How Old Were You When Trans Formers G I Started On TV?
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Negative twelve because I wasn't fuckin born yet.
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I was born in 1987 and didn't get into Transformers until some time during G2.
I was born in 1987 and didn't get into Transformers until some time during G2.
Looks like MTMTE Part 1 aired September 17th 1984. I would have been 8 years (and 5 months) old.
I remember catching a blurb on the news my father was watching about the new toy robot miniseries.
I don't remember for sure but I was a huge Cartoon kid so I expect I was glued to the TV for the premier I remember being very excited for things like that. Cartoon miniseries or specials were big in the early 80s. Care Bears. Strawberry Shortcake. Rainbow Bright. All started that way. The several Joe miniseries before they became a regular show too of course. I would watch commercials, annual Fall Saturday Morning Cartoon previews and look through my parents TV Guide magazines. I was locked in on Cartoons and Toys so I was there for the G1 toon from the start.
While I can't say for sure I expect I probably had at least some toys already before the cartoon. I got Brawn very early (although after GoBots Spay-C my first Transforming robot). I know I had Bluestreak early and Laserbeak+Frenzy. Frenzy will always be the blue one to me because I had him well before the show. (Eventually had a bunch of Laserbeaks because the local toy store sold individual microman (or knock off) tapes.) I wouldn't have had Optimus Prime yet because he was a Christmas 84 gift.
-ZacWilliam, also had Ironhide pretty early and Diakron red Sunstreaker those might predate the show too.
I remember catching a blurb on the news my father was watching about the new toy robot miniseries.
I don't remember for sure but I was a huge Cartoon kid so I expect I was glued to the TV for the premier I remember being very excited for things like that. Cartoon miniseries or specials were big in the early 80s. Care Bears. Strawberry Shortcake. Rainbow Bright. All started that way. The several Joe miniseries before they became a regular show too of course. I would watch commercials, annual Fall Saturday Morning Cartoon previews and look through my parents TV Guide magazines. I was locked in on Cartoons and Toys so I was there for the G1 toon from the start.
While I can't say for sure I expect I probably had at least some toys already before the cartoon. I got Brawn very early (although after GoBots Spay-C my first Transforming robot). I know I had Bluestreak early and Laserbeak+Frenzy. Frenzy will always be the blue one to me because I had him well before the show. (Eventually had a bunch of Laserbeaks because the local toy store sold individual microman (or knock off) tapes.) I wouldn't have had Optimus Prime yet because he was a Christmas 84 gift.
-ZacWilliam, also had Ironhide pretty early and Diakron red Sunstreaker those might predate the show too.
When did it first air in the UK?
I was 4, almost 5. I can't remember if I saw the actual premiere during it's original airing, but I know I watched the cartoon pretty regularly and was a fan.
I was barely seven months old when the animated movie was released.
I bought the DVDs from Shout Factory.
Having started Trans Formers from More Than Meets The Eye Parts 1 - 3 I may rewatch Headmasters - Victory.
I bought G1 - Victory and will watch in order.
Next I have Beast Wars.
I had seen The Unicron Triogy on DVD.
At the time I was watching Scooby-Doo and Thundercats at the time G1 was on TV.
Voltron was on at the time as well.
Having started Trans Formers from More Than Meets The Eye Parts 1 - 3 I may rewatch Headmasters - Victory.
I bought G1 - Victory and will watch in order.
Next I have Beast Wars.
I had seen The Unicron Triogy on DVD.
At the time I was watching Scooby-Doo and Thundercats at the time G1 was on TV.
Voltron was on at the time as well.
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My earliest memory is a big ol' red truck turning into a big ol' red robot. I was 1 by the way.
I was four when it premiered, but only a couple of weeks shy of my fifth birthday. I have literally been a fan for as long as I can (reliably) remember.
About -2 months.
I was 3. I remember watching the G1 show and several other cartoons of that era, in my folks' old house on a huge console TV.
GI Joe
Silverhawks
MOTU
Carebears
Starcom
Gummy Bears
Good times, and a good time to be a kid.
GI Joe
Silverhawks
MOTU
Carebears
Starcom
Gummy Bears
Good times, and a good time to be a kid.
About 2 & a half when it started in the US, I think, thou there was a lag of a while before it appeared on UK TVs, but my first ep was Fire in the Sky where Skyfire debut, the ep just kind of burned into my mind, at least that scene where he takes out Starscream, its one of my oldest memories along with getting Seaspray as a toy, I wanted to see more but back then, I didn't know the conspect of TV shedules, so I kind of relied on video rentals to see bits of TF including the movie, thou I did see a bit of the Return of Optimus prime on TV and Rebirth, thou my first full TF series is actually Beast Machines as it appeared on Fox Kids, while Beast Wars was on Channel 5 and airring only in the Sunday mornings, early for me, thus I only saw odd bits of it, while BM was airring much later in the day and I was learning the idea of shedules for TV programs, it would be years later that I actually see all of G1 & BW, then there is RID2001 which is sort of a series I genuinely love, BM is good in my eyes but RID was just a lot of fun with all of its colourful characters! Other shows from the 80s, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (this show seriously should get a revival) saw a bit of MOTU, but don't recall much of it, saw Thundercats as well, MOTU was forgettable to me, Thundercats, that theme song gets in your head, a massive chunk of my childhood shows were not Disney, Disney kind of entered my life in later years when some of their movies came onto VHS tapes and my parents bought them
I was 11 I believe.
