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<blockquote data-quote="peekaygee73" data-source="post: 446433" data-attributes="member: 6023"><p>I'm pretty sure Transformers were the reason I stopped collecting SW. I have memories of buying Wicket from the local toy shop and bumping into a friend on the bus on the way home. He had just bought Bumblebee... and that was it. No more SW purchased, it was Transformers.</p><p></p><p>I know I had Soundwave (mine didn't come with Buzzsaw but came with one of the other cassettes), Starscream (I wanted one of the blue planes as I thought they looked cooler but could only find Starscream), Bumblebee, Brawn, Inferno and Bluestreak (awesome car... but couldn't find Jazz in the shop at the time!!). My brother had Soundwave (with the correct tape), Optimus Prime and Gears. I've no idea why he had fewer.</p><p></p><p>I was 12 in 1985 so growing out of toys (apparently) so I didn't get anything released in 1986 or after. Looking back at pictures of them now (and it's not easy to say this) I can see the attraction over Star Wars figures. The Transformers toys look amazing, particularly compared to the dross of the second wave of Jedi figures. As much as I loved them though, they don't have the same nostalgia or sentimental attachment as Star Wars toys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peekaygee73, post: 446433, member: 6023"] I'm pretty sure Transformers were the reason I stopped collecting SW. I have memories of buying Wicket from the local toy shop and bumping into a friend on the bus on the way home. He had just bought Bumblebee... and that was it. No more SW purchased, it was Transformers. I know I had Soundwave (mine didn't come with Buzzsaw but came with one of the other cassettes), Starscream (I wanted one of the blue planes as I thought they looked cooler but could only find Starscream), Bumblebee, Brawn, Inferno and Bluestreak (awesome car... but couldn't find Jazz in the shop at the time!!). My brother had Soundwave (with the correct tape), Optimus Prime and Gears. I've no idea why he had fewer. I was 12 in 1985 so growing out of toys (apparently) so I didn't get anything released in 1986 or after. Looking back at pictures of them now (and it's not easy to say this) I can see the attraction over Star Wars figures. The Transformers toys look amazing, particularly compared to the dross of the second wave of Jedi figures. As much as I loved them though, they don't have the same nostalgia or sentimental attachment as Star Wars toys. [/QUOTE]
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