Lucky Draw Research Project Update 1

by Moonbug in Lucky Draw Transformers on Sunday, 24th August 2008 20:27:38 BST

Earlier this year we started what we called our "Lucky Draw Research Project". This mini-project involved us trying to track down any and all hard evidence relating to the Takara Japanese Exclusive campaign prize draw Transformers figures known as Lucky Draw toys.

The project, which we had technically started several years ago with online research, involved us spending quiet a bit of time and an awful lot of money to buy back issues of various Japanese toy , TV and collectors magazines. There were a few issues to get over with the research.

Language barrier - though our Japanese is far better than it used to be thanks to some lessons a few years ago
Lack of online information, other than on the Lucky Draw Transformers website
Age - the magazines we were after date back to 1997, with some issues required from 1987/1988.
Range of magazines - the magazines, which are released monthly included TV Boy, TV Magazine, Hyper Hobby Magazine and Comic BonBon (that's over 10 years worth of 4 magazines, at 12 magazines a year), which works out at 480 magazines.

Anyway we bought over 150 magazines over a month and had them shipped into the UK (which was a whole new story) where we had to sort through them, document the information and then scan each of the magazines for evidence. We decided to scan any and every page which featured Transformers on them, as well as a few other series which we liked such as Microman.

Anyway the first batch of updates are now available on Transformers At The Moon in our In The Media section. The new galleries include Lucky Draw Transformers toys, Transformers protype and testshot toys, a Beast Wars II manga and much more. The Issues also include the Hyper Hobby magazine which featured the Black Rodimus Convoy toy currently on eBay:-

Approved by Quartz on Wednesday, 27th August 2008 17:35:14 BST. This story has been viewed 407 times

tags: Transformers prototypes - Lucky Draw Transformers - Campaign Prizese - Japanese Magazines - Hyper Hobby - Comic Bon-Bon - TV Magazine - TV Boy

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GALVY
2008-08-24 22:10:47

just a quiki. in issue 38 it shows black rodimus convoys spoiler as being silver(ish) yet that auction for the black rodimus has a yellow spoiler. which colour is the correct one he was (un)released with? just wondering because if the spoiler is the wrong colour that auction is not as complete as it says.

TFATM
2008-08-24 20:27:38

Please use this thread to discuss the Lucky Draw Research Project Update 1 news story on the main site.Earlier this year we started what we called our \\\"Lucky Draw Research Project\\\". This mini-project involved us trying to track down any and all hard evidence relating to the Takara Japanese Exclusive campaign prize draw Transformers figures known as Lucky Draw toys. The project, which we had technically started several years ago with online research, involved us spending quiet a bit of time and an awful lot of money to buy back issues of various Japanese toy , TV and collectors magazines. There ... read on ...