[Haloid1177]

I picked TFs to win it all, but I love SW more, and seeing how big of a blowout it is, I voted for SW.

[BigHanksCustoms]

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Originally Posted by Haloid1177

I picked TFs to win it all, but I love SW more, and seeing how big of a blowout it is, I voted for SW.

HaHa! Mercy vote FTW.......

[Robogeek28]

I loved both lines as a kid but in the end Transformers reigns supreme!

[LUCKYDUBE]

Transformers, FTW! I'm picking Transformers all the way.

[D00MTR0N]

is this just voting for which toyline was better?

[D00MTR0N]

well whatever,I vote star wars.

[kdawg01970]

The Transformers are going all the way.

[JustryGT]

I mostly collected SW and MOTU as a kid, but my vote went to Transformers without hesitation.

[yourfacehere]

Fatality!
Transformers Win.

[thechris]

Yep, also voted TFs here. Loved SW the movies as a kid, but never had any of the toys. Definitely had TFs, though.

[Yobuster]

Holy Transformers is doing so much better than Star Wars. I had anticipated all the 40-50 year old Star Wars collectors would put their collective might to pick Star Wars but i guess those guys read other boards? Well there goes my chance a a $50 coupon at BBTS

[KingLouie731]

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Originally Posted by thechris

Yep, also voted TFs here. Loved SW the movies as a kid, but never had any of the toys. Definitely had TFs, though.

I believe if we were strictly going on movies it would be SW by a land slide and like you said based on the toys we had as kids: TFs ftw

[perrych]

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Originally Posted by Yobuster

Holy Transformers is doing so much better than Star Wars. I had anticipated all the 40-50 year old Star Wars collectors would put their collective might to pick Star Wars but i guess those guys read other boards? Well there goes my chance a a $50 coupon at BBTS

Well, in terms of toys, SW really got the whole smaller format rolling, but the toys themselves often weren't that great and broke easily. TFs certainly could break but since this was their second iteration for production, they were of course much better toys and had so much more to offer in terms of play. I was a huge SW kid, but as a toy in the 80s, TFs killed SW.

[Flatliner]

Wow, really thought this was going to be a closer match up.

[Xcaliber037]

No question. Transformers. Back then I remember you had either an action figure or a toy car. They made it so you can have both!! A car that converts into a robot?!? What?!

[flywheels]

C'mon people...it's Transformers. It's a toy that turns into a big freakin' robot! It's two toys in one!

[cobracobra]

Star Wars isn't even a true 80s toy brand and neither is Transformers if you think about it.
But kerduh Star Wars beats Transformers any day. I am sorry Yoda could pick up Optimus Prime throw him through Unicron and then Megatron, right after beheading Fortress Maximus.

[DogFashionDisco]

I played with Star Wars toys more than Transformers when I was little. My dad hooked me up with VHS copies of Episode 4-6 and I rewatched them like crazy while playing with my Micro Machines Star Wars sets. I say Star Wars.

[D00MTR0N]

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Originally Posted by cobracobra

Star Wars isn't even a true 80s toy brand and neither is Transformers if you think about it.

how's that?

[BigHanksCustoms]

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Originally Posted by D00MTR0N

how's that?

I guess Star Wars toys being released in 1977 (late) and Transformers being a line of toys cobbled together from Takara properties like Diaclone and Microman, which are '70s figures. Although Transformers as a name Brand wasn't released until 1984, so they qualify for sure.

[Marvel Kid]

Gotta pick Transformers. What is Starwars?

[BigHanksCustoms]

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Originally Posted by Marvel Kid

Gotta pick Transformers. What is Starwars?

apparently only 17 people know the answer to this question.....

[907shayne]

I had to go with Star Wars. I had a lot of the figures when I was a kid, not so many Transformers due to price. I also did not like the fact that the transformers often did not look like their cartoon counterparts.

[iLegends73]

101 to 19? someone tell drago to stop killing Apollo! rocky throw the towel..throw tha damn towel lol

[trebleshot]

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Originally Posted by cobracobra

Star Wars isn't even a true 80s toy brand and neither is Transformers if you think about it.
But kerduh Star Wars beats Transformers any day. I am sorry Yoda could pick up Optimus Prime throw him through Unicron and then Megatron, right after beheading Fortress Maximus.

While it is true that Star Wars toys were first released in 1978, it is better known as an 80's toy line, since the bulk of the original line was released from 1980 to 1985.

Transformers as a name brand and a toy line did not exist until 1984. Yes, some of the toys were re-used from previously-existing lines in Japan. But the concept, characters and show were all an American product created in '84. In Japan, Transformers (Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers) did not appear until 1985.

And what's a "kerduh"?