His uncle bought him seven that day. More than two decades later, Yee, 31, has 3,000 pieces in his Transformers collection and his own Web site, Ben’s World of Transformers, www.bwtf.com.

When it's all said and done, you have a pair of Decepticon Mini-Cassettes, a fully functioning Soundwave with the ability to ...

1980s: Hasbro has success with the My Little Pony franchise, introduced in 1982. In 1984, the company launches the Transformers toys, an even larger success.

In case you missed the 1980s, Transformers are giant, sentient robots made up of a gazillion moving parts that shift around to turn the big guys into all sorts of things - vehicles, jet planes ...

Five Faves: Best 1980s Toys The full list: Transformers - More than meets the eye! Before this became an action movie franchise, Transformers were just awesome toys with a cartoon series.

Could it be, a good 'Transformers' movie? 10 burning questions about 'Bumblebee,' the 1980s-set spinoff trying to right the maligned franchise.

In 1983, he got the idea for the Transformers — action figures that turn from cars into robots. He brought the idea to Hasbro, which first produced the toys in 1984.

Hasbro wants to get little girls hooked early, too, with shows such as the younger-skewing Transformers: Rescue Bots toys and cartoon, now in its third season on Discovery Family Channel and also ...

As delightful as it has been to have the War for Cybertron sub-lines, Siege and now Earthrise, pumping out new versions of the toys I enjoyed as a child in the 1980s on a regular basis, Hasbro’s ...

1980s: Hasbro has success with the My Little Pony franchise, introduced in 1982. In 1984, the company launches the Transformers toys, an even larger success.