I went to watch Transformers with Eileen the other day and it brought back a lot of memories to me. 

I used to have A LOT of Transformers toys when I was young.  Yeah, I was one of those lucky kids with loving parents that could afford toys for me and my brother.  Me and my brother spent so much time on the toys that we kinda neglected our studies.  My mum wrapped up all our toys, put it in a big box and took it to her office.  So whenever we wanted to play the toys, we will have to go to my mum’s office and play it there.

I remembered every time when there was a special day, be it birthdays or Christmas or when I got good results for my exam, I would beg my mum to bring me to the mall and get a Transformer.  My brother usually waits until the exact date to open his toys, while I couldn’t wait.  I would rip the package off right after I got into the car. 

I had so many last time that I think I lost count of it.  The toys were given away to orphans we we grew out of it. 

When I followed my dad to Papua New Guinea for about 1 year, my dad would seperate all our toys.  I got all the good guys and my brother get all the bad guys. 

After watching the movie, I knew I HAVE TO GET a Transformer toy, for the love of it.  So I got an Optimus Prime!

In the box

Truck Mode

Truck Mode Front

Robot Mode

This thing is expensive! I bought it for RM19.90.

I remembered I had a Liokaiser for Chinese New Year (yeah, Chinese New Year, my uncle took all the kids out to a toy store and we said we can buy any 1 item we want) and it was only RM89.90.  It had 6 full sized Transformers and could combine into a big Transformer!  It had a big box, information leaflets of each Transformer and a whole lot of stuff.  The Optimus Prime I bought just now was this small 2.5 inch toy, for RM19.90.  These toys got really expensive!

I saw the other day that someone was selling his original Liokaiser for RM600++.  If I had all my Transformers with me right now, I’d be rich!

I wanted to collect all of it.  I think they have about 12-15 Transformers, both Autobots and Decepticons, but at RM19.90 a pop, I can’t afford it and most Autobots were sold out.  Only a few Optimus Primes left.

Memories……..