I am always fascinated by folks histories & experiences. I am 48, grew up in Texas, & spent my summers in Northeastern Alabama w/my grandparents. There were ZERO toys in any of the stores between the four little towns that my papaw did business. But the crazy thing? I found this Autobot base at one of those stores, & he got it for me. I still have it. The only other “scores” were a few random G.I. Joe Gear Packs, & the Gay Toys Army helicopter (y’all know which one)… But yeah; in all the places that this rarity would/could be found, was in a hillbilly country store in backwoods Alabama…
@ascensionindustries96315 ай бұрын
The "Activity Center" is where you drop off your Transformers when you go to work.
@summonersumnerus43645 ай бұрын
I've been a Transformers fan and collector from day one. This is the first time I've heard of this thing.
@cyberius70425 ай бұрын
Same. When I saw the video thumbnail, I thought it was going to be about that small "command center" diorama.
@JBOboe7205 ай бұрын
At least with the ones that originated in Diaclone, the figures WERE the playsets, as they included 1-inch pilots meant to drive them in both vehicle mode and robot mode. Omitting the pilots leaves vestigial features all over those figures, especially Prime's trailer.
@troubledturtle23325 ай бұрын
Ironhide is the biggest offender in my opinion since he turns into a battle station thing .
@KasumiKenshirou5 ай бұрын
And with Microman / Microchange, your house was a playset, in a way. The mythology was that the toys were 1:1 scale and that they were beings hiding in your room and disguised as ordinary objects a child would have in their room like a microcassette recorder, microscope, or a toy Walther P-38 handgun.
@giantbonsai89505 ай бұрын
My Prime trailer always felt achingly empty without anyone to use the seats and vehicle. It's a great shame that the Diaclone drivers weren't included. They could have been the humans from the show.
@huwjennings26955 ай бұрын
You could substitute the pilots from the old ZOIDS toys.
@darkroom07165 ай бұрын
Even as a kid I noticed something weird was missing with my Transformers. Parts that looked like they had a purpose yet I couldn't discern what
@billrules87165 ай бұрын
"Three Optimi high"...that made me literally laugh out loud! Good one!
@nobodyuknow49115 ай бұрын
ANYTHING to not use the metric system! ^_^
@billrules87165 ай бұрын
@@nobodyuknow4911 Cybertronian system is the best measurement system to use.
@brandellswanson5 ай бұрын
@@billrules8716 What about 3 Primes high? Sounds better 😏
@mateuszkwietowicz24705 ай бұрын
The 1986 catalogue directly mentions Metroplex as a "city playset" also all the photos of Metroplex and Trypticon have other cars placed onto them so they were supposed to be used as playsets for your trasformers - just some would not fit onto them, but many would. If you are going to talk about playsets for transformer you gotta mention the 1989 Micromaster series and their multiple stations, transprts, command centres and bases. Those were playsets that fit the micromaster transformers and adhered to the transformers theme of transformations - since these were stations hiding as regular gas stations, restaurants or workstations and transforming into battle stations - those were playsets as you could fit multiple micromasters into them and you could combine several playsets and form a micro "city" for your micromasters. I had the decepticon greaspit and it was quite fun, but I sure wish I had more. I couldn't afford many of the bigger transformers but even I could affort a set of 4 micromasters and 1 hidden stations to play.
@kba7025 ай бұрын
The only figures Metroplex and Trypticon work with are the Combiners and the Autobot mini-cars. The rest of the line is too big. And Trypticon is essentially just a big ramp, having sacrificed any potential play features for the battery-powered walking gimmick.
@detpackman5 ай бұрын
@@kba702 yeah just because some of the bigger figures couldn't interact with them doesn't make them "not playsets " there are things in other toy lines that wouldn't always fit in there playsets but those are seen as "playsets" for that line . Transformers main issue is there scale is all over the place due to how hasbro put together the line in the first place with this mix of toys from this JP lines . so while metroplex and the others scale well with the micro car line they didnt pair well with the larger figures
@MikeAshkewe5 ай бұрын
@@mateuszkwietowicz2470 some of the micromaster sets looked cool but weren’t my thing. I seem to recall a commercial where they had all the micromasters in a playset like formation and combined
@mateuszkwietowicz24705 ай бұрын
@@kba702 some people seem to forget these were toys designed for children to play with... and children have different toys... would it be so impossible to see a kid playing with his metroplex, fortres maximus, trypticon or scorponok and his micro machines, hot wheels or lego? I sure can.... if it can be played with with other toys on it - it's a playset. Also, most playsets were too small to actually play with other toys - they were usually a display piece and a "home base" for your figures to stand in - all the while the "battlefield" would be your rug, or your local sandbox....
@perfectsplit55153 ай бұрын
@@kba702 I didn't know until now that Trypticon could walk, like my Omega Supreme. I believe the blue component of Sky Lynx could also walk.
@stephens41755 ай бұрын
whatever you do...DON'T reenact the first time the Dinobots went online with that playset
@redcomet_6225 ай бұрын
Even in Japan they had playsets for robot toylines and tv shows. Bandai had multiple playsets based on the hangar bases for their robot toys in the 70s/80s. Why Takara didnt do this for TF or even Hasbro is such a letdown
@hthrun5 ай бұрын
Gobots also had bases. I had the Guardian command center when I was young...
@KasumiKenshirou5 ай бұрын
Beast Wars had some playsets (although Michael might not agree with the term). There was a killer whale and (I think) a spider that turned into bases, and came with little metal figurines of some of the characters. Like the subject of this video, I think these were made by a third party rather than Hasbro themselves. And Takara had one for Beast Wars II that had a working waterfall. But, again, way too small for the actual figures so smaller figurines are included.
@Newsystuffs5 ай бұрын
@@KasumiKenshirou Actually Hasbro did make those sets, they were just under Galoob (which they bought out by that point); The same division who gave us the Titanium subline in the mid 2000s
@dubuyajay99645 ай бұрын
Link to a vid of them plz?
@MichaelJShaffer5 ай бұрын
I loved learning about this playset. Much like you, my foray into Transformers with short lived, and I always wanted a playset/base for my Autobots. Ah, when toy companies built playsets (even small companies that made them out of cardboard) and didn't need to crowdfund them.
@gutz19815 ай бұрын
Funny enough, cause we had many vhs tapes, those served as my Transformers playset. I could stack them in a way like a deck of cards. Flat at the front with sides and stacked as a lid with the back exposed and layered on top of each other. So I had like six empty rooms in the back to place figures with a flat wall in front. Did the job.
@perfectsplit55153 ай бұрын
I used a large piece of cardboard from a writing board box (I think). I left the short sidewalls on the left, right, and rear sides on. That was my "Autobot Headquarters". I had another one for the Decepticons. I had the G.I.Joe Headquarters at a time before the Terrordrome was released. I made a makeshift "Cobra Headquarters" out of blue paperboard, modeled after the G.I.Joe Headquarters. Remember, the large twin gun turret at the front of the Joe HQ? The main gun that I made for my "Cobra Headquarters" - used Autobot Jazz's chrome missles.
@JurassicRod3 ай бұрын
Metroplex was designed to interact with the minibots and combiners which it does scale with as a playset. These toys can be an action figure and a playset or an action figure and a vehicle because they're Transformers. The clue is in the name.
@timothyward86953 ай бұрын
Yeah, who needs a base/city that your main character can fit in...
@JurassicRod3 ай бұрын
@@timothyward8695 The mini bots and combiner limbs do fit in and on it. It's not an amazing playset like Castle Grayskull but it is a playset.
@timothyward86953 ай бұрын
@@JurassicRod Main character... Prime...
@THE14THPRIME2295 ай бұрын
I had this playset in the 80s . All cardboard . We got it from Dollar General in Maryland for 15.00💯💯💯💯💯💯
@galbyman5 ай бұрын
I received this play set as a kid. Thank you for bringing back some memories.
@scifisamnyc74045 ай бұрын
My brother and i actually owned this playset back then. And yes it was a fragile cardboard structure. Carelessness eventually led to it's demise when the moments of "cheap crap has another tear" was more often than "just use imagination". Really cool to see it again in this video after all these years. Thank you.
@aviatordanz5 ай бұрын
The City Bots can be both and there's... no issue? I don't see the problem with saying they can be both playsets and bots themselves, that's the lines whole gimmick. As for scale, sure, some of the bigger carbots and up don't scale, but the mini bots and especially the Scramble City bots that were made to interact with Metroplex and Trypticon certainly do, and Transformers IN G1 would go on to do an entire line of playsets.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
Whatever
@MikeAshkewe5 ай бұрын
As cool as some of the mini bots & micro masters were, it’s not as cool as an in scale play set. Even the new Titans don’t totally do either ( maybe Metroplex & Fort Max with some of the new guys, Brunt / Slammer / Sixgun come to mind) Wonder how big a play set would have to be in good scale for deluxes / voyagers for Seige going forward. Just wondering
@mechadeka5 ай бұрын
@@retroblasting Bro is getting mad over a 30+ year old toyline fitting into two categories.
@lunarvision5 ай бұрын
Excellent video! Never knew of this. I love learning about obscure, forgotten 80’s toys.
@Nick-zj2bv5 ай бұрын
ive always loved this playset but have never seen anyone review it. So happy you got one to review.
@draigon5 ай бұрын
The logic of the city bots not being playsets just because some larger figures were too big for them is really strained. By that logic Most GI Joe bases failed because they couldn't accommodate all the vehicles. Optimus's trailer was technically a playset. I had an original Scorpinok and while it wasn't the most impressive base ever, it certainly had more play features than this thing.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
Sorry you strained yourself.
@rorylumley47275 ай бұрын
i would argue fortress maximus acts as a playset for minibots and some other smaller figures. The other city bots might be streaching that.
@a_world_made_of_cardboard5 ай бұрын
I missed out on these cardboard playsets. I remember seeing the STARS and Warren Playsets, I never got them. Still, as a cardboard hobby enthusiast, I LOVE THESE! I really enjoyed this video. FANTASTIC WORK!
@Dilios_of_Sparta5 ай бұрын
Michael in Soundwave's voice: "Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak . . . eject. Operation: Playset Track Down." Very nice work, Michael. You always do really in-depth research for your videos--I very much appreciate it!
@lightningninja69055 ай бұрын
I love the combination of positive and negative videos on this channel. Hearing Michael sincerely talk about something he appreciates is just as fun as seeing him rip a product a new one.
@Spideysuperiorfoe5 ай бұрын
2:25 they could though,as could other figures from the minibot/combiner limb/throttlebot range,and they are playsets in there own right. Takara expanded on this in "car robots 2000" by giving there repaint of fort max a playmat
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
If it isn't compatible with the "Optimus Prime" scale vehicles, it's worthless. [Slow wanking motion with hand]
@joscco5 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing this video. I had this set as a kid, and it was so great. Haven't thought of it in many years until now.
@Cyberrat6295 ай бұрын
This is pretty amazing! I had never heard of any of these before this, thanks for sharing!
@brianbuchmeier5 ай бұрын
I literally just found out about this at BotCon last week when I saw someone selling one. I was tempted to pick it up but ultimately passed. Now thanks to Michael I'm realizing I kind of need it.
@treebotreviews5 ай бұрын
DUDE SAME!!!!
@usergiodmsilva1983PT5 ай бұрын
You're completely wrong, but I still enjoyed the video. Both Metroplex and Trypticon are playsets (scramble City line). And of Course Fortress Maximus is a huge playset for both minibots and most of the gimmick bot releases... Ah, and good joke about poseability of toys in the eighties (excepting GI Joe, most were bricks) Good to know about this rarity. :)
@timothyward86955 ай бұрын
"My name is Optimus Prime. I am leader of the Autobots. This is Metroplex, it is both a city and our headquarters. No, I can't fit in or on it, but I assure you these short little guys can, so that makes it our home."
@BrappyHour5 ай бұрын
I was listening to the livestream which you and the others were talking about this. Thanks for making a video about it!
@mr.d64865 ай бұрын
i will always be there qwhen retroblasting posts transformers content
@mechaplatypus825 ай бұрын
Thanks, Michael. I never knew this thing existed. Entertaining and educational as always. 👍
@treebotreviews5 ай бұрын
Funny enough Michael, I found out this existed at BotCon last week. Biggest mind f**k of my life finding out about it. They had it set up in a little space they had blocked off to look like a kids room in the 80s filled with TF memorabilia. This was one of them. Great video!
@zetaTF5 ай бұрын
Retroblasting posting a new Transformers video. Never thought I'd see the day. Awesome!!
@WyzGyzEntertainment5 ай бұрын
I used to collect transformers but never heard of this playset. Activity center always makes me think about a small kids coloring set with crayons, colored pencils, stickers and stamps.
@Gijoeandstarwarsguy5 ай бұрын
Oh man I remember this clearly years ago! At my Kmart! I wanted it so bad but my parents said no! So I made my own with cardboard and construction paper. Mine was a terrible parody of the factory printed and die cut pieces! Nice to see it again!
@77Boldman5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the nostalgia fix, Michael. I live in the UK and you have reminded me that I owned the Warren 3D Starscream as a kid. I had completely forgotten this item existed! Wonderful memories.
@Christolclear1015 ай бұрын
I’ve heard about this set, but I’d quickly forget about it. Thanks for bringing attention to this set, more collectors need to know about this sets existence.
@MMTrigger5 ай бұрын
I'm sure you've been asked this already, but do you have any opinions on the Missing Link Transformers, which revisit the original figures and give them modern articulation?
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
Too pricey for what they are
@dustinkordish5 ай бұрын
I didn’t have a lot of Transformers, but I did have this set and it got a ton of use - from the few TFs I did have, to the GI Joes I was more focused on primarily, to even my Matchbox/Hot Wheels/Stompers. I loved it, and despite the limited durability of the cardboard construction, I made it last throughout my childhood
@texasbeast2395 ай бұрын
I forgot about this because I never gave it much credit in the first place. I lumped it in with the non-Hasbro electric racetracks and and microphones. The STARS set seems so junky now, but I sure wanted it back then, because it was official. I still want a STARS shoulder patch, even now. And I also consider the goofy electric racecars legit too, just to make the G1 robot roster even bigger in my mind. My little brothers and I just built a fort in the living room and imagined it was the Ark. A lot of the fun was in the custom construction process anyway. Now they have made an actual Ark spaceship, admittedly at a very small scale, but they had to go and turn it into a transforming robot, too.
@vinnyvinson5 ай бұрын
Transformers fandom needs to pick a lane”….by that logic Scarlett is a play set.😂😂😂😂
@mrsamaritan68815 ай бұрын
Well, the logic is not wrong...
@chrisvainio5 ай бұрын
I was doing chores and that line brought me back to the video😅
@beepster9915 ай бұрын
With that logic, Baroness should include a whip, dungeon and own "1-976" number..
@danielalvarez87295 ай бұрын
As an avid and lifelong G1 collector, I've always wanted Hasbro to give us a playset for our Transformers. I used to imagine a Giant Unicron head as being a playset as an idea. I was never really into cardboard playsets. To me, a real playset is made of plastic and it's far more sturdy and durable than cardboard..
@yesterlandtoys11385 ай бұрын
Very cool video Michael! I had never heard of that play set! It must of been hell for kids trying to keep it intact!
@philipho1885 ай бұрын
Good stuff as always!!
@Tinytraveler5 ай бұрын
The crowd boo'ing you was gold. I feel you're overlooked for your sense of humor. Wishing you the best!
@ultramaximusreviews5 ай бұрын
I have no memory of this. It looks more like something from GI Joe than Transformers. I feel this was repurposed from another toy line.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
Your feelings are not facts. The autobot symbol is clearly designed on it.
@birddogg625 ай бұрын
It’s good to see a retroblasting toy/playset review, feels like it’s been awhile.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
Make sure you check the channel page because a lot of people miss videos because they rely on youtube "subscriptions" which are not at all reliable.
@bossbradley5 ай бұрын
I love this channel!!!
@slacknhash5 ай бұрын
I dunno, I still think Metroplex and Trypticon count as playsets. Not for the first couple of years' worth of Transformers, certainly, won't dispute you there. There's no question of their lack of compatibility with Optimus, Megatron, Hound and co. -- but with the Special Teams / Scramble City combiners, I reckon they qualify. The team leaders' 'base modes' attach to the city modes, and the smaller team members scale fairly nicely -- and even comine with Metroplex's robot mode. I suppose in the early years you've got all the problems inherent in combining three or four similar but not quite compatible toylines under one brand. You're just not going to get a one-size-fits-all solution. Best you can hope for at that time is something that suits one of the sublines?
@cristianof8125 ай бұрын
I 1000% never heard of this. Sure, never knowing this existed as a kid makes sense because you’re barely coherent in life. But I’ve never come across this being a thing as an adult collector either.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
Funny.... I must have been above average coherent.
@TeamBelmont915 ай бұрын
Well if you argue that cityformers can't be playsets due to their size, there IS a third party Fortress Maximus that might be of interest to you regarding how ridiculously gargantuan it's going to be.
@KingofPotatoPeople5 ай бұрын
Fort Max, Metroplex and other city bots were totally play sets……many smaller bots work with them, plus they were designed to interact with the Micromasters and the transforming Micromaster play sets. Including connectable ramps.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
If it wasn't designed to work in scale with Optimus Prime and his original boys, it isn't a playset.
@MrTsToys5 ай бұрын
Fantastic video! I loved it.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@saimaidar94175 ай бұрын
Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about this, I had one but it is long since gone, thank you for sharing this.
@Fauntleroy.5 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh!!! I had this, but I had completely forgotten it. Wow! Thank you for this trip down memory lane! I remember getting mine shortly before Transformers: the Movie came out and continuing to use it through at least 1988 when I got Powermaster Optimus Prime.
@AnthonySpadafora-gq1ut5 ай бұрын
The moment you hold megatron in gun mode you become the play set
@PhantomHarlock785 ай бұрын
Should be golden color like the Ark.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
What part of "This isn't a recreation of the Ark" did you miss? Get your brain checked.
@joshwestbrook21575 ай бұрын
I remembered getting a big playset for Christmas around 35 years ago, but i always thought it was a knockoff. You just unearthed a ton of great memories of my childhood!
@jasonarringotn25014 ай бұрын
OMG, I had that playset have not thought about it in years :)
@Morganstudios5 ай бұрын
Transformers came in different sizes. Metroplex worked perfectly for combiner teams like the Safetybots, AerialBots, Constructicons, Combaticons, etc or the mini cars.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
When your main character can't fit in or on the playset, it does not work as a playset.
@Morganstudios5 ай бұрын
@@retroblasting I never had Optimus Prime as a kid. I did have Metroplex, and you are right that it was awkward, but remember there at least 50+ Transformers it can work as a playset for perfectly. I don't think you could just say straight "No". Making a playset plausible for Optimus Prime would be very expensive unless, as you point out, you make one cheap out of cardboard. And then it's doomed to have the problem that there are 50 plus transformers that it's too big for! It's just a problem that comes from making a toy line out of multiple sets non-size matched toys.
@ihatesand14305 ай бұрын
Optimus prime also was dead at the time along with most of the early carry overs from micro man and diaclone
@georgelea42975 ай бұрын
I've never seen or heard about this playset. Thank you Michael for enlightening us all
@secaII5 ай бұрын
Great video!
@zethperez70745 ай бұрын
touching on the "role playing center" thing isn't playing with toy roll playing? i mean aren't you pretending to be a group of characters?
@KasumiKenshirou5 ай бұрын
I remember seeing this exactly ONCE in a store. I didn't have any money at the time so I never bought it, and never saw it again until now. If my brother hadn't also been present, I wouldn't have even been sure I actually saw it.
@LouCoroso5 ай бұрын
I never knew this existed! Thanks for doing this video.
@sgmlordmirage29375 ай бұрын
I actually still have mine. I played with this set a lot and the tabs you inset to put it together certainly show that. In one room i had my collection in, i had it set up with all my childhood transformers i got back in the day. Currently it sets on top of my G1 display case back in the box.
@droiduseruserdroid17315 ай бұрын
I made a playset for the Transformers as a child that was the mountain with the Ark crashed into it. Inside of it, it had control panels, a working elevator, and electric lights. It was made out of a school desk and parts of a Zenith VCR.
@originaluddite5 ай бұрын
That's legendary.
@ryanbwags5 ай бұрын
You just unlocked a core memory. I saw the stairs and immediately remembered having this. Totally forgot I had it.
@h.b.hatecraft9535 ай бұрын
Diaclone, the original Japanese Transformers had tiny 1/72 scale action figures that came with the robots and would fit inside of them in vehicle form.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
yep...
@001suisen43 ай бұрын
@@retroblasting Diaclone didn't sell well in Japan at first. Because it was already outdated in Japan. Then an American businessman bought the license from Japan, gave it the name "Transformers," and for some unknown reason, it became a hit in America.
@kilroywashere513Ай бұрын
Wow, I have never heard of this until I watched this video, and I remember those cardboard autobots, like the ones you showed😳🤯💁🏻♂💯.
@Rebelxstudios5 ай бұрын
Wow! I actually first learned about this over 10 years ago from a now defunct KZbin channel. At the time I thought they were talking about the mail away playset, until I saw this thing sitting next to Michael.
@mechamanblade84655 ай бұрын
I didn't know this existed till I started to seriously collect Transformers. I've seen 1 boxed but never assembled. I had no idea of the size of this thing.
@TimHayes5 ай бұрын
Excellent video Michael!
@guyveromega275 ай бұрын
Hasbro's attempt to give Transformers a playset is probably with the legends and then core class figures.
@lmpreviews2 ай бұрын
Great review,I did not know this thing Existed.
@jordel20105 ай бұрын
I am among those who had this thing way back when, I even used it for other toys, not just TransFormers. Thanks for bringing back some good memories. That Scarlett joke 😅
@JamesMincks-p7i5 ай бұрын
Props to Michael for dragging this playset out and putting it together for this video knowing you have to disassemble it in order to move it or put it away.
@jax24285 ай бұрын
Been buying transformers since 1984 and this is a new one to me.
@user-bx4nf5xl6c5 ай бұрын
My cousin got this for Christmas and I was so confused because I was the Transformer collector. He was younger and unfortunately destroyed it shortly after Christmas. As you can see in the hands of a 6 year old, that cardboard didn’t stand a chance, it’s very cool to still see one standing!
@shockwave755 ай бұрын
I've been a Transformers collector for a VERY long time, and I do remember this play set, though I've never seen it in person. I've always wanted one. It looks really cool.
@tecpaocelotl5 ай бұрын
Interesting. I'll be honest, oddly, I didn't know there were toys until the 90s even though I saw the tv show in the 80s. Lol.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
What was it like being raised by wolves?
@portland-1825 ай бұрын
Great stuff. Love the T-shirt too!
@ralphg27715 ай бұрын
I had this! I've been telling people for years about this playset and no one can remember it. I'm glad I ran across this video, I feel vindicated!!!! 😁
@drewg8095 ай бұрын
I have no clue where my like and comment went from watching it the first time, but basically I said: I love it!! and now I need to get one!!
@glebthereviewer5 ай бұрын
Jeez, I'd love one, even though I'm not collecting G1 that much, this playset would still fit the current Generations figures perfectly.
@mattbarkley75345 ай бұрын
Metoplex is a play set to be used with scramble city/combiner teams. Originally intended for the Diaclone Jizai Gattai toyline, which consisted of Metroplex, and all the scramble city transformers. The combiner leaders actually have a third mode that connects to the playset.
@erior96625 ай бұрын
Always learn something new on this channel. I've never seen or even heard of this playset! And yes I was an obnoxious kid who absolutely had to have a figure when the transformer was in vehicle mode which is why I nearly shit my Oshkosh-B'goshs when headmasters came out.
@IG78MP5 ай бұрын
Very nicely done!!!
@Hyperlegend034 ай бұрын
God this is awesome. Kinda wanna track this piece down for my collection.
@muirdul5 ай бұрын
How cool, I never knew this existed!
@MayumiC-chan93775 ай бұрын
you all blown my husband’s mind! he was born in 1980 and he loved Transformer
@seereadnhear5 ай бұрын
When it came to building my own Autobot base I used my extra millennium falcon, and a couple of suitcases to make look like a mountain and took part of another playset That was supposed to be teletraan 1 that's how I compensated for them not making an Autobot playset
@ShaneSkaalerud-nk2jk5 ай бұрын
1:49 escape from LA. 😂 I love Transformers since I was a kid. And I'm still collecting the new ones. The generation 1 look. I have about 50. And I need about 50 more. But my goodness sakes are they expensive. Especially when the auctioneer demons get ahold of them.
@retroblasting5 ай бұрын
*New York
@bobgerkin38815 ай бұрын
I had both the STARS and the Activity Center. What a blast from the past to see it again.
@Gappasaurus5 ай бұрын
Great coverage of an obscure but undeniably cool bit of TF history, Michael 😁👍 I vaguely recall hearing rumors about this piece swirling around the early collecting community back in the day. Its tab & slot panel construction reminds me of the not-nearly-as-obscure Super Gobot Guardian Headquarters, also by a third-party company, but made out of chipboard, IIRC. I guess the same scale issues brought about its creation as well, as Super Gobots couldn’t fit inside Thruster or the Command Center 😅
@ninobrown51105 ай бұрын
Cool! Thanks for this.
@Nick-zj2bv4 ай бұрын
After watching this video, I tracked one down. Got a good deal. Its a great set!!
@JackSparrow-df4nk5 ай бұрын
The Jetfire hanger could also be the Dinobots chamber they would be kept in until a mission required the Autobots to reactivate them for battle:)
@varevulf65235 ай бұрын
Great video Michael. Such a trip to see the Ark crew altogether in their homebase.
@spicy7675 ай бұрын
Metroplex was meant for the smaller combiner limb characters, including ramps and launchers for those smaller cars, and Fortress Maximus is meant to interaction with the Headmaster minifigures, so they are playsets, just not for the standard Transformers figures like Optimus and Wheeljack.