Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[Paulbot]

What a handy site, TFWiki was of no help.

TFwiki made the decision not to reproduce the tech specs. But TFU.info is pretty comprehensive for them.

[Verno]

TFwiki made the decision not to reproduce the tech specs. But TFU.info is pretty comprehensive for them.

Seems an odd decision by TFWiki. Do you know why? Copyright or something?

[blackoptimus]

Hey guys, just wanted to know. Are G1 Original Tech Specs meant to be cut around the black dotted lines or are they supposed be cut past the dotted line leaving the tech spec starting at the white border?

[Verno]

If I had my hands on any G1 paperwork I wouldn't be cutting it at all

[blackoptimus]

Yeah But I want to cut it to make it look nice and even. Not all jaggered from being cut by a kid.

If I had my hands on any G1 paperwork I wouldn't be cutting it at all

[Paulbot]

I always kept some of the dashed line on mine. I think they look "right" with the border, like you see here: http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/ or on Hursticon's sig

[UltraMarginal]

Yeah But I want to cut it to make it look nice and even. Not all jaggered from being cut by a kid.

I would suggest whatever you have preference for yourself.

[Hursticon]

Yeah But I want to cut it to make it look nice and even. Not all jaggered from being cut by a kid.

I had that very same issue dude with many of the G1 Techspecs that I've bought.
Preferably, I'd have it from the dotted line but I do have a fair few that had been hacked past that, so to 'clean them up' I cut it down a bit further.

I hope that helps man.

I always kept some of the dashed line on mine. I think they look "right" with the border, like you see here: http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/ or on Hursticon's sig

Hehe, cheers for noticing the little efforts I went to Paul.
(It took me many hours in MS: Powerpoint to get it all looking right )

[Verno]

How tall is your average G1 Autobot/Decepticon?

[heroic_decepticon]

How tall is your average G1 Autobot/Decepticon?

That's an interesting question, but (to me) quite impossible to answer unless you're more specific.

Even excluding all combiners and bases, G1 TF heights vary considerably with the odd figures like Jetfire, Shockwave, Blaster, etc being disproportionately tall; also, the figures generally 'grew' taller in the later years, eg: a standard 1987 Headmaster is taller than a standard 1984 autobot car; and then there are the figures that are supposed to be short like the minibots, cassettes, sparkabots/ con, triggerbots/cons, etc.