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Originally Posted by greg773:

You know Defensor is having a bad day when Bruticus is whipping him with an entire train!

 

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It always cracked me up that comic book artists into the 80s never seemed to know that steam locomotives weren't used on mainline RRs since the 50s. I saw it all the time in comics growing up in the 70s and 80s where steam engines were operating like steam had never died on the mainlines...

Silver Lake, Is that the Combiner Wars Devestator?

 

I've been thinking about buying him but I've also had my eye on one of the 3rd party versions and supposedly TakarTomy has a MP Scale version in the works.

 

It's funny how you can pick up the scale bug with model trains and then it will bleed over into other hobbies. I had a great argument with a friend recently who was telling me its OK to obsess over the details of a train because it's based on something real. But, Transformers are fictional robots that turn into cars so I'm crazy to be comparing details on two different versions while saying it's scale or not.

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Originally Posted by Silver Lake:

Devestator made a visit to my layout a few weeks ago. He (they?) seemed to like the Williams B&O switcher and thankfully didn't destroy anything. I think he was just looking for Energon.

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I love it. I actually had this as a kid myself.  Also I looked for an Aerotrain a few times but couldn't find one close enough to O gauge to pull the trigger on buying one.

Originally Posted by jhz563:
 
I love it. I actually had this as a kid myself.  Also I looked for an Aerotrain a few times but couldn't find one close enough to O gauge to pull the trigger on buying one.

 

Check out the DX9 Version of Astrotrain. He's MP scale size and should be close to O Gauge. I want to get one next time I have some extra spending money.

 

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Gotta say, I'm enjoying seeing TFs showing up on here.  I abandoned my O gauge trains in 1984 for TFs and collected them for 25 years--then got OUT of TFs in 2009 and went back to O gauge.  If you're bored and have a couple of hours, please check out my TF collection here ... pics still in progress.

 

Here's a picture from the inside of Issue 35: 

 

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And here's where it all started for me... everything from 84-85!

 

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Actually Team Bullet Train is different from the Trainbots.  Team Bullet Train is from Transformers: Robots in Disguise which aired in 2001.

 

To expand on a previous post:

 

Trainbots (Headmasters):

 

"Shouki" (0 Series Shinkansen)

 

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"Getsuei" (EF65 Locomotive)

 

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"Yukikaze" (200 Series Shinkansen)

 

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"Suiken" (153 Series EMU)

 

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"Seizan" (485 Series EMU)

 

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"Kaen" (DE10 Locomotive)

 

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"Raiden"

 

 

Team Bullet Train (Transformers: Robots in Disguise)

 

"Railspike" (500 Series Shinkansen)

 

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"Rapid Run" (700 Series Shinkansen)

 

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"Midnight Express" (E4 Series Shinkansen)

 

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"Rail Racer"

 

 

Here's the episode that introduces TBT:

 

 

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Here is images of the bullet train combiner Transformer RailRace. In the US it was available for sale as three separate units and was also hard to find when it did come out in the very early 2000's. The train form size is near HO scale. The finished combined Gesalt is one of my favorite Transformers toys ever. 

 

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As as far as othe transforming toys that form trains. The competing Gobots from the 1980's had two with train alternate forms. 

 

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From a good bit later (really after my time) the Power Rangers had a season with train units that form giant robots. I picked up the big mostly black one at a flea market a few years ago. It seems near O scale but if it was ever converted it might have clearance issues.

 

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Originally Posted by Silver Lake:

Um.....

 

Astrotrain was a space shuttle AND a steam engine. Besides the "good guys" we're driving around as a Red Peterbuilt, a VW , Two Lambos, a WW2 jeep, a Lanza, a Formula one, a rally Porche, a several Nissan 280Zs including a Police version. That group wouldn't cause a second glance at all.

 

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Another one that can't spell "Peterbilt".

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