Transformer ghosts of Christmas past

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Transformer ghosts of Christmas past

Post by Ultimate Weapon » Wed Dec 22, 2004 9:44 pm

Yes it's that time of year again. But I want to take this oppurtunity to hear some christmas tales of the past when you were a kid unwrapping presents. Plus it will make me happy, specifically the stories that involve Transformer toys. What did you get? Who got them for you? Etc...

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Post by spiderfrommars » Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:15 pm

I don't think I ever got a TF toy for xmas. :(

I once got a Gobot playset, which just goes to show what cheapskates my parents were.

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Post by Ultimate Weapon » Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:34 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:I don't think I ever got a TF toy for xmas. :(

I once got a Gobot playset, which just goes to show what cheapskates my parents were.
Was it that wannabe AT-AT toy? I always wanted one of those. :oops:

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Post by spiderfrommars » Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:56 pm

It was a big white space shuttle which opened up to a 'bridge' area.

Kinda cool I suppose. Gobots were all the same size so it worked well.

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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Thu Dec 23, 2004 12:46 am

I got lots of TF fox xmass and birthdays. well normally 1 big one and some minis. still got them all plus boxes.
Havent had one in years, but if someone wants to buy me that very cool special edtion optimus prime please do :p
failing that, all the alternators, they do look cool.!
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Post by saysadie » Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:20 am

I can't really remember any whole Christmasses as a kid... little bits of memory here and there.

I do remember my favourite gift ever though... little Beatrix Potter bunnies. (Is it Beatrix Potter who makes those type of figures?) And like... a little dollhouse or something with 'em. Dunno who got it, could have been an aunt or my mother, or a cousin or something.

(Maybe that "house" was the box the stuff came in, now that I think on it.. :p who cares, made a good house. :D)

I do have a memory of lying on the floor in our basement playing with 'em... loved those things. They were hard plastic (iirc), but covered in a weird... furry covering... very thin, I think. The arms and legs moved, iirc. And the figures had little dresses and overalls and stuff on.

I don't remember much at all. The only thing I really remember about it is that I was happy with it. :)
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Post by Best First » Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:57 pm

The last TF i got for Xmas was Skystalker - which my mum got from a Jumblesale when i was baout 13.

except it didn't actually come with Skystalker...

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Post by Optimus Prime Rib » Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:57 pm

Best First wrote:The last TF i got for Xmas was Skystalker - which my mum got from a Jumblesale when i was baout 13.

except it didn't actually come with Skystalker...

still.
perhps he was out trying to drop shockwaves head on countdown.. ugh now I feel sick
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Post by BB Shockwave » Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:45 am

Imagine then how Shockwave feels... :o

My nicest TF Christmas was when I got the Astro Squad, the Hot Rod Patrol, the Monster Truck patrol all from respectives members of my family (in thruth my mother bought them all... :p ) Plus, the TF-the Movie sticker album, which came out in 1991 in Hungary. My mom was so thorough, she noticed the red decoder was missing, so whe bought TWO albums!

Ahhh, those merry days when I was a kid. :D
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