A trip down memory lane TF websites from the past

[Xero]

Here's a good one.

Greg Gaub's TRANSFORMERS Page

A lot of random old art from people, reviews, pics of the NW old fan convention. I'm in a few of the pictures along the way..

 

[Tuxedo Prime]

I didn't attend Cybcon in its physical manifestations, but its mailing list was a refuge for me in the early 2000s.

 

[Jackpot]

No love for the wiki-before-wikis-were-a-thing? It feels self-indulgent, but if nobody else is going to do it...

Transformers On-Line Encyclopedia: Main

Transformer info for every major continuity! People, places, groups... it's all here.

www.oocities.org

 

[Sabrblade]

The following are considered canon material for the North American info.

• The Transformers comic, not including "Man of Iron" and "The Big Broadcast of 2005"

Well, this aged rather poorly, considering Transformers '84 went and doubled down on "Man of Iron" being canon to the Marvel US continuity.

 

[Stepwise]

No love for the wiki-before-wikis-were-a-thing? It feels self-indulgent, but if nobody else is going to do it...

Transformers On-Line Encyclopedia: Main

Transformer info for every major continuity! People, places, groups... it's all here.

www.oocities.org

I remember that one!

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I want to go back to that era of the internet. So bad.

 

[Sabrblade]

I want to go back to that era of the internet. So bad.

Not me. I hated having to wait 15-30 minutes for each webpage to finish loading. Dial up was the pits.

 

[DefaultOption]

That's where being in college came in handy, and after that, DSL.

(Man, remember a few years before and after Y2K where people were freaking out thinking that the phone companies were going to run out of numbers because every suburban household was going to need their regular landline, a second number (or more) for their kids, a third for the dial-up internet, and a fourth for the ever popular... home fax machine? )

 

[Lobjob]

No love for the wiki-before-wikis-were-a-thing? It feels self-indulgent, but if nobody else is going to do it...

Transformers On-Line Encyclopedia: Main

Transformer info for every major continuity! People, places, groups... it's all here.

www.oocities.org

I printed so many pages from the library. I bet i still have the binder i made...*somewhere.* Top tier all around.

 

[Sciflyer]

I want to go back to that era of the internet. So bad.

Qft. Before the internet devolved into a giant mall.

Edit: I've mentioned it before, but to me, The Allspark feels connected to those early TF sites in the best way. It's one of the many reasons why this place has been my internet home for so long.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Not me. I hated having to wait 15-30 minutes for each webpage to finish loading. Dial up was the pits.

I experienced WebTV. Normal dialup was lightning in comparison.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

That internet with today's speeds.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Yes. We're not even getting the benefits we should be getting out of today's speeds because modern websites are so bogged down by unnecessary stuff. Let's go back.

 

[Sabrblade]

Found this ancient-looking fansite by accident through a Google Image search:

https://beast316.tripod.com/moonbase3.html

 

[Sciflyer]

Cool little site; not sure if I ever visited that one. I guess the Beast Machines Area never made it past the "Under Construction" phase! And it is kind of quaint to see references to the Movie at a time when there was only one Movie.

Edit: I wonder if that Transmetal Megatron is still for sale for $25

 

[CoffeeHorse]

The links page is always a trip. It would be hard to go back to that after getting used to powerful search engines, but I do miss the camaraderie of fan sites propping each other up like that.

 

[DoubleClutch]

One of my first websites I crept around was Lukis Bros. https://www.unicron.com/ Back during the BeastWars era I followed it almost religiously. I loved the Bios pages they were building for each character.
It's still up and running and going strong.

 

[Sciflyer]

I really liked that site and the Accessory Pack was so cool!

 

[Sabrblade]

One of my first websites I crept around was Lukis Bros. https://www.unicron.com/ Back during the BeastWars era I followed it almost religiously. I loved the Bios pages they were building for each character.
It's still up and running and going strong.

I used to be a news admin for them, up until the forums had to be closed down due to a combination of the news feed being moved to Facebook and the forums suffering rampant spam attacks.

I really liked that site and the Accessory Pack was so cool!

I have all six of their accessory packs.

 

[DefaultOption]

Edit: I wonder if that Transmetal Megatron is still for sale for $25

At this point it's even odds on whether or not it's snapped in half at the waist, so the $25 is either too much or not enough.