well since we have a thread on which is the g1 shelfwarmer way back in the 80s. I figure its good to know who was the very hardest to find back then. So when you went to the toystore who the never there or always sold out. I remember that one christmas one old lady got killed at toysrus when people all roam in for transformers, when the doors opened.
For me the htf g1 items that I wanted as a kid, but could not find was shockwave, blaster was pretty tough to find, believe it or not the insecticons, and jetfire didnt last too long. I only went to toyrus back then once a week. if they were sold out it would then be another week. as for shockwave, I never remember seeing him ever on the shelf.

 

All of them.

 

Jetfire. I called the store every day to ask if they had some, and when they did, I howled and cried until my Mom would drive me there to buy it.

 

I remeber going to toys r us every weekend when i was a kid to find NADDA. I was lucky to get one for Christmas

 

Probably Hook? I remember having one hell of a time finding him.... My dad drove around for hours until we finally got all 6. We found the first 5 at Walmart and Hook was at some drug store.

Ah the old days...

 

hahaha! yes now I remember hook was the hardest one to find for me too to finish the devastator set. he was almost impossible to get. btw he was my favorite devy guy.

 

I remember buying Motormaster at Service Merchandise. Although I wasn't really old enough to chase transformers as I do now, I never saw him before and was excited to pout till my Dad bought him for me.

 

Sage is 15. So he didn't exist back in G1.

 

The Dinobots.

 

Doesn't matter cuz I wasn't allowed to get any of them. Yeah my childhood was full of fond memories.... not.

 

I remember it took me almost a month to obtain Thunderwing way back then. Also, I only ever saw Overlord on the shelves once; to this day, I regret not having enough money with me at the time.

 

Back then I had no concept of what "should" be out so I just picked something from the pegs that I could afford. I bought the smaller toys with my allowance and got bigger ones for b'day and christmas. I was lucky enough to get Shockwave and Devastator gift set for those occasions.

 

I can't recall not finding anything back then. After all, when they were new, they were all over the place! I miss those days! Back when Toys R Us really rocked! Then again, the economy was way better then too.
I can even remember seeing Jetfire at some one-off toy store that was outside a shopping mall in Reno I think it was back in the 80s. It was near a restaurant that we frequently visited and I'd always went to that toy store. Can't remember what it was called, but I specifically remember seeing Jetfire on the very tip top shelf. I think he was like $50 bucks back then.
I can't really recall which was the hardest one to find. Maybe Megatron?

 

Optimus prime. That was the first toy my parents made me save for, and once I had saved enough, he was nowhere to be found. We looked in every store we could, and my aunt even used her lunch breaks to look for me. When I finally got it, it was definitely worth the wait.

 

Sunstreaker. I always wanted but, could never find him.

Everyone else seemed readily avalible, at least at TRU, Burbank.

 

I don't know how rare or plentiful they actually were, but I remember seeing Whirl & Roadbuster on shelves only once or twice ever, in very small quantities.

 

Yep. I (or my parents I should say) had a really hard time finding Grimlock.

 

the 1986 new movie cast like: hotrod,rodimus prime,blurr,springer,cyclonus,scourge, wreckgarr.

the 1987 TF's that were hard to find were: the four autobot headmasters,targetmaster kup,blurr,hotrod,scourge & cyclonus.

 

Sunstreaker for me, I had both of my parents look for him when ever they went out. That's one TF that will have to be a knock off for me to own.