Hasbro 1985 Transformers Action Cards

This is a page dedicated to the 1985 hasbro Transformers Action Cards.
Yay an Update!!! I have my wantlist!! I am looking for any version of the following cards and stickers
13, 40, 85, 96, 122,192
Stickers

Frenzy, Jazz, Skywarp, Smokescreen 

 I will be putting up my collection to be seen here. At this point I have noticed 3 character card colors: Orange, Blue, And Purple. The Orange background seems to be the easiest to find with the Blue coming second. This is a picture of what I am talking about.

As you can see Trailbreaker has 3 different colored backgrounds. I don't know if I will build a full set of each color but I might try. At this point I am just trying to get a set together first. I am also trying to get the 24 count sticker set as well. Which at this point I have only one and they look like this:

Thanks for reading.

Year of the Snake Fatimus whoops I mean Optimus Prime Review

I am a Fat man. I don't mean Phat (is that even a word anymore?) I mean Fat. I like my food like I like my women with a little heft to them. So when I saw an Optimus Prime action figure that was a little chunky and with boobs larger than mine I knew it was a must get. So let's check out Fattimus Prime "Year of the Snake" Edition!!

Fattimus Prime is a recolored rendition of Transformers Energon Optimus Prime. What is year of the Snake you ask? Well Takara/ Tomy and Hasbro decided to rehash certain figures to well.... line their pockets. Every year they come out with a new Year of Something horribly recolored figure(s) to coincide with the Chinese Zodiac of that year.


The Snake occupies the sixth position in the Chinese Zodiac. The 12 zodiac animals are, in order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Each year is related to a Chinese zodiac animal according to the 12-year-cycle.

So let's check this chubby tubby figure out, shall we?

VEHICLE MODE

While trying to figure out what dang truck this Prime is I found this quote:

"Super class Energon Optimus Prime transforms into a Cybertronic short-nosed truck cab."

Now my dad was a truck driver for a very long time and I have never ever seen a truck like this. Ever, Ever? Ever Ever Ms Jackson. I ams for real...Never meant to make your daughter cry.... Whoa! A.D.D.  kicked in for a second there. Back to point.. when I read that line it hit me as :

"We don't know what the bleeping **** he is. Lets just go with Cybertronic truck. Yeah that's it. Sounds good go with it"

He is a truck (and I use that term loosely) with a very large windshield and a truck body smaller than the width of said windshield. So I am thinking the designer must have never googled the word truck or seen any of Optimus Prime's prior modes before designing this figure. In the end its an ugly fugly truck that is not realistic in any way.  Add in his trailer that opens upwards and well fail is all over this design. And yes I know it can be stood up on its back. But honestly could you imagine doing that in real life. Can Ya? I can just imagine his drill drone being launched upwards and heading right straight back down onto the trailer. So Cybertronic truck it is.

Uhh Prime, I don't think this right?

Go! Go! Power Rangers.... Uhhhhh Awkward!

My Lumps! My Lumps!

What do you mean we are out of windshield wiper fluid again?
That's the fifth time today!!

I do NOT look like a strangled mobile skating ramp!

DRONES 

(No the US Government is not watching you. But they do love the new furniture in the your bedroom )

Optimus comes with 4 drones that become his arms and legs in "Super Duper Look at Me" mode. They consist of

Sooper Brown Drill Drone!!

 I have no idea why they went with brown on this one since the lucky colors for year of the snake is Red, Black and Yellow.But this thing is brown and not an appealing brown either. They did paint the spinning front drill silver. Unfortunately they forgot to paint the windshield on the vehicle. How are the poor tiny people that drive this thing supposed to see?"

Please don't scream too loud if I hit your gums... It will only hurt for a second.

Sooper Black Helichopper Drone!!!

This drone is one of the cooler colored ones. The black body with blue windows and silver highlights work. It also has a big yellow spot. That used to be where the drone numbers on the original release were. Now I think it was done to have the lucky Yellow color. The blades on this vehicle do spin but now for very long. The tail of the helicopter also feels like an after thought.

After Airwolf was cancelled, the star of the show found a new gig.

Sooper Grey Boat uhh Submarine uhh Space ship....  uhhh looking thing.. What the hell is it  Drone

Now I am told it is a submarine but this thing has a giant claw connected to it's under body. I have to wonder how the hell would that work under water? Add in the fact that most of prime's battles are on the ground or in space and this is a pretty useless drone. Well useless for most of the time. Don't worry buddy one day Megatron will be fighting Aquaman and you will be called up to duty!! We promise. Whoops forgot to say he is grey, red and uhh yellow.

Hey!  Who let this guy in? This isn't Voltron!  Uhhh, well, close enough I guess...

Sooper Red Fire Truck Drone

So, Elita One , I heard you have a little fire burning?

 This drone makes more sense than the others. It is a red Fire Truck with a ladder that goes up and down and extends out. It looks right. Now in reality, based on the size they are next to Prime's cab.....it is way too small and can only probably save small kittens and squirrels. But honestly who wants to save the gangsters of the forest also known as squirrels.

Youse Got a problem with us?

 I get the drones . I do. But really? Why choose these vehicles? Who the hell can they save? They are too dang small compared to the funky chunky monkey truck. They make no sense. The designer already created a "Cybertronian" truck.  Why not create some...oh, I don't know, some "Cybertronian" drones? Something that can not be connected visually to a human made vehicle that carries uhhhhh Humans. Look Mr. or Mrs. designer we all don't fit into smart cars and not all cars are smart cars. We need elbow space!

One size fits all my ass!

ROBOT MODE

Yeah baby move those hips!! Oh dam is that you Optimus Prime? Nice uhh birthing hips and when did you get a boob job?

 What can I write. What can I write? ... Energon Prime recolored into G1 colors?  Now the visual feel of this aspect is uhh off to say the least. Between the large window chest and wide waist it feels like a female robot version of Kim Kardashian. Heck he even has her skinny legs.

Breaking News!! Kim tells all!! 

I was the inspiration behind this figure!!

Really!! Couldn't have just stalked her like normal folks Mr. Designer?

Twins right?!?! After playing with this figure you could see that the figure was limited on purpose so that it could form it's super mode. While it has articulation, it's hindered due to the large, oversized albeit sexy body of the toy.

Aim for the Stars!

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooperrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr MODE!!!!

 So it all leads into this!! The super slick super sexy God Mode oh wait I mean Sooper Fatimus Prime Mode!!

Run in Fear Decepticons!!

Ok let's do it!!  Wait, is that it?" No seriously where is the dang Sooper Dooper I love ravioli Mode? Stop playing with my emotions!!  Uhh, so...this is, well, it. Now I know I am supposed to have his chest windows opened up but it looks silly. It really does. He already has big window boobs does he really need a large target on his chest? The figure does have some good articulation. But the look is so off. It feels like something my 6 year old nephew would have colored. And he painted Spider-man green, red, blue, yellow, orange and pink. You know like that crappy picture you have on your refrigerator door where every part of the character on the page is a different color like some weird Frankenstein monster. Except Dr. Frankenstein picked a more uniform look for his monster. Hell even Voltron and the Megazords are a little more sensible color wise. And that's saying a lot right there in that comment.

Walk this way!!

Fist Bump? 

Ok , I think we can both use a fist bump at this moment.

OVERALL

 Hmm what can I say here.... It's a cool enough figure.... It just look all types of wrong. As the great Davestator said to me

"That figure always did look like they were ripping off the Power Rangers to me."

And I agree. It feels like this figure is trying to steal so many aspects from other lines in the hopes it will sell better this time around. They added the tag line to it "Year of the Snake" to peak interest. It doesn't work. If they had made it more uniform color choice this figure could have worked. This figure is one that really needs Dr. Woo upgrade parts that match the main body. It's just not enough effort wise on this Autobot. Add in the huge price increase and this figure just screams FAIL all the way around!! Easy Pass.

I have the Power!!

That's my line, bitch!!

Because a bladed arm is always useful

Hurry we need to get ready for the next review.

I SAID....I do NOT look like a strangled mobile skating ramp!

And here Cheney thought I was a goofball!

George, Dude you are a goofball!!

FansProject “Lost Exo Realm” TFcon LER-02D CUBRAR (Exclusive Diaclone Version) and Tekour not Transformers Generation 1 Dinobot Slag review

So there I was happily playing with my Cubrar figure. Taking pics throwing his Axe-master against the wall hoping he would meld into the concrete wall when I get that ping! Someone has replied to your post from the Facebooks.

"Great Review! Are you getting the Diaclone version?"

Diaclone? Did he Say DIA -FREAKING- CLONE!!!

 Wait what you say? Diaclone version? Heresy, there is no such thing!!  Stop mocking me with my dream figures!! Ahh how wrong I was. A quick "OK Google" search and behold FansProject TFcon LER-02D CUBRAR (Exclusive Diaclone Version) $199.99 cents plus shipping. I guess my mind blocked it out like it does with most overpriced Convention EXCLUSIVE figures. So I went my merry way hopscotching with Cubrar in hand!! Lalalala.... Then a pm message appeared on my screen "Hey if you need the Diaclone figure I have it for Trade"

So after several messages and threat to send my son's chinchillas a deal was hammered out.

So lets see what this figure is all about:

Beast Mode

My name is Slag dammit!!

Cubrar is well a triceratops just like well uhh Cubrar. The devil is in the details or in this case paint apps. Where the retail release had the red and gold G1 Dinobot Slag colors going, this figure has gold and blue. The triceratops horns have also been changed to a silver vacuumized chrome. The dinosaurs head has also been vacuumized in gold chrome. I have to say these chrome bits really make this figure pop. Since it is a repaint all the same articulation points from my Cubrar review .

Slag go that way

Feed me Steak with A-1 Sauce!!

Robot Mode

Me Slag's cousin Flamingo!

 Diaclone Cubrar has a different color motif than the retail version. Most of his red pieces are now a dark blue color. I really like this color scheme on this transformer. It makes him feel like a different character over all. Add in the great articulation and it is a win over all. The figure does have a waist turn but it is hindered by the dino tail if locked in place.

Me Flamingo like to shoot Decepticons!

Die Gobot scum!!

Weapons

Diaclone Cubrar comes with a red bladed translucent sword and 2 guns. The red blade really pops against the blue body of the dinobot. The over sized guns fit the hulking robot look as well. What's nice is the fact that all his weapons can be stored on his body. No loose weapons to get lost to worry about here.

Flamingo want to go to movies!! 

Pay for me little Human!!

Where line to see the man of ants!!

Diaclone Rider

Here is the first major difference from the retail release. This version came with a diaclone rider.  The retail version came with a weaponmaster aka soleron. I have to say the yellow and grey diaclone rider is 100% better than the weakly attempted weaponmaster. I really hope Fansproject releases a 5 pack of these little guys. Add in the fact that they have magnetic feet like their predecessors and it is overall win all the way around.

Weaponmasters have nothing on me!!

Walk this way!!

Dance this way!! Just give me a kiss!!

Whoa, man it's like the whole world is upside down!!

Overall

 Ok this figure is simply put a repaint. While it is a great figure overall it doesn't stop the fact that it is an OVERPRICED repaint. While I understand it is a TFcon exclusive that doesn't explain the huge price increase on this figure. The diaclone pilot is really cool but doesn't add enough to quantify the huge price for the figure. If you are a regular collector who has no connection to Autobot Slag easy pass. If Slag is one of your favorites well I still say pass unless you must have every Slag ever produced. Now again I do hope they make a 5 pack of the diaclone pilots available for purchase.

Dude!! It was supposed to be a MUST buy.

I am the Champion my friend!!

Uhh Flamingo your feet stink!!

Time to make a predacon shish-kabob

I rather die than watch Fantastic four remake!!

Which way did the insecticons go Paco Bob?

Me Flamingo dancing!!

Fans Project Cubrar and Tekour not Transformers generation 1 Dinobot Slag review

  As transformers fans, we all have those certain characters that we love and become a "MUST HAVE" no matter how crappily awesome they are. For me they are Huffer, Optimus Primal, Hound, Slag, and Thundercracker. So whenever a new toy released of them, I try my hardest to snatch them up. Be it knocking over an old lady to get to the toy isle at Walmart or taking the figure away from a kid at Kmart that figure will be mine. When I saw a picture of Fans Toy's version of dinobot Slag named Scoria I was pretty excited.

YAY!! Slag!!

 So after I changed my shorts. I saw the price and took a double take as reality came crashing down on my hopes and dreams!! No!!! Why does it cost the same as a good Ford Festiva or a mint condition Yugo???!!!!

Does that say $200?!? 

A Pinto with spinners is cheaper!!

 There was no way in Hades I could afford to pay that much all at once, especially since the plasma place put a ban on me when I went in those 8 times in a row that 1 week to get the cash for that MP-10 reissue! And my stock of dvd rewinders are just sitting there dammit. I guess no one rewinds their dvds anymore? So on to saving the cash I went. Like all great stories the plot only thickened when the 3rd Party GODS decided to SELL us MORE!! Dinobots started popping out of every 3rd party manufacturer's orifices like they were pimples on a horny teenager going through puberty. 57,000 Dinobots were all coming out at the same time!! 57 FREAKING THOUSAND! Then I saw HIM on the corner of some online retailers webpage! Fans Project's Cubrar !! And AGAIN I rejoiced like a little fat girl getting her first Eazy Bake oven to make her own dang snack cakes.....

Look its the 1257th Slag!!

 So my Scoria fund took a hit to the gut and took a dive ,like Manny Pacquiao will on Saturday, to buy Cubrar. Moltar of course got mad and screamed profanities at me but hey what the heck. I didn't feel so bad about doing so after I heard of all the issues the first run of Scoria had to be honest. Limp arm anyone? Hey it happens to every guy. Probably best to get a fixed 2nd run release anyhow. So here we go folks lets check out Cubrar and see if it was money well spent.

Beast Mode

"This ain't your Daddy's dinobot.  Seriously!  That cheap bastitch needs to buy his own and quit trying to steal mine!!!"

 Cubrar is a grey Triceratops with gold, red, and silver metallic highlights which really pop on this mold. This dinobot looks way better than Hasbro's Age of Extinction failed attempt for sure. This figure also seems to have more heft to him unlike the first release of this line Columpio. It only weighed 2 1/2 ounces more a small weight difference that gave it some oomph . See guys weight does matter!! Now it does have some changes that differentiate it from it's Autobot predecessor. First off Cubrar's head frill is not a complete frill. The empty space looks odd and gives the figure an incomplete feel. Something they could have covered with his targetmaster companion in some way if they had tried. Or should I call the guy a Weapon Master since he does change into an ax.

The fin was made this way for the robot's transformation so it is understandable. But couldn't they make a full fin split in half as well? A nice added feature is the flame thrower in Slag's mouth to match the Transformer's cartoon portrayal of the character.

"You SURE you want me to give you a light?"

“You see, in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend: 

Those with flame throwers, and those who burn. You burn.”

 Cubrar's tail has ball joints which enable it to swing from left to right.  One issue my figure seems to have is that in dino mode the back hips won't close properly, and as I would gather; all copies seem to have this issue due to a design flaw in the mold itself.  I suppose a dinosaur with a butt crack might be amusing, though, right?  FansProject was aware of the issue as they included a black and white addendum to the instructions to explain how to push the legs back to get that area to close. Unfortunately I couldn't understand it, so the hips stayed apart on my figure.  This seems to have been an issue with their previous release Columpio as well.  But hey, dinosaurs had butt cracks. Right?! How else would they fart? Right?

Heck when in doubt blame Obama

Yes Barry. Yes you did...

I did eventually figure out how to close the toys hips 2 weeks later with a combination of watching a video on Youtube, advice on facebook, and following the black and white paper included with the toy. Not 1 thing worked by itself mind you but a combination of all the 3 things got it to fit. I still can't explain how they worked per say, but hey it worked. Which will all go out the window when I transform him back to robot mode for this review. As for articulation this dino can actually move all over the place. It's head can move from side to side, up and down E t cetera Etc. It's beast legs are on ball joints so it can look like it's walking or running or stomping on Megatrons' head. Very freaking cool if you ask me. You can tell they really put the effort to make this a dinosaur that can actually move and not just a statue. Good Job 3rd world sweat shop workers!!

You Put your right foot in and you shake it all about!

Robot Mode

“Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while 

you shouldn't have messed with? That’s me.”

 Cubrar's robot mode rocks like a free Ultimate Cheese Burger with BACON!!! He has a strong visual connection to G1 Slag body wise. But still different enough to be his own bot. Face wise though not so much. His mug reminds me more of Snarl than Slag for some reason. Play wise this guy has all the right parts. Ball jointed arms and hips, swivels on his arms upper thighs and hands. This is almost to be expected on a lot of these 3rd party figures to be honest. Now one thing that has become a bad standard lately on Fansproject's figures is having to bend some of the parts on the figure to get it transformed. Folks say it won't break but I still get worried when I have to bend the plastic back to transform a $100 plus non-action figure. Just saying....

Weapons

Cubrar comes with 2 guns, a sword, and his ax Targetmaster/Weapons Master companion.

"Any one of you lilly livered, bow legged varmints

 care to slap leathers with ME?!?"

 I really like the 2 guns. they look bulky and tough. They look just like what a beefy character like Slag would carry. The red sorta translucent sword looks dangerous and bears the fear of the decepticon armada when it comes into the peripherals of any decepticon unlucky enough to toss it with this dinobot. Uhhh it lops heads off good....

No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. 

Why we fought, or why we died. 

All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! 

Heck even the ax mode of the Weapon master looks good. Unfortunately Once transformed into robot mode though ........

That which does not kill us makes us stronger

 The target master really starts to suffer. From the front he looks really good. But once turned
baby got....... uhhh stick

Time to Flamenco! Aribba!

Help me!!! There is a triceratops following me!!

What the hell is sticking out of your back robo dude? Oh wait it's something that's wrong with all your peoples.

So we have sticks off our backs like Quazidodo. 

Deal with it

Yes folks that is a power ranger staff sticking out of their backs. And no it can't be pushed down any further. I don't know who designed these guys but they bit the pooch on these. They just seem lazily unfinished. Is one more joint really that hard to add, Fans Project?  Really?  REALLY?!?

Overall

 Ok, I really wanted to give Cubrar aka Slag a great sparkling awesome review. I tried to find no faults in him BECAUSE he is SLAG damn it. The best dang Dinobot EVER!! But at last my integrity got the best of me and I must be honest. Cubrar has issues...... Enough issues that Fan's project added an addendum to the instructions to rectify said issues. Sure it was black and white.... and you couldn't understand what the heck they were trying to show you. But hey they tried right? Shouldn't that weak attempt be more important than actual product testing? Or maybe hiring someone who can translate instructions into English?  Hmmmmm.... And what's up with the whole stick thing with the Weapon's Masters. Did the designer of those guys actually think that those would be a good idea? I can imagine a decepticon grabbing those handles while the little dude frantically tries to run for his freaking life. Wait..... Challenge Accepted!!!

Please stare into the circle!!

------ Challenge Completed!!-----------

Run Bob!! Run.

I got this one Fred!! Get closer for I can kick your Decepticon Butt!

 So I have to ask are they testing us to see exactly how much crap we will be willing to accept? Is that it? It sure feels like it with Cubrar and Columpio. Fans Project used to be on the top of the 3rd party food chain but these clearly show they are falling. I can't honestly say I can recommend Cubrar at full price. Wait till they hit the clearance sales folks. Lets hope their next attempt at a Dinobot ,Swoop , will be better. Now let's all go watch the Draft. Hopefully the Panthers don't choose some no name Lb named after Shaquille O'neal !!

You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around

That's what its all about!

"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful

This Slags good Side!! "

“It’s a hell of a thing, killin’ a bot. 

You take away everything he’s got, and all he’s ever gonna have.”

This town ain't big enough for the both of us, stranger!  

Hell, it's barely big enough for me!

Hell. I make technicolor look good!

So does the sepia make us look less lame?

Who turned off all the lights?

Anyone want to buy a DVD Rewinder?!?

This Review is Finally Over!!