Nostalgia and Transformers

[TheMasterNo6]

A lot of what you've said I agree with, I was like that as a kid too. The UK comic was the best imho.

[Alan1701b]

Great vid! Really enjoyed it! I very much hope that you have plans to do more outside!

5 Stars!

[stardub]

Cheers. I hope to do more outside ones though Winter is now upon us so we'll see!

-Ralph

[Alan1701b]

That's great to know but you should definitely wait until after Winter, I agree. You don't want to be getting yourself unwell in the run-up to Christmas.

[smsno1]

to actually answer the question. I think its all nostalgia! i have quite a few, im buying all the movie line. Ans if people think im odd for still buying toys, i dont care.

I feel 12 all over again every time i still transform a new toy for the first time!

[stardub]

Good for you!

-Ralph

[smsno1]

Optimus Prime dies!

You have spoiled it for me!

Loved the vid dude, wonderfull idea!

5 stars.

[stardub]

Yeah, I wonder what toys today's kids find unique.

-Ralph

[Stomski]

8:00... Uhoh.

[stardub]

Heh heh heh.

-Ralph

[adturnbull]

I have to say nostalgia wise it's mostly the comics I have the blinkered love for. Nothing more so than the first UK annual and Transformers #39. I will always keep them no matter what.

[stardub]

And that includes nostalgia for comics with lots of reading in them!

-Ralph

[adturnbull]

So if you leave a place for long enough it gets demolished and moved a few yards to the left?

Interesting...

[stardub]

It's not just both schools and first proper workplace, but my old Uni campus is going the same way too!

-Ralph

[jiidee]

Epic....montage..my friend. what music is this? it rocks so hard.

[stardub]

It's 'A Dazzling End' from the Doctor Who series 4 soundtrack. A very good CD.

-Ralph

[BrianVonDoom]

Nostalgia is a huge part of it for me. I don't think I would have the same love of the characters without it. Lets face it ALOT of rubbish is out there with the TF name on it :)

P.S I remember nearly all of those images... enemy within made me smile- Furman's first story :)

[stardub]

Yeah, Furman. Whatever happened to him, eh? :)

-Ralph

[PatientZero37]

I think the nostalgia aspect is a huge part of this hobby, I don't think I'd be as hugely into Transformers as I am now if I hadn't have had those great experiences I had with the toys as a child. I love the Universe series, as its giving me characters I loved as a child, but re-making them into what I pictured in my minds eye as I played with G1 figures back in the 80s, and I love that feeling. I remember watching the movie on VHS 3 times in a row the first day I got it. I love those memories.

[stardub]

Excellent!

-Ralph

[Transformatics]

great vid :) ,.. i always think back to when i was a kid and first saw them too. lots of fun. :)

[stardub]

May it always remain fun.

-Ralph

[MrClassicor]

to me, the transformations themselves are just as fascinating today as they were to me as a child. And yes, the characters played a big role, although there were a lot of my toys I knew nothing about back then, so I just made up characters for them. And yes, every time I see a remake, or even an original, of a TF I had as a child, I experience a big bit of nostalgia, but it is more than that which always kept me returning to tfs. And that drinking game sounds like extreme nerdy fun :)

[stardub]

It is, but very hazardous to health!

-Ralph