The power of Macross compels you! The power of Macross compels you!

okay,i´ll be good. now tell me. ;-D

Hmmmm, I remember having this. Until it went yellow, cracked and fell to bits.

Still.

Someone out there's enjoying him. For 50 smackers...

M.

We try not to be bad boys all the time (sometimes were good :) please tell us?!

he's so cool!! i need to rent robotech again...

I dont know how to be good. I'll never get to hear the story 8(

I keep tabs on many other blogs as well so I know the story. ;-)

If this is one of those "a coworker knew I liked robots and brought this by to ask me if I wanted it/how much it was worth/to sell it on ebay for them" stories, I'll cut you.

(not that I didn't get a fair amount of G1 stuff back in high school from friends who had "outgrown" it, mind you.)

Well Hoop... I bare my chest to your knife. Stab away.

G1 Jetfire must have had an enormous retail distribution in Ohio back in the day since this is the 4th one given to us (actually, this one to Giga).

I've mentioned Sutekh, an old coworker of mine from back in the long long ago here before. Anyway, Giga still works with him and he brought calls him up at work as says "I've brought in a friend for you." and voila, there's a very nice, only slightly yellowed G1 Jetfire to be had. He even has his arm and leg armor!

This'll be the 4th G1 Jetfire that has come to us.

The first, my mint complete one, was payment for a website design I did.

The 2nd was given to me by Raverboy23 because he knew I liked Transformers. It has seen better days but still, it passes as acceptable in "gerwalk/guardian" mode.

The 3rd, resulted from a lesson I taught MaryB about how to tell a real Transformer from a knock-off. She ended up actually dumpster diving (into a 300 gallon dumpster) when she saw a toy and it turned out to be a G1 Jetfire.

I don't know why... but people just give me (and now Giga) G1 Jetfires!

Not that great a story. But funny in a "He's never actually bought a G1 Jetfire ever" way.

Yeah, it actually went down a little more like this:

Sutekh emails me: "I brought a friend to work. You need to come see me." I walk to his desk and he turns around and hands me Jetfire. "Here."

Me: "Whaaa? Ok, why, how, where did this come from?"
S: "Nephthys found him while cleaning out the Aunt's house. You can keep him, or split the profits with Nephthys."
Me: "Kick ass!"

I walk back to my office, past my boss and one of my coworkers who is my age.

Boss: "What the hell is that?"
Me: "Jetfire."
Boss: "What?"
Coworker: "Holy shit! I remember that one."
Boss: "What is it?"
Coworker: "A Transformer."
Boss: "A what?"
Coworker: "A toy from when we were kids. And that one's in really good shape. I'll bet Nala's gonna freak out."
Boss shakes head. I grin.

I hate you guys with every tired muscle of my Confederate bodah.

The closest I've ever come to seeing a G1 Jetfire, I walked into a sad little anime, import store and saw one sitting in a crumpled old box on a shelf. I could see that it was yellowed, stickers were worn. I asked the store owner if I could look at it. He said he wouldn't take it down unless I was serious about buying it, he didn't want to "handle" it more than necessary. He was asking $400 for it. I told him no thanks.

How come none of us mere mortals get "freebie" G1s in good condition? & You've got 4 Jetfires you haven't paid a cent for? These are all benefits from joining the Dark Side - aren't they

I love the stories about a co-worker I knew. I love them because I have a story.

It was the year 2005... oh wait, no it wasn't. It was 1999. A colleague and I were talking yard sales and toys and he tells me that he picked up an "old gun" for his son one day, and his son used it to play shoot-em-up. My colleague knew about my interest in Transformers and, since his son was not transforming the gun, he was going to see if he could exchange it for another plastic gun.

I promptly filed the conversation under "nice intentions" and went back to work.

A few weeks go by, and I am coming into work for 9:00 a.m. And lo and behold, sitting on my chair, is a muthaf%#$in' revolver.

I spazzed. But I'll continue the story over at fairplaythings.

Suffice to say, it was a happy day! My first Megatron.

Agree with Hooper though. Have picked up my Mirage, Sky Lynx and a very MINT Soundwave this way. Nothing recently though.

However, I have to ask about Jetfire 3. Not about the act of dumpster diving per sae, but about how a twenty year old toy ends up in a dumpster so many years later. I mean a Cybertron Jetfire I can see. Even Armada. But a G1? Who knew?

Well, I never got anything as good as a Jetfire (mine came from the local comic shop for $40 in 1998, and I sold it later for about twice that to a friend) for free, but I got ...uh... a G2 Prime, an Ultra Magnus cab, and a handful of other smaller things.