Merseyside-based Transformers Fans were lucky enough to have a smile put on their face when reading the “Liverpool Echo” yesterday. In a list of all time top Christmas toys, the Robots in disguise – were given a brief mention on a page adorned with 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime.
If you weren’t able to see the article then calm down! It appears in full below;
“…after two years of girlieness, the boys had had enough. And so it was that in 1985, Transformers were unleashed upon the world.
Yes, those robots in disguise burst onto our TV screens in 1984 and soon became the most talked about programme in the playground.
In 1985 the robot-to-vehicle action figures were the hottest boys’ toys on the market and Triple-Changers and Dinobots were leaping off the shelves, knocking my little pony off the top spot”.
Copyright, Liverpool Echo 2005.
(suffice to say, my little pony has now sufficently recoveredfrom the incident. She’s ok)