Toy links tagged "Transformers"
George Dunsay interviewed.
“The involvement of Marvel is an outgrowth of our G.I. Joe work. This part was purely the idea of Griffin-Bacal.”
Griffin and Bacal interviewed.
“The idea was, how do you take the fantasy and bring it alive? … If we can dimensionalize the fantasy, whether it’s a humorous fantasy, or good versus evil, it really helps kids role-play with the whole idea.”
The origin of Marvel’s Transformers comic.
“Following the success of G.I. JOE, these toy developments had become a regular thing.” (Part 2. Jim Shooter’s Transformers treatment.)
Ron Friedman interviewed.
“My job was to take that limited information and create characters somebody cared about. Characters with a particular way of speaking, a particular sense of humor if they had one, and a body language that went along with their dialogue so they became like living beings.” (See also.)
Toys that transformed the world’s way of play.
“For us … these guys become human, we project ourselves onto them — our frailties and strengths; they act as our representatives in a fantasy world.”
1980 Diaclone catalogue translation.
“The history of Transformers has always been as interesting as the toys themselves.” (1981. Early 1982. Late 1982. 1983. 1983-84. 1985.)
Okude Nobuyuki interviewed.
“Our main target was boys, so we really looked for what the boys have around them and what they were interested in. Then we found that they all like cars!”
Paperbots.
Papercraft robots by Lester Rodriguez. (More.)
Young ‘Bots: six reasons why Cybertron was wild.
Gorgeous art by Ai. (More.)