#the transformers
Today, May 8th 2022, marks the 38th anniversary of the release of the first issue of Marvel’s The Transformers comic. The very first stone in The Transformers history.
As of today, the franchise has brought cartoons, comics, movies and a lot of toys for different generations of fans. As a small tribute, via the The Sunbow Marvel Archive website, we can share for you the storyboards of the very first Marvel Comics’ The Transformers issue 1 commercial. Produced so early that none of the characters featured in the video even had names.
You can read the full storyboard here or as individual images after the jump together with a video of the aforementioned commercial.
It’s been a long trip, but we all know that The Transformers will return after these messages for more years to come. Till’ all are one!
Super 7 Transformers Ultimates Alligaticon - non-transforming poseable figure with Battle Taxi, disembodied Optimus Prime head, and tower with disembodied Optimus Prime gun-arm.
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1985 European Transformers product catalog.
Zoom in and spot the differences, from Jetfire as the “Autobot Leader” to the different color schemes on Blaster, Triple Changers and others.
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Newspaper article about Transformers and Gobots from 1984.
“We have our own group for picking names,” Owens [Dan Owens, Hasbro’s vice president for marketing] said. “We keep them locked up in the back and feed them raw meat.”
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Vintage Transformers G1 “Autobot Commander, Decepticon Plane and Secret Commander” print ad for K-Mart from 1984.
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