don't see these very often

 

There'll almost certainly be others, as we posted on our news story this morning, which also included the four main "theories / stories" behind the figures. If you want to see robot mode images we have plenty in our Prototypes section.

The different stories behind the figures.

We got ours as a bulk lot way back when, and they worked out at about $125 a figure.

 

I want that megatron!

 

or you know, what was said at botcon 2005

 

Yeah, no kidding. I don't like the colors. And these are showing up kind of fast all of a sudden to be lucky draws or happy meal time lunch kits, or whatever you call those.

 

yeah, not likely to be one guy clearing his collection for other purposes is it....... 

 

Nice. Far too pricey for me right now either way...


*EDIT* I'd particularly love the megatron, being a gun megs collector of sorts, but almost £300 for him is just stretching the budget way too far...

 

Wow how many are there.

but they don't look that good.

 

Likely? No. Possible? Yes.

 

Nah, it's just the problem with plastic...clear will always get that smokey yellow look...white will always yellow...gold tends to crumble over time and blue from the early 80's discolors and becomes brittle...

Unfortunately there's very little that anyone can do about any of it  

 

I don't really see the point to this but I guess someone will want them.

 

Which was...? (For those of us who didn't attend...   )

 

This I find dubious, especially since this alludes to the fact that this has been done ever since G1 (and/or even as far back Diaclone/Microman). Only a very select few true G1 chromed items have ever surfaced -- G1 Prime "statue" and gold Hot Rod -- and absolutely no clear toys from that era.

 

Erm, live somewhere else? I live in Northern Europe, and only those toys that were stored in direct sunlight (so sue me, I was 10 at the time...   ) are yellowed. No bad blue plastics, no crumbling rubber tires and nice and white parts all over for me... and looking at Smokescreen, the "yellowing" seems intended (what with both the clear red and yellow sections).

 

I don't think it happened with vintage, every example we've seen is one that has been reissued. It may be something they did with all the Encore figures.

As for the plastics I've seen plenty of examples of pieces that have yellowed despite never having seen sunlight. Especially with pieces like Minerva and Galaxy Shuttle. The blue plasic I've seen problems with is from the Diaclone era (I've seen several Trailbreaker & Hoists that suffer from this) as well as some vintage Bandai pieces (Sun Vulcan and MR blue Hans Cuff seem to be the biggest victims of this).

 

I think it has something to do with the environment in general and how close to the equator you live (a personal theory of mine). I rarely get any reports of such things happening around here, but plenty from collectors in the US and Asia.

 

They make shining yellow Ultra Magnus look good.

 

yes, i concur, it will be easier to assume the yellow was intentional!

 

my thoughts exactly. I'd want them if they were 100% clear white. But piss colored yellow no thanks...