#G1 SLAPDASH SERIES#
However, it's important to note that some Series 5 Transformers, like the Powermaster cars, were originally manufactured in China in 1988, so if you see a 1988 G1 toy that says "Made in China" on the box without the "C-123" part, that's an original 1980's release, not a 1990's Chinese release.
They leave the "Takara" part alone, but instead of "Made in (Country) by Takara", it says "Made in China C-123A" where "123A" is replaced with some similar number/letter combination. Series 5 Chinese releases have a slightly different alteration. As all of these counties were 1-2 years behind the US in terms of figure distribution so it stands that importing these figures allowed them continued supply of figures that had ceased production in Japan (When these countries needed them!) Other countries known to have sold the Chinese releases include Korea, Portugal and New Zealand. For example, the minibots were available at Woolworths in Britain distributed by Hasbro UK themselves, and there also appears to be a high concentration of Chinese releases in the Netherlands and Australia. See the guides on this site.)Īlong with being released domestically these Chinese G1's were imported into several countries to coincide with the gold boxed classic releases. (These all differ to the replica unlicensed Chinese G1 counterfeits that started being manufactured in 2005. Most tellingly case finds have the expected Hasbro branding on the shipping cases. There's lot of evidence to confirm this including, among other things, Takara selling the 1990's Chinese Aerialbots in Japan via mail order, and 1990's Chinese Transformers being found in the collection of a Hasbro employee. However, they are in fact real Hasbro releases.
#G1 SLAPDASH TV#
There was much local demand for the figures as the "Transformers" cartoon was first broadcast on local Shanghai TV (July 1988), then nationwide later in 1988.įor a long time collectors thought that Chinese releases were unlicensed knockoffs. Joe reissues in China from around the same time that used new packaging.) Chinese G1's continued to be released through 1995, with more toys being released each year, all of them almost identical to the original releases. The boxes had only tiny alternations and a small Chinese name sticker in the corner, making them very difficult to differentiate from the original releases, especially when the name sticker was removed. These Transformers were packaged in almost identical packaging to that of the original US releases (though, a couple came in Canadian, European, or Dutch packaging). Background info: In 1989, Hasbro began manufacturing Transformers in China, but rather than starting with the current line of Pretenders and Miromasters, they released toys from 1984, 1985, and 1986.
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