The Ultimate Guide to Vintage Transformers Action Figures...

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by KMITB, Feb 26, 2016.

  1. EightiesKid

    EightiesKid G1 archivist

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    Bellomo's books are very good. His GI Joe guide is great material and he already updated that one with a second edition a few years back. I had figured that he was more into GI Joe than Transformers given that he had updated that guide first.

    There are a few very good G1 guides out there. My favorite for photography is the Japanese generations guidebook which can often be found on eBay for $50-100. That one has truly outstanding photography and contains all of the G1 releases including the Japanese releases. I also recommend the Unofficial Cybertronian guides, which were put together by a few folks on this site, including Hiro Prime. Those are terrific guidebooks. I have all of those, plus Bellomo's first transformers guidebook.

    If you are into G1 at all then I would recommend getting this new Bellomo book. As some have said, the prices on these guidebooks have gone up quite a bit, so the Amazon preorder price is a good deal. I would expect this new guidebook to have new photos and some updated information on prices, variants, etc.
     
  2. [Wing_Saber-X]

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    So, no Japanese G1 vintage toys mentioned?!
     
  3. Canbot

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    His Identifcation and Price Guide has a lot of great reviews (and is expensive as shit on the secondary market)...I was hoping this was a reprint of that, but that doesn't look to be the case. Perhaps another pressing of the IPG is on the horizon.

    Any way we can see what's actually inside this thing?
     
  4. koonfasa

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    Does he hang out here or close by?
     
  5. Sweep

    Sweep worse then vehicon drones

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  6. SG Roadbuster

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    ummmm i dont see a point to this book when TFwiki.net and tfu.info exist.
     
  7. TaintedPiffy

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    What's the point of any book when you can just download it instead?

    Some people enjoy having these to display and thumb through. Certainly why I bought it.
     
  8. Ninjak

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    My copy arrived from Amazon today (it released earlier than the July 5th publication date) and I love it. Well worth the wait. I've got all my old G1 loose items in a box and this is perfect for helping me catalog them. The photography is great. I'd love a book just like this (in English) eventually covering post-G1 through to Titans Return. Even if they need to make a separate one for the Takara releases.
     
  9. Starscream 91

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    Hmmm, I may not collect G1 but I want this. Holy shit I want this!
     
  10. Hoffman

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    Are there any sample pages online?
     
  11. Ninjak

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    None that I have seen so far. Also of note, it seems that only the publisher, Krause, offers an ebook version on their site.
     
  12. peckda

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    If you click on the book cover on the amazon page you can read about a dozen pages.
     
  13. rosewater

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    I received mine yesterday. It's a really beautiful book! I have lots of toy reference books like this, and they're fun to pour over on a rainy day. I think stuff like this really augments a collection.
     
  14. GizmoTron

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    Well using this book is a lot faster and easier to find large, clear, and in color pictures of the toys and their accessories as well as some general pricing info.

    When compared to this, TFwiki is a much better source about the characters backstory and fiction as well as stuff this book doesn't cover like Japanese G1 or eHobby variants and reissues, but as a simple buying guide the wiki really doesn't have anything all that useful especially with pricing between certain variants or differences about whether the item is MIB, MISB, MOC, etc.

    And TFU.info as of right now is still down. A book's servers can never go down.
     
  15. Canbot

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    I always prefer books. Hopefully the pages have some nice glossy pictures, and other artwork. I'm not really buying this for the collector info (which always changes), but rather to support someone who really cares about TFs enough to write a book. It scratches that itch of back when you'd flip through catalogs, drooling at photos over the stuff you never had!

    I'll be picking one up definitely.
     
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    Curious, how is this one different from his other? (which I already have)
     
  17. Hoffman

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    Thank you, that is very cool.

    What's the general consensus on how complete and accurate this book is?
     
  18. Swoop Dogg

    Swoop Dogg Hi Yukio!

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    Judging by the few sample pages that are on Amazon, this book appears to be pretty close to the first book. Most (but not all) of the pictures are different (i.e. - clearer) but the text is pretty much the same. If you don't already have the first one and are interested in G1, I would totally jump on this. I'm still going to get it because my copy of the first one is starting to get a bit worn out.
     
  19. madhatprime

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    My original copy got wet. :( 

    So is this out? The listing says July 5th, but it also says "In Stock"
     
  20. Swoop Dogg

    Swoop Dogg Hi Yukio!

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    It's out. I should have it tomorrow.