{"id":394,"date":"2007-03-02T13:16:11","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T21:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/robots-of-the-80s-part-4\/"},"modified":"2007-03-02T13:16:11","modified_gmt":"2007-03-02T21:16:11","slug":"robots-of-the-80s-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimedia.cx\/eggs\/robots-of-the-80s-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Robots Of The 80s, Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Small grab bag of robots today. Here is a set of older Transformers remade as rubber figurines. I think these were packaged with later Transformers that I purchased. Or did they come with McDonald’s meals in the late 90s? I don’t remember exactly.<\/p>\n


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I remember the code: Red = Autobot, purple = Decepticon. The figures from left to right depict a Decepticon jet Transformer (most likely Starscream), some Autobot, one of the Constructicons, and one of the Insecticons.<\/p>\n

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Here is a pair of cassette tapes (whoa! remember those? Vintage!<\/em>) that transform into dinosaurs. I believe these were Autobots.<\/p>\n


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I recall that the Decepticons had an early monopoly on cassette Transformers and Soundwave was their host (the Autobots later had Blaster).<\/p>\n


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This one is a real blur. At first I thought this was a Transformer. But I can’t find any Autobot or Decepticon symbols on him. He must have been of the Gobot line. It’s a transforming airport (!) and transforming jet fighter. I distinctly remember purchasing this set in the autumn of 1988 and was likely my final new robot procurement.<\/p>\n


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I couldn’t exactly figure out how the airport was supposed to transform. This is one guess:<\/p>\n


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This is another.<\/p>\n


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Small grab bag of robots today. Here is a set of older Transformers remade as rubber figurines. I think these were packaged with later Transformers that I purchased. Or did they come with McDonald’s meals in the late 90s? I don’t remember exactly. Click for larger image I remember the code: Red = Autobot, purple […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robots-of-the-80s"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t