Got a package price on Thundercracker and Skywarp, and both were well worth the price.
I so much prefer the Japanese boxes and toys, although the American manuals are much better.
Japanese is basically a 1-2 page pamphlet on how to transform them (in black and white) with
one box showing contents. That is one thing Hasbro did well on is the manuals. One interesting
fact is at this point in the Japanese Transformers, there is no tech spec. So you can't compare
which bot is more powerful. This box has some wear at the bottom of the box, aside from this
the rest of the box is perfect. I'd rate it a weaker C9.5 due to the wear on the front, if it was
on the back I'd not hesitate. This was the very first TF I got as a kid, so I feel so "natsukashi"
opening this box again. Probably what's interesting about this Japanese TF, is that the back of the box
it has personality written twice. Once for each part of his personality. This is the only
Transformer I've seen this on (although others could easily exist). Thanks Robert Yee, they're
both sweet!
Translation of Thundercracker's Box
Inside Contents Pic
Back of Box
First issue TF toy Catalog
Back of first TF toy Catalog
First Mail order TF's in Japan Front
First Mail order TF's in Japan Back
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