Thank you all for watching and I hope you enjoyed my little story of Christmas in 1985. If you did enjoy it, please considering leaving a "like" and subscribing if you haven't already done so. Did you get Optimus Prime in 1985? Please let me know in the comments.
My brother did receive Optimus Prime one Christmas, but I think it was '86. I had the Slime Pit from Masters of The Universe. He won that year. Topspin and Twintwist wouldn't have appealed much to me either, as they're a bit gimmicky. However, in the comic they were members of an elite group called The Wreckers who were well hard! Nice story about Jetfire. Funny how toys can bring back such great memories. A merry Christmas to you 🎄
I too received Optimus Prime for Christmas. I distinctly remember how excited I was getting him. First thing I did was show my childhood best friend, who happened to be by next door neighbor. We would show each other our Christmas gifts through the windows of our houses that were facing each other. Such a great memory. I think that was the same Christmas I received Megatron as well. He turned out to be my favorite Transformer of all time. He looked silly as a robot but something about him was still cool to me. Thanks for sharing your memories. Love your minty white Jetfire.
Nice video, thanks. I remember back then getting Jetfire for Christmas one year. What an awesome, sturdy jet/robot. I had trouble figuring out how to transform from jet to bot I remember that Christmas. He was a much larger scale figure than all the other ones, like a giant bot. And the jet mode was giant too, so the scale wasn't quite on par for humans. But the whole line was inconsistent with the mini bot vehicles too.
I have a similar story from Christmas of 1984; I was six years old and wanted Optimus Prime, just like all my friends did. I knew it'd be boring if everyone had the same toy when my friends and I played Transformers, so I asked for Megatron, probably one of the easiest Transformers toys to find at the time. I liked having that toy because he could pull double duty as a reasonable toy gun when we'd play army. I never got Optimus Prime as a child, nor do I have him or any other Transformers as an adult. Forty years on, I still remember that Christmas very fondly . . . I only wish (as people our age do) that everyone who was there in '84 could still be here in '24.
Agree, a tank is a great alternative form for him but it annoys me when i see a modern Megatron as i am thinking "He is supposed to be a gun". If he had been a tank from the beginning i wouldnt be thinking that way.
I got Optimus prime for Xmas. Was a great toy. The little shit next door pulled his arm off. To this day I hate that kid. Good choice of grandma thoigh. I would love jetfire. Especially later on in life being a fan of anime and learning that his design was based on the macross valkyries
I never asked for Optimus Prime, not because i didnt like him, i guess i just had other favorites i wanted more. As a kid i had: JetFire, Metroplex, Scorponox, Skywarp, Scourge, Lamborghini Countach Stunticon. I was pretty happy with the ones i got gifted, i am getting Optimus Prime this year for xmas, its the cartoon colours G1 Optimus Prime with trailor, i wanted the original vintage style so didnt ask for the missing link version.
Transformers weren't on my Christmas list, but I couldn't tell you what was in 1985. Think that was the year I got a personnel stereo and a copy of the Quo album, Back to Back. But I can't remember what toys I got, assume it would have been Action Force as I did get the annual that year.
'85 really was the year of Transformers, no other toy mattered. Still have my OG G1 Optimus Prime and Megatron + a few others, including Twin Twist. Just loved the look of that guy, haha. But I can't find Starscream anywhere. Dunno what I've done with him. Spewing coz he's my favourite by a mile. Starscream is all about Starscream and everyone else can eat it. Such a massive dickhead, lmao P.S. We legit had to cancel Christmas in 2015. Everyone came down with gastro. Just ran through the whole fam. Pretty rough couple of days. It's forever known as "Shitmas" 💩😆
Thank you all for watching and I hope you enjoyed my little story of Christmas in 1985. If you did enjoy it, please considering leaving a "like" and subscribing if you haven't already done so. Did you get Optimus Prime in 1985? Please let me know in the comments.
My brother did receive Optimus Prime one Christmas, but I think it was '86. I had the Slime Pit from Masters of The Universe. He won that year.
Topspin and Twintwist wouldn't have appealed much to me either, as they're a bit gimmicky. However, in the comic they were members of an elite group called The Wreckers who were well hard!
Nice story about Jetfire. Funny how toys can bring back such great memories.
A merry Christmas to you 🎄
I too received Optimus Prime for Christmas. I distinctly remember how excited I was getting him. First thing I did was show my childhood best friend, who happened to be by next door neighbor. We would show each other our Christmas gifts through the windows of our houses that were facing each other. Such a great memory. I think that was the same Christmas I received Megatron as well. He turned out to be my favorite Transformer of all time. He looked silly as a robot but something about him was still cool to me. Thanks for sharing your memories. Love your minty white Jetfire.
Nice video, thanks.
I remember back then getting Jetfire for Christmas one year. What an awesome, sturdy jet/robot. I had trouble figuring out how to transform from jet to bot I remember that Christmas. He was a much larger scale figure than all the other ones, like a giant bot. And the jet mode was giant too, so the scale wasn't quite on par for humans. But the whole line was inconsistent with the mini bot vehicles too.
I have a similar story from Christmas of 1984; I was six years old and wanted Optimus Prime, just like all my friends did. I knew it'd be boring if everyone had the same toy when my friends and I played Transformers, so I asked for Megatron, probably one of the easiest Transformers toys to find at the time. I liked having that toy because he could pull double duty as a reasonable toy gun when we'd play army. I never got Optimus Prime as a child, nor do I have him or any other Transformers as an adult. Forty years on, I still remember that Christmas very fondly . . . I only wish (as people our age do) that everyone who was there in '84 could still be here in '24.
If only Megatron was a tank from day one....
Agree, a tank is a great alternative form for him but it annoys me when i see a modern Megatron as i am thinking "He is supposed to be a gun". If he had been a tank from the beginning i wouldnt be thinking that way.
I got Optimus prime for Xmas. Was a great toy. The little shit next door pulled his arm off. To this day I hate that kid. Good choice of grandma thoigh. I would love jetfire. Especially later on in life being a fan of anime and learning that his design was based on the macross valkyries
I never asked for Optimus Prime, not because i didnt like him, i guess i just had other favorites i wanted more. As a kid i had: JetFire, Metroplex, Scorponox, Skywarp, Scourge, Lamborghini Countach Stunticon. I was pretty happy with the ones i got gifted, i am getting Optimus Prime this year for xmas, its the cartoon colours G1 Optimus Prime with trailor, i wanted the original vintage style so didnt ask for the missing link version.
Transformers weren't on my Christmas list, but I couldn't tell you what was in 1985. Think that was the year I got a personnel stereo and a copy of the Quo album, Back to Back. But I can't remember what toys I got, assume it would have been Action Force as I did get the annual that year.
'85 really was the year of Transformers, no other toy mattered. Still have my OG G1 Optimus Prime and Megatron + a few others, including Twin Twist. Just loved the look of that guy, haha. But I can't find Starscream anywhere. Dunno what I've done with him. Spewing coz he's my favourite by a mile. Starscream is all about Starscream and everyone else can eat it. Such a massive dickhead, lmao
P.S. We legit had to cancel Christmas in 2015. Everyone came down with gastro. Just ran through the whole fam. Pretty rough couple of days. It's forever known as "Shitmas" 💩😆