These are rare....but just how rare?
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These are rare....but just how rare?
Rubbed your eyes yet? Yes, you're looking at Shrapnel, Scrapper and Starscream in 1 1/2" moulded rubber, very probably given away during 1985/86 on the front of various TF comics (almost certainly UK issues) or similar free gift type enterprises.
As you can see, they're moulded on both sides and feature some Jap (or Oriental at least) writing on the legs and a 'number'. Shrapnel is 40, Scrapper 47 and Starscream 33. Anyway, out of curiosity - who has ever seen these, who knows what they are and who knows what they're worth?
Before anyone asks - the "holes" are where the rubber was injected into the mould though I have no idea why Scrapper doesn't have any such marks.[/url]
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Ooooo....now I know
Found more info on the web about them:
That list says 33 is Skywarp...but the pair are near identical, barring the actual pose - so excuse my mistake.
Found more info on the web about them:
And information on this webpage: http://www.raumhafen.de/galerie/rubber_ ... index.html"The Transformer decoys were released in the U.S. in 1986 and were small red and blue rubber decoys who came packaged with carded figures like the minibots, Arielbots, Stunticons, etc. There were 52 of them altogether and they were original designed for the Japanese market so this is why Megatron had a sword and not a fusion cannon. Also Gears never was made as a decoy since his figure for some odd reason never was released in Japan. Gears was the only Autobot who never was released in Japan."
That list says 33 is Skywarp...but the pair are near identical, barring the actual pose - so excuse my mistake.
"That which does not kill you will only lead to your eventual demise at an old age from a related series of complications."
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Dude I have a bunch of those somewhere in my moms attic. The constructacons are green and the dinobots are orange and the rest are purple like that. I got them from a 25 cent machine from Acme grocery stores when I was a kid. Every time I went shopping with my old man if I was good hed give me a hand full of quarters and Id get a couple of them. When they ran out of them at Acme I looked everywhere for another machine and I could never find another 1. I wanted megatron soo bad but I never got him.