 

´bots

-Prime
-Ironhide
-wheeljack
-hound
-jazz
-Bumblebee
-Seaspray
-Beachcomber
-tracks
-Blaster
-Prowl
-Defensor
-Superion
-micromaster Overload,Battlefield headquarters,rescue,race car and off road patrol

´Cons

-Megatron
-Starscream
-Soundwave w Buzzsaw
-Ravage/Rumble
-Frenzy/Ratbat
-Astrotrain
-Devastator
-Menasor
-Micromaster Air strike patrol

All of these are still mint in their boxes and theyre parte of my collection to this day...It´s the best thing for me ´bout being a fan...