The first waves of Transformers from the G1 (Generation 1) line are my favourites. The Insecticons were the first real subgroup among the Decepticons, akin to the Dinobots. The Insecticons were also among the first wave of Transformers that were released in Europe in 1985, sold under the Milton Bradley brand.

I recently added the MB (Milton Bradley) packaged version of Kickback to my MB Transformers collection. Just a couple of weeks later I managed to score a very, very nice Milton Bradley version of Shrapnel! Although there was no clear leader of the Insecticons, Shrapnel was usually depicted as the leader in the G1 cartoon, though Bombshell took the leader role on some occasions. Shrapnel is mint on a sealed backing card and includes an unused sticker sheet and instructions still sealed inside a baggy.

The Milton Bradley packaging is in near perfect state with no flap crease whatsoever, an undented window and still sealed on one side. Check out the detailed photographs!

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Last week I managed to track down another MB (Milton Bradley) Transformer, which I was fortunate enough to be able to add to my collection: Seaspray! Seaspray was a series 2 mini vehicle that was part of the first wave of Transformers that were released in mainland Europe in 1985 under the Milton Bradley brand.

Seaspray is a very sympathetic character voiced aptly by Alan Oppenheimer (also known for Skeletor’s voice in Masters of the Universe) in the G1 (Generation 1) cartoon. This particular Seaspray is in very nice condition with a nice clean card and undented bubble. I was very glad to be able to pick it up fairly cheap! Stay tuned, coz there’s 2 more Milton Bradley Transformers that I got a hold of. More pics soon!

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Soundwave is one of the most recognizable and most popular characters from the G1 (Generation 1) Transformers line. Looking like a portable cassette player in his alternate mode, Soundwave had the cool bonus of cassette robots that could fit inside his chest and was released together with the Buzzsaw cassette. Several other memorable cassette characters were released seperately like Laserbeak, Ravage, Rumble and Frenzy.

Soundwave featured heavily in the Sunbow cartoon and had a really cool voice that sounded very robotic (voiced by Frank Welker, who also did Megatron, processed by a vocoder). Come to think of it, most of the voice processing in the original G1 cartoon sounds very cool.

I have one Soundwave in my collection, which comes in MB (Milton Bradley) packaging. Both Soundwave and Buzzsaw are in pretty good clean condition, with stickers unapplied. Accessories, booklet and unused stickersheet are still inside a sealed baggy. I’m only missing a paper insert that goes on top of the styro, but I’m sure I’ll pick that up somewhere some time in the future. Check out these photographs I made of Soundwave from my personal collection.

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The Insecticons are one of my favourite original Transformers subgroups from the G1 (Generation 1) series. I loved all the episodes from the Sunbow cartoon where the Insecticons took center stage. Just dig those cool voice processing effects!

I was thrilled to recently be able to add the first Insecticon to my ever growing MB (Milton Bradley) collection of Transformers! Here are some snapshots of Kickback in his box. Kickback is still sealed on his card and the accessories and instructions are also still sealed inside the plastic baggy. I took some photographs of Kickback which you can check below. Enjoy!

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Phew! A slew of goodies have been added to the collection. There’s a hint of alliteration in the air with the culprits being Majokit sets, a Mobile Suit Gundam model kit and a dedicated page for my recently acquired MIB (mint-in-box) Milton Bradley Megatron!

Majokit was created around 1983 by well-known French die-cast car toy manufacturer Majorette. It was basically a kit playset that allowed you to build a traffic environment with street crossings, street signs, traffic lights and much more. It was more or less intended as an add-on to their popular die-cast car toys, although it wasn’t exactly up to scale with their own toy cars! However that may be, the Majokit system was a delight to play with. I had loads of Majorette cars when I was a little kid and I went nuts when I first saw the Majokit sets in my local toy store. I recently added a couple of Majokit sets to my collection, most of which still MISB (mint-in-sealed-box). Look out for an in-depth article on Majokit in the near future!

A couple of weeks ago I took up watching the first Japanese series of Mobile Suit Gundam. It’s a cartoon with giant battling robots in it and that is the only justification I need. Ofcourse I could not reject the temptation to part with even more of my hard earned money this month in exchange for a nice, special edition Mobile Suit Gundam RX-78-2 model kit. It was made for Gundam’s 30th anniversary last year and has special 7-Eleven colours. Now only to find the time to put the model together in the next couple of decennia…

And as you can see from the picture above, the Milton Bradley (MB) Megatron that I recently reported on obtaining has found its way into my collection room. I took the time to add a dedicated collection page on Megatron, which you can find on the Collection menu to the right or simply by clicking here. You’re welcome. But that’s not the only Milton Bradley madness, because I also added a whopping total of four other MB Transformers to my collection recently with one more to follow shortly. Stay tuned!!