THE IMPACT OF "THE TRANSFORMERS" SERIES AND TOY LINE AT COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

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SO IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW -THEN I'M GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU ABOUT HOW TRANSFORMERS BROUGHT A LOT OF US TOGETHER AT COLLECTOR'S GALAXY- SO IN THE FIRST DAY'S BEFORE I CAME ON STAFF-THE STORE WAS CALLED "COLLECTOR'S PARADISE" AND DID NOT HAVE ITS OWN STOREFRONT. IT WAS A MASH OF VENDORS INSIDE OF AN INDOOR SWAP MEET WHICH WAS LOCATED ON THE 3RD ST PROMENADE IN SANTA MONICA (EARLY 1990'S)- I USED TO COME BY ON MY LUNCH BREAK FROM MY JOB WHEN THE PLACE WAS JUST GETTING STARTED AND READ/BUY COMICS. ONE DAY I CAME IN THE STORE AND SOME LUNATIC DUMPED A PILE OF G1 TRANSFORMERS FIGURES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR-AT LEAST 20 OF THEM.
I IMMEDIATELY SOUGHT OUT KENNY FOR ANSWERS. I WOULD QUICKLY LEARN THAT THE GUY WHO COMMITTED THIS ATROCITY NAME WAS .....BRET. I DIDN'T KNOW HIM AT THE TIME...BUT I WANTED TO THROW HIM THROUGH ONE OF THE COMIC BOOK SHELVES FOR PILING SUCH EXPENSIVE TOYS IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY-HIGH TRAFFIC FLOOR. KENNY SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO RESEARCH AND PRICE THEM- SO WITHOUT HESITATION I GRABBED A WIZARD MAGAZINE AND OFFERED TO DO IT. WHILE I'M WORKING ON THEM- IN WALKS BRET AND HE SAYS "OH I SEE YOU STARTED WORKING ON MY TRANSFORMERS!" I WAS LIKE "HEY! WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA OF LEAVING TARGET-MASTERS N SHIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR- ARE YOU CRAZY OR SOMETHING?!!"-WE HAD A GOOD LAUGH OVER THAT -AND A FOREVER FRIENDSHIP WAS FORMED RIGHT THERE. SOMEHOW GENTA MAGICALLY APPEARED AS WELL AND HE STARTED HELPING ME PRICE AND NAME THE TRANSFORMERS-I CANT TELL YOU HOW FAST THEY WENT OUT THE DOOR.KENNY WANTED ME ON STAFF IMMEDIATELY-AND I BELIEVE BRET HAD ALSO BROUGHT SLEWS OF SPORTS CARDS THAT NEEDED SORTING AND SELLING- SO THAT'S HOW I STARTED MY JOURNEY WITH COLLECTORS-
WE REALLY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET TRANSFORMERS AGAIN UNTIL OUR CGG DAYS AND THE TAKE OFF OF THE INTERNET. OCCASIONALLY WE WERE ABLE TO BID ON A "LOT" OF FIGURES THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO RESALE- BUT MANY OF THEM WERE FROM GENTA'S PERSONAL COLLECTION INCLUDING OVERLORD,REFLECTOR, (RED SUN STREAKER-JAPANESE RELEASE DIACLONE)WE GOT THE COMPUTRON SET FROM AN ANIME CONVENTION-LOTS OF GREAT FIGURES.

WE LOVE TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE (THE ORIGINAL AND FIRST MOVIE IN 1986 FOLKS!)AND I CAN RECOUNT THE COUNTLESS NUMBER OF TIMES GENTA,BRET AND MYSELF HAVE HAD ALL TYPES OF FUNNY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.TAKE A LOOK AT SOME GREAT STOP MOTION VIDEO BASED ON THE SAME MOVIE.
PERSONALLY, I'M NOT A FAN OF THE OTHER MANY DIFFERENT SERIES OF TRANSFORMERS- LIKE BEAST WARS, OR TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED, ETC. I'M STRICKLY A G1 (GENERATION 1)FAN-BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN FOR US HERE IN AMERICA-THE G1 GROUP OF TRANSFORMERS ARE THE FOUNDATION-GREAT SERIES-BEST CHARACTERS- PERIOD.
I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME REALLY AWESOME TRANSFORMERS REVIEW CHANNELS I'M SUBSCRIBED TO ON YOUTUBE THAT I THINK YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY.

1.)EMGO-THE FREAKIN GEEK- HIS INTROS CAN BE A LITTLE LOUD AND CORNY- BUT ONCE HE GETS GOING, HIS REVIEWS ARE EXCELLENT. I LOVE THE FACT THAT HE COLLECTS MANY VERSIONS OF ARE WHART ARE KNOWN AS 3RD PARTY RETAILERS. THIS MEANS THAT HASBRO AND TAKARA-THE NAMES MOST ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSFORMERS BRAND, ARE NOT THE ONLY COMPANES YOU CAN GET TRANSFORMERS FROM NOW. THESE COMPANIES ARE CONSTANTLY INTRODUCING NEWLY MOLDED G1 TRANSFORMERS INTO THE MARKET-AND THEY ARE AMAZING.THE TRANSFORMERS IS ONE OF THE FEW TOY LINES THAT HAS CONTINUED TO PROSPER FOR DECADES-INCLUDING ITS DIACLONE DAYS BACK IN JAPAN.THE SIMPLE REASONS ARE THIS 1)THEY ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT OUT BY KIDS AND COLLECTORS (LIKE US) AND 2.) PLAYABILITY- THESE TOYS TRANSFORM INTO AMAZING VEHICLES AND ROBOTS- SOME UP TO 6 TRANSFORMATIONS IN ONE FIGURE!-THIS ALSO MAKES THEM HIGHLY VALUABLE.
SUNSTREAKER AND SIDESWIPE-(THE LAMBO BROS.) ARE MY FAVORITE G1 TRANSFORMERS-THE PRETTY BOY CARS THAT WERE ALWAYS DOWN FOR A SCRAP. MOST OF THE AUTOBOTS WERE SOFT-BUT NOT THESE TWO.CHECK OUT EMGO'S REVIEW OF MASTERPIECE SUNSTREAKER
I'M REALLY ENJOYING THE TRANSFORMERS "SEIGE" LINE. SIDESWIPE LOOKS GREAT AND I MUST SAY THE ARTICULATION HAS EVOLVED IMMENSELY OVER THE YEARS.
IF YOU WANT IN DEPTH HISTORY ON THE TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE CHRIS MC FEELY HAS A GREAT CHANNEL
MOST OF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS-BUT WE WERE TRYING TO AMASS A NUMBER OF TRANSFORMERS DURING OUR EARLY DAYS AT CGG -AND FOR A SHORT PERIOD WHAT WE HAD WAS DISPLAYED IN OUR VIDEO SECTION UP HIGH ON THE RIGHT SIDE UP NEAR THE BIG SCREEN. WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE THE PILLARS THEY WERE STANDING ON APPEAR LIKE CYBERTRONIAN BUILDINGS. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT- SO WE JUST ENDED UP MOVING OUR TRANSFORMERS INSIDE IF THE GLASS DISPLAY CASE. IT WAS A DREAM OF MINE TO DO A TRANSFORMERS DISPLAY-BUT THE G1 FIGURES HAD NO POSEABILITY AT ALL-IT WOULD HAVE HAD NO ACTION AND WOULD HAVE COST A FORTUNE. THE CURRENT TRANSFORMERS ON THE MARKET NOW HAVE EVOLVED IN ARTICULATION TENFOLD- SO A DISPLAY WOULD BE AMAZING CGG -STYLE. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. WHY TRANSFORMERS ARE ONE OF THE GREATEST TOY LINES EVER-AND NOW YOU HAVE A BIT OF CGG ORIGIN THAT SHOW HOW TRANSFORMERS BROUGHT THE CORE OF CGG TOGETHER. D-OUT!
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