Trans-Bots???

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:59 pm

Yeah. So I found this in an old Marvel comic and thought I'd share.

Astro Magnum is Shockwave.

"Transforming Weapon" is most likely Megatron.

But what are the rest? Other Transformers? Go-Bots? Something else?

Hot Shot · Post by **Hot Shot** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:02 am

The camera is probably Reflector.

"Protectob" is most likely Prowl.

The communicator might be a poorly-described Soundwave with cassettes.

The tractor-trailer could be Prime.

I think the watch is Kronoform.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:14 am

I used to have Kronoform

wish I still did

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:38 am

Stuff like this is part of the reason that rubsigns came about. A lot of knock-offs were released around that time.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:26 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:Stuff like this is part of the reason that rubsigns came about. A lot of knock-offs were released around that time.

Huh. Interesting tidbit.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:43 pm

Googling for more info, I read somewhere that "Transforming Deception Plane" is most likely a seeker, and given the picture and emphasis, I'll go along with that.

Thunderstar is probably a smaller plane, and that would mean a Go-Bot, right? And the others in that block of text are also probably smaller toys.

But WTF would "The Leader" be? Did Go-Bots have combiners prior to the Constructicons?

Oh, and probably should have posted this earlier, the comic in question is The Thing v1 #20, which has a cover date of February 1985. Just so as to date the advert.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:34 pm

Rebis wrote:Googling for more info, I read somewhere that "Transforming Deception Plane" is most likely a seeker, and given the picture and emphasis, I'll go along with that.

You needed Google for that?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:09 am

For those snipers who haven't read the advertisement, there is more than one robot-to-plane toy listed.

So, anyway, I've read somewhere that there was a 3-in-1 Voltron toy. Is it possible "The Leader" is a knock-off of that?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:45 am

But there's only one that's one letter away from being called "Decepticon Plane" in big letters next to a picture of a seeker.