The Mini-bot Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by bny888, Feb 26, 2012.

  1. Maz

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    Plasticos IGA Cliffjumper

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    Remember this thread?

    I’m finally breaking out my Minibots:

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    Front row I've had since back in the day. (Gears took a fall recently and was replaced, but I’ve posted pics of him in the G1 thread, so I decided to give the others a chance to shine.)

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    I think my original Cosmos was lost in a move, so this one’s a replacement. The rest I’ve had forever.

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    I’m pretty sure Tailgate was technically my sister’s once upon a time and I know I stole Pipes from my neighbor Cullen before he moved away. Outback I got from Quake in Chicago not too long ago and I’m expecting a Swerve from Walmart any day now to round out the ‘86 gang.
     

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    I had either the original or reissues of all the traditional Mini Autobots at one point but in recent years I either sold them or gave some to my nieces and nephews.

    The Prime Wars Trilogy has given us some amazing updates of certain minibots in recent years and they've been replacing some of the G1 molds. I'm trying to keep it to one toy per character though in some cases I haven't been able to decide which figure I prefer.

    Anyway here's the ones I still have...

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    Here they are with updates of other Minibots characters...

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    So in this thread, we've seen newer Minibots such as Glyph, Tap Out, Dion and the Gobot, all repainted from G1 Minibot molds.

    But can we include characters that are repainted from modern, updated toys of the Minibot characters but not the from the G1 toys? I'd like to think we can.

    I've included a few characters in the second pic.

    Dion was a cartoon only character during G1 but he was repainted from G1 Wheelie and has been included in this thread.

    As you can see, I included Treadshot, Wipe out and Scrounge in the pic as they're repainted from molds of Warpath, Windcharger and Cosmos.

    Can we include these characters along with Viper, Rest Q and Fastback among the Minibots ranks? Rest Q is a Gobot character whose character model is based on an old catalogue pic of Hubcap and Fastback appeared in Megatron: Origin with a character model based on Outback.

    And what about Scamper? Is he a mini Autobot?
     
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    Man, I'm in awe just going through this post.
    At one point pr another I've had most of the original 84-85 minibots (other than Hubcap and Bumper) but through one move or another I've lost my collection. I'd love to get my hands on any of the ones seen here.
     
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    I did a little bit on the Canadian release of pre-rub Bumblebee recently, with the robot points on the front of the card!

    If anyone fancies a read, the link is in my sig ;) 

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    I personally count all of them. I also count the Cassettes & G2 Go-Bots (and their repaints).
     
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    You sell the white one?
     
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    My IGA Minibots

    By the way, anyone have IGA cards on their collection? Google only has a handful of them, but Windcharger, Tailgate, Puffer, are some i have never seen in any form
     

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    These two Walmart reissues are my only G1 Minibots.
     
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    Getting a new display case inspired me to expand my minibot collection. To best keep track of everything, I photoshopped a checklist using assets from multiple TF websites and photos of my own collection. I focused mostly on US releases, with a few exceptions including some Japanese special releases, the few KOs which I own and I didn't separate out certain variants such as pre-rub.

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    There are probably some errors or missing figures - let me know if you spot any!

    The green checkmarks represent the ones I own. If you happen to have any loose versions of the ones I'm missing for sale, please also let me know. Definitely want that Black Cliffjumper.

    Also, if anyone is interested in a high res version without the checkmarks, send me a DM.
     
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    Ooh I never posted my lovely Bumblejumper in here!

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    Going through some old pictures I'd taken and thought these would belong here:
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    Here's my collection. I had a few and wanted a had to have some rare ones so I found a white cliffjumper and some nice diaclone minis. I made a deal that after I bought this shelf from the market I would stop buying after I filled it up and now it's full. Sold all my Hasbro ones i didn't want and kept a few for the shelf like hub cap and wheelie lol. Most are takara and circle Stamps and a few kos and Argentina bots . I have the key chain ones mib away when they came out in I think 2002 when I worked for kbtoys the shop down the way sold them and I got the set cheap. Hope you and anyone else seeing these likes the setup. I collect a lot of rare Tfs but these are the mini bots . Btw thanks for sharing them gems . Love the rare real and black cliffjumpers
     

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    Bumper: "Hey guys, are you just standing around for no reason? Can I join?"

    Sparkplug:"Just back away slowly, son. When we're far enough away from it, we'll get into the car and escape."

    Spike:"The car just transformed into the robot that's staring at us, Dad."

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