tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post7077336823288862667..comments2024-01-16T22:15:10.766-08:00Comments on ROBOPLASTIC APOCALYPSE: TAKARA CULTURAL BLOCKS SYSTEM PODCASTALYPSE!Evil King Macrocranioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-75098515639799663912012-06-12T04:19:55.644-07:002012-06-12T04:19:55.644-07:00Yeah, same here. I never knew they existed until a...Yeah, same here. I never knew they existed until around 20 years after they came out. With all the old newspaper ad looking I do I am quite aware of a lot of different old toy lines but I'd never seen a Robotroid ad in any paper so their existence was a bit of a shock. I know they hit retail because a lot of them have price stickers and that's led me to speculate about why people like us in toy robot circles are unaware of Robotroid's existence. <br /><br />Collectors may know Robotroid is out there, just not the collectors that care about it. I think this may be one aspect of 80s robot collecting that is actually more well known by Lego collectors, but since Lego fans generally have a low opinion of what they perceive to be knockoffs, they ignore or suppress knowledge of the existence of this line through their indifference towards it.<br /><br />I've also noticed something about every set I've found with a price tag. All price tags so far have been from Child World/Children's Palace. I think it's possible that they were only carried by the Children's Palace chain and only people who lived near one would have had access to Robotroid sets.Evil King Macrocranioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01693211146604544544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37301459.post-39618201928032251052012-06-11T21:56:45.559-07:002012-06-11T21:56:45.559-07:00Wow, I totally don't remember these at all nor...Wow, I totally don't remember these at all nor did I know about them until this post. Of course, I was two when the Transformers came out in 84 but I still remember them and remember seeing the pilot with my brother (which prompted us to persuade our parents into buying as many G1 figures for us as they could). But yeah, I had no idea these existed until now.<br />As for Kreo, it means "sucks."Seanhttp://optimussean.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com