I put my G1 music transformers together for a quick snap and came away with a question. I realized poor Soundwave is the only one with no speakers to speak of, so I threw some headphones on him. But now I'm wondering, are those lines on the top right and left of the front of his alt mode supposed to be speakers? I just caught that they're labeled R and L, so I'm wondering if maybe I've just mistaken them for decoration this whole time?

 

Yep, those are meant to be speakers. Since he's more of micro-cassette recorder, the speakers are not that big.

Speaking of cassettes, I got these in the mail last night. They are the KO versions, but I never thought I would actually own any version of these guys.

 

Whirl and Roadbuster, both from Hasbro Canada, one of my many favourites

 

Thanks! And, niiiiiiiiice pickup, those look like a ton of fun. Where'd you get them?

 

Actually, the original Takara D-17 Soundwave came with actual headphones and a microphone, alongside Rumble as a companion tape.

 

Random ebay auction that got picked up in one of my searches. I put a somewhat low bid on them, and ended up winning somehow. I been waiting for them all week since I won.

 

Were those just props, then? Without hitting a wiki, I thought Soundwave was for show, but Blaster was the one that was actually functional, am I misremembering that?

 

You remember correctly. Soundwave didn't have any electronics. Blaster (or, more accurately, his Microchange predecessor), however, had actual speakers in his legs. His cassette was a receiver that allowed you to listen to the radio; he couldn't play actual cassettes.

 

Here's mine 
Need to find me a nice box for my whirl though

 

Looks like someone was jealous of my G1 Megatron!

Wish I still had that box and in that condition...

"You better not break it!!!"

Best Targetmaster EVER!!! (So maybe he was my only one.)

Sorry for the pics of pics but I thought you guys may enjoy these.

 

Love the 'as a kid' pics! I wish I had some of mine from back in the day.

 

very nice, were they from Hasbro USA?

 

Hey guys,

I know this is not technically a G1 toy, but I think you might appreciate this: the yellow version of Diaclone Car Robot No.5 4WD-Hilux - the mould that would become G1 Trailbreaker. Hopefully I'll be able to take better pics in the near future. Got him for a good price from a seller on E-Bay. As far as I know, this variety was only ever released in Japan.

 

Awesome!

 

I love dinobots too, unfortunately only have 2 of them. Here is Slag from Hasbro Canada.

 

Dude, another beautiful piece.

 

That thing is awesome.

 

Dude these are fantastic... Makes me want to find some birthday pics from back in the day  

 

No problem, everyone makes mistakes.


iDD

 

...so how long did it take you to snap the legs off Caliburst?