Hasbro G1 Pretender Landmine MISB

This was part of a lot of 4 pieces of MISB Pretenders that I bought when I was in Japan last December. Yes, there was some wheeling and dealing while I was snowboarding in the mountains of Niseko. Such is my reticence and the extent of my backlog that I have only now gotten to them some 7 months later.

This is the first piece - Pretender Landmine MISB. Perhaps one of my favourite large format Pretenders from 1988. I don't know why, I just like Landmine. I know some collectors think he is the worst Pretender toy, but I like Landmine. Deal with it.

Takara Fight! Super Robot Lifeform, 40-Kickback MIB (#18 of 36)

This is piece #18 of 36 of the 36-piece mega-lot.

It is 40-Kickback, one of 3 Takara mold Insecticons. Some say that the Takara boxed Insecticons are mailaway releases, but I am not really sure whether they are. In many instances, the common thought is that they are pretty difficult to track down in box. Not really very expensive, but just difficult to track down.

So here  is Kickback first....

Some things I have sold... TF-05, C-341, C-342, C-343, C-344 and TF-06

A record of some of the later year Transformers that I have recently sold... bye bye pieces.

C-341: Gasoline Base MIB (aka Greasepit), unused with sealed paperworks packet.

Transformers 2010, Takara boxed 48 - Astrotrain (regular colours) MIB unused

This is a beautiful piece.

It is not from the '36 piece mega lot', but was a gift from a good friend and Aussie collector, v......_76 (you know who you are).  Thanks a lot buddy!

It came at a time when I was actually looking for a regular coloured Astrotrain to complete my mission of getting Japanese boxed numbers 01 to 49. The white coloured Astrotrain can be seen here.

The box is in stunning condition. Still smooth and very glossy.

Complete and unused paperworks

Fight! Super Robot Life - Japanese Transformer Takara boxed Dinobots MIB

This is #3, #4, #5, #13 and #14 of the 36 pieces mega-lot.

Just thought I would photo the Dinobots together, in various configurations. Here goes...

Takara Japanese boxed Decepticon Seekers - 22-Starscream, 23-Skywarp, 24-Thundercracker, D-56: Ramjet and D-57: Thrust

This is #2, #9, #10, #11 and #12 of the 36 pieces mega-lot.

The early G1 Japanese boxed seekers - Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Ramjet and Thrust.

Notably, Dirge is missing. There was never a Japanese boxed Dirge because it was a mailaway toy in Japan back then. However, unlike some other mailaways, no Japanese exclusive packaging was created for Dirge - it was simply mailed out in its USA box.

 

Takara Transformers 2010, D-63: Dinosaurer MIB unused (aka Trypticon)

This was an opportunistic pick up (and, no, not one of the 36 pieces lot).

The idea was planted in my mind during the Fukuoka trip with E back in May this year - during the trip, E saw a Japanese boxed Trypticon for sale at a Mandarake and said "hey, you don't have that". Actually, I do have Trypticon, 2 loose pieces in fact. However, it's true I did not have a Japanese boxed Trypticon.

So when I saw one on sale online, I grabbed it.

When I was looking at the seller's photos, the most important thing to me was that the box had no rips and tears at the edges - pretty rare for a box the size of D-63: Dinosaurer's. Also, the box art looked beautiful and glossy.