05 September 2012

1987 Headmasters Japanese exclusive dino-cassettes: C-121: Gurafi, C-122: Noizu, C-123: Dairu and D-124: Zauru with D-108: Slugfest and D-109: Overkill

I posted about my D-108: Slugfest and D-109: Overkill acquisitions a few days back. I wanted to lump in images of them with the other dino-cassettes, but I thought, wait a minute, that wouldn't do them justice.

So here we are, a separate post for them - together!

Dramatis personae:
Now, some photos!

D-108: Slugfest and D-109: Overkill with C-121: Gurafi, C-122: Noizu, C-123: Dairu and D-124: Zauru.






These were so alluring, I used them as backdrop for my morning coffee (with E).

Recycling images from past posts...





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11 comments:

  1. What I actually find interesting about the tape-based boxes is that they placed the stats on the bottom. Never knew that. Now I do, and I did not suffer from price shock. ^^

    Oh... And sorry about not shrinking the photos. (And the length of the email.) Things have been hectic up until I had to leave. ^^;

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    1. I think maybe they have no space to place them at the back of the box. These are actually pretty small boxes compared to other TFs....

      I saw your email, but did not have to to properly reply yet, will get to it!

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    2. Heh... Yeah. :) I actually thought they might have added it as an extra inside the box. But it has been a while since I had seen an original G1 piece. :p

      And I understand. :) Oh, and coincidentally, the 11th piece was "Encore" Soundblaster. I chose him because one of my favorite toys as a kid was Soundwave. :)

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  2. There's just something awesome about the singular Japanese packaging for the cassettes. I always loved the two-packs in the US, but the fact that you could buy an individual tape is just awesome to me.

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    1. I too have always liked the USA 2 pack releases, but it's odd and at the same time awesome that the Japs can put the smallest of things into boxes rather than card them

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  3. Haha, morning coffee. Is it bad that I feel like we need two more Decepticon dino cassettes now? Perhaps a job for some enterprising 3rd party manufacturer? Slugfest and Overkill will be forever outnumbered otherwise.

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    1. Yes, it is bad!
      G1 should remain what it is with all it's quirkiness and idiosyncrasies.....hahaha.
      And I was thinking, Decepticons should not have dinos which should be the exclusive province of Autobots!

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  4. We absolutely need two more Decepticon Dinos Ark. Or, perhaps some other comparable animal, like a mammoth and a saber toothed tiger?

    I would love for a 3rd party company to start making NEW cassettes.

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    1. Hey pax, my thoughts on new dino(s) above, hehe. They do have Trypticon, so maybe they can turn him into a cassette, that'd be ironic....

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    2. Lol, how ticked off would ol' Trypticon be about that?? Go from the biggest dude in the bunch to one of the smallest? Of course, he already was turned into a computer Mouse, lol.

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    3. hahaha... don't you think its strange that Trypticon, Grimlock, Overkill and the other dino-cassettes are all different sizes?

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