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Just so this video and I agree on so many point, I had the same Lancia Stratos toy as a kid. I was just thinking modern remakes of G1 transformers look gorgeous in robot form and vehicle form, but their transformation is just "open this panel and hide stuff inside, close the panel, snap it somewhere".

Actually, what you said was incorrect. Thanks to Duocons, or I guess to draw a more accurate parallel, Magmatron, being Transformers, Dia-Atacker wasn't actually the first Transformer, if we're talking Diaclone. If you take Great Robot Base out of the equation, then the first Transformer is actually Dia-Battles, who was part of the 1980 Diaclone toyline. Dia-Attacker wasn't released until 1981. Even then, the problem is that take away a couple of play features and whilst Dia-Attacker is certainly a credible offering, it does deserve to get slightly overlooked for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the 1981 also saw the release of Big Powered, which was arguably the direct forerunner to the Mega pretenders. Additionally that was the same year when the actual first official Transformers, the Powerdashers, were also released in the Diaclone toyline which managed a similar coomplexity of transformation to Dia-Attacker, but in a much smaller scale. Don't get me wrong, Dia-Attacker is a great example of why Diaclone gave us some great toys and had it come out a year earlier, you could be making the claims you are. Unfortunately, it came out a year later, where as great a toy as it is, there are some absolutely brilliant designs in Diaclone, which completely overshadow one or more of its aspects, in one way or another.

I feel that this is where 3d printing comes into play. You take all the parts of the toy and make a composite of the parts, 3d print all the parts to spec and work with every piece that makes a functional clone of the original. heck you can probably cast different color variants of the old one.🤔

The audio track doesn’t belong, the film is a classic in its own right.

Minor correction: This was actually Tod Browning's second talking film, 1929's The Thirteenth Chair being the first.

Such an awesome video. I really enjoyed your perspective. I'm excited to re-watch this, keeping these ideas in mind! Thanks!!

I use to ONLY buy Transformer toys. I would see other transforming robot toys and not really care about them because they were not actual Transformers. About 10 years ago I developed an interest in transforming and combiner robot toys as a whole. Since then I have collected almost all of the Gobots, Zybots, Converters, Chargerteons, Matchbox Parasites, Transistor robots along with Mr hard hat mint in box, my prized possession of wannabe Transformer toys. Soul of Chogokin and many, many others. Some are amazing and others are really crappy but have a retro charm to them.

I haven't watched it yet but nice tips

Yep, most of those original designers (mainly Kojin Ono) still made the 86 lineup! Many newcomers came on the transformers team at takara at that time and those same people still work on the franchise today.

What is the yellow figure in the center of the very bottom shelf?

through the years the plastic became brittle. that is why it easy to break.

Finally someone who likes Dairugger XV! I got the Soul of Chogokin Dairugger XV a few months ago and I love it. Obviously that's the complete other end of the market, but I just love this silly robot design so much. A giant samurai made out of fifteen individual little vehicles? Yes please! I think these look great. I may have to pick up a few to decorate my desk. Definitely ain't gonna use the Soul of Chogokin for that LOL 😂

MAZIINNN GO! Love Mazinger Z, the granddaddy of mecha 😍

I only started collecting Transformers in 2021 myself. I think War for Cybertron Kingdom Cyclonus was my first figure, and I was 20 at the time haha so I was late to the party. While I've never owned any original G1 toys, I've handled most of the ones that made it into the first and second seasons of the cartoon, and yeah it's a very different thing. Transformations are usually quick, they're usually pretty sturdy and used lots of diecast and higher quality plastics. There are so many CHUG transformers where certain pegs don't really work, meaning you can't really transform the figure properly unless you fix a problem with some DIY first, and transforming a figure without instructions means you're risking breakage. The current CHUG transformations are so complex, and the figures are so fragile, that I can't really see a 7 year old enjoying them. And some MPs....well....I can easily take a full 15 minutes to transform MP-52 Starscream. And even on a really expensive figure like that I'm always scared I'll break or damage something even while using the instructions. The fact that even mainline CHUG-scale figures take so much time to transform definitely makes it feel like they were designed more with adult collectors in mind, who want to collect figures that look screen-accurate and have lots of articulation so they look nice being displayed, but ultimately weren't really made to be played with. And honestly that's how I collect my transformers - although I've mostly moved away from Hasbro products since, with the occasional exception every now and then when they release a favorite character, like Black Zarak, Deathsaurus, or Ultra Magnus. My "playing" with them consists of putting my figures in a whole bunch of different poses for hours on end and finding new ways to display them. But yeah, they're basically an entirely different thing compared to the original toys, and I can understand why the current Hasbro products don't really interest you. That's an awesome collection by the way. 😁 I hope to one day own some Brave figures too. 😁

I was a weird teenager who was into anime in the late 80's/early 90's. I was THRILLED to find the Gakken toys on clearance at Children's Palace. Bought the Blue Alpha and the large Cyclone for probably $15 each. Unfortunately my college apartment had a nice window sill where I displayed several of my prized robot toys, so my Alpha (and Jetfire) have yellowed quite a bit. That same shoulder joint had broken on mine in the mid-90s. It's on my list of things to fix with 3D printing. If I get around to modeling the black plastic pivot I'll post it free to download. Maybe it's time to revisit that.

If I'm remembering correctly, the model kits of the motorcycle and jet transformed the same way as the toys.

These Polyfect knockoffs are very sloppy IMO; I think some of the best knockoffs/bootlegs coming out now are the Metroplex and Metrotitan bootlegs. Those are absolutely awesome; Metrotitan even had a brand new knockoff of his Micromaster released too.

Before I found out about the Gakken Robotech/Mospeada toys I knew about them from their kits like the theremin and gramophone sets they've made. Cool stuff.

Great little toy! I just found your channel. I've been enjoying all of your content. Thank you!

That dairugger looks awesome

That's still fun! Btw, the Inspector Gadget arm is to make a large combiner figure from the Matthew Broderick Gadget movie in the 90s. I was a fan of the 80s cartoon, but if you make the figure it's pretty cool.

That...is...a...surprising...box!😊

This is awesome!!!

Oh man, I just looked it up and there are none near me. There is one in my old dog bar though! I miss Denver.

I remember my older brother having the red fighter in the 80's and i loved it as a kid tho it was his as a teen. Wish i knew what happened to it. I now mostly collect Bandais DX and Arcadia macross lines but I do have some reissues 1/55 valks from Bandai.

Hexa gear has some awesome new transformers in 1:25 scale..a car Mecha in two styles. It’s like Lego meets transformers..but not.

No, pay the extra and get the original.

I love the Alpha and the Beta

What’s the difference between the Gakken Alphas and the Special Editions Released by Toynami a while back, the ones in the book shaped boxes?

I have a blue and a green legioss that I bought in Japan during the mud 80s. Unfortunately I don't have the cycle armor.

oh shit i have this lol is it worth anything?

The Mospeada toys are still incredible

Had the green one as a kid, then eBay purchased a set of all 3, plus added 2 additional blue ones. Lost my job years ago so had to sell the 2 blue ones. Regretted it to this day.

I bought mine from the toy section in an Albertsons grocery store! Always check the grocery stores!😂😂😂

But still looks awesome

Great attitude after a terrible occurrence. Sorry that happened, but thanks for the video!

My local flea market sold alot of Gakken back in the 80s. Bought the blue Alpha Scott Bernard Jet there I believe. And the motorcycle. I bought two of the motorcycles. One I gave away to another fellow collector. I still have a mint in box one stored somewhere.

I had the red version as a kid and have been thinking of getting one off eBay. Every time I see one I go hmmmm.... Nah and then regret it later haha

I had the cyclone and the alpha (blue and green)

i have a green one just like this. i have no idea what its called and who made it

I still have the driver to the motorcycle I found once at a flee market in the late 80’s. Though he stands roughly 6-8” tall. Plastic feels more like a model kit. Was the driver that tall? He is very poeseable

The sentinel Legioss are all nice too!

Had the same shoulder joint failure on my green Legioss. I am looking into creating a substitute joint to remedy the problem. My blue Legioss is still fully intact and goes through its mode cleanly. The biggest problem with the shoulder joints is the soft plastic they used. It is a thin piece that is supposed to support the weight of the pivot to swing the arms out and the articulation of the die-cast input for the arm to move around at the shoulder. A good ABS would probably to the trick, but I think aluminum would be better.

Yup, 3D print the parts, makes the toy more durable.

I don't suppose you'd part with the 'leftovers'? I need parts!

I have 1 Gakken toy and its so so awesome

They did good. Quality of plastic needs improvement

When I was visiting Hong Kong, I bought the Gakken blue Legioss mint in a box. The seller said that the toy was never taken out of the box and I believe him too because everything seems untouched. I didn't intend to keep it in the box so I took it out and felt it with hands. I still haven't transformed it. From just holding it on my hands, I suspected the knees were the weakest parts because of the spring inside. I'm waiting for special occasion to transform him. I love the chunky design, and the piece felt really solid except for its shoulders due to transformation. One of my prized possession indeed.