classic transformers are still the coolest thing ever

chris w just hit me with a few nostalgia-inducing webpages from the coolest of the 80's cartoon/toy combos. all the big names behind the upcoming film (thanks, jkvr) make more sense after remembering how rad this stuff was.

• transformers racetrack -- huge fansite with tons of history, photos, event info, etc (but no fan fiction?).

• check their timeline section, a year-by-year breakdown of everything in the transformers world. remember going through elementary school, highschool, college, and beyond? this goes from 1984-2003.

• best link: the original 1984 catalog.

• wikipedia page for fortress maximus - the biggest, most expensive of all the transformers. transformer wikinerds sure love being detailed.

cartoon classic - the "secret of omega supreme" episode is broken into three bits. just watch the opening credits on the first one and i'm hooked again.


• part 2 (the autobots save san francisco from a marauding invader)
• part 3 (the uploader "graciously" added an eminem/d12 song at the end, using transformer cartoon clips like a rock video. only worth watching for the part where a robot dinosaur catches a f-14 jet in its mouth)
(thanks, chris.)