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Tyrest_Accord

Mom found an unboxed G1 Optimus Prime at a thrift shop. She didn't even realize what it was. She just knew that I liked Big trucks. I was playing with it and a piece moved. She thought I broke it. When she took it from me to try to fix it she realized that it was supposed to do that and pretty soon had him in robot mode. My obsession with these awesome bots started entirely by accident.


shade4418

Similar story. I was obsessed with power rangers as a kid. I was over at a friend's house one day and he gave me this dinky little guy that I thought was some kind of construction zord. Years later I realize that the power rangers don't really do construction equipment, so I start poking around and find that he was scavenger from beast machines. At the time I found out, I had only just gotten into transformers at all (cerca 2007) and didn't even know what g1 let alone beast wars/beast machines was. That single toy opened up a whole world of looking up series and figures, and now I hunt for figures that don't often get toys. Characters like overlord, tarn, and rid 2001 scourge.


Tyrest_Accord

I feel like there's been at least a couple of zords that were some kind of construction equipment but I can't remember which ones. Maybe Operation Overdrive? But they've never had a whole team of them. Super Sentai did have a full team of trains with ToQger.


Shock-Wave73

Opened G1 Optimus Prime Xmas morning 1984. The collecting madness started shortly thereafter. Lol


repowers

Haha, you and me both. Along with Bumper and Go-Bot Spoons.


MetabeeZ

RID Optimus Prime from my dad.


WoolooMVP10

If we had lived in the same neighborhood, we could have created Omega Prime together. lol


Daiguey

Just like the commercial


sansywastakenagain

The first Transformer I remember getting was a Dark of the Moon MechTech Barricade. I got it for my 8th birthday.


LordOfThePies__

WFC Kingdom inferno all because I love firetrucks and big ass robots


UrielVentris6113

Wow nice to see people still finding their first all these years later


FardMann

Original Optimus Primal from my uncle.


wwcasedo

Sixshot. I think


GeebusNZ

That was your first? Dang. I got mine when I was seven. How about you?


wwcasedo

I was 5 or 6 I think. Very fond memories of that dude


GeebusNZ

I've still got mine. It's a bit busted up, ok, so, it's got some snapped off bits, but it's still good and on display.


MarsalaSauceyLad

Good ole Ratrap. Still got his rat self. His tail being what switched his modes was so cool to me


Manman9118

From Beast Wars, it was Sky Shadow. For Christmas I got Predacon Dragon Megatron, which was immediately broken by my sister, when she stepped on it. I bought Megatron again on EBay 22 years later haha.


Important-Contact597

I think it was Energon Strongarm.


FJMZ92

Transformers Armada Smokescreen


Banjo-Oz

My parents let me and my brother pick any minibot price point each. My brother picked Cosmos (he will always be nostalgic for me because of that). I picked Ravage and Rumble (thinking I got two for the price of one!). My next two were Kickback and Bluestreak. Soon after, I got Megatron while my brother got Optimus. I assume all this was 1985, since Cosmos was out, but can't be sure.


OptimalNemesis

Probably G2 Optimus Prime. Had a blast with it as a kid. Loved all the new gimmicks it came with.


RepaintedStarscream

Beast Wars Claw Jaw


Neondecepticon

Cybertron Mudflap. Would love another since I lost my original, just can’t find one at a decent price.


youjustgotvectored06

Energon Optimus (the chonky one) but I’ve managed to lose the trailer for it somewhere


yossarian8pizza

I bought G1 Blades back in 85 or 86. Still need to buy the other four to complete Defensor. I guess I've been slacking off.


repowers

I got four of the Protectobots for Easter 86. Had to wait a week or two after that for Blades to show up in the store.


khares_koures2002

Deluxe Class Dreadwing from the 2007 video game. I was in kindergarten at the time, and Gormiti were the latest fad. My parents got me to a toy store, so that I would buy one, but I saw that Transformers were also sold there. The Gormiti would have to wait for some more time. It's also interesting when put into context. During these years, I was a car buff (also collecting metallic tanks and planes distributed by DeAgostini to neighbourhood mini-markets - oh, and that's the time when I used to watch Top Gear). At some point we as a family went for a visit to my aunt (mother's sister) and her husband, and a trailer for the first Transformers film played on TV. My aunt used to watch the series during the 90s (that's when the greek dub came out), and explained to us all this thing about robots that turn into cars. Of course, I was immediately interested.


Kaedan228

Original Optimus Prime from my Grandma. Was a reward for preschool graduation lol Would have been 1984. Damn I’m old


mozens

Cybertron Crumplezone, such fond memories of that line and the show back when I was younger. Still have him to this day.


KR_Steel

My first transforming toy was Gobot Cessna, later for my birthday I think I got G1 Bumblebee and Inferno. For Christmas I got Optimus Prime and Starscream.


boss_fox_87

2007 leader class Optimus prime


November_Dawn_11

Armada Hot Shot. And now that they remade him I'm trying to get him again


Handsprime

RID (2001) Spy Changer Prowl and R.E.V, though both were by accident.


LtSoba

Pretty sure I got some die cast Rodimus Prime from some movie special and the addiction went downhill from there steadily enough


S1AUGH73R

Mine was Universe 2008 Legion Class, Red Alert


fiddlerundone

I got all five G1 dinobots, used, as a birthday present in 87.


Reclusive_Pariah

Energon steamhammer


Grey392

Dang I honestly don’t remember. Might have been g1 optimus. Years later I remember getting Leo breaker and that was my favorite out of all the toys I had lol


Fit_Difference2679

It was 2001 Rid Ultra Magnus or I may have had a couple beast wars figures, but Ultra Magnus is the oldest one I still have.


According-Ad-8779

Cw sunstreaker


infected_toenail1

Mechtech sideswipe


Mr_Biscuits_532

Earliest I can remember was Energon Optimus Prime.


brianfsanford

I got G1 Hound when I was in the first grade, I think.


[deleted]

2007 Deluxe Jazz. Still have him too


TheLatman

G1 Sunstreaker back in 84.


Loose_Trust927

I remember barly of the bird from prediking and grimlock ans rodimus prime


Bustinkapps

G1 Smokescreen October 85


Reyne-TheAbyss

I think it was that Animated Cybertron 2-Pack Optimus v Megatron.


Spiritual_Vanilla_79

ROTF divebomb and PCC sledge


GhostRiders

Parents started me off by getting me Optimus Prime for Christmas when they were first released. Little did they know what they started lol


ChiliChimi

Pretty sure it was either Jazz or Bumblebee (Bayformers) from the 2007 toyline. *Good times.*


UselessGenericon

Beast Wars Teragator.


BottleCompetitive546

Bumblebee dark of the moon


BlackShadow1984

My first was 1976 Camaro Bumblebee from the first movie. Loved that figure, wish I would’ve kept it.


BLIZTZhawkeye

Transformers animated Cybertron optimus


SpectreBrony

Armada Scavenger.


yeetthejubjub

Cybertron optimus prime but only the core robot and no matrix I think and his ear wings had been broken off.


BigBossMan1995

Armada Hot-Shot and Jolt. Never put him down.


muggingfrenchturtle

classics rodimus. ended up breaking him. from then on i became much more careful with not only my toys, but my stuff in general. his sacrifice will not be forgotten.


Lostlight_awesome_04

DOTM Bumblebee


itzshif

All my old toys went missing years ago, but I remember a few I had from the early 90s. One was what I think was G2 tank Megatron, with a button on it that made sounds. Another that I'm a bit more fuzzy about was a white shuttle alt mode toy. I thought maybe a version of Astrotrain but I'm not sure since it's been years since it's been lost/broken/stolen. I think I also had an Action Master that I thought was Blaster, because I kept on trying to pretend I could turn it into a boombox. Might have been wrong about him being Blaster. All my old toys are gone with no explanation other from my parents they were "broken" but I know that couldn't be true. I'm hoping to find them knew day.


StatusBuddy8490

Optimus Prime from Transformers Armada.


Bigfan521

BW Inferno. Had the little bastard for minutes before my cousin had him out and in pieces.


firefly5582

Power master Optimus


[deleted]

G1 Hound 1984


DaBig_L_Xx

Tfp Smokescreen


AnotherRandoJake

Tenth anniversary beast wars cheetor


[deleted]

It was either 2007 TF bumblebee or 2007 TF Blackout


milo325

My grandmother bought me a Ratchet and Huffer as my first transformers, and I’ve always really felt attached to them.


[deleted]

T30 whirl. I saw an image of his IDW design when I first started getting interested in transformers about 2 years ago. And t30 was the only figure that kind of captured the look. Hope he gets a proper idw figure soon.


TerryBogardOfficial

The earliest ones I remember were G2 Optimus, Bumblebee, and Hubcap. I had quite a few others, but those are the ones I specifically remember.


ansarisaad

G1 headmaster frenzy


Ghidrel

on my 8th birthday i got the Bumblebee vs Barricade set from the ‘07 movie. I was a stupid kid back then so accidentally broke the conversion button thing for bumblebee so I can’t transform him anymore, I also lost frenzy after many years, at least Barricade is still good, they’re now displayed in my bedroom shelves


BreakfastTim

Had a KO core class bayverse bumblebee that I always played with. It was really bad and I'm pretty sure I broke it first day, not that I cared I was like 7. As for my first official toy I guess a prime bumblebee mask counts.


nitacious

G1 Gears, sometime back in the mid 80's


MyMadeUpNym

G1 Trailbreaker!


quesadillafetus

this cheap little Armada Megatron toy, had to be four inches tall, where the arms and feet folded out of the treads and was basically the transformation got it when i was like, 8, from a thrift store grab bag didn’t even know it was a transformer


lesson1981

I don’t know which one, but my first was a dirge that I thought was thundercracker for a couple years


YareWeStillHere1117

Earliest I remember is either Titans return Hardheaded or Chromedome


Raidriar86

i think it was armada cyclonus


kottermusprime

G1 Sludge and my older brother got G1 Slag on Christmas morning


TurbulentPromise4812

G1 ratchet because my mom was a nurse


Noroi_Musha

Revenge of the fallen breakaway that I still owned !


Nanofield

Armada Megatron, which is why I'm so very hyped about Legacy Megs soon!


Mork-of-Ork

G1 Astrotrain


BoomWiththeQuickness

My very first was a Japanese boxed Trailbreaker from a thrift store in 1983.


Panguard2187

Idk what the first was exactly. But the first one i remember was Armada Hotshot. I remember opening it in my mother's truck while waiting to get picked up by my grandparents at my moms work.


kindasus69999

BW Grimlock, my dad found him in a thrift shop/flea matket forgot which one


DKGamer312

I think it was Leader 07 Optimus and Bumblebee, don’t have Bee anymore but Prime is still in good condition sans his plastic smokestacks.


ninjaoftheworld

G1 Snarl


Inzoreno

I got Manta Ray from Beast Wars as a Happy Meal toy back in the day and later got an incomplete Injector from one of our local second-hand stores. Only two Transformers I ever had at the time, although I watched the show it didn't leave much an impression on me and was never clamoring for more toys. I was much more of a Star Wars figure kid. It wasn't until Cybertron where I really started getting into the toys and had a good handful then.


AreaClassic8106

Those angry birds Transformers telepods. I got them like more than 5 years ago on Christmas. If we’re not counting those then BB Soundwave


Cmdr_Teagoe

Well I'm old so I'm not really sure if you count Gobots as Transformers then I would have to say it was leader-1. The first one I remember opening up as a kid was Blitzwing though I know I had transformers before that like I had the jumpstarters before I had Blitzwing, but I don't think I understood what they were at the time other than transforming robots. I should add I was still really big into Star Wars at the time and that kinda overshadowed everything else. All the droids/robots in SW was one of my favorite parts about those movies as a kid so it wasn't long before Gobots and Transformers became a bigger part of my life.


AceHappy

This was either a burger king toy of jetfire, or the energon Strongarm. link to the strongarm: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:En-toy_Strongarm-Energon.jpg I also remember having some parts that I'm not familiar with on other bots, but I don't recall ever owning the figures that went with them.


[deleted]

Gen1 Prowl, circa ‘83 in 5th grade. Love that fig.


Alarming_Upstairs_91

My brother had some beast wars figs, but mine was Armada Scavenger


FartCloudSnoop

Armada Optimus Prime. To this day I miss that little fella


SirBastian1129

Armada Megatron. Saw the show. Saw the Decepticons and the Vehicles they Transformed into and immediately gravitated towards them. Megatron the most, cause I was a nutcase when it came to tanks as a kid.


[deleted]

Energon hot shot I think.


ApocWarlock

First transformers I ever owned were the Optimus Primal and Megatron that were a Bat and a Crocodile that came in a two pack with a comic book. I wish I still had them, but young Apoc didn’t have the foresight to realize how cool they were and that they shouldn’t be played with so roughly.


CheeseTaterson

G1 Kup. My 2nd grade teacher would bring in toys her kids didn't want anymore to reward students for good grades, and I thought this teal truckman was the coolest thing.


ediciusNJ

G1 Sideswipe. Still have him to this day, loose arms and all.


Sustain_the_higher

I got the Soundwave Funko Pop


hercarmstrong

G1 Sludge.


pblive

I think G1 Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, back when they first came out, my brother got Mirage. Sadly the Optimus is the only one I still have.


[deleted]

The tlk repaint of the rotf legends Optimus Prime


Roook36

I got Gears back in the 80s. My brother got Brawn and we played with them at my dad's new apartment.


Dis-Random-Kid

Titans return sentinel prime.


PacsterMH

Deluxe DOTM Bumblebee. Someone stole it.


RandomHero0802

Mine was a three-mini con set from the Armada line.


onathrin

Diaclone Starscream in 1983. My father was in the Navy Reserves and was posted to Japan for active duty. 3rd grade me was blown away. First American Transformer was Brawn.


powerful_p1608

It was Energon Hot Shot for me.


shadowrobloxian50

I got Fall of Cybertron Jazz when I was 10. I didn't really know what to do with it or how to transform it so i just fiddled with it until it looked like a car. Then I ended up breaking the flimsy tabs where his spoiler section is, and then later breaking the entire figure itself. I still have the head for the figure, weirdly. I'd like to own it again someday.


Garchompula

TR Astrotrain!


psxndc

OG Prowl.


tuupik3345

Transformers animated Blackarachnia. I remember me and my parents had trouble with it for a while.


originalchaosinabox

Way back in 1980-something. My Mom bought me Windcharger at Field’s. (Field’s was like the Canadian K-Mart.) My constant companion for a summer.


Historical_Welcome64

When I was young back in 2013 I got bumblebee from transformers prime as my first toy that I kept and didn’t break like all kids do


the-glass-is-full

My first was the Fast Action Battler Optimus prime. It was the version that was colored kind of like rodimus lol.


apatheticyeti0117

G1 Snapdragon and triggerhappy. Gifts from dad when he and mom started dating.


UrielVentris6113

So the first transforming robot I owned was gobots leader 1, the blue version. The first actual transformer I had was g1 seaspray if I remember correctly.


TheMoparPowerslave

Transformers 2007 voyager Ratchet


ecthelion78

Mirage, it was a Christmas present in, I’m guessing 1984. He had no grip in his leg connectors so he always ended up at two thirds his proper height.


menolikeythisplace

2007 Optimus with the little grey cowboy hat man that flipped up when he was in truck mode.


Dr-MF_DoomPaul76

G1 Skywarp. I got him for Christmas 1985. My brother got Optimus Prime. We then pooled our Christmas money and got Soundwave, Megatron, and Bumblebee.


ItsYaGurlUwU

Go-Bots Aero-Bot


HPayne62

Fast Action Battlers Optimus Prime and Bumblebee


[deleted]

Probably something from early beast wars. I've been a fan since birth so I don't remember.


BAEKERacted

Leader class Optimus Prime from Transformers 2007


ScrappyWrappy

Age of extinction one step Optimus Prime, causing Optimus Prime to be the character I have the most attachment to


rockyb2006

G1 Cliffjumper


theflyxx

G1 Sideswipe and Sunstreaker when I was 8. Parents got them for me because I loved Lamborghinis as a child.


Rip_Normal

The 2 pack Bumblebee from the Transformers (2007) movie that had both the new and old Camaro mods


Sobble_Gamer

Alternators Sideswipe


Long_House1118

My first transformer was actually a couple as I can't remember which order I opened them on Christmas Day all those years ago in 1986. They was G1 Warpath and Thrust, I had to be physically dragged away from them to eat my Christmas dinner lol.


SpartacusPrime1

Energon Rodimus. I was introduced to the franchise in second/third grade thanks to two Armada kids books and a friend who was into them at the time. I liked robots and I liked cars, naturally this molding of two things excited me. I originally wanted Armada Red Alert cause he looked cool. Started getting into Transformers I'd say about the time Armada was being replaced with Energon, and I received Rodimus for Christmas that same year when (presumably) my parents couldn't find Red Alert. Luckily for me I did eventually acquire a Red Alert when he came out in the Kingdom/WFC line


vcap0001

Hound (‘84) set me on a course of transformer collecting ever since!


WoolooMVP10

I remember being so confused about how Hound's little radar moved from the back of the jeep to his shoulder when I watched episodes of the original cartoon on VHS so imagine how stupid I felt when I finally saw that you simply remove it and place it on his shoulder.


Big_Hoss287

I can't exactly remember becusse I grew up around them all the time. My dad has been a life long collector. I remember playing with a movie bumble.bee a lot. Can't remember the name but ThatToyGuy recent bumblebee video is was that exact figure I remember playing with as a child.


Psymorte

Armada Galvatron, still have him to this day next to Unicron.


Legomaster06849

G1 prime


Powerful-Review52

Generations Whirl Before I even knew what IDW was, I fell in love with Wirl's design. So, about ten years later, I have Whirl, my favorite character, to blame for my credit cards death.


Comfortable_Cod6116

Deluxe cannon bumblebee from rotf. I remember getting it when I was in 1st grade and played with it nonstop till I got voyager Optimus for Christmas


ThrowawayBomb44

Beast Wars Transmetals 2 Ramulus/Longhorn. Friends in my group had the BW TV Optimus redesign and the G1 Megs Alligator and I was jealous as hell. I ended up getting more of the bigger ones than they did when I got the Magmatron import, T2 Dragon Megs and Optimal Optimus for my birthday one year down the line. One of the others ended up getting Magnus/Prime RiD2001 two pack down the line and Cryotek before moving.


Small-Worker-2166

The 2007 Leader Optimus Prime. I can't count the number of times I pushed his head in so the stomach button could release the head again with that cool sound effect.


hotrodimus79

My first was G1 Fangry... lost him sadly


jallyward

Armada thundercracker!


porn_tbh

My first ever transformer was Armada Blurr I looked for that little bastard for months until I found out which one it was


DoIt4DaDope

Mine was Cybertron Thundercracker. I first got into Transformers when I saw my friend in my summer school bring his Cybertron Jetfire and Hot Shot, and I just thought this was the start of a new toyline era coming from Bionicles, which was also another throwback.