“Trans-Bots in Stock Now!!”
Out of a 1985 issue of Micronauts: The New Voyages comes this ad for almost-Transformers toys . . . but these Trans-Bots are anything but official Hasbro releases. I’m unsure if these are bootlegs or officially licensed uses of the Japanese toy molds that were used to create the first Transformers toys, but either way the ad itself is a blast to examine. Deception planes!
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This is really strange. Some of the robots mentioned in the top of the ad sound like GoBots knock-offs. I’m pretty sure Astro Magnum is Shockwave, and that I’ve seen thatversion of him. I wonder if anyone remembers ordering from this ad and what they received!