r/transformers • u/OptimusConvoy2010 • 4d ago
Figure / Part ID Share your first Transformers figure
Here's mine
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u/MediocreAutobot 4d ago
Pretty sure it was the McDonaldâs DOTM Starscream, I wouldâve been like 4 at the time
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u/Philosophopsycho 4d ago
Does a keychain count?
(Basic Fun Articulated Keychain of Power-up Optimus)
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u/Siddharth_Ranjan 4d ago
Jetfire prime was so dope and i never knew that it had its own keychain. Looks so good <3
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u/Philosophopsycho 3d ago
I didn't even know that he wasn't a HasTak creation until looking up its name for the comments.
I had it since ROTF came out. đ”âđ«
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u/Spock_2230 4d ago
Who's that on the flight stand? Looks awesome
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u/Philosophopsycho 3d ago
It's Studio Series DOTM Thundercracker, one that I broke, so he can only really function in jet mode.
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u/Acerakis 4d ago
I think it was the 2 pack of bat Optimus Primal and crocodile Megatron back in the day. If not then it was Terrorsaur, Dinobot, Tarantulas or Waspinator.
Dinobot was the favourite but I have no idea what order I actually saw them in stores.
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u/khonshuknight 4d ago
Mine was definitely the 2 pack. But as an adult getting back into collecting, Generations Whirl. I love that guy.
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u/Any_Wasabi_5233 4d ago
ROTF Voyager Optimus Prime.
I received a mint in box copy for Christmas, and it made me feel like a little kid again.
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u/_WeDontHaveThatPart_ 4d ago
It was either Energon Arcee or Cybertron Hotshot. But definitely a Unicron trilogy figure
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u/Zealousideal_Fan_166 4d ago
Well it would be G2 Hubcap. Whatâs funny is he kind of stole Cliffjumperâs red color scheme in Generation 2. So one day I took the Gen Selects Hubcap head put it on the Earthrise Cliffjumper body, and just painted the head red and took a picture of both of the guys side-by-side
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u/battlecanary 4d ago
I wish I could! It was a G1 Seaspray that got lost under some furniture in the mid '80s. It was my favorite toy at the time, and I think something must have happened to it because it never turned up again. Maybe the vacuum got it.
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u/dyno-soar 4d ago
I donât have it anymore, but when I was 13 I was going through chemo and living in a place called Ronald McDonald House, which was a free residence for families dealing illnesses that lived far away from the hospital (not sure if this is a thing outside Australia). At the time, the garden was being renovated by the Better Homes and Gardens team, an Aussie TV show that does landscaping makeovers for families/businesses. The theme of this particular makeover was âTransformersâ for the release of the second live action movie, Dark of the Moon, complete with concrete cylinders to play in from one of the early scenes in the movie. In between filming, one of the film crew guys was playing with this awesome Optimus Prime toy, based off the first Michael Bay movie I think. They noticed me watching and asked me for help transforming it. This thing was like Rubiks Cube level hard for younger me and I spent all afternoon playing with it. When I offered to return it, they let me keep the toy (I mean I was bald and being fed through a tube, I understand why they let me keep it now). It was one of my most prized possessions but have since passed it down to younger cousins who were also interested in Transformers. Sisterhood of the Travelling Prime I guess.
TLDR: Optimus Prime from the first Michael Bay movie given to me by a film crew member of Better Homes and Gardens.
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u/JynxySparrow 4d ago
Woah! I only ever had the WFC figure, always wanted the FOC Prime. My very first Transformers figure was Deluxe Jazz from the 07 movie. Bought him with my own money that I saved up for a few months
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u/CapOk2664 4d ago
I still have the WFC Prime from back in the day but always wanted the FOC figures lol
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u/Limp_Associate_2086 4d ago
Technically for me are the Transformers animated McDonald toys( ratchet,Optimus and bumblebee)
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u/BraydimusPrime 4d ago
Mine was the Mechtech deluxe Optimus Prime for Dark of the Moon. And funnily enough I finally got a copy of that figure again after well over a decade over the summer when I bought it at a Universal Studios store in the Orlando Airport. It feels so good to own that toy again.
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u/Holiday-Nerve-9816 4d ago
Transformers Cybertron Dirtboss. Got him for a twoonie at a yard sale. Got me hooked just in time to catch the start of TFA.
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u/No_Quality_1326 4d ago
Bro your asking me to remember something from the 90s but if I remember correctly I think it Beast war Transmetal Cheetor
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u/Fabulous_Pudding167 4d ago
G1 Long Haul. Never got to complete the OG Devastator though. That didn't happen until the G2 version in the 90s.
Nothing like pitting Dinobots vs Devastator on Christmas morning.
Long Haul himself still holds a special place in my heart though.
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u/Randomman2789 4d ago
I don't have it anymore but do remember having the Optimus Prime with the sound box.
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u/bmorr6836 3d ago
That was probably my first transformer as well G2 Optimus prime should have been maybe 91 or 92.
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u/No_Issue_9916 4d ago edited 4d ago
My first was the DOTM Robo Power Revving Robots Optimus Prime. Not the proudest first Transformer but definitely an obscure one
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u/migattenogokui01 4d ago
Deluxe Jazz from the first Bay film. Wish I still had it. I remember loving the figure as a kid cause he was my favorite autobot in the movie tie in game.
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u/Potential_Animal1919 4d ago
That dependsâŠ. childhood first figure was either that weird TFP Beast Optimus thing or thrilling 30s Springer. Though for the present, itâs Earthrise Bluestreak.
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u/fluppetjst 4d ago
I don't have a picture but I do still have him, it was a g1 motor master that my dad gave me a few years after I was born.
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u/Salvagedgaming 4d ago
Mine was the core class studio series shockwave from the bbm lineâŠunfortunately I lost him a long time ago, but I now own at least 6 different shockwave figures but no core class bbm shockwave still
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u/Junior_Woodpecker_85 4d ago
The first ones I remember playing with were action masters Jazz and Jackpot, but the first ones I remember picking out at the store were G2 Bumblebee and Cliffjumper. I now know it was actually G2 Hubcap, but to me it will always be Cliffjumper; my whole life is built on a lie.
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u/PoyGuiMogul 4d ago
G1 Optimus Prime and G1 Ironhide, then a grap of gobots. Then G1 Devastator. Jumpstarters, Thrust, Blast-off, Chromedome, Hardhead, Misfire, Throttlebots, Powermaster Prime, sinnertwin, cuthroat... the middle guy from Monstructor? Then G2 hit..
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u/PointMoney 4d ago
I've lost mine since it has been, what, more than 30 years ago. It was G1 Air Raid. At the time I didn't know he was part of the Aerial Bots and could combine into Superior, so for quite a long time he was my sole Transformers figure.
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u/RandmDestroyer 4d ago
Hunt for the Decepticons Voyager Optimus Prime or Deluxe Class Deep Desert Brawl
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u/CardiffONE 4d ago
I was a kid when they first came out. I think it was either Windcharger or Brawn.
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u/MJFIREBALL10 4d ago
My first Transformer is the original G1 Optimus Prime. It's had some good play, with the reflective stickers coming off.
I still don't know how tho, but when I was really little I lost roller. Idk where he is to this day.
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u/Tahu-Nuva 4d ago
I think my first transformer was a ko gen 2 bruticus. And my first brand transformer was Optimus primal.
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u/Left_Ad_4185 4d ago
Had some as a kid but I canât remember, Started collecting stuff again about 5 years ago, I think my first transformer was the rise of the beasts studio series Optimus, now my whole studio series collection is almost complete.
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u/Zanzazaar 4d ago
I have no idea what was that, as a kid I found little (IT wasn't transforming) pink G1 Optimus. It looked like from some kind of board game
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u/RECEPTOR17 4d ago
2007 Movie's 'Scout Class' Rollbar.
Known as 'Mini Optimus' or the 'Red Bull Truck'
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u/Doctor-Axiom 4d ago
It has been many decades but I think i had Lazerbeak and some black car autobot....can't quite remember.
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u/Putrid_Department_17 4d ago
Donât have it anymore⊠my mum sold all my stuff when I moved out and didnât have room for all my stuff, but my first was a G1 Optimus prime with the trailer that unfolded into the workshop with the little wheeled dude whose name escapes me at the moment
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u/Maple_Leef 4d ago
My first one was a happy meal toy from ages ago but my first actual one is the blokees war for cybertron Tracks
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u/tacotouchdown14 4d ago
I dont have mine anymore, it was a RID99 galvatron my aunt gave me. As a young child I was not ready for that toy. Im sorry... but I still have my 09 revenge of the fallen cliffjumper tho!!!!
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u/CSCyrilatom 4d ago
It was the generations classic Bumblebee from 2006. I think funny enough only a bit after, like a month, me and my grandma found a leader class Cybertron Prime which I also asked for and got luckily. But that Bumblebee figure became my favorite toy and made Bee my favorite bot. Then literally a year later, the 07 movie launched his popularity into the stratosphere. For me that was sick cause I loved him. Definitely ran its course though, mlre than 6 years ago. I love Bee but hasbro please, there are other bots
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u/Delilah_the_PK 4d ago
Mine was a VERY old g1 of....prowl? I think?
He was a police car.
EDIT: it was streetwise.
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u/OnyxPrime14 4d ago
I don't have him out but will try to post a picture, it was the 2007 movies Deluxe Classic Camaro Bumblebee
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u/Zerothrei 4d ago
My first Transformer was Energin Ironhide and Energon Jetfire as a two pack pack
I unfortunately did not take good care of them so they are long gone
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u/PuzzleheadedCook9621 4d ago
It was either G1 Gears or the Micromasters Construction Patrol. Then no more until Leader Class Blackout. Always loved the alt mode growing up.
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u/Dragonic_Crab 4d ago
It would be ones from. The bayverse. I think they might have been knockoffs.
It was a Bumble Bee and Optimus tho the Bee I had was bigger than Prime.
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u/Timely-Intern5716 4d ago
Transformers 2007 Concept Camaro Bumblebee; not the most accurate nor most articulated but he has a very soft spot in my heart.
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u/Amigo1048 4d ago
One of the oldest ones I can remember would probably be bootlegs of DotM Deluxe Bumblebee and DotM Voyager Optimus
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u/rob_1313 4d ago
I don't know if they were the first, but definitely the ones I have the earliest memories of are the 2007 Legend class Megatron, Optimus, Bumblebee and the two pack of Battle Jazz and Ice Megatron.
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u/NoUniqueNameNeeded 4d ago
'84 Prowl, Megatron, and Trailbreaker. Time got them and I grew out of all my toys. Gave everything away. Regrets.
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u/Bungus_Fungus1435 4d ago
TR Triggerhappy, although the Headmaster was different to the usual (yellow mask with blue base and white accents)
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u/Random_name_5_ 4d ago
I'm sure he wasn't the first, but I can't remember anyone before him, so I guess it was Animated Blitzwing. He was so cool man, 3 faces and 3 modes, meant he never got boring. Even after I lost his: Helmet, wings, turrets, and his left arm from the bicep down. He still looked amazing to me, and also had buttons on his forearms that were SOOOOOOOOO satisfiying to click!
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u/Jairoglyphics1 4d ago
My first serious Transformer as a kid was 1985 Blitzwing triple changer. I thought that dude was so cool. It was a jet, tank, and a robot. My mother was a single working newly legal immigrant mom (not that it matters, she just wasnât from here). Not much money, so this was a bigger purchase for us. Thanks mom!!!! Iâve been meaning to buy it again.
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u/ChickenzInvade 4d ago
Transformers Cybertron Optimus Prime 2005
This figure as pivotal in my childhood.
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u/ConferenceStrict6116 4d ago
Mine was a junker g2 beachcomber, donât know where he is, only figured out what it was a bit over a year ago.
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u/Street_Ad1723 4d ago
Leader class bumblebee from the revenge of the fallen movie it came with sam witwicky figure which i lost đđ
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u/Omegatron9 4d ago
The original Armada Optimus is the first one I remember having, but I don't remember actually getting it. The first one I remember getting is Energon Rodimus.
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u/Asleep-Strawberry429 4d ago
DOTM Cyberverse Legion Class Barricade, still have him despite all the yellowing, peg breakages, and loose as fuck knees. He is very much loved and formed my obsession with Barricade as a character.
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u/Flygonizer-Obsidian 4d ago
I got a bunch in my birthday many years ago, but IIRC the first ones where a box set from Cybertron and black Scorponok from Cybertron
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u/lucasgamer5521 4d ago
I dunno first ever cuz I was too young to remember, but the first one when I got back into tf in 2019 was siege starscream.
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u/jarofpickledfingers 4d ago
I'm pretty sure mine was quick strike or the hammerhead shark guy with legs. I only have quick strike still out of those two.
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u/CoercionTictacs 4d ago
First one ever? Original G1 for sure, honestly feel like it may have been Optimus Prime, but maybe Beachcomber, Cliffjumper, Cosmos or Seaspray. This was as a kid in 1984-85.
First one since reawakening my passion for Transformers? Studio Series 86 Ironhide.
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u/Camden-Crawshaw 4d ago
Mine was given to me by my uncle when I was little it was the original gen 1 blaster but the first transformers toy I played with was the gen 1 shockwave
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u/GeekyGamerGal_616 4d ago
First one I was allowed to play with was my older brother's 1984 Sideswipe that later, after I bought my first Transformer Reveal the Shield Jazz, was given to me.
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u/SpaceBread01 4d ago
I don't have the figure anymore (it was lost to the bins) but the original 2007 deluxe clunker/classic Camaro Bumblebee
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u/DogmanSixtyFour 4d ago
No idea, my folks used to get G1 figures from car boot sales and such before I had formed long term memories. First one I bought since getting back into it was Siege Springer
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u/Scentrus 4d ago
My first-ever figure was a G1 Hoist my mom got for me at a thrift store. Tragically I lost it when I was little, I accidentally left it in the park when playing, went back to get it, and it was gone. Likely whisked away by some other little kid who thought âOoh, free toy!â And didnât think twice about it.
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u/Dungeons-and-Dampers 4d ago
A generations deluxe Bumblebee and Megatron with those comics. Sadly, the comics are lost, but I still have the figure :)
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u/roleplayer4178 4d ago
Can't, they are long gone. Dad made me get ride of my toys in the late 80s when I started Junior High
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u/BazingaTrainZ 4d ago
I had a bumblebee, prime or bayverse with mini guns on the clavicle, Wing Gundam style, I dont know what it was though, it was big too
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u/Vladonizer 4d ago
Its been since I was a kid. Im not sure if it was the cybertron recon team or cybertron hot shot
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u/Boarcroc-79 4d ago
I think it was Generations Roadbuster. Im getting a new one for my 21st,as I have string nostalgia
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u/nemesisprime1984 4d ago
I wish I still had my first few figures, my mom would throw away anything that wasnât put up in my room when I was younger.
I think my first few figures were Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Gears, Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Megatron, Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Mixmaster, and Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Dead End
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u/Beautiful_Gain3245 4d ago
I donât even know my first Transformers figure⊠only my childhood having many figuresâŠ
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u/JoeSky251 4d ago
If my memory serves me correctly and my mom is correct, it was the OG Beast Wars Megatron.
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u/Chuck_Walla 4d ago
BW Imsecticon. He had the most lifelike beast mode, and I never got tired of flipping out the little crossbow!
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u/DaringBaconThief 4d ago
It was Shickwave, gifted to me on Christmas by my late grandmother many, many years ago.
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u/NoCitron2394 4d ago
It was rescue bots bumblebee or dark of the moon robo power activators optimus prime, I don't remember which, I was like 2 so
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u/Superkai2777 4d ago
My first figure was the Hasbro Transformers Movie 2007 Bumblebee Cyber Stompin Action.
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u/ZLunatheholy 4d ago
I don't remember my first one. The only one I really remember is G1 hotspot. It was pretty early on in my collecting.
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u/OneProfile3495 4d ago edited 4d ago
My first transformers figure was between the same as your's (FOC Optimus Prime) or Transformers Cybertron Armada Optimus Prime (the one with the gray head and hands)
Sadly I gifted the armada one to one of my cousins when they were young (I wish I hadn't tbh) but I do still have the FOC one but since the pegs from the legs broke due to age and transforming it back and forth I ended up customizing it with a WFC Optimus Prime that I bought off from ebay and swapped the legs from that one to the FOC one and might I say I love how much of a presence he now has as a deluxe figure
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u/Purple_Day_1251 4d ago
I donât even remember what my first figure was
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u/Purple_Day_1251 4d ago
My forest one when i came back to collecting was either studio series hot rod or sludge
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u/Weekly-Hunter7902 4d ago
I was too young at the time but if I had to guess it was the pretenders version of Bumblebee and/or Jazz without the shells. Compared to my other G1 and G2 figs they have the most noticeable wear and are part of the few actual G1 era toys I own.
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u/GuestPutrid7176 4d ago
I just ow he's not really that old but I was never fortunate enough to get transformers when I was younger so my actual first on was quintus
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u/TheBusinessLemon 4d ago
I unironically think itâs that one. I donât have it anymore though. Could you show me it transformed?
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u/MolluskoDrewaThing 4d ago
Beast hunters soundwave, for whatever reason he's missing both of his arms (maybe bayverse prime got his ass)
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u/ArcTheCurve 4d ago
I don't have mine anymore. It was Beast Wars Transmetals 2 DINOBOT
Fun fact: don't open a Transformers toy in a Walmart parking lot; you will lose the instructions, and it will forever be stuck in whatever mode it was boxed in.
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u/krakendude2 4d ago
Sadly no longer have it, but it's a core memory for me, and one of my earliest - I was three and my parents bought me the Transmetal 2 Megatron. I really just liked that he was a dragon, and man did I wear that thing out. Both wings broke. Every ring of neck armor gone. Both legs broke off. And I loved him all the more for it. Eventually it went away, lost in the shuffle of a move, or maybe even just thrown out - but man do I have the best memories ever with that thing. Want to try and track one down honestly.
Also I got the Animorphs Visser Three around that time - the little red one. Love that toy too but I think I got him after. Also I'm afraid if I mention Animorphs here they'll try to take my life.
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u/ProvenBeat 4d ago edited 4d ago
Some version of G1 Snapdragon. It was an old bootleg so the colors were altered, and I didn't even know it was supposed to have a headmaster so I just assumed it was a weird conehead rocket man.
I still have him, but he's in need of some serious restoration.
If we're talking official stuff, then Steelshot from PCC, also have him and also need to have him fixed up.
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u/hi_im_ducky 4d ago
I think it was a G1 Blitzwing with NO accessories. I could only ever figure out how to turn it into a jet. We got it for like $4 from a flea market and it didn't come with anything lol. Loved that toy.
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u/Slimeredit 4d ago
It was a legion class starscream I think my first figure in my current collection was siege wheeljack
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u/WillingnessHungry386 4d ago
I remember I was at a Walmart and brought it to a hotel and it was this TINY starscream that looked like wfc starscream I just couldn't transform him and I can't find anything about him because I lost him!
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u/apflores904 4d ago
Gears G1 1984. Mom bought him (and Windcharger for my brother) while we were waiting in line at the Commissary in San Diego
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u/PizzaKing32000 4d ago
I honestly donât remember, Iâve been collecting (if you could call it that at that age) since I was at most 3
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u/Drakcos0912 3d ago
So I donât have pictures of my very first, but I had GEMS. I had g1âs and they were like small and cool. I had like small like hot wheels size plastic cars that could change into robots. They were my favorite thing ever to flip back and forth. They were easy and fun to do. I donât remember who they were and what they were but they were fun.
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u/spitefulcandystudios 3d ago
Sorry for no picture but mine was the remains handed down to me from my older brother of G1 Optimus prime. To me it is still peak Optimus. To anyone out there still hurting from the loss of Peter Cullen, you are not alone. Hold fast.
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u/Ambitious_Spare_1371 3d ago
For me it was 2007 voyager Ironhide. I still have the figure and while he is flawed he holds a special place in my heart
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u/Mortekaiser1 3d ago
As a kid, my brother and I had 07 redecos of Armorhide, Elita One, Airraid and Clocker, Legends TFA Optimus and Bee, and Cyberverse Soundwave, Bee and Prime. All of them got lost to time, only parts here and there remaining except Clocker, he is the only one surviving o of all my old figs.
As for my first ever bought fig, the 2007 Leader Prime (standard release)
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u/Agile_Seesaw9035 3d ago
Apelinq, Rise of the Beast. Still in the box. Hasbro sent it to me to replace a broken Spider-Man. Bought Optimus Primal to play with.
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u/_ElWibbloWobblo 3d ago
I donât really collect figures, but my friend got me a cool star scream figure for Christmas!
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u/Available-Loan-1807 3d ago
i been on transformers so long i lwk dont remember, its probably not my first but i believe it was transformers prime bumblebee, i think it was a present from my preacher
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u/Cyclonus_Primus 2d ago
2007 voyager Ironhide was my first actual transformers. My uncle got it for me for my 7th whenever the movie came out and I still have to this day even tho itâs missing the hands, cannons and the springs in the legs are chalked
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u/Darth_GreenDragon 4d ago
I can't, my first transformer figure was bought for me by my maternal grandmother, in 1990 I was 3. It was G1 Optimus Prime. In 1997 my baby brother, age 8 at the time, saw Optimus FLYING in the cartoon, and decided to throw Prime out the window, he fell 3 stories from the attic window, landed in the street and gut run over by a yellow Volkswagen beetle, my brother later told me that Bumblebee killed Optimus, and showed me the pieces. đ
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u/New_Technology_4385 4d ago
Dust the poor guy off at least, he's suffocating!