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[Petsku]

Hey everyone!

I'm Petsku, a collector from Finland, I'm putting up a game company of my own so I need all the funds I can get, so I've decided to sell my entire collection of Transformers from the 80s.

If only back then there were such Transformers communities as today it would have been the greatest thing ever... I didn't really have many friends that were into collecting them like me, but here, there are of course collections amongst you guys that would absolutely dwarf mine.

But anyway, I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna sell my collection, 150+ G1 Transformers, I gotta, so here we go. Instead of going straight to some place like eBay, I thought I'd first see if there were likeminded people, collectors on actual Transformers forums that would definitely give my collection a good home.

I gotta say, digging these out of their storage (for the past 20+ years) and going through each single one with a magnifying glass to document any possible defects, finding out which weapon belonged to which (some were stored in different little containers), etc, etc. felt like quite an undertaking.

Finally, of course, I took a whole lot of pics. Unfortunately, it seems I can only post 10 pics in one post (maybe because I'm new? But perhaps if you want, I can post more in following posts?). So, I had to choose only a few pics at random.

Here's the first, a super tight groupshot (not much space between each figure, hehe):



I actually don't have a very good idea of what this collection would be worth, I'm still in the process of doing research on places like eBay, but I haven't seen a similar collection for sale even there so all help in pushing me to the right direction would be of course much appreciated!

As a guideline though, for example if a figure is 100% complete and has accessories still attached to sprue and also comes with instructions + tech specs then its price evaluation should probably reflect that.

I mean to do my research and come to some sort of a conclusion regarding a reasonable price for the whole lot in the next few days, and of course will offer a discount if someone really wants to buy a G1 Transformers lot this big.

Otherwise, I would have to sell each one individually and that would of course mean 150+ trips to the post office at worst and a whole lot of additional work and hassle, etc.

About me and my collection:

Back in the day, I bought most of these for display purposes only. I began collecting Transformers early on in 1984, and after a few years went on and I turned 11 or so I realized I still wanted to keep collecting them but no longer wanted to play with them, so many of these were bought and used only for display, some transformed only once.

That's why some of these are still in pristine 9.0+ or even impeccable 9.5 condition. I've gone through every single one of them, inspected them carfefully, and graded them respectively.

When I was a child we traveled all around the world, so these were bought from all over the world, many of course from Finland, but others from countries like Italy, Spain, Greece, Sweden, England, etc. If the precise country of origin of each/certain figure is of importance to the buyer, I can enclose further details if I can remember where they were bought (or the instructions/tech specs are in Spanish for example).

Since I'm the original owner of almost all of these and mainly used them for display, most of these are in truly excellent condition (there are only two or so that I got second hand from a friend as a kid that aren't in that good of a shape).

I've used the following grading system that I found on the net:

C9.5: Figure is in mint condition, without any visible flaws or defects.
C9.0: Figure is in near mint condition with very few minor flaws (barely noticeable unless you search hard).
C8.5: Figure has some very minor areas of wear and may have small flaws.
C8.0: Figure has minor paint/sticker wear, may have minor stains, discoloration, and stress marks but no damage.
C7.5: Figure has some play, paint/sticker wear and may have some stains, discoloration and stress marks.
C7.0: Figure has play wear, moderate paint/sticker wear and may have moderate stains, discoloration, and stress marks. Figure is still collection worthy up to this point.
C6.5: Figure has more play and paint/sticker wear, and may have stains, discoloration, and stress marks. Figure may have a broken part.
C6.0: Figure has heavy play wear, paint/sticker wear and may have heavy stains, discoloration, and stress marks. Figure may have one or more broken/repaired parts.

...not listing anything less than in C6 or better condition so I won't describe conditions worse than that.

Ok, here is everything that's being offered:

GENERATION 1 G1

AUTOBOTS

Cars
- Hoist, 85% complete (missing one fist, one twin blaster, one missile) + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint)
- Jazz, 90% complete (missing two missiles) + Instructions. C8.0 Condition (Minor sticker wear and discoloration)
- Inferno, 95% complete (missing one missile). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Red Alert, 100% Complete. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Sideswipe, 100% Complete (two missiles still even attached to sprue) + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Tracks, 90% complete (missing two missiles) + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).



Clones
- Cloudraker, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Fastlane, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

Headmasters
- Chromedome, 100% complete but may be C6.0 condition only (got this second hand from a friend as a kid and not placing any value on it because somewhat damaged, has marker pen markings on it, one of the guns is damaged, etc.) Could be used for parts? Or, I can just throw away and not include in the shipment if the buyer doesn't want this.
- Hardhead, 95% complete (missing small grey chest plate) + Instructions. Otherwise C9.0 condition (Near Mint).
- Hosehead, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Nightbeat, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Siren, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

- Hot Spot Protectobot, 90% complete (missing 4 small black pieces) + Techspecs. C8.5+ Condition (Minor wear).

- Scattershot Technobot, 100% Complete + Instructions (and Computron instructions). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

- Jetfire - MB variant (Milton Bradley variant, says "1984 Milton Bradley International Inc. under Berne and Universal copyright convention." on instructions, was bought from Spain), 100% Complete (including the rare small black clip-piece that attaches the rifle to jet mode) + Instructions. C8.0+ Condition (chest plate has discoloration/yellowing, overall has some wear).

Micro
- Free Wheeler, 100% Complete + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Highjump (100% Complete) + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Mudslinger (100% Complete) + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Powertrain (100% Complete) + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Swindler (100% Complete) + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Tailspin (100% Complete) + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Tote (100% Complete) + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

Minis
- Beachcomber, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint).
- Bumblebee, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Cosmos, 90% complete (missing one wheel). C6.5 Condition (missing one wheel and some joints a bit loose).
- Hub Cap, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Outback, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Pipes, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Powerglide, 90% complete (missing one metal hinge/pin from the other wing). C6.5 Condition (because one pin is missing, the other wing can come off if pulled).
- Seaspray, 100% Complete. C8.5 Condition (minor wear).
- Swerve, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Tailgate, 100% Complete. C8.5 Condition (minor sticker wear).
- Warpath, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Wheelie, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

Monsterbots
- Doublecross, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Grotusque, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Repugnus, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

- Optimus Prime, 95% complete (missing fists) + Instructions. Trailer and its contents in impeccable C9.0+ condition (Near Mint / Mint, spring loaded launcher works like a dream, two of the rockets even still attached to sprue, etc.). Optimus himself in otherwise mint condition except for right front tire which is a bit dented... so grade C8.0? (very tight joints, stickers in great shape, no visible wear whatsoever).

- Powermaster Optimus Prime, 100% Complete + Instructions. C8.5+ Condition (Minor wear).

Powermasters
- Getaway, 100% Complete + Instructions. Otherwise in excellent C9.0+ condition but eyes have been painted with a red marker pen (could be removed?).
- Joyride, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Slapdash, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

Pretender Beasts
- Catilla, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Chainclaw, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

Pretenders
- Landmine, 100% Complete + Instructions. C6.5 (some wear and sword handle a bit cracked).
- Waverider, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

- Quickswitch, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

- Roadbuster - MB variant (Milton Bradley variant, says "1985 Milton Bradley International Inc. under Berne and Universal copyright convention." on instructions), 100% Complete (all 5 missiles even still attached to sprue!) + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).



- Rodimus Prime, 100% Complete + Instructions. C8.5+ condition (Minor sticker wear).

- Snarl, 80% complete (Missing launcher and 2 missiles. Sword handle is a bit cracked) + Instructions. Otherwise C8.0 condition (some wear).

Sparkabots
- Fizzle, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Guzzle, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Sizzle, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

Superion gift set ("Pentajet" from Italy) + Instructions, Aerialbots:
- Air Raid ("Tornado" from Italy), 90% complete (gun missing). C8.0 Condition (some wear, some joints a bit loose).
- Fireflight ("Optor" from Italy), 90% complete (gun missing). C8.0 Condition (some wear, some joints a bit loose).
- Silverbolt ("Radiant", from Italy), 90% complete (missing white "ramp") + Instructions. C8.0 Condition (some wear, some joints a bit loose).
- Skydive ("Log" from Italy), 90% complete (gun missing). C8.0 Condition (some wear, some joints a bit loose).
- Slingshot ("Vertic" from Italy), 90% complete (gun missing). C8.0 Condition (some wear, some joints a bit loose).

Targetmasters
- Blurr, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Crosshairs, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Kup, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Landfill, 100% Complete. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Pointblank, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Scoop, 100% Complete. C9.5 Condition (Mint).



Throttlebots
- Goldbug, 100% Complete. C8.5 Condition (Minor wear).
- Searchlight, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Wideload, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

- Topspin, 90% complete (gun missing). C8.5 Condition (Minor sticker wear).

Triggerbots
- Backstreet, 100% Complete + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Dogfight, 100% Complete. C8.5 Condition (Minor wear).
- Override, 100% Complete + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

Triple Changers
- Broadside, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Sandstorm, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Springer, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

- Ultra Magnus, 100% Complete + Instructions. Otherwise in excellent C9.0+ Condition, but the other missile launcher is missing the firing trigger.

- Wreck-Gar, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint).


DECEPTICONS

Abominus + Instructions, Terrorcons:
- Blot, 90% complete (gun missing). C8.5 Condition (Minor wear).
- Cutthroat, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Hun-Gurrr, 100% Complete + Instructions. Otherwise C8.5+ but feet have light traces of red marker pen paint on tiny area (could be removed?).
- Rippersnapper, 100% Complete. Otherwise near mint, but creature has some surface wear around the eyes, so C7.5 condition?
- Sinnertwin, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint).

Bruticus + Instructions, Combaticons:
- Blast Off, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Brawl, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Onslaught, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Swindle, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Votrtex, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).



Clones
- Pounce, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Wingspan, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).

Devastator + Instructions, These Constructicons are the G1 French Ceji variants from 1986 (not the later G2, other shade of yellow variants), identified by: Yellow launching tabs on forearms, Japan-blocked copyright imprints, instructions that say "Made and printed in France by Ceji, under license from Takara Co., Ltd.", the precise Ceji shade of yellow that's slightly different from the later G2 yellow coloring, etc.
- Bonecrusher, 100% Complete + Techspecs. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Hook, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Long Haul, 100% Complete. Figure itself C9.0 condition (Near Mint), but the Devastator connector part has slight traces of a black marker pen having been used on it (on the small yellow pieces).
- Mixmaster, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint)
- Scavenger, 90% complete (gun missing). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Scrapper, 90% complete (gun missing). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

Duocons
- Battletrap, 100% Complete + Instructions. C8.5 Condition (Minor sticker wear).
- Flywheels, 100% Complete + Instructions. C8.5 Condition (Minor sticker wear).

Firecons
- Cindersaur, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint).
- Flamefeather, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint).
- Sparkstalker, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint).

Headmasters
- Fangry, 90% complete (gun missing) + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Horri-Bull, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Mindwipe, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Skullcruncher, 100% Complete) + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Squeezeplay, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Weirdwolf, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

Horrorcons
- Apeface, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Snapdragon, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Minor sticker wear).



Insecticons: all are French Ceji variants (Identified by: orange (not yellow) chest plates and Japan-blocked copyright imprints behind them):
- Bombshell, 100% Complete + Techspecs. C8.5 Condition (Minor wear).
- Bombshell, 100% Complete. C8.5 Condition (Minor wear).
- Bombshell, 90% complete (gun missing). C8.0 Condition (Minor wear).
- Kickback, 100% Complete + Instructions. C8.0+ Condition (Minor wear).
- Shrapnel, 100% Complete + Instructions. C7.0 Condition (Tight joints, but some paint wear).



Menasor giftset ("Pentacar" from Italy) + Instructions, Stunticons:
- Breakdown ("Caimano" from Italy), 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Dead End ("Cobra" from Italy), 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Drag Strip ("Iguana" from Italy), 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Motormaster ("Barracuda" from Italy), 100% Complete + Instructions. Otherwise C8.5+ but legs have light traces of red marker pen stains on them (could be removed?).
- Wildrider ("Squalo" from Italy), 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

Micro
- Nightflight, 100% Complete + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Storm Cloud (100% Complete) + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Tailwind (100% Complete) + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Whisper (100% Complete) + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.5 Condition (Mint).

Piranacon + Instructions, Seacons:
- Nautilator, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Overbite, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Seawing, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Skalor, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (except a piece of one gun has been glued back on).
- Snaptrap, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Tentakil, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).



Powermasters
- Darkwing, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (slight sticker wear).
- Doubledealer, 100% Complete + Instructions. Otherwise C9.0+ condition but left arm has come off its hinge (broken hinge).
- Dreadwind, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).

Pretender Beasts
- Carnivac, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Snarler, 100% Complete + Instructions C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).



Pretenders
- Bomb-Burst, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Submarauder, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.5 Condition (Mint).

Seekers
- Cyclonus, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Minor sticker wear).
- Dirge - French Ceji variant (Identified by: hard plastic nosecone (instead of rubber), plastic black wheels (instead of die cast), and Japan-blocked copyright imprints in legs, French instructions, etc.), 100% Complete + Instructions + Techspecs. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Ramjet - French Ceji variant (Identified by: hard plastic nosecone (instead of rubber), plastic black wheels (instead of die cast), and Japan-blocked copyright imprints in legs, French instructions, etc.), 100% Complete + Instructions + Techspecs. C6.0 condition (right leg and black parts on wings have been glued back on).
- Scourge, 90% complete (gun missing). Dunno how to grade this, stickers and joints in C8.0+ condition but got this second hand from a friend as a kid and not placing any value on it because there are silver and black marker pen paint markings on it (could be used for parts? Or, I can just throw away and not include in the shipment if the buyer doesn't want this).
- Starscream - French Ceji variant (Identified by: hard plastic nosecone (instead of rubber), plastic black wheels (instead of die cast), and Japan-blocked copyright imprints in legs, French instructions, etc.), 100% Complete + Instructions + Techspecs. C9.0 Condition (Minor sticker wear).
- Thrust, 65% complete (missing right wing), with both missiles still attached to sprue + Instructions. Other than the missing wing, C8.5 condition (Some sticker wear).

Targetmasters
- Misfire, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Needlenose, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (extremely minor sticker wear).
- Quake, 100% Complete. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Slugslinger, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Spinister, 100% Complete. C9.0+ Condition (Near Mint / Mint).
- Triggerhappy, 100% Complete) + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

Triggercons
- Crankcase, 100% Complete + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Ruckus, 100% Complete + Techspecs (Still on card). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Windsweeper, 100% Complete + Techspecs. C8.5+ Condition (Minor wear).

Triple Changers
- Astrotrain, 100% Complete. C8.5+ condition (Minor wear). Estimated value $80
- Blitzwing, 90% complete (missing rockets) + Instructions. C7.5 Condition (Sticker wear, joints a bit loose).
- Octane, 100% Complete + Instructions. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint - Only chrome surface has minor wear).


...That's all, thanks for checking them out!

Finally, once I had gone through each and every figure, there were still some weapons etc. accessories left over
(may belong to Transformers no longer in my collection, since I sold many of them away at the end of the 80s).

Any and all help in identifying the weapons in the pic below would of course be super appreciated!



Thanks guys,
Petsku

This post has been edited by Petsku: 29 March 2012, 21:18

Reason for edit: Updated with MB and Ceji variant info

[Fighbird]

Hi Petsku!

Thank you for showing us this - this is a marvellous collection, and with so many very very pristine items in it, it is almost a shame to break it up. But I understand where you are coming from in doing this, so all the best of luck to you.

A few pointers of advice:

* Usually the Micromasters go as groups of 4, as they were released. When you have all 4 of a given group, it's easier to sell them as that group. Just my oppinion.
* The same goes for the clones sets.
* That Jetfire you note as "Spanish": I'd love to see more pictures of that. Which aspect is spanish - the instructions or the country where you bought him?
* If you need to identify parts, I can recommend this site here. From the last pic though, I can off-hand ID 2 Italian safety missiles (upper left corner) and some Technobot weapons (the other light and dark orange weapons).

Good luck

[NRJohn]

Parts identified! You're welcome!

(If anyone sees any mistakes, plz feel free to point them out!!)

Quite a collection! I might be interested in a few thing, like Sludge's missile launcher, Triple changers and that dinobot, snarl? Prize?

I'm also looking for Piranacon accessories, fists, guns and Overbite, but I suppose you want to sell him complete? Maybe if you have extras?

[gravebot]

PM send!

[Petsku]

Hi Petsku!

Thank you for showing us this - this is a marvellous collection, and with so many very very pristine items in it, it is almost a shame to break it up. But I understand where you are coming from in doing this, so all the best of luck to you.

A few pointers of advice:

* Usually the Micromasters go as groups of 4, as they were released. When you have all 4 of a given group, it's easier to sell them as that group. Just my oppinion.
* The same goes for the clones sets.
* That Jetfire you note as "Spanish": I'd love to see more pictures of that. Which aspect is spanish - the instructions or the country where you bought him?
* If you need to identify parts, I can recommend this site here. From the last pic though, I can off-hand ID 2 Italian safety missiles (upper left corner) and some Technobot weapons (the other light and dark orange weapons).

Good luck

\o/ Thank you so much, Fighbird!!

What a tremendous well of knowledge a place like this can be, you guys were able to identify some parts right off the bat!

Can you extrapolate further what figure the two Italian safety missiles might belong to?

Fighbird, I bought my Jetfire from Spain and his instructions are multi lingual, four different languages, I bet one of the languages is Spanish.

Here's a photo I took of him:



Thanks so much!

Petsku

[Petsku]

Parts identified! You're welcome!

(If anyone sees any mistakes, plz feel free to point them out!!)

Quite a collection! I might be interested in a few thing, like Sludge's missile launcher, Triple changers and that dinobot, snarl? Prize?

I'm also looking for Piranacon accessories, fists, guns and Overbite, but I suppose you want to sell him complete? Maybe if you have extras?

Thanks NRJohn!!

I can't thank you enough for going through the trouble of identifying and marking the parts for me. That is just insanely kind of you. If only a place like this would have existed when I was a kid and super into Transformers, I would have seriously geeked out.

Regarding the misc parts lot - I will probably sell the parts that will be left over once I'm done identifying them. You guys have already helped me out so I could put some of them back on their master's hands (robot fists). I had accidentally misplaced some of 'em after first carefully matching them up, so now they're safe with who they belong. I've updated the list accordingly (for example, I had earlier listed Horri-Bull as "90% complete, missing gun", but now he's back to 100% So, seriously, a big thank you to everyone.

It's starting to look like once I know what all this is worth so I can put a price tag to it, I might possibly attempt some sort of mega huge big bundle eBay sale for everything in a bundle (and of course with a great big discount). But if it doesn't sell (and I wouldn't be surprised if it wouldn't), then sure, I will have to start selling each figure separately.

NRJohn - regarding Piranacon and the Seacons, yeah, I would really like to try and sell at least each combiner as their own group together. I'm sorry but I don't have any extras... The only "extras" I really have of anything seem to be the three copies of "Bombshell" the Insecticon (listed).

Finally, you probably identified all the other parts correctly but the one little black gun in the pic you said belonged to Scrapper (of the Constructicons) doesn't seem to be so - here's a closer look at that gun, see if you can identify it:



Thanks again for all the help guys, I can't thank you enough. I will be updating with pricing info in the near future when my research is complete.

Best Regards,
Petsku

[NRJohn]

No problem, glad to help!



Aha! It's Metroplex's gun, not Scapper!

[Fighbird]

Can you extrapolate further what figure the two Italian safety missiles might belong to?

Phew, that's a tough one. In theory, it could be any of the "old" Autobot cars and/or Ultra Magnus. But all seem to have their original missiles as well (which would be missing in the package if the safety ones were included). Also, they seem to be different - the "stems" are different lenghts. My best advice is to tru each missile in all the different Autobots you have (and maybe the Decepticon jets as well? Can't remember if they even were available in Italy) and see if you can find a good fit. Otherwise, I'm sure they can be sold individually.

Fighbird, I bought my Jetfire from Spain and his instructions are multi lingual, four different languages, I bet one of the languages is Spanish.

Well, he's not spanish, but one of the languages is spanish. I can see german, french, dutch and spanish on the instructions. Your Jetfire is in reality from Europe, produced and sold in many parts of Europe, including Scandinavia. If you had his tech specs still you would see that his function in the Netherlands was "Leader" - i.e., he was the Autobot commander instead of Prime. Crazy stuff!

[Petsku]

No problem, glad to help!



Aha! It's Metroplex's gun, not Scapper!

\o/ Again you with your eagle eye vision, and the ability to spot and identify any and all Transformer accessories in 0.1138 seconds!

I remember selling Metroplex way back, he was a big figure, and such a small gun, maybe the gun belongs to his little pal Scamper?

Thanks again!

Petsku

[Petsku]

Can you extrapolate further what figure the two Italian safety missiles might belong to?

Phew, that's a tough one. In theory, it could be any of the "old" Autobot cars and/or Ultra Magnus.

Fighbird, I bought my Jetfire from Spain and his instructions are multi lingual, four different languages, I bet one of the languages is Spanish.

Well, he's not spanish, but one of the languages is spanish. I can see german, french, dutch and spanish on the instructions. Your Jetfire is in reality from Europe, produced and sold in many parts of Europe, including Scandinavia.

Fighbird, I seem to remember buying some Dinobots from Italy, you think there's any chance those safety missiles belong to them?

Ok, so my Jetfire is sort of not Spanish after all (but I could swear I once heard him say "Autobots Senores, Transformar Por favor!"). But, I might still list him as "bought from Spain", whether it's of much relevance to the buyer, dunno (but thought it'd be nice to mention some of the countries they were bought from).

Update on the collection sale as a whole: I will soon be done with my price evaluation research and will probably be listing the whole collection on eBay first, we'll see if it doesn't sell (and I of course wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't) then I will have to start selling the figures individually.

I have already received requests from members here for the following for example: Devastator (2 requests), some of the Decepticon Headmasters and Targetmasters, etc.

Ok, I'll keep everyone posted, thanks again for all your help, interests and comments!!

Cheers,
Petsku

This post has been edited by Petsku: 27 March 2012, 21:07

[Fighbird]

Fighbird, I seem to remember buying some Dinobots from Italy, you think there's any chance those safety missiles belong to them?

Oh yeah - definitely! Forgot about the Dinos.

Ok, so my Jetfire is sort of not Spanish after all (but I could swear I once heard him say "Autobots Senores, Transformar Por favor!"). But, I might still list him as "bought from Spain", whether it's of much relevance to the buyer, dunno (but thought it'd be nice to mention some of the countries they were bought from).

It's a nice piece of extra information on the toy itself, definitely! But I think it would attract more buyers if you listed him as "MB version, bought from Spain".

[Maz]

Outstanding collection, congratulations!

The Jetfire I believe comes from a Milton Bradley box, MB Transformers are known to have been sold in Spain. The instructions show German first, which is usually a sign of Milton Bradley packaging. When French is shown first (as with your Insecticons) they are Ceji-manufactured Hasbro Europe items, just after Milton Bradley. When English is the first language, I believe that's standard Hasbro Bradley Takara manufactured non-Milton Bradley packaging.

If you do not find anyone to buy your whole collection, I would very much love to buy all of your Insecticons + techs + paerwork for those Insects

Please let me know if that should ever be a possibility

All the best
Maz

[Petsku]

The Jetfire I believe comes from a Milton Bradley box, MB Transformers are known to have been sold in Spain. The instructions show German first, which is usually a sign of Milton Bradley packaging. When French is shown first (as with your Insecticons) they are Ceji-manufactured Hasbro Europe items, just after Milton Bradley.

If you do not find anyone to buy your whole collection, I would very much love to buy all of your Insecticons + techs + paerwork for those Insects

Please let me know if that should ever be a possibility

All the best
Maz

Hey Maz!

What a wealth of knowledge this place has, I'm floored. I've also posted my collection on one other TF forum but I have to say here's where I posted first and people here just seem to be super kind, and willing to share their knowledge, actually helping me with my sale. I am so grateful and honestly can't thank you enough.

So Maz - of course that's a possibility! Just when I thought I was done with my research (like evaluating everything in the collection etc. so I can put a price tag on it all) when you had to post this new information for me

So I just went ahead and quickly did a little further research into both MB (Milton Bradley) and the French Ceji manufactured variants with Google, and checked through a few of the figures in the collection, and sure enough, Jetifire is the Milton Bradley variant, and so far I've identified the following to be the French Ceji variants:

Devastator - genuine G1 Ceji variants from 1986 (not the later G2 yellow variants), identified by Japan-blocked copyright imprints, instructions that say "Made and printed in France by Ceji, under license from Takara Co., Ltd.", as well as the precise Ceji shade of yellow that's slightly different from the later G2 yellow coloring, etc. + Instructions, Constructicons:
- Bonecrusher, 100% Complete + Techspecs. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Hook, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Long Haul, 100% Complete. Figure itself C9.0 condition (Near Mint), but the Devastator connector part has slight traces of a black marker pen having been used on it (on the small yellow pieces).
- Mixmaster, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint)
- Scavenger, 90% complete (gun missing). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Scrapper, 90% complete (gun missing). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

Insecticons - all these are the Ceji variants, identified by the orange (not yellow) chest plates and the Japan-blocked copyright imprints behind them
- Bombshell, 100% Complete + Techspecs. C8.5 Condition (Minor wear).
- Bombshell, 100% Complete. C8.5 Condition (Minor wear).
- Bombshell, 90% complete (gun missing). C8.0 Condition (Minor wear).
- Kickback, 100% Complete + Instructions. C8.0+ Condition (Minor wear).
- Shrapnel, 100% Complete + Instructions. C7.0 Condition (Tight joints, but some paint wear).

Seekers - Ceji variants, identified by the hard plastic nosecones (instead of rubber), plastic black wheels (instead of die cast), and the Japan-blocked copyright imprints in the legs
- Dirge, 100% Complete + Instructions + Techspecs. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Ramjet, 100% Complete + Instructions + Techspecs. C6.0 condition (right leg and black parts on wings have been glued back on).
- Starscream, 100% Complete + Instructions + Techspecs. C9.0 Condition (Minor sticker wear).

...it looks like I might have to do even more research if I want to be as informative and precise as possible in my listing of the entire collection, currently I don't even really know whether the MB or Ceji origin of some of these matters or affects the value potential buyers might place on any of these, but I of course want to share all the possible variant information I can.

This is the MB article I read, written in 2010 - the part that of course stood out for me said that year a MB Jetfire sold for 600 euros on eBay (but I of course have no idea if it was loose/boxed, etc. and as it is am probably not gonna place any value on mine for being the MB variant, will probably just mention it is but list its estimated value as $150 *tops*, due to the fact that I noticed it's got some discoloration/yellowing on its chest plate):
http://20thcenturytoycollector.com/mb-transformers-part-1/

This is the Ceji article I read (funny coincidence - it was written today!):
http://tfsource.com/blog/

Thanks again guys, I can't thank you enough,
Petsku

This post has been edited by Petsku: 29 March 2012, 02:09

[Maz]

Hey Maz!

What a wealth of knowledge this place has, I'm floored. I've also posted my collection on one other TF forum but I have to say here's where I posted first and people here just seem to be super kind, and willing to share their knowledge, actually helping me with my sale. I am so grateful and honestly can't thank you enough.

So Maz - of course that's a possibility! Just when I thought I was done with my research (like evaluating everything in the collection etc. so I can put a price tag on it all) when you had to post this new information for me

So I just went ahead and quickly did a little further research into both MB (Milton Bradley) and the French Ceji manufactured variants with Google, and checked through a few of the figures in the collection, and sure enough, Jetifire is the Milton Bradley variant, and so far I've identified the following to be the French Ceji variants:

Devastator - genuine G1 Ceji variants from 1986 (not the later G2 yellow variants), identified by Japan-blocked copyright imprints, instructions that say "Made and printed in France by Ceji, under license from Takara Co., Ltd.", as well as the precise Ceji shade of yellow that's slightly different from the later G2 yellow coloring, etc. + Instructions, Constructicons:
- Bonecrusher, 100% Complete + Techspecs. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Hook, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Long Haul, 100% Complete. Figure itself C9.0 condition (Near Mint), but the Devastator connector part has slight traces of a black marker pen having been used on it (on the small yellow pieces).
- Mixmaster, 100% Complete. C9.0 Condition (Near Mint)
- Scavenger, 90% complete (gun missing). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).
- Scrapper, 90% complete (gun missing). C9.0 Condition (Near Mint).

Insecticons - all these are the Ceji variants, identified by the orange (not yellow) chest plates and the Japan-blocked copyright imprints behind them
- Bombshell, 100% Complete + Techspecs. C8.5 Condition (Minor wear).
- Bombshell, 100% Complete. C8.5 Condition (Minor wear).
- Bombshell, 90% complete (gun missing). C8.0 Condition (Minor wear).
- Kickback, 100% Complete + Instructions. C8.0+ Condition (Minor wear).
- Shrapnel, 100% Complete + Instructions. C7.0 Condition (Tight joints, but some paint wear).

Seekers - Ceji variants, identified by the hard plastic nosecones (instead of rubber), plastic black wheels (instead of die cast), and the Japan-blocked copyright imprints in the legs
- Dirge, 100% Complete + Instructions + Techspecs. C9.5 Condition (Mint).
- Ramjet, 100% Complete + Instructions + Techspecs. C6.0 condition (right leg and black parts on wings have been glued back on).
- Starscream, 100% Complete + Instructions + Techspecs. C9.0 Condition (Minor sticker wear).

...it looks like I might have to do even more research if I want to be as informative and precise as possible in my listing of the entire collection, currently I don't even really know whether the MB or Ceji origin of some of these matters or affects the value potential buyers might place on any of these, but I of course want to share all the possible variant information I can.

This is the Ceji article I read (funny coincidence - it was written today!):
http://tfsource.com/blog/

Hehe did you go right to the bottom of that article to see who wrote it? ;)

If and when you do decide to sell your Ceji variant Constructicons, Insecticons and now Dirge, Starscream and Ramjet, again, I'd gladly be first in line for those

All the best
Maz

This post has been edited by Maz: 29 March 2012, 09:30

[gravebot]

Hehe did you go right to the bottom of that article to see who wrote it? ;)

If and when you do decide to sell your Ceji variant Constructicons, Insecticons and now Dirge, Starscream and Ramjet, again, I'd gladly be first in line for those

All the best
Maz

Right next to me pal. I'm definitely going to try outbidding you on those Constructicons.

This post has been edited by gravebot: 29 March 2012, 13:57