G1 European Exclusives

Just wanted to start a tread about these guys cuz I'm currently collecting them.

So... who collects or has collected them?

Which are your favorites?

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I got a few myself. Colossus/Clench (I prefer Colossus as his name), the Predators, maybe one or two others.

And the 4 molds brought over for Machine Wars, too.

Still looking for Pyro/Spark and the Turbomasters.

All in all, I give them a, "They're nice, but unspectacular" rating. They're still very bricky, they still focus on their gimmick. In some cases, it's the worst of G1 and G2 in one: Horrible brickiness and gimmicks, with horrid paint jobs from G2.

I mean, I like my small collection well enough. But I'm also glad I didn't spend a lot of money on them. I think $40 total for my 5 Cons and shipping.

lol
They are expensive and relatively unspectacular.
But I love them bricks, even their psychedelic colors

These are the ones I got so far:
AM Tracks
AM Sideswipe
AM Powerflash
AM Take-Off
AM Charger
AM Bombshell
AM Rumbler
AM Slicer
AM Thundercracker
Turbomaster
Lightspeed
Thunder Clash
Flash
Snare
Skydive
Talon
Falcon
RESCUE FORCE Set
CONSTRUCTICONS Set

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I think my favorite so far is Turbomaster Flash...
Love both his modes and his transforming scheme.

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I own a handful of the vintage guys, but I've shifted over to getting customs done in modern-style







So far all by Solrac333, but I've got a Colossus by Xaviercal lined up too...

D/L

Boss, Pyro & Snare!!! lol
Nice work dude
Specially love the Snare
You planin on doing the other 3 Preds?

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I've got all of them; bought a complete set of Euro guys in one shot a few years ago. I consider them "G1.5". Watch out for GPS on Skyquake and Pyro.

Never minded the garish paintjobs, myself.

Originally Posted by Yet another WTH moment with a fellow collector seth: Man, I can't believe you buy reissues. ams: Well, I also have the G1 originals, and since the reissues are made by Takara, they're official... and sometimes significantly improved. seth: Don't you feel like it takes away from the authenticity of your collection? ams: Dude, you own three different unlicensed City Commander toys and a half dozen fake third-party Prime trailers. WTH?

Wow, that must of been a nice lot to come by.
all 3 years or just 91-92 ?

Thanks for the heads-up on the GPS

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Can't offhand remember exactly which I've got, but considering I bought any Transformer I saw around that time I should imagine almost all, if not actually all.

If there's a TF I don't have, it's because I don't know of its existence. Or it's a Lucky Draw, as I steer clear of those.

I like this era a lot, though. The Actionmaster Elites, the Motorvators, Lightformers, Predators, Turbomasters, Obliterators, Stormtroopers, Trakkons... it's like a secret line of TFs that only a few people know about. Outside of the large collecton I picked up a while back, I had to separately track down the Rescue Force, the unusual yellow and grey Constructicons, and the color variants on the various cars (Aquafend, Jetstorm, etc...). The Generations book from 2001 is REALLY helpful in learning about these guys.

Outside of this era, I believe the only other items in TF lore that can truly be called "European exclusives" are the two "Transmetal" Beast Wars repaints (Claw Jaw and Spittor) and Botcon Europe Rook. I would have included the recent Chevy Aveo on there as well, but it just saw limited release here in North America. If anyone can correct any of those assumptions, I'd appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Yet another WTH moment with a fellow collector seth: Man, I can't believe you buy reissues. ams: Well, I also have the G1 originals, and since the reissues are made by Takara, they're official... and sometimes significantly improved. seth: Don't you feel like it takes away from the authenticity of your collection? ams: Dude, you own three different unlicensed City Commander toys and a half dozen fake third-party Prime trailers. WTH?