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Post by shaxper on Oct 7, 2003 13:13:17 GMT -5
Just thought you guys might be curious to know. I've been doing a lot of research for my long-in-the-works History of Transforming Robots, and finally managed to determine which came first (years before Raideen, by the way;)). danefield.com/alpha/robots/spexplor.htmSeveral tin toys before this one had transforming aspects (like the attacking Martian who shot a secret gun out of his chest), but none actually altered what they were as a whole until this guy. Soon after came the Horikawa "Dino" robot, which could change from a robot to a dinosaur danefield.com/alpha/robots/dino.htm |
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Post by MonkeyDecepticon on Oct 8, 2003 1:47:17 GMT -5
how far we have come ;D
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Post by admin1 aka Ed on Oct 15, 2003 9:11:37 GMT -5
That's pretty cool, but what about post-WW2 robots? They transformed from junk to toys   |
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Post by PowerRangersRule on Dec 11, 2003 18:44:41 GMT -5
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Post by admin1 aka Ed on Dec 14, 2003 18:24:02 GMT -5
I bet we could go back further in time and find others...
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Post by shaxper on Dec 15, 2003 2:33:50 GMT -5
well there weren't any earlier tins. I practically had everyone at Alphadrome help me confirm that.
As far as I know, there weren't any vinyl robot toys yet, and almost certainly no transforming vinyl robot toys. And forget about diecast robot toys...
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hector
Junior Robot
if it ain"t broke..don"t fix it!
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Post by hector on Apr 2, 2004 16:05:19 GMT -5
greetings..just to put dates to the early transforming robots..the attacking martian was first introduced in the sixties..1964 is the earliest record that i can verify from my limited data. the dino bot is also sixties..there were three types that i know about. one has a date of 68"..i have a later hong kong version of this.. it also blows smoke and makes screeching noises...absolute genius!! ..its true i admit it ...i love my robots!...peace and mechanisation
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Post by megatroptimus on May 7, 2008 15:27:31 GMT -5
Awesome thread worth reviving.  I think that robot is pretty awesome. |
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Post by mannix143 on May 8, 2008 8:07:30 GMT -5
OMG!!! i pass the one with the dino head last month  |
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